Boston Celtics Playoff Rosters

1960-1961 Boston Celtics Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Gene Conley PF 6-8 225 Nov 10, 1930 30 Washington State 3 1952 NBA Draft, Rnd 10, Pick 4, Boston Celtics
Bob Cousy PG 6-1 175 Aug 9, 1928 32 Holy Cross 10 1950 NBA Draft, Undrafted
1950 Chicago Stags Dispersal Draft, Boston Celtics
Gene Guarilia SF 6-6 215 Sep 13, 1937 23 George Washington 1 1959 2nd Rnd, #16, Boston Celtics
Tommy Heinsohn PF 6-7 218 Aug 26, 1934 26 Holy Cross 4 1956 Territorial Pick, Boston Celtics
K.C. Jones PG 6-1 200 May 25, 1932 28 San Francisco 2 1955 11th Rnd, #85, Minneapolis Lakers
Sam Jones GF 6-4 198 Jun 24, 1933 27 North Carolina Central 3 1956 8th Rnd, #59, Minneapolis Lakers
Jim Loscutoff SF 6-5 200 Feb 4, 1930 31 Oregon 5 1955 1st Rnd, #5, Boston Celtics
Frank Ramsey SF 6-3 190 Jul 13, 1931 29 Kentucky 5 1953 NBA Draft, Rnd 1, Pick 5, Boston Celtics
Bill Russell C 6-10 215 Feb 12, 1934 27 San Francisco 4 1956 1st Rnd, #3, St. Louis Hawks
Satch Sanders PF 6-6 210 Nov 8, 1938 22 NYU 0 1960 1st Rnd, #8, Boston Celtics
Bill Sharman PG 6-1 175 May 25, 1926 34 USC 10 1950 NBA Draft, Rnd 2, Pick 5, Washington Capitols

1960-1961 Playoff Matchups

DescriptionHomeAwayResult
Second Round #2 San Francisco Warriors #3 Syracuse Nationals SYR in 3
Second Round W2 Los Angeles Lakers W3 Detroit Pistons LAL in 5
Conference Finals #1 Boston Celtics #3 Syracuse Nationals BOS in 5
Conference Finals W1 St. Louis Hawks W2 Los Angeles Lakers STH in 7
NBA Finals #1 Boston Celtics W1 St. Louis Hawks BOS in 5

1960-1961 Boston Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST
Tommy Heinsohn 10 29.1 19.7 9.9 2.0
Bill Russell 10 46.2 19.1 29.9 4.8
Frank Ramsey 10 30.0 17.1 6.4 2.3
Bill Sharman 10 26.1 16.8 2.7 1.7
Bob Cousy 10 33.7 16.7 4.3 9.1
Sam Jones 10 25.8 13.1 5.4 2.2
Satch Sanders 10 21.6 8.9 8.4 0.7
Jim Loscutoff 10 11.6 3.7 3.5 0.3
Gene Conley 9 6.2 3.4 3.4 0.1
K.C. Jones 9 11.4 2.8 2.1 1.7

1960-1961 Boston Celtics Conference Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Boston Leaders Syracuse Leaders
Mar 19, 1961
v.
Syracuse
W, 128-115 Boston Garden
Conference Finals
1-0 PTS: 25. Frank Ramsey
PTS: 26. D. Schayes
Mar 21, 1961
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Syracuse
L, 115-98 Oncenter War Memorial Arena
Conference Finals
1-1 PTS: 17. Bill Russell
PTS: 32. D. Schayes
Mar 23, 1961
v.
Syracuse
W, 133-110 Boston Garden
Conference Finals
2-1 PTS: 30. Bill Sharman
PTS: 22. Dick Barnett
Mar 25, 1961
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Syracuse
W, 107-120 Oncenter War Memorial Arena
Conference Finals
3-1 PTS: 22. T. Heinsohn
PTS: 23. D. Schayes
Mar 26, 1961
v.
Syracuse
W, 123-101 Boston Garden
Conference Finals
4-1 PTS: 27. Bill Sharman
PTS: 25. Dick Barnett

1960-1961 Boston Celtics NBA Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Boston Leaders St. Louis Leaders
Apr 2, 1961
v.
St. Louis
W, 129-95 Boston Garden
NBA Finals
1-0 PTS: 26. T. Heinsohn
PTS: 33. Cliff Hagan
Apr 5, 1961
v.
St. Louis
W, 116-108 Boston Garden
NBA Finals
2-0 PTS: 26. Bob Cousy
PTS: 40. Cliff Hagan
Apr 8, 1961
@
St. Louis
L, 124-120 Kiel Auditorium
NBA Finals
2-1 PTS: 24. T. Heinsohn
PTS: 31. Bob Pettit
Apr 9, 1961
@
St. Louis
W, 104-119 Kiel Auditorium
NBA Finals
3-1 PTS: 22. S. Sanders
PTS: 40. Bob Pettit
Apr 11, 1961
v.
St. Louis
W, 121-112 Boston Garden
NBA Finals
4-1 PTS: 30. Bill Russell
PTS: 26. Cliff Hagan