Boston Celtics Playoff Rosters

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1964-1965 Boston Celtics Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Ron Bonham SF 6-5 192 May 31, 1942 22 Cincinnati 0 1964 2nd Rnd, #18, Boston Celtics
Mel Counts FC 7-0 230 Oct 16, 1941 23 Oregon State 0 1964 1st Rnd, #9, Boston Celtics
John Havlicek GF 6-5 200 Apr 8, 1940 24 Ohio State 0 1962 1st Rnd, #9, Boston Celtics
Tommy Heinsohn PF 6-7 218 Aug 26, 1934 30 Holy Cross 8 1956 Territorial Pick, Boston Celtics
K.C. Jones PG 6-1 200 May 25, 1932 32 San Francisco 6 1955 11th Rnd, #85, Minneapolis Lakers
Sam Jones GF 6-4 198 Jun 24, 1933 31 North Carolina Central 7 1956 8th Rnd, #59, Minneapolis Lakers
Willie Naulls SF 6-6 225 Oct 7, 1934 30 UCLA 8 1956 2nd Rnd, #10, St. Louis Hawks
Bill Russell C 6-10 215 Feb 12, 1934 31 San Francisco 8 1956 1st Rnd, #3, St. Louis Hawks
Satch Sanders PF 6-6 210 Nov 8, 1938 26 NYU 4 1960 1st Rnd, #8, Boston Celtics
Larry Siegfried PG 6-3 190 May 22, 1939 25 Ohio State 1 1961 1st Rnd, #3, Cincinnati Royals
John Thompson C 6-10 225 Sep 2, 1941 23 Providence 0 1964 3rd Rnd, #27, Boston Celtics
Gerry Ward SG 6-4 195 Sep 6, 1941 23 Boston College 1 1963 1st Rnd, #6, St. Louis Hawks

1964-1965 Playoff Matchups

DescriptionHomeAwayResult
Second Round #2 Cincinnati Royals #3 Philadelphia Sixers PHI in 4
Second Round W2 St. Louis Hawks W3 Baltimore Bullets WAS in 4
Conference Finals #1 Boston Celtics #3 Philadelphia Sixers BOS in 7
Conference Finals W1 Los Angeles Lakers W3 Baltimore Bullets LAL in 6
NBA Finals #1 Boston Celtics W1 Los Angeles Lakers BOS in 5

1964-1965 Boston Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST
Sam Jones 12 41.2 28.6 4.6 2.5
John Havlicek 12 33.8 18.5 7.3 2.4
Bill Russell 12 46.8 16.5 25.2 6.3
Satch Sanders 12 30.4 13.2 8.5 1.6
Tommy Heinsohn 12 23.0 12.7 7.0 1.9
K.C. Jones 12 33.0 10.1 3.2 6.2
Willie Naulls 12 15.0 7.3 4.2 0.8
Larry Siegfried 12 13.6 7.0 2.1 1.8
Ron Bonham 4 3.2 3.5 0.2 0.0
John Thompson 3 7.0 3.7 4.0 0.3
Mel Counts 4 7.5 2.2 2.8 0.2

1964-1965 Boston Celtics Conference Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Boston Leaders Philadelphia Leaders
Apr 4, 1965
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Philadelphia		 W, 108-98 Boston Garden
Conference Finals 		1-0 PTS: 23. T. Heinsohn
 PTS: 33. W. Chamberlain
Apr 6, 1965
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Philadelphia		 L, 109-103 Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center
Conference Finals 		1-1 PTS: 40. Sam Jones
 PTS: 30. W. Chamberlain
Apr 8, 1965
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Philadelphia		 W, 112-94 Boston Garden
Conference Finals 		2-1 PTS: 24. J. Havlicek
 PTS: 24. W. Chamberlain
Apr 9, 1965
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Philadelphia		 L, 134-131 Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center
Conference Finals 		2-2 PTS: 36. Sam Jones
 PTS: 34. W. Chamberlain
Apr 11, 1965
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Philadelphia		 W, 114-108 Boston Garden
Conference Finals 		3-2 PTS: 29. Sam Jones
 PTS: 30. W. Chamberlain
Apr 13, 1965
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Philadelphia		 L, 112-106 Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center
Conference Finals 		3-3 PTS: 25. S. Sanders
 PTS: 30. W. Chamberlain
Apr 15, 1965
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Philadelphia		 W, 110-109 Boston Garden
Conference Finals 		4-3 PTS: 37. Sam Jones
 PTS: 30. W. Chamberlain

1964-1965 Boston Celtics NBA Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Boston Leaders L.A. Lakers Leaders
Apr 18, 1965
v.
L.A. Lakers		 W, 142-110 Boston Garden
NBA Finals 		1-0 PTS: 25. Sam Jones
 PTS: 26. Jerry West
Apr 19, 1965
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L.A. Lakers		 W, 129-123 Boston Garden
NBA Finals 		2-0 PTS: 24. J. Havlicek
 PTS: 45. Jerry West
Apr 21, 1965
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L.A. Lakers		 L, 126-105 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
NBA Finals 		2-1 PTS: 35. Sam Jones
 PTS: 43. Jerry West
Apr 23, 1965
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L.A. Lakers		 W, 99-112 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
NBA Finals 		3-1 PTS: 37. Sam Jones
 PTS: 24. Leroy Ellis
Apr 25, 1965
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L.A. Lakers		 W, 129-96 Boston Garden
NBA Finals 		4-1 PTS: 22. Sam Jones
 PTS: 33. Jerry West