1962–63 Boston Celtics season

The 1962–63 NBA season was the Celtics' 17th season in the NBA. The Celtics finished the season by winning their sixth NBA Championship.

1962–63 Boston Celtics season
NBA champions
Division champions
Head coachRed Auerbach
ArenaBoston Garden
Results
Record58–22 (.725)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishNBA Champions
(Defeated Lakers 4–2)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWHDH-TV
RadioWHDH

Offseason

NBA draft

The 1962 NBA Draft results were:

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 7 John Havlicek Forward/Guard  United States Ohio State
2 16 Jack Foley Guard  United States Holy Cross
3 25 Jim Hadnot  United States Providence
4 34 Roger Strickland  United States Jacksonville University
5 43 Gary Daniels  United States The Citadel
6 52 Jim Hooley Boston College
7 60 Clyde Arnold Duquesne
8 69 Chuck Chevalier Boston College
9 78 Mike Cingiser Brown

Regular season

Season standings
Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Boston Celtics5822.725–25–521–1612–125–11
x-Syracuse Nationals4832.6001023–513–1912–821–15
x-Cincinnati Royals4238.5251623–1015–194–920–16
New York Knicks2159.2633712–225–284–96–30

Record vs. opponents
1962-63 NBA Records
Team BOS CHI CIN DET LAL NYK SFW STL SYR
Boston —8–29–38–04–510–28–15–36–6
Chicago 2–8—4–63–73–74–64–63–72–8
Cincinnati 3–96–4—4–43–610–26–33–57–5
Detroit 0–87–34–4—1–118–17–54–83–6
Los Angeles 5–47–36–311–1—5–38–47–54–4
New York 2–106–42–101–83–5—2–63–62–10
San Francisco 1–86–43–65–74–86–2—3–93–5
St. Louis 3–57–35–38–45–76–39–3—5–4
Syracuse 6–68–25–76–34–410–25–34–5—

Game log
1962–63 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 20New York116–149Sam Jones (25)1–0
2October 26@ New York133–108Bill Russell (25)2–0
3October 27Syracuse98–118Heinsohn, S. Jones, Sanders (17)3–0
4October 30@ St. Louis97–98Sam Jones (23)3–1
5October 31@ Detroit115–100Tom Heinsohn (24)4–1
6November 2@ Chicago107–97Bob Cousy (23)5–1
7November 3Detroit114–125Tom Heinsohn (21)6–1
8November 7@ Cincinnati106–105Sam Jones (23)7–1
9November 9Los Angeles133–120Sam Jones (23)7–2
10November 11N New York98–117Tom Heinsohn (24)8–2
11November 12Cincinnati126–137Tom Heinsohn (25)9–2
12November 13@ New York116–102Tom Heinsohn (26)10–2
13November 16@ Syracuse105–113Tom Heinsohn (27)10–3
14November 17San Francisco109–127Tom Heinsohn (28)11–3
15November 20N Chicago106–113Heinsohn, Russell (20)12–3
16November 21St. Louis106–115Bill Russell (26)13–3
17November 22N Syracuse130–120Frank Ramsey (23)13–4
18November 23N Chicago104–116Satch Sanders (27)14–4
19November 24@ St. Louis95–97Satch Sanders (21)14–5
20November 27N Detroit115–125Tom Heinsohn (24)15–5
21December 1Syracuse110–129Heinsohn, S. Jones, Russell (22)16–5
22December 2@ Cincinnati128–127 (OT)Sam Jones (27)17–5
23December 5@ Detroit106–93Sam Jones (20)18–5
24December 7Los Angeles112–126Bill Russell (24)19–5
25December 8@ Syracuse97–102Tom Heinsohn (20)19–6
26December 11@ New York87–95Bill Russell (18)19–7
27December 12St. Louis98–111Sam Jones (27)20–7
28December 13N Detroit93–103Tom Heinsohn (26)21–7
29December 15Cincinnati124–120Bill Russell (23)21–8
30December 22New York120–106Sam Jones (24)21–9
31December 26San Francisco113–116Sam Jones (20)22–9
32December 27N San Francisco102–108Sam Jones (32)23–9
33December 28@ Cincinnati121–113John Havlicek (31)24–9
34December 29@ St. Louis100–102Tom Heinsohn (23)24–10
35January 2@ San Francisco135–120 (OT)Tom Heinsohn (41)25–10
36January 4@ Los Angeles123–125Tom Heinsohn (29)25–11
37January 5@ Los Angeles104–106John Havlicek (24)25–12
38January 8@ San Francisco118–112Bob Cousy (19)26–12
39January 9@ Chicago123–131John Havlicek (20)26–13
40January 10@ Cincinnati121–130Bill Russell (31)26–14
41January 11Syracuse117–134John Havlicek (27)27–14
42January 13Chicago99–143Clyde Lovellette (24)28–14
43January 17N Chicago93–110Tom Heinsohn (18)29–14
44January 18Cincinnati114–122Tom Heinsohn (25)30–14
45January 19@ Syracuse148–149 (OT)Sam Jones (37)30–15
46January 20Los Angeles121–133S. Jones, Russell (29)31–15
47January 22@ New York124–100Bob Cousy (19)32–15
48January 23@ Cincinnati133–138Tom Heinsohn (25)32–16
49January 24N St. Louis109–111Sam Jones (27)33–16
50January 25St. Louis98–113Sam Jones (21)34–16
51January 27New York110–123John Havlicek (26)35–16
52January 29N Chicago99–100Sam Jones (23)36–16
53January 30San Francisco111–125Bill Russell (23)37–16
54January 31N Cincinnati125–128Sam Jones (22)38–16
55February 1Syracuse125–111Satch Sanders (22)38–17
56February 3Detroit128–137Sam Jones (35)39–17
57February 5@ Cincinnati106–96Sam Jones (27)40–17
58February 6@ Syracuse109–126Sam Jones (22)40–18
59February 8@ New York129–97John Havlicek (19)41–18
60February 9San Francisco112–118Cousy, S. Jones (22)42–18
61February 10New York123–129Sam Jones (21)43–18
62February 12N Los Angeles93–120Sam Jones (25)44–18
63February 13Los Angeles134–128Satch Sanders (25)44–19
64February 15N Syracuse114–123Tom Heinsohn (33)45–19
65February 16@ St. Louis114–94Sam Jones (34)46–19
66February 17@ Chicago110–107Sam Jones (28)47–19
67February 19Cincinnati126–129Heinsohn, S. Jones (25)48–19
68February 20@ Detroit117–113John Havlicek (24)49–19
69February 21@ San Francisco135–118Bill Russell (25)50–19
70February 22@ Los Angeles105–113Sam Jones (24)50–20
71February 24@ Los Angeles119–109Sam Jones (28)51–20
72February 26@ San Francisco112–128Bill Russell (20)51–21
73March 2New York117–122John Havlicek (32)52–21
74March 3@ New York102–95Sam Jones (17)53–21
75March 7@ Detroit115–104Sam Jones (31)54–21
76March 8@ Chicago109–110Bill Russell (24)54–22
77March 10Cincinnati117–149Tom Heinsohn (29)55–22
78March 13Chicago108–121Tom Heinsohn (37)56–22
79March 16@ Syracuse125–121Tom Heinsohn (21)57–22
80March 17Syracuse116–125Tom Heinsohn (28)58–22

Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average

Player GP REB AST STL BLK PTS AVG
Sam Jones 76 396 241 0 0 1499 19.7
Tom Heinsohn 76 596 95 0 0 1440 18.9
Bill Russell 78 1843 348 0 0 1309 16.8
John Havlicek 80 534 179 0 0 1140 14.3
Bob Cousy 76 193 515 0 0 1003 13.2
Frank Ramsey 77 288 95 0 0 839 10.9
Thomas "Satch" Sanders 80 576 95 0 0 864 10.8
K.C. Jones 79 263 317 0 0 572 7.2
Clyde Lovellette 61 177 27 0 0 395 6.5
Dan Swartz 39 88 21 0 0 175 4.5
Jim Loscutoff 63 157 25 0 0 210 3.3
Gene Guarilia 11 14 2 0 0 26 2.4

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Playoffs
1963 playoff game log
Division Finals: 4–3 (home: 2–2; road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 28 Cincinnati L 132–135 Sam Jones (30) Bill Russell (24) Bob Cousy (9) Boston Garden
13,798		 1–0
2 March 29 @ Cincinnati W 125–102 Bill Russell (26) Bill Russell (24) — Cincinnati Gardens
11,102		 1–1
3 March 31 Cincinnati L 116–121 Tom Heinsohn (28) Bill Russell (28) Bob Cousy (7) Boston Garden
13,909		 1–2
4 April 3 @ Cincinnati W 128–110 Bill Russell (26) Bill Russell (21) — Cincinnati Gardens
3,498		 2–2
5 April 6 Cincinnati W 125–120 Tom Heinsohn (34) Bill Russell (26) Bob Cousy (8) Boston Garden
13,909		 3–2
6 April 7 @ Cincinnati L 99–109 Sam Jones (22) Bill Russell (23) — Cincinnati Gardens
7,745		 3–3
7 April 10 Cincinnati W 142–131 Sam Jones (47) Bill Russell (24) Bob Cousy (16) Boston Garden
13,909		 4–3
NBA Finals: 4–2 (home: 2–1; road: 2–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 14 Los Angeles W 117–114 Sam Jones (29) Bill Russell (29) Bob Cousy (11) Boston Garden
13,909		 1–0
2 April 16 Los Angeles W 113–106 Sam Jones (27) Bill Russell (38) Bob Cousy (11) Boston Garden
13,909		 2–0
3 April 17 @ Los Angeles L 99–119 Sam Jones (30) Bill Russell (19) Bill Russell (5) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
15,493		 2–1
4 April 19 @ Los Angeles W 108–105 Tom Heinsohn (35) Bill Russell (19) three players tied (5) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
16,382		 3–1
5 April 21 Los Angeles L 119–126 Sam Jones (36) Bill Russell (27) Bob Cousy (14) Boston Garden
13,909		 3–2
6 April 24 @ Los Angeles W 112–109 Tom Heinsohn (22) Bill Russell (24) Bill Russell (9) Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
15,652		 4–2
1963 schedule

Awards and honors

References
  1. "1962 Boston Celtics". databasebasketball.com. Archived from the original on May 11, 2010. Retrieved August 12, 2009.
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