1962–63 Boston Celtics season

1962–63 Boston Celtics season
NBA champions
Head coach Red Auerbach
Arena Boston Garden
Results
Record 58–22 (.725)
Place Division: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finish NBA Champions
(Defeated Lakers 4–2)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television WHDH-TV
Radio WHDH

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

Offseason

NBA Draft

The 1962 NBA Draft

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

TeamWLPCT.GB
Boston Celtics C5822.725–
Syracuse Nationals4832.60010
Cincinnati Royals4238.52516
New York Knicks2159.26337

[1]

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—

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

[2]

Playoffs

East Division Semifinals

The Celtics had a division semifinal bye.

East Division Finals

(1) Boston Celtics vs. (3) Cincinnati Royals: Celtics win series 4–3

  • Game 1 @ Boston: Cincinnati 135, Boston 132
  • Game 2 @ Cincinnati: Boston 125, Cincinnati 102
  • Game 3 @ Boston: Cincinnati 121, Boston 116
  • Game 4 @ Cincinnati: Boston 128, Cincinnati 110
  • Game 5 @ Boston: Boston 125, Cincinnati 120
  • Game 6 @ Cincinnati: Cincinnati 109, Boston 99
  • Game 7 @ Boston: Boston 142, Cincinnati 131

NBA Finals

GameDateHome TeamResultRoad Team
Game 1April 14Boston117–114Los Angeles
Game 2April 16Boston113–106Los Angeles
Game 3April 17Los Angeles119–99Boston
Game 4April 19Los Angeles105–108Boston
Game 5April 21Boston119–126Los Angeles
Game 6April 24Los Angeles109–112Boston

[3]

Celtics win series 4–2

Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ 1962–63 NBA Season Summary – Basketball-Reference.com
  2. ↑ "1962 Boston Celtics". databasebasketball.com. Archived from the original on 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
  3. ↑ 1963 NBA Playoff Summary – Basketball-Reference.com Archived 2006-09-21 at the Wayback Machine.
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