1960–61 Boston Celtics season

NBA basketball team season (won championship) August 2023 March 2026 Boston Celtics 1961 yes yes 57 22 Eastern 1 Red Auerbach Boston Garden WHDH-TV WHDH NBA champions(Defeated Hawks 4–1) BOS The 1960–61 Boston Celtics season was the 15th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics finished the season by winning their fourth NBA Championship. HoopsHype later ranked this squad as having the 12th easiest route to the NBA Finals championship in 2024 due to the record of their first round opponent, the Syracuse Nationals.Urbina Frank Ranking the easiest paths to an NBA title ever HoopsHype 2024-06-17 https://hoopshype.com/lists/ranking-the-easiest-paths-to-an-nba-title-ever-championship/ 2025-03-19 Draft picks 1960 NBA draft This table only displays picks through the second round. Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 8 Tom Sanders SF/PF NYU 2 16 Leroy Wright SF/PF Pacific Roster Boston Celtics 1960–61 17 Gene Conley C/F 6 8 225 Washington State 14 Bob Cousy G 6 1 175 Holy Cross 20 Gene Guarilia F 6 5 220 George Washington 15 Tom Heinsohn F 6 7 218 Holy Cross 25 K. C. Jones G 6 1 200 San Francisco 24 Sam Jones basketball, born 1933 G/F 6 4 198 North Carolina Central 18 Jim Loscutoff F 6 5 220 Oregon 23 Frank Ramsey basketball G/F 6 3 190 Kentucky 6 Bill Russell C 6 10 215 San Francisco 16 Satch Sanders F 6 6 210 NYU 21 Bill Sharman G 6 1 175 USC Red Auerbach Regular season Season standings BOS Game log 1960–61 game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 October 22 Detroit 116–118 Bob Cousy (30) 1–0 2 October 28 @ New York 110–101 Bill Russell (22) 2–0 3 October 29 Philadelphia 131–103 Bill Russell (22) 2–1 4 November 5 Cincinnati 113–104 Cousy, Sharman (27) 2–2 5 November 8 @ Cincinnati 136–120 Tom Heinsohn (33) 3–2 6 November 11 vs. Cincinnati 110–128 Tom Heinsohn (30) 4–2 7 November 12 vs. Los Angeles 124–131 Sam Jones (25) 5–2 8 November 15 vs. Detroit 115–114 (OT) Tom Heinsohn (23) 5–3 9 November 16 St. Louis 106–124 Bob Cousy (30) 6–3 10 November 19 @ Syracuse 114–94 Bill Russell (19) 7–3 11 November 20 @ Cincinnati 120–103 Bob Cousy (23) 8–3 12 November 23 New York 105–122 Frank Ramsey (24) 9–3 13 November 24 @ Philadelphia 132–129 Tom Heinsohn (26) 10–3 14 November 25 @ New York 111–110 Bill Sharman (26) 11–3 15 November 26 Syracuse 110–129 Tom Heinsohn (20) 12–3 16 November 29 @ St. Louis 119–109 Tom Heinsohn (25) 13–3 17 November 30 @ Detroit 125–110 Bill Sharman (23) 14–3 18 December 1 vs. New York 116–111 Heinsohn, Ramsey (22) 14–4 19 December 2 Los Angeles 120–117 Bill Sharman (32) 14–5 20 December 4 @ Los Angeles 113–103 Tom Heinsohn (34) 15–5 21 December 5 @ Los Angeles 123–101 Bob Cousy (24) 16–5 22 December 7 Syracuse 142–134 Tom Heinsohn (30) 16–6 23 December 8 vs. Cincinnati 118–115 Bill Russell (23) 16–7 24 December 9 Cincinnati 123–146 Bill Sharman (26) 17–7 25 December 10 @ Philadelphia 97–102 Bill Russell (22) 17–8 26 December 13 @ New York 115–117 Bob Cousy (30) 17–9 27 December 15 vs. Syracuse 105–115 Bob Cousy (28) 18–9 28 December 17 Los Angeles 112–140 Bob Cousy (25) 19–9 29 December 20 vs. Cincinnati 112–115 Tom Heinsohn (23) 20–9 30 December 21 St. Louis 108–120 Sam Jones (28) 21–9 31 December 24 Detroit 106–150 Bob Cousy (25) 22–9 32 December 26 Philadelphia 115–119 Heinsohn, S. Jones (25) 23–9 33 December 27 @ Philadelphia 101–116 Tom Heinsohn (30) 23–10 34 December 28 @ St. Louis 99–105 Frank Ramsey (19) 23–11 35 December 30 @ New York 120–106 Tom Heinsohn (30) 24–11 36 January 1 @ Syracuse 113–96 Tom Heinsohn (23) 25–11 37 January 3 @ Los Angeles 102–96 Bob Cousy (27) 26–11 38 January 5 @ Cincinnati 125–107 Frank Ramsey (28) 27–11 39 January 6 @ Detroit 108–102 Tom Heinsohn (31) 28–11 40 January 8 @ St. Louis 104–133 Sam Jones (24) 28–12 41 January 10 vs. Detroit 98–118 Tom Heinsohn (25) 29–12 42 January 12 vs. Syracuse 118–124 (OT) Bob Cousy (33) 30–12 43 January 13 Philadelphia 121–123 (OT) Sam Jones (34) 31–12 44 January 14 @ Philadelphia 113–116 Frank Ramsey (21) 31–13 45 January 15 New York 124–142 Tom Heinsohn (31) 32–13 46 January 18 St. Louis 125–114 Bob Cousy (23) 32–14 47 January 19 vs. Los Angeles 103–106 Cousy, Heinsohn (22) 33–14 48 January 21 @ Syracuse 124–127 Tom Heinsohn (34) 33–15 49 January 24 @ New York 125–112 Bob Cousy (33) 34–15 50 January 26 @ Philadelphia 129–121 Heinsohn, S. Jones (26) 35–15 51 January 27 Detroit 111–140 Sam Jones (28) 36–15 52 January 29 Philadelphia 115–128 Bill Sharman (21) 37–15 53 January 30 @ Cincinnati 88–116 Cousy, Russell (14) 37–16 54 January 31 @ St. Louis 109–103 Bill Russell (25) 38–16 55 February 1 vs. New York 120–124 Tom Heinsohn (31) 39–16 56 February 3 New York 109–123 Tom Heinsohn (23) 40–16 57 February 5 St. Louis 121–123 Tom Heinsohn (24) 41–16 58 February 7 vs. Los Angeles 95–96 Bill Russell (26) 42–16 59 February 8 @ Syracuse 108–130 Bill Sharman (26) 42–17 60 February 10 @ Detroit 134–137 Sam Jones (29) 42–18 61 February 11 New York 129–107 Frank Ramsey (26) 42–19 62 February 12 Philadelphia 125–136 Sam Jones (25) 43–19 63 February 14 vs. Los Angeles 93–113 Bob Cousy (19) 44–19 64 February 16 vs. Philadelphia 121–111 Bill Sharman (28) 44–20 65 February 17 @ Philadelphia 133–128 Bill Russell (28) 45–20 66 February 19 @ Syracuse 116–106 Tom Heinsohn (25) 46–20 67 February 22 @ Los Angeles 93–105 Bill Russell (21) 46–21 68 February 24 Syracuse 128–144 Tom Heinsohn (26) 47–21 69 February 25 @ St. Louis 122–109 Bob Cousy (23) 48–21 70 February 26 @ Detroit 113–99 Cousy, Heinsohn (23) 49–21 71 February 28 @ New York 142–116 Bill Russell (24) 50–21 72 March 1 St. Louis 110–97 Bill Sharman (23) 50–22 73 March 4 New York 110–113 Bob Cousy (20) 51–22 74 March 5 Philadelphia 129–146 Bill Russell (37) 52–22 75 March 7 vs. Cincinnati 121–124 Bill Russell (25) 53–22 76 March 8 Syracuse 127–136 Bill Sharman (27) 54–22 77 March 9 vs. Detroit 118–119 Frank Ramsey (31) 55–22 78 March 11 Syracuse 116–126 Bill Russell (24) 56–22 79 March 12 @ Syracuse 136–134 (OT) Sam Jones (44) 57–22 Playoffs Boston Celtics 1961 yes Boston Celtics #008040 white Division Finals yes yes no 3 0 1 1 |- | 1 | March 19 | Syracuse | W 128–115 | Frank Ramsey (25) | — | Bob Cousy (9) | Boston Garden7,728 | 1–0 |- | 2 | March 21 | @ Syracuse | L 98–115 | Bill Russell (17) | — | Bill Russell (5) | Onondaga War Memorial6,657 | 1–1 |- | 3 | March 23 | Syracuse | W 133–110 | Bill Sharman (30) | Bill Russell (39) | Bob Cousy (12) | Boston Garden11,754 | 2–1 |- | 4 | March 25 | @ Syracuse | W 120–107 | Tom Heinsohn (22) | — | Bob Cousy (9) | Onondaga War Memorial | 3–1 |- | 5 | March 26 | Syracuse | W 123–101 | Bill Sharman (27) | Bill Russell (33) | Frank Ramsey (6) | Boston Garden12,292 | 4–1 |- Boston Celtics #008040 white NBA Finals yes no 3 0 1 1 |- | 1 | April 2 | St. Louis | W 129–95 | Tom Heinsohn (26) | Bill Russell (31) | Bob Cousy (7) | Boston Garden11,531 | 1–0 |- | 2 | April 5 | St. Louis | W 116–108 | Bob Cousy (26) | Bill Russell (28) | Bob Cousy (14) | Boston Garden13,909 | 2–0 |- | 3 | April 8 | @ St. Louis | L 120–124 | Russell, Heinsohn (24) | Bill Russell (23) | Bill Russell (9) | Kiel Auditorium8,468 | 2–1 |- | 4 | April 9 | @ St. Louis | W 119–104 | Cousy, Sanders (22) | Bill Russell (24) | Bob Cousy (12) | Kiel Auditorium10,442 | 3–1 |- | 5 | April 11 | St. Louis | W 121–112 | Bill Russell (30) | Bill Russell (18) | Bob Cousy (12) | Boston Garden13,909 | 4–1 |- BOS yes 1961 Awards and honors Bill Russell, NBA Most Valuable Player Award Bob Cousy, All-NBA First Team Bill Russell, All-NBA Second Team Tom Heinsohn, All-NBA Second Team External links 1960–61 Boston Celtics at LandOfBasketball.com References 30em Celtics on Database Basketball Celtics on Basketball Reference Category:Boston Celtics seasons Category:NBA championship seasons Boston Celtics Boston Celtics Boston Celtics Category:1960s in Boston