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1964-65 Boston Celtics Roster and Statistics

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62-18, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Red Auerbach (62-18)

1964-65 NBA Champions

Points Per Game: 112.8 (3rd of 9) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 104.4 (1st of 9)
Pythagorean W-L: 60-20 (1st of 9)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 246,529 (4th of 9)

SRS: 7.47 (1st of 9)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-1) versus Los Angeles Lakers
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-3) versus Philadelphia 76ers

1964-65 Boston Celtics:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
21 Ron Bonham F 6-5 192 May 31, 1942 R University of Cincinnati
11 Mel Counts C-F 7-0 230 October 16, 1941 R Oregon State University
17 John Havlicek F-G 6-5 203 April 8, 1940 2 Ohio State University
15 Tom Heinsohn F-C 6-7 218 August 26, 1934 8 College of the Holy Cross
25 K.C. Jones G 6-1 200 May 25, 1932 6 University of San Francisco
24 Sam Jones G-F 6-4 198 June 24, 1933 7 North Carolina Central University
12 Willie Naulls F-C 6-6 225 October 7, 1934 8 University of California, Los Angeles
34 Bevo Nordmann C 6-10 225 December 11, 1939 3 Saint Louis University
6 Bill Russell C 6-9 215 February 12, 1934 8 University of San Francisco
16 Tom Sanders F 6-6 210 November 8, 1938 4 New York University
20 Larry Siegfried F 6-3 190 May 22, 1939 1 Ohio State University
18 John Thompson F 6-10 225 September 2, 1941 R Providence College
4 Gerry Ward G 6-4 195 September 6, 1941 1 Boston College

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 80 19275 3567 8609 .414 1890 2587 .731 5748 1772 2065 9024 112.8
Opponent 80 19275 8351 104.4

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Sam Jones 31 80 2885 821 1818 .452 428 522 .820 411 223 176 2070
2 John Havlicek 24 75 2169 570 1420 .401 235 316 .744 371 199 200 1375
3 Bill Russell 30 78 3466 429 980 .438 244 426 .573 1878 410 204 1102
4 Tom Sanders 26 80 2459 374 871 .429 193 259 .745 661 92 318 941
5 Tom Heinsohn 30 67 1706 365 954 .383 182 229 .795 399 157 252 912
6 Willie Naulls 30 71 1465 302 786 .384 143 176 .813 336 72 225 747
7 K.C. Jones 32 78 2434 253 639 .396 143 227 .630 318 437 263 649
8 Larry Siegfried 25 72 996 173 417 .415 109 140 .779 134 119 108 455
9 Ron Bonham 22 37 369 91 220 .414 92 112 .821 78 19 33 274
10 Mel Counts 23 54 572 100 272 .368 58 74 .784 265 19 134 258
11 John Thompson 23 64 699 84 209 .402 62 105 .590 230 16 141 230
12 Bevo Nordmann 25 3 25 3 5 .600 0 0 8 3 5 6
13 Gerry Ward 23 3 30 2 18 .111 1 1 1.000 5 6 6 5

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Sam Jones 31 80 36.1 10.3 22.7 .452 5.4 6.5 .820 5.1 2.8 2.2 25.9
2 John Havlicek 24 75 28.9 7.6 18.9 .401 3.1 4.2 .744 4.9 2.7 2.7 18.3
3 Bill Russell 30 78 44.4 5.5 12.6 .438 3.1 5.5 .573 24.1 5.3 2.6 14.1
4 Tom Heinsohn 30 67 25.5 5.4 14.2 .383 2.7 3.4 .795 6.0 2.3 3.8 13.6
5 Tom Sanders 26 80 30.7 4.7 10.9 .429 2.4 3.2 .745 8.3 1.2 4.0 11.8
6 Willie Naulls 30 71 20.6 4.3 11.1 .384 2.0 2.5 .813 4.7 1.0 3.2 10.5
7 K.C. Jones 32 78 31.2 3.2 8.2 .396 1.8 2.9 .630 4.1 5.6 3.4 8.3
8 Ron Bonham 22 37 10.0 2.5 5.9 .414 2.5 3.0 .821 2.1 0.5 0.9 7.4
9 Larry Siegfried 25 72 13.8 2.4 5.8 .415 1.5 1.9 .779 1.9 1.7 1.5 6.3
10 Mel Counts 23 54 10.6 1.9 5.0 .368 1.1 1.4 .784 4.9 0.4 2.5 4.8
11 John Thompson 23 64 10.9 1.3 3.3 .402 1.0 1.6 .590 3.6 0.3 2.2 3.6
12 Bevo Nordmann 25 3 8.3 1.0 1.7 .600 0.0 0.0 2.7 1.0 1.7 2.0
13 Gerry Ward 23 3 10.0 0.7 6.0 .111 0.3 0.3 1.000 1.7 2.0 2.0 1.7

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Ron Bonham 22 37 369 8.9 21.5 .414 9.0 10.9 .821 7.6 1.9 3.2 26.7
2 Sam Jones 31 80 2885 10.2 22.7 .452 5.3 6.5 .820 5.1 2.8 2.2 25.8
3 John Havlicek 24 75 2169 9.5 23.6 .401 3.9 5.2 .744 6.2 3.3 3.3 22.8
4 Tom Heinsohn 30 67 1706 7.7 20.1 .383 3.8 4.8 .795 8.4 3.3 5.3 19.2
5 Willie Naulls 30 71 1465 7.4 19.3 .384 3.5 4.3 .813 8.3 1.8 5.5 18.4
6 Larry Siegfried 25 72 996 6.3 15.1 .415 3.9 5.1 .779 4.8 4.3 3.9 16.4
7 Mel Counts 23 54 572 6.3 17.1 .368 3.7 4.7 .784 16.7 1.2 8.4 16.2
8 Tom Sanders 26 80 2459 5.5 12.8 .429 2.8 3.8 .745 9.7 1.3 4.7 13.8
9 John Thompson 23 64 699 4.3 10.8 .402 3.2 5.4 .590 11.8 0.8 7.3 11.8
10 Bill Russell 30 78 3466 4.5 10.2 .438 2.5 4.4 .573 19.5 4.3 2.1 11.4
11 K.C. Jones 32 78 2434 3.7 9.5 .396 2.1 3.4 .630 4.7 6.5 3.9 9.6
12 Bevo Nordmann 25 3 25 4.3 7.2 .600 0.0 0.0 11.5 4.3 7.2 8.6
13 Gerry Ward 23 3 30 2.4 21.6 .111 1.2 1.2 1.000 6.0 7.2 7.2 6.0

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Bill Russell 30 78 3466 19.5 .472 .438 14.8 2.4 14.4 16.9 0.234
2 Sam Jones 31 80 2885 20.7 .505 .452 12.1 7.3 5.5 12.8 0.213
3 Tom Sanders 26 80 2459 12.2 .478 .429 4.8 1.9 5.5 7.5 0.146
4 K.C. Jones 32 78 2434 11.0 .439 .396 21.9 0.5 6.2 6.7 0.132
5 John Havlicek 24 75 2169 16.3 .441 .401 13.8 -0.1 4.6 4.5 0.100
6 Tom Heinsohn 30 67 1706 14.3 .432 .383 12.9 -0.5 4.2 3.6 0.102
7 Larry Siegfried 25 72 996 14.0 .475 .415 15.9 1.0 2.1 3.2 0.152
8 Willie Naulls 30 71 1465 12.4 .433 .384 6.8 -0.5 3.1 2.6 0.085
9 John Thompson 23 64 699 9.8 .451 .402 2.8 0.1 1.7 1.8 0.124
10 Ron Bonham 22 37 369 21.6 .509 .414 7.6 1.0 0.8 1.8 0.230
11 Mel Counts 23 54 572 13.5 .424 .368 4.4 -0.4 1.8 1.5 0.123
12 Bevo Nordmann 25 3 25 13.0 .600 .600 14.9 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.241
13 Gerry Ward 23 3 30 -4.7 .136 .111 23.3 -0.3 0.1 -0.2 -0.366

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Sam Jones 31 12 495 135 294 73 84 55 30 39 343 .459 .869 41.3 28.6 4.6 2.5
2 John Havlicek 24 12 405 88 250 46 55 88 29 44 222 .352 .836 33.8 18.5 7.3 2.4
3 Bill Russell 30 12 561 79 150 40 76 302 76 43 198 .527 .526 46.8 16.5 25.2 6.3
4 Tom Sanders 26 12 365 64 152 31 43 102 19 58 159 .421 .721 30.4 13.3 8.5 1.6
5 Tom Heinsohn 30 12 276 66 181 20 32 84 23 46 152 .365 .625 23.0 12.7 7.0 1.9
6 K.C. Jones 32 12 396 43 104 35 45 39 74 49 121 .413 .778 33.0 10.1 3.3 6.2
7 Willie Naulls 30 12 180 39 95 10 15 51 9 27 88 .411 .667 15.0 7.3 4.3 0.8
8 Larry Siegfried 25 12 163 30 79 24 28 25 21 25 84 .380 .857 13.6 7.0 2.1 1.8
9 Ron Bonham 22 4 13 5 12 4 5 1 0 1 14 .417 .800 3.3 3.5 0.3 0.0
10 John Thompson 23 3 21 2 7 7 7 12 1 2 11 .286 1.000 7.0 3.7 4.0 0.3
11 Mel Counts 23 4 30 4 15 1 1 11 1 10 9 .267 1.000 7.5 2.3 2.8 0.3

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Bill Russell 30 12 561 20.9 .540 .527 16.6 1.0 2.4 3.3 0.286
2 Sam Jones 31 12 495 18.4 .518 .459 8.9 1.2 0.8 2.0 0.195
3 K.C. Jones 32 12 396 11.6 .489 .413 22.1 0.4 0.9 1.3 0.156
4 Tom Sanders 26 12 365 12.4 .465 .421 6.7 0.1 0.9 1.0 0.132
5 Larry Siegfried 25 12 163 13.8 .460 .380 16.7 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.128
6 Willie Naulls 30 12 180 12.4 .433 .411 6.8 -0.1 0.4 0.3 0.087
7 John Havlicek 24 12 405 12.3 .405 .352 9.7 -0.7 0.9 0.2 0.025
8 Tom Heinsohn 30 12 276 12.3 .390 .365 11.6 -0.6 0.7 0.1 0.017
9 John Thompson 23 3 21 23.4 .546 .286 5.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.306
10 Ron Bonham 22 4 13 23.3 .493 .417 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.165
11 Mel Counts 23 4 30 1.8 .291 .267 4.1 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.087