1965-66 Boston Celtics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 54-26
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 11-6 Won NBA championship
Division Semifinals - Defeated Cincinnati Royals 3-2
Division Finals - Defeated Philadelphia 76ers 4-1
Finals - Defeated Los Angeles Lakers 4-3
Coach: Red Auerbach (54-26)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 246,189, Avg. 7,942 in 31 home dates

1965-66 Boston Celtics Roster
1965-66 Boston Celtics Results

The Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1965-66 season with a record of 54 wins and 26 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 11-6.

The Celtics topped the league with just 8,623 points allowed. Boston tossed in 9,014 points. Sam Jones scored a team-best 1,577 points for the squad, and John Havlicek contributed 18 or more per game, too. Bill Russell accounted for 1,779 boards. K.C. Jones doled out 503 assists for the team.

Red Auerbach coached the team. The 1965-66 Boston Celtics won the NBA championship.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Sam Jones	G-F	67	2155	1335	626			407	325	347	216	170	1577
John Havlicek	F-G	71	2175	1328	530			349	274	423	210	158	1334
Bill Russell	C	78	3386	943	391			405	223	1779	371	221	1005
Larry Siegfried	F	71	1675	825	349			311	274	196	165	157	972
Tom Sanders	F	72	1896	816	349			276	211	508	90	317	909
Don Nelson	F	75	1765	618	271			326	223	403	79	187	765
Willie Naulls	F-C	71	1433	815	328			131	104	319	72	197	760
K.C. Jones	G	80	2710	619	240			303	209	304	503	243	689
Mel Counts	C-F	67	1021	549	221			145	120	432	50	207	562
Ron Bonham	F	39	312	207	76			61	52	35	11	29	204
Woody Sauldsberry	F-C	39	530	249	80			22	11	142	15	94	171
John Thompson	F	10	72	30	14			6	4	30	3	15	32
Si Green	G-F	10	92	31	12			16	8	11	9	16	32
Ron Watts	F	1	3	2	1			0	0	1	1	1	2
Totals		751	19225	8367	3488	0	0	2758	2038	4930	1795	2012	9014

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Sam Jones	G-F	67	32.2	46.9	79.9	5.2	3.2	2.5	23.5
John Havlicek	F-G	71	30.6	39.9	78.5	6.0	3.0	2.2	18.8
Bill Russell	C	78	43.4	41.5	55.1	22.8	4.8	2.8	12.9
Larry Siegfried	F	71	23.6	42.3	88.1	2.8	2.3	2.2	13.7
Tom Sanders	F	72	26.3	42.8	76.4	7.1	1.3	4.4	12.6
Don Nelson	F	75	23.5	43.9	68.4	5.4	1.1	2.5	10.2
Willie Naulls	F-C	71	20.2	40.2	79.4	4.5	1.0	2.8	10.7
K.C. Jones	G	80	33.9	38.8	69.0	3.8	6.3	3.0	8.6
Mel Counts	C-F	67	15.2	40.3	82.8	6.4	0.7	3.1	8.4
Ron Bonham	F	39	8.0	36.7	85.2	0.9	0.3	0.7	5.2
Woody Sauldsberry	F-C	39	13.6	32.1	50.0	3.6	0.4	2.4	4.4
John Thompson	F	10	7.2	46.7	66.7	3.0	0.3	1.5	3.2
Si Green	G-F	10	9.2	38.7	50.0	1.1	0.9	1.6	3.2
Ron Watts	F	1	3.0	50.0		1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0
Averages		751	25.6	41.7	73.9	6.6	2.4	2.7	12.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Sam Jones	G-F	17	602	343	154			136	114	86	53	65	422
John Havlicek	F-G	17	719	374	153			113	95	154	70	69	401
Bill Russell	C	17	814	261	124			123	76	428	85	60	324
Tom Sanders	F	17	500	201	97			48	36	110	27	70	230
Larry Siegfried	F	17	452	193	81			75	62	42	41	52	224
Don Nelson	F	17	316	118	50			52	42	85	13	50	142
K.C. Jones	G	17	543	109	45			57	39	52	75	65	129
Mel Counts	C-F	10	82	39	14			17	15	40	3	26	43
Willie Naulls	F-C	11	75	35	9			21	17	16	1	23	35
Ron Bonham	F	5	16	11	7			9	3	3	0	2	17
John Thompson	F	3	11	7	1			0	0	4	0	2	2
Totals		148	4130	1691	735	0	0	651	499	1020	368	484	1969

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Sam Jones	G-F	17	35.4	44.9	83.8	5.1	3.1	3.8	24.8
John Havlicek	F-G	17	42.3	40.9	84.1	9.1	4.1	4.1	23.6
Bill Russell	C	17	47.9	47.5	61.8	25.2	5.0	3.5	19.1
Tom Sanders	F	17	29.4	48.3	75.0	6.5	1.6	4.1	13.5
Larry Siegfried	F	17	26.6	42.0	82.7	2.5	2.4	3.1	13.2
Don Nelson	F	17	18.6	42.4	80.8	5.0	0.8	2.9	8.4
K.C. Jones	G	17	31.9	41.3	68.4	3.1	4.4	3.8	7.6
Mel Counts	C-F	10	8.2	35.9	88.2	4.0	0.3	2.6	4.3
Willie Naulls	F-C	11	6.8	25.7	81.0	1.5	0.1	2.1	3.2
Ron Bonham	F	5	3.2	63.6	33.3	0.6	0.0	0.4	3.4
John Thompson	F	3	3.7	14.3		1.3	0.0	0.7	0.7
Averages		751	27.9	43.5	76.7	6.9	2.5	3.3	13.3