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.

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