The 1963–64 Boston Celtics season was the Celtics' 18th season in the NBA. The Celtics finished the season by winning their seventh NBA Championship.

Offseason

NBA draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team
1 8 Bill Green Forward  United States Colorado State

Source:[1]

Roster

1963–64 Boston Celtics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From
G/F 17 John Havlicek 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 203 lb (92 kg) Ohio State
F 15 Tom Heinsohn 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Holy Cross
G 25 K. C. Jones 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) San Francisco
G/F 24 Sam Jones 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 198 lb (90 kg) North Carolina Central
F 12 Willie Naulls 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) UCLA
C 6 Bill Russell 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 215 lb (98 kg) San Francisco
F 16 Satch Sanders 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) NYU
G 20 Larry Siegfried 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Ohio State
SF 18 Jim Loscutoff 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Oregon
C 34 Clyde Lovellette 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 234 lb (106 kg) Kansas
PG 21 Johnny McCarthy 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Canisius
G/F 23 Frank Ramsey 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Kentucky
Head coach
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

A time of continued competitiveness was created by the Celtics in this period. After the retirement of point guard Bob Cousy, the head coach Red Auerbach made use of defensive teams consisting of K. C. Jones, Tom 'Satch' Sanders, and Bill Russell at the center position. The squad won back to back titles, spearheaded by Russell who was the best rebounds and one of the best shot blockers in the league. The offense had six players scoring more than ten points per game and two others more than eight points per game, with John Havlicek being the leading sixth man with 20 points per game.

Season standings

Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Boston Celtics5921.738–26–421–1712–025–11
x-Cincinnati Royals5525.688426–718–1811–027–9
x-Philadelphia 76ers3446.4252518–1212–224–1213–23
New York Knicks2258.2753710–258–274–67–29

Game log

1963–64 game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 16@ Baltimore109–95John Havlicek (24)1–0
2October 17@ Cincinnati93–92Sam Jones (24)2–0
3October 26Baltimore108–123John Havlicek (24)3–0
4October 30@ Detroit108–102John Havlicek (22)4–0
5November 1@ Philadelphia119–102Sam Jones (28)5–0
6November 2Detroit109–117Bill Russell (25)6–0
7November 6Cincinnati121–139Sam Jones (28)7–0
8November 8@ Cincinnati115–116John Havlicek (28)7–1
9November 9@ St. Louis113–91Sam Jones (34)8–1
10November 11St. Louis110–116Bill Russell (20)9–1
11November 13N Los Angeles110–114Tom Heinsohn (31)10–1
12November 15New York116–133Tom Heinsohn (24)11–1
13November 19@ New York126–98Sam Jones (19)12–1
14November 27Los Angeles78–114Sam Jones (20)13–1
15November 29N Philadelphia78–112Tom Heinsohn (18)14–1
16November 30San Francisco96–109Sam Jones (27)15–1
17December 5@ Cincinnati108–118John Havlicek (22)15–2
18December 6Cincinnati107–112Sam Jones (30)16–2
19December 7@ Baltimore114–97John Havlicek (30)17–2
20December 10@ New York132–113Havlicek, Heinsohn (27)18–2
21December 11St. Louis95–104John Havlicek (33)19–2
22December 13@ Philadelphia111–84Willie Naulls (30)20–2
23December 14Cincinnati108–105John Havlicek (35)20–3
24December 17N Baltimore131–114John Havlicek (43)21–3
25December 18New York111–133John Havlicek (27)22–3
26December 19N New York140–143Sam Jones (36)23–3
27December 21@ New York117–127Clyde Lovellette (24)23–4
28December 26Los Angeles110–126Satch Sanders (21)24–4
29December 27@ Cincinnati87–91Sam Jones (20)24–5
30December 28@ St. Louis107–100Sam Jones (22)25–5
31January 3@ San Francisco111–101Sam Jones (25)26–5
32January 4@ Los Angeles118–125 (OT)Frank Ramsey (28)26–6
33January 5@ Los Angeles95–97Sam Jones (25)26–7
34January 7@ San Francisco89–92Sam Jones (23)26–8
35January 10Cincinnati92–109Sam Jones (28)27–8
36January 11@ Philadelphia108–115John Havlicek (26)27–9
37January 12Philadelphia112–123Willie Naulls (23)28–9
38January 15@ Baltimore113–108Satch Sanders (18)29–9
39January 17Los Angeles79–99John Havlicek (27)30–9
40January 18@ Detroit121–115John Havlicek (30)31–9
41January 19San Francisco105–108Tom Heinsohn (27)32–9
42January 21@ St. Louis114–116Sam Jones (20)32–10
43January 22@ Cincinnati92–109John Havlicek (29)32–11
44January 23N St. Louis104–110John Havlicek (28)33–11
45January 24St. Louis99–119Satch Sanders (16)34–11
46January 26New York102–115Willie Naulls (20)35–11
47January 28@ New York127–133Sam Jones (32)35–12
48January 29San Francisco100–92Sam Jones (25)35–13
49January 31Philadelphia97–114Tom Heinsohn (24)36–13
50February 1@ Philadelphia119–111John Havlicek (31)37–13
51February 2Cincinnati119–117 (OT)John Havlicek (40)37–14
52February 4N St. Louis101–113Bill Russell (28)38–14
53February 6N Baltimore94–92John Havlicek (20)39–14
54February 7New York112–133Willie Naulls (27)40–14
55February 8@ New York135–114Sam Jones (35)41–14
56February 9Philadelphia109–120Sam Jones (27)42–14
57February 11Los Angeles113–109Bill Russell (26)42–15
58February 12@ Los Angeles104–97 (OT)Tom Heinsohn (23)43–15
59February 13@ San Francisco95–106Sam Jones (19)43–16
60February 15@ San Francisco96–87John Havlicek (25)44–16
61February 16@ Los Angeles92–90John Havlicek (21)45–16
62February 18N Philadelphia93–103Frank Ramsey (22)46–16
63February 20N Baltimore129–113Sam Jones (25)47–16
64February 21@ Philadelphia119–144Willie Naulls (21)47–17
65February 22@ St. Louis88–95John Havlicek (23)47–18
66February 24@ Detroit113–115Tom Heinsohn (27)47–19
67February 25@ New York114–102Tom Heinsohn (23)48–19
68February 26@ Baltimore100–87Bill Russell (20)49–19
69February 28San Francisco92–107Havlicek, Russell (16)50–19
70February 29N Detroit108–115Sam Jones (35)51–19
71March 1Philadelphia93–108Sam Jones (20)52–19
72March 3N Philadelphia94–108Tom Heinsohn (23)53–19
73March 4Cincinnati108–112John Havlicek (28)54–19
74March 5@ Cincinnati101–111Bill Russell (19)54–20
75March 7@ Detroit112–94John Havlicek (24)55–20
76March 8Detroit118–128John Havlicek (34)56–20
77March 12N Detroit120–140Clyde Lovellette (21)57–20
78March 15Baltimore105–129Clyde Lovellette (24)58–20
79March 17New York121–127Sam Jones (26)59–20
80March 18@ Baltimore95–108Tom Heinsohn (25)59–21

Playoffs

1964 playoff game log
Division Finals: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 31 Cincinnati W 103–87 Sam Jones (27) Bill Russell (31) K. C. Jones (9) Boston Garden
13,909		 1–0
2 April 2 Cincinnati W 101–90 Tom Heinsohn (31) Bill Russell (28) K. C. Jones (8) Boston Garden
13,909		 2–0
3 April 5 @ Cincinnati W 102–92 Bill Russell (22) Bill Russell (28) K. C. Jones (6) Cincinnati Gardens
11,850		 3–0
4 April 7 @ Cincinnati L 93–102 Sam Jones (33) Bill Russell (24) K. C. Jones (5) Cincinnati Gardens 3–1
5 April 9 Cincinnati W 109–95 Sam Jones (23) Bill Russell (35) Russell, K. C. Jones (7) Boston Garden
13,909		 4–1
NBA Finals: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 18 San Francisco W 108–96 Sam Jones (28) Bill Russell (25) K. C. Jones (7) Boston Garden
13,909		 1–0
2 April 20 San Francisco W 124–101 Sam Jones (31) Bill Russell (24) Bill Russell (9) Boston Garden
13,909		 2–0
3 April 22 @ San Francisco L 91–115 John Havlicek (22) Bill Russell (32) K. C. Jones (8) Cow Palace
10,981		 2–1
4 April 24 @ San Francisco W 98–95 Tom Heinsohn (25) Bill Russell (19) K. C. Jones (5) Cow Palace
14,862		 3–1
5 April 26 San Francisco W 105–99 Tom Heinsohn (19) Bill Russell (26) Bill Russell (6) Boston Garden
13,909		 4–1
1964 schedule

Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ "1963 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 19, 2025.
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963–64_Boston_Celtics_season