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1958–59 Boston Celtics season

NBA basketball team season (won NBA championship)

(Defeated Lakers 4–0) The 1958–59 Boston Celtics season was the 13th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Celtics finished the season by winning the first of eight consecutive NBA World Championships, and their second title overall. On February 27, 1959, the Celtics blew out the Minneapolis Lakers 173-139 and set a still-standing franchise-record for points in a game. 173 points scored by Boston would also be the record for the highest-scoring amount done before the three-point line would be implemented by the NBA in the 1979–80 season (albeit initially as a gimmick), though that specific record would be tied without a three-pointer made in 1990 by the Phoenix Suns. HoopsHype would later rank this championship squad as the team with the easiest path to the NBA Finals ever in 2024 due to them being the only championship team who had playoff opponents that averaged less than an average .500 record during their championship run.

Regular season

Season standings

Game log

1958–59 Game log
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Playoffs

|- | 1 | March 18 | Syracuse | W 131–109 | Tom Heinsohn (28) | Bill Russell (32) | — | Boston Garden

1–0
2
March 21
@ Syracuse
L 118–120
Bob Cousy (27)
Bill Russell (19)
—
Onondaga War Memorial
1–1
-
3
March 22
Syracuse
W 133–111
Frank Ramsey (24)
Bill Russell (27)
—
Boston Garden
2–1
-
4
March 25
@ Syracuse
L 107–119
Frank Ramsey (29)
Bill Russell (21)
—
Onondaga War Memorial
2–2
-
5
March 28
Syracuse
W 129–108
Bob Cousy (27)
Bill Russell (32)
—
Boston Garden
3–2
-
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March 29
@ Syracuse
L 121–133
Frank Ramsey (26)
Bill Russell (24)
—
Onondaga War Memorial
3–3
-
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April 1
Syracuse
W 130–125
Frank Ramsey (28)
Bill Russell (32)
Bob Cousy (10)
Boston Garden
4–3
-
-
1
April 4
Minneapolis
W 118–115
Frank Ramsey (29)
Bill Russell (28)
Boston Garden
8,195
1–0
-
2
April 5
Minneapolis
W 128–108
Bill Sharman (28)
Bill Russell (30)
Boston Garden
11,082
2–0
-
3
April 7
@ Minneapolis
W 123–110
Tom Heinsohn (26)
Bill Russell (30)
St. Paul Auditorium
11,272
3–0
-
4
April 9
@ Minneapolis
W 118–113
Bill Sharman (29)
Bill Russell (30)
Minneapolis Auditorium
8,124
4–0
-

Roster

Red Auerbach

Awards and honors

Bob Cousy, All-NBA First Team
Bill Russell, All-NBA First Team
Bill Sharman, All-NBA First Team

References

Celtics on Basketball Reference

References

Urbina, Frank. (2024-06-17). "Ranking the easiest paths to an NBA title ever".

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