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Here is the Boston Celtics 1958–59 roster and regular season player statistics:

Boston Celtics 1958–59 Roster

No. Player Pos Height Weight Birth Date College
6 Bill Russell C 6’10” 215 lb Feb 12, 1934 San Francisco
17 Bob Cousy G 6’1″ 175 lb Aug 9, 1928 Holy Cross
22 Tom Heinsohn F 6’7″ 218 lb Aug 26, 1934 Holy Cross
24 Sam Jones G 6’4″ 198 lb Jun 24, 1933 North Carolina Central
25 Frank Ramsey F/G 6’3″ 200 lb Jul 13, 1931 Kentucky
19 Jim Loscutoff F 6’5″ 210 lb Feb 4, 1930 Oregon
6 Bill Sharman G 6’1″ 175 lb May 25, 1926 USC
23 Gene Conley C 6’8″ 215 lb Nov 10, 1930 Washington State
18 K.C. Jones G 6’1″ 200 lb May 25, 1932 San Francisco
14 Jim Krebs C 6’8″ 230 lb Aug 16, 1935 SMU
— Red Auerbach (Coach) — — — Sep 20, 1917 George Washington

Regular Season Per Game

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Bill Sharman SG 32 72 72 33.1 20.4 4.1 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 19.1 7.8 .408 0 0 0 5.1 4.8 .932
Bob Cousy PG 30 65 65 37.0 20.0 5.5 8.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 19.4 7.4 .384 0 0 0 5.9 5.1 .855
Tom Heinsohn PF 24 66 66 31.7 18.8 9.7 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.1 7.0 .390 0 0 0 5.9 4.7 .798
Bill Russell C 24 70 70 42.6 16.7 23.0 3.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.2 6.5 .457 0 0 0 6.1 3.7 .598
Frank Ramsey SG 27 72 72 28.0 15.4 6.8 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.1 5.3 .378 0 0 0 6.1 4.7 .782
Sam Jones SG 25 71 71 20.6 10.7 6.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.9 4.3 .434 0 0 0 2.8 2.1 .770
Jim Loscutoff SF 28 66 66 25.5 8.3 7.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.4 3.7 .353 0 0 0 1.3 0.9 .738
Bennie Swain PF 25 58 58 12.2 4.6 4.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.2 1.7 .406 0 0 0 1.9 1.2 .609
Gene Conley PF 28 50 50 13.3 4.2 5.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.2 1.7 .328 0 0 0 1.3 0.7 .578
Lou Tsioropoulos SF 28 35 35 13.9 4.1 3.1 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.4 1.7 .316 0 0 0 0.9 0.7 .758
K.C. Jones PG 26 49 49 12.4 3.5 2.6 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.9 1.3 .339 0 0 0 1.4 0.8 .603
Totals     72   25.9 116.4 77.8 21.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 112.7 44.6 .395 0 0 0 35.6 27.3 .766

Playoff Per Game

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Frank Ramsey SG 27 11 11 27.5 23.2 6.2 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 17.5 8.6 .495 0 0 0 7.4 5.9 .802
Bill Sharman SG 32 11 11 29.3 20.1 3.3 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 17.5 7.5 .425 0 0 0 5.4 5.2 .966
Tom Heinsohn PF 24 11 11 31.6 19.9 8.9 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.0 8.3 .414 0 0 0 5.1 3.4 .661
Bob Cousy PG 30 11 11 41.8 19.5 6.9 10.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.1 6.5 .326 0 0 0 8.5 6.4 .745
Bill Russell C 24 11 11 45.1 15.5 27.7 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.5 5.9 .409 0 0 0 6.1 3.7 .612
Sam Jones SG 25 11 11 17.5 10.3 5.7 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.8 3.6 .370 0 0 0 3.5 3.0 .846
Jim Loscutoff SF 28 11 11 23.6 8.1 6.6 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.3 3.5 .345 0 0 0 1.9 1.0 .524
Gene Conley PF 28 11 11 14.3 4.9 6.8 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 2.2 .364 0 0 0 1.2 0.5 .462
K.C. Jones PG 26 8 8 9.4 1.9 1.5 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.5 0.6 .250 0 0 0 0.6 0.6 1.000
Bennie Swain PF 25 5 5 5.4 1.0 2.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.4 .333 0 0 0 0.4 0.2 .500
Totals     11   240.0 123.3 82.6 26.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 118.0 46.8 .397 0 0 0 39.7 29.6 .746

Regular Season Per 36 Minutes

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Bill Sharman SG 32 72 72 33.1 22.2 4.4 2.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.8 8.5 .408 0 0 0 5.5 5.2 .932
Tom Heinsohn PF 24 66 66 31.7 21.4 11.0 2.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.5 8.0 .390 0 0 0 6.7 5.4 .798
Frank Ramsey SG 27 72 72 28.0 19.8 8.8 2.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.1 6.8 .378 0 0 0 7.8 6.1 .782
Bob Cousy PG 30 65 65 37.0 19.4 5.4 8.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.9 7.3 .384 0 0 0 5.8 4.9 .855
Sam Jones SG 25 71 71 20.6 18.7 10.5 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 17.3 7.5 .434 0 0 0 4.8 3.7 .770
Jim Loscutoff SF 28 66 66 25.5 11.7 9.9 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.7 5.2 .353 0 0 0 1.8 1.3 .738
Bennie Swain PF 25 58 58 12.2 13.5 13.3 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.4 5.0 .406 0 0 0 5.6 3.4 .609
Gene Conley PF 28 50 50 13.3 11.3 15.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.2 4.7 .328 0 0 0 3.5 2.0 .578
K.C. Jones PG 26 49 49 12.4 10.1 7.5 4.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.3 3.8 .339 0 0 0 4.0 2.4 .603
Lou Tsioropoulos SF 28 35 35 13.9 10.7 8.1 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.0 4.4 .316 0 0 0 2.4 1.8 .758
Bill Russell C 24 70 70 42.6 14.1 19.5 2.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.0 5.5 .457 0 0 0 5.2 3.1 .598
Totals     72   2979 1714.0 119.2 31.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 118.0 46.8 .397 0 0 0 39.7 29.6 .746

Playoff Per 36 Minutes

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Frank Ramsey SG 27 11 11 27.5 30.3 8.1 2.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 22.8 11.3 .495 0 0 0 9.6 7.7 .802
Bill Sharman SG 32 11 11 29.3 24.7 4.0 3.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 21.6 9.2 .425 0 0 0 6.6 6.4 .966
Tom Heinsohn PF 24 11 11 31.6 22.7 10.1 3.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 22.8 9.4 .414 0 0 0 5.8 3.8 .661
Sam Jones SG 25 11 11 17.5 21.2 11.8 3.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.3 7.5 .370 0 0 0 7.3 6.2 .846
Bob Cousy PG 30 11 11 41.8 16.7 5.9 9.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 17.3 5.6 .326 0 0 0 7.4 5.5 .745
Jim Loscutoff SF 28 11 11 23.6 12.3 10.1 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.6 5.4 .345 0 0 0 2.9 1.5 .524
Gene Conley PF 28 11 11 14.3 12.4 17.2 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.1 5.5 .364 0 0 0 3.0 1.4 .462
Bill Russell C 24 11 11 45.1 12.4 22.1 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.5 4.7 .409 0 0 0 4.9 3.0 .612
K.C. Jones PG 26 8 8 9.4 7.2 5.8 4.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.6 2.4 .250 0 0 0 2.4 2.4 1.000
Bennie Swain PF 25 5 5 5.4 6.7 18.7 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.0 2.7 .333 0 0 0 2.7 1.3 .500
Totals     11   496 1733.8 113.2 30.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 157.2 68.3 .397 0 0 0 45.7 35.2 .746

Regular Season Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Bill Sharman SG 32 72 72 2382 1466 292 179 0 0 0 1377 562 .408 0 0 0 367 342 .932
Tom Heinsohn PF 24 66 66 2089 1242 638 164 0 0 0 1192 465 .390 0 0 0 391 312 .798
Bob Cousy PG 30 65 65 2403 1297 359 557 0 0 0 1260 484 .384 0 0 0 385 329 .855
Frank Ramsey SG 27 72 72 2013 1107 491 147 0 0 0 1013 383 .378 0 0 0 436 341 .782
Sam Jones SG 25 71 71 1466 761 428 101 0 0 0 703 305 .434 0 0 0 196 151 .770
Bill Russell C 24 70 70 2979 1168 1612 222 0 0 0 997 456 .457 0 0 0 428 256 .598
Jim Loscutoff SF 28 66 66 1680 546 460 60 0 0 0 686 242 .353 0 0 0 84 62 .738
Bennie Swain PF 25 58 58 708 265 262 29 0 0 0 244 99 .406 0 0 0 110 67 .609
Gene Conley PF 28 50 50 663 209 276 19 0 0 0 262 86 .328 0 0 0 64 37 .578
K.C. Jones PG 26 49 49 609 171 127 70 0 0 0 192 65 .339 0 0 0 68 41 .603
Lou Tsioropoulos SF 28 35 35 488 145 110 20 0 0 0 190 60 .316 0 0 0 33 25 .758
Totals     72   17480 8377 5055 1568 0 0 0 8116 3207 .395 0 0 0 2562 1963 .766

Playoff Totals

PLR POS AGE GP GS MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV FGA FGM FG% 3PA 3PM 3P% FTA FTM FT%
Frank Ramsey SG 27 11 11 303 255 68 20 0 0 0 192 95 .495 0 0 0 81 65 .802
Bill Sharman SG 32 11 11 322 221 36 28 0 0 0 193 82 .425 0 0 0 59 57 .966
Tom Heinsohn PF 24 11 11 348 219 98 32 0 0 0 220 91 .414 0 0 0 56 37 .661
Bob Cousy PG 30 11 11 460 214 76 119 0 0 0 221 72 .326 0 0 0 94 70 .745
Sam Jones SG 25 11 11 192 113 63 17 0 0 0 108 40 .370 0 0 0 39 33 .846
Bill Russell C 24 11 11 496 171 305 40 0 0 0 159 65 .409 0 0 0 67 41 .612
Jim Loscutoff SF 28 11 11 260 89 73 13 0 0 0 113 39 .345 0 0 0 21 11 .524
Gene Conley PF 28 11 11 157 54 75 7 0 0 0 66 24 .364 0 0 0 13 6 .462
K.C. Jones PG 26 8 8 75 15 12 10 0 0 0 20 5 .250 0 0 0 5 5 1.000
Bennie Swain PF 25 5 5 27 5 14 1 0 0 0 6 2 .333 0 0 0 2 1 .500
Totals     11   2640 1356 820 287 0 0 0 1298 515 .397 0 0 0 437 326 .746

Team Impact Spotlight

Player Name Role Tier MPG Usage Tier PPG RPG APG STK (SPG+BPG) Impact Index* Notes Awards
Bill Russell Defensive Anchor / Team Alpha 42.6 High 16.7 23.0 3.2 ? 21.25 Hall-of-Fame center, defensive cornerstone and rebound leader; transformed Celtics defense and outlet offense, MVP caliber performer who anchored a defense that was among league best. MVP (2nd Team), All-Star, All-NBA1
Bob Cousy Primary Playmaker / Offensive Catalyst 37.0 High 20.0 5.5 8.6 ? 17.05 Hall-of-Fame lead guard and primary distributor; orchestrated fast break, high assist usage and floor leadership. MVP (4x), All-Star, All-NBA1
Bill Sharman Scoring Specialist 33.1 High 20.4 4.1 2.5 ? 15.75 Shooting guard known for elite shooting and scoring; consistent double-figure scorer and reliable perimeter threat. All-Star, All-NBA1
Tom Heinsohn Frontline Scorer / Secondary Wing 31.7 High 18.8 9.7 2.5 ? 15.75 Energetic forward with double-digit scoring and rebounding; key scoring punch and physical presence inside.  
Frank Ramsey 3-Level Role Scorer 28.0 Mid 15.4 6.8 2.0 ? 11.10 Versatile wing who provided efficient scoring and spacing; key role player in rotation.  
Jim Loscutoff Defensive/Role Forward 25.5 Low 8.3 7.0 0.9 ? 8.05 Physical forward known for defense and screens; complementary piece in frontcourt rotations.  
Sam Jones Spot Scoring Guard 20.6 Mid 10.7 6.0 1.4 ? 9.35 Young guard emerging as clutch scorer; effective banker and midrange contributor.  
Bennie Swain Rotation Forward 12.2 Low 4.6 4.5 0.5 ? 4.80 Limited minutes but provided frontcourt depth; role primarily in shorter spurts.  
Gene Conley Situational Big 13.3 Low 4.2 5.5 0.4 ? 5.25 Big man with occasional boards; more support role and spot minutes.  
Lou Tsioropoulos Bench Wing 13.9 Low 4.1 3.1 0.6 ? 4.20 Fringe rotation wing with modest per-game impact.  
K.C. Jones Backcourt Reserve 12.4 Low 3.5 2.6 1.4 ? 3.75 Young reserve guard learning NBA play; contributed in limited minutes.