BOXTOP Report - 1965-66 Boston Celtics

Known issues with box scores
Celtics regular season statistics and known issues
Celtics playoff statistics and known issues
Regular Season Game Inventory
Playoffs Game Inventory

Known issues with box scores


11/09/1965: FG mismatch (Willie Naulls FGM=7 cannot be > FGA=6)
11/11/1965: St. Louis Hawks Team MIN mismatch (Team=240, Players=230)
11/11/1965: Boston Celtics Team PF mismatch (Team=25, Players=24)
11/26/1965: Detroit Pistons Team MIN mismatch (Team=240, Players=241)
11/26/1965: Boston Celtics Team FGA mismatch (Team=115, Players=118)
11/27/1965: Los Angeles Lakers Team REB mismatch (Team=68, Players=63)
12/08/1965: Los Angeles Lakers Team AST mismatch (Team=18, Players=19)
12/11/1965: Boston Celtics Team MIN mismatch (Team=240, Players=230)
12/26/1965: Boston Celtics Team FGA mismatch (Team=97, Players=102)
12/26/1965: Boston Celtics Team REB mismatch (Team=76, Players=47)
12/28/1965: Boston Celtics Team REB mismatch (Team=54, Players=52)
12/28/1965: Boston Celtics Team AST mismatch (Team=18, Players=20)
12/28/1965: Philadelphia 76ers Team FGA mismatch (Team=119, Players=120)
12/29/1965: Boston Celtics Team AST mismatch (Team=22, Players=21)
12/29/1965: Boston Celtics Team PF mismatch (Team=29, Players=28)
01/12/1966: Boston Celtics Team AST mismatch (Team=18, Players=17)
01/28/1966: Detroit Pistons Team AST mismatch (Team=14, Players=13)
01/30/1966: Boston Celtics Team AST mismatch (Team=16, Players=14)
02/04/1966: Boston Celtics Team AST mismatch (Team=20, Players=21)
02/06/1966: Philadelphia 76ers Team PF mismatch (Team=22, Players=32)
02/10/1966: San Francisco Warriors Team FGA mismatch (Team=112, Players=111)
03/02/1966: Boston Celtics Team PF mismatch (Team=25, Players=27)
03/19/1966: New York Knickerbockers Team FGA mismatch (Team=107, Players=97)
03/19/1966: New York Knickerbockers Team REB mismatch (Team=57, Players=56)
04/07/1966: Boston Celtics Team FGA mismatch (Team=92, Players=88)
04/07/1966: Philadelphia 76ers Team REB mismatch (Team=67, Players=68)

Regular Season Game Inventory

DateRoadHomeMINFGMFGAFTMFTAPFPTSREBASTArenaAttendanceStartTimeRefsTitleSources
10/16/1965Cincinnati RoyalsBoston Celtics Y YY Y YYY0BG BR.com
10/20/1965Los Angeles LakersBoston CelticsYYYYYYYYYYYY2BG
10/23/1965Boston CelticsSt. Louis Hawks Y YY Y YYY0BG BR.com
10/28/1965Boston CelticsCincinnati Royals Y YY Y YYY0BG BR.com
10/29/1965Boston CelticsDetroit Pistons Y YY Y YYY0NYT BG BR.com
10/31/1965Baltimore BulletsBoston CelticsYYYYYYYYYYYY2BG
11/05/1965Boston CelticsBaltimore Bullets Y YY Y YYY0BG BR.com
11/06/1965Philadelphia 76ersBoston Celtics Y YY Y YYY1BG BR.com
11/09/1965Baltimore BulletsBoston CelticsYYYYYYYYYYYY0BG
11/11/1965St. Louis HawksBoston CelticsYYYYYYYYYYYY0BG BR.com
11/12/1965Boston CelticsPhiladelphia 76ers Y YY Y YY0BG BR.com
11/13/1965Detroit PistonsBoston CelticsYYYYYYYYYYYY2BG NYT BR.com
11/16/1965Boston CelticsSan Francisco Warriors Y YY Y YYY0BG BR.com
11/17/1965Boston CelticsLos Angeles Lakers Y YY Y YYY0BG BR.com
11/19/1965Cincinnati RoyalsBoston CelticsYYYYYYYYYYYY2BG
11/20/1965Boston CelticsNew York Knickerbockers Y YY Y YYY0BG BR.com
11/24/1965New York KnickerbockersBoston CelticsYYYYYYYYYYYY2BG
11/26/1965Detroit PistonsBoston CelticsYYYYYYYYYYYY2BG NYT
11/27/1965Los Angeles LakersBoston CelticsYYYYYYYYYYYY1BG
12/03/1965Philadelphia 76ersBoston CelticsYYYYYYYYYYYY2BG NYT
12/04/1965Boston CelticsSt. Louis Hawks Y YY Y YYY0NYT
12/05/1965Boston CelticsCincinnati Royals Y YY Y YYY0BG BR.com
12/07/1965St. Louis HawksBoston Celtics Y YY Y YYY0BG BR.com
12/08/1965Los Angeles LakersBoston CelticsYYYYYYYYYYYY2BG NYT
12/11/1965San Francisco WarriorsBoston CelticsYYYYYYYYYYYY0BG NYT BR.com
12/15/1965Cincinnati RoyalsBoston Celtics Y YY Y YYY0BG BR.com
12/17/1965Boston CelticsDetroit Pistons Y YY Y YYY0BG BR.com
12/22/1965New York KnickerbockersBoston CelticsYYYYYYYYYYYY2BG NYT
12/25/1965Boston CelticsBaltimore Bullets Y YY Y YYY0NYT
12/26/1965Baltimore BulletsBoston CelticsYYYYYYYYYYYY2BG BR.com
12/28/1965Boston CelticsPhiladelphia 76ers YYYYYYYYYYY0BG BR.com PI
12/29/1965Boston CelticsNew York KnickerbockersYYYYYYYYYYYY0BG NYT BR.com NY City Post
12/30/1965San Francisco WarriorsBoston Celtics Y YY Y YYY0BG BR.com
01/01/1966Boston CelticsSt. Louis Hawks Y YY Y YYY0BG BR.com
01/02/1966Boston CelticsLos Angeles Lakers Y YY Y YYY0BG BR.com
01/05/1966Boston CelticsLos Angeles Lakers Y YY Y YYY0BG BR.com
01/07/1966Boston CelticsSan Francisco Warriors Y YY Y YYY0BG BR.com
01/08/1966Boston CelticsSan Francisco Warriors Y YY Y YY0NYT BG
01/12/1966Los Angeles LakersBoston CelticsYYYYYYYYYYYY2BG
01/14/1966Boston CelticsPhiladelphia 76ers YYYYYYYY YY0BG BR.com PI
01/16/1966Philadelphia 76ersBoston CelticsYYYYYYYYYYYY2BG NYT
01/18/1966Detroit PistonsBoston Celtics YYYYYYYYYYY0BG BR.com PI
01/19/1966Baltimore BulletsBoston CelticsYYYYYYYYYYYY2BG NYT
01/21/1966Cincinnati RoyalsBoston CelticsYYYYYYYYYYYY0BG BR.com
01/22/1966Boston CelticsBaltimore Bullets Y YY Y YYY0BG BR.com
01/25/1966Boston CelticsCincinnati Royals Y YY Y YYY0BG BR.com
01/27/1966Boston CelticsDetroit Pistons Y YY Y YYY0BG BR.com
01/28/1966Detroit PistonsBoston CelticsYYYYYYYYYYYY0BG
01/29/1966Boston CelticsNew York Knickerbockers Y YY Y YYY0BG BR.com
01/30/1966New York KnickerbockersBoston CelticsYYYYYYYYYYYY2BG
02/01/1966Detroit PistonsBoston Celtics Y YY Y Y Y0BG BR.com
02/02/1966Boston CelticsDetroit Pistons Y YY Y YYY0BG BR.com
02/04/1966St. Louis HawksBoston CelticsYYYYYYYYYYYY0BG
02/05/1966Boston CelticsBaltimore Bullets Y YY Y YYY0NYT
02/06/1966Philadelphia 76ersBoston Celtics YYYYYYYYYYY1BG BR.com PI
02/07/1966San Francisco WarriorsBoston Celtics Y YY Y YYY0BG BR.com
02/09/1966New York KnickerbockersBoston CelticsYYYYYYYYYYYY2BG NYT
02/10/1966San Francisco WarriorsBoston CelticsYYYYYYYYYYYY2BG BR.com
02/11/1966San Francisco WarriorsBoston CelticsYYYYYYYYYYYY2BG
02/12/1966Boston CelticsPhiladelphia 76ers YYYYYYYYYYY0BG BR.com PI
02/13/1966Los Angeles LakersBoston CelticsYYYYYYYYYYYY2BG
02/15/1966Boston CelticsCincinnati Royals Y YY Y YYY0BG BR.com
02/18/1966Boston CelticsSan Francisco Warriors Y YY Y YYY0BG BR.com
02/19/1966Boston CelticsLos Angeles Lakers Y YY Y YYY0BH BG
02/21/1966Boston CelticsLos Angeles Lakers Y YY Y YYY0BG BR.com
02/22/1966Boston CelticsSan Francisco Warriors Y YY Y YY1BG
02/24/1966St. Louis HawksBoston CelticsYYYYYYYYYYYY2BG BH
02/26/1966Boston CelticsNew York KnickerbockersYYYYYYYYYYYY0BG NY City Post
02/27/1966Boston CelticsBaltimore Bullets Y YY Y YYY0BG BR.com
03/01/1966Boston CelticsSt. Louis Hawks Y YY Y YYY0BG BR.com
03/02/1966New York KnickerbockersBoston CelticsYYYYYYYYYYYY2BRA BG
03/04/1966St. Louis HawksBoston CelticsYYYYYYYYYYYY2BG
03/05/1966Boston CelticsPhiladelphia 76ers YYYYYYYY YY0BG BR.com PI
03/06/1966Philadelphia 76ersBoston Celtics YYYYYYYYYYY0NYT PI
03/07/1966Boston CelticsSt. Louis Hawks Y YY Y YY0NYT BR.com
03/10/1966Boston CelticsCincinnati Royals Y YY Y YYY0NYT
03/13/1966Baltimore BulletsBoston Celtics Y YY Y YYY0NYT
03/17/1966Boston CelticsDetroit Pistons Y YY Y YYY0NYT
03/19/1966Boston CelticsNew York KnickerbockersYYYYYYYYYYYY0NYT NY City Post
03/20/1966Cincinnati RoyalsBoston Celtics Y YY Y YYY0NYT

Boston Celtics regular season statistics

NameGamesMINFGMFGAFTMFTAREBASTPFPTSTEAM REB
Ron Bonham3911676805263 (61)12512204
Mel Counts6741522126912014522721107562
Sihugo Green1033121481635432
John Havlicek7185553066627434921498731334
K.C. Jones801043240279209303138225107689
Sam Jones6779862655632540716288701577
Willie Naulls71610327 (328)427106 (104)133 (131)16934104760
Don Nelson757062713192233262072992765
Bill Russell781317391470223398 (405)9261861201005
Tom Sanders7266934935621127623538148909
Woody Sauldsberry3920980104112269444171
Larry Siegfried71655349391274311977776972
John Thompson1029141646161832
Ron Watts1312001112
TEAM8074653487 (3488)39392040 (2038)2755 (2758)244281214079014213
Games Available8031803880803838388027

Games Available denotes the number of games for which that statistic is available for every player who played in the game.
For a specific game, some stats may be partially available, and complete data may be available for some players but not others.
Incomplete season totals are displayed in blue.
Known deviations from Basketball-Reference.com are displayed in red with their "official" total in ().

Note: BOXTOP statistics agree with NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com game logs for all of the discrepancies shown above except for two games where Bill Russell's FTA are different (2/9/1966 and 2/24/1966). The differences cancel each other out so I have chosen to use the data from other sources.


Playoffs Game Inventory

DateRoadHomeMINFGMFGAFTMFTAPFPTSREBASTArenaAttendanceStartTimeRefsTitleSources
03/23/1966Cincinnati RoyalsBoston Celtics Y YY Y YY 0Eastern Division Semifinals Game 1NYT BR.com
03/26/1966Boston CelticsCincinnati Royals Y YY Y YY 0Eastern Division Semifinals Game 2NYT
03/27/1966Cincinnati RoyalsBoston Celtics Y YY Y YY 0Eastern Division Semifinals Game 3NYT
03/30/1966Boston CelticsCincinnati Royals Y YY Y YY 0Eastern Division Semifinals Game 4NYT
04/01/1966Cincinnati RoyalsBoston Celtics Y YY Y YY 0Eastern Division Semifinals Game 5NYT BR.com NBA.com
04/03/1966Boston CelticsPhiladelphia 76ers Y YY Y Y 0Eastern Division Finals Game 1NYT
04/06/1966Philadelphia 76ersBoston Celtics Y YY Y YY 0Eastern Division Finals Game 2NYT
04/07/1966Boston CelticsPhiladelphia 76ers YYYYYYYYYY 2Eastern Division Finals Game 3BG
04/10/1966Philadelphia 76ersBoston CelticsYYYYYYYYYYYY0Eastern Division Finals Game 4BG
04/12/1966Boston CelticsPhiladelphia 76ers Y YY Y YYY0Eastern Division Finals Game 5BG BR.com
04/17/1966Los Angeles LakersBoston CelticsYYYYYYYYYYYY2NBA Finals Game 1BG W
04/19/1966Los Angeles LakersBoston CelticsYYYYYYYYYYYY2NBA Finals Game 2BG
04/20/1966Boston CelticsLos Angeles Lakers YYYYYYYYYY 2NBA Finals Game 3BG W BR.com
04/22/1966Boston CelticsLos Angeles LakersYYYYYYYYYYYY2NBA Finals Game 4BH BG BR.com
04/24/1966Los Angeles LakersBoston CelticsYYYYYYYYYYYY2NBA Finals Game 5BH BG W
04/27/1966Boston CelticsLos Angeles LakersYYYYYYYYYYYY2NBA Finals Game 6BG
04/28/1966Los Angeles LakersBoston CelticsYYYYYYYYYYY 2NBA Finals Game 7BG W

Boston Celtics playoff statistics

NameGamesMINFGMFGAFTMFTAREBASTPFPTSTEAM REB
Ron Bonham58723930117
Mel Counts1055142815172601743
John Havlicek1730415320595113883741401
K.C. Jones1720945613957253234129
Sam Jones17251154179114136543236422
Willie Naulls1121912172170835
Don Nelson171425059425245823142
Bill Russell1734012414576125 (123)2233632324
Tom Sanders17205971073648581638230
Larry Siegfried17190811036275212329224
John Thompson3513002012
TEAM171730735908499653 (651)552184260196968
Games Available1771791717999179

Games Available denotes the number of games for which that statistic is available for every player who played in the game.
For a specific game, some stats may be partially available, and complete data may be available for some players but not others.
Incomplete season totals are displayed in blue.
Known deviations from Basketball-Reference.com are displayed in red with their "official" total in ().

Note: BOXTOP statistics agree with NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com game logs for all of the discrepancies shown above.


Abbreviations for Sources:
BG - Boston Globe
BH - Boston Herald
BRA - Boston Record-American
BR.com - Basketball-Reference.com
CY - Boston Celtics Yearbook
G7 - Woten, Bill. Game 7: Inside the NBA’s Ultimate Showdown. Self-published, 2007.
NYT - New York Times
PI - Philadelphia Inquirer
SB - Sullivan, George. The Picture History of the Boston Celtics. Indianapolis/New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1981.
SHJ - Syracuse Herald-Journal
TSN - The Sporting News
W - NBA Finals Boxscore collection, http://webuns.chez-alice.fr/home.htm (referenced by APBR.org)


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