# 1958–59 Boston Celtics season

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

| Eastern Divisionvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div |
| x-Boston Celtics | 52 | 20 | .722 | – | 26–4 | 13–15 | 13–1 | 23–13 |
| x-New York Knicks | 40 | 32 | .556 | 12 | 21–9 | 15–15 | 4–8 | 19–17 |
| x-Syracuse Nationals | 35 | 37 | .486 | 17 | 17–9 | 7–24 | 8–7 | 14–22 |
| Philadelphia Warriors | 32 | 40 | .444 | 20 | 17–9 | 7–24 | 8–7 | 14–22 |

### Record vs. opponents

1958-59 NBA Records :
| Team | BOS | CIN | DET | MIN | NYK | PHI | STL | SYR |
| Boston | – | 8–1 | 8–1 | 9–0 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 4–5 | 7–5 |
| Cincinnati | 1–8 | – | 3–9 | 6–6 | 3–6 | 2–7 | 1–11 | 3–6 |
| Detroit | 1–8 | 9–3 | – | 4–8 | 3–6 | 5–4 | 4–8 | 2–7 |
| Minneapolis | 0–9 | 6–6 | 8–4 | – | 4–5 | 6–3 | 4–8 | 5–4 |
| New York | 5–7 | 6–3 | 6–3 | 5–4 | – | 5–7 | 4–5 | 9–3 |
| Philadelphia | 3–9 | 7–2 | 4–5 | 3–6 | 7–5 | – | 4–5 | 4–8 |
| St. Louis | 5–4 | 11–1 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 5–4 | 5–4 | – | 7–2 |
| Syracuse | 5–7 | 6–3 | 7–2 | 4–5 | 3–9 | 8–4 | 2–7 | — |

### Game log
## Playoffs

1959 playoff game log :
Division Finals: 4–3 (home: 4–0; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationSeries
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
6
March 29
@ Syracuse
L 121–133
Frank Ramsey (26)
Bill Russell (24)
Onondaga War Memorial
3–3
7
April 1
Syracuse
W 130–125
Frank Ramsey (28)
Bill Russell (32)
Bob Cousy (10)
Boston Garden
4–3 :
NBA Finals: 4–0 (home: 2–0; road: 2–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsLocation AttendanceSeries
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 :
1959 schedule :

### Roster
## Awards and honors

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