Nationals 145-143 Celtics (Jan 4, 1960)

SYR

BOS

1

31

2

34

40

3

30

34

4

38

28

OT

12

10

145

143

Top Performers

Points

35

Cousy

BOS

Rebounds

31

Russell

BOS

Assists

12

Cousy

BOS

SYR

Team Stats

BOS

56-126 (44.4%)

FG%

55-138 (39.9%)

- (%)

3PM

- (%)

33-39 (84.6%)

FTM

33-46 (71.7%)

83

Rebounds

77

23

Assists

25

Turnovers

1959-60 Eastern Standings

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Celtics - y	59	16	.787
2	Warriors - x	49	26	.653	10.0
3	Nationals - x	45	30	.600	14.0
4	Knicks - e	27	48	.360	32.0

Game Summary

The Boston Celtics couldn't pull it off against the Syracuse Nationals, 145 to 143, on January 5, 1960.

Game Info

January 4, 1960

Players	MIN	PTS	REB (O)	AST	PF	FG	FT	TS%
Dolph Schayes D. Schayes #4	42	23	14 (0)	4	6	8-23	7-7	44.1
George Yardley G. Yardley #12	40	20	11 (0)	0	2	8-15	4-6	56.7
Larry Costello L. Costello #6	33	16	7 (0)	8	6	5-10	6-6	63.3
Hal Greer H. Greer #15	30	24	7 (0)	2	5	12-19	0-0	63.2
Johnny Kerr J. Kerr #10	27	11	11 (0)	4	1	5-12	1-1	44.2
Connie Dierking C. Dierking #24	26	20	19 (0)	2	4	7-17	6-7	49.8
Bob Hopkins B. Hopkins #9	24	7	6 (0)	0	3	2-10	3-5	28.7
Dick Barnett D. Barnett #12	23	9	3 (0)	2	2	4-8	1-2	50.7
Al Bianchi A. Bianchi #24	20	15	5 (0)	1	5	5-12	5-5	52.8

	Team	PTS	REB (O)	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG	3P	FT	TS%
	SYR		0 (0)					0-0	0-0	0-0

Players	MIN	PTS	REB (O)	AST	PF	FG	FT	TS%
Bill Russell B. Russell #6	53	22	31 (0)	5	3	8-20	6-10	45.1
Bob Cousy B. Cousy #14	44	35	5 (0)	12	6	12-23	11-15	59.1
Frank Ramsey F. Ramsey #23	40	31	9 (0)	2	4	12-30	7-8	46.2
Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn #15	34	18	9 (0)	0	6	8-25	2-3	34.2
K.C. Jones K.C. Jones #25	31	13	3 (0)	4	1	5-14	3-3	42.4
Sam Jones S. Jones #24	31	18	6 (0)	1	2	8-15	2-4	53.7
Gene Conley G. Conley #17	22	3	12 (0)	0	4	1-7	1-2	19.0
Gene Guarilia G. Guarilia #20	10	3	2 (0)	1	3	1-4	1-1	33.8