Hawks 108-116 Celtics (Apr 4, 1961)

STL

BOS

1

32

27

2

20

26

3

23

31

4

33

32

108

116

Top Performers

Points

40

Hagan

STL

Rebounds

28

Russell

BOS

Assists

14

Cousy

BOS

STL

Team Stats

BOS

42-116 (36.2%)

FG%

49-117 (41.9%)

- (%)

3PM

- (%)

24-33 (72.7%)

FTM

18-30 (60.0%)

63

Rebounds

81

22

Assists

30

Turnovers

1960-61 Western Standings

STLBOS

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Hawks - y	51	28	.646
2	Lakers - x	36	43	.456	15.0
3	Pistons - x	34	45	.430	17.0
4	Royals - e	33	46	.418	18.0

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Celtics - y	57	22	.722
2	Warriors - x	46	33	.582	11.0
3	Nationals - x	38	41	.481	19.0
4	Knicks - e	21	58	.266	36.0

Game Summary

The Boston Celtics emerged victorious over the St. Louis Hawks, 116 to 108, in Game 2 of the 1961 NBA Finals on April 5, 1961.

Game Info

April 4, 1961

Players	MIN	PTS	REB (O)	AST	PF	FG	FT	TS%
Cliff Hagan C. Hagan #16	48	40	17 (0)	6	4	16-28	8-9	62.6
Lenny Wilkens L. Wilkens #14	45	19	7 (0)	3	5	8-17	3-5	49.5
Bob Pettit B. Pettit #9	43	30	19 (0)	3	3	12-32	6-7	42.8
Woody Sauldsberry W. Sauldsberry #14	38	4	10 (0)	3	2	1-14	2-4	12.7
Si Green S. Green #16	26	4	5 (0)	2	2	0-9	4-7	16.6
Johnny McCarthy J. McCarthy #15	25	8	4 (0)	4	3	4-10	0-0	40.0
Fred LaCour F. LaCour #19	15	3	1 (0)	1	2	1-6	1-1	23.3

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

Players	MIN	PTS	REB (O)	AST	PF	FG	FT	TS%
Bill Russell B. Russell #6	48	5	28 (0)	4	4	2-11	1-3	20.3
Bob Cousy B. Cousy #14	38	26	7 (0)	14	1	9-25	8-10	44.2
Frank Ramsey F. Ramsey #23	36	24	6 (0)	2	3	9-19	6-8	53.3
Sam Jones S. Jones #24	29	22	5 (0)	4	2	11-21	0-0	52.4
Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn #15	27	23	15 (0)	1	4	11-19	1-1	59.2
Tom Sanders T. Sanders #16	18	4	7 (0)	1	3	2-6	0-3	27.3
Bill Sharman B. Sharman #21	16	9	2 (0)	2	0	4-9	1-2	45.5
K.C. Jones K.C. Jones #25	13	1	4 (0)	2	3	0-2	1-2	17.4
Gene Conley G. Conley #17	9	0	7 (0)	0	2	0-4	0-0	0.0
Jim Loscutoff J. Loscutoff #18	6	2	0 (0)	0	1	1-1	0-1	69.4