NBA 1959-60Regular season

Final

Syracuse Nationals100–124Boston Celtics

Syracuse Nationals at Boston Celtics

Date: Friday 5 February 1960
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1959-60Regular season
Meeting: 127th meetingof 579 played

Syracuse Nationals

Syracuse Nationals box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Dick Barnett	9–24	1–1	5	5	2	19
George Yardley	9–21	1–1	10	1	3	19
Bob Hopkins	6–14	4–4	13	2	3	16
Larry Costello	8–14	0–0	3	2	2	16
Dolph Schayes	5–18	3–3	13	4	4	13
Red Kerr	3–8	1–1	14	1	0	7
Barney Cable	2–9	1–2	3	0	2	5
Al Bianchi	1–8	1–1	2	2	0	3
Connie Dierking	1–3	0–0	3	1	4	2
Hal Greer	0–3	0–0	1	2	3	0
Team totals	44–122	12–13	67	20	23	100

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Frank Ramsey	8–20	9–11	9	3	3	25
Bill Russell	8–16	7–10	51	5	1	23
Tom Heinsohn	9–18	2–2	6	2	1	20
Bob Cousy	7–18	3–4	4	12	0	17
Gene Conley	7–20	2–2	8	0	3	16
Sam Jones	4–8	1–2	5	1	2	9
Bill Sharman	3–18	0–0	1	0	1	6
K.C. Jones	3–9	0–0	6	2	1	6
John Richter	1–3	0–0	1	0	0	2
Gene Guarilia	0–2	0–0	2	0	0	0
Team totals	50–132	24–31	93	25	12	124

This season

Boston Celtics 8, Philadelphia 76ers 5 in NBA 1959-60.

24 Oct 1959Boston Celtics 121–109 Syracuse Nationals
18 Nov 1959Boston Celtics 103–138 Syracuse Nationals
20 Nov 1959Syracuse Nationals 101–114 Boston Celtics
20 Dec 1959Boston Celtics 132–127 Syracuse Nationals
3 Jan 1960Boston Celtics 113–114 Syracuse Nationals
4 Jan 1960Syracuse Nationals 120–127 Boston Celtics
5 Jan 1960Syracuse Nationals 145–143 Boston Celtics
12 Jan 1960Syracuse Nationals 127–120 Boston Celtics
23 Jan 1960Syracuse Nationals 121–130 Boston Celtics
24 Jan 1960Boston Celtics 131–110 Syracuse Nationals
5 Feb 1960100–124 this game
3 Mar 1960Boston Celtics 108–149 Syracuse Nationals
6 Mar 1960Syracuse Nationals 117–126 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Syracuse Nationals: 31–23
Boston Celtics: 42–12

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 332, Philadelphia 76ers 247.

24 Jan 1960Boston Celtics 131–110 Syracuse Nationals
3 Mar 1960Boston Celtics 108–149 Syracuse Nationals

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.