NBA 1959-60Regular season

Final

Syracuse Nationals117–126Boston Celtics

Syracuse Nationals at Boston Celtics

Date: Sunday 6 March 1960
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1959-60Regular season
Meeting: 129th meetingof 579 played

Syracuse Nationals

Syracuse Nationals box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Dolph Schayes	14–26	6–7	17	2	5	34
George Yardley	12–27	4–5	8	1	3	28
Red Kerr	8–18	0–0	19	2	2	16
Dick Barnett	5–11	2–3	1	1	5	12
Larry Costello	2–16	8–9	11	6	5	12
Bob Hopkins	1–5	4–4	2	2	2	6
Connie Dierking	1–8	2–4	2	1	1	4
Hal Greer	1–8	1–1	3	2	3	3
Barney Cable	1–3	0–0	3	0	0	2
Team totals	45–122	27–33	66	17	26	117

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Tom Heinsohn	16–35	5–8	16	3	2	37
Bill Russell	10–17	6–9	23	3	3	26
Frank Ramsey	8–16	5–6	16	3	6	21
Bill Sharman	8–18	1–1	4	0	3	17
Sam Jones	4–8	2–2	4	1	1	10
Bob Cousy	3–18	1–5	7	13	4	7
Gene Conley	3–7	0–1	6	1	3	6
K.C. Jones	0–2	2–4	4	6	3	2
John Richter	0–1	0–0	0	0	1	0
Team totals	52–122	22–36	80	30	26	126

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 1960Syracuse Nationals 100–124 Boston Celtics
3 Mar 1960Boston Celtics 108–149 Syracuse Nationals
6 Mar 1960117–126 this game

Records going in

Syracuse Nationals: 44–29
Boston Celtics: 57–16

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

3 Mar 1960Boston Celtics 108–149 Syracuse Nationals
19 Nov 1960Boston Celtics 114–94 Syracuse Nationals

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.