NBA 1961-62Regular season

Final

St. Louis Hawks113–130Boston Celtics

St. Louis Hawks at Boston Celtics

Date: Saturday 16 December 1961
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1961-62Regular season
Meeting: 114th meetingof 471 played

St. Louis Hawks

St. Louis Hawks box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bob Pettit	15–29	5–7	14	5	4	35
Cliff Hagan	8–21	2–2	9	2	0	18
Clyde Lovellette	9–19	0–0	13	3	4	18
Al Ferrari	7–13	3–5	3	0	2	17
Vern Hatton	5–8	0–0	1	3	5	10
Bob Sims	2–4	0–0	4	2	1	4
Cleo Hill	2–7	0–0	4	3	1	4
Fred LaCour	2–2	0–0	1	2	0	4
Barney Cable	0–7	3–5	6	0	1	3
Team totals	50–110	13–19	55	20	18	113

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bill Russell	10–15	5–8	24	4	2	25
Sam Jones	12–17	0–0	9	3	0	24
Frank Ramsey	10–22	2–3	1	2	2	22
Tom Heinsohn	7–17	3–3	7	1	3	17
K.C. Jones	6–15	4–5	6	7	3	16
Bob Cousy	4–11	3–3	4	9	0	11
Tom Sanders	3–7	0–0	5	0	2	6
Carl Braun	1–3	1–1	0	1	1	3
Gary Phillips	1–3	0–0	1	1	0	2
Gene Guarilia	1–1	0–0	3	0	0	2
Jim Loscutoff	1–4	0–0	1	0	1	2
Team totals	56–115	18–23	61	28	14	130

This season

Boston Celtics 7, Atlanta Hawks 2 in NBA 1961-62.

14 Nov 1961Boston Celtics 119–117 St. Louis Hawks
22 Nov 1961St. Louis Hawks 121–141 Boston Celtics
16 Dec 1961113–130 this game
28 Dec 1961Boston Celtics 117–109 St. Louis Hawks
2 Jan 1962St. Louis Hawks 99–136 Boston Celtics
24 Jan 1962St. Louis Hawks 135–123 Boston Celtics
6 Feb 1962Boston Celtics 129–114 St. Louis Hawks
2 Mar 1962Boston Celtics 120–138 St. Louis Hawks
4 Mar 1962St. Louis Hawks 120–123 Boston Celtics

Records going in

St. Louis Hawks: 11–18
Boston Celtics: 21–3

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 291, Atlanta Hawks 180.

22 Nov 1961St. Louis Hawks 121–141 Boston Celtics
28 Dec 1961Boston Celtics 117–109 St. Louis Hawks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.