NBA 1961-62Regular season

Final

St. Louis Hawks99–136Boston Celtics

St. Louis Hawks at Boston Celtics

Date: Tuesday 2 January 1962
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1961-62Regular season
Meeting: 116th meetingof 471 played

St. Louis Hawks

St. Louis Hawks box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	PF	PTS
Bob Pettit	11–23	14–16	22	2	36
Al Ferrari	8–18	1–1	3	5	17
Shellie McMillon	4–10	2–2	7	4	10
Barney Cable	4–13	1–1	10	2	9
Clyde Lovellette	4–15	0–0	8	0	8
Cliff Hagan	3–13	1–1	4	0	7
Bob Sims	3–11	0–0	4	4	6
Fred LaCour	2–6	0–0	5	0	4
Cleo Hill	1–5	0–0	1	0	2
Vern Hatton	0–3	0–1	1	1	0
Team totals	40–117	19–22	65	18	99

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	PF	PTS
Tom Heinsohn	12–21	1–1	6	3	25
Bill Russell	9–13	1–2	18	2	19
Sam Jones	7–13	3–3	5	0	17
Bob Cousy	6–13	3–3	6	1	15
Tom Sanders	6–10	3–3	9	3	15
Gary Phillips	6–11	1–1	2	0	13
Jim Loscutoff	3–10	4–4	12	3	10
Gene Guarilia	3–12	2–2	5	1	8
Frank Ramsey	2–5	1–1	0	1	5
K.C. Jones	2–5	1–3	0	0	5
Carl Braun	2–10	0–0	3	0	4
Team totals	58–123	20–23	66	14	136

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 1961St. Louis Hawks 113–130 Boston Celtics
28 Dec 1961Boston Celtics 117–109 St. Louis Hawks
2 Jan 196299–136 this game
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: 14–24
Boston Celtics: 29–5

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

28 Dec 1961Boston Celtics 117–109 St. Louis Hawks
24 Jan 1962St. Louis Hawks 135–123 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.