- Home •
- Boston’s First Dynasty •
- Cooz Leads the C’s in ’59
Cooz Leads the C’s in ’59
Date: 1958-59 season
The 1958-59 Celtics posed ahead of another NBA World Championship title-winning season. The team swept the Elgin Baylor-led Minneapolis Lakers in the 1959 NBA Finals behind star player Bob Cousy’s 16.8 points and 12.8 assists per game in the series. He set a record at the time for most assists in the NBA Finals, recording 51 in only four games.
Photo by NBAE/Getty Images