With the new decade ushered in the Boston Celtics‘ dynasty was just beginning. The rivalry against the St. Louis Hawks was further intensified as they had yet another seven game finals series.
1960 is also the season when Bill Russell truly took over the team. In previous seasons Russell was never the leading scorer but in 1960 he started closing the scoring gap as his 18.2 points per game were only 3.5 points pee game off of Tom Heinsohn‘s team high.
And, of course, the rebounding numbers continue to look more and more absurd and he carried the team with 24 rebounds per game, 14 more than the next closest and this was in fact the first time Russell had a teammate that averaged double digit rebounds as Heinsohn also brought in 10.