 The Warriors entered the 1960 NBA Playoffs and beat the Syracuse Nationals , setting up a meeting versus the Eastern Division champions , the Boston Celtics . Cherry described how Celtics coach Red Auerbach ordered his forward Tom Heinsohn to commit personal fouls on Chamberlain : whenever the Warriors shot foul shots , Heinsohn grabbed and shoved Chamberlain to prevent him from running back quickly ; his intention was that the Celtics would throw the ball in so fast that the prolific shotblocker Chamberlain was not yet back under his own basket , and Boston could score an easy fastbreak basket . The teams split the first two games , but in Game 3 , Chamberlain got fed up with Heinsohn and punched him . In the scuffle , Wilt injured his hand , and Philadelphia lost the next two games . In Game 5 , with his hand healthy , Chamberlain scored 50 points . But in Game 6 , Heinsohn got the last laugh , scoring the decisive basket with a last @-@ second tip @-@ in . The Warriors lost the series 4 – 2 . 
