1953–54 Boston Celtics season

1953–54 Boston Celtics season
Head coach Red Auerbach
Arena Boston Garden
Results
Record 42–30 (.583)
Place Division: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish East Division Finals
(Lost to Nationals 0–2)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Radio WCOP

The 1953–54 NBA season was the Celtics' 8th season in the NBA.[1]

Offseason

NBA Draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team

Regular season

Eastern Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-New York Knicks4428.611–18–815–1311–724–16
x-Boston Celtics4230.583217–610–1915–525–15
x-Syracuse Nationals4230.583226–611–175–721–19
Philadelphia Warriors2943.4031510–96–1613–1819–21
Baltimore Bullets1656.2222812–180–224–1611–29
x = clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1953-54 NBA Records
Team BAL BOS FWP MIL MIN NYK PHI ROC SYR
Baltimore —1–90–82–62–63–74–61–73–7
Boston 9–1—4–46–23–55–56–44–45–5
Fort Wayne 8–04–4—9–25–53–56–23–82–6
Milwaukee 6–22–62–9—3–83–53–51–91–7
Minneapolis 6–25–35–58–3—5–36–26–55–3
New York 7–35–55–35–33–5—7–37–15–5
Philadelphia 6–44–62–65–32–63–7—1–76–4
Rochester 7–14–48–39–15–61–77–1—3–5
Syracuse 7–35–56–27–13–55–54–65–3—

Playoffs

East Division Semifinals

TeamWL
Syracuse Nationals40
Boston Celtics22
New York Knicks04

East Division Finals

(1) Syracuse Nationals vs. (2) Boston Celtics: Nationals win series 2-0

  • Game 1 @ Syracuse: Syracuse 109, Boston 94
  • Game 2 @ Boston: Syracuse 83, Boston 76

Awards and records

References

  1. ↑ 1953–54 Boston Celtics
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