1952–53 Boston Celtics season

The 1952–53 NBA season was the Celtics' 7th season in the NBA.[1]

1952–53 Boston Celtics season
Head coachRed Auerbach
ArenaBoston Garden
Results
Record46–25 (.648)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finishEast Division Finals
(Lost to Knicks 1–3)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

Offseason

NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 6 Bill Stauffer F  United States Missouri
4 7 Herm Hedderick SG  United States Canisius
10 4 Gene Conley F/C  United States Washington

Roster
Roster listing
1952–53 Boston Celtics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
PF 18 Brannum, Bob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1925–05–28 Michigan
PF 17 Conley, Gene 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1930–11–10 Washington
SF 11 Cooper, Chuck 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1926–09–29 Duquesne
PG 14 Cousy, Bob 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1928–08–09 Holy Cross
SG 12 Donham, Bob 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1926–10–11 Ohio State
SF 13 Harris, Bob 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1927–03–16 Oklahoma State
F/C 10 Hermsen, Kleggie 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1923–03–12 Minnesota
C 22 Macauley, Ed 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1928–03–22 Saint Louis
C 16 Mahnken, John 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1922–06–16 Georgetown
F 19 Mahoney, Mo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1927–11–20 Brown
PG 4 Rollins, Kenny 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 168 lb (76 kg) 1923–09–14 Kentucky
SG 21 Sharman, Bill 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1926–05–25 Southern California
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster

Regular season
Eastern Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-New York Knicks4723.671-22-415-1410-530-10
x-Syracuse Nationals4724.6620.532-210-205-226-15
x-Boston Celtics4625.6481.521-311-1814-428-13
x-Baltimore Bullets1654.2293111-201–194-1510-30
Philadelphia Warriors1257.17434.55-121–286-177-33
x = clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1952-53 NBA Records
Team BAL BOS FWP IND MIL MIN NYK PHI ROC SYR
Baltimore —2–80–62–43–31–50–106–40–62–8
Boston 8–2—4–24–25–11–56–49–14–25–6
Fort Wayne 6–02–4—7–37–31–94–25–03–71–5
Indianapolis 4–22–43–7—5–64–61–55–13–71–5
Milwaukee 3–31–53–76–5—3–71–54–23–73–3
Minneapolis 5–15–19–16–47–3—4–26–04–62–4
New York 10–04–62–45–15–12–4—10–03–36–4
Philadelphia 4–61–90–51–52–40–60–10—2–42–8
Rochester 6–02–47–37–37–36–43–34–2—2–4
Syracuse 8–26–55–15–13–34–24–68–24–2—

Game log
1952–53 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 31@ Indianapolis83–68Bob Cousy (22)1–0
2November 1@ Minneapolis91–94Ed Macauley (37)1–1
3November 8Syracuse83–106Bob Cousy (27)2–1
4November 11Minneapolis101–92Ed Macauley (25)2–2
5November 13@ Syracuse81–96Bob Cousy (25)2–3
6November 15@ New York68–79Bob Cousy (23)2–4
7November 16Rochester87–96Ed Macauley (27)3–4
8November 19N Milwaukee77–91Bob Cousy (24)4–4
9November 22Indianapolis91–96Ed Macauley (23)5–4
10November 23@ Rochester102–100Bob Cousy (26)6–4
11November 26Philadelphia92–93Bob Cousy (30)7–4
12November 27@ Philadelphia83–70Ed Macauley (21)8–4
13November 29N Fort Wayne71–78Bob Cousy (27)9–4
14November 30@ Syracuse66–78Bob Cousy (28)9–5
15December 3Minneapolis106–102 (OT)Bob Cousy (28)9–6
16December 4N Milwaukee90–73Bob Cousy (23)9–7
17December 6Milwaukee83–88Ed Macauley (16)10–7
18December 9N Philadelphia72–86Ed Macauley (29)11–7
19December 10N Philadelphia97–103Bob Cousy (30)12–7
20December 11N Baltimore94–88Bill Sharman (42)13–7
21December 13Philadelphia78–82Bill Sharman (22)14–7
22December 14@ Baltimore83–73Bob Cousy (23)15–7
23December 18N Syracuse83–88Bob Cousy (26)16–7
24December 20Syracuse77–91Ed Macauley (31)17–7
25December 21@ Syracuse86–90Ed Macauley (21)17–8
26December 25@ New York84–97Bill Sharman (25)17–9
27December 26@ Indianapolis74–85Bill Sharman (20)17–10
28December 27@ Minneapolis71–94Bill Sharman (20)17–11
29December 28@ Fort Wayne89–66Bob Cousy (22)18–11
30December 31Syracuse87–97Bill Sharman (29)19–11
31January 1@ Rochester83–81 (OT)Bob Cousy (24)20–11
32January 3N Indianapolis63–78Bob Cousy (20)21–11
33January 4New York100–103Ed Macauley (28)22–11
34January 7@ Philadelphia84–82Bill Sharman (34)23–11
35January 8N Rochester85–88 (OT)Ed Macauley (28)24–11
36January 9N Baltimore90–94Bob Cousy (22)24–12
37January 10@ Baltimore105–126Bill Sharman (33)24–13
38January 11Baltimore87–131Ed Macauley (25)25–13
39January 15@ Fort Wayne85–91Bill Sharman (26)25–14
40January 16@ Milwaukee100–90Bill Sharman (29)26–14
41January 18New York83–99Ed Macauley (33)27–14
42January 21Fort Wayne84–94Bob Cousy (29)28–14
43January 22N New York112–89Bill Sharman (20)28–15
44January 23@ Indianapolis85–90Ed Macauley (24)28–16
45January 25@ Minneapolis82–87Bob Cousy (18)28–17
46January 27N Milwaukee58–80Cousy, Macauley (22)29–17
47January 29@ Fort Wayne98–111Bob Cousy (27)29–18
48January 31@ New York69–76Bill Sharman (23)29–19
49February 1Rochester109–86Ed Macauley (25)29–20
50February 4Syracuse92–105Bill Sharman (32)30–20
51February 7@ Baltimore101–98 (OT)Ed Macauley (33)31–20
52February 8New York79–87Bill Sharman (20)32–20
53February 12@ Philadelphia91–92Ed Macauley (25)32–21
54February 13Milwaukee74–77Ed Macauley (25)33–21
55February 15Indianapolis76–89Ed Macauley (20)34–21
56February 17N Syracuse84–65Cousy, Sharman (14)34–22
57February 18N New York66–69Ed Macauley (16)35–22
58February 21@ Baltimore90–86Cousy, Macauley (23)36–22
59February 22New York83–87 (OT)Bob Cousy (27)37–22
60February 25Philadelphia80–87Cousy, Macauley (22)38–22
61February 26N Baltimore82–81Ed Macauley (23)39–22
62February 28@ Rochester81–77Bill Sharman (22)39–23
63March 3N Baltimore95–94 (OT)Bob Cousy (32)40–23
64March 4N Philadelphia75–82Ed Macauley (17)41–23
65March 6Minneapolis85–100Ed Macauley (46)42–23
66March 8@ New York89–78Ed Macauley (25)43–23
67March 11Fort Wayne92–98Ed Macauley (28)44–23
68March 12@ Syracuse70–84Bob Cousy (15)44–24
69March 15Philadelphia87–103Ed Macauley (26)45–24
70March 16N Baltimore92–78Ed Macauley (19)46–24
71March 17@ Syracuse68–72Bob Cousy (16)46–25

Playoffs

East Division Semifinals

(2) Syracuse Nationals vs. (3) Boston Celtics: Celtics win series 2-0

  • Game 1 @ Syracuse: Boston 87, Syracuse 81
  • Game 2 @ Boston: Boston 111, Syracuse 105 (4OT)

Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Nationals and Celtics.

East Division Finals

(1) New York Knicks vs. (3) Boston Celtics: Knicks win series 3-1

  • Game 1 @ New York: New York 95, Boston 91
  • Game 2 @ Boston: Boston 86, New York 70
  • Game 3 @ New York: New York 101, Boston 82
  • Game 4 @ Boston: New York 82, Boston 75

Last Playoff Meeting: 1952 Eastern Division Semifinals (New York won 2–1)

Player statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

References
  1. 1952–53 Boston Celtics

See also
  • 1952-53 NBA season
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