1953β54 Boston Celtics season | |
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Head coach | Red Auerbach |
Arena | Boston Garden |
Results | |
Record | 42–30 (.583) |
Place | Division: 2nd ( Eastern) |
Playoff finish |
East Division finals (lost to Nationals 0β2) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Radio | WCOP |
The 1953β54 NBA season was the Celtics' eighth season in the NBA. [1]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club Team |
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W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x- New York Knicks | 44 | 28 | .611 | β | 18β8 | 15β13 | 11β7 | 24β16 |
x- Boston Celtics | 42 | 30 | .583 | 2 | 17β6 | 10β19 | 15β5 | 25β15 |
x- Syracuse Nationals | 42 | 30 | .583 | 2 | 26β6 | 11β17 | 5β7 | 21β19 |
Philadelphia Warriors | 29 | 43 | .403 | 15 | 10β9 | 6β16 | 13β18 | 19β21 |
Baltimore Bullets | 16 | 56 | .222 | 28 | 12β18 | 0β22 | 4β16 | 11β29 |
1953-54 NBA Records | |||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | FWP | MIL | MIN | NYK | PHI | ROC | SYR |
Baltimore | β | 1β9 | 0β8 | 2β6 | 2β6 | 3β7 | 4β6 | 1β7 | 3β7 |
Boston | 9β1 | β | 4β4 | 6β2 | 3β5 | 5β5 | 6β4 | 4β4 | 5β5 |
Fort Wayne | 8β0 | 4β4 | β | 9β2 | 5β5 | 3β5 | 6β2 | 3β8 | 2β6 |
Milwaukee | 6β2 | 2β6 | 2β9 | β | 3β8 | 3β5 | 3β5 | 1β9 | 1β7 |
Minneapolis | 6β2 | 5β3 | 5β5 | 8β3 | β | 5β3 | 6β2 | 6β5 | 5β3 |
New York | 7β3 | 5β5 | 5β3 | 5β3 | 3β5 | β | 7β3 | 7β1 | 5β5 |
Philadelphia | 6β4 | 4β6 | 2β6 | 5β3 | 2β6 | 3β7 | β | 1β7 | 6β4 |
Rochester | 7β1 | 4β4 | 8β3 | 9β1 | 5β6 | 1β7 | 7β1 | β | 3β5 |
Syracuse | 7β3 | 5β5 | 6β2 | 7β1 | 3β5 | 5β5 | 4β6 | 5β3 | β |
1953β54 game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | November 1 | Minneapolis | 84β79 | Macauley, Sharman (18) | 0β1 | |||||
2 | November 5 | @ Fort Wayne | 79β83 | Bill Sharman (23) | 0β2 | |||||
3 | November 7 | @ Philadelphia | 79β77 | Ed Macauley (26) | 1β2 | |||||
4 | November 11 | Philadelphia | 78β72 | Ed Macauley (23) | 1β3 | |||||
5 | November 14 | Syracuse | 66β77 | Bill Sharman (22) | 2β3 | |||||
6 | November 15 | N Minneapolis | 89β74 | Ed Macauley (23) | 2β4 | |||||
7 | November 17 | N Rochester | 92β73 | Ed Macauley (16) | 2β5 | |||||
8 | November 21 | Fort Wayne | 77β91 | Bob Cousy (14) | 3β5 | |||||
9 | November 24 | N New York | 103β92 | Bob Cousy (24) | 3β6 | |||||
10 | November 25 | New York | 84β96 | Ed Macauley (28) | 4β6 | |||||
11 | November 26 | @ Syracuse | 86β93 | Bill Sharman (24) | 4β7 | |||||
12 | November 28 | N Syracuse | 80β91 | Ed Macauley (21) | 5β7 | |||||
13 | November 29 | @ Minneapolis | 82β95 | Barksdale, Sharman (16) | 5β8 | |||||
14 | December 1 | N Philadelphia | 86β89 (OT) | Ed Macauley (24) | 6β8 | |||||
15 | December 3 | @ Fort Wayne | 70β76 | Ed Macauley (22) | 6β9 | |||||
16 | December 5 | Milwaukee | 79β97 | Bob Cousy (22) | 7β9 | |||||
17 | December 6 | @ Baltimore | 102β95 (OT) | Ed Macauley (35) | 8β9 | |||||
18 | December 8 | @ Rochester | 79β97 | Bill Sharman (22) | 8β10 | |||||
19 | December 9 | @ Philadelphia | 103β104 (OT) | Bill Sharman (23) | 8β11 | |||||
20 | December 10 | @ New York | 113β108 (2OT) | Bob Cousy (35) | 9β11 | |||||
21 | December 12 | Baltimore | 75β106 | Bob Cousy (23) | 10β11 | |||||
22 | December 13 | @ Syracuse | 74β108 | Bill Sharman (19) | 10β12 | |||||
23 | December 15 | N Fort Wayne | 75β82 | Bill Sharman (27) | 11β12 | |||||
24 | December 16 | Fort Wayne | 74β91 | Ed Macauley (25) | 12β12 | |||||
25 | December 19 | Syracuse | 90β83 | Macauley, Sharman (18) | 12β13 | |||||
26 | December 20 | N Philadelphia | 89β101 | Ed Macauley (21) | 13β13 | |||||
27 | December 21 | N Milwaukee | 74β90 | Bob Cousy (26) | 14β13 | |||||
28 | December 23 | N Milwaukee | 74β80 | Bob Cousy (26) | 15β13 | |||||
29 | December 25 | @ Fort Wayne | 79β108 | Bob Cousy (16) | 15β14 | |||||
30 | December 26 | @ Milwaukee | 67β74 | Bob Cousy (23) | 15β15 | |||||
31 | December 27 | Rochester | 72β98 | Cousy, Macauley (17) | 16β15 | |||||
32 | December 30 | N Syracuse | 96β89 | Bob Cousy (20) | 16β16 | |||||
33 | December 31 | @ New York | 95β74 | Ed Macauley (25) | 17β16 | |||||
34 | January 1 | Syracuse | 92β95 | Bob Cousy (29) | 18β16 | |||||
35 | January 2 | @ Baltimore | 92β77 | Bob Cousy (22) | 19β16 | |||||
36 | January 3 | N Baltimore | 72β90 | Bob Cousy (19) | 20β16 | |||||
37 | January 4 | N Baltimore | 77β73 | Bob Cousy (25) | 21β16 | |||||
38 | January 10 | @ Minneapolis | 85β99 | Ed Macauley (21) | 21β17 | |||||
39 | January 13 | Minneapolis | 84β88 | Ed Macauley (27) | 22β17 | |||||
40 | January 14 | N Milwaukee | 74β86 | Ed Macauley (26) | 23β17 | |||||
41 | January 17 | New York | 87β84 (2OT) | Bob Cousy (24) | 23β18 | |||||
42 | January 19 | @ Philadelphia | 73β89 | Ed Macauley (22) | 23β19 | |||||
43 | January 24 | Rochester | 93β85 | Cousy, Macauley (20) | 23β20 | |||||
44 | January 26 | N Baltimore | 94β69 | Bill Sharman (19) | 24β20 | |||||
45 | January 28 | @ Fort Wayne | 68β80 | Macauley, Sharman (16) | 24β21 | |||||
46 | January 29 | @ Milwaukee | 70β82 | Ed Macauley (24) | 24β22 | |||||
47 | January 31 | @ Minneapolis | 67β82 | Cousy, Macauley (15) | 24β23 | |||||
48 | February 3 | Rochester | 81β88 | Ed Macauley (25) | 25β23 | |||||
49 | February 4 | @ Philadelphia | 78β80 | Macauley, Nichols (15) | 25β24 | |||||
50 | February 6 | @ Rochester | 104β81 | Bob Cousy (24) | 26β24 | |||||
51 | February 7 | New York | 87β78 | Ed Macauley (20) | 26β25 | |||||
52 | February 8 | N Baltimore | 87β75 | Bob Cousy (25) | 27β25 | |||||
53 | February 10 | Syracuse | 79β94 | Ed Macauley (27) | 28β25 | |||||
54 | February 11 | N New York | 81β84 (OT) | Bob Cousy (33) | 29β25 | |||||
55 | February 13 | @ Baltimore | 93β96 | Bob Cousy (26) | 29β26 | |||||
56 | February 14 | New York | 89β103 | Bob Cousy (32) | 30β26 | |||||
57 | February 16 | @ New York | 85β87 | Ed Macauley (16) | 30β27 | |||||
58 | February 18 | @ Minneapolis | 105β92 | Bill Sharman (24) | 31β27 | |||||
59 | February 19 | @ Milwaukee | 78β73 | Ed Macauley (20) | 32β27 | |||||
60 | February 21 | N Philadelphia | 85β95 | Ed Macauley (27) | 33β27 | |||||
61 | February 22 | N Baltimore | 111β110 (3OT) | Bob Cousy (42) | 34β27 | |||||
62 | February 23 | N Rochester | 93β77 | Bill Sharman (26) | 34β28 | |||||
63 | February 25 | @ Syracuse | 101β96 | Bill Sharman (26) | 35β28 | |||||
64 | February 27 | @ Rochester | 75β74 | Ed Macauley (20) | 36β28 | |||||
65 | February 28 | N Milwaukee | 74β93 | Ed Macauley (19) | 37β28 | |||||
66 | March 2 | @ New York | 71β86 | Bob Cousy (24) | 37β29 | |||||
67 | March 5 | Minneapolis | 106β128 | Ed Macauley (32) | 38β29 | |||||
68 | March 7 | Fort Wayne | 80β86 | Bob Cousy (24) | 39β29 | |||||
69 | March 11 | @ Syracuse | 95β97 (OT) | Bob Cousy (24) | 39β30 | |||||
70 | March 12 | N Philadelphia | 95β97 (2OT) | Bob Cousy (35) | 40β30 | |||||
71 | March 13 | Baltimore | 85β97 | Bill Sharman (30) | 41β30 | |||||
72 | March 14 | Philadelphia | 92β97 | Bob Cousy (30) | 42β30 |
1954 playoff game log | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Division Round Robin Semifinals: 2β2 (home: 1β1; road: 1β1)
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Division finals: 0β2 (home: 0β1; road: 0β1)
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1954 schedule |
1953β54 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 0β2) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Radio | WCOP |
The 1953β54 NBA season was the Celtics' eighth season in the NBA. [1]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club Team |
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W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x- New York Knicks | 44 | 28 | .611 | β | 18β8 | 15β13 | 11β7 | 24β16 |
x- Boston Celtics | 42 | 30 | .583 | 2 | 17β6 | 10β19 | 15β5 | 25β15 |
x- Syracuse Nationals | 42 | 30 | .583 | 2 | 26β6 | 11β17 | 5β7 | 21β19 |
Philadelphia Warriors | 29 | 43 | .403 | 15 | 10β9 | 6β16 | 13β18 | 19β21 |
Baltimore Bullets | 16 | 56 | .222 | 28 | 12β18 | 0β22 | 4β16 | 11β29 |
1953-54 NBA Records | |||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | FWP | MIL | MIN | NYK | PHI | ROC | SYR |
Baltimore | β | 1β9 | 0β8 | 2β6 | 2β6 | 3β7 | 4β6 | 1β7 | 3β7 |
Boston | 9β1 | β | 4β4 | 6β2 | 3β5 | 5β5 | 6β4 | 4β4 | 5β5 |
Fort Wayne | 8β0 | 4β4 | β | 9β2 | 5β5 | 3β5 | 6β2 | 3β8 | 2β6 |
Milwaukee | 6β2 | 2β6 | 2β9 | β | 3β8 | 3β5 | 3β5 | 1β9 | 1β7 |
Minneapolis | 6β2 | 5β3 | 5β5 | 8β3 | β | 5β3 | 6β2 | 6β5 | 5β3 |
New York | 7β3 | 5β5 | 5β3 | 5β3 | 3β5 | β | 7β3 | 7β1 | 5β5 |
Philadelphia | 6β4 | 4β6 | 2β6 | 5β3 | 2β6 | 3β7 | β | 1β7 | 6β4 |
Rochester | 7β1 | 4β4 | 8β3 | 9β1 | 5β6 | 1β7 | 7β1 | β | 3β5 |
Syracuse | 7β3 | 5β5 | 6β2 | 7β1 | 3β5 | 5β5 | 4β6 | 5β3 | β |
1953β54 game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | November 1 | Minneapolis | 84β79 | Macauley, Sharman (18) | 0β1 | |||||
2 | November 5 | @ Fort Wayne | 79β83 | Bill Sharman (23) | 0β2 | |||||
3 | November 7 | @ Philadelphia | 79β77 | Ed Macauley (26) | 1β2 | |||||
4 | November 11 | Philadelphia | 78β72 | Ed Macauley (23) | 1β3 | |||||
5 | November 14 | Syracuse | 66β77 | Bill Sharman (22) | 2β3 | |||||
6 | November 15 | N Minneapolis | 89β74 | Ed Macauley (23) | 2β4 | |||||
7 | November 17 | N Rochester | 92β73 | Ed Macauley (16) | 2β5 | |||||
8 | November 21 | Fort Wayne | 77β91 | Bob Cousy (14) | 3β5 | |||||
9 | November 24 | N New York | 103β92 | Bob Cousy (24) | 3β6 | |||||
10 | November 25 | New York | 84β96 | Ed Macauley (28) | 4β6 | |||||
11 | November 26 | @ Syracuse | 86β93 | Bill Sharman (24) | 4β7 | |||||
12 | November 28 | N Syracuse | 80β91 | Ed Macauley (21) | 5β7 | |||||
13 | November 29 | @ Minneapolis | 82β95 | Barksdale, Sharman (16) | 5β8 | |||||
14 | December 1 | N Philadelphia | 86β89 (OT) | Ed Macauley (24) | 6β8 | |||||
15 | December 3 | @ Fort Wayne | 70β76 | Ed Macauley (22) | 6β9 | |||||
16 | December 5 | Milwaukee | 79β97 | Bob Cousy (22) | 7β9 | |||||
17 | December 6 | @ Baltimore | 102β95 (OT) | Ed Macauley (35) | 8β9 | |||||
18 | December 8 | @ Rochester | 79β97 | Bill Sharman (22) | 8β10 | |||||
19 | December 9 | @ Philadelphia | 103β104 (OT) | Bill Sharman (23) | 8β11 | |||||
20 | December 10 | @ New York | 113β108 (2OT) | Bob Cousy (35) | 9β11 | |||||
21 | December 12 | Baltimore | 75β106 | Bob Cousy (23) | 10β11 | |||||
22 | December 13 | @ Syracuse | 74β108 | Bill Sharman (19) | 10β12 | |||||
23 | December 15 | N Fort Wayne | 75β82 | Bill Sharman (27) | 11β12 | |||||
24 | December 16 | Fort Wayne | 74β91 | Ed Macauley (25) | 12β12 | |||||
25 | December 19 | Syracuse | 90β83 | Macauley, Sharman (18) | 12β13 | |||||
26 | December 20 | N Philadelphia | 89β101 | Ed Macauley (21) | 13β13 | |||||
27 | December 21 | N Milwaukee | 74β90 | Bob Cousy (26) | 14β13 | |||||
28 | December 23 | N Milwaukee | 74β80 | Bob Cousy (26) | 15β13 | |||||
29 | December 25 | @ Fort Wayne | 79β108 | Bob Cousy (16) | 15β14 | |||||
30 | December 26 | @ Milwaukee | 67β74 | Bob Cousy (23) | 15β15 | |||||
31 | December 27 | Rochester | 72β98 | Cousy, Macauley (17) | 16β15 | |||||
32 | December 30 | N Syracuse | 96β89 | Bob Cousy (20) | 16β16 | |||||
33 | December 31 | @ New York | 95β74 | Ed Macauley (25) | 17β16 | |||||
34 | January 1 | Syracuse | 92β95 | Bob Cousy (29) | 18β16 | |||||
35 | January 2 | @ Baltimore | 92β77 | Bob Cousy (22) | 19β16 | |||||
36 | January 3 | N Baltimore | 72β90 | Bob Cousy (19) | 20β16 | |||||
37 | January 4 | N Baltimore | 77β73 | Bob Cousy (25) | 21β16 | |||||
38 | January 10 | @ Minneapolis | 85β99 | Ed Macauley (21) | 21β17 | |||||
39 | January 13 | Minneapolis | 84β88 | Ed Macauley (27) | 22β17 | |||||
40 | January 14 | N Milwaukee | 74β86 | Ed Macauley (26) | 23β17 | |||||
41 | January 17 | New York | 87β84 (2OT) | Bob Cousy (24) | 23β18 | |||||
42 | January 19 | @ Philadelphia | 73β89 | Ed Macauley (22) | 23β19 | |||||
43 | January 24 | Rochester | 93β85 | Cousy, Macauley (20) | 23β20 | |||||
44 | January 26 | N Baltimore | 94β69 | Bill Sharman (19) | 24β20 | |||||
45 | January 28 | @ Fort Wayne | 68β80 | Macauley, Sharman (16) | 24β21 | |||||
46 | January 29 | @ Milwaukee | 70β82 | Ed Macauley (24) | 24β22 | |||||
47 | January 31 | @ Minneapolis | 67β82 | Cousy, Macauley (15) | 24β23 | |||||
48 | February 3 | Rochester | 81β88 | Ed Macauley (25) | 25β23 | |||||
49 | February 4 | @ Philadelphia | 78β80 | Macauley, Nichols (15) | 25β24 | |||||
50 | February 6 | @ Rochester | 104β81 | Bob Cousy (24) | 26β24 | |||||
51 | February 7 | New York | 87β78 | Ed Macauley (20) | 26β25 | |||||
52 | February 8 | N Baltimore | 87β75 | Bob Cousy (25) | 27β25 | |||||
53 | February 10 | Syracuse | 79β94 | Ed Macauley (27) | 28β25 | |||||
54 | February 11 | N New York | 81β84 (OT) | Bob Cousy (33) | 29β25 | |||||
55 | February 13 | @ Baltimore | 93β96 | Bob Cousy (26) | 29β26 | |||||
56 | February 14 | New York | 89β103 | Bob Cousy (32) | 30β26 | |||||
57 | February 16 | @ New York | 85β87 | Ed Macauley (16) | 30β27 | |||||
58 | February 18 | @ Minneapolis | 105β92 | Bill Sharman (24) | 31β27 | |||||
59 | February 19 | @ Milwaukee | 78β73 | Ed Macauley (20) | 32β27 | |||||
60 | February 21 | N Philadelphia | 85β95 | Ed Macauley (27) | 33β27 | |||||
61 | February 22 | N Baltimore | 111β110 (3OT) | Bob Cousy (42) | 34β27 | |||||
62 | February 23 | N Rochester | 93β77 | Bill Sharman (26) | 34β28 | |||||
63 | February 25 | @ Syracuse | 101β96 | Bill Sharman (26) | 35β28 | |||||
64 | February 27 | @ Rochester | 75β74 | Ed Macauley (20) | 36β28 | |||||
65 | February 28 | N Milwaukee | 74β93 | Ed Macauley (19) | 37β28 | |||||
66 | March 2 | @ New York | 71β86 | Bob Cousy (24) | 37β29 | |||||
67 | March 5 | Minneapolis | 106β128 | Ed Macauley (32) | 38β29 | |||||
68 | March 7 | Fort Wayne | 80β86 | Bob Cousy (24) | 39β29 | |||||
69 | March 11 | @ Syracuse | 95β97 (OT) | Bob Cousy (24) | 39β30 | |||||
70 | March 12 | N Philadelphia | 95β97 (2OT) | Bob Cousy (35) | 40β30 | |||||
71 | March 13 | Baltimore | 85β97 | Bill Sharman (30) | 41β30 | |||||
72 | March 14 | Philadelphia | 92β97 | Bob Cousy (30) | 42β30 |
1954 playoff game log | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Division Round Robin Semifinals: 2β2 (home: 1β1; road: 1β1)
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Division finals: 0β2 (home: 0β1; road: 0β1)
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1954 schedule |