1957β58 Boston Celtics season | |
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Division champions | |
Head coach | Red Auerbach |
Arena | Boston Garden |
Results | |
Record | 49–23 (.681) |
Place | Division: 1st ( Eastern) |
Playoff finish |
NBA Finals (lost to Hawks 2β4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
The 1957β58 Boston Celtics season was the 12th season for the Celtics in the NBA. [1] The Celtics made their second consecutive NBA Finals appearance, but were unable to defend their title, losing in a rematch of the Finals of the previous year to the St. Louis Hawks in six games.
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x- Boston Celtics | 49 | 23 | .681 | - | 25-4 | 16-13 | 8-6 | 20-16 |
x- Syracuse Nationals | 41 | 31 | .569 | 8 | 26-5 | 8-20 | 7-6 | 21-15 |
x- Philadelphia Warriors | 37 | 35 | .514 | 12 | 15-11 | 11-19 | 11-5 | 17-19 |
New York Knicks | 35 | 37 | .486 | 14 | 16-12 | 11-18 | 8-7 | 14-22 |
1957-58 NBA Records | ||||||||
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Team | BOS | CIN | DET | MIN | NYK | PHI | STL | SYR |
Boston | β | 7β2 | 8β1 | 9β0 | 7β5 | 6β6 | 5β4 | 7β5 |
Cincinnati | 2β7 | β | 6β6 | 8β4 | 4β5 | 6β3 | 3β9 | 4β5 |
Detroit | 1β8 | 6β6 | β | 6β6 | 4β5 | 5β4 | 6β6 | 5β4 |
Minneapolis | 0β9 | 4β8 | 6β6 | β | 1β8 | 3β6 | 3β9 | 2β7 |
New York | 5β7 | 5β4 | 5β4 | 8β1 | β | 4β8 | 3β6 | 5β7 |
Philadelphia | 6β6 | 3β6 | 4β5 | 6β3 | 8β4 | β | 7β2 | 3β9 |
St. Louis | 4β5 | 9β3 | 6β6 | 9β3 | 6β3 | 2β7 | β | 5β4 |
Syracuse | 5β7 | 5β4 | 4β5 | 7β2 | 7β5 | 9β3 | 4β5 | β |
1957β58 game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 22 | @ St. Louis | 115β90 | Bob Cousy (24) | 1β0 | |||||
2 | October 23 | @ Detroit | 105β94 | Bill Sharman (24) | 2β0 | |||||
3 | October 26 | @ New York | 131β121 | Bob Cousy (33) | 3β0 | |||||
4 | November 2 | Syracuse | 83β107 | Frank Ramsey (27) | 4β0 | |||||
5 | November 3 | N Syracuse | 95β113 | Bill Sharman (27) | 5β0 | |||||
6 | November 5 | N Detroit | 105β111 | Bill Sharman (28) | 6β0 | |||||
7 | November 6 | @ Minneapolis | 103β94 | Bill Sharman (29) | 7β0 | |||||
8 | November 8 | @ Cincinnati | 122β110 (OT) | Bill Sharman (34) | 8β0 | |||||
9 | November 11 | St. Louis | 88β92 | Heinsohn, Ramsey (20) | 9β0 | |||||
10 | November 12 | N Minneapolis | 104β107 | Bob Cousy (23) | 10β0 | |||||
11 | November 16 | Philadelphia | 89β111 | Bill Russell (28) | 11β0 | |||||
12 | November 21 | @ Detroit | 112β90 | Bill Sharman (26) | 12β0 | |||||
13 | November 23 | Minneapolis | 107β131 | Tom Heinsohn (27) | 13β0 | |||||
14 | November 27 | New York | 107β120 | Bill Russell (30) | 14β0 | |||||
15 | November 28 | N New York | 97β80 | Bill Sharman (19) | 14β1 | |||||
16 | November 30 | Syracuse | 112β118 | Bill Sharman (34) | 15β1 | |||||
17 | December 1 | @ Syracuse | 109β118 | Bill Russell (27) | 15β2 | |||||
18 | December 3 | @ Detroit | 124β113 | Frank Ramsey (35) | 16β2 | |||||
19 | December 4 | @ Minneapolis | 108β98 | Bill Sharman (20) | 17β2 | |||||
20 | December 6 | St. Louis | 97β111 | Ramsey, Sharman (31) | 18β2 | |||||
21 | December 7 | @ Philadelphia | 112β106 | Bill Sharman (26) | 19β2 | |||||
22 | December 10 | @ New York | 103β106 | Bill Russell (25) | 19β3 | |||||
23 | December 11 | Cincinnati | 104β116 | Tom Heinsohn (26) | 20β3 | |||||
24 | December 12 | N St. Louis | 97β94 | Bill Sharman (24) | 20β4 | |||||
25 | December 14 | Philadelphia | 94β112 | Bob Cousy (36) | 21β4 | |||||
26 | December 21 | Minneapolis | 119β140 | Bill Sharman (41) | 22β4 | |||||
27 | December 22 | @ Cincinnati | 115β98 | Bill Sharman (24) | 23β4 | |||||
28 | December 25 | @ Philadelphia | 105β115 | Bill Sharman (24) | 23β5 | |||||
29 | December 26 | New York | 110β120 | Bill Sharman (44) | 24β5 | |||||
30 | December 27 | N Philadelphia | 110β106 | Bob Cousy (28) | 24β6 | |||||
31 | December 28 | @ St. Louis | 107β112 | Tom Heinsohn (23) | 24β7 | |||||
32 | January 4 | @ Syracuse | 106β115 | Bill Russell (23) | 24β8 | |||||
33 | January 5 | N Minneapolis | 100β113 | Tom Heinsohn (25) | 25β8 | |||||
34 | January 8 | @ Minneapolis | 107β87 | Tom Heinsohn (16) | 26β8 | |||||
35 | January 9 | N New York | 136β123 | Bill Sharman (39) | 26β9 | |||||
36 | January 11 | @ St. Louis | 98β102 | Heinsohn, Risen (18) | 26β10 | |||||
37 | January 12 | @ Cincinnati | 97β115 | Bob Cousy (16) | 26β11 | |||||
38 | January 15 | Detroit | 113β131 | Heinsohn, Sharman (26) | 27β11 | |||||
39 | January 17 | Syracuse | 99β120 | Bill Sharman (30) | 28β11 | |||||
40 | January 18 | @ Philadelphia | 104β116 | Bill Sharman (29) | 28β12 | |||||
41 | January 19 | Philadelphia | 113β114 | Bob Cousy (27) | 29β12 | |||||
42 | January 22 | @ Minneapolis | 97β87 | Heinsohn, Ramsey (24) | 30β12 | |||||
43 | January 24 | New York | 104β125 | Tom Heinsohn (27) | 31β12 | |||||
44 | January 25 | @ Syracuse | 100β112 | Bill Sharman (33) | 31β13 | |||||
45 | January 26 | Syracuse | 95β118 | Bob Cousy (22) | 32β13 | |||||
46 | January 29 | St. Louis | 101β111 | Bob Cousy (39) | 33β13 | |||||
47 | January 30 | @ Philadelphia | 96β116 | Bill Sharman (17) | 33β14 | |||||
48 | January 31 | Philadelphia | 110β101 | Bill Russell (32) | 33β15 | |||||
49 | February 1 | @ New York | 121β114 | Bill Sharman (32) | 34β15 | |||||
50 | February 2 | Detroit | 115β119 | Frank Ramsey (32) | 35β15 | |||||
51 | February 4 | N Cincinnati | 87β107 | Tom Heinsohn (18) | 36β15 | |||||
52 | February 5 | Cincinnati | 89β116 | Tom Heinsohn (18) | 37β15 | |||||
53 | February 7 | Minneapolis | 88β114 | Tom Heinsohn (20) | 38β15 | |||||
54 | February 8 | N Cincinnati | 91β109 | Bob Cousy (38) | 39β15 | |||||
55 | February 9 | @ Syracuse | 98β123 | Bob Cousy (24) | 39β16 | |||||
56 | February 11 | N Syracuse | 84β76 | Bob Cousy (14) | 39β17 | |||||
57 | February 12 | Syracuse | 101β119 | Frank Ramsey (28) | 40β17 | |||||
58 | February 14 | Detroit | 111β109 | Bob Cousy (32) | 40β18 | |||||
59 | February 15 | @ Philadelphia | 110β96 | Frank Ramsey (35) | 41β18 | |||||
60 | February 18 | @ New York | 113β111 | Bob Cousy (27) | 42β18 | |||||
61 | February 19 | N Philadelphia | 123β103 | Tom Heinsohn (18) | 42β19 | |||||
62 | February 20 | Cincinnati | 92β94 | Frank Ramsey (27) | 43β19 | |||||
63 | February 21 | @ St. Louis | 100β119 | Tom Heinsohn (18) | 43β20 | |||||
64 | February 23 | N Philadelphia | 97β99 | Bob Cousy (30) | 44β20 | |||||
65 | February 26 | @ Detroit | 106β99 | Bill Russell (19) | 45β20 | |||||
66 | March 2 | @ Syracuse | 107β100 | Frank Ramsey (29) | 46β20 | |||||
67 | March 4 | @ New York | 99β104 | Heinsohn, Sharman (18) | 46β21 | |||||
68 | March 5 | St. Louis | 102β109 | Bob Cousy (22) | 47β21 | |||||
69 | March 8 | Detroit | 103β108 | Bob Cousy (28) | 48β21 | |||||
70 | March 9 | Cincinnati | 121β107 | Bill Russell (29) | 48β22 | |||||
71 | March 11 | New York | 119β126 | Cousy, Russell (22) | 49β22 | |||||
72 | March 12 | New York | 127β125 | Bill Sharman (27) | 49β23 |
1958 playoff game log | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Division finals: 4β1 (home: 3β0; road: 1β1)
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NBA Finals: 2β4 (home: 1β2; road: 1β2)
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1958 schedule |
1957β58 Boston Celtics season | |
---|---|
Division champions | |
Head coach | Red Auerbach |
Arena | Boston Garden |
Results | |
Record | 49–23 (.681) |
Place | Division: 1st ( Eastern) |
Playoff finish |
NBA Finals (lost to Hawks 2β4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
The 1957β58 Boston Celtics season was the 12th season for the Celtics in the NBA. [1] The Celtics made their second consecutive NBA Finals appearance, but were unable to defend their title, losing in a rematch of the Finals of the previous year to the St. Louis Hawks in six games.
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
x- Boston Celtics | 49 | 23 | .681 | - | 25-4 | 16-13 | 8-6 | 20-16 |
x- Syracuse Nationals | 41 | 31 | .569 | 8 | 26-5 | 8-20 | 7-6 | 21-15 |
x- Philadelphia Warriors | 37 | 35 | .514 | 12 | 15-11 | 11-19 | 11-5 | 17-19 |
New York Knicks | 35 | 37 | .486 | 14 | 16-12 | 11-18 | 8-7 | 14-22 |
1957-58 NBA Records | ||||||||
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Team | BOS | CIN | DET | MIN | NYK | PHI | STL | SYR |
Boston | β | 7β2 | 8β1 | 9β0 | 7β5 | 6β6 | 5β4 | 7β5 |
Cincinnati | 2β7 | β | 6β6 | 8β4 | 4β5 | 6β3 | 3β9 | 4β5 |
Detroit | 1β8 | 6β6 | β | 6β6 | 4β5 | 5β4 | 6β6 | 5β4 |
Minneapolis | 0β9 | 4β8 | 6β6 | β | 1β8 | 3β6 | 3β9 | 2β7 |
New York | 5β7 | 5β4 | 5β4 | 8β1 | β | 4β8 | 3β6 | 5β7 |
Philadelphia | 6β6 | 3β6 | 4β5 | 6β3 | 8β4 | β | 7β2 | 3β9 |
St. Louis | 4β5 | 9β3 | 6β6 | 9β3 | 6β3 | 2β7 | β | 5β4 |
Syracuse | 5β7 | 5β4 | 4β5 | 7β2 | 7β5 | 9β3 | 4β5 | β |
1957β58 game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 22 | @ St. Louis | 115β90 | Bob Cousy (24) | 1β0 | |||||
2 | October 23 | @ Detroit | 105β94 | Bill Sharman (24) | 2β0 | |||||
3 | October 26 | @ New York | 131β121 | Bob Cousy (33) | 3β0 | |||||
4 | November 2 | Syracuse | 83β107 | Frank Ramsey (27) | 4β0 | |||||
5 | November 3 | N Syracuse | 95β113 | Bill Sharman (27) | 5β0 | |||||
6 | November 5 | N Detroit | 105β111 | Bill Sharman (28) | 6β0 | |||||
7 | November 6 | @ Minneapolis | 103β94 | Bill Sharman (29) | 7β0 | |||||
8 | November 8 | @ Cincinnati | 122β110 (OT) | Bill Sharman (34) | 8β0 | |||||
9 | November 11 | St. Louis | 88β92 | Heinsohn, Ramsey (20) | 9β0 | |||||
10 | November 12 | N Minneapolis | 104β107 | Bob Cousy (23) | 10β0 | |||||
11 | November 16 | Philadelphia | 89β111 | Bill Russell (28) | 11β0 | |||||
12 | November 21 | @ Detroit | 112β90 | Bill Sharman (26) | 12β0 | |||||
13 | November 23 | Minneapolis | 107β131 | Tom Heinsohn (27) | 13β0 | |||||
14 | November 27 | New York | 107β120 | Bill Russell (30) | 14β0 | |||||
15 | November 28 | N New York | 97β80 | Bill Sharman (19) | 14β1 | |||||
16 | November 30 | Syracuse | 112β118 | Bill Sharman (34) | 15β1 | |||||
17 | December 1 | @ Syracuse | 109β118 | Bill Russell (27) | 15β2 | |||||
18 | December 3 | @ Detroit | 124β113 | Frank Ramsey (35) | 16β2 | |||||
19 | December 4 | @ Minneapolis | 108β98 | Bill Sharman (20) | 17β2 | |||||
20 | December 6 | St. Louis | 97β111 | Ramsey, Sharman (31) | 18β2 | |||||
21 | December 7 | @ Philadelphia | 112β106 | Bill Sharman (26) | 19β2 | |||||
22 | December 10 | @ New York | 103β106 | Bill Russell (25) | 19β3 | |||||
23 | December 11 | Cincinnati | 104β116 | Tom Heinsohn (26) | 20β3 | |||||
24 | December 12 | N St. Louis | 97β94 | Bill Sharman (24) | 20β4 | |||||
25 | December 14 | Philadelphia | 94β112 | Bob Cousy (36) | 21β4 | |||||
26 | December 21 | Minneapolis | 119β140 | Bill Sharman (41) | 22β4 | |||||
27 | December 22 | @ Cincinnati | 115β98 | Bill Sharman (24) | 23β4 | |||||
28 | December 25 | @ Philadelphia | 105β115 | Bill Sharman (24) | 23β5 | |||||
29 | December 26 | New York | 110β120 | Bill Sharman (44) | 24β5 | |||||
30 | December 27 | N Philadelphia | 110β106 | Bob Cousy (28) | 24β6 | |||||
31 | December 28 | @ St. Louis | 107β112 | Tom Heinsohn (23) | 24β7 | |||||
32 | January 4 | @ Syracuse | 106β115 | Bill Russell (23) | 24β8 | |||||
33 | January 5 | N Minneapolis | 100β113 | Tom Heinsohn (25) | 25β8 | |||||
34 | January 8 | @ Minneapolis | 107β87 | Tom Heinsohn (16) | 26β8 | |||||
35 | January 9 | N New York | 136β123 | Bill Sharman (39) | 26β9 | |||||
36 | January 11 | @ St. Louis | 98β102 | Heinsohn, Risen (18) | 26β10 | |||||
37 | January 12 | @ Cincinnati | 97β115 | Bob Cousy (16) | 26β11 | |||||
38 | January 15 | Detroit | 113β131 | Heinsohn, Sharman (26) | 27β11 | |||||
39 | January 17 | Syracuse | 99β120 | Bill Sharman (30) | 28β11 | |||||
40 | January 18 | @ Philadelphia | 104β116 | Bill Sharman (29) | 28β12 | |||||
41 | January 19 | Philadelphia | 113β114 | Bob Cousy (27) | 29β12 | |||||
42 | January 22 | @ Minneapolis | 97β87 | Heinsohn, Ramsey (24) | 30β12 | |||||
43 | January 24 | New York | 104β125 | Tom Heinsohn (27) | 31β12 | |||||
44 | January 25 | @ Syracuse | 100β112 | Bill Sharman (33) | 31β13 | |||||
45 | January 26 | Syracuse | 95β118 | Bob Cousy (22) | 32β13 | |||||
46 | January 29 | St. Louis | 101β111 | Bob Cousy (39) | 33β13 | |||||
47 | January 30 | @ Philadelphia | 96β116 | Bill Sharman (17) | 33β14 | |||||
48 | January 31 | Philadelphia | 110β101 | Bill Russell (32) | 33β15 | |||||
49 | February 1 | @ New York | 121β114 | Bill Sharman (32) | 34β15 | |||||
50 | February 2 | Detroit | 115β119 | Frank Ramsey (32) | 35β15 | |||||
51 | February 4 | N Cincinnati | 87β107 | Tom Heinsohn (18) | 36β15 | |||||
52 | February 5 | Cincinnati | 89β116 | Tom Heinsohn (18) | 37β15 | |||||
53 | February 7 | Minneapolis | 88β114 | Tom Heinsohn (20) | 38β15 | |||||
54 | February 8 | N Cincinnati | 91β109 | Bob Cousy (38) | 39β15 | |||||
55 | February 9 | @ Syracuse | 98β123 | Bob Cousy (24) | 39β16 | |||||
56 | February 11 | N Syracuse | 84β76 | Bob Cousy (14) | 39β17 | |||||
57 | February 12 | Syracuse | 101β119 | Frank Ramsey (28) | 40β17 | |||||
58 | February 14 | Detroit | 111β109 | Bob Cousy (32) | 40β18 | |||||
59 | February 15 | @ Philadelphia | 110β96 | Frank Ramsey (35) | 41β18 | |||||
60 | February 18 | @ New York | 113β111 | Bob Cousy (27) | 42β18 | |||||
61 | February 19 | N Philadelphia | 123β103 | Tom Heinsohn (18) | 42β19 | |||||
62 | February 20 | Cincinnati | 92β94 | Frank Ramsey (27) | 43β19 | |||||
63 | February 21 | @ St. Louis | 100β119 | Tom Heinsohn (18) | 43β20 | |||||
64 | February 23 | N Philadelphia | 97β99 | Bob Cousy (30) | 44β20 | |||||
65 | February 26 | @ Detroit | 106β99 | Bill Russell (19) | 45β20 | |||||
66 | March 2 | @ Syracuse | 107β100 | Frank Ramsey (29) | 46β20 | |||||
67 | March 4 | @ New York | 99β104 | Heinsohn, Sharman (18) | 46β21 | |||||
68 | March 5 | St. Louis | 102β109 | Bob Cousy (22) | 47β21 | |||||
69 | March 8 | Detroit | 103β108 | Bob Cousy (28) | 48β21 | |||||
70 | March 9 | Cincinnati | 121β107 | Bill Russell (29) | 48β22 | |||||
71 | March 11 | New York | 119β126 | Cousy, Russell (22) | 49β22 | |||||
72 | March 12 | New York | 127β125 | Bill Sharman (27) | 49β23 |
1958 playoff game log | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Division finals: 4β1 (home: 3β0; road: 1β1)
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NBA Finals: 2β4 (home: 1β2; road: 1β2)
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1958 schedule |