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Sixth season of the: Boston Celtics in theββNational Basketball Association
NBA professional basketball team season
1951β52 Boston Celtics season | |||
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Head coach | Red Auerbach | ||
Arena | Boston Garden | ||
Results | |||
Record | 39–27 (.591) | ||
Place | Division: 2nd (Eastern) | ||
Playoff finish | East Division semifinals (lostββto Knicks 1β2) | ||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||
Radio | WHDH | ||
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The 1951β52 Boston Celtics season was the sixth season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Draft picksβ»
Main article: 1951 NBA draft
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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1 | 7 | Ernie Barrett | G/F | ![]() |
Kansas State |
2 | 16 | Bill Garrett | F | ![]() |
Indiana |
6 | 56 | James Luisi | G | ![]() |
St. Francis (NY) |
Rosterβ»
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Roster |
Pre-seasonβ»
1951 Pre-season Game Log: 6β2 (home: 4β1; road: 2β1) | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Attendance | Record | Recap | ||
1 | October 18 (in Houlton, Maine) | Baltimore Bullets | 71β90 | Boston Celtics | 1β0 | |||||
2 | October 16 (in Bangor, Maine) | Baltimore Bullets | 85β99 | Boston Celtics | 2β0 | |||||
3 | October 17 (in Waterville, Maine) | Baltimore Bullets | 87β100 | Boston Celtics | 1,200 | 3β0 | ||||
4 | October 19 (in Albany, New York) | Boston Celtics | 82β98 | New York Knicks | 3β1 | |||||
5 | October 22 (in Barre, Vermont) | Baltimore Bullets | 91β75 | Boston Celtics | 3β2 | |||||
6 | October 22 (in Berlin, New Hampshire) | Boston Celtics | 55β90 | College All-Stars | 600 | 4β2 | ||||
7 | October 27 (in Washington D.C.) | Boston Celtics | 90β89 | Baltimore Bullets | 5β2 | |||||
8 | October 28 | New York Knicks | 78β79 | Boston Celtics | 6β2 |
Regular seasonβ»
Season standingsβ»
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x-Syracuse Nationals | 40 | 26 | .606 | β | 26β7 | 12β18 | 2β1 | 21β15 |
x-Boston Celtics | 39 | 27 | .591 | 1 | 22β7 | 10β19 | 7β1 | 22β14 |
x-New York Knicks | 37 | 29 | .561 | 3 | 21β4 | 12β22 | 4β3 | 23β13 |
x-Philadelphia Warriors | 33 | 33 | .500 | 7 | 24β7 | 6β25 | 3β1 | 14β22 |
Baltimore Bullets | 20 | 46 | .303 | 20 | 17β15 | 2β22 | 1β9 | 10β26 |
Record vs. opponentsβ»
1951-52 NBA Records | ||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | FWP | IND | MIL | MIN | NYK | PHI | ROC | SYR |
Baltimore | β | 1β8 | 2β4 | 2β4 | 4β2 | 0β6 | 2β7 | 4β5 | 2β4 | 3β6 |
Boston | 8β1 | β | 3β3 | 3β3 | 5β1 | 3β3 | 4β5 | 6β3 | 3β3 | 4β5 |
Fort Wayne | 4β2 | 3β3 | β | 5β4 | 4β5 | 5β4 | 3β3 | 2β4 | 3β6 | 0β6 |
Indianapolis | 4β2 | 3β3 | 4β5 | β | 7β2 | 4β5 | 3β3 | 2β4 | 3β6 | 4β2 |
Milwaukee | 2β4 | 1β5 | 5β4 | 2β7 | β | 1β8 | 2β4 | 1β5 | 1β8 | 2β4 |
Minneapolis | 6β0 | 3β3 | 4β5 | 5β4 | 8β1 | β | 4β2 | 2β4 | 7β2 | 1β5 |
New York | 7β2 | 5β4 | 3β3 | 3β3 | 4β2 | 2β4 | β | 6β3 | 2β4 | 5β4 |
Philadelphia | 5β4 | 3β6 | 4β2 | 4β2 | 5β1 | 4β2 | 3β6 | β | 2β4 | 3β6 |
Rochester | 4β2 | 3β3 | 6β3 | 6β3 | 8β1 | 2β7 | 4β2 | 4β2 | β | 4β2 |
Syracuse | 6β3 | 5β4 | 6β0 | 2β4 | 4β2 | 5β1 | 4β5 | 6β3 | 2β4 | β |
Game logβ»
1951β52 game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | November 4 | Indianapolis | 65β97 | Bob Cousy (25) | 1β0 | |||||
2 | November 10 | N Philadelphia | 69β83 | Bob Cousy (24) | 2β0 | |||||
3 | November 11 | Minneapolis | 72β77 | Ed Macauley (21) | 3β0 | |||||
4 | November 14 | Fort Wayne | 91β98 (OT) | Bob Cousy (28) | 4β0 | |||||
5 | November 15 | @ Syracuse | 95β97 | Ed Macauley (26) | 4β1 | |||||
6 | November 17 | @ Baltimore | 88β75 | Bob Cousy (26) | 5β1 | |||||
7 | November 18 | New York | 78β75 | Ed Macauley (35) | 5β2 | |||||
8 | November 22 | Milwaukee | 72β103 | Bob Cousy (19) | 6β2 | |||||
9 | November 23 | @ Philadelphia | 102β100 (OT) | Ed Macauley (26) | 7β2 | |||||
10 | November 24 | @ New York | 70β68 | Bob Cousy (14) | 8β2 | |||||
11 | November 25 | Philadelphia | 85β103 | Bob Cousy (20) | 9β2 | |||||
12 | November 28 | @ Minneapolis | 76β90 | Cousy, Macauley (14) | 9β3 | |||||
13 | November 30 | @ Indianapolis | 87β92 | Ed Macauley (22) | 9β4 | |||||
14 | December 2 | Baltimore | 82β103 | Bob Cousy (21) | 10β4 | |||||
15 | December 5 | Fort Wayne | 91β88 | Bob Cousy (32) | 10β5 | |||||
16 | December 9 | New York | 94β103 | Bob Cousy (31) | 11β5 | |||||
17 | December 11 | @ Philadelphia | 78β79 | Bones McKinney (16) | 11β6 | |||||
18 | December 12 | Milwaukee | 84β89 | Bill Sharman (21) | 12β6 | |||||
19 | December 16 | Philadelphia | 90β92 (OT) | Ed Macauley (32) | 13β6 | |||||
20 | December 17 | @ Baltimore | 80β92 | Ed Macauley (20) | 13β7 | |||||
21 | December 19 | Syracuse | 97β103 | Bob Cousy (29) | 14β7 | |||||
22 | December 21 | N Baltimore | 106β89 | Bob Cousy (25) | 15β7 | |||||
23 | December 23 | Indianapolis | 88β91 | Bob Cousy (18) | 16β7 | |||||
24 | December 25 | @ Minneapolis | 93β100 | Bob Cousy (22) | 16β8 | |||||
25 | December 26 | @ Fort Wayne | 86β94 | Ed Macauley (25) | 16β9 | |||||
26 | December 30 | New York | 90β100 | Ed Macauley (32) | 17β9 | |||||
27 | December 31 | @ New York | 86β87 (OT) | Ed Macauley (27) | 17β10 | |||||
28 | January 1 | @ Rochester | 91β106 | Bob Cousy (22) | 17β11 | |||||
29 | January 3 | @ Syracuse | 81β107 | Bob Cousy (27) | 17β12 | |||||
30 | January 5 | @ Baltimore | 94β73 | Bob Cousy (27) | 18β12 | |||||
31 | January 6 | Rochester | 80β91 | Ed Macauley (22) | 19β12 | |||||
32 | January 8 | @ Milwaukee | 83β76 | Ed Macauley (24) | 20β12 | |||||
33 | January 10 | @ Fort Wayne | 94β85 | Bob Cousy (27) | 21β12 | |||||
34 | January 11 | @ Indianapolis | 79β100 | Ed Macauley (19) | 21β13 | |||||
35 | January 16 | Minneapolis | 108β94 | Cousy, Macauley (25) | 21β14 | |||||
36 | January 20 | Indianapolis | 98β117 | Bob Cousy (30) | 22β14 | |||||
37 | January 23 | Baltimore | 75β117 | Bob Cousy (26) | 23β14 | |||||
38 | January 26 | Philadelphia | 89β85 | Ed Macauley (29) | 23β15 | |||||
39 | January 27 | @ Syracuse | 86β91 | Bob Cousy (25) | 23β16 | |||||
40 | January 29 | @ Philadelphia | 96β97 | Bob Cousy (27) | 23β17 | |||||
41 | February 1 | N Milwaukee | 77β100 | Bob Cousy (29) | 24β17 | |||||
42 | February 2 | @ New York | 83β91 | Ed Macauley (26) | 24β18 | |||||
43 | February 3 | New York | 95β100 | Bob Cousy (30) | 25β18 | |||||
44 | February 6 | Syracuse | 88β99 | Bob Cousy (33) | 26β18 | |||||
45 | February 9 | @ Rochester | 100β104 | Bob Cousy (26) | 26β19 | |||||
46 | February 10 | @ Rochester | 111β97 | Bill Sharman (24) | 26β20 | |||||
47 | February 14 | @ Fort Wayne | 90β94 | Bob Cousy (31) | 26β21 | |||||
48 | February 16 | N Minneapolis | 75β77 | Bob Cousy (24) | 27β21 | |||||
49 | February 17 | N Milwaukee | 97β95 | Bob Cousy (22) | 27β22 | |||||
50 | February 18 | N Milwaukee | 84β106 | Bob Cousy (31) | 28β22 | |||||
51 | February 19 | @ Indianapolis | 81β82 | Ed Macauley (27) | 28β23 | |||||
52 | February 21 | Fort Wayne | 67β88 | Bob Cousy (24) | 29β23 | |||||
53 | February 24 | @ Syracuse | 77β75 | Bob Cousy (18) | 30β23 | |||||
54 | February 27 | Syracuse | 81β88 | Bob Cousy (22) | 31β23 | |||||
55 | February 28 | N Rochester | 72β91 | Ed Macauley (20) | 32β23 | |||||
56 | March 1 | @ New York | 86β105 | Cousy, Macauley (19) | 32β24 | |||||
57 | March 2 | New York | 89β87 | Bob Cousy (23) | 32β25 | |||||
58 | March 4 | N Baltimore | 91β80 | Bob Cousy (31) | 33β25 | |||||
59 | March 5 | Minneapolis | 74β82 | Ed Macauley (26) | 34β25 | |||||
60 | March 8 | @ Baltimore | 100β77 | Ed Macauley (21) | 35β25 | |||||
61 | March 9 | Baltimore | 72β89 | Bob Brannum (21) | 36β25 | |||||
62 | March 11 | @ Philadelphia | 88β84 | Bob Cousy (26) | 37β25 | |||||
63 | March 12 | Syracuse | 89β71 | Bill Sharman (15) | 37β26 | |||||
64 | March 13 | @ Syracuse | 70β89 | McKinney, Sharman (11) | 37β27 | |||||
65 | March 15 | @ Rochester | 118β106 | Bob Cousy (32) | 38β27 | |||||
66 | March 16 | Philadelphia | 89β96 | Ed Macauley (18) | 39β27 |
Playoffsβ»
1952 playoff game log | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Division semifinals: 1β2 (home: 1β1; road: 0β1)
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1952 schedule |
Player statisticsβ»
Seasonβ»
Playoffsβ»
Awards and recordsβ»
Transactionsβ»
Main article: List of 1951β52 NBA season transactions
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Bullets Drop Exhibitionββto Boston Quint". The Baltimore Sun. October 16, "1950."
- ^ "Celtic Win Again". Associated Press. October 17, "1951."
- ^ "Celtics End Maine Tour With Triumph". Associated Press. October 17, 1951. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
- ^ "Don Barksdale Scores 19 in First Try With Bullets". Associated Press. October 23, 1951. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
- ^ "600 See Celtics Win Exhibition At Berlin". Associated Press. October 24, 1951. Retrieved March 14, 2011.