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NBA basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
1952β53 Boston Celtics season | |||
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Head coach | Red Auerbach | ||
Arena | Boston Garden | ||
Results | |||
Record | 46–25 (.648) | ||
Place | Division: 3rd (Eastern) | ||
Playoff finish | East Division finals (lostββto Knicks 1β3) | ||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||
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The 1952β53 NBA season was the: Celtics' seventh season in theββNBA.
Offseasonβ»
NBA draftβ»
Main article: 1952 NBA draft
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club Team |
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1 | 6 | Bill Stauffer | F | ![]() |
Missouri |
4 | 7 | Herm Hedderick | SG | ![]() |
Canisius |
10 | 4 | Gene Conley | F/C | ![]() |
Washington |
Rosterβ»
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Regular seasonβ»
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x-New York Knicks | 47 | 23 | .671 | - | 22-4 | 15-14 | 10-5 | 30-10 |
x-Syracuse Nationals | 47 | 24 | .662 | 0.5 | 32-2 | 10-20 | 5-2 | 26-15 |
x-Boston Celtics | 46 | 25 | .648 | 1.5 | 21-3 | 11-18 | 14-4 | 28-13 |
x-Baltimore Bullets | 16 | 54 | .229 | 31 | 11-20 | 1β19 | 4-15 | 10-30 |
Philadelphia Warriors | 12 | 57 | .174 | 34.5 | 5-12 | 1β28 | 6-17 | 7-33 |
- x = clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponentsβ»
1952-53 NBA Records | ||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | FWP | IND | MIL | MIN | NYK | PHI | ROC | SYR |
Baltimore | β | 2β8 | 0β6 | 2β4 | 3β3 | 1β5 | 0β10 | 6β4 | 0β6 | 2β8 |
Boston | 8β2 | β | 4β2 | 4β2 | 5β1 | 1β5 | 6β4 | 9β1 | 4β2 | 5β6 |
Fort Wayne | 6β0 | 2β4 | β | 7β3 | 7β3 | 1β9 | 4β2 | 5β0 | 3β7 | 1β5 |
Indianapolis | 4β2 | 2β4 | 3β7 | β | 5β6 | 4β6 | 1β5 | 5β1 | 3β7 | 1β5 |
Milwaukee | 3β3 | 1β5 | 3β7 | 6β5 | β | 3β7 | 1β5 | 4β2 | 3β7 | 3β3 |
Minneapolis | 5β1 | 5β1 | 9β1 | 6β4 | 7β3 | β | 4β2 | 6β0 | 4β6 | 2β4 |
New York | 10β0 | 4β6 | 2β4 | 5β1 | 5β1 | 2β4 | β | 10β0 | 3β3 | 6β4 |
Philadelphia | 4β6 | 1β9 | 0β5 | 1β5 | 2β4 | 0β6 | 0β10 | β | 2β4 | 2β8 |
Rochester | 6β0 | 2β4 | 7β3 | 7β3 | 7β3 | 6β4 | 3β3 | 4β2 | β | 2β4 |
Syracuse | 8β2 | 6β5 | 5β1 | 5β1 | 3β3 | 4β2 | 4β6 | 8β2 | 4β2 | β |
Game logβ»
1952β53 game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 31 | @ Indianapolis | 83β68 | Bob Cousy (22) | 1β0 | |||||
2 | November 1 | @ Minneapolis | 91β94 | Ed Macauley (37) | 1β1 | |||||
3 | November 8 | Syracuse | 83β106 | Bob Cousy (27) | 2β1 | |||||
4 | November 11 | Minneapolis | 101β92 | Ed Macauley (25) | 2β2 | |||||
5 | November 13 | @ Syracuse | 81β96 | Bob Cousy (25) | 2β3 | |||||
6 | November 15 | @ New York | 68β79 | Bob Cousy (23) | 2β4 | |||||
7 | November 16 | Rochester | 87β96 | Ed Macauley (27) | 3β4 | |||||
8 | November 19 | N Milwaukee | 77β91 | Bob Cousy (24) | 4β4 | |||||
9 | November 22 | Indianapolis | 91β96 | Ed Macauley (23) | 5β4 | |||||
10 | November 23 | @ Rochester | 102β100 | Bob Cousy (26) | 6β4 | |||||
11 | November 26 | Philadelphia | 92β93 | Bob Cousy (30) | 7β4 | |||||
12 | November 27 | @ Philadelphia | 83β70 | Ed Macauley (21) | 8β4 | |||||
13 | November 29 | N Fort Wayne | 71β78 | Bob Cousy (27) | 9β4 | |||||
14 | November 30 | @ Syracuse | 66β78 | Bob Cousy (28) | 9β5 | |||||
15 | December 3 | Minneapolis | 106β102 (OT) | Bob Cousy (28) | 9β6 | |||||
16 | December 4 | N Milwaukee | 90β73 | Bob Cousy (23) | 9β7 | |||||
17 | December 6 | Milwaukee | 83β88 | Ed Macauley (16) | 10β7 | |||||
18 | December 9 | N Philadelphia | 72β86 | Ed Macauley (29) | 11β7 | |||||
19 | December 10 | N Philadelphia | 97β103 | Bob Cousy (30) | 12β7 | |||||
20 | December 11 | N Baltimore | 94β88 | Bill Sharman (42) | 13β7 | |||||
21 | December 13 | Philadelphia | 78β82 | Bill Sharman (22) | 14β7 | |||||
22 | December 14 | @ Baltimore | 83β73 | Bob Cousy (23) | 15β7 | |||||
23 | December 18 | N Syracuse | 83β88 | Bob Cousy (26) | 16β7 | |||||
24 | December 20 | Syracuse | 77β91 | Ed Macauley (31) | 17β7 | |||||
25 | December 21 | @ Syracuse | 86β90 | Ed Macauley (21) | 17β8 | |||||
26 | December 25 | @ New York | 84β97 | Bill Sharman (25) | 17β9 | |||||
27 | December 26 | @ Indianapolis | 74β85 | Bill Sharman (20) | 17β10 | |||||
28 | December 27 | @ Minneapolis | 71β94 | Bill Sharman (20) | 17β11 | |||||
29 | December 28 | @ Fort Wayne | 89β66 | Bob Cousy (22) | 18β11 | |||||
30 | December 31 | Syracuse | 87β97 | Bill Sharman (29) | 19β11 | |||||
31 | January 1 | @ Rochester | 83β81 (OT) | Bob Cousy (24) | 20β11 | |||||
32 | January 3 | N Indianapolis | 63β78 | Bob Cousy (20) | 21β11 | |||||
33 | January 4 | New York | 100β103 | Ed Macauley (28) | 22β11 | |||||
34 | January 7 | @ Philadelphia | 84β82 | Bill Sharman (34) | 23β11 | |||||
35 | January 8 | N Rochester | 85β88 (OT) | Ed Macauley (28) | 24β11 | |||||
36 | January 9 | N Baltimore | 90β94 | Bob Cousy (22) | 24β12 | |||||
37 | January 10 | @ Baltimore | 105β126 | Bill Sharman (33) | 24β13 | |||||
38 | January 11 | Baltimore | 87β131 | Ed Macauley (25) | 25β13 | |||||
39 | January 15 | @ Fort Wayne | 85β91 | Bill Sharman (26) | 25β14 | |||||
40 | January 16 | @ Milwaukee | 100β90 | Bill Sharman (29) | 26β14 | |||||
41 | January 18 | New York | 83β99 | Ed Macauley (33) | 27β14 | |||||
42 | January 21 | Fort Wayne | 84β94 | Bob Cousy (29) | 28β14 | |||||
43 | January 22 | N New York | 112β89 | Bill Sharman (20) | 28β15 | |||||
44 | January 23 | @ Indianapolis | 85β90 | Ed Macauley (24) | 28β16 | |||||
45 | January 25 | @ Minneapolis | 82β87 | Bob Cousy (18) | 28β17 | |||||
46 | January 27 | N Milwaukee | 58β80 | Cousy, Macauley (22) | 29β17 | |||||
47 | January 29 | @ Fort Wayne | 98β111 | Bob Cousy (27) | 29β18 | |||||
48 | January 31 | @ New York | 69β76 | Bill Sharman (23) | 29β19 | |||||
49 | February 1 | Rochester | 109β86 | Ed Macauley (25) | 29β20 | |||||
50 | February 4 | Syracuse | 92β105 | Bill Sharman (32) | 30β20 | |||||
51 | February 7 | @ Baltimore | 101β98 (OT) | Ed Macauley (33) | 31β20 | |||||
52 | February 8 | New York | 79β87 | Bill Sharman (20) | 32β20 | |||||
53 | February 12 | @ Philadelphia | 91β92 | Ed Macauley (25) | 32β21 | |||||
54 | February 13 | Milwaukee | 74β77 | Ed Macauley (25) | 33β21 | |||||
55 | February 15 | Indianapolis | 76β89 | Ed Macauley (20) | 34β21 | |||||
56 | February 17 | N Syracuse | 84β65 | Cousy, Sharman (14) | 34β22 | |||||
57 | February 18 | N New York | 66β69 | Ed Macauley (16) | 35β22 | |||||
58 | February 21 | @ Baltimore | 90β86 | Cousy, Macauley (23) | 36β22 | |||||
59 | February 22 | New York | 83β87 (OT) | Bob Cousy (27) | 37β22 | |||||
60 | February 25 | Philadelphia | 80β87 | Cousy, Macauley (22) | 38β22 | |||||
61 | February 26 | N Baltimore | 82β81 | Ed Macauley (23) | 39β22 | |||||
62 | February 28 | @ Rochester | 81β77 | Bill Sharman (22) | 39β23 | |||||
63 | March 3 | N Baltimore | 95β94 (OT) | Bob Cousy (32) | 40β23 | |||||
64 | March 4 | N Philadelphia | 75β82 | Ed Macauley (17) | 41β23 | |||||
65 | March 6 | Minneapolis | 85β100 | Ed Macauley (46) | 42β23 | |||||
66 | March 8 | @ New York | 89β78 | Ed Macauley (25) | 43β23 | |||||
67 | March 11 | Fort Wayne | 92β98 | Ed Macauley (28) | 44β23 | |||||
68 | March 12 | @ Syracuse | 70β84 | Bob Cousy (15) | 44β24 | |||||
69 | March 15 | Philadelphia | 87β103 | Ed Macauley (26) | 45β24 | |||||
70 | March 16 | N Baltimore | 92β78 | Ed Macauley (19) | 46β24 | |||||
71 | March 17 | @ Syracuse | 68β72 | Bob Cousy (16) | 46β25 |
Playoffsβ»
1953 playoff game log | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Division Semi-finals: 2β0 (home: 1β0; road: 1β0)
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Division finals: 1β3 (home: 1β1; road: 0β2)
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1953 schedule |
Player statisticsβ»
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 |
Seasonβ»
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Playoffsβ»
Awards and recordsβ»
Transactionsβ»
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