1951–52 Boston Celtics season
The 1951–52 Boston Celtics season was the sixth season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
1951–52 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 (lost to Knicks 1–2) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Radio | WHDH |
Draft picks
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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1 | 7 | Ernie Barrett | G/F | United States | Kansas State |
2 | 16 | Bill Garrett | F | United States | Indiana |
6 | 56 | James Luisi | G | United States | St. Francis (NY) |
Roster
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Roster |
Pre-season
1951 Pre-season Game Log: 6–2 (home: 4–1; road: 2–1) | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Attendance | Record | Recap | ||
1 | October 18 (in Houlton, Maine) | Baltimore Bullets | 71–90 | Boston Celtics | 1–0 | [1] | ||||
2 | October 16 (in Bangor, Maine) | Baltimore Bullets | 85–99 | Boston Celtics | 2–0 | [2] | ||||
3 | October 17 (in Waterville, Maine) | Baltimore Bullets | 87–100 | Boston Celtics | 1,200 | 3–0 | [3] | |||
4 | October 19 (in Albany, New York) | Boston Celtics | 82–98 | New York Knicks | 3–1 | |||||
5 | October 22 (in Barre, Vermont) | Baltimore Bullets | 91–75 | Boston Celtics | 3–2 | [4] | ||||
6 | October 22 (in Berlin, New Hampshire) | Boston Celtics | 55–90 | College All-Stars | 600 | 4–2 | [5] | |||
7 | October 27 (in Washington D.C.) | Boston Celtics | 90–89 | Baltimore Bullets | 5–2 | |||||
8 | October 28 | New York Knicks | 78–79 | Boston Celtics | 6–2 |
Regular season
Season standings
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x-Syracuse Nationals | 40 | 26 | .606 | – | 26–7 | 12–18 | 2–1 | 21–15 |
x-Boston Celtics | 39 | 27 | .591 | 1 | 22–7 | 10–19 | 7–1 | 22–14 |
x-New York Knicks | 37 | 29 | .561 | 3 | 21–4 | 12–22 | 4–3 | 23–13 |
x-Philadelphia Warriors | 33 | 33 | .500 | 7 | 24–7 | 6–25 | 3–1 | 14–22 |
Baltimore Bullets | 20 | 46 | .303 | 20 | 17–15 | 2–22 | 1–9 | 10–26 |
Record vs. opponents
1951-52 NBA Records | ||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | FWP | IND | MIL | MIN | NYK | PHI | ROC | SYR |
Baltimore | — | 1–8 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 0–6 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 2–4 | 3–6 |
Boston | 8–1 | — | 3–3 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 4–5 | 6–3 | 3–3 | 4–5 |
Fort Wayne | 4–2 | 3–3 | — | 5–4 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 3–6 | 0–6 |
Indianapolis | 4–2 | 3–3 | 4–5 | — | 7–2 | 4–5 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 3–6 | 4–2 |
Milwaukee | 2–4 | 1–5 | 5–4 | 2–7 | — | 1–8 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 1–8 | 2–4 |
Minneapolis | 6–0 | 3–3 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 8–1 | — | 4–2 | 2–4 | 7–2 | 1–5 |
New York | 7–2 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 2–4 | — | 6–3 | 2–4 | 5–4 |
Philadelphia | 5–4 | 3–6 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 3–6 | — | 2–4 | 3–6 |
Rochester | 4–2 | 3–3 | 6–3 | 6–3 | 8–1 | 2–7 | 4–2 | 4–2 | — | 4–2 |
Syracuse | 6–3 | 5–4 | 6–0 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 4–5 | 6–3 | 2–4 | — |
Game log
1951–52 game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | November 4 | Indianapolis | 65–97 | Bob Cousy (25) | 1–0 | |||||
2 | November 10 | N Philadelphia | 69–83 | Bob Cousy (24) | 2–0 | |||||
3 | November 11 | Minneapolis | 72–77 | Ed Macauley (21) | 3–0 | |||||
4 | November 14 | Fort Wayne | 91–98 (OT) | Bob Cousy (28) | 4–0 | |||||
5 | November 15 | @ Syracuse | 95–97 | Ed Macauley (26) | 4–1 | |||||
6 | November 17 | @ Baltimore | 88–75 | Bob Cousy (26) | 5–1 | |||||
7 | November 18 | New York | 78–75 | Ed Macauley (35) | 5–2 | |||||
8 | November 22 | Milwaukee | 72–103 | Bob Cousy (19) | 6–2 | |||||
9 | November 23 | @ Philadelphia | 102–100 (OT) | Ed Macauley (26) | 7–2 | |||||
10 | November 24 | @ New York | 70–68 | Bob Cousy (14) | 8–2 | |||||
11 | November 25 | Philadelphia | 85–103 | Bob Cousy (20) | 9–2 | |||||
12 | November 28 | @ Minneapolis | 76–90 | Cousy, Macauley (14) | 9–3 | |||||
13 | November 30 | @ Indianapolis | 87–92 | Ed Macauley (22) | 9–4 | |||||
14 | December 2 | Baltimore | 82–103 | Bob Cousy (21) | 10–4 | |||||
15 | December 5 | Fort Wayne | 91–88 | Bob Cousy (32) | 10–5 | |||||
16 | December 9 | New York | 94–103 | Bob Cousy (31) | 11–5 | |||||
17 | December 11 | @ Philadelphia | 78–79 | Bones McKinney (16) | 11–6 | |||||
18 | December 12 | Milwaukee | 84–89 | Bill Sharman (21) | 12–6 | |||||
19 | December 16 | Philadelphia | 90–92 (OT) | Ed Macauley (32) | 13–6 | |||||
20 | December 17 | @ Baltimore | 80–92 | Ed Macauley (20) | 13–7 | |||||
21 | December 19 | Syracuse | 97–103 | Bob Cousy (29) | 14–7 | |||||
22 | December 21 | N Baltimore | 106–89 | Bob Cousy (25) | 15–7 | |||||
23 | December 23 | Indianapolis | 88–91 | Bob Cousy (18) | 16–7 | |||||
24 | December 25 | @ Minneapolis | 93–100 | Bob Cousy (22) | 16–8 | |||||
25 | December 26 | @ Fort Wayne | 86–94 | Ed Macauley (25) | 16–9 | |||||
26 | December 30 | New York | 90–100 | Ed Macauley (32) | 17–9 | |||||
27 | December 31 | @ New York | 86–87 (OT) | Ed Macauley (27) | 17–10 | |||||
28 | January 1 | @ Rochester | 91–106 | Bob Cousy (22) | 17–11 | |||||
29 | January 3 | @ Syracuse | 81–107 | Bob Cousy (27) | 17–12 | |||||
30 | January 5 | @ Baltimore | 94–73 | Bob Cousy (27) | 18–12 | |||||
31 | January 6 | Rochester | 80–91 | Ed Macauley (22) | 19–12 | |||||
32 | January 8 | @ Milwaukee | 83–76 | Ed Macauley (24) | 20–12 | |||||
33 | January 10 | @ Fort Wayne | 94–85 | Bob Cousy (27) | 21–12 | |||||
34 | January 11 | @ Indianapolis | 79–100 | Ed Macauley (19) | 21–13 | |||||
35 | January 16 | Minneapolis | 108–94 | Cousy, Macauley (25) | 21–14 | |||||
36 | January 20 | Indianapolis | 98–117 | Bob Cousy (30) | 22–14 | |||||
37 | January 23 | Baltimore | 75–117 | Bob Cousy (26) | 23–14 | |||||
38 | January 26 | Philadelphia | 89–85 | Ed Macauley (29) | 23–15 | |||||
39 | January 27 | @ Syracuse | 86–91 | Bob Cousy (25) | 23–16 | |||||
40 | January 29 | @ Philadelphia | 96–97 | Bob Cousy (27) | 23–17 | |||||
41 | February 1 | N Milwaukee | 77–100 | Bob Cousy (29) | 24–17 | |||||
42 | February 2 | @ New York | 83–91 | Ed Macauley (26) | 24–18 | |||||
43 | February 3 | New York | 95–100 | Bob Cousy (30) | 25–18 | |||||
44 | February 6 | Syracuse | 88–99 | Bob Cousy (33) | 26–18 | |||||
45 | February 9 | @ Rochester | 100–104 | Bob Cousy (26) | 26–19 | |||||
46 | February 10 | @ Rochester | 111–97 | Bill Sharman (24) | 26–20 | |||||
47 | February 14 | @ Fort Wayne | 90–94 | Bob Cousy (31) | 26–21 | |||||
48 | February 16 | N Minneapolis | 75–77 | Bob Cousy (24) | 27–21 | |||||
49 | February 17 | N Milwaukee | 97–95 | Bob Cousy (22) | 27–22 | |||||
50 | February 18 | N Milwaukee | 84–106 | Bob Cousy (31) | 28–22 | |||||
51 | February 19 | @ Indianapolis | 81–82 | Ed Macauley (27) | 28–23 | |||||
52 | February 21 | Fort Wayne | 67–88 | Bob Cousy (24) | 29–23 | |||||
53 | February 24 | @ Syracuse | 77–75 | Bob Cousy (18) | 30–23 | |||||
54 | February 27 | Syracuse | 81–88 | Bob Cousy (22) | 31–23 | |||||
55 | February 28 | N Rochester | 72–91 | Ed Macauley (20) | 32–23 | |||||
56 | March 1 | @ New York | 86–105 | Cousy, Macauley (19) | 32–24 | |||||
57 | March 2 | New York | 89–87 | Bob Cousy (23) | 32–25 | |||||
58 | March 4 | N Baltimore | 91–80 | Bob Cousy (31) | 33–25 | |||||
59 | March 5 | Minneapolis | 74–82 | Ed Macauley (26) | 34–25 | |||||
60 | March 8 | @ Baltimore | 100–77 | Ed Macauley (21) | 35–25 | |||||
61 | March 9 | Baltimore | 72–89 | Bob Brannum (21) | 36–25 | |||||
62 | March 11 | @ Philadlephia | 88–84 | Bob Cousy (26) | 37–25 | |||||
63 | March 12 | Syracuse | 89–71 | Bill Sharman (15) | 37–26 | |||||
64 | March 13 | @ Syracuse | 70–89 | McKinney, Sharman (11) | 37–27 | |||||
65 | March 15 | @ Rochester | 118–106 | Bob Cousy (32) | 38–27 | |||||
66 | March 16 | Philadelphia | 89–96 | Ed Macauley (18) | 39–27 |
Playoffs
1952 playoff game log | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Division semifinals: 1–2 (home: 1–1; road: 0–1)
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1952 schedule |
Player statistics
Awards and records
Transactions
References
- "Bullets Drop Exhibition to 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.
See also
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