1953–54 Boston Celtics season

The 1953–54 NBA season was the Celtics' eighth season in the NBA.[1]

1953–54 Boston Celtics season
Head coachRed Auerbach
ArenaBoston Garden
Results
Record4230 (.583)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishEast Division finals
(lost to Nationals 0–2)

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWCOP

Offseason

NBA draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team

Regular season

W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-New York Knicks4428.61118–815–1311–724–16
x-Boston Celtics4230.583217–610–1915–525–15
x-Syracuse Nationals4230.583226–611–175–721–19
Philadelphia Warriors2943.4031510–96–1613–1819–21
Baltimore Bullets1656.2222812–180–224–1611–29
x = clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1953-54 NBA Records
Team BAL BOS FWP MIL MIN NYK PHI ROC SYR
Baltimore 1–90–82–62–63–74–61–73–7
Boston 9–14–46–23–55–56–44–45–5
Fort Wayne 8–04–49–25–53–56–23–82–6
Milwaukee 6–22–62–93–83–53–51–91–7
Minneapolis 6–25–35–58–35–36–26–55–3
New York 7–35–55–35–33–57–37–15–5
Philadelphia 6–44–62–65–32–63–71–76–4
Rochester 7–14–48–39–15–61–77–13–5
Syracuse 7–35–56–27–13–55–54–65–3

Game log

1953–54 game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1November 1Minneapolis84–79Macauley, Sharman (18)0–1
2November 5@ Fort Wayne79–83Bill Sharman (23)0–2
3November 7@ Philadelphia79–77Ed Macauley (26)1–2
4November 11Philadelphia78–72Ed Macauley (23)1–3
5November 14Syracuse66–77Bill Sharman (22)2–3
6November 15N Minneapolis89–74Ed Macauley (23)2–4
7November 17N Rochester92–73Ed Macauley (16)2–5
8November 21Fort Wayne77–91Bob Cousy (14)3–5
9November 24N New York103–92Bob Cousy (24)3–6
10November 25New York84–96Ed Macauley (28)4–6
11November 26@ Syracuse86–93Bill Sharman (24)4–7
12November 28N Syracuse80–91Ed Macauley (21)5–7
13November 29@ Minneapolis82–95Barksdale, Sharman (16)5–8
14December 1N Philadelphia86–89 (OT)Ed Macauley (24)6–8
15December 3@ Fort Wayne70–76Ed Macauley (22)6–9
16December 5Milwaukee79–97Bob Cousy (22)7–9
17December 6@ Baltimore102–95 (OT)Ed Macauley (35)8–9
18December 8@ Rochester79–97Bill Sharman (22)8–10
19December 9@ Philadelphia103–104 (OT)Bill Sharman (23)8–11
20December 10@ New York113–108 (2OT)Bob Cousy (35)9–11
21December 12Baltimore75–106Bob Cousy (23)10–11
22December 13@ Syracuse74–108Bill Sharman (19)10–12
23December 15N Fort Wayne75–82Bill Sharman (27)11–12
24December 16Fort Wayne74–91Ed Macauley (25)12–12
25December 19Syracuse90–83Macauley, Sharman (18)12–13
26December 20N Philadelphia89–101Ed Macauley (21)13–13
27December 21N Milwaukee74–90Bob Cousy (26)14–13
28December 23N Milwaukee74–80Bob Cousy (26)15–13
29December 25@ Fort Wayne79–108Bob Cousy (16)15–14
30December 26@ Milwaukee67–74Bob Cousy (23)15–15
31December 27Rochester72–98Cousy, Macauley (17)16–15
32December 30N Syracuse96–89Bob Cousy (20)16–16
33December 31@ New York95–74Ed Macauley (25)17–16
34January 1Syracuse92–95Bob Cousy (29)18–16
35January 2@ Baltimore92–77Bob Cousy (22)19–16
36January 3N Baltimore72–90Bob Cousy (19)20–16
37January 4N Baltimore77–73Bob Cousy (25)21–16
38January 10@ Minneapolis85–99Ed Macauley (21)21–17
39January 13Minneapolis84–88Ed Macauley (27)22–17
40January 14N Milwaukee74–86Ed Macauley (26)23–17
41January 17New York87–84 (2OT)Bob Cousy (24)23–18
42January 19@ Philadelphia73–89Ed Macauley (22)23–19
43January 24Rochester93–85Cousy, Macauley (20)23–20
44January 26N Baltimore94–69Bill Sharman (19)24–20
45January 28@ Fort Wayne68–80Macauley, Sharman (16)24–21
46January 29@ Milwaukee70–82Ed Macauley (24)24–22
47January 31@ Minneapolis67–82Cousy, Macauley (15)24–23
48February 3Rochester81–88Ed Macauley (25)25–23
49February 4@ Philadelphia78–80Macauley, Nichols (15)25–24
50February 6@ Rochester104–81Bob Cousy (24)26–24
51February 7New York87–78Ed Macauley (20)26–25
52February 8N Baltimore87–75Bob Cousy (25)27–25
53February 10Syracuse79–94Ed Macauley (27)28–25
54February 11N New York81–84 (OT)Bob Cousy (33)29–25
55February 13@ Baltimore93–96Bob Cousy (26)29–26
56February 14New York89–103Bob Cousy (32)30–26
57February 16@ New York85–87Ed Macauley (16)30–27
58February 18@ Minneapolis105–92Bill Sharman (24)31–27
59February 19@ Milwaukee78–73Ed Macauley (20)32–27
60February 21N Philadelphia85–95Ed Macauley (27)33–27
61February 22N Baltimore111–110 (3OT)Bob Cousy (42)34–27
62February 23N Rochester93–77Bill Sharman (26)34–28
63February 25@ Syracuse101–96Bill Sharman (26)35–28
64February 27@ Rochester75–74Ed Macauley (20)36–28
65February 28N Milwaukee74–93Ed Macauley (19)37–28
66March 2@ New York71–86Bob Cousy (24)37–29
67March 5Minneapolis106–128Ed Macauley (32)38–29
68March 7Fort Wayne80–86Bob Cousy (24)39–29
69March 11@ Syracuse95–97 (OT)Bob Cousy (24)39–30
70March 12N Philadelphia95–97 (2OT)Bob Cousy (35)40–30
71March 13Baltimore85–97Bill Sharman (30)41–30
72March 14Philadelphia92–97Bob Cousy (30)42–30

Playoffs

1954 playoff game log
Division Round Robin Semifinals: 2–2 (home: 1–1; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
1 March 16 @ New York W 93–71 Cousy, Sharman (22) Bob Cousy (10) Madison Square Garden III 1–0
2 March 17 Syracuse L 95–96 (OT) Bob Cousy (32) three players tied (10) Jack Nichols (10) Boston Garden 1–1
3 March 20 New York W 79–78 Bill Sharman (26) Cousy, Nichols (6) Boston Garden 2–1
4 March 22 @ Syracuse L 85–98 Bob Cousy (25) Jack Nichols (12) Bob Cousy (8) Onondaga War Memorial 2–2
Division finals: 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationSeries
1 March 25 @ Syracuse L 94–109 Jack Nichols (28) Jack Nichols (9) Bill Sharman (5) Onondaga War Memorial 0–1
2 March 27 Syracuse L 76–83 Bill Sharman (20) Bob Cousy (6) Boston Garden 0–2
1954 schedule

Awards and records

References

  1. "1953-54 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
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