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Bob Cousy

Robert Joseph Cousy (Bob, Cooz, Houdini of the Hardwood)

Position: Guard
Height: 6-1    Weight: 175 lbs.
Born: August 9, 1928 in New York, New York
High School: Andrew Jackson in Cambria Heights, New York
College: College of the Holy Cross

Inducted into Hall of Fame as Player in 1971

Drafted by the Tri-Cities Blackhawks in the 1st round (3rd pick, 3rd overall) of the 1950 NBA draft.

Coaching Record

14 19

Totals

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1950-51 22 BOS NBA 69 401 1138 .352 276 365 .756 474 341 185 1078
1951-52 23 BOS NBA 66 2681 512 1388 .369 409 506 .808 421 441 190 1433
1952-53 24 BOS NBA 71 2945 464 1320 .352 479 587 .816 449 547 227 1407
1953-54 25 BOS NBA 72 2857 486 1262 .385 411 522 .787 394 518 201 1383
1954-55 26 BOS NBA 71 2747 522 1316 .397 460 570 .807 424 557 165 1504
1955-56 27 BOS NBA 72 2767 440 1223 .360 476 564 .844 492 642 206 1356
1956-57 28 BOS NBA 64 2364 478 1264 .378 363 442 .821 309 478 134 1319
1957-58 29 BOS NBA 65 2222 445 1262 .353 277 326 .850 322 463 136 1167
1958-59 30 BOS NBA 65 2403 484 1260 .384 329 385 .855 359 557 135 1297
1959-60 31 BOS NBA 75 2588 568 1481 .384 319 403 .792 352 715 146 1455
1960-61 32 BOS NBA 76 2468 513 1382 .371 352 452 .779 331 587 196 1378
1961-62 33 BOS NBA 75 2114 462 1181 .391 251 333 .754 261 584 135 1175
1962-63 34 BOS NBA 76 1975 392 988 .397 219 298 .735 193 515 175 1003
1969-70 41 CIN NBA 7 34 1 3 .333 3 3 1.000 5 10 11 5
Career NBA 924 30165 6168 16468 .375 4624 5756 .803 4786 6955 2242 16960

Per Game

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1950-51 22 BOS NBA 69 5.8 16.5 .352 4.0 5.3 .756 6.9 4.9 2.7 15.6
1951-52 23 BOS NBA 66 40.6 7.8 21.0 .369 6.2 7.7 .808 6.4 6.7 2.9 21.7
1952-53 24 BOS NBA 71 41.5 6.5 18.6 .352 6.7 8.3 .816 6.3 7.7 3.2 19.8
1953-54 25 BOS NBA 72 39.7 6.8 17.5 .385 5.7 7.3 .787 5.5 7.2 2.8 19.2
1954-55 26 BOS NBA 71 38.7 7.4 18.5 .397 6.5 8.0 .807 6.0 7.8 2.3 21.2
1955-56 27 BOS NBA 72 38.4 6.1 17.0 .360 6.6 7.8 .844 6.8 8.9 2.9 18.8
1956-57 28 BOS NBA 64 36.9 7.5 19.8 .378 5.7 6.9 .821 4.8 7.5 2.1 20.6
1957-58 29 BOS NBA 65 34.2 6.8 19.4 .353 4.3 5.0 .850 5.0 7.1 2.1 18.0
1958-59 30 BOS NBA 65 37.0 7.4 19.4 .384 5.1 5.9 .855 5.5 8.6 2.1 20.0
1959-60 31 BOS NBA 75 34.5 7.6 19.7 .384 4.3 5.4 .792 4.7 9.5 1.9 19.4
1960-61 32 BOS NBA 76 32.5 6.8 18.2 .371 4.6 5.9 .779 4.4 7.7 2.6 18.1
1961-62 33 BOS NBA 75 28.2 6.2 15.7 .391 3.3 4.4 .754 3.5 7.8 1.8 15.7
1962-63 34 BOS NBA 76 26.0 5.2 13.0 .397 2.9 3.9 .735 2.5 6.8 2.3 13.2
1969-70 41 CIN NBA 7 4.9 0.1 0.4 .333 0.4 0.4 1.000 0.7 1.4 1.6 0.7
Career NBA 924 35.3 6.7 17.8 .375 5.0 6.2 .803 5.2 7.5 2.4 18.4

Per 36 Minutes

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1950-51 22 BOS NBA 69 .352 .756
1951-52 23 BOS NBA 66 2681 6.9 18.6 .369 5.5 6.8 .808 5.7 5.9 2.6 19.2
1952-53 24 BOS NBA 71 2945 5.7 16.1 .352 5.9 7.2 .816 5.5 6.7 2.8 17.2
1953-54 25 BOS NBA 72 2857 6.1 15.9 .385 5.2 6.6 .787 5.0 6.5 2.5 17.4
1954-55 26 BOS NBA 71 2747 6.8 17.2 .397 6.0 7.5 .807 5.6 7.3 2.2 19.7
1955-56 27 BOS NBA 72 2767 5.7 15.9 .360 6.2 7.3 .844 6.4 8.4 2.7 17.6
1956-57 28 BOS NBA 64 2364 7.3 19.2 .378 5.5 6.7 .821 4.7 7.3 2.0 20.1
1957-58 29 BOS NBA 65 2222 7.2 20.4 .353 4.5 5.3 .850 5.2 7.5 2.2 18.9
1958-59 30 BOS NBA 65 2403 7.3 18.9 .384 4.9 5.8 .855 5.4 8.3 2.0 19.4
1959-60 31 BOS NBA 75 2588 7.9 20.6 .384 4.4 5.6 .792 4.9 9.9 2.0 20.2
1960-61 32 BOS NBA 76 2468 7.5 20.2 .371 5.1 6.6 .779 4.8 8.6 2.9 20.1
1961-62 33 BOS NBA 75 2114 7.9 20.1 .391 4.3 5.7 .754 4.4 9.9 2.3 20.0
1962-63 34 BOS NBA 76 1975 7.1 18.0 .397 4.0 5.4 .735 3.5 9.4 3.2 18.3
1969-70 41 CIN NBA 7 34 1.1 3.2 .333 3.2 3.2 1.000 5.3 10.6 11.6 5.3
Career NBA 924 30165 6.9 18.3 .375 5.2 6.4 .803 5.1 7.9 2.5 19.0

Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1950-51 22 BOS NBA 69 .415 .352
1951-52 23 BOS NBA 66 2681 21.2 .445 .369 4.9 2.8 7.7
1952-53 24 BOS NBA 71 2945 21.6 .446 .352 4.7 2.5 7.2
1953-54 25 BOS NBA 72 2857 20.9 .464 .385 6.5 1.6 8.1
1954-55 26 BOS NBA 71 2747 21.3 .480 .397 6.3 1.5 7.8
1955-56 27 BOS NBA 72 2767 20.2 .461 .360 4.3 2.6 6.8
1956-57 28 BOS NBA 64 2364 21.1 .452 .378 4.0 4.7 8.8
1957-58 29 BOS NBA 65 2222 17.9 .415 .353 0.8 4.6 5.4
1958-59 30 BOS NBA 65 2403 19.9 .454 .384 3.3 5.4 8.7
1959-60 31 BOS NBA 75 2588 18.7 .439 .384 1.9 5.9 7.8
1960-61 32 BOS NBA 76 2468 17.4 .436 .371 0.9 6.3 7.2
1961-62 33 BOS NBA 75 2114 18.3 .443 .391 0.7 5.6 6.3
1962-63 34 BOS NBA 76 1975 16.6 .448 .397 0.1 5.1 5.2
1969-70 41 CIN NBA 7 34 8.6 .579 .333 32.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Career NBA 924 30165 19.7 .446 .375 32.0 38.5 48.7 87.2

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age Tm Lg G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1950-51 22 BOS NBA 2 9 42 10 12 15 12 8 28 .214 .833 14.0 7.5 6.0
1951-52 23 BOS NBA 3 138 26 65 41 44 12 19 13 93 .400 .932 46.0 31.0 4.0 6.3
1952-53 24 BOS NBA 6 270 46 120 61 73 25 37 21 153 .383 .836 45.0 25.5 4.2 6.2
1953-54 25 BOS NBA 6 260 33 116 60 75 32 38 20 126 .284 .800 43.3 21.0 5.3 6.3
1954-55 26 BOS NBA 7 299 53 139 46 48 43 65 26 152 .381 .958 42.7 21.7 6.1 9.3
1955-56 27 BOS NBA 3 124 28 56 23 25 24 26 4 79 .500 .920 41.3 26.3 8.0 8.7
1956-57 28 BOS NBA 10 440 67 207 68 71 61 93 27 202 .324 .958 44.0 20.2 6.1 9.3
1957-58 29 BOS NBA 11 457 67 196 64 75 71 82 20 198 .342 .853 41.5 18.0 6.5 7.5
1958-59 30 BOS NBA 11 460 72 221 70 94 76 119 28 214 .326 .745 41.8 19.5 6.9 10.8
1959-60 31 BOS NBA 13 468 80 262 39 51 48 116 27 199 .305 .765 36.0 15.3 3.7 8.9
1960-61 32 BOS NBA 10 337 50 147 67 88 43 91 33 167 .340 .761 33.7 16.7 4.3 9.1
1961-62 33 BOS NBA 14 474 86 241 52 76 64 123 43 224 .357 .684 33.9 16.0 4.6 8.8
1962-63 34 BOS NBA 13 393 72 204 39 47 32 116 44 183 .353 .830 30.2 14.1 2.5 8.9
Career NBA 109 4120 689 2016 640 779 546 937 314 2018 .342 .822 38.5 18.5 5.0 8.6

Playoffs Advanced

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Season Age Tm Lg G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1950-51 22 BOS NBA 2 .296 .214
1951-52 23 BOS NBA 3 138 25.4 .551 .400 32.1 0.6 0.0 0.7
1952-53 24 BOS NBA 6 270 22.7 .503 .383 37.8 0.9 0.1 0.9
1953-54 25 BOS NBA 6 260 16.6 .423 .284 33.0 -0.1 0.2 0.1
1954-55 26 BOS NBA 7 299 19.7 .475 .381 35.0 0.5 -0.1 0.4
1955-56 27 BOS NBA 3 124 31.6 .590 .500 39.5 0.7 0.3 1.0
1956-57 28 BOS NBA 10 440 17.9 .424 .324 31.8 0.4 1.1 1.4
1957-58 29 BOS NBA 11 457 17.6 .432 .342 27.5 0.5 0.9 1.5
1958-59 30 BOS NBA 11 460 16.1 .408 .326 31.6 -0.1 1.2 1.0
1959-60 31 BOS NBA 13 468 12.6 .350 .305 32.7 -0.9 1.2 0.2
1960-61 32 BOS NBA 10 337 17.8 .450 .340 34.1 0.4 0.8 1.2
1961-62 33 BOS NBA 14 474 15.5 .408 .357 35.0 -0.2 1.1 0.8
1962-63 34 BOS NBA 13 393 14.4 .407 .353 38.8 -0.5 0.8 0.3
Career NBA 109 4120 17.5 .428 .342 33.6 2.1 7.5 9.6

All-Star Games

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Season Age Tm Lg G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1950-51 22 BOS NBA 1 2 12 .167 4 5 .800 9 8 3 8
1951-52 23 BOS NBA 1 1 33 4 14 .286 1 2 .500 4 13 3 9
1952-53 24 BOS NBA 1 1 36 4 11 .364 7 7 1.000 5 3 1 15
1953-54 25 BOS NBA 1 1 34 6 15 .400 8 8 1.000 11 4 1 20
1954-55 26 BOS NBA 1 1 35 7 14 .500 6 7 .857 9 5 1 20
1955-56 27 BOS NBA 1 1 24 2 8 .250 3 4 .750 7 2 6 7
1956-57 28 BOS NBA 1 1 28 4 14 .286 2 2 1.000 5 7 0 10
1957-58 29 BOS NBA 1 1 31 8 20 .400 4 6 .667 5 10 0 20
1958-59 30 BOS NBA 1 1 32 4 8 .500 5 6 .833 5 4 0 13
1959-60 31 BOS NBA 1 1 26 1 7 .143 0 0 5 8 2 2
1960-61 32 BOS NBA 1 1 33 2 11 .182 0 0 3 8 6 4
1961-62 33 BOS NBA 1 1 31 4 13 .308 3 4 .750 6 8 2 11
1962-63 34 BOS NBA 1 1 25 4 11 .364 0 0 4 6 2 8
Career NBA 13 12 368 52 158 .329 43 51 .843 78 86 27 147

College

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Season Age College G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1946-47 18 HOLYCROSS 30 91 45 227 7.6
1947-48 19 HOLYCROSS 30 207 72 108 486 .667 16.2
1948-49 20 HOLYCROSS 27 195 90 134 480 .672 17.8
1949-50 21 HOLYCROSS 30 216 659 150 199 582 .328 .754 19.4
Career 117 709 659 357 441 1775 1.076 .810 15.2

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1951 NBA
1952 NBA
1953 NBA
1954 NBA
1955 NBA
1956 NBA
1957 NBA
1958 NBA
1959 NBA
1960 NBA
1961 NBA
1962 NBA
1963 NBA

Awards

1953-54 NBA All-Star Game MVP
1956-57 NBA All-Star Game MVP
1956-57 NBA MVP

Honors

1947-48 NCAA AP All-America (3rd)
1948-49 NCAA AP All-America (2nd)
1949-50 NCAA AP All-America (1st)
1951-52 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1952-53 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1953-54 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1954-55 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1955-56 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1956-57 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1957-58 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1958-59 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1959-60 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1960-61 NBA All-NBA (1st)
1961-62 NBA All-NBA (2nd)
1962-63 NBA All-NBA (2nd)

MVP Award Shares

1955-56 NBA 0.123 (3)
1956-57 NBA 0.365 (1)
1957-58 NBA 0.028 (6)
1958-59 NBA 0.173 (4)
1959-60 NBA 0.176 (4)
1961-62 NBA 0.007 (8)
1962-63 NBA 0.011 (8)
Career 0.882 (32)

Games

1950-51 NBA 69 (2)
1951-52 NBA 66 (1)
 1952-53 NBA 71 (2)
1953-54 NBA 72 (2)
1955-56 NBA 72 (2)
1959-60 NBA 75 (2)

Minutes Played

1951-52 NBA 2681 (3)
1952-53 NBA 2945 (2)
1953-54 NBA 2857 (3)
1954-55 NBA 2747 (6)
1955-56 NBA 2767 (4)

Field Goals

1950-51 NBA 401 (6)
1951-52 NBA 512 (3)
1952-53 NBA 464 (3)
1953-54 NBA 486 (2)
1954-55 NBA 522 (2)
1955-56 NBA 440 (7)
1956-57 NBA 478 (8)
Career NBA 6168 (86)
Career 6168 (91)

Field Goal Attempts

1950-51 NBA 1138 (3)
1951-52 NBA 1388 (2)
1952-53 NBA 1320 (1)
 1953-54 NBA 1262 (2)
1954-55 NBA 1316 (2)
1955-56 NBA 1223 (5)
1956-57 NBA 1264 (6)
1957-58 NBA 1262 (6)
1958-59 NBA 1260 (9)
1959-60 NBA 1481 (8)
Career NBA 16468 (28)
Career 16468 (32)

Free Throws

1951-52 NBA 409 (4)
1952-53 NBA 479 (4)
1953-54 NBA 411 (7)
1954-55 NBA 460 (3)
1955-56 NBA 476 (5)
1956-57 NBA 363 (10)
Career NBA 4624 (37)
Career 4624 (42)

Free Throw Attempts

1951-52 NBA 506 (4)
1952-53 NBA 587 (4)
1953-54 NBA 522 (7)
1954-55 NBA 570 (6)
1955-56 NBA 564 (5)
1956-57 NBA 442 (9)
Career NBA 5756 (41)
Career 5756 (46)

Free Throw Pct

1951-52 NBA .808 (10)
1952-53 NBA .816 (8)
1953-54 NBA .787 (6)
1954-55 NBA .807 (9)
1955-56 NBA .844 (4)
1956-57 NBA .821 (6)
1957-58 NBA .850 (3)
1958-59 NBA .855 (4)

Assists

1950-51 NBA 341 (4)
1951-52 NBA 441 (2)
1952-53 NBA 547 (1)
 1953-54 NBA 518 (1)
 1954-55 NBA 557 (1)
 1955-56 NBA 642 (1)
 1956-57 NBA 478 (1)
 1957-58 NBA 463 (1)
 1958-59 NBA 557 (1)
 1959-60 NBA 715 (1)
 1960-61 NBA 587 (3)
1961-62 NBA 584 (3)
1962-63 NBA 515 (3)
Career NBA 6955 (14)
Career 6955 (14)

Points

1950-51 NBA 1078 (9)
1951-52 NBA 1433 (3)
1952-53 NBA 1407 (3)
1953-54 NBA 1383 (2)
1954-55 NBA 1504 (3)
1955-56 NBA 1356 (7)
1956-57 NBA 1319 (8)
1958-59 NBA 1297 (9)
Career NBA 16960 (75)
Career 16960 (80)

Minutes Per Game

1951-52 NBA 40.6 (4)
1952-53 NBA 41.5 (3)
1953-54 NBA 39.7 (3)
1954-55 NBA 38.7 (5)
1955-56 NBA 38.4 (4)
1956-57 NBA 36.9 (5)
Career NBA 35.3 (81)
Career 35.3 (86)

Points Per Game

1950-51 NBA 15.6 (10)
1951-52 NBA 21.7 (3)
1952-53 NBA 19.8 (4)
1953-54 NBA 19.2 (2)
1954-55 NBA 21.2 (2)
1955-56 NBA 18.8 (7)
1956-57 NBA 20.6 (8)
1958-59 NBA 20.0 (9)
Career NBA 18.4 (87)
Career 18.4 (94)

Assists Per Game

1950-51 NBA 4.9 (4)
1951-52 NBA 6.7 (2)
1952-53 NBA 7.7 (1)
 1953-54 NBA 7.2 (1)
 1954-55 NBA 7.8 (1)
 1955-56 NBA 8.9 (1)
 1956-57 NBA 7.5 (1)
 1957-58 NBA 7.1 (1)
 1958-59 NBA 8.6 (1)
 1959-60 NBA 9.5 (1)
 1960-61 NBA 7.7 (3)
1961-62 NBA 7.8 (3)
1962-63 NBA 6.8 (3)
Career NBA 7.5 (17)
Career 7.5 (17)

Player Efficiency Rating

1951-52 NBA 21.2 (7)
1952-53 NBA 21.6 (6)
1953-54 NBA 20.9 (8)
1954-55 NBA 21.3 (5)
1955-56 NBA 20.2 (9)
1956-57 NBA 21.1 (8)
1958-59 NBA 19.9 (10)
Career NBA 19.7 (65)
Career 19.7 (71)

Offensive Win Shares

1951-52 NBA 4.9 (8)
1953-54 NBA 6.5 (8)
1954-55 NBA 6.3 (7)

Defensive Win Shares

1956-57 NBA 4.7 (2)
1957-58 NBA 4.6 (3)
1958-59 NBA 5.4 (2)
1959-60 NBA 5.9 (3)
1960-61 NBA 6.3 (4)
1961-62 NBA 5.6 (3)
1962-63 NBA 5.1 (4)
Career NBA 48.7 (39)
Career 48.7 (42)

Win Shares

1951-52 NBA 7.7 (10)
1956-57 NBA 8.8 (8)
1958-59 NBA 8.7 (9)
Career NBA 87.2 (93)
Career 87.2 (96)

Hall of Fame Probability

Career 1.000 (18)
      

Transactions

1950: Sold by the Tri-Cities Blackhawks to the Chicago Stags.

April 25, 1950: Drafted by the Tri-Cities Blackhawks in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1950 NBA Draft.

October 5, 1950: Drafted by the Boston Celtics from the Chicago Stags in the dispersal draft.

November 18, 1969: Traded by the Boston Celtics to the Cincinnati Royals for Bill Dinwiddie.

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