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1947-48 Boston Celtics Roster and Statistics

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20-28, Finished 3rd in BAA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: John Russell (20-28)

PTS/G: 68.8 (8th of 8) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 72.7 (6th of 8)
SRS: -3.75 (7th of 8)
Expected W-L: 15-33 (7th of 8)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 90,264 (3rd of 3)

Playoffs:
Lost BAA Quarterfinals (2-1) versus Chicago Stags

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
10 Mike Bloom F-C 6-6 190 January 14, 1915 R Temple University
11 Chuck Connors F-C 6-5 190 April 10, 1921 1 Seton Hall University
14 Bulbs Ehlers F-G 6-3 198 March 10, 1923 R Purdue University
15-21 Jack Garfinkel G 6-0 190 June 13, 1918 1 St. John's University
5 Cecil Hankins G 6-1 175 January 6, 1922 1 Oklahoma State University
17 Jack Hewson F-C 6-6 195 September 7, 1924 R Temple University
3 Charlie Hoefer G 5-9 158 July 12, 1917 1 Queens College
17 John Janisch F-G 6-3 200 March 15, 1920 1 Valparaiso University
4 Saul Mariaschin G 5-11 165 September 1, 1924 R Harvard University
6 George Munroe G 5-11 170 January 5, 1922 1 Dartmouth College
10-11 Stan Noszka G 6-1 185 September 9, 1920 1 Duquesne University
7-9 Mel Riebe G-F 5-11 180 July 12, 1916 1 College of Wooster
22 Ed Sadowski C 6-5 240 July 11, 1917 1 Seton Hall University
10 Connie Simmons C-F 6-8 222 March 15, 1925 1
12 Art Spector F 6-4 200 October 17, 1920 1 Villanova University
13 Gene Stump F-G 6-2 185 November 13, 1923 R DePaul University

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 48 1241 4323 .287 821 1246 .659 364 1065 3303 68.8
Lg Rank 8 7 3 7 6 7 3 6 8 8
Opponent 48 3491 72.7
Lg Rank 6 6

Totals

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Ed Sadowski 30 47 308 953 .323 294 422 .697 74 182 910
2 Mel Riebe 31 48 202 653 .309 85 137 .620 41 137 489
3 Saul Mariaschin 23 43 125 463 .270 83 117 .709 60 121 333
4 Bulbs Ehlers 24 40 104 417 .249 78 144 .542 44 92 286
5 Jack Garfinkel 29 43 114 380 .300 35 46 .761 59 78 263
6 Connie Simmons 22 32 108 366 .295 32 54 .593 17 82 248
7 Art Spector 27 48 67 243 .276 60 92 .652 17 106 194
8 Gene Stump 24 43 59 247 .239 24 38 .632 18 66 142
9 Mike Bloom 33 14 46 169 .272 37 57 .649 14 37 129
10 Stan Noszka 27 22 27 97 .278 24 35 .686 4 52 78
11 George Munroe 26 21 27 91 .297 17 26 .654 3 20 71
12 Cecil Hankins 26 25 23 116 .198 24 35 .686 8 28 70
13 Jack Hewson 23 24 22 89 .247 21 30 .700 1 9 65
14 Chuck Connors 26 4 5 13 .385 2 3 .667 1 5 12
15 Charlie Hoefer 30 7 3 19 .158 4 8 .500 3 17 10
16 John Janisch 27 3 1 7 .143 1 2 .500 0 3 3

Per Game

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Ed Sadowski 30 47 6.6 20.3 .323 6.3 9.0 .697 1.6 3.9 19.4
2 Mel Riebe 31 48 4.2 13.6 .309 1.8 2.9 .620 0.9 2.9 10.2
3 Mike Bloom 33 14 3.3 12.1 .272 2.6 4.1 .649 1.0 2.6 9.2
4 Connie Simmons 22 32 3.4 11.4 .295 1.0 1.7 .593 0.5 2.6 7.8
5 Saul Mariaschin 23 43 2.9 10.8 .270 1.9 2.7 .709 1.4 2.8 7.7
6 Bulbs Ehlers 24 40 2.6 10.4 .249 2.0 3.6 .542 1.1 2.3 7.2
7 Jack Garfinkel 29 43 2.7 8.8 .300 0.8 1.1 .761 1.4 1.8 6.1
8 Art Spector 27 48 1.4 5.1 .276 1.3 1.9 .652 0.4 2.2 4.0
9 Stan Noszka 27 22 1.2 4.4 .278 1.1 1.6 .686 0.2 2.4 3.5
10 George Munroe 26 21 1.3 4.3 .297 0.8 1.2 .654 0.1 1.0 3.4
11 Gene Stump 24 43 1.4 5.7 .239 0.6 0.9 .632 0.4 1.5 3.3
12 Chuck Connors 26 4 1.3 3.3 .385 0.5 0.8 .667 0.3 1.3 3.0
13 Cecil Hankins 26 25 0.9 4.6 .198 1.0 1.4 .686 0.3 1.1 2.8
14 Jack Hewson 23 24 0.9 3.7 .247 0.9 1.3 .700 0.0 0.4 2.7
15 Charlie Hoefer 30 7 0.4 2.7 .158 0.6 1.1 .500 0.4 2.4 1.4
16 John Janisch 27 3 0.3 2.3 .143 0.3 0.7 .500 0.0 1.0 1.0

Per 36 Minutes

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Ed Sadowski 30 47 .323 .697
2 Connie Simmons 22 32 .295 .593
3 Chuck Connors 26 4 .385 .667
4 Art Spector 27 48 .276 .652
5 Bulbs Ehlers 24 40 .249 .542
6 Jack Garfinkel 29 43 .300 .761
7 Cecil Hankins 26 25 .198 .686
8 Jack Hewson 23 24 .247 .700
9 Charlie Hoefer 30 7 .158 .500
10 John Janisch 27 3 .143 .500
11 Saul Mariaschin 23 43 .270 .709
12 George Munroe 26 21 .297 .654
13 Gene Stump 24 43 .239 .632
14 Stan Noszka 27 22 .278 .686
15 Mel Riebe 31 48 .309 .620
16 Mike Bloom 33 14 .272 .649

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Ed Sadowski 30 47 .400 .323 8.9 0.5 9.3
2 Mel Riebe 31 48 .343 .309 1.9 0.3 2.2
3 Jack Garfinkel 29 43 .329 .300 0.9 0.2 1.1
4 Saul Mariaschin 23 43 .324 .270 0.8 0.3 1.1
5 Art Spector 27 48 .342 .276 0.8 0.2 1.0
6 Mike Bloom 33 14 .332 .272 0.4 0.1 0.5
7 Stan Noszka 27 22 .347 .278 0.3 0.1 0.4
8 Connie Simmons 22 32 .318 .295 0.2 0.2 0.3
9 George Munroe 26 21 .347 .297 0.3 0.0 0.3
10 Jack Hewson 23 24 .318 .247 0.0 0.0 0.1
11 Chuck Connors 26 4 .419 .385 0.1 0.0 0.1
12 John Janisch 27 3 .190 .143 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
13 Charlie Hoefer 30 7 .222 .158 -0.2 0.0 -0.1
14 Bulbs Ehlers 24 40 .298 .249 -0.4 0.2 -0.2
15 Cecil Hankins 26 25 .266 .198 -0.5 0.1 -0.4
16 Gene Stump 24 43 .269 .239 -0.9 0.1 -0.8

Playoffs

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Ed Sadowski 30 3 19 55 23 38 6 17 61 .345 .605 20.3 2.0
2 Mel Riebe 31 3 14 43 14 20 3 10 42 .326 .700 14.0 1.0
3 Mike Bloom 33 3 11 42 14 19 2 10 36 .262 .737 12.0 0.7
4 Saul Mariaschin 23 3 10 42 9 14 1 12 29 .238 .643 9.7 0.3
5 Stan Noszka 27 3 10 30 5 8 2 11 25 .333 .625 8.3 0.7
6 Jack Garfinkel 29 3 7 23 8 10 7 15 22 .304 .800 7.3 2.3
7 Art Spector 27 3 2 9 2 4 0 9 6 .222 .500 2.0 0.0
8 George Munroe 26 3 1 5 2 2 1 2 4 .200 1.000 1.3 0.3
9 Gene Stump 24 3 1 3 0 0 0 2 2 .333 0.7 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Ed Sadowski 30 3 .425 .345 0.6 -0.1 0.5
2 Mel Riebe 31 3 .405 .326 0.4 -0.1 0.3
3 Stan Noszka 27 3 .373 .333 0.2 -0.1 0.1
4 Jack Garfinkel 29 3 .401 .304 0.2 -0.1 0.1
5 Mike Bloom 33 3 .357 .262 0.2 -0.1 0.1
6 George Munroe 26 3 .340 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Gene Stump 24 3 .333 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Art Spector 27 3 .279 .222 0.0 0.0 -0.1
9 Saul Mariaschin 23 3 .301 .238 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1