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1948-49 Boston Celtics Roster and Statistics

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25-35, Finished 5th in BAA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Alvin Julian (25-35)

Points Per Game: 76.5 (9th of 12) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 79.5 (8th of 12)
Pythagorean W-L: 22-38 (8th of 12)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 144,275 (1st of 2)

SRS: -2.75 (8th of 12)

1948-49 Boston Celtics:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
17 Johnny Bach F-G 6-2 180 July 10, 1924 R Fordham University
6 Hank Beenders C-F 6-6 185 June 2, 1916 2 Long Island University
19 Bob Doll F-C 6-5 195 August 10, 1919 2 University of Colorado
14 Bulbs Ehlers F-G 6-3 198 March 10, 1923 1 Purdue University
10 Johnny Ezersky F-G 6-3 175 1 University of Rhode Island
8 Phil Farbman F 6-1 185 April 3, 1924 R City College of New York
21 Jack Garfinkel G 6-0 190 June 13, 1918 2 St. John's University
11 Chick Halbert C 6-9 225 February 27, 1919 2 West Texas A&M University
10-3 John Hazen G 6-2 172 February 2, 1927 R Indiana State University
9 George Kaftan F 6-3 190 February 22, 1928 R College of the Holy Cross
6 Tom Kelly G 6-0 170 March 5, 1924 R New York University
22 Bob Kinney C-F 6-6 215 September 16, 1920 R Rice University
20 Al Lucas F-G 6-3 195 July 4, 1922 R Fordham University
3 George Nostrand C-F 6-8 195 January 25, 1924 2 University of Wyoming
10 Stan Noszka G 6-1 185 September 9, 1920 2 Duquesne University
7 Dermie O'Connell G 6-0 174 April 13, 1928 R College of the Holy Cross
7-9 Mel Riebe G-F 5-11 180 July 12, 1916 2 College of Wooster
5 Bill Roberts C 6-9 210 March 13, 1925 R University of Wyoming
15 Jim Seminoff G-F 6-2 190 September 1, 1922 2 University of Southern California
Earl Shannon G-F 5-11 170 November 23, 1921 2 University of Rhode Island
12 Art Spector F 6-4 200 October 17, 1920 2 Villanova University
13 Gene Stump F-G 6-2 185 November 13, 1923 1 DePaul University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 60 1706 5483 .311 1181 1856 .636 1135 1382 4593 76.6
Opponent 60 4768 79.5

Player Statistics

Totals

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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 Bulbs Ehlers 25 59 182 583 .312 150 225 .667 133 119 514
2 Gene Stump 25 56 193 580 .333 92 129 .713 56 102 478
3 Jim Seminoff 26 58 153 487 .314 151 219 .689 229 195 457
4 Bob Doll 29 47 145 438 .331 80 117 .684 117 118 370
5 Mel Riebe 32 33 146 501 .291 70 116 .603 95 97 362
6 Art Spector 28 59 130 434 .300 64 116 .552 77 111 324
7 Chick Halbert 29 33 99 338 .293 112 188 .596 61 97 310
8 George Kaftan 20 21 116 315 .368 72 115 .626 61 28 304
9 George Nostrand 25 27 91 267 .341 83 135 .615 38 74 265
10 Bob Kinney 28 21 75 224 .335 54 91 .593 26 89 204
11 Dermie O'Connell 20 21 87 315 .276 30 56 .536 65 40 204
12 Tom Kelly 24 27 73 218 .335 45 73 .616 38 73 191
13 Johnny Ezersky 18 68 185 .368 49 80 .613 29 49 185
14 Johnny Bach 24 34 34 119 .286 51 75 .680 25 24 119
15 Bill Roberts 23 26 36 109 .330 9 19 .474 13 34 81
16 Stan Noszka 28 30 30 123 .244 15 30 .500 25 56 75
17 Phil Farbman 24 21 21 78 .269 30 38 .789 18 36 72
18 Jack Garfinkel 30 9 12 70 .171 10 14 .714 17 19 34
19 Hank Beenders 32 8 6 28 .214 7 9 .778 3 9 19
20 John Hazen 21 6 6 17 .353 6 7 .857 3 10 18
21 Earl Shannon 27 5 2 11 .182 1 4 .250 4 2 5
22 Al Lucas 26 2 1 3 .333 0 0 2 0 2

Per Game

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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 George Kaftan 20 21 5.5 15.0 .368 3.4 5.5 .626 2.9 1.3 14.5
2 Mel Riebe 32 33 4.4 15.2 .291 2.1 3.5 .603 2.9 2.9 11.0
3 Johnny Ezersky 18 3.8 10.3 .368 2.7 4.4 .613 1.6 2.7 10.3
4 George Nostrand 25 27 3.4 9.9 .341 3.1 5.0 .615 1.4 2.7 9.8
5 Dermie O'Connell 20 21 4.1 15.0 .276 1.4 2.7 .536 3.1 1.9 9.7
6 Bob Kinney 28 21 3.6 10.7 .335 2.6 4.3 .593 1.2 4.2 9.7
7 Chick Halbert 29 33 3.0 10.2 .293 3.4 5.7 .596 1.8 2.9 9.4
8 Bulbs Ehlers 25 59 3.1 9.9 .312 2.5 3.8 .667 2.3 2.0 8.7
9 Gene Stump 25 56 3.4 10.4 .333 1.6 2.3 .713 1.0 1.8 8.5
10 Bob Doll 29 47 3.1 9.3 .331 1.7 2.5 .684 2.5 2.5 7.9
11 Jim Seminoff 26 58 2.6 8.4 .314 2.6 3.8 .689 3.9 3.4 7.9
12 Tom Kelly 24 27 2.7 8.1 .335 1.7 2.7 .616 1.4 2.7 7.1
13 Art Spector 28 59 2.2 7.4 .300 1.1 2.0 .552 1.3 1.9 5.5
14 Jack Garfinkel 30 9 1.3 7.8 .171 1.1 1.6 .714 1.9 2.1 3.8
15 Johnny Bach 24 34 1.0 3.5 .286 1.5 2.2 .680 0.7 0.7 3.5
16 Phil Farbman 24 21 1.0 3.7 .269 1.4 1.8 .789 0.9 1.7 3.4
17 Bill Roberts 23 26 1.4 4.2 .330 0.3 0.7 .474 0.5 1.3 3.1
18 John Hazen 21 6 1.0 2.8 .353 1.0 1.2 .857 0.5 1.7 3.0
19 Stan Noszka 28 30 1.0 4.1 .244 0.5 1.0 .500 0.8 1.9 2.5
20 Hank Beenders 32 8 0.8 3.5 .214 0.9 1.1 .778 0.4 1.1 2.4
21 Earl Shannon 27 5 0.4 2.2 .182 0.2 0.8 .250 0.8 0.4 1.0
22 Al Lucas 26 2 0.5 1.5 .333 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0

Per 36 Minutes

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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 Gene Stump 25 56 .333 .713
2 Tom Kelly 24 27 .335 .616
3 John Hazen 21 6 .353 .857
4 Chick Halbert 29 33 .293 .596
5 Jack Garfinkel 30 9 .171 .714
6 Johnny Ezersky 18 .368 .613
7 Phil Farbman 24 21 .269 .789
8 Bulbs Ehlers 25 59 .312 .667
9 Bob Doll 29 47 .331 .684
10 Hank Beenders 32 8 .214 .778
11 George Kaftan 20 21 .368 .626
12 Bob Kinney 28 21 .335 .593
13 Art Spector 28 59 .300 .552
14 Jim Seminoff 26 58 .314 .689
15 Earl Shannon 27 5 .182 .250
16 Bill Roberts 23 26 .330 .474
17 Mel Riebe 32 33 .291 .603
18 Dermie O'Connell 20 21 .276 .536
19 George Nostrand 25 27 .341 .615
20 Stan Noszka 28 30 .244 .500
21 Al Lucas 26 2 .333
22 Johnny Bach 24 34 .286 .680

Advanced

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Gene Stump 25 56 .375 .333
2 Tom Kelly 24 27 .382 .335
3 John Hazen 21 6 .448 .353
4 Chick Halbert 29 33 .368 .293
5 Jack Garfinkel 30 9 .223 .171
6 Johnny Ezersky 18 .420 .368
7 Phil Farbman 24 21 .380 .269
8 Bulbs Ehlers 25 59 .377 .312
9 Bob Doll 29 47 .378 .331
10 Hank Beenders 32 8 .297 .214
11 George Kaftan 20 21 .416 .368
12 Bob Kinney 28 21 .386 .335
13 Art Spector 28 59 .334 .300
14 Jim Seminoff 26 58 .392 .314
15 Earl Shannon 27 5 .196 .182
16 Bill Roberts 23 26 .345 .330
17 Mel Riebe 32 33 .328 .291
18 Dermie O'Connell 20 21 .300 .276
19 George Nostrand 25 27 .406 .341
20 Stan Noszka 28 30 .275 .244
21 Al Lucas 26 2 .333 .333
22 Johnny Bach 24 34 .391 .286