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1950-51 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats

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Record: 39-30, Finished 2nd in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Red Auerbach (39-30)

PTS/G: 85.2 (4th of 11) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 85.5 (7th of 11)
SRS: -0.41 (6th of 11)
Expected W-L: 34-35 (6th of 11)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 197,888 (1st of 7)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-0) versus New York Knicks

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
24 Harry Boykoff C 6-10 225 July 24, 1922 1 St. John's University
11 Chuck Cooper F 6-5 210 September 29, 1926 R Duquesne University
14 Bob Cousy PG 6-1 175 August 9, 1928 R College of the Holy Cross
12 Bob Donham SG 6-2 190 October 11, 1926 R Ohio State University
21 Andy Duncan F-C 6-6 195 April 17, 1922 2 College of William & Mary
13-18 Bob Harris F-C 6-7 195 March 16, 1927 1 Oklahoma State University
10 Kleggie Hermsen C-F 6-9 225 March 12, 1923 4 University of Minnesota
4 Sonny Hertzberg G 5-10 175 July 29, 1922 4 City College of New York
21 Frank Kudelka G-F 6-2 193 June 25, 1925 1 Saint Mary's College of California
5 Ed Leede F-G 6-3 185 July 17, 1927 1 Dartmouth College
22 Ed Macauley C-F 6-8 185 March 22, 1928 1 Saint Louis University
16 John Mahnken C 6-8 220 June 16, 1922 4 Georgetown University
17 Bones McKinney SF 6-6 185 January 1, 1919 4 University of North Carolina
Dick Mehen PF 6-5 195 May 20, 1922 1 University of Tennessee
13 Kenny Sailors G 5-10 175 January 14, 1922 4 University of Wyoming
19-21 Ed Stanczak F 6-1 185 August 15, 1921 1
13 Brady Walker PF 6-6 205 March 15, 1921 2 Brigham Young University

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 69 2065 5607 .368 1751 2415 .725 3499 1579 1881 5881 85.2
Lg Rank 3 5 4 3 3 7 4 1 4 1 4
Opponent 69 5899 85.5
Lg Rank 10 7

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 34 35 -0.26 -0.15 -0.41 .368 .312 Boston Garden 197,888
Lg Rank 6 7 6 8 6 4 4 1

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 Macauley 22 68 459 985 .466 466 614 .759 616 252 205 1384
2 Bob Cousy 22 69 401 1138 .352 276 365 .756 474 341 185 1078
3 Sonny Hertzberg 28 65 206 651 .316 223 270 .826 260 244 156 635
4 Chuck Cooper 24 66 207 601 .344 201 267 .753 562 174 219 615
5 Bob Donham 24 68 151 298 .507 114 229 .498 235 139 179 416
6 Ed Leede 23 57 119 370 .322 140 189 .741 118 95 144 378
7 Bob Harris 23 44 85 238 .357 71 107 .664 247 56 138 241
8 John Mahnken 28 46 102 298 .342 35 54 .648 184 67 152 239
9 Bones McKinney 32 34 90 284 .317 55 74 .743 179 79 122 235
10 Harry Boykoff 28 32 78 203 .384 45 63 .714 135 40 130 201
11 Ed Stanczak 29 19 12 50 .240 36 45 .800 36 7 48 60
12 Dick Mehen 28 7 17 52 .327 10 15 .667 26 11 14 44
13 Brady Walker 29 17 13 33 .394 5 9 .556 31 8 11 31
14 Andy Duncan 28 14 7 40 .175 15 22 .682 30 8 32 29
15 Kenny Sailors 29 10 4 25 .160 10 16 .625 3 8 14 18
16 Kleggie Hermsen 27 23 60 191 .314 29 49 .592 20 70 149
17 Frank Kudelka 25 27 54 150 .360 20 27 .741 30 62 128

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 Macauley 22 68 6.8 14.5 .466 6.9 9.0 .759 9.1 3.7 3.0 20.4
2 Bob Cousy 22 69 5.8 16.5 .352 4.0 5.3 .756 6.9 4.9 2.7 15.6
3 Sonny Hertzberg 28 65 3.2 10.0 .316 3.4 4.2 .826 4.0 3.8 2.4 9.8
4 Chuck Cooper 24 66 3.1 9.1 .344 3.0 4.0 .753 8.5 2.6 3.3 9.3
5 Bones McKinney 32 34 2.6 8.4 .317 1.6 2.2 .743 5.3 2.3 3.6 6.9
6 Ed Leede 23 57 2.1 6.5 .322 2.5 3.3 .741 2.1 1.7 2.5 6.6
7 Dick Mehen 28 7 2.4 7.4 .327 1.4 2.1 .667 3.7 1.6 2.0 6.3
8 Harry Boykoff 28 32 2.4 6.3 .384 1.4 2.0 .714 4.2 1.3 4.1 6.3
9 Bob Donham 24 68 2.2 4.4 .507 1.7 3.4 .498 3.5 2.0 2.6 6.1
10 Bob Harris 23 44 1.9 5.4 .357 1.6 2.4 .664 5.6 1.3 3.1 5.5
11 John Mahnken 28 46 2.2 6.5 .342 0.8 1.2 .648 4.0 1.5 3.3 5.2
12 Ed Stanczak 29 19 0.6 2.6 .240 1.9 2.4 .800 1.9 0.4 2.5 3.2
13 Andy Duncan 28 14 0.5 2.9 .175 1.1 1.6 .682 2.1 0.6 2.3 2.1
14 Brady Walker 29 17 0.8 1.9 .394 0.3 0.5 .556 1.8 0.5 0.6 1.8
15 Kenny Sailors 29 10 0.4 2.5 .160 1.0 1.6 .625 0.3 0.8 1.4 1.8
16 Kleggie Hermsen 27 23 2.6 8.3 .314 1.3 2.1 .592 0.9 3.0 6.5
17 Frank Kudelka 25 27 2.0 5.6 .360 0.7 1.0 .741 1.1 2.3 4.7

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 Macauley 22 68 .466 .759
2 Chuck Cooper 24 66 .344 .753
3 Bob Cousy 22 69 .352 .756
4 Bob Donham 24 68 .507 .498
5 Andy Duncan 28 14 .175 .682
6 Bob Harris 23 44 .357 .664
7 Sonny Hertzberg 28 65 .316 .826
8 Ed Leede 23 57 .322 .741
9 Brady Walker 29 17 .394 .556
10 Ed Stanczak 29 19 .240 .800
11 Kenny Sailors 29 10 .160 .625
12 Dick Mehen 28 7 .327 .667
13 Bones McKinney 32 34 .317 .743
14 John Mahnken 28 46 .342 .648
15 Harry Boykoff 28 32 .384 .714
16 Kleggie Hermsen 27 23 .314 .592
17 Frank Kudelka 25 27 .360 .741

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 Macauley 22 68 .551 .466 14.1 1.8 15.9
2 Bob Donham 24 68 .522 .507 3.8 0.7 4.5
3 Bob Cousy 22 69 .415 .352 2.2 1.8 3.9
4 Chuck Cooper 24 66 .428 .344 1.9 1.4 3.3
5 Sonny Hertzberg 28 65 .412 .316 1.4 1.1 2.5
6 Ed Leede 23 57 .417 .322 0.8 0.5 1.3
7 Bob Harris 23 44 .423 .357 0.6 0.6 1.2
8 Harry Boykoff 28 32 .436 .384 0.6 0.4 1.0
9 Ed Stanczak 29 19 .430 .240 0.2 0.1 0.3
10 Brady Walker 29 17 .419 .394 0.1 0.1 0.1
11 Dick Mehen 28 7 .375 .327 -0.1 0.1 0.0
12 Bones McKinney 32 34 .371 .317 -0.5 0.5 0.0
13 John Mahnken 28 46 .371 .342 -0.6 0.5 0.0
14 Kenny Sailors 29 10 .281 .160 -0.2 0.0 -0.2
15 Andy Duncan 28 14 .292 .175 -0.4 0.1 -0.3
16 Kleggie Hermsen 27 23 .350 .314
17 Frank Kudelka 25 27 .395 .360

Playoffs 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 Macauley 22 2 17 36 .472 10 16 .625 18 8 4 44
2 Bob Cousy 22 2 9 42 .214 10 12 .833 15 12 8 28
3 Bones McKinney 32 2 11 25 .440 4 5 .800 10 8 9 26
4 Bob Donham 24 2 4 9 .444 5 12 .417 8 2 9 13
5 Chuck Cooper 24 2 4 12 .333 2 5 .400 13 3 8 10
6 Sonny Hertzberg 28 2 3 13 .231 4 5 .800 2 3 8 10
7 Bob Harris 23 2 1 10 .100 5 7 .714 4 2 4 7
8 Frank Kudelka 25 1 2 4 .500 0 3 .000 5 2 3 4
9 Ed Leede 23 2 1 7 .143 1 1 1.000 0 2 3 3
10 Kleggie Hermsen 27 2 1 6 .167 0 0 3 0 6 2

Playoffs 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 Macauley 22 2 8.5 18.0 .472 5.0 8.0 .625 9.0 4.0 2.0 22.0
2 Bob Cousy 22 2 4.5 21.0 .214 5.0 6.0 .833 7.5 6.0 4.0 14.0
3 Bones McKinney 32 2 5.5 12.5 .440 2.0 2.5 .800 5.0 4.0 4.5 13.0
4 Bob Donham 24 2 2.0 4.5 .444 2.5 6.0 .417 4.0 1.0 4.5 6.5
5 Chuck Cooper 24 2 2.0 6.0 .333 1.0 2.5 .400 6.5 1.5 4.0 5.0
6 Sonny Hertzberg 28 2 1.5 6.5 .231 2.0 2.5 .800 1.0 1.5 4.0 5.0
7 Frank Kudelka 25 1 2.0 4.0 .500 0.0 3.0 .000 5.0 2.0 3.0 4.0
8 Bob Harris 23 2 0.5 5.0 .100 2.5 3.5 .714 2.0 1.0 2.0 3.5
9 Ed Leede 23 2 0.5 3.5 .143 0.5 0.5 1.000 0.0 1.0 1.5 1.5
10 Kleggie Hermsen 27 2 0.5 3.0 .167 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 3.0 1.0

Playoffs 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 Bones McKinney 32 2 .440 .800
2 Bob Cousy 22 2 .214 .833
3 Chuck Cooper 24 2 .333 .400
4 Bob Harris 23 2 .100 .714
5 Sonny Hertzberg 28 2 .231 .800
6 Kleggie Hermsen 27 2 .167
7 Frank Kudelka 25 1 .500 .000
8 Ed Leede 23 2 .143 1.000
9 Ed Macauley 22 2 .472 .625
10 Bob Donham 24 2 .444 .417

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 Macauley 22 2 .511 .472 0.3 0.1 0.4
2 Bones McKinney 32 2 .478 .440 0.1 0.1 0.2
3 Bob Donham 24 2 .455 .444 0.0 0.0 0.1
4 Frank Kudelka 25 1 .376 .500 0.0 0.0 0.0
5 Chuck Cooper 24 2 .352 .333 -0.1 0.1 0.0
6 Kleggie Hermsen 27 2 .167 .167 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
7 Ed Leede 23 2 .202 .143 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
8 Bob Harris 23 2 .268 .100 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
9 Sonny Hertzberg 28 2 .329 .231 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
10 Bob Cousy 22 2 .296 .214 -0.4 0.1 -0.3