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1951-52 Boston Celtics Roster and Statistics

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39-27, Finished 2nd in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Red Auerbach (39-27)

Points Per Game: 91.3 (1st of 10) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 87.2 (8th of 10)
Pythagorean W-L: 43-23 (3rd of 10)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 160,167 (2nd of 5)

SRS: 3.61 (3rd of 10)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-1) versus New York Knickerbockers

1951-52 Boston Celtics:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
18 Bob Brannum F-C 6-5 215 May 28, 1925 1 Michigan State University
11 Chuck Cooper F 6-5 210 September 29, 1926 1 Duquesne University
14 Bob Cousy G 6-1 175 August 9, 1928 1 College of the Holy Cross
23 Dick Dickey G 6-1 175 October 26, 1926 R North Carolina State University
12 Bob Donham G-F 6-2 190 October 11, 1926 1 Ohio State University
13 Bob Harris F-C 6-7 195 March 16, 1927 2 Oklahoma State University
22 Ed Macauley C-F 6-8 185 March 22, 1928 2 Saint Louis University
16 John Mahnken C 6-8 220 June 16, 1922 5 Georgetown University
17 Bones McKinney F-C 6-6 185 January 1, 1919 5 University of North Carolina
21 Bill Sharman G 6-1 175 May 25, 1926 1 University of Southern California

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 66 2131 5510 .387 1765 2406 .734 3750 1606 1734 6027 91.3
Opponent 66 5758 87.2

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 Bob Cousy 23 66 2681 512 1388 .369 409 506 .808 421 441 190 1433
2 Ed Macauley 23 66 2631 384 888 .432 496 621 .799 529 232 174 1264
3 Bill Sharman 25 63 1389 244 628 .389 183 213 .859 221 151 181 671
4 Bob Donham 25 66 1980 201 413 .487 149 293 .509 330 228 223 551
5 Chuck Cooper 25 66 1976 197 545 .361 149 201 .741 502 134 219 543
6 Bob Harris 24 66 1899 190 463 .410 134 209 .641 531 120 194 514
7 Bob Brannum 26 66 1324 149 404 .369 107 171 .626 406 76 235 405
8 Bones McKinney 33 63 1083 136 418 .325 65 80 .813 175 111 148 337
9 John Mahnken 29 60 581 78 227 .344 26 43 .605 132 63 91 182
10 Dick Dickey 25 45 440 40 136 .294 47 69 .681 81 50 79 127

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 Bob Cousy 23 66 40.6 7.8 21.0 .369 6.2 7.7 .808 6.4 6.7 2.9 21.7
2 Ed Macauley 23 66 39.9 5.8 13.5 .432 7.5 9.4 .799 8.0 3.5 2.6 19.2
3 Bill Sharman 25 63 22.0 3.9 10.0 .389 2.9 3.4 .859 3.5 2.4 2.9 10.7
4 Bob Donham 25 66 30.0 3.0 6.3 .487 2.3 4.4 .509 5.0 3.5 3.4 8.3
5 Chuck Cooper 25 66 29.9 3.0 8.3 .361 2.3 3.0 .741 7.6 2.0 3.3 8.2
6 Bob Harris 24 66 28.8 2.9 7.0 .410 2.0 3.2 .641 8.0 1.8 2.9 7.8
7 Bob Brannum 26 66 20.1 2.3 6.1 .369 1.6 2.6 .626 6.2 1.2 3.6 6.1
8 Bones McKinney 33 63 17.2 2.2 6.6 .325 1.0 1.3 .813 2.8 1.8 2.3 5.3
9 John Mahnken 29 60 9.7 1.3 3.8 .344 0.4 0.7 .605 2.2 1.1 1.5 3.0
10 Dick Dickey 25 45 9.8 0.9 3.0 .294 1.0 1.5 .681 1.8 1.1 1.8 2.8

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 Bob Cousy 23 66 2681 6.9 18.6 .369 5.5 6.8 .808 5.7 5.9 2.6 19.2
2 Bill Sharman 25 63 1389 6.3 16.3 .389 4.7 5.5 .859 5.7 3.9 4.7 17.4
3 Ed Macauley 23 66 2631 5.3 12.2 .432 6.8 8.5 .799 7.2 3.2 2.4 17.3
4 John Mahnken 29 60 581 4.8 14.1 .344 1.6 2.7 .605 8.2 3.9 5.6 11.3
5 Bones McKinney 33 63 1083 4.5 13.9 .325 2.2 2.7 .813 5.8 3.7 4.9 11.2
6 Bob Brannum 26 66 1324 4.1 11.0 .369 2.9 4.6 .626 11.0 2.1 6.4 11.0
7 Dick Dickey 25 45 440 3.3 11.1 .294 3.8 5.6 .681 6.6 4.1 6.5 10.4
8 Bob Donham 25 66 1980 3.7 7.5 .487 2.7 5.3 .509 6.0 4.1 4.1 10.0
9 Chuck Cooper 25 66 1976 3.6 9.9 .361 2.7 3.7 .741 9.1 2.4 4.0 9.9
10 Bob Harris 24 66 1899 3.6 8.8 .410 2.5 4.0 .641 10.1 2.3 3.7 9.7

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Ed Macauley 23 66 2631 22.4 .544 .432 11.3 2.6 13.8
2 Bob Cousy 23 66 2681 21.2 .445 .369 4.9 2.8 7.7
3 Bob Donham 25 66 1980 14.2 .508 .487 4.2 1.9 6.1
4 Bill Sharman 25 63 1389 17.6 .465 .389 3.0 1.3 4.3
5 Bob Harris 24 66 1899 14.0 .463 .410 2.2 2.1 4.3
6 Chuck Cooper 25 66 1976 12.5 .429 .361 1.1 2.1 3.1
7 Bob Brannum 26 66 1324 12.3 .423 .369 0.5 1.5 2.0
8 Dick Dickey 25 45 440 9.5 .382 .294 -0.2 0.4 0.3
9 John Mahnken 29 60 581 10.7 .370 .344 -0.6 0.6 0.1
10 Bones McKinney 33 63 1083 9.4 .372 .325 -1.0 1.0 0.0

Playoffs

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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 Bob Cousy 23 3 138 26 65 41 44 12 19 13 93 .400 .932 46.0 31.0 4.0 6.3
2 Ed Macauley 23 3 129 27 49 16 19 33 11 11 70 .551 .842 43.0 23.3 11.0 3.7
3 Chuck Cooper 25 3 128 8 25 17 19 16 4 17 33 .320 .895 42.7 11.0 5.3 1.3
4 Bob Donham 25 3 112 9 19 9 18 13 17 16 27 .474 .500 37.3 9.0 4.3 5.7
5 Bob Harris 24 3 87 9 21 5 5 25 4 16 23 .429 1.000 29.0 7.7 8.3 1.3
6 Bill Sharman 25 1 27 7 12 1 1 3 7 4 15 .583 1.000 27.0 15.0 3.0 7.0
7 Bob Brannum 26 3 48 4 12 1 6 10 3 16 9 .333 .167 16.0 3.0 3.3 1.0
8 Dick Dickey 25 3 31 1 8 6 7 3 5 7 8 .125 .857 10.3 2.7 1.0 1.7
9 John Mahnken 29 3 50 2 7 3 6 10 3 11 7 .286 .500 16.7 2.3 3.3 1.0
10 Bones McKinney 33 3 20 2 9 0 0 6 2 9 4 .222 6.7 1.3 2.0 0.7

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Bob Cousy 23 3 138 25.4 .551 .400 32.1 0.6 0.0 0.7
2 Ed Macauley 23 3 129 25.4 .610 .551 20.9 0.6 0.1 0.7
3 Bob Donham 25 3 112 11.5 .501 .474 28.3 0.1 0.0 0.2
4 Chuck Cooper 25 3 128 8.0 .495 .320 5.6 0.1 0.0 0.1
5 Bill Sharman 25 1 27 27.4 .603 .583 72.5 0.1 0.0 0.1
6 Bob Harris 24 3 87 11.5 .496 .429 9.0 0.1 0.0 0.1
7 Dick Dickey 25 3 31 6.4 .361 .125 27.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 John Mahnken 29 3 50 3.7 .363 .286 10.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Bones McKinney 33 3 20 -3.4 .222 .222 19.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
10 Bob Brannum 26 3 48 0.1 .307 .333 11.7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1