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1951-52 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats

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

PTS/G: 91.3 (1st of 10) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 87.2 (8th of 10)
SRS: 3.61 (3rd of 10)
Expected W-L: 43-23 (3rd of 10)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 160,167 (1st of 3)

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

Roster

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

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 66 2131 5510 .387 1765 2406 .734 3750 1606 1734 6027 91.3
Lg Rank 1 3 2 2 2 5 3 1 8 1 1
Opponent 66 5758 87.2
Lg Rank 8 8

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 43 23 4.08 -0.47 3.61 .387 .320 Boston Garden 160,167
Lg Rank 3 3 3 8 3 2 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 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

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

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

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 23 66 2631 22.6 .544 .432 11.3 2.6 13.8 .252
2 Bob Cousy 23 66 2681 21.4 .445 .369 4.9 2.8 7.7 .138
3 Bob Donham 25 66 1980 14.3 .508 .487 4.2 1.9 6.1 .149
4 Bill Sharman 25 63 1389 17.7 .465 .389 3.0 1.3 4.3 .148
5 Bob Harris 24 66 1899 14.1 .463 .410 2.2 2.1 4.3 .110
6 Chuck Cooper 25 66 1976 12.6 .429 .361 1.1 2.1 3.1 .076
7 Bob Brannum 26 66 1324 12.4 .423 .369 0.5 1.5 2.0 .074
8 Dick Dickey 25 45 440 9.6 .382 .294 -0.2 0.4 0.3 .028
9 John Mahnken 29 60 581 10.8 .370 .344 -0.6 0.6 0.1 .006
10 Bones McKinney 33 63 1083 9.4 .372 .325 -1.0 1.0 0.0 .001

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 Bob Cousy 23 3 138 26 65 .400 41 44 .932 12 19 13 93
2 Ed Macauley 23 3 129 27 49 .551 16 19 .842 33 11 11 70
3 Chuck Cooper 25 3 128 8 25 .320 17 19 .895 16 4 17 33
4 Bob Donham 25 3 112 9 19 .474 9 18 .500 13 17 16 27
5 Bob Harris 24 3 87 9 21 .429 5 5 1.000 25 4 16 23
6 Bill Sharman 25 1 27 7 12 .583 1 1 1.000 3 7 4 15
7 Bob Brannum 26 3 48 4 12 .333 1 6 .167 10 3 16 9
8 Dick Dickey 25 3 31 1 8 .125 6 7 .857 3 5 7 8
9 John Mahnken 29 3 50 2 7 .286 3 6 .500 10 3 11 7
10 Bones McKinney 33 3 20 2 9 .222 0 0 6 2 9 4

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 Bob Cousy 23 3 46.0 8.7 21.7 .400 13.7 14.7 .932 4.0 6.3 4.3 31.0
2 Ed Macauley 23 3 43.0 9.0 16.3 .551 5.3 6.3 .842 11.0 3.7 3.7 23.3
3 Bill Sharman 25 1 27.0 7.0 12.0 .583 1.0 1.0 1.000 3.0 7.0 4.0 15.0
4 Chuck Cooper 25 3 42.7 2.7 8.3 .320 5.7 6.3 .895 5.3 1.3 5.7 11.0
5 Bob Donham 25 3 37.3 3.0 6.3 .474 3.0 6.0 .500 4.3 5.7 5.3 9.0
6 Bob Harris 24 3 29.0 3.0 7.0 .429 1.7 1.7 1.000 8.3 1.3 5.3 7.7
7 Bob Brannum 26 3 16.0 1.3 4.0 .333 0.3 2.0 .167 3.3 1.0 5.3 3.0
8 Dick Dickey 25 3 10.3 0.3 2.7 .125 2.0 2.3 .857 1.0 1.7 2.3 2.7
9 John Mahnken 29 3 16.7 0.7 2.3 .286 1.0 2.0 .500 3.3 1.0 3.7 2.3
10 Bones McKinney 33 3 6.7 0.7 3.0 .222 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.7 3.0 1.3

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 Bob Cousy 23 3 138 6.8 17.0 .400 10.7 11.5 .932 3.1 5.0 3.4 24.3
2 Bill Sharman 25 1 27 9.3 16.0 .583 1.3 1.3 1.000 4.0 9.3 5.3 20.0
3 Ed Macauley 23 3 129 7.5 13.7 .551 4.5 5.3 .842 9.2 3.1 3.1 19.5
4 Bob Harris 24 3 87 3.7 8.7 .429 2.1 2.1 1.000 10.3 1.7 6.6 9.5
5 Dick Dickey 25 3 31 1.2 9.3 .125 7.0 8.1 .857 3.5 5.8 8.1 9.3
6 Chuck Cooper 25 3 128 2.3 7.0 .320 4.8 5.3 .895 4.5 1.1 4.8 9.3
7 Bob Donham 25 3 112 2.9 6.1 .474 2.9 5.8 .500 4.2 5.5 5.1 8.7
8 Bones McKinney 33 3 20 3.6 16.2 .222 0.0 0.0 10.8 3.6 16.2 7.2
9 Bob Brannum 26 3 48 3.0 9.0 .333 0.7 4.5 .167 7.5 2.3 12.0 6.8
10 John Mahnken 29 3 50 1.4 5.0 .286 2.2 4.3 .500 7.2 2.2 7.9 5.0

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 Bob Cousy 23 3 138 25.4 .551 .400 32.1 0.6 0.0 0.7 .227
2 Ed Macauley 23 3 129 25.4 .610 .551 20.9 0.6 0.1 0.7 .251
3 Bob Donham 25 3 112 11.5 .501 .474 28.3 0.1 0.0 0.2 .071
4 Chuck Cooper 25 3 128 8.0 .495 .320 5.6 0.1 0.0 0.1 .055
5 Bill Sharman 25 1 27 27.4 .603 .583 72.5 0.1 0.0 0.1 .262
6 Bob Harris 24 3 87 11.5 .496 .429 9.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 .063
7 John Mahnken 29 3 50 3.7 .363 .286 10.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.028
8 Dick Dickey 25 3 31 6.4 .361 .125 27.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.060
9 Bones McKinney 33 3 20 -3.4 .222 .222 19.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.284
10 Bob Brannum 26 3 48 0.1 .307 .333 11.7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.111