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1952-53 Boston Celtics Roster and Statistics

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46-25, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Red Auerbach (46-25)

PTS/G: 88.1 (1st of 10) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 85.8 (8th of 10)
SRS: 1.93 (5th of 10)
Expected W-L: 42-29 (5th of 10)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 161,808 (2nd of 5)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Finals (3-1) versus New York Knicks
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Syracuse Nationals

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
18 Bob Brannum F-C 6-5 215 May 28, 1925 2 Michigan State University
17 Gene Conley C-F 6-8 225 November 10, 1930 R Washington State University
11 Chuck Cooper F 6-5 210 September 29, 1926 2 Duquesne University
14 Bob Cousy G 6-1 175 August 9, 1928 2 College of the Holy Cross
12 Bob Donham G-F 6-2 190 October 11, 1926 2 Ohio State University
13 Bob Harris F-C 6-7 195 March 16, 1927 3 Oklahoma State University
22 Ed Macauley C-F 6-8 185 March 22, 1928 3 Saint Louis University
16 John Mahnken C 6-8 220 June 16, 1922 6 Georgetown University
19 Mo Mahoney F 6-2 205 November 20, 1927 R Brown University
4 Kenny Rollins G 6-0 168 September 14, 1923 2 University of Kentucky
21 Bill Sharman G 6-1 175 May 25, 1926 2 University of Southern California

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 71 2177 5555 .392 1904 2617 .728 3865 1666 1911 6258 88.1
Lg Rank 1 3 1 3 4 5 2 1 8 1 1
Opponent 71 6090 85.8
Lg Rank 9 8

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 24 71 2945 464 1320 .352 479 587 .816 449 547 227 1407
2 Ed Macauley 24 69 2902 451 997 .452 500 667 .750 629 280 188 1402
3 Bill Sharman 26 71 2333 403 925 .436 341 401 .850 288 191 240 1147
4 Bob Harris 25 70 1971 192 459 .418 133 226 .588 485 95 238 517
5 Bob Brannum 27 71 1900 188 541 .348 110 185 .595 537 147 287 486
6 Chuck Cooper 26 70 1994 157 466 .337 144 190 .758 439 112 258 458
7 Bob Donham 26 71 1435 169 353 .479 113 240 .471 239 153 213 451
8 John Mahnken 30 69 771 76 252 .302 39 56 .696 182 75 110 191
9 Kenny Rollins 29 43 426 38 115 .330 22 27 .815 45 46 63 98
10 Gene Conley 22 39 461 35 108 .324 18 31 .581 171 19 74 88
11 Mo Mahoney 25 6 34 4 10 .400 4 5 .800 7 1 7 12

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 24 69 42.1 6.5 14.4 .452 7.2 9.7 .750 9.1 4.1 2.7 20.3
2 Bob Cousy 24 71 41.5 6.5 18.6 .352 6.7 8.3 .816 6.3 7.7 3.2 19.8
3 Bill Sharman 26 71 32.9 5.7 13.0 .436 4.8 5.6 .850 4.1 2.7 3.4 16.2
4 Bob Harris 25 70 28.2 2.7 6.6 .418 1.9 3.2 .588 6.9 1.4 3.4 7.4
5 Bob Brannum 27 71 26.8 2.6 7.6 .348 1.5 2.6 .595 7.6 2.1 4.0 6.8
6 Chuck Cooper 26 70 28.5 2.2 6.7 .337 2.1 2.7 .758 6.3 1.6 3.7 6.5
7 Bob Donham 26 71 20.2 2.4 5.0 .479 1.6 3.4 .471 3.4 2.2 3.0 6.4
8 John Mahnken 30 69 11.2 1.1 3.7 .302 0.6 0.8 .696 2.6 1.1 1.6 2.8
9 Kenny Rollins 29 43 9.9 0.9 2.7 .330 0.5 0.6 .815 1.0 1.1 1.5 2.3
10 Gene Conley 22 39 11.8 0.9 2.8 .324 0.5 0.8 .581 4.4 0.5 1.9 2.3
11 Mo Mahoney 25 6 5.7 0.7 1.7 .400 0.7 0.8 .800 1.2 0.2 1.2 2.0

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 Bill Sharman 26 71 2333 6.2 14.3 .436 5.3 6.2 .850 4.4 2.9 3.7 17.7
2 Ed Macauley 24 69 2902 5.6 12.4 .452 6.2 8.3 .750 7.8 3.5 2.3 17.4
3 Bob Cousy 24 71 2945 5.7 16.1 .352 5.9 7.2 .816 5.5 6.7 2.8 17.2
4 Mo Mahoney 25 6 34 4.2 10.6 .400 4.2 5.3 .800 7.4 1.1 7.4 12.7
5 Bob Donham 26 71 1435 4.2 8.9 .479 2.8 6.0 .471 6.0 3.8 5.3 11.3
6 Bob Harris 25 70 1971 3.5 8.4 .418 2.4 4.1 .588 8.9 1.7 4.3 9.4
7 Bob Brannum 27 71 1900 3.6 10.3 .348 2.1 3.5 .595 10.2 2.8 5.4 9.2
8 John Mahnken 30 69 771 3.5 11.8 .302 1.8 2.6 .696 8.5 3.5 5.1 8.9
9 Kenny Rollins 29 43 426 3.2 9.7 .330 1.9 2.3 .815 3.8 3.9 5.3 8.3
10 Chuck Cooper 26 70 1994 2.8 8.4 .337 2.6 3.4 .758 7.9 2.0 4.7 8.3
11 Gene Conley 22 39 461 2.7 8.4 .324 1.4 2.4 .581 13.4 1.5 5.8 6.9

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 24 69 2902 24.1 .543 .452 12.2 2.3 14.5 .239
2 Bill Sharman 26 71 2333 19.7 .521 .436 8.4 1.4 9.8 .201
3 Bob Cousy 24 71 2945 21.6 .446 .352 4.7 2.5 7.2 .117
4 Bob Donham 26 71 1435 14.3 .492 .479 2.8 1.0 3.8 .127
5 Bob Harris 25 70 1971 12.5 .463 .418 2.0 1.5 3.4 .084
6 Chuck Cooper 26 70 1994 10.0 .417 .337 0.3 1.4 1.7 .040
7 Bob Brannum 27 71 1900 11.7 .390 .348 -0.8 1.7 0.8 .021
8 Mo Mahoney 25 6 34 12.3 .492 .400 0.1 0.0 0.1 .123
9 Kenny Rollins 29 43 426 7.8 .386 .330 -0.2 0.3 0.1 .011
10 Gene Conley 22 39 461 10.4 .362 .324 -0.4 0.4 0.0 .001
11 John Mahnken 30 69 771 9.5 .345 .302 -1.2 0.6 -0.6 -0.037

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 Bob Cousy 24 6 270 46 120 61 73 25 37 21 153 .383 .836 45.0 25.5 4.2 6.2
2 Ed Macauley 24 6 278 31 71 39 54 58 21 23 101 .437 .722 46.3 16.8 9.7 3.5
3 Bill Sharman 26 6 201 20 60 30 32 15 15 26 70 .333 .938 33.5 11.7 2.5 2.5
4 Chuck Cooper 26 6 195 19 48 22 27 39 14 27 60 .396 .815 32.5 10.0 6.5 2.3
5 Bob Harris 25 6 193 16 35 18 24 56 12 28 50 .457 .750 32.2 8.3 9.3 2.0
6 Bob Donham 26 6 138 11 38 11 27 21 13 24 33 .289 .407 23.0 5.5 3.5 2.2
7 Bob Brannum 27 6 83 12 23 7 11 21 10 23 31 .522 .636 13.8 5.2 3.5 1.7
8 Kenny Rollins 29 6 65 6 15 8 8 8 7 14 20 .400 1.000 10.8 3.3 1.3 1.2
9 Mo Mahoney 25 4 45 3 14 3 5 7 2 14 9 .214 .600 11.3 2.3 1.8 0.5
10 John Mahnken 30 6 72 0 10 5 5 19 6 16 5 .000 1.000 12.0 0.8 3.2 1.0

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 24 6 270 22.7 .503 .383 37.8 0.9 0.1 0.9 .166
2 Ed Macauley 24 6 278 18.0 .533 .437 17.9 0.7 0.1 0.8 .139
3 Bob Harris 25 6 193 15.4 .549 .457 13.8 0.4 0.1 0.5 .115
4 Chuck Cooper 26 6 195 14.0 .501 .396 16.5 0.3 0.0 0.4 .093
5 Bill Sharman 26 6 201 11.3 .472 .333 17.2 0.3 0.0 0.3 .071
6 Bob Brannum 27 6 83 17.8 .557 .522 31.1 0.3 0.0 0.3 .169
7 Kenny Rollins 29 6 65 12.8 .540 .400 24.5 0.2 0.0 0.2 .129
8 John Mahnken 30 6 72 3.2 .205 .000 15.7 -0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.099
9 Mo Mahoney 25 4 45 -2.3 .278 .214 9.5 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.166
10 Bob Donham 26 6 138 5.2 .331 .289 20.8 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 -0.095