1952-53 Boston Celtics Game Log

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Record: 46-25, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Red Auerbach (46-25)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 88.1 (1st of 10) Opp PTS/G: 85.8 (8th of 10)

SRS: 1.94 (5th of 10) Pace: 94.7 (3rd of 10)

Off Rtg: 91.7 (1st of 10) Def Rtg: 89.3 (8th of 10) Net Rtg: +2.5 (5th of 10)

Expected W-L: 42-29 (5th of 10)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 161,808 (1st of 1)

NBA 1953 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Syracuse Nationals (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Division Finals (1-3) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1952-10-31	@	INO	W	83	68	27	70	.386				29	37	.784						19	26	24	93	.258				20	28	.714						23	30
2	2	1952-11-01	@	MNL	L	91	94	30	74	.405				31	45	.689							34	33	79	.418				28	39	.718							40
3	3	1952-11-08		SYR	W	106	83	37	91	.407				32	49	.653			30				36	24	84	.286				35	45	.778			14				40
4	4	1952-11-11		MNL	L	92	101	26	84	.310				40	47	.851			23				37	30	82	.366				41	49	.837			24				37
5	5	1952-11-13	@	SYR	L	81	96	25						31	39	.795							33	33						30	43	.698							35
6	6	1952-11-15	@	NYK	L	68	79	25						18	29	.621							28	30						19	35	.543							29
7	7	1952-11-16		ROC	W	96	87	31	76	.408				34	45	.756			27				26	31	85	.365				25	35	.714			21				36
8	8	1952-11-19	N	MLH	W	91	77	32						27	36	.750							24	29						19	33	.576							31
9	9	1952-11-22		INO	W	96	91	33	85	.388				30	35	.857			23				19	38	94	.404				15	19	.789			33				29
10	10	1952-11-23	@	ROC	W	102	100	36						30	34	.882							25	37						26	33	.788							26
11	11	1952-11-26		PHW	W	93	92	34	86	.395				25	31	.806			30				23	38	88	.432				16	27	.593			26				27
12	12	1952-11-27	@	PHW	W	83	70	32	69	.464				19	32	.594		55	29				21	25	81	.309				20	25	.800		52	22				28
13	13	1952-11-29	N	FTW	W	78	71	29						20	37	.541							17	28						15	22	.682							27
14	14	1952-11-30	@	SYR	L	66	78	25						16	22	.727							27	25						28	33	.848							17
15	15	1952-12-03		MNL	L	102	106	36	100	.360				30	34	.882			29				19	43	92	.467				20	25	.800			35				26
16	16	1952-12-04	N	MLH	L	73	90	31						11	19	.579							34	30						30	45	.667							15
17	17	1952-12-06		MLH	W	88	83	30	80	.375				28	38	.737			29				29	29	85	.341				25	38	.658			22				32
18	18	1952-12-09	N	PHW	W	86	72	31						24	28	.857							21	26						20	26	.769							21
19	19	1952-12-10	N	PHW	W	103	97	34						35	40	.875							26	37						23	32	.719							33
20	20	1952-12-11	N	BLB	W	94	88	38	87	.437				18	28	.643		54	32				22	34	95	.358				20	27	.741		59	26				21
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1952-12-13		PHW	W	82	78	29	86	.337				24	32	.750			22				27	29	88	.330				20	32	.625			22				24
22	22	1952-12-14	@	BLB	W	83	73	28						27	33	.818							25	24						25	32	.781							27
23	23	1952-12-18	N	SYR	W	88	83	28	81	.346				32	38	.842		61	26				22	29	100	.290				25	31	.806		66	22				31
24	24	1952-12-20		SYR	W	91	77	30	74	.405				31	39	.795			25				22	28	70	.400				21	26	.808			16				32
25	25	1952-12-21	@	SYR	L	86	90	31						24	40	.600							38	26						38	49	.776							35
26	26	1952-12-25	@	NYK	L	84	97	30						24	33	.727							18	39						19	24	.792							26
27	27	1952-12-26	@	INO	L	74	85	28						18	27	.667							21	34						17	29	.586							20
28	28	1952-12-27	@	MNL	L	71	94	27	87	.310				17	24	.708							10	42	98	.429				10	16	.625							18
29	29	1952-12-28	@	FTW	W	89	66	28						33	42	.786							25	21						24	34	.706							32
30	30	1952-12-31		SYR	W	97	87	33						31	44	.705							29	27						33	38	.868							36
31	31	1953-01-01	@	ROC	W	83	81	26						31	61	.508							28	28						25	36	.694							30
32	32	1953-01-03	N	INO	W	78	63	30						18	29	.621							21	24						15	20	.750							25
33	33	1953-01-04		NYK	W	103	100	35	74	.473				33	44	.750			34				36	30	65	.462				40	49	.816			20				35
34	34	1953-01-07	@	PHW	W	84	82	27	68	.397				30	37	.811		51	24				22	30	83	.361				22	31	.710		53	23				28
35	35	1953-01-08	N	ROC	W	88	85	26						36	53	.679							24	32						21	29	.724							40
36	36	1953-01-09	N	BLB	L	90	94	36						18	32	.563							22	39						16	30	.533							29
37	37	1953-01-10	@	BLB	L	105	126	35						35	47	.745							51	39						48	66	.727							38
38	38	1953-01-11		BLB	W	131	87	49	92	.533				33	48	.688			43				33	31	72	.431				25	39	.641			24				36
39	39	1953-01-15	@	FTW	L	85	91	25						35	45	.778							30	30						31	42	.738							33
40	40	1953-01-16	@	MLH	W	100	90	38						24	36	.667							18	35						20	23	.870							26
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1953-01-18		NYK	W	99	83	34	83	.410				31	37	.838			29				19	33	79	.418				17	25	.680			27				33
42	42	1953-01-21		FTW	W	94	84	32	74	.432				30	42	.714			25				26	30	76	.395				24	33	.727			25				32
43	43	1953-01-22	N	NYK	L	89	112	31	82	.378				27	35	.771		49	25				31	39	87	.448				34	41	.829		57	32				31
44	44	1953-01-23	@	INO	L	85	90	32						21	32	.656							34	29						32	39	.821							29
45	45	1953-01-25	@	MNL	L	82	87	27	76	.355				28	43	.651							27	34	83	.410				19	29	.655							32
46	46	1953-01-27	N	MLH	W	80	58	28						24	34	.706							13	23						12	19	.632							29
47	47	1953-01-29	@	FTW	L	98	111	32						34	44	.773							47	32						47	62	.758							35
48	48	1953-01-31	@	NYK	L	69	76	21						27	42	.643							36	25						26	45	.578							34
49	49	1953-02-01		ROC	L	86	109	22	68	.324				42	59	.712			16				40	38	71	.535				33	48	.688			31				47
50	50	1953-02-04		SYR	W	105	92	36	74	.486				33	41	.805			30				29	30	85	.353				32	38	.842			23				32
51	51	1953-02-07	@	BLB	W	101	98	31						39	51	.765							32	37						24	37	.649							40
52	52	1953-02-08		NYK	W	87	79	29	68	.426				29	42	.690			22				33	25	67	.373				29	42	.690			21				39
53	53	1953-02-12	@	PHW	L	91	92	29	73	.397				33	43	.767		43	19				31	34	71	.479				24	38	.632		47	23				32
54	54	1953-02-13		MLH	W	77	74	28	68	.412				21	36	.583			26				19	31	70	.443				12	21	.571			26				29
55	55	1953-02-15		INO	W	89	76	33	85	.388				23	35	.657			29				16	29	83	.349				18	21	.857			25				24
56	56	1953-02-17	N	SYR	L	65	84	22						21	35	.600							25	28						28	35	.800							27
57	57	1953-02-18	N	NYK	W	69	66	25						19	30	.633							19	26						14	32	.438							26
58	58	1953-02-21	@	BLB	W	90	86	32						26	32	.813							29	31						24	35	.686							30
59	59	1953-02-22		NYK	W	87	83	29	74	.392				29	46	.630			25				31	31	69	.449				21	34	.618			22				40
60	60	1953-02-25		PHW	W	87	80	34	86	.395				19	25	.760			30				25	30	82	.366				20	38	.526			23				22
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1953-02-26	N	BLB	W	82	81	29	73	.397				24	30	.800		49	23				31	28	69	.406				25	38	.658		42	21				24
62	62	1953-02-28	@	ROC	L	85	92	29						27	32	.844							35	32						28	43	.651							29
63	63	1953-03-03	N	BLB	W	95	94	33						29	39	.744							24	35						24	31	.774							33
64	64	1953-03-04	N	PHW	W	82	75	31						20	28	.714							21	29						17	25	.680							25
65	65	1953-03-06		MNL	W	100	85	40	93	.430				20	32	.625							20	33	78	.423				19	25	.760							23
66	66	1953-03-08	@	NYK	W	89	78	34						21	32	.656							27	26						26	35	.743							27
67	67	1953-03-11		FTW	W	98	92	32	73	.438				34	50	.680			30				25	36	73	.493				20	32	.625			32				36
68	68	1953-03-12	@	SYR	L	70	84	24						22	31	.710							29	30						24	34	.706							26
69	69	1953-03-15		PHW	W	103	87	43	92	.467				17	23	.739			32				22	35	86	.407				17	26	.654			29				18
70	70	1953-03-16	N	BLB	W	92	78	35						22	34	.647							23	29						20	30	.667							25
71	71	1953-03-17	@	SYR	L	68	72	20						28	37	.757							35	19						34	45	.756							31

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