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1953-54 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats

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Record: 42-30, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Red Auerbach (42-30)

PTS/G: 87.7 (1st of 9) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 85.4 (9th of 9)
SRS: 1.97 (4th of 9)
Expected W-L: 43-29 (4th of 9)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 156,912 (2nd of 5)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Finals (2-0) versus Syracuse Nationals
Advanced from Eastern Division Round Robin

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
17 Don Barksdale PF 6-6 200 March 31, 1923 2 University of California, Los Angeles
23 Ernie Barrett SG 6-3 180 August 27, 1929 R Kansas State University
18 Bob Brannum PF 6-5 215 May 28, 1925 3 Michigan State University
11 Chuck Cooper SF 6-5 210 September 29, 1926 3 Duquesne University
14 Bob Cousy PG 6-1 175 August 9, 1928 3 College of the Holy Cross
12 Bob Donham SG 6-2 190 October 11, 1926 3 Ohio State University
13 Bob Harris SF 6-7 195 March 16, 1927 4 Oklahoma State University
22 Ed Macauley C 6-8 185 March 22, 1928 4 Saint Louis University
15 Ed Mikan C 6-8 230 October 20, 1925 5 DePaul University
16 Jack Nichols PF 6-7 222 April 9, 1926 4 University of Washington
21 Bill Sharman SG 6-1 175 May 25, 1926 3 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 72 2232 5580 .400 1851 2550 .726 3867 1773 1969 6315 87.7
Lg Rank 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1
Opponent 72 6147 85.4
Lg Rank 9 9

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 29 2.33 -0.32 1.97 .400 .332 Boston Garden 156,912
Lg Rank 4 4 4 7 4 1 3 2

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 25 72 2857 486 1262 .385 411 522 .787 394 518 201 1383
2 Ed Macauley 25 71 2792 462 950 .486 420 554 .758 571 271 168 1344
3 Bill Sharman 27 72 2467 412 915 .450 331 392 .844 255 229 211 1155
4 Don Barksdale 30 63 1358 156 415 .376 149 225 .662 345 117 213 461
5 Bob Harris 26 71 1898 156 409 .381 108 172 .628 517 94 224 420
6 Bob Brannum 28 71 1729 140 453 .309 129 206 .626 509 144 280 409
7 Bob Donham 27 68 1451 141 315 .448 118 213 .554 267 186 235 400
8 Chuck Cooper 27 70 1101 78 261 .299 78 116 .672 304 74 150 234
9 Ernie Barrett 24 59 641 60 191 .314 14 25 .560 100 55 116 134
10 Ed Mikan 28 9 71 8 24 .333 5 9 .556 20 3 15 21
11 Jack Nichols 27 60 1251 133 385 .345 88 116 .759 81 156 354

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 25 72 39.7 6.8 17.5 .385 5.7 7.3 .787 5.5 7.2 2.8 19.2
2 Ed Macauley 25 71 39.3 6.5 13.4 .486 5.9 7.8 .758 8.0 3.8 2.4 18.9
3 Bill Sharman 27 72 34.3 5.7 12.7 .450 4.6 5.4 .844 3.5 3.2 2.9 16.0
4 Don Barksdale 30 63 21.6 2.5 6.6 .376 2.4 3.6 .662 5.5 1.9 3.4 7.3
5 Bob Harris 26 71 26.7 2.2 5.8 .381 1.5 2.4 .628 7.3 1.3 3.2 5.9
6 Bob Donham 27 68 21.3 2.1 4.6 .448 1.7 3.1 .554 3.9 2.7 3.5 5.9
7 Bob Brannum 28 71 24.4 2.0 6.4 .309 1.8 2.9 .626 7.2 2.0 3.9 5.8
8 Chuck Cooper 27 70 15.7 1.1 3.7 .299 1.1 1.7 .672 4.3 1.1 2.1 3.3
9 Ed Mikan 28 9 7.9 0.9 2.7 .333 0.6 1.0 .556 2.2 0.3 1.7 2.3
10 Ernie Barrett 24 59 10.9 1.0 3.2 .314 0.2 0.4 .560 1.7 0.9 2.0 2.3
11 Jack Nichols 27 60 20.9 2.2 6.4 .345 1.5 1.9 .759 1.4 2.6 5.9

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 25 72 2857 6.1 15.9 .385 5.2 6.6 .787 5.0 6.5 2.5 17.4
2 Ed Macauley 25 71 2792 6.0 12.2 .486 5.4 7.1 .758 7.4 3.5 2.2 17.3
3 Bill Sharman 27 72 2467 6.0 13.4 .450 4.8 5.7 .844 3.7 3.3 3.1 16.9
4 Don Barksdale 30 63 1358 4.1 11.0 .376 3.9 6.0 .662 9.1 3.1 5.6 12.2
5 Ed Mikan 28 9 71 4.1 12.2 .333 2.5 4.6 .556 10.1 1.5 7.6 10.6
6 Bob Donham 27 68 1451 3.5 7.8 .448 2.9 5.3 .554 6.6 4.6 5.8 9.9
7 Bob Brannum 28 71 1729 2.9 9.4 .309 2.7 4.3 .626 10.6 3.0 5.8 8.5
8 Bob Harris 26 71 1898 3.0 7.8 .381 2.0 3.3 .628 9.8 1.8 4.2 8.0
9 Chuck Cooper 27 70 1101 2.6 8.5 .299 2.6 3.8 .672 9.9 2.4 4.9 7.7
10 Ernie Barrett 24 59 641 3.4 10.7 .314 0.8 1.4 .560 5.6 3.1 6.5 7.5
11 Jack Nichols 27 60 1251 3.8 11.1 .345 2.5 3.3 .759 2.3 4.5 10.2

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 25 71 2792 23.4 .563 .486 13.1 1.5 14.6 .252
2 Bill Sharman 27 72 2467 18.6 .531 .450 9.4 1.0 10.4 .202
3 Bob Cousy 25 72 2857 21.0 .464 .385 6.5 1.6 8.1 .137
4 Bob Donham 27 68 1451 13.6 .489 .448 2.7 0.8 3.5 .115
5 Don Barksdale 30 63 1358 14.2 .448 .376 1.5 0.8 2.3 .082
6 Bob Harris 26 71 1898 11.0 .433 .381 0.8 1.1 1.9 .048
7 Ed Mikan 28 9 71 8.2 .376 .333 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.023
8 Chuck Cooper 27 70 1101 9.6 .375 .299 -0.7 0.7 0.0 -0.001
9 Bob Brannum 28 71 1729 10.5 .376 .309 -1.1 1.1 0.0 .000
10 Ernie Barrett 24 59 641 4.7 .332 .314 -1.1 0.3 -0.8 -0.058
11 Jack Nichols 27 60 1251 .406 .345

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 25 6 260 33 116 .284 60 75 .800 32 38 20 126
2 Bill Sharman 27 6 206 35 81 .432 43 50 .860 25 10 29 113
3 Jack Nichols 27 6 211 35 72 .486 30 38 .789 62 31 24 100
4 Bob Harris 26 6 150 16 25 .640 16 23 .696 35 3 25 48
5 Don Barksdale 30 6 106 11 36 .306 8 11 .727 27 7 23 30
6 Bob Brannum 28 6 136 11 38 .289 6 11 .545 45 10 29 28
7 Ed Macauley 25 5 127 8 22 .364 9 13 .692 21 21 14 25
8 Chuck Cooper 27 6 108 8 16 .500 8 11 .727 31 4 21 24
9 Bob Donham 27 6 98 7 15 .467 6 19 .316 12 6 32 20
10 Ernie Barrett 24 6 63 3 20 .150 2 2 1.000 6 4 14 8

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 25 6 43.3 5.5 19.3 .284 10.0 12.5 .800 5.3 6.3 3.3 21.0
2 Bill Sharman 27 6 34.3 5.8 13.5 .432 7.2 8.3 .860 4.2 1.7 4.8 18.8
3 Jack Nichols 27 6 35.2 5.8 12.0 .486 5.0 6.3 .789 10.3 5.2 4.0 16.7
4 Bob Harris 26 6 25.0 2.7 4.2 .640 2.7 3.8 .696 5.8 0.5 4.2 8.0
5 Ed Macauley 25 5 25.4 1.6 4.4 .364 1.8 2.6 .692 4.2 4.2 2.8 5.0
6 Don Barksdale 30 6 17.7 1.8 6.0 .306 1.3 1.8 .727 4.5 1.2 3.8 5.0
7 Bob Brannum 28 6 22.7 1.8 6.3 .289 1.0 1.8 .545 7.5 1.7 4.8 4.7
8 Chuck Cooper 27 6 18.0 1.3 2.7 .500 1.3 1.8 .727 5.2 0.7 3.5 4.0
9 Bob Donham 27 6 16.3 1.2 2.5 .467 1.0 3.2 .316 2.0 1.0 5.3 3.3
10 Ernie Barrett 24 6 10.5 0.5 3.3 .150 0.3 0.3 1.000 1.0 0.7 2.3 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 Bill Sharman 27 6 206 6.1 14.2 .432 7.5 8.7 .860 4.4 1.7 5.1 19.7
2 Bob Cousy 25 6 260 4.6 16.1 .284 8.3 10.4 .800 4.4 5.3 2.8 17.4
3 Jack Nichols 27 6 211 6.0 12.3 .486 5.1 6.5 .789 10.6 5.3 4.1 17.1
4 Bob Harris 26 6 150 3.8 6.0 .640 3.8 5.5 .696 8.4 0.7 6.0 11.5
5 Don Barksdale 30 6 106 3.7 12.2 .306 2.7 3.7 .727 9.2 2.4 7.8 10.2
6 Chuck Cooper 27 6 108 2.7 5.3 .500 2.7 3.7 .727 10.3 1.3 7.0 8.0
7 Bob Brannum 28 6 136 2.9 10.1 .289 1.6 2.9 .545 11.9 2.6 7.7 7.4
8 Bob Donham 27 6 98 2.6 5.5 .467 2.2 7.0 .316 4.4 2.2 11.8 7.3
9 Ed Macauley 25 5 127 2.3 6.2 .364 2.6 3.7 .692 6.0 6.0 4.0 7.1
10 Ernie Barrett 24 6 63 1.7 11.4 .150 1.1 1.1 1.000 3.4 2.3 8.0 4.6

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 Jack Nichols 27 6 211 25.6 .564 .486 36.4 0.8 0.2 1.0 .234
2 Bill Sharman 27 6 206 18.7 .549 .432 12.1 0.8 0.1 0.9 .208
3 Bob Harris 26 6 150 15.1 .683 .640 4.3 0.6 0.1 0.7 .222
4 Chuck Cooper 27 6 108 11.6 .576 .500 7.5 0.2 0.1 0.3 .127
5 Ed Macauley 25 5 127 12.7 .451 .364 32.6 0.1 0.1 0.2 .063
6 Bob Cousy 25 6 260 16.6 .423 .284 33.0 -0.1 0.2 0.1 .015
7 Bob Donham 27 6 98 2.2 .428 .467 12.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 .020
8 Don Barksdale 30 6 106 7.7 .367 .306 14.2 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.053
9 Bob Brannum 28 6 136 7.5 .327 .289 15.0 -0.3 0.1 -0.2 -0.071
10 Ernie Barrett 24 6 63 -4.8 .192 .150 12.2 -0.4 0.0 -0.3 -0.249