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1953-54 Boston Celtics Roster and Statistics

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42-30, Finished 2nd in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Red Auerbach (42-30)

Points Per Game: 87.7 (1st of 9) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 85.4 (9th of 9)
Pythagorean W-L: 43-29 (4th of 9)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 156,912 (2nd of 3)

SRS: 1.97 (4th of 9)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Finals (2-0) versus Syracuse Nationals

1953-54 Boston Celtics:

Roster

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

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 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

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 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

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 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

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 25 71 2792 23.2 .563 .486 13.1 1.5 14.6
2 Bill Sharman 27 72 2467 18.5 .531 .450 9.4 1.0 10.4
3 Bob Cousy 25 72 2857 20.9 .464 .385 6.5 1.6 8.1
4 Bob Donham 27 68 1451 13.5 .489 .448 2.7 0.8 3.5
5 Don Barksdale 30 63 1358 14.1 .448 .376 1.5 0.8 2.3
6 Bob Harris 26 71 1898 10.9 .433 .381 0.8 1.1 1.9
7 Ed Mikan 28 9 71 8.1 .376 .333 -0.1 0.0 0.0
8 Chuck Cooper 27 70 1101 9.6 .375 .299 -0.7 0.7 0.0
9 Bob Brannum 28 71 1729 10.5 .376 .309 -1.1 1.1 0.0
10 Ernie Barrett 24 59 641 4.7 .332 .314 -1.1 0.3 -0.8
11 Jack Nichols 27

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 25 6 260 33 116 60 75 32 38 20 126 .284 .800 43.3 21.0 5.3 6.3
2 Bill Sharman 27 6 206 35 81 43 50 25 10 29 113 .432 .860 34.3 18.8 4.2 1.7
3 Jack Nichols 27 6 211 35 72 30 38 62 31 24 100 .486 .789 35.2 16.7 10.3 5.2
4 Bob Harris 26 6 150 16 25 16 23 35 3 25 48 .640 .696 25.0 8.0 5.8 0.5
5 Don Barksdale 30 6 106 11 36 8 11 27 7 23 30 .306 .727 17.7 5.0 4.5 1.2
6 Bob Brannum 28 6 136 11 38 6 11 45 10 29 28 .289 .545 22.7 4.7 7.5 1.7
7 Ed Macauley 25 5 127 8 22 9 13 21 21 14 25 .364 .692 25.4 5.0 4.2 4.2
8 Chuck Cooper 27 6 108 8 16 8 11 31 4 21 24 .500 .727 18.0 4.0 5.2 0.7
9 Bob Donham 27 6 98 7 15 6 19 12 6 32 20 .467 .316 16.3 3.3 2.0 1.0
10 Ernie Barrett 24 6 63 3 20 2 2 6 4 14 8 .150 1.000 10.5 1.3 1.0 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 Jack Nichols 27 6 211 25.6 .564 .486 36.4 0.8 0.2 1.0
2 Bill Sharman 27 6 206 18.7 .549 .432 12.1 0.8 0.1 0.9
3 Bob Harris 26 6 150 15.1 .683 .640 4.3 0.6 0.1 0.7
4 Chuck Cooper 27 6 108 11.6 .576 .500 7.5 0.2 0.1 0.3
5 Ed Macauley 25 5 127 12.7 .451 .364 32.6 0.1 0.1 0.2
6 Bob Cousy 25 6 260 16.6 .423 .284 33.0 -0.1 0.2 0.1
7 Bob Donham 27 6 98 2.2 .428 .467 12.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Don Barksdale 30 6 106 7.7 .367 .306 14.2 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
9 Bob Brannum 28 6 136 7.5 .327 .289 15.0 -0.3 0.1 -0.2
10 Ernie Barrett 24 6 63 -4.8 .192 .150 12.2 -0.4 0.0 -0.3