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1954-55 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats

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Record: 36-36, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Red Auerbach (36-36)

PTS/G: 101.5 (1st of 8) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 101.5 (8th of 8)
SRS: -0.03 (5th of 8)
Expected W-L: 36-36 (5th of 8)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 175,675 (2nd of 6)

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

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
17 Don Barksdale SF 6-6 200 March 31, 1923 3 University of California, Los Angeles
18 Bob Brannum PF 6-5 215 May 28, 1925 4 Michigan State University
14 Bob Cousy PG 6-1 175 August 9, 1928 4 College of the Holy Cross
20 Bob Houbregs C 6-7 210 March 12, 1932 1 University of Washington
22 Ed Macauley C 6-8 185 March 22, 1928 5 Saint Louis University
15 Red Morrison C 6-8 220 April 26, 1932 R University of Idaho
16 Jack Nichols PF 6-7 222 April 9, 1926 5 University of Washington
12 Togo Palazzi SG 6-4 205 August 8, 1932 R College of the Holy Cross
23 Frank Ramsey SF 6-3 190 July 13, 1931 R University of Kentucky
24 Fred Scolari PG 5-10 180 March 1, 1922 8 University of San Francisco
21 Bill Sharman SG 6-1 175 May 25, 1926 4 University of Southern California
5 Skippy Whitaker PG 6-1 180 August 29, 1930 R University of Kentucky

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 2604 6533 .399 2097 2704 .776 4293 1905 1859 7305 101.5
Lg Rank 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 4 1 1
Opponent 72 7309 101.5
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 36 36 -0.06 0.05 -0.03 .399 .321 Boston Garden 175,675
Lg Rank 5 5 5 4 5 1 2 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 26 71 2747 522 1316 .397 460 570 .807 424 557 165 1504
2 Bill Sharman 28 68 2453 453 1062 .427 347 387 .897 302 280 212 1253
3 Ed Macauley 26 71 2706 403 951 .424 442 558 .792 600 275 171 1248
4 Don Barksdale 31 72 1790 267 699 .382 220 338 .651 545 129 225 754
5 Frank Ramsey 23 64 1754 236 592 .399 243 322 .755 402 185 250 715
6 Jack Nichols 28 64 1910 249 656 .380 138 177 .780 533 144 238 636
7 Bob Brannum 29 71 1623 176 465 .378 90 127 .709 492 127 232 442
8 Red Morrison 22 71 1227 120 284 .423 72 115 .626 451 82 222 312
9 Togo Palazzi 22 53 504 101 253 .399 45 60 .750 146 30 60 247
10 Fred Scolari 32 59 619 76 249 .305 39 49 .796 77 93 76 191
11 Skippy Whitaker 24 3 15 1 6 .167 0 0 1 1 4 2
12 Bob Houbregs* 22

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 26 71 38.7 7.4 18.5 .397 6.5 8.0 .807 6.0 7.8 2.3 21.2
2 Bill Sharman 28 68 36.1 6.7 15.6 .427 5.1 5.7 .897 4.4 4.1 3.1 18.4
3 Ed Macauley 26 71 38.1 5.7 13.4 .424 6.2 7.9 .792 8.5 3.9 2.4 17.6
4 Frank Ramsey 23 64 27.4 3.7 9.3 .399 3.8 5.0 .755 6.3 2.9 3.9 11.2
5 Don Barksdale 31 72 24.9 3.7 9.7 .382 3.1 4.7 .651 7.6 1.8 3.1 10.5
6 Jack Nichols 28 64 29.8 3.9 10.3 .380 2.2 2.8 .780 8.3 2.3 3.7 9.9
7 Bob Brannum 29 71 22.9 2.5 6.5 .378 1.3 1.8 .709 6.9 1.8 3.3 6.2
8 Togo Palazzi 22 53 9.5 1.9 4.8 .399 0.8 1.1 .750 2.8 0.6 1.1 4.7
9 Red Morrison 22 71 17.3 1.7 4.0 .423 1.0 1.6 .626 6.4 1.2 3.1 4.4
10 Fred Scolari 32 59 10.5 1.3 4.2 .305 0.7 0.8 .796 1.3 1.6 1.3 3.2
11 Skippy Whitaker 24 3 5.0 0.3 2.0 .167 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 1.3 0.7
12 Bob Houbregs* 22

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 26 71 2747 6.8 17.2 .397 6.0 7.5 .807 5.6 7.3 2.2 19.7
2 Bill Sharman 28 68 2453 6.6 15.6 .427 5.1 5.7 .897 4.4 4.1 3.1 18.4
3 Togo Palazzi 22 53 504 7.2 18.1 .399 3.2 4.3 .750 10.4 2.1 4.3 17.6
4 Ed Macauley 26 71 2706 5.4 12.7 .424 5.9 7.4 .792 8.0 3.7 2.3 16.6
5 Don Barksdale 31 72 1790 5.4 14.1 .382 4.4 6.8 .651 11.0 2.6 4.5 15.2
6 Frank Ramsey 23 64 1754 4.8 12.2 .399 5.0 6.6 .755 8.3 3.8 5.1 14.7
7 Jack Nichols 28 64 1910 4.7 12.4 .380 2.6 3.3 .780 10.0 2.7 4.5 12.0
8 Fred Scolari 32 59 619 4.4 14.5 .305 2.3 2.8 .796 4.5 5.4 4.4 11.1
9 Bob Brannum 29 71 1623 3.9 10.3 .378 2.0 2.8 .709 10.9 2.8 5.1 9.8
10 Red Morrison 22 71 1227 3.5 8.3 .423 2.1 3.4 .626 13.2 2.4 6.5 9.2
11 Skippy Whitaker 24 3 15 2.4 14.4 .167 0.0 0.0 2.4 2.4 9.6 4.8
12 Bob Houbregs* 22

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 26 71 2706 18.6 .522 .424 7.5 1.4 8.9 .157
2 Bob Cousy 26 71 2747 21.3 .480 .397 6.3 1.5 7.8 .137
3 Bill Sharman 28 68 2453 17.2 .508 .427 6.7 1.0 7.7 .150
4 Frank Ramsey 23 64 1754 14.8 .487 .399 3.1 0.9 4.0 .110
5 Don Barksdale 31 72 1790 14.3 .445 .382 1.2 1.0 2.2 .059
6 Red Morrison 22 71 1227 11.6 .466 .423 1.0 0.8 1.7 .068
7 Jack Nichols 28 64 1910 12.0 .433 .380 0.6 1.0 1.6 .040
8 Bob Brannum 29 71 1623 10.8 .424 .378 0.2 0.9 1.1 .032
9 Togo Palazzi 22 53 504 15.0 .442 .399 0.3 0.3 0.6 .053
10 Skippy Whitaker 24 3 15 -8.7 .167 .167 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.283
11 Fred Scolari 32 59 619 7.8 .353 .305 -1.0 0.3 -0.7 -0.057
12 Bob Houbregs* 22

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 26 7 299 53 139 .381 46 48 .958 43 65 26 152
2 Bill Sharman 28 7 290 55 110 .500 35 38 .921 38 38 24 145
3 Ed Macauley 26 7 283 43 93 .462 41 54 .759 52 32 21 127
4 Frank Ramsey 23 7 154 28 54 .519 19 26 .731 35 16 27 75
5 Jack Nichols 28 7 231 30 81 .370 13 16 .813 49 23 28 73
6 Bob Brannum 29 7 225 26 61 .426 11 19 .579 79 13 32 63
7 Don Barksdale 31 7 122 18 40 .450 18 21 .857 35 10 17 54
8 Togo Palazzi 22 5 30 12 24 .500 5 10 .500 14 1 7 29
9 Fred Scolari 32 5 29 4 15 .267 4 5 .800 5 3 7 12
10 Red Morrison 22 7 42 3 8 .375 1 3 .333 14 1 22 7

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 26 7 42.7 7.6 19.9 .381 6.6 6.9 .958 6.1 9.3 3.7 21.7
2 Bill Sharman 28 7 41.4 7.9 15.7 .500 5.0 5.4 .921 5.4 5.4 3.4 20.7
3 Ed Macauley 26 7 40.4 6.1 13.3 .462 5.9 7.7 .759 7.4 4.6 3.0 18.1
4 Frank Ramsey 23 7 22.0 4.0 7.7 .519 2.7 3.7 .731 5.0 2.3 3.9 10.7
5 Jack Nichols 28 7 33.0 4.3 11.6 .370 1.9 2.3 .813 7.0 3.3 4.0 10.4
6 Bob Brannum 29 7 32.1 3.7 8.7 .426 1.6 2.7 .579 11.3 1.9 4.6 9.0
7 Don Barksdale 31 7 17.4 2.6 5.7 .450 2.6 3.0 .857 5.0 1.4 2.4 7.7
8 Togo Palazzi 22 5 6.0 2.4 4.8 .500 1.0 2.0 .500 2.8 0.2 1.4 5.8
9 Fred Scolari 32 5 5.8 0.8 3.0 .267 0.8 1.0 .800 1.0 0.6 1.4 2.4
10 Red Morrison 22 7 6.0 0.4 1.1 .375 0.1 0.4 .333 2.0 0.1 3.1 1.0

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 Togo Palazzi 22 5 30 14.4 28.8 .500 6.0 12.0 .500 16.8 1.2 8.4 34.8
2 Bob Cousy 26 7 299 6.4 16.7 .381 5.5 5.8 .958 5.2 7.8 3.1 18.3
3 Bill Sharman 28 7 290 6.8 13.7 .500 4.3 4.7 .921 4.7 4.7 3.0 18.0
4 Frank Ramsey 23 7 154 6.5 12.6 .519 4.4 6.1 .731 8.2 3.7 6.3 17.5
5 Ed Macauley 26 7 283 5.5 11.8 .462 5.2 6.9 .759 6.6 4.1 2.7 16.2
6 Don Barksdale 31 7 122 5.3 11.8 .450 5.3 6.2 .857 10.3 3.0 5.0 15.9
7 Fred Scolari 32 5 29 5.0 18.6 .267 5.0 6.2 .800 6.2 3.7 8.7 14.9
8 Jack Nichols 28 7 231 4.7 12.6 .370 2.0 2.5 .813 7.6 3.6 4.4 11.4
9 Bob Brannum 29 7 225 4.2 9.8 .426 1.8 3.0 .579 12.6 2.1 5.1 10.1
10 Red Morrison 22 7 42 2.6 6.9 .375 0.9 2.6 .333 12.0 0.9 18.9 6.0

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 Bill Sharman 28 7 290 19.6 .572 .500 21.6 1.1 -0.1 1.0 .170
2 Ed Macauley 26 7 283 18.1 .544 .462 17.5 0.8 -0.1 0.7 .126
3 Frank Ramsey 23 7 154 18.1 .573 .519 16.9 0.6 0.0 0.5 .161
4 Bob Cousy 26 7 299 19.7 .475 .381 35.0 0.5 -0.1 0.4 .070
5 Don Barksdale 31 7 122 17.7 .548 .450 12.6 0.4 0.0 0.3 .123
6 Togo Palazzi 22 5 30 29.1 .511 .500 8.4 0.1 0.0 0.1 .182
7 Bob Brannum 29 7 225 11.8 .454 .426 8.5 0.1 -0.1 0.0 .006
8 Red Morrison 22 7 42 -2.4 .376 .375 3.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.050
9 Jack Nichols 28 7 231 10.3 .415 .370 14.9 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.024
10 Fred Scolari 32 5 29 5.0 .349 .267 15.7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.140