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1954-55 Boston Celtics Roster and Statistics

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

Points Per Game: 101.5 (1st of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 101.5 (8th of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 36-36 (5th of 8)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 175,675 (2nd of 4)

SRS: -0.03 (5th of 8)

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

1954-55 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 3 University of California, Los Angeles
18 Bob Brannum F-C 6-5 215 May 28, 1925 4 Michigan State University
14 Bob Cousy G 6-1 175 August 9, 1928 4 College of the Holy Cross
20 Bob Houbregs C-F 6-7 210 March 12, 1932 1 University of Washington
22 Ed Macauley C-F 6-8 185 March 22, 1928 5 Saint Louis University
15 Red Morrison F-C 6-8 220 April 26, 1932 R University of Idaho
16 Jack Nichols C-F 6-7 222 April 9, 1926 5 University of Washington
12 Togo Palazzi F-G 6-4 205 August 8, 1932 R College of the Holy Cross
23 Frank Ramsey F-G 6-3 190 July 13, 1931 R University of Kentucky
24 Fred Scolari G 5-10 180 March 1, 1922 8 University of San Francisco
21 Bill Sharman G 6-1 175 May 25, 1926 4 University of Southern California
5 Skippy Whitaker G 6-1 180 August 29, 1930 R University of Kentucky

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 2604 6533 .399 2097 2704 .776 4293 1905 1859 7305 101.5
Opponent 72 7309 101.5

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 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

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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 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

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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 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

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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 26 71 2706 18.7 .522 .424 7.5 1.4 8.9
2 Bob Cousy 26 71 2747 21.3 .480 .397 6.3 1.5 7.8
3 Bill Sharman 28 68 2453 17.3 .508 .427 6.7 1.0 7.7
4 Frank Ramsey 23 64 1754 14.8 .487 .399 3.1 0.9 4.0
5 Don Barksdale 31 72 1790 14.4 .445 .382 1.2 1.0 2.2
6 Red Morrison 22 71 1227 11.6 .466 .423 1.0 0.8 1.7
7 Jack Nichols 28 64 1910 12.0 .433 .380 0.6 1.0 1.6
8 Bob Brannum 29 71 1623 10.8 .424 .378 0.2 0.9 1.1
9 Togo Palazzi 22 53 504 15.1 .442 .399 0.3 0.3 0.6
10 Skippy Whitaker 24 3 15 -8.7 .167 .167 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
11 Fred Scolari 32 59 619 7.9 .353 .305 -1.0 0.3 -0.7
12 Bob Houbregs* 22

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 26 7 299 53 139 46 48 43 65 26 152 .381 .958 42.7 21.7 6.1 9.3
2 Bill Sharman 28 7 290 55 110 35 38 38 38 24 145 .500 .921 41.4 20.7 5.4 5.4
3 Ed Macauley 26 7 283 43 93 41 54 52 32 21 127 .462 .759 40.4 18.1 7.4 4.6
4 Frank Ramsey 23 7 154 28 54 19 26 35 16 27 75 .519 .731 22.0 10.7 5.0 2.3
5 Jack Nichols 28 7 231 30 81 13 16 49 23 28 73 .370 .813 33.0 10.4 7.0 3.3
6 Bob Brannum 29 7 225 26 61 11 19 79 13 32 63 .426 .579 32.1 9.0 11.3 1.9
7 Don Barksdale 31 7 122 18 40 18 21 35 10 17 54 .450 .857 17.4 7.7 5.0 1.4
8 Togo Palazzi 22 5 30 12 24 5 10 14 1 7 29 .500 .500 6.0 5.8 2.8 0.2
9 Fred Scolari 32 5 29 4 15 4 5 5 3 7 12 .267 .800 5.8 2.4 1.0 0.6
10 Red Morrison 22 7 42 3 8 1 3 14 1 22 7 .375 .333 6.0 1.0 2.0 0.1

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