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1954-55 Boston Celtics Schedule and Results

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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:

Click on the Date for game box score, if available.

Regular Season

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sat, Oct 30, 1954 @ Rochester Royals L 95 98 0 1 L 1
2 Sun, Oct 31, 1954 @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 86 90 0 2 L 2
3 Sat, Nov 6, 1954 Syracuse Nationals W 107 84 1 2 W 1
4 Thu, Nov 11, 1954 N Milwaukee Hawks L 85 95 1 3 L 1 at New York, NY
5 Tue, Nov 16, 1954 Rochester Royals W 99 98 2 3 W 1
6 Sat, Nov 20, 1954 @ New York Knickerbockers W 117 98 3 3 W 2
7 Sun, Nov 21, 1954 @ Syracuse Nationals L 104 110 3 4 L 1
8 Wed, Nov 24, 1954 New York Knickerbockers W 108 103 4 4 W 1
9 Thu, Nov 25, 1954 @ Philadelphia Warriors L 98 103 4 5 L 1
10 Sat, Nov 27, 1954 @ Rochester Royals L 101 107 4 6 L 2
11 Sun, Nov 28, 1954 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 108 115 4 7 L 3
12 Tue, Nov 30, 1954 @ Milwaukee Hawks W 118 99 5 7 W 1
13 Wed, Dec 1, 1954 N Milwaukee Hawks W 101 90 6 7 W 2 at St. Louis, MO
14 Thu, Dec 2, 1954 @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 98 116 6 8 L 1
15 Sat, Dec 4, 1954 Rochester Royals W 110 102 7 8 W 1
16 Tue, Dec 7, 1954 N Rochester Royals W 95 93 8 8 W 2 at New York, NY
17 Wed, Dec 8, 1954 Minneapolis Lakers L 99 101 8 9 L 1
18 Thu, Dec 9, 1954 @ Syracuse Nationals L 107 120 8 10 L 2
19 Sat, Dec 11, 1954 Syracuse Nationals W 94 90 9 10 W 1
20 Sun, Dec 12, 1954 @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 99 100 9 11 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Tue, Dec 14, 1954 N Minneapolis Lakers W 115 108 10 11 W 1 at New York, NY
22 Fri, Dec 17, 1954 Milwaukee Hawks W 117 106 11 11 W 2
23 Sat, Dec 18, 1954 Philadelphia Warriors W 107 103 12 11 W 3
24 Sun, Dec 19, 1954 @ New York Knickerbockers L 81 93 12 12 L 1
25 Sat, Dec 25, 1954 @ Milwaukee Hawks W 108 99 13 12 W 1
26 Sun, Dec 26, 1954 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 82 87 13 13 L 1
27 Wed, Dec 29, 1954 N Minneapolis Lakers L 118 129 13 14 L 2 at Hibbing, MN
28 Fri, Dec 31, 1954 N Philadelphia Warriors W 119 113 14 14 W 1 at Providence, RI
29 Sat, Jan 1, 1955 @ Syracuse Nationals L 102 108 14 15 L 1
30 Sun, Jan 2, 1955 New York Knickerbockers W 113 96 15 15 W 1
31 Thu, Jan 6, 1955 @ New York Knickerbockers L 83 88 15 16 L 1
32 Sat, Jan 8, 1955 Philadelphia Warriors W 117 105 16 16 W 1
33 Sun, Jan 9, 1955 Rochester Royals W 98 92 17 16 W 2
34 Tue, Jan 11, 1955 @ Fort Wayne Pistons W 119 110 18 16 W 3
35 Thu, Jan 13, 1955 N New York Knickerbockers W 116 100 19 16 W 4 at Philadelphia, PA
36 Fri, Jan 14, 1955 Minneapolis Lakers W 100 95 20 16 W 5
37 Sun, Jan 16, 1955 New York Knickerbockers W 102 98 21 16 W 6
38 Wed, Jan 19, 1955 N Fort Wayne Pistons L 84 105 21 17 L 1 at Amherst, NY
39 Thu, Jan 20, 1955 @ Syracuse Nationals L 87 92 21 18 L 2
40 Fri, Jan 21, 1955 N Philadelphia Warriors W 90 89 22 18 W 1 at New Haven, CT
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sat, Jan 22, 1955 @ Rochester Royals L 110 121 22 19 L 1
42 Sun, Jan 23, 1955 Philadelphia Warriors W 94 91 23 19 W 1
43 Wed, Jan 26, 1955 Fort Wayne Pistons W 99 90 24 19 W 2
44 Thu, Jan 27, 1955 N Rochester Royals L 92 98 24 20 L 1 at Philadelphia, PA
45 Fri, Jan 28, 1955 Syracuse Nationals W 101 90 25 20 W 1
46 Sun, Jan 30, 1955 Milwaukee Hawks L 79 88 25 21 L 1
47 Wed, Feb 2, 1955 N Philadelphia Warriors L 107 122 25 22 L 2 at New Haven, CT
48 Fri, Feb 4, 1955 Syracuse Nationals W 114 88 26 22 W 1
49 Sat, Feb 5, 1955 @ New York Knickerbockers L 107 115 26 23 L 1
50 Sun, Feb 6, 1955 Philadelphia Warriors L 109 113 26 24 L 2
51 Tue, Feb 8, 1955 N Syracuse Nationals L 88 115 26 25 L 3 at New York, NY
52 Wed, Feb 9, 1955 Syracuse Nationals W 104 94 27 25 W 1
53 Fri, Feb 11, 1955 @ Philadelphia Warriors L 101 105 27 26 L 1
54 Sun, Feb 13, 1955 New York Knickerbockers L 103 105 27 27 L 2
55 Tue, Feb 15, 1955 N Milwaukee Hawks W 106 103 28 27 W 1 at Buffalo, NY
56 Thu, Feb 17, 1955 @ Syracuse Nationals L 93 107 28 28 L 1
57 Sun, Feb 20, 1955 Philadelphia Warriors W 114 99 29 28 W 1
58 Tue, Feb 22, 1955 N Syracuse Nationals W 97 95 30 28 W 2 at New York, NY
59 Wed, Feb 23, 1955 N Milwaukee Hawks L 103 120 30 29 L 1 at St. Louis, MO
60 Thu, Feb 24, 1955 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 98 112 30 30 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Fri, Feb 25, 1955 N Minneapolis Lakers W 107 104 31 30 W 1 at Moorhead, MN
62 Sun, Feb 27, 1955 N Milwaukee Hawks W 62 57 32 30 W 2 at Providence, RI
63 Tue, Mar 1, 1955 N Fort Wayne Pistons L 98 118 32 31 L 1 at New York, NY
64 Fri, Mar 4, 1955 Minneapolis Lakers L 106 121 32 32 L 2
65 Sat, Mar 5, 1955 @ Philadelphia Warriors L 89 95 32 33 L 3
66 Sun, Mar 6, 1955 Fort Wayne Pistons W 108 104 33 33 W 1
67 Mon, Mar 7, 1955 Fort Wayne Pistons W 110 91 34 33 W 2
68 Tue, Mar 8, 1955 N Philadelphia Warriors W 112 103 35 33 W 3 at White Plains, NY
69 Thu, Mar 10, 1955 @ New York Knickerbockers L 95 114 35 34 L 1
70 Fri, Mar 11, 1955 N New York Knickerbockers L 95 97 35 35 L 2 at New Haven, NY
71 Sat, Mar 12, 1955 @ Rochester Royals L 103 105 35 36 L 3
72 Sun, Mar 13, 1955 New York Knickerbockers W 112 101 36 36 W 1

Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Tue, Mar 15, 1955 New York Knickerbockers W 122 101 1 0 W 1
2 Wed, Mar 16, 1955 @ New York Knickerbockers L 95 102 1 1 L 1
3 Sat, Mar 19, 1955 @ New York Knickerbockers W 116 109 2 1 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
4 Tue, Mar 22, 1955 @ Syracuse Nationals L 100 110 2 2 L 1
5 Thu, Mar 24, 1955 @ Syracuse Nationals L 110 116 2 3 L 2
6 Sat, Mar 26, 1955 Syracuse Nationals W OT 100 97 3 3 W 1
7 Sun, Mar 27, 1955 Syracuse Nationals L 94 110 3 4 L 1