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1955-56 Boston Celtics Roster and Statistics

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39-33, Finished 2nd in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Red Auerbach (39-33)

Points Per Game: 106.0 (1st of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 105.3 (8th of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 38-34 (3rd of 8)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 209,645 (2nd of 8)

SRS: 0.72 (2nd of 8)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-1) versus Syracuse Nationals

1955-56 Boston Celtics:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
23 Ernie Barrett G-F 6-3 180 August 27, 1929 1 Kansas State University
14 Bob Cousy G 6-1 175 August 9, 1928 5 College of the Holy Cross
20 Dick Hemric F 6-6 220 August 29, 1933 R Wake Forest University
18 Jim Loscutoff F 6-5 220 February 4, 1930 R University of Oregon
22 Ed Macauley C-F 6-8 185 March 22, 1928 6 Saint Louis University
15 Red Morrison F-C 6-8 220 April 26, 1932 1 University of Idaho
16 Jack Nichols C-F 6-7 222 April 9, 1926 6 University of Washington
12 Togo Palazzi F-G 6-4 205 August 8, 1932 1 College of the Holy Cross
19 Arnie Risen C-F 6-9 200 October 9, 1924 7 Ohio State University
21 Bill Sharman G 6-1 175 May 25, 1926 5 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 2745 6913 .397 2142 2785 .769 4583 1834 1874 7632 106.0
Opponent 72 7585 105.3

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 Bill Sharman 29 72 2698 538 1229 .438 358 413 .867 259 339 197 1434
2 Bob Cousy 27 72 2767 440 1223 .360 476 564 .844 492 642 206 1356
3 Ed Macauley 27 71 2354 420 995 .422 400 504 .794 422 211 158 1240
4 Jack Nichols 29 60 1964 330 799 .413 200 253 .791 625 160 228 860
5 Jim Loscutoff 25 71 1582 226 628 .360 139 207 .671 622 65 213 591
6 Arnie Risen 31 68 1597 189 493 .383 170 240 .708 553 88 300 548
7 Ernie Barrett 26 72 1451 207 533 .388 93 118 .788 243 174 184 507
8 Dick Hemric 22 71 1329 161 400 .403 177 273 .648 399 60 142 499
9 Togo Palazzi 23 63 703 145 373 .389 85 124 .685 182 42 87 375
10 Red Morrison 23 71 910 89 240 .371 44 89 .494 345 53 159 222

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 Bill Sharman 29 72 37.5 7.5 17.1 .438 5.0 5.7 .867 3.6 4.7 2.7 19.9
2 Bob Cousy 27 72 38.4 6.1 17.0 .360 6.6 7.8 .844 6.8 8.9 2.9 18.8
3 Ed Macauley 27 71 33.2 5.9 14.0 .422 5.6 7.1 .794 5.9 3.0 2.2 17.5
4 Jack Nichols 29 60 32.7 5.5 13.3 .413 3.3 4.2 .791 10.4 2.7 3.8 14.3
5 Jim Loscutoff 25 71 22.3 3.2 8.8 .360 2.0 2.9 .671 8.8 0.9 3.0 8.3
6 Arnie Risen 31 68 23.5 2.8 7.3 .383 2.5 3.5 .708 8.1 1.3 4.4 8.1
7 Dick Hemric 22 71 18.7 2.3 5.6 .403 2.5 3.8 .648 5.6 0.8 2.0 7.0
8 Ernie Barrett 26 72 20.2 2.9 7.4 .388 1.3 1.6 .788 3.4 2.4 2.6 7.0
9 Togo Palazzi 23 63 11.2 2.3 5.9 .389 1.3 2.0 .685 2.9 0.7 1.4 6.0
10 Red Morrison 23 71 12.8 1.3 3.4 .371 0.6 1.3 .494 4.9 0.7 2.2 3.1

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 Togo Palazzi 23 63 703 7.4 19.1 .389 4.4 6.3 .685 9.3 2.2 4.5 19.2
2 Bill Sharman 29 72 2698 7.2 16.4 .438 4.8 5.5 .867 3.5 4.5 2.6 19.1
3 Ed Macauley 27 71 2354 6.4 15.2 .422 6.1 7.7 .794 6.5 3.2 2.4 19.0
4 Bob Cousy 27 72 2767 5.7 15.9 .360 6.2 7.3 .844 6.4 8.4 2.7 17.6
5 Jack Nichols 29 60 1964 6.0 14.6 .413 3.7 4.6 .791 11.5 2.9 4.2 15.8
6 Dick Hemric 22 71 1329 4.4 10.8 .403 4.8 7.4 .648 10.8 1.6 3.8 13.5
7 Jim Loscutoff 25 71 1582 5.1 14.3 .360 3.2 4.7 .671 14.2 1.5 4.8 13.4
8 Ernie Barrett 26 72 1451 5.1 13.2 .388 2.3 2.9 .788 6.0 4.3 4.6 12.6
9 Arnie Risen 31 68 1597 4.3 11.1 .383 3.8 5.4 .708 12.5 2.0 6.8 12.4
10 Red Morrison 23 71 910 3.5 9.5 .371 1.7 3.5 .494 13.6 2.1 6.3 8.8

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 29 72 2698 17.7 .508 .438 7.2 1.6 8.8
2 Ed Macauley 27 71 2354 18.3 .510 .422 6.2 1.6 7.8
3 Bob Cousy 27 72 2767 20.2 .461 .360 4.3 2.6 6.8
4 Jack Nichols 29 60 1964 16.5 .472 .413 2.6 1.8 4.4
5 Dick Hemric 22 71 1329 13.8 .480 .403 1.7 1.1 2.7
6 Arnie Risen 31 68 1597 12.1 .458 .383 1.2 1.4 2.6
7 Ernie Barrett 26 72 1451 11.2 .433 .388 0.5 1.0 1.5
8 Jim Loscutoff 25 71 1582 12.7 .411 .360 -0.6 1.5 0.9
9 Togo Palazzi 23 63 703 14.8 .439 .389 0.3 0.5 0.8
10 Red Morrison 23 71 910 9.6 .398 .371 -0.4 0.9 0.5

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 27 3 124 28 56 23 25 24 26 4 79 .500 .920 41.3 26.3 8.0 8.7
2 Bill Sharman 29 3 119 18 46 16 17 7 12 7 52 .391 .941 39.7 17.3 2.3 4.0
3 Jack Nichols 29 3 100 16 43 9 10 36 10 13 41 .372 .900 33.3 13.7 12.0 3.3
4 Arnie Risen 31 3 88 12 34 13 18 44 2 15 37 .353 .722 29.3 12.3 14.7 0.7
5 Ed Macauley 27 3 73 12 30 7 11 15 5 6 31 .400 .636 24.3 10.3 5.0 1.7
6 Jim Loscutoff 25 3 89 11 31 7 9 26 4 8 29 .355 .778 29.7 9.7 8.7 1.3
7 Dick Hemric 22 3 54 5 24 9 16 22 1 7 19 .208 .563 18.0 6.3 7.3 0.3
8 Ernie Barrett 26 3 43 4 13 3 3 7 4 7 11 .308 1.000 14.3 3.7 2.3 1.3
9 Red Morrison 23 3 23 2 7 0 4 11 0 5 4 .286 .000 7.7 1.3 3.7 0.0
10 Togo Palazzi 23 2 7 1 5 0 0 2 0 1 2 .200 3.5 1.0 1.0 0.0

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 Bob Cousy 27 3 124 31.6 .590 .500 39.5 0.7 0.3 1.0
2 Bill Sharman 29 3 119 14.7 .486 .391 16.6 0.2 0.1 0.4
3 Ed Macauley 27 3 73 14.3 .445 .400 11.6 0.0 0.1 0.2
4 Jack Nichols 29 3 100 17.0 .432 .372 16.8 0.0 0.2 0.2
5 Arnie Risen 31 3 88 16.9 .441 .353 3.7 0.0 0.2 0.2
6 Jim Loscutoff 25 3 89 12.1 .415 .355 7.1 0.0 0.1 0.1
7 Ernie Barrett 26 3 43 7.0 .384 .308 14.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
8 Red Morrison 23 3 23 1.9 .228 .286 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
9 Togo Palazzi 23 2 7 -5.4 .200 .200 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
10 Dick Hemric 22 3 54 7.4 .306 .208 2.8 -0.2 0.1 -0.1