1955-56 Boston Celtics Game Log

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Record: 39-33, Finished 2nd in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Red Auerbach (39-33)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 106.0 (1st of 8) Opp PTS/G: 105.3 (8th of 8)

SRS: 0.72 (2nd of 8) Pace: 114.5 (1st of 8)

Off Rtg: 92.2 (3rd of 8) Def Rtg: 91.7 (6th of 8) Net Rtg: +0.6 (3rd of 8)

Expected W-L: 38-34 (3rd of 8)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 209,645 (1st of 1)

NBA 1956 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (1-2) versus Syracuse Nationals (Series Stats)

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1955-11-05		PHW	W	98	87	31	89	.348				36	41	.878		73	27				29	30	89	.337				27	40	.675		62	25				28
2	2	1955-11-11		MNL	W	119	75	46	109	.422				27	37	.730			39				25	23	81	.284				29	40	.725			18				25
3	3	1955-11-12	@	NYK	L	95	96	34						27	38	.711							27	35						26	38	.684							28
4	4	1955-11-17	@	PHW	L	92	106	29	85	.341				34	47	.723		56	16				31	35	88	.398				36	48	.750		64	25				30
5	5	1955-11-19		FTW	W	104	102	35	88	.398				34	44	.773		64	33				31	35	98	.357				32	41	.780		69	31				31
6	6	1955-11-23		NYK	L	111	115	39	94	.415				33	45	.733		65	29				33	39	100	.390				37	49	.755		73	34				32
7	7	1955-11-24	@	SYR	L	103	111	39	100	.390				25	30	.833		56	31				25	42	102	.412				27	33	.818		54	37				23
8	8	1955-11-26	@	ROC	W	104	103	33	77	.429				38	49	.776							26	35	78	.449				33	38	.868							31
9	9	1955-11-29	N	SYR	W	105	97	43	108	.398				19	27	.704		63	26				18	42	107	.393				13	20	.650		65	32				22
10	10	1955-12-02		STL	W	94	81	35	105	.333				24	31	.774		83	32				28	29	95	.305				23	34	.676		73	25				23
11	11	1955-12-04	@	FTW	L	90	111	33						24	38	.632							25	43						25	34	.735							23
12	12	1955-12-06	@	STL	W	122	99	41	78	.526				40	52	.769							28	35	98	.357				29	40	.725							34
13	13	1955-12-09	N	ROC	L	108	109	36	93	.387				36	45	.800		62	27				27	41	107	.383				27	40	.675		72	27				29
14	14	1955-12-10		MNL	W	118	102	51	113	.451				16	23	.696		71	40				25	37	95	.389				28	35	.800		62	31				19
15	15	1955-12-11	@	SYR	L	89	101	30						29	36	.806							28	33						35	47	.745							25
16	16	1955-12-13	N	PHW	L	108	109	33	95	.347				42	55	.764		56	14				25	43	99	.434				23	32	.719		52	20				34
17	17	1955-12-14		NYK	W	102	100	34	88	.386				34	43	.791		70	30				30	35	85	.412				30	41	.732			26				30
18	18	1955-12-17		SYR	L	104	110	39	105	.371				26	36	.722		62	37				27	39	95	.411				32	36	.889		62	33				24
19	19	1955-12-18	@	NYK	W	95	92	35						25	32	.781							28	30						32	43	.744							22
20	20	1955-12-20	N	MNL	W	111	104	41						29	40	.725							29	37						30	39	.769							29
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1955-12-25	@	MNL	W	115	112	41	80	.513				33	47	.702							30	40	96	.417				32	44	.727							31
22	22	1955-12-27	@	STL	W	105	102	37	90	.411				31	38	.816							23	40	98	.408				22	31	.710							28
23	23	1955-12-30	N	SYR	W	110	103	37	96	.385				36	43	.837		58	28				29	39	101	.386				25	37	.676		45	29				29
24	24	1955-12-31	@	ROC	W	112	100	37	92	.402				38	46	.826							23	40	86	.465				20	35	.571							30
25	25	1956-01-01		PHW	W	121	113	44	93	.473				33	44	.750		65	35				25	42	89	.472				29	34	.853		46	33				25
26	26	1956-01-03	N	NYK	L	97	107	36	99	.364				25	36	.694		46	27				26	38	88	.432				31	40	.775		72	25				25
27	27	1956-01-04	N	NYK	L	86	103	31	85	.365				24	39	.615							27	40	99	.404				23	32	.719							27
28	28	1956-01-05	@	NYK	W	92	87	35						22	27	.815							22	32						23	30	.767							18
29	29	1956-01-07	@	SYR	W	105	99	41	99	.414				23	33	.697		66	20				24	37	102	.363				25	31	.806		52	16				26
30	30	1956-01-08		ROC	L	109	111	36	96	.375				37	43	.860		71	27				27	43	111	.387				25	32	.781							28
31	31	1956-01-10	@	FTW	L	89	105	33						23	31	.742							26	40						25	33	.758							21
32	32	1956-01-11	N	MNL	L	110	114	35	100	.350				40	48	.833							26	44	101	.436				26	35	.743							33
33	33	1956-01-13		SYR	W	119	104	43	97	.443				33	46	.717		73	34				31	35	94	.372				34	43	.791		50	24				29
34	34	1956-01-14	@	PHW	W	104	103	32	86	.372				40	53	.755		57	24				35	32	93	.344				39	57	.684		66	26				32
35	35	1956-01-15		NYK	L	104	109	37	101	.366				30	39	.769		76	28				27	38	112	.339				33	37	.892		69	28				27
36	36	1956-01-17	N	FTW	W	91	85	30						31	40	.775							32	22						41	54	.759							28
37	37	1956-01-18	N	FTW	W	95	90	34						27	33	.818							21	34						22	29	.759							22
38	38	1956-01-20		STL	W	133	112	51	106	.481				31	44	.705		85	37				33	37	93	.398				38	53	.717		64	23				28
39	39	1956-01-21	N	SYR	W	100	96	37	92	.402				26	33	.788		58	22				23	36	112	.321				24	34	.706		67	22				24
40	40	1956-01-22		PHW	L	115	129	42	108	.389				31	40	.775		56	27				30	46	97	.474				37	42	.881		51	32				28
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1956-01-23	N	PHW	L	104	120	40	96	.417				24	28	.857		41	21				20	49	97	.505				22	26	.846		56	25				17
42	42	1956-01-25	N	FTW	L	100	101	37	94	.394				26	38	.684		56	28				31	36	84	.429				29	44	.659		64	25				26
43	43	1956-01-27		FTW	L	97	106	40						17	22	.773							24	39						28	33	.848							19
44	44	1956-01-28	@	ROC	W	126	119	44	85	.518				38	50	.760							29	46	94	.489				27	40	.675							32
45	45	1956-01-29		ROC	W	112	103	39	110	.355				34	39	.872		87	22				22	42	115	.365				19	29	.655		72	25				27
46	46	1956-01-31	@	STL	L	91	114	26	88	.295				39	60	.650							24	42	98	.429				30	41	.732							36
47	47	1956-02-01	@	MNL	L	106	107	32	89	.360				42	51	.824							30	37	80	.463				33	44	.750							34
48	48	1956-02-02	N	MNL	W	102	101	36	99	.364				30	37	.811							22	41	90	.456				19	26	.731							25
49	49	1956-02-04	@	ROC	L	69	83	24						21	29	.724							20	32						19	27	.704							25
50	50	1956-02-05		NYK	W	114	104	41	94	.436				32	42	.762		69	28				28	33	83	.398				38	45	.844		52	12				30
51	51	1956-02-07	@	NYK	L	102	113	38						26	33	.788							25	41						31	35	.886							28
52	52	1956-02-08	N	STL	L	110	111	38						34	41	.829		37					25	42						27	39	.692		61					28
53	53	1956-02-09	@	SYR	W	98	97	37	88	.420				24	31	.774		56	25				27	35	100	.350				27	38	.711		46	27				25
54	54	1956-02-10		STL	W	124	100	51	106	.481				22	33	.667		75	27				25	35	96	.365				30	38	.789		64	16				24
55	55	1956-02-12		NYK	W	116	108	41	102	.402				34	44	.773		63	29				30	39	83	.470				30	38	.789		58	21				29
56	56	1956-02-18	N	PHW	L	101	115	36						29	36	.806							19	48						19	22	.864							25
57	57	1956-02-19		PHW	W	120	118	43	96	.448				34	41	.829		68	27				33	40	84	.476				38	55	.691		49	32				28
58	58	1956-02-21	@	STL	L	97	101	35	93	.376				27	32	.844							23	41	96	.427				19	33	.576							23
59	59	1956-02-22	@	MNL	W	93	90	35	89	.393				23	35	.657							17	39	104	.375				12	19	.632							25
60	60	1956-02-24	@	PHW	L	129	135	42	111	.378				45	61	.738		67	26				36	46	106	.434				43	57	.754		72	33				38
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1956-02-26		ROC	W	111	100	43	112	.384				25	36	.694		88	28				16	44	112	.393				12	22	.545		71	28				25
62	62	1956-02-28	N	ROC	L	97	113	33						31	36	.861							24	44						25	34	.735							25
63	63	1956-02-29		FTW	W	106	99	43	109	.394				20	26	.769		72	26				22	40	86	.465				19	28	.679		56	20				19
64	64	1956-03-01	@	SYR	L	100	111	40	91	.440				20	29	.690		68	25				19	44	102	.431				23	29	.793		63	32				22
65	65	1956-03-02		MNL	W	119	113	41	87	.471				37	46	.804		59	29				28	42	89	.472				29	36	.806		50	25				30
66	66	1956-03-04		PHW	W	128	114	50	123	.407				28	34	.824		75	25				29	38	95	.400				38	45	.844		47	25				25
67	67	1956-03-06	@	NYK	L	99	119	38						23	30	.767							19	49						21	24	.875							19
68	68	1956-03-07		SYR	W	111	98	44	100	.440				23	28	.821		65	26				16	40	100	.400				18	22	.818		52	31				19
69	69	1956-03-08	@	PHW	L	120	142	35	98	.357				50	60	.833		59	21				31	52	106	.491				38	43	.884		62	41				38
70	70	1956-03-10	N	FTW	L	103	106	43						17	26	.654							24	40						26	33	.788							21
71	71	1956-03-11		STL	L	121	127	49	103	.476				23	33	.697		62	35				32	42	95	.442				43	52	.827			27				23
72	72	1956-03-14		SYR	W	122	103	45	102	.441				32	42	.762		79	26				19	41	116	.353				21	29	.724		70	23				25

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