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1957-58 Boston Celtics Roster and Statistics

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49-23, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Red Auerbach (49-23)

PTS/G: 109.9 (2nd of 8) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 104.4 (3rd of 8)
SRS: 5.01 (1st of 8)
Expected W-L: 48-24 (1st of 8)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 240,943 (2nd of 8)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-2) versus St. Louis Hawks
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-1) versus Philadelphia Warriors

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
14 Bob Cousy G 6-1 175 August 9, 1928 7 College of the Holy Cross
15 Tom Heinsohn F-C 6-7 218 August 26, 1934 1 College of the Holy Cross
24 Sam Jones G-F 6-4 198 June 24, 1933 R North Carolina Central University
18 Jim Loscutoff F 6-5 220 February 4, 1930 2 University of Oregon
16 Jack Nichols C-F 6-7 222 April 9, 1926 8 University of Washington
17 Andy Phillip G-F 6-2 195 March 7, 1922 10 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
23 Frank Ramsey F-G 6-3 190 July 13, 1931 2 University of Kentucky
19 Arnie Risen C-F 6-9 200 October 9, 1924 9 Ohio State University
6 Bill Russell C 6-9 215 February 12, 1934 1 University of San Francisco
21 Bill Sharman G 6-1 175 May 25, 1926 7 University of Southern California
20 Lou Tsioropoulos F 6-5 190 August 31, 1930 1 University of Kentucky

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 72 3006 7759 .387 1904 2585 .737 5402 1508 1723 7916 109.9
Lg Rank 1 1 3 7 7 6 2 3 8 2 2
Opponent 72 7520 104.4
Lg Rank 3 3

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 Bill Sharman 31 63 2214 550 1297 .424 302 338 .893 295 167 156 1402
2 Tom Heinsohn 23 69 2206 468 1226 .382 294 394 .746 705 125 274 1230
3 Bob Cousy 29 65 2222 445 1262 .353 277 326 .850 322 463 136 1167
4 Bill Russell 23 69 2640 456 1032 .442 230 443 .519 1564 202 181 1142
5 Frank Ramsey 26 69 2047 377 900 .419 383 472 .811 504 167 245 1137
6 Lou Tsioropoulos 27 70 1819 198 624 .317 142 207 .686 434 112 242 538
7 Jack Nichols 31 69 1224 170 484 .351 59 80 .738 302 63 123 399
8 Arnie Risen 33 63 1119 134 397 .338 114 167 .683 360 50 195 382
9 Sam Jones 24 56 594 100 233 .429 60 84 .714 160 37 42 260
10 Andy Phillip 35 70 1164 97 273 .355 42 71 .592 158 121 121 236
11 Jim Loscutoff 27 5 56 11 31 .355 1 3 .333 20 1 8 23

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 Bill Sharman 31 63 35.1 8.7 20.6 .424 4.8 5.4 .893 4.7 2.7 2.5 22.3
2 Bob Cousy 29 65 34.2 6.8 19.4 .353 4.3 5.0 .850 5.0 7.1 2.1 18.0
3 Tom Heinsohn 23 69 32.0 6.8 17.8 .382 4.3 5.7 .746 10.2 1.8 4.0 17.8
4 Bill Russell 23 69 38.3 6.6 15.0 .442 3.3 6.4 .519 22.7 2.9 2.6 16.6
5 Frank Ramsey 26 69 29.7 5.5 13.0 .419 5.6 6.8 .811 7.3 2.4 3.6 16.5
6 Lou Tsioropoulos 27 70 26.0 2.8 8.9 .317 2.0 3.0 .686 6.2 1.6 3.5 7.7
7 Arnie Risen 33 63 17.8 2.1 6.3 .338 1.8 2.7 .683 5.7 0.8 3.1 6.1
8 Jack Nichols 31 69 17.7 2.5 7.0 .351 0.9 1.2 .738 4.4 0.9 1.8 5.8
9 Jim Loscutoff 27 5 11.2 2.2 6.2 .355 0.2 0.6 .333 4.0 0.2 1.6 4.6
10 Sam Jones 24 56 10.6 1.8 4.2 .429 1.1 1.5 .714 2.9 0.7 0.8 4.6
11 Andy Phillip 35 70 16.6 1.4 3.9 .355 0.6 1.0 .592 2.3 1.7 1.7 3.4

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 Bill Sharman 31 63 2214 8.9 21.1 .424 4.9 5.5 .893 4.8 2.7 2.5 22.8
2 Tom Heinsohn 23 69 2206 7.6 20.0 .382 4.8 6.4 .746 11.5 2.0 4.5 20.1
3 Frank Ramsey 26 69 2047 6.6 15.8 .419 6.7 8.3 .811 8.9 2.9 4.3 20.0
4 Bob Cousy 29 65 2222 7.2 20.4 .353 4.5 5.3 .850 5.2 7.5 2.2 18.9
5 Sam Jones 24 56 594 6.1 14.1 .429 3.6 5.1 .714 9.7 2.2 2.5 15.8
6 Bill Russell 23 69 2640 6.2 14.1 .442 3.1 6.0 .519 21.3 2.8 2.5 15.6
7 Jim Loscutoff 27 5 56 7.1 19.9 .355 0.6 1.9 .333 12.9 0.6 5.1 14.8
8 Arnie Risen 33 63 1119 4.3 12.8 .338 3.7 5.4 .683 11.6 1.6 6.3 12.3
9 Jack Nichols 31 69 1224 5.0 14.2 .351 1.7 2.4 .738 8.9 1.9 3.6 11.7
10 Lou Tsioropoulos 27 70 1819 3.9 12.3 .317 2.8 4.1 .686 8.6 2.2 4.8 10.6
11 Andy Phillip 35 70 1164 3.0 8.4 .355 1.3 2.2 .592 4.9 3.7 3.7 7.3

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 Russell 23 69 2640 22.8 .465 .442 3.7 7.7 11.3 .206
2 Frank Ramsey 26 69 2047 19.5 .513 .419 6.4 3.6 10.0 .234
3 Bill Sharman 31 63 2214 18.8 .485 .424 5.8 2.9 8.7 .189
4 Tom Heinsohn 23 69 2206 16.9 .439 .382 1.9 4.1 6.0 .130
5 Bob Cousy 29 65 2222 17.9 .415 .353 0.8 4.6 5.4 .116
6 Sam Jones 24 56 594 16.3 .482 .429 1.0 1.0 2.1 .167
7 Arnie Risen 33 63 1119 9.9 .406 .338 -0.2 2.0 1.8 .076
8 Andy Phillip 35 70 1164 6.9 .388 .355 -0.3 1.7 1.5 .060
9 Lou Tsioropoulos 27 70 1819 7.9 .376 .317 -1.5 2.9 1.4 .038
10 Jack Nichols 31 69 1224 9.3 .384 .351 -0.9 1.9 1.0 .040
11 Jim Loscutoff 27 5 56 9.2 .356 .355 -0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.017

Playoffs

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 Bill Sharman 31 11 406 90 221 52 56 54 25 28 232 .407 .929 36.9 21.1 4.9 2.3
2 Frank Ramsey 26 11 352 74 174 54 59 90 16 50 202 .425 .915 32.0 18.4 8.2 1.5
3 Bob Cousy 29 11 457 67 196 64 75 71 82 20 198 .342 .853 41.5 18.0 6.5 7.5
4 Tom Heinsohn 23 11 349 68 194 56 72 119 18 52 192 .351 .778 31.7 17.5 10.8 1.6
5 Bill Russell 23 9 355 48 133 40 66 221 24 24 136 .361 .606 39.4 15.1 24.6 2.7
6 Lou Tsioropoulos 27 11 239 25 85 19 29 64 14 40 69 .294 .655 21.7 6.3 5.8 1.3
7 Jack Nichols 31 11 148 23 66 7 10 45 8 21 53 .348 .700 13.5 4.8 4.1 0.7
8 Arnie Risen 33 10 168 12 52 22 33 62 9 32 46 .231 .667 16.8 4.6 6.2 0.9
9 Sam Jones 24 8 75 10 22 11 16 24 4 7 31 .455 .688 9.4 3.9 3.0 0.5
10 Andy Phillip 35 10 91 5 21 7 9 14 7 20 17 .238 .778 9.1 1.7 1.4 0.7

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 Frank Ramsey 26 11 352 19.2 .505 .425 7.7 1.2 0.6 1.7 .235
2 Bill Sharman 31 11 406 17.3 .472 .407 10.7 1.0 0.5 1.5 .175
3 Bob Cousy 29 11 457 17.6 .432 .342 27.5 0.5 0.9 1.5 .156
4 Bill Russell 23 9 355 21.6 .420 .361 10.2 0.2 1.0 1.2 .162
5 Tom Heinsohn 23 11 349 16.7 .425 .351 8.5 0.3 0.7 0.9 .127
6 Sam Jones 24 8 75 18.4 .534 .455 8.0 0.2 0.1 0.4 .232
7 Arnie Risen 33 10 168 8.1 .346 .231 7.4 -0.2 0.3 0.1 .033
8 Lou Tsioropoulos 27 11 239 7.1 .353 .294 8.4 -0.3 0.4 0.1 .023
9 Jack Nichols 31 11 148 10.3 .376 .348 8.4 -0.1 0.3 0.1 .046
10 Andy Phillip 35 10 91 2.6 .341 .238 10.3 -0.1 0.1 0.0 .026