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49-23, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Red Auerbach (49-23)
Points Per Game: 109.9 (2nd of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 104.4 (3rd of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 48-24 (1st of 8)
Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 240,943 (2nd of 8)
SRS: 5.03 (1st of 8)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-2) versus St. Louis Hawks
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-1) versus Philadelphia Warriors
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Oct 22, 1957 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | W | 115 | 90 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Wed, Oct 23, 1957 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 105 | 94 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Oct 26, 1957 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 131 | 121 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Nov 2, 1957 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 107 | 83 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | |||
| 5 | Sun, Nov 3, 1957 | N | Syracuse Nationals | W | 113 | 95 | 5 | 0 | W 5 | at New York, NY | |
| 6 | Tue, Nov 5, 1957 | N | Detroit Pistons | W | 111 | 105 | 6 | 0 | W 6 | at St. Louis, MO | |
| 7 | Wed, Nov 6, 1957 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 103 | 94 | 7 | 0 | W 7 | ||
| 8 | Fri, Nov 8, 1957 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 122 | 110 | 8 | 0 | W 8 | ||
| 9 | Mon, Nov 11, 1957 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 92 | 88 | 9 | 0 | W 9 | |||
| 10 | Tue, Nov 12, 1957 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 107 | 104 | 10 | 0 | W 10 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 11 | Sat, Nov 16, 1957 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 111 | 89 | 11 | 0 | W 11 | |||
| 12 | Thu, Nov 21, 1957 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 112 | 90 | 12 | 0 | W 12 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Nov 23, 1957 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 131 | 107 | 13 | 0 | W 13 | |||
| 14 | Wed, Nov 27, 1957 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 120 | 107 | 14 | 0 | W 14 | |||
| 15 | Thu, Nov 28, 1957 | N | New York Knickerbockers | L | 80 | 97 | 14 | 1 | L 1 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 16 | Sat, Nov 30, 1957 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 118 | 112 | 15 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 17 | Sun, Dec 1, 1957 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 109 | 118 | 15 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 18 | Tue, Dec 3, 1957 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 124 | 113 | 16 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 19 | Wed, Dec 4, 1957 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 108 | 98 | 17 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 20 | Fri, Dec 6, 1957 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 111 | 97 | 18 | 2 | W 3 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sat, Dec 7, 1957 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 112 | 106 | 19 | 2 | W 4 | ||
| 22 | Tue, Dec 10, 1957 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 103 | 106 | 19 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 23 | Wed, Dec 11, 1957 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 116 | 104 | 20 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 24 | Thu, Dec 12, 1957 | N | St. Louis Hawks | L | 94 | 97 | 20 | 4 | L 1 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 25 | Sat, Dec 14, 1957 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 112 | 94 | 21 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 26 | Sat, Dec 21, 1957 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 140 | 119 | 22 | 4 | W 2 | |||
| 27 | Sun, Dec 22, 1957 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 116 | 98 | 23 | 4 | W 3 | ||
| 28 | Wed, Dec 25, 1957 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 105 | 115 | 23 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 29 | Thu, Dec 26, 1957 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 120 | 110 | 24 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 30 | Fri, Dec 27, 1957 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 106 | 110 | 24 | 6 | L 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 31 | Sat, Dec 28, 1957 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 107 | 112 | 24 | 7 | L 2 | ||
| 32 | Sat, Jan 4, 1958 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 106 | 115 | 24 | 8 | L 3 | ||
| 33 | Sun, Jan 5, 1958 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 113 | 100 | 25 | 8 | W 1 | at Providence, RI | |
| 34 | Wed, Jan 8, 1958 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 107 | 87 | 26 | 8 | W 2 | at Saint Paul, MN | |
| 35 | Thu, Jan 9, 1958 | N | New York Knickerbockers | L | 123 | 136 | 26 | 9 | L 1 | at Syracuse, NY | |
| 36 | Sat, Jan 11, 1958 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 98 | 102 | 26 | 10 | L 2 | ||
| 37 | Sun, Jan 12, 1958 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 97 | 115 | 26 | 11 | L 3 | ||
| 38 | Wed, Jan 15, 1958 | Detroit Pistons | W | 131 | 113 | 27 | 11 | W 1 | |||
| 39 | Fri, Jan 17, 1958 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 120 | 99 | 28 | 11 | W 2 | |||
| 40 | Sat, Jan 18, 1958 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 104 | 116 | 28 | 12 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sun, Jan 19, 1958 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 114 | 113 | 29 | 12 | W 1 | |||
| 42 | Wed, Jan 22, 1958 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 97 | 87 | 30 | 12 | W 2 | ||
| 43 | Fri, Jan 24, 1958 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 125 | 104 | 31 | 12 | W 3 | |||
| 44 | Sat, Jan 25, 1958 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 100 | 112 | 31 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 45 | Sun, Jan 26, 1958 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 118 | 95 | 32 | 13 | W 1 | |||
| 46 | Wed, Jan 29, 1958 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 111 | 101 | 33 | 13 | W 2 | |||
| 47 | Thu, Jan 30, 1958 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 96 | 116 | 33 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| 48 | Fri, Jan 31, 1958 | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 101 | 110 | 33 | 15 | L 2 | |||
| 49 | Sat, Feb 1, 1958 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 121 | 114 | 34 | 15 | W 1 | ||
| 50 | Sun, Feb 2, 1958 | Detroit Pistons | W | 119 | 115 | 35 | 15 | W 2 | |||
| 51 | Tue, Feb 4, 1958 | N | Cincinnati Royals | W | 107 | 87 | 36 | 15 | W 3 | at New York, NY | |
| 52 | Wed, Feb 5, 1958 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 116 | 89 | 37 | 15 | W 4 | |||
| 53 | Fri, Feb 7, 1958 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 114 | 88 | 38 | 15 | W 5 | |||
| 54 | Sat, Feb 8, 1958 | N | Cincinnati Royals | W | 109 | 91 | 39 | 15 | W 6 | at Rochester, NY | |
| 55 | Sun, Feb 9, 1958 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 98 | 123 | 39 | 16 | L 1 | ||
| 56 | Tue, Feb 11, 1958 | N | Syracuse Nationals | L | 76 | 84 | 39 | 17 | L 2 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 57 | Wed, Feb 12, 1958 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 119 | 101 | 40 | 17 | W 1 | |||
| 58 | Fri, Feb 14, 1958 | Detroit Pistons | L | 109 | 111 | 40 | 18 | L 1 | |||
| 59 | Sat, Feb 15, 1958 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 110 | 96 | 41 | 18 | W 1 | ||
| 60 | Tue, Feb 18, 1958 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 113 | 111 | 42 | 18 | W 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Wed, Feb 19, 1958 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 103 | 123 | 42 | 19 | L 1 | at Syracuse, NY | |
| 62 | Thu, Feb 20, 1958 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 94 | 92 | 43 | 19 | W 1 | |||
| 63 | Fri, Feb 21, 1958 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 100 | 119 | 43 | 20 | L 1 | ||
| 64 | Sun, Feb 23, 1958 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 99 | 97 | 44 | 20 | W 1 | at Providence, RI | |
| 65 | Wed, Feb 26, 1958 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 106 | 99 | 45 | 20 | W 2 | ||
| 66 | Sun, Mar 2, 1958 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | W | 107 | 100 | 46 | 20 | W 3 | ||
| 67 | Tue, Mar 4, 1958 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 99 | 104 | 46 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| 68 | Wed, Mar 5, 1958 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 109 | 102 | 47 | 21 | W 1 | |||
| 69 | Sat, Mar 8, 1958 | Detroit Pistons | W | 108 | 103 | 48 | 21 | W 2 | |||
| 70 | Sun, Mar 9, 1958 | Cincinnati Royals | L | 107 | 121 | 48 | 22 | L 1 | |||
| 71 | Tue, Mar 11, 1958 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 126 | 119 | 49 | 22 | W 1 | |||
| 72 | Wed, Mar 12, 1958 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 125 | 127 | 49 | 23 | L 1 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Mar 19, 1958 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 107 | 98 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Sat, Mar 22, 1958 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 109 | 87 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Sun, Mar 23, 1958 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 106 | 92 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | |||
| 4 | Wed, Mar 26, 1958 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 97 | 112 | 3 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 5 | Thu, Mar 27, 1958 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 93 | 88 | 4 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 6 | Sat, Mar 29, 1958 | St. Louis Hawks | L | 102 | 104 | 4 | 2 | L 1 | |||
| 7 | Sun, Mar 30, 1958 | St. Louis Hawks | W | 136 | 112 | 5 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 8 | Wed, Apr 2, 1958 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 108 | 111 | 5 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Apr 5, 1958 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | W | 109 | 98 | 6 | 3 | W 1 | ||
| 10 | Wed, Apr 9, 1958 | St. Louis Hawks | L | 100 | 102 | 6 | 4 | L 1 | |||
| 11 | Sat, Apr 12, 1958 | @ | St. Louis Hawks | L | 109 | 110 | 6 | 5 | L 2 |