1952–53 Boston Celtics season

The 1952–53 Boston Celtics season was the Celtics' seventh season in the NBA.1952–53 Boston Celtics

Offseason

NBA draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team16Bill StaufferFMissouri47Herm HedderickSGCanisius104Gene ConleyF/CWashington

Roster

Regular season

x = clinched playoff spot

Game log 1952–53 game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 October 31 @ Indianapolis 83–68 Bob Cousy (22) 1–0 2 November 1 @ Minneapolis 91–94 Ed Macauley (37) 1–1 3 November 8 Syracuse 83–106 Bob Cousy (27) 2–1 4 November 11 Minneapolis 101–92 Ed Macauley (25) 2–2 5 November 13 @ Syracuse 81–96 Bob Cousy (25) 2–3 6 November 15 @ New York 68–79 Bob Cousy (23) 2–4 7 November 16 Rochester 87–96 Ed Macauley (27) 3–4 8 November 19 N Milwaukee 77–91 Bob Cousy (24) 4–4 9 November 22 Indianapolis 91–96 Ed Macauley (23) 5–4 10 November 23 @ Rochester 102–100 Bob Cousy (26) 6–4 11 November 26 Philadelphia 92–93 Bob Cousy (30) 7–4 12 November 27 @ Philadelphia 83–70 Ed Macauley (21) 8–4 13 November 29 N Fort Wayne 71–78 Bob Cousy (27) 9–4 14 November 30 @ Syracuse 66–78 Bob Cousy (28) 9–5 15 December 3 Minneapolis 106–102 (OT) Bob Cousy (28) 9–6 16 December 4 N Milwaukee 90–73 Bob Cousy (23) 9–7 17 December 6 Milwaukee 83–88 Ed Macauley (16) 10–7 18 December 9 N Philadelphia 72–86 Ed Macauley (29) 11–7 19 December 10 N Philadelphia 97–103 Bob Cousy (30) 12–7 20 December 11 N Baltimore 94–88 Bill Sharman (42) 13–7 21 December 13 Philadelphia 78–82 Bill Sharman (22) 14–7 22 December 14 @ Baltimore 83–73 Bob Cousy (23) 15–7 23 December 18 N Syracuse 83–88 Bob Cousy (26) 16–7 24 December 20 Syracuse 77–91 Ed Macauley (31) 17–7 25 December 21 @ Syracuse 86–90 Ed Macauley (21) 17–8 26 December 25 @ New York 84–97 Bill Sharman (25) 17–9 27 December 26 @ Indianapolis 74–85 Bill Sharman (20) 17–10 28 December 27 @ Minneapolis 71–94 Bill Sharman (20) 17–11 29 December 28 @ Fort Wayne 89–66 Bob Cousy (22) 18–11 30 December 31 Syracuse 87–97 Bill Sharman (29) 19–11 31 January 1 @ Rochester 83–81 (OT) Bob Cousy (24) 20–11 32 January 3 N Indianapolis 63–78 Bob Cousy (20) 21–11 33 January 4 New York 100–103 Ed Macauley (28) 22–11 34 January 7 @ Philadelphia 84–82 Bill Sharman (34) 23–11 35 January 8 N Rochester 85–88 (OT) Ed Macauley (28) 24–11 36 January 9 N Baltimore 90–94 Bob Cousy (22) 24–12 37 January 10 @ Baltimore 105–126 Bill Sharman (33) 24–13 38 January 11 Baltimore 87–131 Ed Macauley (25) 25–13 39 January 15 @ Fort Wayne 85–91 Bill Sharman (26) 25–14 40 January 16 @ Milwaukee 100–90 Bill Sharman (29) 26–14 41 January 18 New York 83–99 Ed Macauley (33) 27–14 42 January 21 Fort Wayne 84–94 Bob Cousy (29) 28–14 43 January 22 N New York 112–89 Bill Sharman (20) 28–15 44 January 23 @ Indianapolis 85–90 Ed Macauley (24) 28–16 45 January 25 @ Minneapolis 82–87 Bob Cousy (18) 28–17 46 January 27 N Milwaukee 58–80 Cousy, Macauley (22) 29–17 47 January 29 @ Fort Wayne 98–111 Bob Cousy (27) 29–18 48 January 31 @ New York 69–76 Bill Sharman (23) 29–19 49 February 1 Rochester 109–86 Ed Macauley (25) 29–20 50 February 4 Syracuse 92–105 Bill Sharman (32) 30–20 51 February 7 @ Baltimore 101–98 (OT) Ed Macauley (33) 31–20 52 February 8 New York 79–87 Bill Sharman (20) 32–20 53 February 12 @ Philadelphia 91–92 Ed Macauley (25) 32–21 54 February 13 Milwaukee 74–77 Ed Macauley (25) 33–21 55 February 15 Indianapolis 76–89 Ed Macauley (20) 34–21 56 February 17 N Syracuse 84–65 Cousy, Sharman (14) 34–22 57 February 18 N New York 66–69 Ed Macauley (16) 35–22 58 February 21 @ Baltimore 90–86 Cousy, Macauley (23) 36–22 59 February 22 New York 83–87 (OT) Bob Cousy (27) 37–22 60 February 25 Philadelphia 80–87 Cousy, Macauley (22) 38–22 61 February 26 N Baltimore 82–81 Ed Macauley (23) 39–22 62 February 28 @ Rochester 81–77 Bill Sharman (22) 39–23 63 March 3 N Baltimore 95–94 (OT) Bob Cousy (32) 40–23 64 March 4 N Philadelphia 75–82 Ed Macauley (17) 41–23 65 March 6 Minneapolis 85–100 Ed Macauley (46) 42–23 66 March 8 @ New York 89–78 Ed Macauley (25) 43–23 67 March 11 Fort Wayne 92–98 Ed Macauley (28) 44–23 68 March 12 @ Syracuse 70–84 Bob Cousy (15) 44–24 69 March 15 Philadelphia 87–103 Ed Macauley (26) 45–24 70 March 16 N Baltimore 92–78 Ed Macauley (19) 46–24 71 March 17 @ Syracuse 68–72 Bob Cousy (16) 46–25

Playoffs

| 1 | March 19 | @ Syracuse | W 87–81 | Bob Cousy (20) | — | Onondaga War Memorial | 1–0 |- | 2 | March 21 | Syracuse | W 111–105 (4OT) | Bob Cousy (50) | Macauley, Sharman (5) | Boston Garden | 2–0

| 1 | March 25 | @ New York | L 91–95 | Bob Cousy (28) | Chuck Cooper (6) | Madison Square Garden III | 0–1 |- | 2 | March 26 | New York | W 86–70 | Macauley, Cousy (21) | Bob Cousy (13) | Boston Garden | 1–1 |- | 3 | March 28 | @ New York | L 82–101 | Bob Cousy (18) | Ed Macauley (5) | Madison Square Garden III | 1–2 |- | 4 | March 29 | New York | L 75–82 | Ed Macauley (25) | Bob Cousy (8) | Boston Garden | 1–3

Awards and records Ed Macauley, All-NBA First Team Bob Cousy, All-NBA First Team Bill Sharman, All-NBA Second Team

References

See also 1952-53 NBA season