The 1956–57 Boston Celtics season was the 11th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This was the first time in franchise history where the Celtics advanced to the NBA Finals, which they won over the St. Louis Hawks in 7 games. The Celtics would make the Finals a record 10 consecutive seasons, spanning from this season to the 1965–66 season. They were led by 1957's MVP Bob Cousy, as well as Bill Russell, Bill Sharman, and 1957's Rookie of the Year Tom Heinsohn.
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The 1956 57 Boston Celtics season was the 11th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association NBA This was the first time in franchise history where the Celtics advanced to the NBA Finals which they won over the St Louis Hawks in 7 games The Celtics would make the Finals a record 10 consecutive seasons spanning from this season to the 1965 66 season They were led by 1957 s MVP Bob Cousy as well as Bill Russell Bill Sharman and 1957 s Rookie of the Year Tom Heinsohn 1956 57 Boston Celtics seasonNBA championsDivision championsHead coachRed AuerbachArenaBoston GardenResultsRecord44 28 611 PlaceDivision 1st Eastern Playoff finishNBA Champions Defeated Hawks 4 3 Stats at Basketball Reference comRadioWHDH lt 1955 56 1957 58 gt The 1956 57 complete roster that won their first championship With Russell s death in 2022 Bob Cousy is the only remaining player from the 1957 championship team still alive Contents 1 Offseason 1 1 NBA draft 2 Roster 3 Regular season 3 1 Season standings 3 2 Record vs opponents 3 3 Game log 4 Player statistics 4 1 Season 4 2 Playoffs 5 Playoffs 6 Awards and honors 7 ReferencesOffseason editNBA draft editRoster editBoston Celtics roster Players Coaches Pos Name Height Weight DOB Y M D From G 14 Cousy Bob 6 ft 1 in 1 85 m 175 lb 79 kg 1928 08 09 Holy Cross F C 15 Heinsohn Tom 6 ft 7 in 2 01 m 218 lb 99 kg 1934 08 26 Holy Cross F 20 Hemric Dick 6 ft 6 in 1 98 m 220 lb 100 kg 1933 08 29 Wake Forest F 18 Loscutoff Jim 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m 220 lb 100 kg 1930 02 04 Oregon F C 16 Nichols Jack 6 ft 7 in 2 01 m 222 lb 101 kg 1926 04 09 Washington G 17 Phillip Andy 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m 195 lb 88 kg 1922 03 07 Illinois G F 23 Ramsey Frank 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m 190 lb 86 kg 1931 07 13 Kentucky F C 19 Risen Arnie 6 ft 9 in 2 06 m 200 lb 91 kg 1924 10 09 Ohio State C 6 Russell Bill 6 ft 9 in 2 06 m 215 lb 98 kg 1934 02 12 San Francisco G 21 Sharman Bill 6 ft 1 in 1 85 m 175 lb 79 kg 1926 05 25 USC F 29 Tsioropoulos Lou 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m 190 lb 86 kg 1930 08 31 Kentucky Head coach Red Auerbach Legend DP Unsigned draft pick FA Free agent S Suspended nbsp InjuredRegular season editSeason standings edit Eastern Divisionvte W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div x Boston Celtics 44 28 611 24 4 11 18 9 6 20 16 x Syracuse Nationals 38 34 528 6 23 9 9 15 6 10 20 16 x Philadelphia Warriors 37 35 514 7 20 5 5 25 12 5 17 19 New York Knicks 36 36 500 8 18 10 9 19 9 7 15 21 Record vs opponents edit 1956 57 NBA Records Team BOS FWP MIN NYK PHI ROC STL SYR Boston 6 3 5 4 7 5 8 4 6 3 7 2 5 7 Fort Wayne 3 6 7 5 5 4 4 5 6 6 4 8 5 4 Minneapolis 4 5 5 7 3 6 5 4 9 3 4 8 4 5 New York 5 7 4 5 6 3 4 8 5 4 6 3 6 6 Philadelphia 4 8 5 4 4 5 8 4 4 5 7 2 5 7 Rochester 3 6 6 6 3 9 4 5 5 4 6 6 4 5 St Louis 2 7 8 4 8 4 3 6 2 7 6 6 5 4 Syracuse 7 5 4 5 5 4 6 6 7 5 5 4 4 5 Game log edit 1956 57 Game log Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 October 27 New York 115 112 Bob Cousy 35 1 0 2 November 3 New York 113 107 Bill Sharman 31 1 1 3 November 10 Minneapolis 110 117 Bob Cousy 27 2 1 4 November 11 Syracuse 94 83 Bill Sharman 28 3 1 5 November 14 N Minneapolis 113 97 Bill Sharman 28 3 2 6 November 15 Fort Wayne 95 98 Bill Sharman 24 3 3 7 November 17 Rochester 86 108 Jim Loscutoff 20 4 3 8 November 18 Rochester 101 87 Bill Sharman 32 5 3 9 November 21 Philadelphia 83 95 Bill Sharman 28 6 3 10 November 22 Philadelphia 101 78 Bill Sharman 30 7 3 11 November 24 Syracuse 99 114 Cousy Sharman 21 8 3 12 November 27 St Louis 102 90 Bob Cousy 27 9 3 13 November 28 N Minneapolis 93 105 Jim Loscutoff 26 10 3 14 November 30 N Fort Wayne 102 104 Arnie Risen 22 11 3 15 December 1 Fort Wayne 93 108 Bill Sharman 22 12 3 16 December 4 N St Louis 107 108 Cousy Heinsohn 26 13 3 17 December 6 Philadelphia 111 113 Bob Cousy 32 13 4 18 December 7 Minneapolis 114 121 Bob Cousy 34 14 4 19 December 9 Syracuse 110 116 Tom Heinsohn 25 14 5 20 December 11 N Fort Wayne 97 113 Tom Heinsohn 34 15 5 21 December 12 Rochester 103 93 Bob Cousy 23 15 6 22 December 15 St Louis 99 102 Bob Cousy 26 16 6 23 December 16 N Philadelphia 116 104 Bob Cousy 21 16 7 24 December 18 New York 99 110 Bob Cousy 35 16 8 25 December 22 St Louis 93 95 Tom Heinsohn 19 17 8 26 December 23 Fort Wayne 87 95 Bill Sharman 26 17 9 27 December 25 N Philadelphia 89 82 Bob Cousy 22 17 10 28 December 26 Philadelphia 97 120 Dickie Hemric 27 18 10 29 December 27 N Rochester 92 97 Bill Sharman 19 19 10 30 December 30 Syracuse 92 105 Bill Sharman 28 20 10 31 January 1 N Philadelphia 87 100 Tom Heinsohn 30 21 10 32 January 4 N Syracuse 116 106 Bob Cousy 32 21 11 33 January 6 Fort Wayne 92 118 Bob Cousy 20 22 11 34 January 8 New York 102 113 Cousy Sharman 25 22 12 35 January 10 Fort Wayne 98 81 Jim Loscutoff 22 23 12 36 January 12 St Louis 98 100 Bill Sharman 32 23 13 37 January 13 Minneapolis 87 104 Bill Sharman 24 23 14 38 January 18 St Louis 117 126 Bill Sharman 33 24 14 39 January 19 Rochester 97 83 Bob Cousy 33 25 14 40 January 20 New York 78 114 Bob Cousy 32 26 14 41 January 23 Syracuse 108 140 Bill Sharman 22 27 14 42 January 25 Minneapolis 106 115 Bob Cousy 30 28 14 43 January 27 Philadelphia 107 87 Bill Sharman 30 29 14 44 January 28 Philadelphia 95 105 Bob Cousy 22 30 14 45 January 29 N Minneapolis 91 103 Bill Sharman 32 31 14 46 January 30 Syracuse 119 116 Bill Sharman 26 31 15 47 January 31 Syracuse 104 105 Bill Sharman 30 31 16 48 February 2 New York 114 111 Bill Russell 22 32 16 49 February 3 New York 98 116 Bill Sharman 33 33 16 50 February 5 N Syracuse 101 105 Bob Cousy 24 34 16 51 February 6 Fort Wayne 93 108 Bill Sharman 28 35 16 52 February 8 N New York 92 90 Frank Ramsey 23 35 17 53 February 9 Rochester 102 103 Tom Heinsohn 20 35 18 54 February 10 Philadelphia 98 103 OT Bob Cousy 26 36 18 55 February 13 Minneapolis 114 115 Cousy Heinsohn 27 36 19 56 February 14 Fort Wayne 106 112 Frank Ramsey 25 36 20 57 February 15 St Louis 123 116 2OT Bob Cousy 33 37 20 58 February 17 Syracuse 106 116 Bill Russell 23 37 21 59 February 19 New York 112 110 Bob Cousy 27 38 21 60 February 21 St Louis 112 125 Tom Heinsohn 32 39 21 61 February 22 Philadelphia 109 117 Heinsohn Russell 30 39 22 62 February 24 New York 85 97 Bill Sharman 27 40 22 63 February 26 N Rochester 77 92 Bill Sharman 32 41 22 64 February 28 N New York 122 121 OT Tom Heinsohn 35 41 23 65 March 1 Philadelphia 80 90 Ramsey Sharman 19 42 23 66 March 2 Rochester 87 96 Tom Heinsohn 20 42 24 67 March 3 Rochester 102 111 Bill Russell 30 43 24 68 March 5 St Louis 102 104 Tom Heinsohn 41 43 25 69 March 7 Minneapolis 104 109 Bill Sharman 26 43 26 70 March 9 Syracuse 102 104 Bill Sharman 27 43 27 71 March 10 Syracuse 94 92 Bill Sharman 24 43 28 72 March 13 New York 91 122 Bill Sharman 28 44 28Player statistics editLegend GP Games played MPG Minutes per game FG Field goal percentage FT Free throw percentage RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game PPG Points per game Season edit Player GP MPG FG FT RPG APG PPG Bob Cousy 64 36 9 378 821 4 8 7 5 20 6 Tom Heinsohn 72 29 9 397 790 9 8 1 6 16 2 Dick Hemric 67 15 7 344 695 4 5 0 6 5 4 Jim Loscutoff 70 31 7 345 706 10 4 1 3 10 6 Jack Nichols 61 22 5 363 794 6 1 1 4 8 2 Togo Palazzi 21 11 1 347 719 3 6 0 4 5 0 Andy Phillip 67 22 0 379 642 2 7 2 5 4 4 Frank Ramsey 35 23 1 393 791 5 1 1 9 11 9 Arnie Risen 43 21 7 388 679 6 7 1 2 8 0 Bill Russell 48 35 3 427 492 19 6 1 8 14 7 Bill Sharman 67 35 9 416 905 4 3 3 5 21 1 Lou Tsioropoulos 52 12 9 309 775 4 0 0 6 4 4 Stats with the Celtics Playoffs edit Player GP MPG FG FT RPG APG PPG Bob Cousy 10 44 0 324 747 6 1 9 3 20 2 Tom Heinsohn 10 37 0 390 710 11 7 2 0 22 9 Dick Hemric 2 9 5 143 4 5 0 5 1 0 Jim Loscutoff 10 25 9 284 643 8 3 0 5 8 0 Jack Nichols 10 11 7 400 600 1 7 0 7 3 5 Andy Phillip 10 12 8 364 400 2 0 1 7 2 2 Frank Ramsey 10 22 9 463 780 4 3 1 7 12 2 Arnie Risen 10 15 2 444 655 5 8 0 8 7 5 Bill Russell 10 40 9 365 508 24 4 3 2 13 9 Bill Sharman 10 37 7 381 953 3 5 2 9 21 1Playoffs edit1957 playoff game log Division Finals 3 0 home 2 0 road 1 0 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds Location Series 1 March 21 Syracuse W 108 90 Frank Ramsey 20 Bill Russell 31 Boston Garden 1 0 2 March 23 Syracuse W 120 105 Tom Heinsohn 30 Bill Russell 30 Onondaga War Memorial 2 0 3 March 24 Syracuse W 83 80 Bill Sharman 23 Bill Russell 23 Boston Garden 3 0 NBA Finals 4 3 home 3 1 road 1 2 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists LocationAttendance Series 1 March 30 St Louis L 123 125 2OT Bill Sharman 36 Bill Russell 18 Boston Garden5 976 0 1 2 March 31 St Louis W 119 99 Cousy Ramsey 22 Bill Russell 25 Bob Cousy 7 Boston Garden13 909 1 1 3 April 6 St Louis L 98 100 Bill Sharman 28 Bill Russell 19 Bob Cousy 8 Kiel Auditorium10 048 1 2 4 April 7 St Louis W 123 118 Bob Cousy 31 Bill Russell 20 Arnie Risen 9 Kiel Auditorium10 035 2 2 5 April 9 St Louis W 124 109 Bill Sharman 32 Bill Russell 23 Bob Cousy 19 Boston Garden13 909 3 2 6 April 11 St Louis L 94 96 Tom Heinsohn 28 Bill Russell 23 Kiel Auditorium10 053 3 3 7 April 13 St Louis W 125 123 2OT Tom Heinsohn 37 Bill Russell 32 Bob Cousy 11 Boston Garden13 909 4 3 1957 scheduleAwards and honors editBob Cousy NBA MVP of the Year Bob Cousy All NBA First Team Tom Heinsohn NBA Rookie of the Year Bill Sharman All NBA First TeamReferences editCeltics on Database Basketball Celtics on Basketball Reference Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1956 57 Boston Celtics season amp oldid 1220200688, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
