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1957–58 Boston Celtics season

April 12, 2024

The 1957–58 Boston Celtics season was the 12th season for the Celtics in the NBA.[1] The Celtics made their second consecutive NBA Finals appearance, but were unable to defend their title, losing in a rematch of the Finals of the previous year to the St. Louis Hawks in six games.

1957–58 Boston Celtics season
Division champions
Head coachRed Auerbach
ArenaBoston Garden
Results
Record49–23 (.681)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishNBA Finals
(lost to Hawks 2–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Season standings edit

Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Boston Celtics 49 23 .681 - 25-4 16-13 8-6 20-16
x-Syracuse Nationals 41 31 .569 8 26-5 8-20 7-6 21-15
x-Philadelphia Warriors 37 35 .514 12 15-11 11-19 11-5 17-19
New York Knicks 35 37 .486 14 16-12 11-18 8-7 14-22
x = clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents edit

1957-58 NBA Records
Team BOS CIN DET MIN NYK PHI STL SYR
Boston – 7–2 8–1 9–0 7–5 6–6 5–4 7–5
Cincinnati 2–7 – 6–6 8–4 4–5 6–3 3–9 4–5
Detroit 1–8 6–6 – 6–6 4–5 5–4 6–6 5–4
Minneapolis 0–9 4–8 6–6 – 1–8 3–6 3–9 2–7
New York 5–7 5–4 5–4 8–1 – 4–8 3–6 5–7
Philadelphia 6–6 3–6 4–5 6–3 8–4 – 7–2 3–9
St. Louis 4–5 9–3 6–6 9–3 6–3 2–7 – 5–4
Syracuse 5–7 5–4 4–5 7–2 7–5 9–3 4–5 —

Game log edit

1957–58 game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 22 @ St. Louis 115–90 Bob Cousy (24) 1–0
2 October 23 @ Detroit 105–94 Bill Sharman (24) 2–0
3 October 26 @ New York 131–121 Bob Cousy (33) 3–0
4 November 2 Syracuse 83–107 Frank Ramsey (27) 4–0
5 November 3 N Syracuse 95–113 Bill Sharman (27) 5–0
6 November 5 N Detroit 105–111 Bill Sharman (28) 6–0
7 November 6 @ Minneapolis 103–94 Bill Sharman (29) 7–0
8 November 8 @ Cincinnati 122–110 (OT) Bill Sharman (34) 8–0
9 November 11 St. Louis 88–92 Heinsohn, Ramsey (20) 9–0
10 November 12 N Minneapolis 104–107 Bob Cousy (23) 10–0
11 November 16 Philadelphia 89–111 Bill Russell (28) 11–0
12 November 21 @ Detroit 112–90 Bill Sharman (26) 12–0
13 November 23 Minneapolis 107–131 Tom Heinsohn (27) 13–0
14 November 27 New York 107–120 Bill Russell (30) 14–0
15 November 28 N New York 97–80 Bill Sharman (19) 14–1
16 November 30 Syracuse 112–118 Bill Sharman (34) 15–1
17 December 1 @ Syracuse 109–118 Bill Russell (27) 15–2
18 December 3 @ Detroit 124–113 Frank Ramsey (35) 16–2
19 December 4 @ Minneapolis 108–98 Bill Sharman (20) 17–2
20 December 6 St. Louis 97–111 Ramsey, Sharman (31) 18–2
21 December 7 @ Philadelphia 112–106 Bill Sharman (26) 19–2
22 December 10 @ New York 103–106 Bill Russell (25) 19–3
23 December 11 Cincinnati 104–116 Tom Heinsohn (26) 20–3
24 December 12 N St. Louis 97–94 Bill Sharman (24) 20–4
25 December 14 Philadelphia 94–112 Bob Cousy (36) 21–4
26 December 21 Minneapolis 119–140 Bill Sharman (41) 22–4
27 December 22 @ Cincinnati 115–98 Bill Sharman (24) 23–4
28 December 25 @ Philadelphia 105–115 Bill Sharman (24) 23–5
29 December 26 New York 110–120 Bill Sharman (44) 24–5
30 December 27 N Philadelphia 110–106 Bob Cousy (28) 24–6
31 December 28 @ St. Louis 107–112 Tom Heinsohn (23) 24–7
32 January 4 @ Syracuse 106–115 Bill Russell (23) 24–8
33 January 5 N Minneapolis 100–113 Tom Heinsohn (25) 25–8
34 January 8 @ Minneapolis 107–87 Tom Heinsohn (16) 26–8
35 January 9 N New York 136–123 Bill Sharman (39) 26–9
36 January 11 @ St. Louis 98–102 Heinsohn, Risen (18) 26–10
37 January 12 @ Cincinnati 97–115 Bob Cousy (16) 26–11
38 January 15 Detroit 113–131 Heinsohn, Sharman (26) 27–11
39 January 17 Syracuse 99–120 Bill Sharman (30) 28–11
40 January 18 @ Philadelphia 104–116 Bill Sharman (29) 28–12
41 January 19 Philadelphia 113–114 Bob Cousy (27) 29–12
42 January 22 @ Minneapolis 97–87 Heinsohn, Ramsey (24) 30–12
43 January 24 New York 104–125 Tom Heinsohn (27) 31–12
44 January 25 @ Syracuse 100–112 Bill Sharman (33) 31–13
45 January 26 Syracuse 95–118 Bob Cousy (22) 32–13
46 January 29 St. Louis 101–111 Bob Cousy (39) 33–13
47 January 30 @ Philadelphia 96–116 Bill Sharman (17) 33–14
48 January 31 Philadelphia 110–101 Bill Russell (32) 33–15
49 February 1 @ New York 121–114 Bill Sharman (32) 34–15
50 February 2 Detroit 115–119 Frank Ramsey (32) 35–15
51 February 4 N Cincinnati 87–107 Tom Heinsohn (18) 36–15
52 February 5 Cincinnati 89–116 Tom Heinsohn (18) 37–15
53 February 7 Minneapolis 88–114 Tom Heinsohn (20) 38–15
54 February 8 N Cincinnati 91–109 Bob Cousy (38) 39–15
55 February 9 @ Syracuse 98–123 Bob Cousy (24) 39–16
56 February 11 N Syracuse 84–76 Bob Cousy (14) 39–17
57 February 12 Syracuse 101–119 Frank Ramsey (28) 40–17
58 February 14 Detroit 111–109 Bob Cousy (32) 40–18
59 February 15 @ Philadelphia 110–96 Frank Ramsey (35) 41–18
60 February 18 @ New York 113–111 Bob Cousy (27) 42–18
61 February 19 N Philadelphia 123–103 Tom Heinsohn (18) 42–19
62 February 20 Cincinnati 92–94 Frank Ramsey (27) 43–19
63 February 21 @ St. Louis 100–119 Tom Heinsohn (18) 43–20
64 February 23 N Philadelphia 97–99 Bob Cousy (30) 44–20
65 February 26 @ Detroit 106–99 Bill Russell (19) 45–20
66 March 2 @ Syracuse 107–100 Frank Ramsey (29) 46–20
67 March 4 @ New York 99–104 Heinsohn, Sharman (18) 46–21
68 March 5 St. Louis 102–109 Bob Cousy (22) 47–21
69 March 8 Detroit 103–108 Bob Cousy (28) 48–21
70 March 9 Cincinnati 121–107 Bill Russell (29) 48–22
71 March 11 New York 119–126 Cousy, Russell (22) 49–22
72 March 12 New York 127–125 Bill Sharman (27) 49–23

Playoffs edit

1958 playoff game log
Division finals: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Series
1 March 19 Philadelphia W 107–98 Bob Cousy (29) Bill Russell (25) Bob Cousy (8) Boston Garden 1–0
2 March 22 @ Philadelphia W 109–87 Bill Sharman (32) Bill Russell (28) Sharman, Cousy (4) Philadelphia Civic Center 2–0
3 March 23 Philadelphia W 106–92 Bill Sharman (27) Bill Russell (40) Bob Cousy (14) Boston Garden 3–0
4 March 26 @ Philadelphia L 97–112 Tom Heinsohn (20) Bill Russell (21) Cousy, Ramsey (5) Philadelphia Civic Center 3–1
5 March 27 Philadelphia W 93–88 Heinsohn, Ramsey (22) Bill Russell (30) Bob Cousy (5) Boston Garden 4–1
NBA Finals: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds Location
Attendance		 Series
1 March 29 St. Louis L 102–104 Bob Cousy (27) Bill Russell (29) Boston Garden
3,652 		0–1
2 March 30 St. Louis W 136–112 Bob Cousy (25) Bill Russell (27) Boston Garden
10,249 		1–1
3 April 2 @ St. Louis L 108–111 Frank Ramsey (29) Bill Russell (13) Kiel Auditorium
10,148 		1–2
4 April 5 @ St. Louis W 109–98 Bob Cousy (24) three players tied (13) Kiel Auditorium
10,216 		2–2
5 April 9 St. Louis L 100–102 Frank Ramsey (30) Tom Heinsohn (20) Boston Garden
13,909 		2–3
6 April 12 @ St. Louis L 109–110 Bill Sharman (26) Arnie Risen (13) Kiel Auditorium
10,216 		2–4
1958 schedule

Awards and records edit

References edit

  1. ^ 1957–58 Boston Celtics

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The 1957 58 Boston Celtics season was the 12th season for the Celtics in the NBA 1 The Celtics made their second consecutive NBA Finals appearance but were unable to defend their title losing in a rematch of the Finals of the previous year to the St Louis Hawks in six games 1957 58 Boston Celtics seasonDivision championsHead coachRed AuerbachArenaBoston GardenResultsRecord49 23 681 PlaceDivision 1st Eastern Playoff finishNBA Finals lost to Hawks 2 4 Stats at Basketball Reference com lt 1956 57 1958 59 gt Contents 1 Season standings 1 1 Record vs opponents 1 2 Game log 2 Playoffs 3 Awards and records 4 ReferencesSeason standings editEastern Divisionvte W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Divx Boston Celtics 49 23 681 25 4 16 13 8 6 20 16x Syracuse Nationals 41 31 569 8 26 5 8 20 7 6 21 15x Philadelphia Warriors 37 35 514 12 15 11 11 19 11 5 17 19New York Knicks 35 37 486 14 16 12 11 18 8 7 14 22x clinched playoff spotRecord vs opponents edit 1957 58 NBA RecordsTeam BOS CIN DET MIN NYK PHI STL SYRBoston 7 2 8 1 9 0 7 5 6 6 5 4 7 5Cincinnati 2 7 6 6 8 4 4 5 6 3 3 9 4 5Detroit 1 8 6 6 6 6 4 5 5 4 6 6 5 4Minneapolis 0 9 4 8 6 6 1 8 3 6 3 9 2 7New York 5 7 5 4 5 4 8 1 4 8 3 6 5 7Philadelphia 6 6 3 6 4 5 6 3 8 4 7 2 3 9St Louis 4 5 9 3 6 6 9 3 6 3 2 7 5 4Syracuse 5 7 5 4 4 5 7 2 7 5 9 3 4 5 Game log edit 1957 58 game log Date Opponent Score High points Record1 October 22 St Louis 115 90 Bob Cousy 24 1 02 October 23 Detroit 105 94 Bill Sharman 24 2 03 October 26 New York 131 121 Bob Cousy 33 3 04 November 2 Syracuse 83 107 Frank Ramsey 27 4 05 November 3 N Syracuse 95 113 Bill Sharman 27 5 06 November 5 N Detroit 105 111 Bill Sharman 28 6 07 November 6 Minneapolis 103 94 Bill Sharman 29 7 08 November 8 Cincinnati 122 110 OT Bill Sharman 34 8 09 November 11 St Louis 88 92 Heinsohn Ramsey 20 9 010 November 12 N Minneapolis 104 107 Bob Cousy 23 10 011 November 16 Philadelphia 89 111 Bill Russell 28 11 012 November 21 Detroit 112 90 Bill Sharman 26 12 013 November 23 Minneapolis 107 131 Tom Heinsohn 27 13 014 November 27 New York 107 120 Bill Russell 30 14 015 November 28 N New York 97 80 Bill Sharman 19 14 116 November 30 Syracuse 112 118 Bill Sharman 34 15 117 December 1 Syracuse 109 118 Bill Russell 27 15 218 December 3 Detroit 124 113 Frank Ramsey 35 16 219 December 4 Minneapolis 108 98 Bill Sharman 20 17 220 December 6 St Louis 97 111 Ramsey Sharman 31 18 221 December 7 Philadelphia 112 106 Bill Sharman 26 19 222 December 10 New York 103 106 Bill Russell 25 19 323 December 11 Cincinnati 104 116 Tom Heinsohn 26 20 324 December 12 N St Louis 97 94 Bill Sharman 24 20 425 December 14 Philadelphia 94 112 Bob Cousy 36 21 426 December 21 Minneapolis 119 140 Bill Sharman 41 22 427 December 22 Cincinnati 115 98 Bill Sharman 24 23 428 December 25 Philadelphia 105 115 Bill Sharman 24 23 529 December 26 New York 110 120 Bill Sharman 44 24 530 December 27 N Philadelphia 110 106 Bob Cousy 28 24 631 December 28 St Louis 107 112 Tom Heinsohn 23 24 732 January 4 Syracuse 106 115 Bill Russell 23 24 833 January 5 N Minneapolis 100 113 Tom Heinsohn 25 25 834 January 8 Minneapolis 107 87 Tom Heinsohn 16 26 835 January 9 N New York 136 123 Bill Sharman 39 26 936 January 11 St Louis 98 102 Heinsohn Risen 18 26 1037 January 12 Cincinnati 97 115 Bob Cousy 16 26 1138 January 15 Detroit 113 131 Heinsohn Sharman 26 27 1139 January 17 Syracuse 99 120 Bill Sharman 30 28 1140 January 18 Philadelphia 104 116 Bill Sharman 29 28 1241 January 19 Philadelphia 113 114 Bob Cousy 27 29 1242 January 22 Minneapolis 97 87 Heinsohn Ramsey 24 30 1243 January 24 New York 104 125 Tom Heinsohn 27 31 1244 January 25 Syracuse 100 112 Bill Sharman 33 31 1345 January 26 Syracuse 95 118 Bob Cousy 22 32 1346 January 29 St Louis 101 111 Bob Cousy 39 33 1347 January 30 Philadelphia 96 116 Bill Sharman 17 33 1448 January 31 Philadelphia 110 101 Bill Russell 32 33 1549 February 1 New York 121 114 Bill Sharman 32 34 1550 February 2 Detroit 115 119 Frank Ramsey 32 35 1551 February 4 N Cincinnati 87 107 Tom Heinsohn 18 36 1552 February 5 Cincinnati 89 116 Tom Heinsohn 18 37 1553 February 7 Minneapolis 88 114 Tom Heinsohn 20 38 1554 February 8 N Cincinnati 91 109 Bob Cousy 38 39 1555 February 9 Syracuse 98 123 Bob Cousy 24 39 1656 February 11 N Syracuse 84 76 Bob Cousy 14 39 1757 February 12 Syracuse 101 119 Frank Ramsey 28 40 1758 February 14 Detroit 111 109 Bob Cousy 32 40 1859 February 15 Philadelphia 110 96 Frank Ramsey 35 41 1860 February 18 New York 113 111 Bob Cousy 27 42 1861 February 19 N Philadelphia 123 103 Tom Heinsohn 18 42 1962 February 20 Cincinnati 92 94 Frank Ramsey 27 43 1963 February 21 St Louis 100 119 Tom Heinsohn 18 43 2064 February 23 N Philadelphia 97 99 Bob Cousy 30 44 2065 February 26 Detroit 106 99 Bill Russell 19 45 2066 March 2 Syracuse 107 100 Frank Ramsey 29 46 2067 March 4 New York 99 104 Heinsohn Sharman 18 46 2168 March 5 St Louis 102 109 Bob Cousy 22 47 2169 March 8 Detroit 103 108 Bob Cousy 28 48 2170 March 9 Cincinnati 121 107 Bill Russell 29 48 2271 March 11 New York 119 126 Cousy Russell 22 49 2272 March 12 New York 127 125 Bill Sharman 27 49 23Playoffs edit1958 playoff game logDivision finals 4 1 home 3 0 road 1 1 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Series1 March 19 Philadelphia W 107 98 Bob Cousy 29 Bill Russell 25 Bob Cousy 8 Boston Garden 1 02 March 22 Philadelphia W 109 87 Bill Sharman 32 Bill Russell 28 Sharman Cousy 4 Philadelphia Civic Center 2 03 March 23 Philadelphia W 106 92 Bill Sharman 27 Bill Russell 40 Bob Cousy 14 Boston Garden 3 04 March 26 Philadelphia L 97 112 Tom Heinsohn 20 Bill Russell 21 Cousy Ramsey 5 Philadelphia Civic Center 3 15 March 27 Philadelphia W 93 88 Heinsohn Ramsey 22 Bill Russell 30 Bob Cousy 5 Boston Garden 4 1NBA Finals 2 4 home 1 2 road 1 2 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds LocationAttendance Series1 March 29 St Louis L 102 104 Bob Cousy 27 Bill Russell 29 Boston Garden3 652 0 12 March 30 St Louis W 136 112 Bob Cousy 25 Bill Russell 27 Boston Garden10 249 1 13 April 2 St Louis L 108 111 Frank Ramsey 29 Bill Russell 13 Kiel Auditorium10 148 1 24 April 5 St Louis W 109 98 Bob Cousy 24 three players tied 13 Kiel Auditorium10 216 2 25 April 9 St Louis L 100 102 Frank Ramsey 30 Tom Heinsohn 20 Boston Garden13 909 2 36 April 12 St Louis L 109 110 Bill Sharman 26 Arnie Risen 13 Kiel Auditorium10 216 2 41958 scheduleAwards and records editBill Russell NBA Most Valuable Player Award Bob Cousy All NBA First Team Bill Sharman All NBA First Team Bill Russell All NBA Second TeamReferences edit 1957 58 Boston Celtics Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1957 58 Boston Celtics season amp oldid 1172532033, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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