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1947-48 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats

Record: 20-28, Finished 3rd in BAA Eastern Division

Coach: John Russell (20-28)

PTS/G: 68.8 (8th of 8) Opp PTS/G: 72.7 (6th of 8)

SRS: -3.76 (7th of 8) Pace:

Off Rtg: Def Rtg: Net Rtg:

Expected W-L: 15-33 (7th of 8)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 90,264 (1st of 1)

BAA 1948 Playoffs:
Lost BAA Quarterfinals (1-2) versus Chicago Stags (Series Stats)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
10	Mike Bloom	F-C	6-6	190	January 14, 1915	us US	R	Temple
11	Chuck Connors	F-C	6-5	190	April 10, 1921	us US	1	Seton Hall
14	Bulbs Ehlers	F-G	6-3	198	March 10, 1923	us US	R	Purdue
15, 21	Jack Garfinkel	G	6-0	190	June 13, 1918	us US	1	St. John's
5	Cecil Hankins	G	6-1	175	January 6, 1922	us US	1	Oklahoma State
17	Jack Hewson	F-C	6-6	195	September 7, 1924	us US	R	Temple
3	Charlie Hoefer	G	5-9	158	September 16, 1921	de DE	1	Queens College
17	John Janisch	F-G	6-3	200	March 15, 1920	us US	1	Valparaiso
4	Saul Mariaschin	G	5-11	165	September 1, 1924	us US	R	Harvard University
6	George Munroe	G	5-11	170	January 5, 1922	us US	1	Dartmouth College
10, 11	Stan Noszka	G	6-1	185	September 9, 1920	us US	1	Duquesne
7, 9	Mel Riebe	G-F	5-11	180	July 12, 1916	us US	1	College of Wooster
22	Ed Sadowski	C	6-5	240	July 11, 1915	us US	1	Seton Hall
10	Connie Simmons	C-F	6-8	222	March 15, 1925	us US	1
12	Art Spector	F	6-4	200	October 17, 1918	us US	1	Villanova
13	Gene Stump	F-G	6-2	185	August 9, 1925	us US	R	DePaul

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	AST	PF	PTS
1	Mike Bloom	33	14	3.3	12.1	.272	2.6	4.1	.649	1.0	2.6	9.2
2	Chuck Connors	26	4	1.3	3.3	.385	0.5	0.8	.667	0.3	1.3	3.0
3	Bulbs Ehlers	24	40	2.6	10.4	.249	2.0	3.6	.542	1.1	2.3	7.2
4	Jack Garfinkel	29	43	2.7	8.8	.300	0.8	1.1	.761	1.4	1.8	6.1
5	Cecil Hankins	26	25	0.9	4.6	.198	1.0	1.4	.686	0.3	1.1	2.8
6	Jack Hewson	23	24	0.9	3.7	.247	0.9	1.3	.700	0.0	1.6	2.7
7	Charlie Hoefer	26	7	0.4	2.7	.158	0.6	1.1	.500	0.4	2.4	1.4
8	John Janisch	27	3	0.3	2.3	.143	0.3	0.7	.500	0.0	1.0	1.0
9	Saul Mariaschin	23	43	2.9	10.8	.270	1.9	2.7	.709	1.4	2.8	7.7
10	George Munroe	26	21	1.3	4.3	.297	0.8	1.2	.654	0.1	1.0	3.4
11	Stan Noszka	27	22	1.2	4.4	.278	1.1	1.6	.686	0.2	2.4	3.5
12	Mel Riebe	31	48	4.2	13.6	.309	1.8	2.9	.620	0.9	2.9	10.2
13	Ed Sadowski	32	47	6.6	20.3	.323	6.3	9.0	.697	1.6	3.9	19.4
14	Connie Simmons	22	32	3.4	11.4	.295	1.0	1.7	.593	0.5	2.6	7.8
15	Art Spector	29	48	1.4	5.1	.276	1.3	1.9	.652	0.4	2.2	4.0
16	Gene Stump	22	43	1.4	5.7	.239	0.6	0.9	.632	0.4	1.5	3.3
	Team Totals		48	25.9	90.1	.287	17.1	26.0	.659	7.6	22.2	68.8

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	AST	PF	PTS
1	Mike Bloom	33	3	3.7	14.0	.262	4.7	6.3	.737	0.7	3.3	12.0
2	Jack Garfinkel	29	3	2.3	7.7	.304	2.7	3.3	.800	2.3	5.0	7.3
3	Saul Mariaschin	23	3	3.3	14.0	.238	3.0	4.7	.643	0.3	4.0	9.7
4	George Munroe	26	3	0.3	1.7	.200	0.7	0.7	1.000	0.3	0.7	1.3
5	Stan Noszka	27	3	3.3	10.0	.333	1.7	2.7	.625	0.7	3.7	8.3
6	Mel Riebe	31	3	4.7	14.3	.326	4.7	6.7	.700	1.0	3.3	14.0
7	Ed Sadowski	30	3	6.3	18.3	.345	7.7	12.7	.605	2.0	5.7	20.3
8	Art Spector	27	3	0.7	3.0	.222	0.7	1.3	.500	0.0	3.0	2.0
9	Gene Stump	24	3	0.3	1.0	.333	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.7	0.7
	Team Totals		6	50.0	84.0	.298	51.3	77.0	.670	7.3	58.7	151.3