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1947-48 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats

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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

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

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

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

Team Misc

Per Game

Regular Season

Playoffs

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

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	AST	PF	PTS
1	Mike Bloom	33	3	3.7	14.0	.262	3.7	14.0	.262	.262	4.7	6.3	.737	0.7	3.3	12.0
2	Jack Garfinkel	29	3	2.3	7.7	.304	2.3	7.7	.304	.304	2.7	3.3	.800	2.3	5.0	7.3
3	Saul Mariaschin	23	3	3.3	14.0	.238	3.3	14.0	.238	.238	3.0	4.7	.643	0.3	4.0	9.7
4	George Munroe	26	3	0.3	1.7	.200	0.3	1.7	.200	.200	0.7	0.7	1.000	0.3	0.7	1.3
5	Stan Noszka	27	3	3.3	10.0	.333	3.3	10.0	.333	.333	1.7	2.7	.625	0.7	3.7	8.3
6	Mel Riebe	31	3	4.7	14.3	.326	4.7	14.3	.326	.326	4.7	6.7	.700	1.0	3.3	14.0
7	Ed Sadowski	32	3	6.3	18.3	.345	6.3	18.3	.345	.345	7.7	12.7	.605	2.0	5.7	20.3
8	Art Spector	27	3	0.7	3.0	.222	0.7	3.0	.222	.222	0.7	1.3	.500	0.0	3.0	2.0
9	Gene Stump	22	3	0.3	1.0	.333	0.3	1.0	.333	.333	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.7	0.7

Totals

Regular Season

Playoffs

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	AST	PF	PTS
1	Mike Bloom	33	14	46	169	.272	46	169	.272	.272	37	57	.649	14	37	129
2	Chuck Connors	26	4	5	13	.385	5	13	.385	.385	2	3	.667	1	5	12
3	Bulbs Ehlers	24	40	104	417	.249	104	417	.249	.249	78	144	.542	44	92	286
4	Jack Garfinkel	29	43	114	380	.300	114	380	.300	.300	35	46	.761	59	78	263
5	Cecil Hankins	26	25	23	116	.198	23	116	.198	.198	24	35	.686	8	28	70
6	Jack Hewson	23	24	22	89	.247	22	89	.247	.247	21	30	.700	1	39	65
7	Charlie Hoefer	26	7	3	19	.158	3	19	.158	.158	4	8	.500	3	17	10
8	John Janisch	27	3	1	7	.143	1	7	.143	.143	1	2	.500	0	3	3
9	Saul Mariaschin	23	43	125	463	.270	125	463	.270	.270	83	117	.709	60	121	333
10	George Munroe	26	21	27	91	.297	27	91	.297	.297	17	26	.654	3	20	71
11	Stan Noszka	27	22	27	97	.278	27	97	.278	.278	24	35	.686	4	52	78
12	Mel Riebe	31	48	202	653	.309	202	653	.309	.309	85	137	.620	41	137	489
13	Ed Sadowski	32	47	308	953	.323	308	953	.323	.323	294	422	.697	74	182	910
14	Connie Simmons	22	32	108	366	.295	108	366	.295	.295	32	54	.593	17	82	248
15	Art Spector	27	48	67	243	.276	67	243	.276	.276	60	92	.652	17	106	194
16	Gene Stump	22	43	59	247	.239	59	247	.239	.239	24	38	.632	18	66	142
			48	1241	4323	.287	1241	4323	.287	.287	821	1246	.659	364	1065	3303

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	AST	PF	PTS
1	Mike Bloom	33	3	11	42	.262	11	42	.262	.262	14	19	.737	2	10	36
2	Jack Garfinkel	29	3	7	23	.304	7	23	.304	.304	8	10	.800	7	15	22
3	Saul Mariaschin	23	3	10	42	.238	10	42	.238	.238	9	14	.643	1	12	29
4	George Munroe	26	3	1	5	.200	1	5	.200	.200	2	2	1.000	1	2	4
5	Stan Noszka	27	3	10	30	.333	10	30	.333	.333	5	8	.625	2	11	25
6	Mel Riebe	31	3	14	43	.326	14	43	.326	.326	14	20	.700	3	10	42
7	Ed Sadowski	32	3	19	55	.345	19	55	.345	.345	23	38	.605	6	17	61
8	Art Spector	27	3	2	9	.222	2	9	.222	.222	2	4	.500	0	9	6
9	Gene Stump	22	3	1	3	.333	1	3	.333	.333	0	0		0	2	2

Advanced

Regular Season

Playoffs

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	TS%	FTr	OWS	DWS	WS
1	Mike Bloom	33	14	.332	.337	0.4	0.1	0.5
2	Chuck Connors	26	4	.419	.231	0.1	0.0	0.1
3	Bulbs Ehlers	24	40	.298	.345	-0.4	0.2	-0.2
4	Jack Garfinkel	29	43	.329	.121	0.9	0.2	1.1
5	Cecil Hankins	26	25	.266	.302	-0.5	0.1	-0.4
6	Jack Hewson	23	24	.318	.337	0.0	0.1	0.1
7	Charlie Hoefer	26	7	.222	.421	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
8	John Janisch	27	3	.190	.286	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
9	Saul Mariaschin	23	43	.324	.253	0.8	0.3	1.1
10	George Munroe	26	21	.347	.286	0.3	0.0	0.3
11	Stan Noszka	27	22	.347	.361	0.3	0.1	0.4
12	Mel Riebe	31	48	.343	.210	1.9	0.3	2.2
13	Ed Sadowski	32	47	.400	.443	8.9	0.5	9.3
14	Connie Simmons	22	32	.318	.148	0.2	0.2	0.3
15	Art Spector	27	48	.342	.379	0.8	0.2	1.0
16	Gene Stump	22	43	.269	.154	-0.9	0.1	-0.8

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	TS%	FTr	OWS	DWS	WS
1	Mike Bloom	33	3	.357	.452	0.2	-0.1	0.1
2	Jack Garfinkel	29	3	.401	.435	0.2	-0.1	0.1
3	Saul Mariaschin	23	3	.301	.333	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1
4	George Munroe	26	3	.340	.400	0.0	0.0	0.0
5	Stan Noszka	27	3	.373	.267	0.2	-0.1	0.1
6	Mel Riebe	31	3	.405	.465	0.4	-0.1	0.3
7	Ed Sadowski	32	3	.425	.691	0.6	-0.1	0.5
8	Art Spector	27	3	.279	.444	0.0	0.0	-0.1
9	Gene Stump	22	3	.333	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0

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