1951-52 Boston Celtics Game Log

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Record: 39-27, Finished 2nd in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Red Auerbach (39-27)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 91.3 (1st of 10) Opp PTS/G: 87.2 (8th of 10)

SRS: 3.60 (3rd of 10) Pace: 100.0 (1st of 10)

Off Rtg: 90.4 (2nd of 10) Def Rtg: 86.4 (4th of 10) Net Rtg: +4.0 (3rd of 10)

Expected W-L: 43-23 (3rd of 10)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 160,167 (1st of 1)

NBA 1952 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (1-2) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1951-11-04		INO	W	97	65	38	83	.458				21	29	.724		59	34				20	23	74	.311				19	28	.679		40	17				22
2	2	1951-11-10	N	PHW	W	83	69	36	89	.404				11	18	.611		43	32				15	26	80	.325				17	20	.850		47	21				17
3	3	1951-11-11		MNL	W	77	72	28	75	.373				21	35	.600		66	22				18	29	93	.312				14	33	.424		61	22				28
4	4	1951-11-14		FTW	W	98	91	33	97	.340				32	47	.681		66	26				29	31	84	.369				29	39	.744		77	21				39
5	5	1951-11-15	@	SYR	L	95	97	37						21	36	.583							34	33						31	45	.689							31
6	6	1951-11-17	@	BLB	W	88	75	33						22	30	.733							22	28						19	28	.679							27
7	7	1951-11-18		NYK	L	92	93	31	89	.348				30	41	.732			29				20	34	91	.374				25	28	.893			31				31
8	8	1951-11-22		MLH	W	103	72	35	86	.407				33	43	.767			31				21	25	85	.294				22	33	.667			22				30
9	9	1951-11-23	@	PHW	W	102	100	35	79	.443				32	43	.744		47	32				34	36	98	.367				28	34	.824		60	32				33
10	10	1951-11-24	@	NYK	W	70	68	27	87	.310				16	24	.667			18				22	24	79	.304				20	26	.769			20				21
11	11	1951-11-25		PHW	W	103	85	40	102	.392				23	36	.639		75	34				24	34	107	.318				17	31	.548		59	30				26
12	12	1951-11-28	@	MNL	L	76	90	25	73	.342				26	37	.703							19	36	98	.367				18	26	.692							23
13	13	1951-11-30	@	INO	L	87	92	33						21	25	.840							29	33						26	35	.743							21
14	14	1951-12-02		BLB	W	103	82	38	99	.384				27	40	.675		71	33				29	29	112	.259				24	37	.649		80	19				30
15	15	1951-12-05		FTW	L	88	91	31	81	.383				26	38	.684			26				20	34	78	.436				23	27	.852			33				30
16	16	1951-12-09		NYK	W	103	94	35	77	.455				33	46	.717			33				26	37	85	.435				20	29	.690			31				36
17	17	1951-12-11	@	PHW	L	78	79	24	81	.296				30	41	.732		55	18				23	27	79	.342				25	32	.781		55	22				32
18	18	1951-12-12		MLH	W	89	84	30	81	.370				29	39	.744			24				25	29	73	.397				26	34	.765			21				31
19	19	1951-12-16		PHW	W	92	90	33	87	.379				26	38	.684			27				30	32	80	.400				26	34	.765			24				33
20	20	1951-12-17	@	BLB	L	80	92	27						26	35	.743							35	32						28	42	.667							34
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1951-12-19		SYR	W	103	97	32	81	.395				39	47	.830			27				33	32	82	.390				33	44	.750			29				35
22	22	1951-12-21	N	BLB	W	106	89	39						28	32	.875							27	31						27	32	.844							24
23	23	1951-12-23		INO	W	91	88	34	110	.309				23	39	.590			31				17	35	96	.365				18	22	.818			32				28
24	24	1951-12-25	@	MNL	L	93	100	39	97	.402				15	20	.750							33	36	86	.419				28	36	.778							17
25	25	1951-12-26	@	FTW	L	86	94	28	89	.315				30	37	.811			20				38	30	73	.411				34	44	.773			22				29
26	26	1951-12-30		NYK	W	100	90	38	82	.463				24	35	.686			33				33	30	82	.366				30	43	.698			22				30
27	27	1951-12-31	@	NYK	L	86	87	28						30	43	.698							29	28						31	35	.886							36
28	28	1952-01-01	@	ROC	L	91	106	30						31	42	.738							24	39						28	31	.903							35
29	29	1952-01-03	@	SYR	L	81	107	25						31	42	.738							34	38						31	39	.795							32
30	30	1952-01-05	@	BLB	W	94	73	32						30	40	.750							25	24						25	34	.735							33
31	31	1952-01-06		ROC	W	91	80	34	81	.420				23	33	.697		60	29				24	31	90	.344				18	30	.600		50	24				28
32	32	1952-01-08	@	MLH	W	83	76	29						25	35	.714							25	27						22	29	.759							29
33	33	1952-01-10	@	FTW	W	94	85	33	71	.465				28	43	.651			27				23	31	91	.341				23	29	.793			27				33
34	34	1952-01-11	@	INO	L	79	100	31						17	23	.739							14	42						16	21	.762							17
35	35	1952-01-16		MNL	L	94	108	34	86	.395				26	34	.765			30				27	42	109	.385				24	33	.727			31				26
36	36	1952-01-20		INO	W	117	98	47	111	.423				23	27	.852			34				19	42	99	.424				14	23	.609			21				22
37	37	1952-01-23		BLB	W	117	75	50	111	.450				16	20	.800			38				16	31	100	.310				13	19	.684			23				18
38	38	1952-01-26		PHW	L	85	89	30	87	.345				25	34	.735			24				28	33	75	.440				23	32	.719			28				28
39	39	1952-01-27	@	SYR	L	86	91	24						38	45	.844							34	29						33	45	.733							36
40	40	1952-01-29	@	PHW	L	96	97	29	91	.319				38	49	.776		53	19				40	30	72	.417				37	44	.841		56	26				39
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1952-02-01	N	MLH	W	100	77	35						30	37	.811							27	28						21	33	.636							27
42	42	1952-02-02	@	NYK	L	83	91	32						19	26	.731							21	35						21	24	.875							22
43	43	1952-02-03		NYK	W	100	95	29	68	.426				42	50	.840			25				30	35	82	.427				25	38	.658			33				41
44	44	1952-02-06		SYR	W	99	88	32	71	.451				35	45	.778			28				29	31	84	.369				26	33	.788			25				39
45	45	1952-02-09	@	ROC	L	100	104	38						24	32	.750							23	40						24	28	.857							26
46	46	1952-02-10		ROC	L	97	111	33	102	.324				31	49	.633			23				40	39	75	.520				33	44	.750			31				37
47	47	1952-02-14	@	FTW	L	90	94	30	74	.405				30	45	.667			26				36	32	86	.372				30	42	.714			25				35
48	48	1952-02-16	N	MNL	W	77	75	20	70	.286				37	46	.804							27	26	92	.283				23	31	.742							39
49	49	1952-02-17	N	MLH	L	95	97	32	81	.395				31	45	.689							39	31	73	.425				35	51	.686							36
50	50	1952-02-18	N	MLH	W	106	84	42						22	29	.759							25	27						30	38	.789							21
51	51	1952-02-19	@	INO	L	81	82	27						27	33	.818							19	33						16	22	.727							26
52	52	1952-02-21		FTW	W	88	67	35						18	26	.692							27	21						25	41	.610							23
53	53	1952-02-24	@	SYR	W	77	75	24						29	42	.690							32	24						27	42	.643							35
54	54	1952-02-27		SYR	W	88	81	32	83	.386				24	27	.889			27				24	29	84	.345				23	34	.676			23				23
55	55	1952-02-28	N	ROC	W	91	72	32						27	37	.730							16	29						14	20	.700							31
56	56	1952-03-01	@	NYK	L	86	105	28						30	42	.714							30	39						27	35	.771							32
57	57	1952-03-02		NYK	L	87	89	29	72	.403				29	42	.690			21				27	31	73	.425				27	32	.844			28				30
58	58	1952-03-04	N	BLB	W	91	80	28						35	48	.729							22	29						22	26	.846							36
59	59	1952-03-05		MNL	W	82	74	27	59	.458				28	37	.757			25				27	23	80	.288				28	33	.848			13				32
60	60	1952-03-08	@	BLB	W	100	77	43						14	23	.609							28	26						25	33	.758							17
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1952-03-09		BLB	W	89	72	32	90	.356				25	33	.758			28				18	28	81	.346				16	19	.842			26				29
62	62	1952-03-11	@	PHW	W	88	84	33	77	.429				22	28	.786		56	16				19	34	85	.400				16	23	.696		45	24				23
63	63	1952-03-12		SYR	L	71	89	23						25	33	.758							36	28						33	43	.767							30
64	64	1952-03-13	@	SYR	L	70	89	22						26	36	.722							29	29						31	41	.756							29
65	65	1952-03-15	@	ROC	W	118	106	41						36	45	.800							21	42						22	28	.786							35
66	66	1952-03-16		PHW	W	96	89	36	90	.400				24	26	.923			32				20	33	92	.359				23	29	.793			25				20

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