1951-52 Boston Celtics Schedule and Results

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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 Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sun, Nov 4, 1951	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W		97	65	1	0	W 1	3,012
2	Sat, Nov 10, 1951	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		83	69	2	0	W 2	16,127		at New York, NY
3	Sun, Nov 11, 1951	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		77	72	3	0	W 3	13,909
4	Wed, Nov 14, 1951	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	OT	98	91	4	0	W 4	2,123
5	Thu, Nov 15, 1951	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		95	97	4	1	L 1	5,070
6	Sat, Nov 17, 1951	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		88	75	5	1	W 1
7	Sun, Nov 18, 1951	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		92	93	5	2	L 1	3,106
8	Thu, Nov 22, 1951	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		103	72	6	2	W 1	5,502
9	Fri, Nov 23, 1951	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W	OT	102	100	7	2	W 2	3,500
10	Sat, Nov 24, 1951	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		70	68	8	2	W 3	9,639
11	Sun, Nov 25, 1951	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		103	85	9	2	W 4	3,081
12	Wed, Nov 28, 1951	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		76	90	9	3	L 1	5,314
13	Fri, Nov 30, 1951	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L		87	92	9	4	L 2	4,199
14	Sun, Dec 2, 1951	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		103	82	10	4	W 1	2,520
15	Wed, Dec 5, 1951	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	L		88	91	10	5	L 1	2,523
16	Sun, Dec 9, 1951	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		103	94	11	5	W 1	10,288
17	Tue, Dec 11, 1951	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		78	79	11	6	L 1	8,112
18	Wed, Dec 12, 1951	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		89	84	12	6	W 1	3,500
19	Sun, Dec 16, 1951	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W	OT	92	90	13	6	W 2	3,402
20	Mon, Dec 17, 1951	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		80	92	13	7	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Wed, Dec 19, 1951	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		103	97	14	7	W 1	4,168
22	Fri, Dec 21, 1951	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		106	89	15	7	W 2	2,227		at Providence, RI
23	Sun, Dec 23, 1951	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W	OT	91	88	16	7	W 3	4,861
24	Tue, Dec 25, 1951	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		93	100	16	8	L 1	5,101
25	Wed, Dec 26, 1951	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		86	94	16	9	L 2
26	Sun, Dec 30, 1951	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		100	90	17	9	W 1	7,045
27	Mon, Dec 31, 1951	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L	OT	86	87	17	10	L 1	14,189
28	Tue, Jan 1, 1952	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		91	106	17	11	L 2	3,328
29	Thu, Jan 3, 1952	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		81	107	17	12	L 3	6,608
30	Sat, Jan 5, 1952	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		94	73	18	12	W 1
31	Sun, Jan 6, 1952	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		91	80	19	12	W 2	6,883
32	Tue, Jan 8, 1952	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W		83	76	20	12	W 3	2,856
33	Thu, Jan 10, 1952	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		94	85	21	12	W 4	3,000
34	Fri, Jan 11, 1952	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L		79	100	21	13	L 1
35	Wed, Jan 16, 1952	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		94	108	21	14	L 2	10,084
36	Sun, Jan 20, 1952	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W		117	98	22	14	W 1	7,217
37	Wed, Jan 23, 1952	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		117	75	23	14	W 2	3,488
38	Sat, Jan 26, 1952	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		85	89	23	15	L 1	8,230
39	Sun, Jan 27, 1952	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		86	91	23	16	L 2	7,420
40	Tue, Jan 29, 1952	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		96	97	23	17	L 3	4,091
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Fri, Feb 1, 1952	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		100	77	24	17	W 1	3,100		at Worcester, MA
42	Sat, Feb 2, 1952	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		83	91	24	18	L 1	5,000
43	Sun, Feb 3, 1952	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		100	95	25	18	W 1	5,239
44	Wed, Feb 6, 1952	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		99	88	26	18	W 2	5,197
45	Sat, Feb 9, 1952	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		100	104	26	19	L 1	3,366
46	Sun, Feb 10, 1952	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L		97	111	26	20	L 2	5,622
47	Thu, Feb 14, 1952	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		90	94	26	21	L 3
48	Sat, Feb 16, 1952	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		77	75	27	21	W 1	8,933		at Saint Paul, MN
49	Sun, Feb 17, 1952	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	L		95	97	27	22	L 1			at Moline, IL
50	Mon, Feb 18, 1952	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		106	84	28	22	W 1	1,300		at Hammond, IN
51	Tue, Feb 19, 1952	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L		81	82	28	23	L 1
52	Thu, Feb 21, 1952	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		88	67	29	23	W 1	2,368
53	Sun, Feb 24, 1952	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		77	75	30	23	W 2	7,428
54	Wed, Feb 27, 1952	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		88	81	31	23	W 3	13,279
55	Thu, Feb 28, 1952	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	W		91	72	32	23	W 4	12,400		at Raleigh, NC
56	Sat, Mar 1, 1952	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		86	105	32	24	L 1	4,500
57	Sun, Mar 2, 1952	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		87	89	32	25	L 2	4,503
58	Tue, Mar 4, 1952	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		91	80	33	25	W 1	13,430		at New York, NY
59	Wed, Mar 5, 1952	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		82	74	34	25	W 2	4,016
60	Sat, Mar 8, 1952	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		100	77	35	25	W 3	3,500
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sun, Mar 9, 1952	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		89	72	36	25	W 4	8,394
62	Tue, Mar 11, 1952	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		88	84	37	25	W 5	5,000
63	Wed, Mar 12, 1952	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		71	89	37	26	L 1	4,006
64	Thu, Mar 13, 1952	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		70	89	37	27	L 2	7,002
65	Sat, Mar 15, 1952	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		118	106	38	27	W 1	4,040
66	Sun, Mar 16, 1952	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		96	89	39	27	W 2	3,108

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.
1	Wed, Mar 19, 1952	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		105	94	1	0	W 1	4,567
2	Sun, Mar 23, 1952	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		97	101	1	1	L 1	8,329
3	Wed, Mar 26, 1952	Box Score		New York Knicks	L	2OT	87	88	1	2	L 2	10,018

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