1952-53 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats

Record: 46-25, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Red Auerbach (46-25)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 88.1 (1st of 10) Opp PTS/G: 85.8 (8th of 10)

SRS: 1.94 (5th of 10) Pace: 94.7 (3rd of 10)

Off Rtg: 91.7 (1st of 10) Def Rtg: 89.3 (8th of 10) Net Rtg: +2.5 (5th of 10)

Expected W-L: 42-29 (5th of 10)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 161,808 (1st of 1)

NBA 1953 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Syracuse Nationals (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Division Finals (1-3) versus New York Knicks (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
18	Bob Brannum	PF	6-5	215	May 28, 1926	us US	2	Kentucky, Michigan State
17	Gene Conley	PF	6-8	225	November 10, 1930	us US	R	Washington State
11	Chuck Cooper	SF	6-5	210	September 29, 1926	us US	2	Duquesne
14	Bob Cousy	PG	6-1	175	August 9, 1928	us US	2	Holy Cross
12	Bob Donham	SG	6-2	190	October 11, 1926	us US	2	Ohio State
13	Bob Harris	SF	6-7	195	March 16, 1927	us US	3	Oklahoma State
	Kleggie Hermsen	C-F	6-9	225	March 12, 1923	us US	5	Minnesota
22	Ed Macauley	C	6-8	185	March 22, 1928	us US	3	Saint Louis
16	John Mahnken	C	6-8	220	June 16, 1922	us US	6	Georgetown
19	Mo Mahoney	F	6-2	205	November 20, 1927	us US	R	Brown University
4	Kenny Rollins	PG	6-0	168	September 14, 1923	us US	2	Kentucky
21	Bill Sharman	SG	6-1	175	May 25, 1926	us US	2	USC

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

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Ed Macauley	24	C	69	42.1	6.5	14.4	.452	7.2	9.7	.750	9.1	4.1	2.7	20.3	AS,NBA1
2	Bob Cousy	24	PG	71	41.5	6.5	18.6	.352	6.7	8.3	.816	6.3	7.7	3.2	19.8	AS,NBA1
3	Bill Sharman	26	SG	71	32.9	5.7	13.0	.436	4.8	5.6	.850	4.1	2.7	3.4	16.2	AS,NBA2
4	Chuck Cooper	26	SF	70	28.5	2.2	6.7	.337	2.1	2.7	.758	6.3	1.6	3.7	6.5
5	Bob Harris	25	SF	70	28.2	2.7	6.6	.418	1.9	3.2	.588	6.9	1.4	3.4	7.4
6	Bob Brannum	26	PF	71	26.8	2.6	7.6	.348	1.5	2.6	.595	7.6	2.1	4.0	6.8
7	Bob Donham	26	SG	71	20.2	2.4	5.0	.479	1.6	3.4	.471	3.4	2.2	3.0	6.4
8	Gene Conley	22	PF	39	11.8	0.9	2.8	.324	0.5	0.8	.581	4.4	0.5	1.9	2.3
9	John Mahnken	30	C	69	11.2	1.1	3.7	.302	0.6	0.8	.696	2.6	1.1	1.6	2.8
10	Kenny Rollins	29	PG	43	9.9	0.9	2.7	.330	0.5	0.6	.815	1.0	1.1	1.5	2.3
11	Mo Mahoney	25		6	5.7	0.7	1.7	.400	0.7	0.8	.800	1.2	0.2	1.2	2.0
12	Kleggie Hermsen	29		4	5.5	0.0	2.3	.000	0.3	0.5	.500	1.8	0.0	1.5	0.3
	Team Totals					30.7	78.2	.392	26.8	36.9	.728	54.4	23.5	26.9	88.1

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Ed Macauley	24	C	6	46.3	5.2	11.8	.437	6.5	9.0	.722	9.7	3.5	3.8	16.8
2	Bob Cousy	24	PG	6	45.0	7.7	20.0	.383	10.2	12.2	.836	4.2	6.2	3.5	25.5
3	Bill Sharman	26	SG	6	33.5	3.3	10.0	.333	5.0	5.3	.938	2.5	2.5	4.3	11.7
4	Chuck Cooper	26	SF	6	32.5	3.2	8.0	.396	3.7	4.5	.815	6.5	2.3	4.5	10.0
5	Bob Harris	25	SF	6	32.2	2.7	5.8	.457	3.0	4.0	.750	9.3	2.0	4.7	8.3
6	Bob Donham	26	SG	6	23.0	1.8	6.3	.289	1.8	4.5	.407	3.5	2.2	4.0	5.5
7	Bob Brannum	26	PF	6	13.8	2.0	3.8	.522	1.2	1.8	.636	3.5	1.7	3.8	5.2
8	John Mahnken	30	C	6	12.0	0.0	1.7	.000	0.8	0.8	1.000	3.2	1.0	2.7	0.8
9	Mo Mahoney	25		4	11.3	0.8	3.5	.214	0.8	1.3	.600	1.8	0.5	3.5	2.3
10	Kenny Rollins	29	PG	6	10.8	1.0	2.5	.400	1.3	1.3	1.000	1.3	1.2	2.3	3.3
	Team Totals				51.3	27.3	62.7	.436	34.0	45.0	.756	26.0	20.0	37.0	88.7

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Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Bob Cousy	24	PG	71	2945	5.7	16.1	.352	5.9	7.2	.816	5.5	6.7	2.8	17.2	AS,NBA1
2	Ed Macauley	24	C	69	2902	5.6	12.4	.452	6.2	8.3	.750	7.8	3.5	2.3	17.4	AS,NBA1
3	Bill Sharman	26	SG	71	2333	6.2	14.3	.436	5.3	6.2	.850	4.4	2.9	3.7	17.7	AS,NBA2
4	Chuck Cooper	26	SF	70	1994	2.8	8.4	.337	2.6	3.4	.758	7.9	2.0	4.7	8.3
5	Bob Harris	25	SF	70	1971	3.5	8.4	.418	2.4	4.1	.588	8.9	1.7	4.3	9.4
6	Bob Brannum	26	PF	71	1900	3.6	10.3	.348	2.1	3.5	.595	10.2	2.8	5.4	9.2
7	Bob Donham	26	SG	71	1435	4.2	8.9	.479	2.8	6.0	.471	6.0	3.8	5.3	11.3
8	John Mahnken	30	C	69	771	3.5	11.8	.302	1.8	2.6	.696	8.5	3.5	5.1	8.9
9	Gene Conley	22	PF	39	461	2.7	8.4	.324	1.4	2.4	.581	13.4	1.5	5.8	6.9
10	Kenny Rollins	29	PG	43	426	3.2	9.7	.330	1.9	2.3	.815	3.8	3.9	5.3	8.3
11	Mo Mahoney	25		6	34	4.2	10.6	.400	4.2	5.3	.800	7.4	1.1	7.4	12.7
12	Kleggie Hermsen	29		4	22	0.0	14.7	.000	1.6	3.3	.500	11.5	0.0	9.8	1.6

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Ed Macauley	24	C	6	278	4.0	9.2	.437	5.1	7.0	.722	7.5	2.7	3.0	13.1
2	Bob Cousy	24	PG	6	270	6.1	16.0	.383	8.1	9.7	.836	3.3	4.9	2.8	20.4
3	Bill Sharman	26	SG	6	201	3.6	10.7	.333	5.4	5.7	.938	2.7	2.7	4.7	12.5
4	Chuck Cooper	26	SF	6	195	3.5	8.9	.396	4.1	5.0	.815	7.2	2.6	5.0	11.1
5	Bob Harris	25	SF	6	193	3.0	6.5	.457	3.4	4.5	.750	10.4	2.2	5.2	9.3
6	Bob Donham	26	SG	6	138	2.9	9.9	.289	2.9	7.0	.407	5.5	3.4	6.3	8.6
7	Bob Brannum	26	PF	6	83	5.2	10.0	.522	3.0	4.8	.636	9.1	4.3	10.0	13.4
8	John Mahnken	30	C	6	72	0.0	5.0	.000	2.5	2.5	1.000	9.5	3.0	8.0	2.5
9	Kenny Rollins	29	PG	6	65	3.3	8.3	.400	4.4	4.4	1.000	4.4	3.9	7.8	11.1
10	Mo Mahoney	25		4	45	2.4	11.2	.214	2.4	4.0	.600	5.6	1.6	11.2	7.2