1952-53 Boston Celtics Schedule and Results

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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)

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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	Fri, Oct 31, 1952	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	W		83	68	1	0	W 1	5,200
2	Sat, Nov 1, 1952	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		91	94	1	1	L 1	5,359
3	Sat, Nov 8, 1952	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		106	83	2	1	W 1	5,874
4	Tue, Nov 11, 1952	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		92	101	2	2	L 1	13,909
5	Thu, Nov 13, 1952	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		81	96	2	3	L 2	3,493
6	Sat, Nov 15, 1952	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		68	79	2	4	L 3	12,138
7	Sun, Nov 16, 1952	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		96	87	3	4	W 1	2,723
8	Wed, Nov 19, 1952	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		91	77	4	4	W 2	1,815		at Baltimore, MD
9	Sat, Nov 22, 1952	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W	OT	96	91	5	4	W 3	3,133
10	Sun, Nov 23, 1952	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		102	100	6	4	W 4	2,507
11	Wed, Nov 26, 1952	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		93	92	7	4	W 5	3,748
12	Thu, Nov 27, 1952	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		83	70	8	4	W 6	3,500
13	Sat, Nov 29, 1952	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		78	71	9	4	W 7	14,831		at New York, NY
14	Sun, Nov 30, 1952	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		66	78	9	5	L 1	4,421
15	Wed, Dec 3, 1952	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L	OT	102	106	9	6	L 2	7,034
16	Thu, Dec 4, 1952	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	L		73	90	9	7	L 3	9,000		at New York, NY
17	Sat, Dec 6, 1952	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		88	83	10	7	W 1	4,725
18	Tue, Dec 9, 1952	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		86	72	11	7	W 2	8,000		at New York, NY
19	Wed, Dec 10, 1952	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		103	97	12	7	W 3			at Baltimore, MD
20	Thu, Dec 11, 1952	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		94	88	13	7	W 4			at Philadelphia, PA
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sat, Dec 13, 1952	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		82	78	14	7	W 5	5,194
22	Sun, Dec 14, 1952	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		83	73	15	7	W 6
23	Thu, Dec 18, 1952	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		88	83	16	7	W 7			at Philadelphia, PA
24	Sat, Dec 20, 1952	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		91	77	17	7	W 8	7,911
25	Sun, Dec 21, 1952	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		86	90	17	8	L 1
26	Thu, Dec 25, 1952	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		84	97	17	9	L 2	13,825
27	Fri, Dec 26, 1952	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L		74	85	17	10	L 3	4,896
28	Sat, Dec 27, 1952	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		71	94	17	11	L 4
29	Sun, Dec 28, 1952	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		89	66	18	11	W 1	7,956
30	Wed, Dec 31, 1952	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		97	87	19	11	W 2	2,965
31	Thu, Jan 1, 1953	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W	OT	83	81	20	11	W 3	2,890
32	Sat, Jan 3, 1953	Box Score	N	Indianapolis Olympians	W		78	63	21	11	W 4	14,107		at New York, NY
33	Sun, Jan 4, 1953	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		103	100	22	11	W 5	3,567
34	Wed, Jan 7, 1953	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		84	82	23	11	W 6	3,500
35	Thu, Jan 8, 1953	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	W	OT	88	85	24	11	W 7	9,000		at New York, NY
36	Fri, Jan 9, 1953	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	L		90	94	24	12	L 1	3,243		at Worcester, MA
37	Sat, Jan 10, 1953	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		105	126	24	13	L 2	3,500
38	Sun, Jan 11, 1953	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		131	87	25	13	W 1	2,805
39	Thu, Jan 15, 1953	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		85	91	25	14	L 1
40	Fri, Jan 16, 1953	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W		100	90	26	14	W 1	3,340
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sun, Jan 18, 1953	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		99	83	27	14	W 2	13,909
42	Wed, Jan 21, 1953	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		94	84	28	14	W 3	8,500
43	Thu, Jan 22, 1953	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		89	112	28	15	L 1	3,500		at Philadelphia, PA
44	Fri, Jan 23, 1953	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L		85	90	28	16	L 2	6,105
45	Sun, Jan 25, 1953	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		82	87	28	17	L 3	6,144
46	Tue, Jan 27, 1953	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		80	58	29	17	W 1	4,024		at Indianapolis, IN
47	Thu, Jan 29, 1953	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		98	111	29	18	L 1
48	Sat, Jan 31, 1953	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		69	76	29	19	L 2	5,200
49	Sun, Feb 1, 1953	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L		86	109	29	20	L 3	9,736
50	Wed, Feb 4, 1953	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		105	92	30	20	W 1	5,179
51	Sat, Feb 7, 1953	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W	OT	101	98	31	20	W 2
52	Sun, Feb 8, 1953	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		87	79	32	20	W 3	6,273
53	Thu, Feb 12, 1953	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		91	92	32	21	L 1
54	Fri, Feb 13, 1953	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		77	74	33	21	W 1	4,029
55	Sun, Feb 15, 1953	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W		89	76	34	21	W 2	4,599
56	Tue, Feb 17, 1953	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		65	84	34	22	L 1	12,124		at New York, NY
57	Wed, Feb 18, 1953	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		69	66	35	22	W 1	5,772		at Providence, RI
58	Sat, Feb 21, 1953	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		90	86	36	22	W 2	1,774
59	Sun, Feb 22, 1953	Box Score		New York Knicks	W	OT	87	83	37	22	W 3	6,638
60	Wed, Feb 25, 1953	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		87	80	38	22	W 4	6,252
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Thu, Feb 26, 1953	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		82	81	39	22	W 5	3,500		at Philadelphia, PA
62	Sat, Feb 28, 1953	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		85	92	39	23	L 1	4,061
63	Tue, Mar 3, 1953	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W	OT	95	94	40	23	W 1	10,027		at New York, NY
64	Wed, Mar 4, 1953	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		82	75	41	23	W 2	2,320		at Baltimore, MD
65	Fri, Mar 6, 1953	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		100	85	42	23	W 3	13,909
66	Sun, Mar 8, 1953	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		89	78	43	23	W 4	13,743
67	Wed, Mar 11, 1953	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		98	92	44	23	W 5	5,500
68	Thu, Mar 12, 1953	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		70	84	44	24	L 1	4,658
69	Sun, Mar 15, 1953	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		103	87	45	24	W 1	3,606
70	Mon, Mar 16, 1953	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		92	78	46	24	W 2			at Worcester, MA
71	Tue, Mar 17, 1953	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		68	72	46	25	L 1	2,834

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Thu, Mar 19, 1953	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		87	81	1	0	W 1	3,000
2	Sat, Mar 21, 1953	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W	4OT	111	105	2	0	W 2	11,058
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
3	Wed, Mar 25, 1953	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		91	95	2	1	L 1	9,243
4	Thu, Mar 26, 1953	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		86	70	3	1	W 1	13,909
5	Sat, Mar 28, 1953	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		82	101	3	2	L 1	8,133
6	Sun, Mar 29, 1953	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		75	82	3	3	L 2	13,909

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