1953-54 Boston Celtics Game Log

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Record: 42-30, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Red Auerbach (42-30)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 87.7 (1st of 9) Opp PTS/G: 85.4 (9th of 9)

SRS: 1.97 (4th of 9) Pace: 93.0 (3rd of 9)

Off Rtg: 92.5 (1st of 9) Def Rtg: 90.0 (8th of 9) Net Rtg: +2.5 (4th of 9)

Expected W-L: 43-29 (4th of 9)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 156,912 (1st of 1)

NBA 1954 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Round-Robin (0-2) versus Syracuse Nationals (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Division Round-Robin (2-0) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Division Finals (0-2) versus Syracuse Nationals (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	1953-11-01		MNL	L	79	84	29	82	.354				21	38	.553		55	26				24	30	79	.380				24	33	.727		69	22				26
2	2	1953-11-05	@	FTW	L	79	83	33						13	28	.464							27	28						27	37	.730							23
3	3	1953-11-07	@	PHW	W	79	77	26	68	.382				27	34	.794		38	21				21	29	83	.349				19	27	.704		58	21				23
4	4	1953-11-11		PHW	L	72	78	23	75	.307				26	35	.743			20				37	24	60	.400				30	43	.698			19				30
5	5	1953-11-14		SYR	W	77	66	21	56	.375				35	41	.854		54	16				24	23	80	.288				20	29	.690		48	17				32
6	6	1953-11-15	N	MNL	L	74	89	24						26	37	.703							21	34						21	31	.677							30
7	7	1953-11-17	N	ROC	L	73	92	27						19	30	.633							24	34						24	31	.774							22
8	8	1953-11-21		FTW	W	90	68	37	84	.440				16	26	.615			30				27	20	61	.328				28	37	.757			15				18
9	9	1953-11-24	N	NYK	L	92	103	33	86	.384				26	30	.867		46	28				33	33	77	.429				37	45	.822		53	26				24
10	10	1953-11-25		NYK	W	96	84	33	86	.384				30	37	.811			26				31	27	70	.386				30	40	.750			19				31
11	11	1953-11-26	@	SYR	L	86	93	25	74	.338				36	47	.766		48	19				37	28	85	.329				37	52	.712		45	23				35
12	12	1953-11-28	N	SYR	W	91	80	26	66	.394				39	52	.750		45	20				32	25	80	.313				30	41	.732		54	15				38
13	13	1953-11-29	@	MNL	L	82	95	28	82	.341				26	35	.743							25	34	77	.442				27	36	.750							31
14	14	1953-12-01	N	PHW	W	89	86	34						21	30	.700							17	35						16	22	.727							27
15	15	1953-12-03	@	FTW	L	70	76	29						12	20	.600							26	26						24	35	.686							15
16	16	1953-12-05		MLH	W	97	79	36	81	.444				25	31	.806			21				16	31	85	.365				17	22	.773			23				24
17	17	1953-12-06	@	BLB	W	102	95	37						28	39	.718							26	35						25	34	.735							32
18	18	1953-12-08	@	ROC	L	79	97	27						25	38	.658							35	35						27	44	.614							29
19	19	1953-12-09	@	PHW	L	103	104	34	93	.366				35	45	.778		59	24				36	35	89	.393				34	46	.739		71	29				35
20	20	1953-12-10	@	NYK	W	113	108	35						43	52	.827							45	34						40	56	.714							44
								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	1953-12-12		BLB	W	106	75	43	92	.467				20	24	.833			32				21	27	78	.346				21	27	.778			22				17
22	22	1953-12-13	@	SYR	L	74	108	25	84	.298				24	34	.706		38	20				24	42	84	.500				24	32	.750		56	35				26
23	23	1953-12-15	N	FTW	W	82	75	31						20	32	.625							23	29						17	29	.586							25
24	24	1953-12-16		FTW	W	91	74	38	90	.422				15	23	.652			34				25	27	80	.338				20	31	.645			17				20
25	25	1953-12-19		SYR	L	83	90	30	78	.385				23	30	.767		56	27				28	29	77	.377				32	39	.821		43	23				23
26	26	1953-12-20	N	PHW	W	101	89	29	62	.468				43	56	.768		41	24				30	30	86	.349				29	43	.674		53	21				40
27	27	1953-12-21	N	MLH	W	90	74	33						24	35	.686							24	28						18	29	.621							26
28	28	1953-12-23	N	MLH	W	80	74	28						24	38	.632							18	27						20	29	.690							26
29	29	1953-12-25	@	FTW	L	79	108	27						25	34	.735							29	38						32	36	.889							26
30	30	1953-12-26	@	MLH	L	67	74	24						19	26	.731							25	26						22	32	.688							19
31	31	1953-12-27		ROC	W	98	72	36	80	.450				26	32	.813			31				23	27	78	.346				18	29	.621			20				17
32	32	1953-12-30	N	SYR	L	89	96	34						21	31	.677							35	34						28	39	.718							24
33	33	1953-12-31	@	NYK	W	95	74	31						33	41	.805							31	23						28	37	.757							34
34	34	1954-01-01		SYR	W	95	92	30	80	.375				35	48	.729			18				31	30	76	.395				32	43	.744			19				36
35	35	1954-01-02	@	BLB	W	92	77	33						26	36	.722							29	25						27	39	.692							26
36	36	1954-01-03		BLB	W	90	72	31						28	39	.718							21	29						14	23	.609							26
37	37	1954-01-04	N	BLB	W	77	73	25						27	36	.750							22	27						19	29	.655							27
38	38	1954-01-10	@	MNL	L	85	99	27	63	.429				31	39	.795							28	38	75	.507				23	34	.676							30
39	39	1954-01-13		MNL	W	88	84	27	67	.403				34	42	.810			23				22	30	73	.411				24	32	.750			28				32
40	40	1954-01-14	N	MLH	W	86	74	28						30	40	.750							30	20						34	41	.829							31
								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	1954-01-17		NYK	L	84	87	26	65	.400				32	44	.727		41	26				42	26	65	.400				35	52	.673		48	21				35
42	42	1954-01-19	@	PHW	L	73	89	25	66	.379				23	28	.821		38	22				30	31	72	.431				27	39	.692		46	28				21
43	43	1954-01-24		ROC	L	85	93	32	82	.390				21	24	.875			28				26	32	71	.451				29	38	.763			28				20
44	44	1954-01-26	N	BLB	W	94	69	36						22	29	.759							22	25						19	33	.576							19
45	45	1954-01-28	@	FTW	L	68	80	24						20	30	.667							27	30						20	33	.606							24
46	46	1954-01-29	@	MLH	L	70	82	22						26	40	.650							34	25						32	43	.744							30
47	47	1954-01-31	@	MNL	L	67	82	19	75	.253				29	41	.707							29	27	77	.351				28	36	.778							32
48	48	1954-02-03		ROC	W	88	81	31	81	.383				26	39	.667			30				28	27	79	.342				27	41	.659			20				28
49	49	1954-02-04	@	PHW	L	78	80	26	66	.394				26	33	.788		42	20				25	29	75	.387				22	32	.688		47	21				27
50	50	1954-02-06	@	ROC	W	104	81	40						24	36	.667							25	31						19	30	.633							28
51	51	1954-02-07		NYK	L	78	87	27	71	.380				24	31	.774			25				38	27	59	.458				33	45	.733			21				25
52	52	1954-02-08	N	BLB	W	87	75	33						21	36	.583							20	31						13	29	.448							26
53	53	1954-02-10		SYR	W	94	79	30	74	.405				34	45	.756			26				29	26	80	.325				27	41	.659			22				31
54	54	1954-02-11	N	NYK	W	84	81	29	75	.387				26	38	.684		57	24				29	26	73	.356				29	40	.725		48	16				30
55	55	1954-02-13	@	BLB	L	93	96	33						27	36	.750							27	34						28	38	.737							27
56	56	1954-02-14		NYK	W	103	89	42	72	.583				19	24	.792			37				28	35	79	.443				19	36	.528			28				18
57	57	1954-02-16	@	NYK	L	85	87	31						23	39	.590							33	25						37	49	.755							27
58	58	1954-02-18	@	MNL	W	105	92	39	67	.582				27	33	.818							23	34	89	.382				24	32	.750							24
59	59	1954-02-19	@	MLH	W	78	73	26						26	35	.743							24	24						25	32	.781							30
60	60	1954-02-21	N	PHW	W	95	85	35						25	36	.694							22	33						19	30	.633							27
								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	1954-02-22	N	BLB	W	111	110	45						21	30	.700							36	39						32	54	.593							22
62	62	1954-02-23	N	ROC	L	77	93	31						15	25	.600							21	36						21	27	.778							16
63	63	1954-02-25	@	SYR	W	101	96	36	83	.434				29	42	.690		42	28				29	32	74	.432				32	42	.762		30	32				30
64	64	1954-02-27	@	ROC	W	75	74	25	65	.385				25	34	.735							24	26	69	.377				22	34	.647							25
65	65	1954-02-28	N	MLH	W	93	74	31						31	37	.838							23	27						20	30	.667							26
66	66	1954-03-02	@	NYK	L	71	86	26						19	32	.594							33	29						28	43	.651							25
67	67	1954-03-05		MNL	W	128	106	48	90	.533				32	38	.842			41				34	37	79	.468				32	42	.762			26				29
68	68	1954-03-07		FTW	W	86	80	32	79	.405				22	29	.759			25				13	33	92	.359				14	17	.824			23				24
69	69	1954-03-11	@	SYR	L	95	97	27	77	.351				41	57	.719		44	16				48	25	68	.368				47	64	.734		51	14				45
70	70	1954-03-12	N	PHW	W	97	95	37						23	33	.697							26	37						21	33	.636							26
71	71	1954-03-13		BLB	W	97	85	39						19	27	.704							21	33						19	29	.655							23
72	72	1954-03-14		PHW	W	97	92	41	86	.477				15	25	.600			34				13	39	97	.402				14	22	.636			32				19

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