1953-54 Boston Celtics Schedule and Results

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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)
Advanced from Eastern Division Round Robin

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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 1, 1953	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		79	84	0	1	L 1	8,618
2	Thu, Nov 5, 1953	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		79	83	0	2	L 2
3	Sat, Nov 7, 1953	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		79	77	1	2	W 1	5,000
4	Wed, Nov 11, 1953	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		72	78	1	3	L 1	13,909
5	Sat, Nov 14, 1953	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		77	66	2	3	W 1	4,015
6	Sun, Nov 15, 1953	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		74	89	2	4	L 1	12,526		at New York, NY
7	Tue, Nov 17, 1953	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	L		73	92	2	5	L 2	6,200		at Buffalo, NY
8	Sat, Nov 21, 1953	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		90	68	3	5	W 1	4,784
9	Tue, Nov 24, 1953	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		92	103	3	6	L 1			at Philadelphia, PA
10	Wed, Nov 25, 1953	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		96	84	4	6	W 1	7,085
11	Thu, Nov 26, 1953	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		86	93	4	7	L 1	3,726
12	Sat, Nov 28, 1953	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		91	80	5	7	W 1	16,000		at New York, NY
13	Sun, Nov 29, 1953	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		82	95	5	8	L 1
14	Tue, Dec 1, 1953	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W	OT	89	86	6	8	W 1			at Milwaukee, WI
15	Thu, Dec 3, 1953	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		70	76	6	9	L 1
16	Sat, Dec 5, 1953	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		97	79	7	9	W 1	12,018
17	Sun, Dec 6, 1953	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W	OT	102	95	8	9	W 2
18	Tue, Dec 8, 1953	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		79	97	8	10	L 1	1,282
19	Wed, Dec 9, 1953	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L	OT	103	104	8	11	L 2	3,500
20	Thu, Dec 10, 1953	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W	2OT	113	108	9	11	W 1	7,813
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sat, Dec 12, 1953	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		106	75	10	11	W 2	7,020
22	Sun, Dec 13, 1953	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		74	108	10	12	L 1	3,249
23	Tue, Dec 15, 1953	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		82	75	11	12	W 1	14,000		at New York, NY
24	Wed, Dec 16, 1953	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		91	74	12	12	W 2	5,089
25	Sat, Dec 19, 1953	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		83	90	12	13	L 1	1,855
26	Sun, Dec 20, 1953	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		101	89	13	13	W 1	12,245		at New York, NY
27	Mon, Dec 21, 1953	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		90	74	14	13	W 2	10,462		at Buffalo, NY
28	Wed, Dec 23, 1953	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		80	74	15	13	W 3			at Baltimore, MD
29	Fri, Dec 25, 1953	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		79	108	15	14	L 1	5,481
30	Sat, Dec 26, 1953	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	L		67	74	15	15	L 2	8,462
31	Sun, Dec 27, 1953	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		98	72	16	15	W 1	5,491
32	Wed, Dec 30, 1953	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		89	96	16	16	L 1	3,300		at Baltimore, MD
33	Thu, Dec 31, 1953	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		95	74	17	16	W 1	7,000
34	Fri, Jan 1, 1954	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		95	92	18	16	W 2	5,853
35	Sat, Jan 2, 1954	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		92	77	19	16	W 3
36	Sun, Jan 3, 1954	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		90	72	20	16	W 4	5,150		at New Haven, CT
37	Mon, Jan 4, 1954	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		77	73	21	16	W 5	6,000		at Amherst, MA
38	Sun, Jan 10, 1954	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		85	99	21	17	L 1	4,132
39	Wed, Jan 13, 1954	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		88	84	22	17	W 1	11,886
40	Thu, Jan 14, 1954	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		86	74	23	17	W 2	4,345		at Syracuse, NY
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sun, Jan 17, 1954	Box Score		New York Knicks	L	2OT	84	87	23	18	L 1	6,053
42	Tue, Jan 19, 1954	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		73	89	23	19	L 2	2,500
43	Sun, Jan 24, 1954	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L		85	93	23	20	L 3	6,093
44	Tue, Jan 26, 1954	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		94	69	24	20	W 1	3,846		at Milwaukee, WI
45	Thu, Jan 28, 1954	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		68	80	24	21	L 1
46	Fri, Jan 29, 1954	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	L		70	82	24	22	L 2
47	Sun, Jan 31, 1954	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		67	82	24	23	L 3	5,120
48	Wed, Feb 3, 1954	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		88	81	25	23	W 1	8,487
49	Thu, Feb 4, 1954	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		78	80	25	24	L 1	5,661
50	Sat, Feb 6, 1954	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		104	81	26	24	W 1	3,095
51	Sun, Feb 7, 1954	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		78	87	26	25	L 1	3,787
52	Mon, Feb 8, 1954	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		87	75	27	25	W 1	1,700		at New London, CT
53	Wed, Feb 10, 1954	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		94	79	28	25	W 2	8,001
54	Thu, Feb 11, 1954	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W	OT	84	81	29	25	W 3	4,368		at Philadelphia, PA
55	Sat, Feb 13, 1954	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		93	96	29	26	L 1
56	Sun, Feb 14, 1954	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		103	89	30	26	W 1	5,032
57	Tue, Feb 16, 1954	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		85	87	30	27	L 1	14,258
58	Thu, Feb 18, 1954	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		105	92	31	27	W 1	4,235
59	Fri, Feb 19, 1954	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W		78	73	32	27	W 2	5,326
60	Sun, Feb 21, 1954	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		95	85	33	27	W 3	4,215		at Providence, RI
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Mon, Feb 22, 1954	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W	3OT	111	110	34	27	W 4	3,800		at Worcester, MA
62	Tue, Feb 23, 1954	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	L		77	93	34	28	L 1	16,923		at New York, NY
63	Thu, Feb 25, 1954	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		101	96	35	28	W 1	3,193
64	Sat, Feb 27, 1954	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		75	74	36	28	W 2	3,110
65	Sun, Feb 28, 1954	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		93	74	37	28	W 3	3,661		at Providence, RI
66	Tue, Mar 2, 1954	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		71	86	37	29	L 1	14,048
67	Fri, Mar 5, 1954	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		128	106	38	29	W 1	13,909
68	Sun, Mar 7, 1954	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		86	80	39	29	W 2	8,764
69	Thu, Mar 11, 1954	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	OT	95	97	39	30	L 1	5,492
70	Fri, Mar 12, 1954	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W	2OT	97	95	40	30	W 1	4,600		at New Haven, CT
71	Sat, Mar 13, 1954	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		97	85	41	30	W 2		43:20
72	Sun, Mar 14, 1954	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		97	92	42	30	W 3	9,105

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Tue, Mar 16, 1954	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		93	71	1	0	W 1	6,023		Round Robin
2	Wed, Mar 17, 1954	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L	OT	95	96	1	1	L 1	6,585		Round Robin
3	Sat, Mar 20, 1954	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		79	78	2	1	W 1	10,751		Round Robin
4	Mon, Mar 22, 1954	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		85	98	2	2	L 1			Round Robin
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
5	Thu, Mar 25, 1954	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		94	109	2	3	L 2	5,333
6	Sat, Mar 27, 1954	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		76	83	2	4	L 3	6,924

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