1954-55 Boston Celtics Schedule and Results

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Record: 36-36, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Red Auerbach (36-36)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 101.5 (1st of 8) Opp PTS/G: 101.5 (8th of 8)

SRS: -0.03 (5th of 8) Pace: 108.6 (1st of 8)

Off Rtg: 93.0 (1st of 8) Def Rtg: 93.0 (8th of 8) Net Rtg: -0.1 (5th of 8)

Expected W-L: 36-36 (5th of 8)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 175,675 (1st of 1)

NBA 1955 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-1) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Division Finals (1-3) versus Syracuse Nationals (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	Sat, Oct 30, 1954	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		95	98	0	1	L 1
2	Sun, Oct 31, 1954	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		86	90	0	2	L 2
3	Sat, Nov 6, 1954	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		107	84	1	2	W 1
4	Thu, Nov 11, 1954	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	L		85	95	1	3	L 1			at New York, NY
5	Tue, Nov 16, 1954	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		99	98	2	3	W 1
6	Sat, Nov 20, 1954	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		117	98	3	3	W 2
7	Sun, Nov 21, 1954	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		104	110	3	4	L 1
8	Wed, Nov 24, 1954	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		108	103	4	4	W 1
9	Thu, Nov 25, 1954	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		98	103	4	5	L 1
10	Sat, Nov 27, 1954	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		101	107	4	6	L 2
11	Sun, Nov 28, 1954	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		108	115	4	7	L 3
12	Tue, Nov 30, 1954	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W		118	99	5	7	W 1
13	Wed, Dec 1, 1954	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		101	90	6	7	W 2			at St. Louis, MO
14	Thu, Dec 2, 1954	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		98	116	6	8	L 1
15	Sat, Dec 4, 1954	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		110	102	7	8	W 1
16	Tue, Dec 7, 1954	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	W		95	93	8	8	W 2			at New York, NY
17	Wed, Dec 8, 1954	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		99	101	8	9	L 1
18	Thu, Dec 9, 1954	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		107	120	8	10	L 2
19	Sat, Dec 11, 1954	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		94	90	9	10	W 1
20	Sun, Dec 12, 1954	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		99	100	9	11	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Tue, Dec 14, 1954	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		115	108	10	11	W 1			at New York, NY
22	Wed, Dec 15, 1954	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		117	106	11	11	W 2
23	Sat, Dec 18, 1954	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		107	103	12	11	W 3
24	Sun, Dec 19, 1954	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		81	93	12	12	L 1
25	Sat, Dec 25, 1954	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W		108	99	13	12	W 1
26	Sun, Dec 26, 1954	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		82	87	13	13	L 1
27	Wed, Dec 29, 1954	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L	OT	118	129	13	14	L 2			at Hibbing, MN
28	Fri, Dec 31, 1954	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		119	113	14	14	W 1			at Providence, RI
29	Sat, Jan 1, 1955	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		102	108	14	15	L 1
30	Sun, Jan 2, 1955	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		113	96	15	15	W 1
31	Thu, Jan 6, 1955	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		83	88	15	16	L 1
32	Sat, Jan 8, 1955	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		117	105	16	16	W 1
33	Sun, Jan 9, 1955	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		98	92	17	16	W 2
34	Tue, Jan 11, 1955	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		119	110	18	16	W 3
35	Thu, Jan 13, 1955	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		116	100	19	16	W 4			at Philadelphia, PA
36	Fri, Jan 14, 1955	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		100	95	20	16	W 5
37	Sun, Jan 16, 1955	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		102	98	21	16	W 6
38	Wed, Jan 19, 1955	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		84	105	21	17	L 1			at Amherst, NY
39	Thu, Jan 20, 1955	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		87	92	21	18	L 2
40	Fri, Jan 21, 1955	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		90	89	22	18	W 1			at New Haven, CT
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sat, Jan 22, 1955	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		110	121	22	19	L 1
42	Sun, Jan 23, 1955	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W	OT	94	91	23	19	W 1
43	Wed, Jan 26, 1955	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		99	90	24	19	W 2
44	Thu, Jan 27, 1955	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	L		92	98	24	20	L 1			at Philadelphia, PA
45	Fri, Jan 28, 1955	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		101	90	25	20	W 1
46	Sun, Jan 30, 1955	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	L		79	88	25	21	L 1
47	Wed, Feb 2, 1955	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		107	122	25	22	L 2			at New Haven, CT
48	Fri, Feb 4, 1955	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		114	88	26	22	W 1
49	Sat, Feb 5, 1955	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		107	115	26	23	L 1
50	Sun, Feb 6, 1955	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		109	113	26	24	L 2
51	Tue, Feb 8, 1955	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		88	115	26	25	L 3			at New York, NY
52	Wed, Feb 9, 1955	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		104	94	27	25	W 1
53	Fri, Feb 11, 1955	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		101	105	27	26	L 1
54	Sun, Feb 13, 1955	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		103	105	27	27	L 2
55	Tue, Feb 15, 1955	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W	OT	106	103	28	27	W 1			at Buffalo, NY
56	Thu, Feb 17, 1955	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		93	107	28	28	L 1
57	Sun, Feb 20, 1955	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		114	99	29	28	W 1
58	Tue, Feb 22, 1955	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		97	95	30	28	W 2			at New York, NY
59	Wed, Feb 23, 1955	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	L		103	120	30	29	L 1			at St. Louis, MO
60	Thu, Feb 24, 1955	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		98	112	30	30	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Fri, Feb 25, 1955	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		107	104	31	30	W 1			at Moorhead, MN
62	Sun, Feb 27, 1955	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		62	57	32	30	W 2			at Providence, RI
63	Tue, Mar 1, 1955	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		98	118	32	31	L 1			at New York, NY
64	Fri, Mar 4, 1955	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		106	121	32	32	L 2
65	Sat, Mar 5, 1955	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		89	95	32	33	L 3
66	Sun, Mar 6, 1955	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		108	104	33	33	W 1
67	Mon, Mar 7, 1955	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		110	91	34	33	W 2
68	Tue, Mar 8, 1955	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		112	103	35	33	W 3			at White Plains, NY
69	Thu, Mar 10, 1955	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		95	114	35	34	L 1
70	Fri, Mar 11, 1955	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		95	97	35	35	L 2			at New Haven, CT
71	Sat, Mar 12, 1955	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		103	105	35	36	L 3
72	Sun, Mar 13, 1955	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		112	101	36	36	W 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Tue, Mar 15, 1955	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		122	101	1	0	W 1
2	Wed, Mar 16, 1955	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		95	102	1	1	L 1
3	Sat, Mar 19, 1955	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		116	109	2	1	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
4	Tue, Mar 22, 1955	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		100	110	2	2	L 1
5	Thu, Mar 24, 1955	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		110	116	2	3	L 2
6	Sat, Mar 26, 1955	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W	OT	100	97	3	3	W 1
7	Sun, Mar 27, 1955	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		94	110	3	4	L 1

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