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1956-57 Boston Celtics Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 44-28, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Red Auerbach (44-28)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 105.5 (1st of 8) Opp PTS/G: 100.2 (5th of 8)

SRS: 4.78 (1st of 8) Pace: 118.0 (1st of 8)

Off Rtg: 88.5 (5th of 8) Def Rtg: 84.0 (1st of 8) Net Rtg: +4.5 (1st of 8)

Expected W-L: 49-23 (1st of 8)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 262,918 (1st of 1)

NBA 1957 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (3-0) versus Syracuse Nationals (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-3) versus St. Louis Hawks (Series Stats)

NBA Champions
Eastern Div Champs

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Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

1. Oct 27 @ NYK, BOS (1-0) beat NYK, 115-112

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
14	Bob Cousy	PG	6-1	175	August 9, 1928	us US	6	Holy Cross
15	Tom Heinsohn	PF	6-7	218	August 26, 1934	us US	R	Holy Cross
20	Dick Hemric	PF	6-6	220	August 29, 1933	us US	1	Wake Forest
18	Jim Loscutoff	SF	6-5	220	February 4, 1930	us US	1	Oregon
16	Jack Nichols	PF	6-7	222	April 9, 1926	us US	7	Washington
12	Togo Palazzi	SF	6-4	205	August 8, 1932	us US	2	Holy Cross
17	Andy Phillip	PG	6-2	195	March 7, 1922	us US	9	Illinois
23	Frank Ramsey	SG	6-3	190	July 13, 1931	us US	1	Kentucky
19	Arnie Risen	C	6-9	200	October 9, 1924	us US	8	Eastern Kentucky University, Ohio State
6	Bill Russell	C	6-10	215	February 12, 1934	us US	R	San Francisco
21	Bill Sharman	SG	6-1	175	May 25, 1926	us US	6	USC
29	Lou Tsioropoulos	SF	6-5	190	August 31, 1930	us US	R	Kentucky

Team and Opponent Stats

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

Team Misc

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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	Bob Cousy	28	PG	64	36.9	7.5	19.8	.378	5.7	6.9	.821	4.8	7.5	2.1	20.6	MVP-1,AS,NBA1
2	Bill Sharman	30	SG	67	35.9	7.7	18.5	.416	5.7	6.3	.905	4.3	3.5	2.8	21.1	AS,NBA1
3	Bill Russell	22	C	48	35.3	5.8	13.5	.427	3.2	6.4	.492	19.6	1.8	3.0	14.7	MVP-7
4	Jim Loscutoff	26	SF	70	31.7	4.4	12.7	.345	1.9	2.7	.706	10.4	1.3	3.5	10.6
5	Tom Heinsohn	22	PF	72	29.9	6.2	15.6	.397	3.8	4.8	.790	9.8	1.6	4.2	16.2	ROY-1,AS
6	Frank Ramsey	25	SG	35	23.1	3.9	10.0	.393	4.1	5.2	.791	5.1	1.9	3.2	11.9
7	Jack Nichols	30	PF	61	22.5	3.2	8.8	.363	1.8	2.2	.794	6.1	1.4	3.0	8.2
8	Andy Phillip	34	PG	67	22.0	1.6	4.1	.379	1.3	2.0	.642	2.7	2.5	1.8	4.4
9	Arnie Risen	32	C	43	21.7	2.8	7.1	.388	2.5	3.6	.679	6.7	1.2	3.8	8.0
10	Dick Hemric	23	PF	67	15.7	1.6	4.7	.344	2.2	3.1	.695	4.5	0.6	1.5	5.4
11	Lou Tsioropoulos	26	SF	52	12.9	1.5	4.9	.309	1.3	1.7	.775	4.0	0.6	2.6	4.4
12	Togo Palazzi	24	SF	21	11.1	2.0	5.6	.347	1.1	1.5	.719	3.6	0.4	1.1	5.0
	Team Totals					39.0	101.8	.383	27.5	36.7	.750	68.9	20.3	25.7	105.5

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Bob Cousy	28	PG	10	44.0	6.7	20.7	.324	6.8	9.1	.747	6.1	9.3	2.7	20.2
2	Bill Russell	22	C	10	40.9	5.4	14.8	.365	3.1	6.1	.508	24.4	3.2	4.1	13.9
3	Bill Sharman	30	SG	10	37.7	7.5	19.7	.381	6.1	6.4	.953	3.5	2.9	2.3	21.1
4	Tom Heinsohn	22	PF	10	37.0	9.0	23.1	.390	4.9	6.9	.710	11.7	2.0	4.0	22.9
5	Jim Loscutoff	26	SF	10	25.9	3.1	10.9	.284	1.8	2.8	.643	8.3	0.5	4.6	8.0
6	Frank Ramsey	25	SG	10	22.9	3.8	8.2	.463	4.6	5.9	.780	4.3	1.7	3.6	12.2
7	Arnie Risen	32	C	10	15.2	2.8	6.3	.444	1.9	2.9	.655	5.8	0.8	4.8	7.5
8	Andy Phillip	34	PG	10	12.8	0.8	2.2	.364	0.6	1.5	.400	2.0	1.7	1.8	2.2
9	Jack Nichols	30	PF	10	11.7	1.6	4.0	.400	0.3	0.5	.600	1.7	0.7	2.3	3.5
10	Dick Hemric	23	PF	2	9.5	0.5	3.5	.143	0.0	0.0		4.5	0.5	0.5	1.0
	Team Totals				50.0	40.8	110.0	.371	30.1	42.2	.713	69.1	20.7	30.3	111.7

Totals

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Bill Sharman	30	67		2403	516	1241	.416				516	1241	.416	.416	381	421	.905			286	236				188	1413
2	Bob Cousy	28	64		2364	478	1264	.378				478	1264	.378	.378	363	442	.821			309	478				134	1319
3	Jim Loscutoff	26	70		2220	306	888	.345				306	888	.345	.345	132	187	.706			730	89				244	744
4	Tom Heinsohn	22	72		2150	446	1123	.397				446	1123	.397	.397	271	343	.790			705	117				304	1163
5	Bill Russell	22	48		1695	277	649	.427				277	649	.427	.427	152	309	.492			943	88				143	706
6	Andy Phillip	34	67		1476	105	277	.379				105	277	.379	.379	88	137	.642			181	168				121	298
7	Jack Nichols	30	61		1372	195	537	.363				195	537	.363	.363	108	136	.794			374	85				185	498
8	Dick Hemric	23	67		1055	109	317	.344				109	317	.344	.344	146	210	.695			304	42				98	364
9	Arnie Risen	32	43		935	119	307	.388				119	307	.388	.388	106	156	.679			286	53				163	344
10	Frank Ramsey	25	35		807	137	349	.393				137	349	.393	.393	144	182	.791			178	67				113	418
11	Lou Tsioropoulos	26	52		670	79	256	.309				79	256	.309	.309	69	89	.775			207	33				135	227
12	Togo Palazzi	24	21		233	41	118	.347				41	118	.347	.347	23	32	.719			75	8				23	105
			72			2808	7326	.383				2808	7326	.383	.383	1983	2644	.750			4963	1464				1851	7599

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Bob Cousy	28	10		440	67	207	.324				67	207	.324	.324	68	91	.747			61	93				27	202
2	Bill Russell	22	10		409	54	148	.365				54	148	.365	.365	31	61	.508			244	32				41	139
3	Bill Sharman	30	10		377	75	197	.381				75	197	.381	.381	61	64	.953			35	29				23	211
4	Tom Heinsohn	22	10		370	90	231	.390				90	231	.390	.390	49	69	.710			117	20				40	229
5	Jim Loscutoff	26	10		259	31	109	.284				31	109	.284	.284	18	28	.643			83	5				46	80
6	Frank Ramsey	25	10		229	38	82	.463				38	82	.463	.463	46	59	.780			43	17				36	122
7	Arnie Risen	32	10		152	28	63	.444				28	63	.444	.444	19	29	.655			58	8				48	75
8	Andy Phillip	34	10		128	8	22	.364				8	22	.364	.364	6	15	.400			20	17				18	22
9	Jack Nichols	30	10		117	16	40	.400				16	40	.400	.400	3	5	.600			17	7				23	35
10	Dick Hemric	23	2		19	1	7	.143				1	7	.143	.143	0	0				9	1				1	2

Per 36 Minutes

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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	Bill Sharman	30	SG	67	2403	7.7	18.6	.416	5.7	6.3	.905	4.3	3.5	2.8	21.2	AS,NBA1
2	Bob Cousy	28	PG	64	2364	7.3	19.2	.378	5.5	6.7	.821	4.7	7.3	2.0	20.1	MVP-1,AS,NBA1
3	Jim Loscutoff	26	SF	70	2220	5.0	14.4	.345	2.1	3.0	.706	11.8	1.4	4.0	12.1
4	Tom Heinsohn	22	PF	72	2150	7.5	18.8	.397	4.5	5.7	.790	11.8	2.0	5.1	19.5	ROY-1,AS
5	Bill Russell	22	C	48	1695	5.9	13.8	.427	3.2	6.6	.492	20.0	1.9	3.0	15.0	MVP-7
6	Andy Phillip	34	PG	67	1476	2.6	6.8	.379	2.1	3.3	.642	4.4	4.1	3.0	7.3
7	Jack Nichols	30	PF	61	1372	5.1	14.1	.363	2.8	3.6	.794	9.8	2.2	4.9	13.1
8	Dick Hemric	23	PF	67	1055	3.7	10.8	.344	5.0	7.2	.695	10.4	1.4	3.3	12.4
9	Arnie Risen	32	C	43	935	4.6	11.8	.388	4.1	6.0	.679	11.0	2.0	6.3	13.2
10	Frank Ramsey	25	SG	35	807	6.1	15.6	.393	6.4	8.1	.791	7.9	3.0	5.0	18.6
11	Lou Tsioropoulos	26	SF	52	670	4.2	13.8	.309	3.7	4.8	.775	11.1	1.8	7.3	12.2
12	Togo Palazzi	24	SF	21	233	6.3	18.2	.347	3.6	4.9	.719	11.6	1.2	3.6	16.2

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Bob Cousy	28	PG	10	440	5.5	16.9	.324	5.6	7.4	.747	5.0	7.6	2.2	16.5
2	Bill Russell	22	C	10	409	4.8	13.0	.365	2.7	5.4	.508	21.5	2.8	3.6	12.2
3	Bill Sharman	30	SG	10	377	7.2	18.8	.381	5.8	6.1	.953	3.3	2.8	2.2	20.1
4	Tom Heinsohn	22	PF	10	370	8.8	22.5	.390	4.8	6.7	.710	11.4	1.9	3.9	22.3
5	Jim Loscutoff	26	SF	10	259	4.3	15.2	.284	2.5	3.9	.643	11.5	0.7	6.4	11.1
6	Frank Ramsey	25	SG	10	229	6.0	12.9	.463	7.2	9.3	.780	6.8	2.7	5.7	19.2
7	Arnie Risen	32	C	10	152	6.6	14.9	.444	4.5	6.9	.655	13.7	1.9	11.4	17.8
8	Andy Phillip	34	PG	10	128	2.3	6.2	.364	1.7	4.2	.400	5.6	4.8	5.1	6.2
9	Jack Nichols	30	PF	10	117	4.9	12.3	.400	0.9	1.5	.600	5.2	2.2	7.1	10.8
10	Dick Hemric	23	PF	2	19	1.9	13.3	.143	0.0	0.0		17.1	1.9	1.9	3.8

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Bill Sharman	30	67	2403	19.6	.495		.339										7.0	3.4	10.4	.207
2	Bob Cousy	28	64	2364	21.2	.452		.350										4.0	4.7	8.8	.178
3	Jim Loscutoff	26	70	2220	11.1	.383		.211										-2.0	4.1	2.1	.046
4	Tom Heinsohn	22	72	2150	18.1	.456		.305										3.0	4.1	7.1	.160
5	Bill Russell	22	48	1695	21.1	.450		.476										1.6	4.6	6.2	.176
6	Andy Phillip	34	67	1476	9.0	.442		.495										0.9	2.2	3.1	.100
7	Jack Nichols	30	61	1372	11.9	.417		.253										0.1	2.4	2.5	.088
8	Dick Hemric	23	67	1055	13.0	.445		.662										0.7	1.8	2.5	.115
9	Arnie Risen	32	43	935	12.9	.458		.508										1.0	1.7	2.7	.140
10	Frank Ramsey	25	35	807	17.6	.487		.521										1.9	1.4	3.3	.194
11	Lou Tsioropoulos	26	52	670	8.9	.385		.348										-0.5	1.2	0.7	.049
12	Togo Palazzi	24	21	233	13.5	.397		.271										-0.2	0.4	0.3	.052

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Bob Cousy	28	10	440	17.1	.409		.440				31.8						0.2	1.1	1.2	.134
2	Bill Russell	22	10	409	18.9	.398		.412				11.4						-0.1	1.5	1.4	.162
3	Bill Sharman	30	10	377	16.5	.469		.325				12.5						0.8	0.5	1.3	.164
4	Tom Heinsohn	22	10	370	19.1	.438		.299				9.4						0.4	0.8	1.2	.157
5	Jim Loscutoff	26	10	259	5.8	.330		.257				2.8						-0.6	0.5	0.0	-0.009
6	Frank Ramsey	25	10	229	19.2	.565		.720				11.4						1.0	0.4	1.4	.290
7	Arnie Risen	32	10	152	15.6	.495		.460				8.3						0.4	0.4	0.7	.235
8	Andy Phillip	34	10	128	7.3	.385		.682				17.6						0.0	0.3	0.3	.096
9	Jack Nichols	30	10	117	6.3	.415		.125				8.8						0.0	0.2	0.2	.079
10	Dick Hemric	23	2	19	4.1	.143		.000				6.9						-0.1	0.1	-0.1	-0.128

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