1956-57 Boston Celtics Game Log

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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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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	1956-10-27	@	NYK	W	115	112	38						39	50	.780							28	39						34	44	.773							33
2	2	1956-11-03		NYK	L	107	113	36	102	.353				35	41	.854		57	17				38	33	77	.429				47	63	.746		59	19				28
3	3	1956-11-10		MNL	W	117	110	38	78	.487				41	51	.804		48	18				39	34	102	.333				42	56	.750		42	18				33
4	4	1956-11-11	@	SYR	W	94	83	34	90	.378				26	36	.722		58	19				26	27	89	.303				29	38	.763		46	15				23
5	5	1956-11-14	N	MNL	L	97	113	29	83	.349				39	54	.722							31	39	71	.549				35	45	.778							33
6	6	1956-11-15	@	FTW	L	95	98	31	96	.323				33	42	.786			16				26	32	82	.390				34	38	.895			23				28
7	7	1956-11-17		ROC	W	108	86	43	97	.443				22	30	.733		76	25				21	33	99	.333				20	29	.690		50	13				20
8	8	1956-11-18	@	ROC	W	101	87	35						31	40	.775							20	34						19	26	.731							27
9	9	1956-11-21		PHW	W	95	83	35	93	.376				25	36	.694		71	20				26	27	90	.300				29	38	.763		59	11				26
10	10	1956-11-22	@	PHW	W	101	78	35	87	.402				31	39	.795		62	23				22	28	114	.246				22	34	.647		77	19				24
11	11	1956-11-24		SYR	W	114	99	46	125	.368				22	34	.647		81	28				25	36	105	.343				27	35	.771		73	20				22
12	12	1956-11-27	@	STL	W	102	90	37						28	39	.718							29	32						26	39	.667							27
13	13	1956-11-28	N	MNL	W	105	93	36						33	39	.846							19	36						21	28	.750							26
14	14	1956-11-30	N	FTW	W	104	102	36						32	35	.914							27	36						30	40	.750							25
15	15	1956-12-01		FTW	W	108	93	42	107	.393				24	27	.889		72	31				22	37	91	.407				19	29	.655		61	22				18
16	16	1956-12-04	N	STL	W	108	107	35						38	43	.884							29	38						31	46	.674							30
17	17	1956-12-06	@	PHW	L	111	113	38	100	.380				35	43	.814		61	20				31	37	86	.430				39	43	.907		48	19				30
18	18	1956-12-07		MNL	W	121	114	45	92	.489				31	41	.756		57	30				25	43	96	.448				28	36	.778		52	23				26
19	19	1956-12-09	@	SYR	L	110	116	39	101	.386				32	42	.762		52	18				21	44	107	.411				28	34	.824		49	15				26
20	20	1956-12-11	N	FTW	W	113	97	43						27	35	.771							18	39						19	25	.760							24
								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	1956-12-12		ROC	L	93	103	30	111	.270				33	45	.733		72	20				22	43	103	.417				17	24	.708		88	27				29
22	22	1956-12-15		STL	W	102	99	42	94	.447				18	21	.857		64	21				27	35	88	.398				29	42	.690		52	23				16
23	23	1956-12-16	N	PHW	L	104	116	31	100	.310				42	50	.840		75	15				28	43	94	.457				30	41	.732		55	29				32
24	24	1956-12-18	@	NYK	L	99	110	38						23	37	.622							30	40						28	46	.609							24
25	25	1956-12-22		STL	W	95	93	36	102	.353				23	30	.767		77	19				29	32	83	.386				29	43	.674		63	20				21
26	26	1956-12-23	@	FTW	L	87	95	30	95	.316				27	35	.771			12				27	33	89	.371				29	46	.630			13				26
27	27	1956-12-25	N	PHW	L	82	89	30	93	.323				22	33	.667		66	17				24	29	97	.299				31	38	.816		70	16				20
28	28	1956-12-26		PHW	W	120	97	50	134	.373				20	26	.769		93	28				28	29	88	.330				39	45	.867		51	17				17
29	29	1956-12-27	N	ROC	W	97	92	39	111	.351				19	27	.704		82	18				16	39	114	.342				14	21	.667		66	23				17
30	30	1956-12-30		SYR	W	105	92	41	106	.387				23	33	.697		84	27				25	34	111	.306				24	33	.727		65	18				22
31	31	1957-01-01	N	PHW	W	100	87	40	93	.430				20	26	.769		56	16				25	31	85	.365				25	35	.714		47	14				19
32	32	1957-01-04	N	SYR	L	106	116	41	109	.376				24	34	.706			17				32	41	90	.456				34	49	.694			26				26
33	33	1957-01-06		FTW	W	118	92	47	129	.364				24	31	.774		93	29				19	36	110	.327				20	27	.741		66	25				21
34	34	1957-01-08	@	NYK	L	102	113	38						26	42	.619							23	46						21	29	.724							29
35	35	1957-01-10	@	FTW	W	98	81	39	102	.382				20	27	.741		61					25	27						27	38	.711							19
36	36	1957-01-12	@	STL	L	98	100	33						32	38	.842							24	39						22	31	.710							28
37	37	1957-01-13	@	MNL	L	87	104	31	99	.313				25	34	.735							29	34	100	.340				36	46	.783							23
38	38	1957-01-18		STL	W	126	117	45	104	.433				36	43	.837		71	26				24	45	98	.459				27	31	.871		51	29				27
39	39	1957-01-19	@	ROC	W	97	83	34						29	32	.906							25	31						21	34	.618							24
40	40	1957-01-20		NYK	W	114	78	45	116	.388				24	30	.800		89	31				25	30	100	.300				18	34	.529		51	15				19
								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	1957-01-23		SYR	W	140	108	59	125	.472				22	32	.688		78	32				23	41	106	.387				26	32	.813		58	24				21
42	42	1957-01-25		MNL	W	115	106	41	109	.376				33	43	.767		80	22				28	38	100	.380				30	43	.698		62	9				27
43	43	1957-01-27	@	PHW	W	107	87	38	95	.400				31	42	.738		65	15				31	24	91	.264				39	51	.765		60	13				27
44	44	1957-01-28		PHW	W	105	95	37	95	.389				31	41	.756		65	23				23	34	95	.358				27	35	.771		51	16				25
45	45	1957-01-29	N	MNL	W	103	91	40						23	38	.605							22	36						19	32	.594							25
46	46	1957-01-30		SYR	L	116	119	39	107	.364				38	41	.927		69	25				32	41	104	.394				37	47	.787		69	11				32
47	47	1957-01-31	@	SYR	L	104	105	40	95	.421				24	33	.727		44	20				30	35	91	.385				35	47	.745		48	17				25
48	48	1957-02-02	@	NYK	W	114	111	39						36	52	.692							33	37						37	50	.740							33
49	49	1957-02-03		NYK	W	116	98	50	116	.431				16	26	.615		73	26				23	38	101	.376				22	37	.595		60	15				18
50	50	1957-02-05	N	SYR	W	105	101	40	115	.348				25	32	.781		91	20				22	38	111	.342				25	32	.781		69	17				24
51	51	1957-02-06		FTW	W	108	93	46	106	.434				16	24	.667		81	28				25	30	111	.270				33	39	.846		67	17				16
52	52	1957-02-08	N	NYK	L	90	92	29						32	49	.653							33	28						36	50	.720							31
53	53	1957-02-09	@	ROC	L	102	103	39						24	34	.706							25	37						29	39	.744							26
54	54	1957-02-10		PHW	W	103	98	41	124	.331				21	31	.677		74	19				28	35	93	.376				28	39	.718		55	15				25
55	55	1957-02-13	@	MNL	L	114	115	45	120	.375				24	35	.686		73					28	38	107	.355				39	45	.867		76					25
56	56	1957-02-14	@	FTW	L	106	112	35	99	.354				36	41	.878		52	22				22	43	103	.417				26	34	.765		66	25				26
57	57	1957-02-15	@	STL	W	123	116	44	119	.370				35	48	.729		64					31	43	123	.350				30	43	.698		74					36
58	58	1957-02-17	@	SYR	L	106	116	39	88	.443				28	31	.903		37	17				26	44	92	.478				28	33	.848		53	17				23
59	59	1957-02-19	@	NYK	W	112	110	42						28	39	.718							26	41						28	40	.700							28
60	60	1957-02-21		STL	W	125	112	49	107	.458				27	39	.692		72	31				28	41	107	.383				30	43	.698		63	27				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	1957-02-22	@	PHW	L	109	117	37	101	.366				35	50	.700		67	21				27	44	100	.440				29	39	.744		59	25				31
62	62	1957-02-24		NYK	W	97	85	39	112	.348				19	26	.731		83	19				24	30	105	.286				25	34	.735		68	21				21
63	63	1957-02-26	N	ROC	W	92	77	34						24	34	.706							19	29	116	.250				19	23	.826							26
64	64	1957-02-28	N	NYK	L	121	122	43						35	39	.897							27	47						28	38	.737							29
65	65	1957-03-01		PHW	W	90	80	36	108	.333				18	27	.667		79	17				21	29	90	.322				22	33	.667		61	11				19
66	66	1957-03-02	@	ROC	L	87	96	33						21	29	.724							21	40						16	25	.640							21
67	67	1957-03-03		ROC	W	111	102	40	109	.367				31	42	.738		72	23				28	36	89	.404				30	42	.714		63	15				27
68	68	1957-03-05	@	STL	L	102	104	38	96	.396				26	37	.703		57					15	44	98	.449				16	24	.667		63					24
69	69	1957-03-07	@	MNL	L	104	109	41	104	.394				22	28	.786							24	42	115	.365				25	34	.735							23
70	70	1957-03-09	@	SYR	L	102	104	41						20	26	.769							27	36						32	35	.914							23
71	71	1957-03-10		SYR	L	92	94	36	121	.298				20	33	.606		73	21				22	35	97	.361				24	29	.828		64	13				22
72	72	1957-03-13		NYK	W	122	91	47	126	.373				28	42	.667		79	29				24	33	110	.300				25	31	.806		70	13				27

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