1956-57 Boston Celtics Schedule and Results

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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 Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sat, Oct 27, 1956	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		115	112	1	0	W 1	15,000
2	Sat, Nov 3, 1956	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		107	113	1	1	L 1	12,469
3	Sat, Nov 10, 1956	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		117	110	2	1	W 1	13,909
4	Sun, Nov 11, 1956	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		94	83	3	1	W 2
5	Wed, Nov 14, 1956	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		97	113	3	2	L 1	4,500		at Rochester, NY
6	Thu, Nov 15, 1956	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		95	98	3	3	L 2
7	Sat, Nov 17, 1956	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		108	86	4	3	W 1	10,068
8	Sun, Nov 18, 1956	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		101	87	5	3	W 2	2,380
9	Wed, Nov 21, 1956	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		95	83	6	3	W 3	8,088
10	Thu, Nov 22, 1956	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		101	78	7	3	W 4	4,889
11	Sat, Nov 24, 1956	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		114	99	8	3	W 5	9,681
12	Tue, Nov 27, 1956	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		102	90	9	3	W 6	6,822
13	Wed, Nov 28, 1956	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		105	93	10	3	W 7	5,000		at Louisville, KY
14	Fri, Nov 30, 1956	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		104	102	11	3	W 8	4,308		at Philadelphia, PA
15	Sat, Dec 1, 1956	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		108	93	12	3	W 9	11,020
16	Tue, Dec 4, 1956	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		108	107	13	3	W 10	9,558		at New York, NY
17	Thu, Dec 6, 1956	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		111	113	13	4	L 1	5,132
18	Fri, Dec 7, 1956	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		121	114	14	4	W 1	12,838
19	Sun, Dec 9, 1956	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		110	116	14	5	L 1	2,358
20	Tue, Dec 11, 1956	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		113	97	15	5	W 1	9,835		at New York, NY
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Wed, Dec 12, 1956	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L		93	103	15	6	L 1	6,065
22	Sat, Dec 15, 1956	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		102	99	16	6	W 1	9,811
23	Sun, Dec 16, 1956	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		104	116	16	7	L 1	3,782		at Camden, NJ
24	Tue, Dec 18, 1956	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		99	110	16	8	L 2	12,824
25	Sat, Dec 22, 1956	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		95	93	17	8	W 1	11,052
26	Sun, Dec 23, 1956	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		87	95	17	9	L 1	8,108
27	Tue, Dec 25, 1956	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		82	89	17	10	L 2	18,036		at New York, NY
28	Wed, Dec 26, 1956	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		120	97	18	10	W 1	13,909
29	Thu, Dec 27, 1956	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	W		97	92	19	10	W 2	11,439		at Philadelphia, PA
30	Sun, Dec 30, 1956	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		105	92	20	10	W 3	3,109		at Providence, RI
31	Tue, Jan 1, 1957	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		100	87	21	10	W 4	4,188		at Syracuse, NY
32	Fri, Jan 4, 1957	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		106	116	21	11	L 1	7,857		at Philadelphia, PA
33	Sun, Jan 6, 1957	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		118	92	22	11	W 1	5,068
34	Tue, Jan 8, 1957	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		102	113	22	12	L 1	15,128
35	Thu, Jan 10, 1957	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		98	81	23	12	W 1	4,265
36	Sat, Jan 12, 1957	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		98	100	23	13	L 1	14,326
37	Sun, Jan 13, 1957	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		87	104	23	14	L 2	5,427
38	Fri, Jan 18, 1957	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		126	117	24	14	W 1	11,763
39	Sat, Jan 19, 1957	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		97	83	25	14	W 2	6,027
40	Sun, Jan 20, 1957	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		114	78	26	14	W 3	11,082
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 23, 1957	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		140	108	27	14	W 4	11,082
42	Fri, Jan 25, 1957	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		115	106	28	14	W 5	9,175
43	Sun, Jan 27, 1957	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		107	87	29	14	W 6	9,228
44	Mon, Jan 28, 1957	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		105	95	30	14	W 7	9,689
45	Tue, Jan 29, 1957	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		103	91	31	14	W 8	14,248		at New York, NY
46	Wed, Jan 30, 1957	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		116	119	31	15	L 1	7,383
47	Thu, Jan 31, 1957	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		104	105	31	16	L 2	8,151
48	Sat, Feb 2, 1957	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		114	111	32	16	W 1	15,352
49	Sun, Feb 3, 1957	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		116	98	33	16	W 2	13,909
50	Tue, Feb 5, 1957	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		105	101	34	16	W 3	12,000		at New York, NY
51	Wed, Feb 6, 1957	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		108	93	35	16	W 4	8,362
52	Fri, Feb 8, 1957	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		90	92	35	17	L 1	9,031		at Philadelphia, PA
53	Sat, Feb 9, 1957	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		102	103	35	18	L 2	4,088
54	Sun, Feb 10, 1957	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W	OT	103	98	36	18	W 1	13,068
55	Wed, Feb 13, 1957	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		114	115	36	19	L 1	4,200
56	Thu, Feb 14, 1957	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		106	112	36	20	L 2	5,700
57	Fri, Feb 15, 1957	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W	2OT	123	116	37	20	W 1	6,328
58	Sun, Feb 17, 1957	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		106	116	37	21	L 1	6,366
59	Tue, Feb 19, 1957	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		112	110	38	21	W 1	10,135
60	Thu, Feb 21, 1957	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		125	112	39	21	W 2	10,616
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Fri, Feb 22, 1957	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		109	117	39	22	L 1	9,824
62	Sun, Feb 24, 1957	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		97	85	40	22	W 1	5,886		at Providence, RI
63	Tue, Feb 26, 1957	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	W		92	77	41	22	W 2	10,546		at New York, NY
64	Thu, Feb 28, 1957	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L	OT	121	122	41	23	L 1	5,768		at Syracuse, NY
65	Fri, Mar 1, 1957	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		90	80	42	23	W 1	10,448
66	Sat, Mar 2, 1957	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		87	96	42	24	L 1	2,276
67	Sun, Mar 3, 1957	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		111	102	43	24	W 1	9,652
68	Tue, Mar 5, 1957	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		102	104	43	25	L 1	6,223
69	Thu, Mar 7, 1957	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		104	109	43	26	L 2
70	Sat, Mar 9, 1957	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		102	104	43	27	L 3
71	Sun, Mar 10, 1957	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		92	94	43	28	L 4	7,648
72	Wed, Mar 13, 1957	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		122	91	44	28	W 1	8,514

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Thu, Mar 21, 1957	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		108	90	1	0	W 1	13,292
2	Sat, Mar 23, 1957	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		120	105	2	0	W 2	3,657
3	Sun, Mar 24, 1957	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		83	80	3	0	W 3	13,909
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
4	Sat, Mar 30, 1957	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L	2OT	123	125	3	1	L 1	5,976
5	Sun, Mar 31, 1957	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		119	99	4	1	W 1	13,909
6	Sat, Apr 6, 1957	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		98	100	4	2	L 1	10,048
7	Sun, Apr 7, 1957	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	W		123	118	5	2	W 1	10,035
8	Tue, Apr 9, 1957	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		124	109	6	2	W 2	13,909
9	Thu, Apr 11, 1957	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		94	96	6	3	L 1	10,053
10	Sat, Apr 13, 1957	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W	2OT	125	123	7	3	W 1	13,909

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