1958-59 Boston Celtics Schedule and Results

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Record: 52-20, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Red Auerbach (52-20)

Executive: Red Auerbach

PTS/G: 116.4 (1st of 8) Opp PTS/G: 109.9 (6th of 8)

SRS: 5.84 (1st of 8) Pace: 128.7 (1st of 8)

Off Rtg: 89.5 (5th of 8) Def Rtg: 84.5 (1st of 8) Net Rtg: +5.0 (1st of 8)

Expected W-L: 50-22 (1st of 8)

Arena: Boston Garden Attendance: 244,642 (1st of 1)

NBA 1959 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (4-3) versus Syracuse Nationals (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-0) versus Minneapolis Lakers (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 25, 1958	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L	OT	125	127	0	1	L 1	15,032
2	Sat, Nov 1, 1958	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		112	98	1	1	W 1	8,813
3	Wed, Nov 5, 1958	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		117	115	2	1	W 2	2,551
4	Sat, Nov 8, 1958	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		84	87	2	2	L 1	10,174
5	Sun, Nov 9, 1958	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	L		133	136	2	3	L 2	2,096
6	Tue, Nov 11, 1958	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W	OT	116	113	3	3	W 1	13,909
7	Sat, Nov 15, 1958	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		130	105	4	3	W 2	6,427
8	Tue, Nov 18, 1958	Box Score	N	Detroit Pistons	W		115	102	5	3	W 3	7,823		at St. Louis, MO
9	Wed, Nov 19, 1958	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	L		103	119	5	4	L 1	2,597
10	Fri, Nov 21, 1958	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		106	112	5	5	L 2	5,973		at Philadelphia, PA
11	Sat, Nov 22, 1958	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		105	100	6	5	W 1	6,524
12	Mon, Nov 24, 1958	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		123	104	7	5	W 2	3,500		at Charlotte, NC
13	Wed, Nov 26, 1958	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		121	109	8	5	W 3	7,012
14	Thu, Nov 27, 1958	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		107	94	9	5	W 4	5,121
15	Sat, Nov 29, 1958	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		110	96	10	5	W 5	7,095
16	Tue, Dec 2, 1958	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		109	90	11	5	W 6	14,250
17	Wed, Dec 3, 1958	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	L		110	119	11	6	L 1	5,180
18	Thu, Dec 4, 1958	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		116	114	12	6	W 1	4,224		at Philadelphia, PA
19	Sat, Dec 6, 1958	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		92	101	12	7	L 1	5,839
20	Sun, Dec 7, 1958	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		104	108	12	8	L 2	3,110
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Wed, Dec 10, 1958	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		100	97	13	8	W 1	4,032
22	Thu, Dec 11, 1958	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		123	114	14	8	W 2	4,164
23	Fri, Dec 12, 1958	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W	OT	125	115	15	8	W 3	6,873
24	Tue, Dec 16, 1958	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		108	104	16	8	W 4	9,850		at New York, NY
25	Wed, Dec 17, 1958	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		102	95	17	8	W 5	5,758
26	Thu, Dec 18, 1958	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		104	90	18	8	W 6	1,227
27	Sat, Dec 20, 1958	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		135	106	19	8	W 7	6,540
28	Thu, Dec 25, 1958	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		129	120	20	8	W 8	18,386
29	Fri, Dec 26, 1958	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		107	99	21	8	W 9	7,484		at Detroit, MI
30	Sat, Dec 27, 1958	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		112	94	22	8	W 10	8,154
31	Mon, Dec 29, 1958	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		107	105	23	8	W 11	13,909
32	Tue, Dec 30, 1958	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		105	112	23	9	L 1	7,822
33	Sat, Jan 3, 1959	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		110	116	23	10	L 2	10,412
34	Sun, Jan 4, 1959	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		111	108	24	10	W 1	2,553
35	Mon, Jan 5, 1959	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		118	106	25	10	W 2	10,000
36	Tue, Jan 6, 1959	Box Score	N	Cincinnati Royals	W		109	95	26	10	W 3	3,177		at Philadelphia, PA
37	Wed, Jan 7, 1959	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		109	78	27	10	W 4	3,925		at Syracuse, NY
38	Fri, Jan 9, 1959	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W		103	90	28	10	W 5
39	Sun, Jan 11, 1959	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W	OT	109	106	29	10	W 6	13,652		at San Francisco, CA
40	Mon, Jan 12, 1959	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		117	108	30	10	W 7	11,500		at Seattle, WA
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Wed, Jan 14, 1959	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		123	112	31	10	W 8	7,362
42	Fri, Jan 16, 1959	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		98	105	31	11	L 1	3,540
43	Sun, Jan 18, 1959	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		139	117	32	11	W 1	10,665
44	Tue, Jan 20, 1959	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		114	119	32	12	L 1	9,354
45	Wed, Jan 21, 1959	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		112	134	32	13	L 2	2,676
46	Sat, Jan 24, 1959	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		132	104	33	13	W 1	7,086
47	Sun, Jan 25, 1959	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W	OT	119	118	34	13	W 2	8,082
48	Wed, Jan 28, 1959	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W	OT	120	111	35	13	W 3	9,420
49	Sat, Jan 31, 1959	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		137	102	36	13	W 4	8,369
50	Sun, Feb 1, 1959	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W	OT	139	137	37	13	W 5	5,725
51	Tue, Feb 3, 1959	Box Score	N	St. Louis Hawks	W		104	97	38	13	W 6	18,496		at New York, NY
52	Wed, Feb 4, 1959	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		126	129	38	14	L 1	3,270
53	Fri, Feb 6, 1959	Box Score		St. Louis Hawks	W		122	95	39	14	W 1	13,534
54	Sat, Feb 7, 1959	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		124	116	40	14	W 2	15,205
55	Sun, Feb 8, 1959	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		136	117	41	14	W 3	11,233
56	Mon, Feb 9, 1959	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		113	121	41	15	L 1	7,156
57	Wed, Feb 11, 1959	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		120	118	42	15	W 1	4,164
58	Sat, Feb 14, 1959	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		124	121	43	15	W 2	5,854
59	Sun, Feb 15, 1959	Box Score		Detroit Pistons	W		120	94	44	15	W 3	5,300
60	Tue, Feb 17, 1959	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		95	84	45	15	W 4	17,000		at New York, NY
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Thu, Feb 19, 1959	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		105	113	45	16	L 1	3,062
62	Fri, Feb 20, 1959	Box Score	@	Detroit Pistons	W	OT	111	106	46	16	W 1	5,182
63	Sun, Feb 22, 1959	Box Score	@	Cincinnati Royals	W		129	112	47	16	W 2	3,312
64	Tue, Feb 24, 1959	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		122	134	47	17	L 1	14,520
65	Thu, Feb 26, 1959	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		125	109	48	17	W 1	7,076		at Syracuse, NY
66	Fri, Feb 27, 1959	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		173	139	49	17	W 2	6,183
67	Sun, Mar 1, 1959	Box Score	@	St. Louis Hawks	L		102	104	49	18	L 1	11,067
68	Tue, Mar 3, 1959	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		119	112	50	18	W 1	5,253		at Providence, RI
69	Wed, Mar 4, 1959	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		120	114	51	18	W 2	6,222
70	Thu, Mar 5, 1959	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		118	142	51	19	L 1	5,915
71	Sun, Mar 8, 1959	Box Score		Cincinnati Royals	W		141	131	52	19	W 1	13,909
72	Tue, Mar 10, 1959	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		116	138	52	20	L 1	9,176

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Wed, Mar 18, 1959	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W	131	109	1	0	W 1	12,727
2	Sat, Mar 21, 1959	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	118	120	1	1	L 1	7,815
3	Sun, Mar 22, 1959	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W	133	111	2	1	W 1	11,774
4	Wed, Mar 25, 1959	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	107	119	2	2	L 1	7,503
5	Sat, Mar 28, 1959	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W	129	108	3	2	W 1	8,071
6	Sun, Mar 29, 1959	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	121	133	3	3	L 1	6,559
7	Wed, Apr 1, 1959	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W	130	125	4	3	W 1	13,909
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
8	Sat, Apr 4, 1959	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W	118	115	5	3	W 2	8,195
9	Sun, Apr 5, 1959	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W	128	108	6	3	W 3	11,082
10	Tue, Apr 7, 1959	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W	123	110	7	3	W 4	11,272		at Saint Paul, MN
11	Thu, Apr 9, 1959	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W	118	113	8	3	W 5	8,124

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