1957–58 Boston Celtics season
1957–58 Boston Celtics season | |
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Division champions | |
Head coach | Red Auerbach |
Arena | Boston Garden |
Results | |
Record | 49–23 (.681) |
Place | Division: 1st (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | NBA Finals (lost to Hawks 2–4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
The 1957–58 Boston Celtics season was the 12th season for the Celtics in the NBA. The Celtics made their second consecutive NBA Finals appearance, but were unable to defend their title, losing in a rematch of the Finals of the previous year to the St. Louis Hawks in six games.
Season standings
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x-Boston Celtics | 49 | 23 | .681 | - | 25-4 | 16-13 | 8-6 | 20-16 |
x-Syracuse Nationals | 41 | 31 | .569 | 8 | 26-5 | 8-20 | 7-6 | 21-15 |
x-Philadelphia Warriors | 37 | 35 | .514 | 12 | 15-11 | 11-19 | 11-5 | 17-19 |
New York Knicks | 35 | 37 | .486 | 14 | 16-12 | 11-18 | 8-7 | 14-22 |
- x = clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponents
1957-58 NBA Records | ||||||||
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Team | BOS | CIN | DET | MIN | NYK | PHI | STL | SYR |
Boston | – | 7–2 | 8–1 | 9–0 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 5–4 | 7–5 |
Cincinnati | 2–7 | – | 6–6 | 8–4 | 4–5 | 6–3 | 3–9 | 4–5 |
Detroit | 1–8 | 6–6 | – | 6–6 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 6–6 | 5–4 |
Minneapolis | 0–9 | 4–8 | 6–6 | – | 1–8 | 3–6 | 3–9 | 2–7 |
New York | 5–7 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 8–1 | – | 4–8 | 3–6 | 5–7 |
Philadelphia | 6–6 | 3–6 | 4–5 | 6–3 | 8–4 | – | 7–2 | 3–9 |
St. Louis | 4–5 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 6–3 | 2–7 | – | 5–4 |
Syracuse | 5–7 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 7–2 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 4–5 | — |
Game log
1957–58 game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 22 | @ St. Louis | 115–90 | Bob Cousy (24) | 1–0 | |||||
2 | October 23 | @ Detroit | 105–94 | Bill Sharman (24) | 2–0 | |||||
3 | October 26 | @ New York | 131–121 | Bob Cousy (33) | 3–0 | |||||
4 | November 2 | Syracuse | 83–107 | Frank Ramsey (27) | 4–0 | |||||
5 | November 3 | N Syracuse | 95–113 | Bill Sharman (27) | 5–0 | |||||
6 | November 5 | N Detroit | 105–111 | Bill Sharman (28) | 6–0 | |||||
7 | November 6 | @ Minneapolis | 103–94 | Bill Sharman (29) | 7–0 | |||||
8 | November 8 | @ Cincinnati | 122–110 (OT) | Bill Sharman (34) | 8–0 | |||||
9 | November 11 | St. Louis | 88–92 | Heinsohn, Ramsey (20) | 9–0 | |||||
10 | November 12 | N Minneapolis | 104–107 | Bob Cousy (23) | 10–0 | |||||
11 | November 16 | Philadelphia | 89–111 | Bill Russell (28) | 11–0 | |||||
12 | November 21 | @ Detroit | 112–90 | Bill Sharman (26) | 12–0 | |||||
13 | November 23 | Minneapolis | 107–131 | Tom Heinsohn (27) | 13–0 | |||||
14 | November 27 | New York | 107–120 | Bill Russell (30) | 14–0 | |||||
15 | November 28 | N New York | 97–80 | Bill Sharman (19) | 14–1 | |||||
16 | November 30 | Syracuse | 112–118 | Bill Sharman (34) | 15–1 | |||||
17 | December 1 | @ Syracuse | 109–118 | Bill Russell (27) | 15–2 | |||||
18 | December 3 | @ Detroit | 124–113 | Frank Ramsey (35) | 16–2 | |||||
19 | December 4 | @ Minneapolis | 108–98 | Bill Sharman (20) | 17–2 | |||||
20 | December 6 | St. Louis | 97–111 | Ramsey, Sharman (31) | 18–2 | |||||
21 | December 7 | @ Philadelphia | 112–106 | Bill Sharman (26) | 19–2 | |||||
22 | December 10 | @ New York | 103–106 | Bill Russell (25) | 19–3 | |||||
23 | December 11 | Cincinnati | 104–116 | Tom Heinsohn (26) | 20–3 | |||||
24 | December 12 | N St. Louis | 97–94 | Bill Sharman (24) | 20–4 | |||||
25 | December 14 | Philadelphia | 94–112 | Bob Cousy (36) | 21–4 | |||||
26 | December 21 | Minneapolis | 119–140 | Bill Sharman (41) | 22–4 | |||||
27 | December 22 | @ Cincinnati | 115–98 | Bill Sharman (24) | 23–4 | |||||
28 | December 25 | @ Philadelphia | 105–115 | Bill Sharman (24) | 23–5 | |||||
29 | December 26 | New York | 110–120 | Bill Sharman (44) | 24–5 | |||||
30 | December 27 | N Philadelphia | 110–106 | Bob Cousy (28) | 24–6 | |||||
31 | December 28 | @ St. Louis | 107–112 | Tom Heinsohn (23) | 24–7 | |||||
32 | January 4 | @ Syracuse | 106–115 | Bill Russell (23) | 24–8 | |||||
33 | January 5 | N Minneapolis | 100–113 | Tom Heinsohn (25) | 25–8 | |||||
34 | January 8 | @ Minneapolis | 107–87 | Tom Heinsohn (16) | 26–8 | |||||
35 | January 9 | N New York | 136–123 | Bill Sharman (39) | 26–9 | |||||
36 | January 11 | @ St. Louis | 98–102 | Heinsohn, Risen (18) | 26–10 | |||||
37 | January 12 | @ Cincinnati | 97–115 | Bob Cousy (16) | 26–11 | |||||
38 | January 15 | Detroit | 113–131 | Heinsohn, Sharman (26) | 27–11 | |||||
39 | January 17 | Syracuse | 99–120 | Bill Sharman (30) | 28–11 | |||||
40 | January 18 | @ Philadelphia | 104–116 | Bill Sharman (29) | 28–12 | |||||
41 | January 19 | Philadelphia | 113–114 | Bob Cousy (27) | 29–12 | |||||
42 | January 22 | @ Minneapolis | 97–87 | Heinsohn, Ramsey (24) | 30–12 | |||||
43 | January 24 | New York | 104–125 | Tom Heinsohn (27) | 31–12 | |||||
44 | January 25 | @ Syracuse | 100–112 | Bill Sharman (33) | 31–13 | |||||
45 | January 26 | Syracuse | 95–118 | Bob Cousy (22) | 32–13 | |||||
46 | January 29 | St. Louis | 101–111 | Bob Cousy (39) | 33–13 | |||||
47 | January 30 | @ Philadelphia | 96–116 | Bill Sharman (17) | 33–14 | |||||
48 | January 31 | Philadelphia | 110–101 | Bill Russell (32) | 33–15 | |||||
49 | February 1 | @ New York | 121–114 | Bill Sharman (32) | 34–15 | |||||
50 | February 2 | Detroit | 115–119 | Frank Ramsey (32) | 35–15 | |||||
51 | February 4 | N Cincinnati | 87–107 | Tom Heinsohn (18) | 36–15 | |||||
52 | February 5 | Cincinnati | 89–116 | Tom Heinsohn (18) | 37–15 | |||||
53 | February 7 | Minneapolis | 88–114 | Tom Heinsohn (20) | 38–15 | |||||
54 | February 8 | N Cincinnati | 91–109 | Bob Cousy (38) | 39–15 | |||||
55 | February 9 | @ Syracuse | 98–123 | Bob Cousy (24) | 39–16 | |||||
56 | February 11 | N Syracuse | 84–76 | Bob Cousy (14) | 39–17 | |||||
57 | February 12 | Syracuse | 101–119 | Frank Ramsey (28) | 40–17 | |||||
58 | February 14 | Detroit | 111–109 | Bob Cousy (32) | 40–18 | |||||
59 | February 15 | @ Philadelphia | 110–96 | Frank Ramsey (35) | 41–18 | |||||
60 | February 18 | @ New York | 113–111 | Bob Cousy (27) | 42–18 | |||||
61 | February 19 | N Philadelphia | 123–103 | Tom Heinsohn (18) | 42–19 | |||||
62 | February 20 | Cincinnati | 92–94 | Frank Ramsey (27) | 43–19 | |||||
63 | February 21 | @ St. Louis | 100–119 | Tom Heinsohn (18) | 43–20 | |||||
64 | February 23 | N Philadelphia | 97–99 | Bob Cousy (30) | 44–20 | |||||
65 | February 26 | @ Detroit | 106–99 | Bill Russell (19) | 45–20 | |||||
66 | March 2 | @ Syracuse | 107–100 | Frank Ramsey (29) | 46–20 | |||||
67 | March 4 | @ New York | 99–104 | Heinsohn, Sharman (18) | 46–21 | |||||
68 | March 5 | St. Louis | 102–109 | Bob Cousy (22) | 47–21 | |||||
69 | March 8 | Detroit | 103–108 | Bob Cousy (28) | 48–21 | |||||
70 | March 9 | Cincinnati | 121–107 | Bill Russell (29) | 48–22 | |||||
71 | March 11 | New York | 119–126 | Cousy, Russell (22) | 49–22 | |||||
72 | March 12 | New York | 127–125 | Bill Sharman (27) | 49–23 |
Playoffs
Awards and records
- Bill Russell, NBA Most Valuable Player Award
- Bob Cousy, All-NBA First Team
- Bill Sharman, All-NBA First Team
- Bill Russell, All-NBA Second Team