1950-51 Boston Celtics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 39-30
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 0-2 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to New York Knicks 2-0
Coach: Red Auerbach (39-30)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 197,888, Avg. 6,184 in 32 home dates

1950-51 Boston Celtics Roster
1950-51 Boston Celtics Results

The Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1950-51 season with a record of 39 wins and 30 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-2.

The Celtics scored 5,881 points, best in the league. Boston gave up 5,899 points. Ed Macauley tossed in a team-best 1,384 points for the team, while Bob Cousy netted 14 or more per game as well. Ed Macauley contributed 616 boards. Bob Cousy dished out 341 assists for the squad.

Red Auerbach coached the team. The 1950-51 Boston Celtics lost in the division semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Ed Macauley	C-F	68	985	459			614	466	616	252	205	1384
Bob Cousy	G	69	1138	401			365	276	474	341	185	1078
Sonny Hertzberg	G	65	651	206			270	223	260	244	156	635
Chuck Cooper	F	66	601	207			267	201	562	174	219	615
Bob Donham	G-F	68	298	151			229	114	235	139	179	416
Ed Leede	F-G	57	370	119			189	140	118	95	144	378
Bob Harris	F-C	44	238	85			107	71	247	56	138	241
John Mahnken	C	46	298	102			54	35	184	67	152	239
Horace McKinney	F-C	34	284	90			74	55	179	79	122	235
Harry Boykoff	C	32	203	78			63	45	135	40	130	201
Kleggie Hermsen	C-F	23	191	60			49	29	0	20	70	149
Frank Kudelka	G-F	27	150	54			27	20	0	30	62	128
Ed Stanczak	F	19	50	12			45	36	36	7	48	60
Dick Mehen	F-C-G	7	52	17			15	10	26	11	14	44
Brady Walker	F-C	17	33	13			9	5	31	8	11	31
Andy Duncan	F-C	14	40	7			22	15	30	8	27	29
Kenny Sailors	G	10	25	4			16	10	3	8	14	18
Totals		666	5607	2065	0	0	2415	1751	3136	1579	1876	5881

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Ed Macauley	C-F	68	46.6	75.9	9.1	3.7	3.0	20.4
Bob Cousy	G	69	35.2	75.6	6.9	4.9	2.7	15.6
Sonny Hertzberg	G	65	31.6	82.6	4.0	3.8	2.4	9.8
Chuck Cooper	F	66	34.4	75.3	8.5	2.6	3.3	9.3
Bob Donham	G-F	68	50.7	49.8	3.5	2.0	2.6	6.1
Ed Leede	F-G	57	32.2	74.1	2.1	1.7	2.5	6.6
Bob Harris	F-C	44	35.7	66.4	5.6	1.3	3.1	5.5
John Mahnken	C	46	34.2	64.8	4.0	1.5	3.3	5.2
Horace McKinney	F-C	34	31.7	74.3	5.3	2.3	3.6	6.9
Harry Boykoff	C	32	38.4	71.4	4.2	1.3	4.1	6.3
Kleggie Hermsen	C-F	23	31.4	59.2	0.0	0.9	3.0	6.5
Frank Kudelka	G-F	27	36.0	74.1	0.0	1.1	2.3	4.7
Ed Stanczak	F	19	24.0	80.0	1.9	0.4	2.5	3.2
Dick Mehen	F-C-G	7	32.7	66.7	3.7	1.6	2.0	6.3
Brady Walker	F-C	17	39.4	55.6	1.8	0.5	0.6	1.8
Andy Duncan	F-C	14	17.5	68.2	2.1	0.6	1.9	2.1
Kenny Sailors	G	10	16.0	62.5	0.3	0.8	1.4	1.8
Averages		666	36.8	72.5	4.7	2.4	2.8	8.8

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Ed Macauley	C-F	2	36	17			16	10	18	8	4	44
Bob Cousy	G	2	42	9			12	10	15	12	8	28
Horace McKinney	F-C	2	25	11			5	4	10	8	9	26
Bob Donham	G-F	2	9	4			12	5	8	2	9	13
Chuck Cooper	F	2	12	4			5	2	13	3	8	10
Sonny Hertzberg	G	2	13	3			5	4	2	3	8	10
Bob Harris	F-C	2	10	1			7	5	4	2	4	7
Frank Kudelka	G-F	1	4	2			3	0	5	2	3	4
Ed Leede	F-G	2	7	1			1	1	0	2	3	3
Kleggie Hermsen	C-F	2	6	1			0	0	3	0	6	2
Totals		19	164	53	0	0	66	41	78	42	62	147

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Ed Macauley	C-F	2	47.2	62.5	9.0	4.0	2.0	22.0
Bob Cousy	G	2	21.4	83.3	7.5	6.0	4.0	14.0
Horace McKinney	F-C	2	44.0	80.0	5.0	4.0	4.5	13.0
Bob Donham	G-F	2	44.4	41.7	4.0	1.0	4.5	6.5
Chuck Cooper	F	2	33.3	40.0	6.5	1.5	4.0	5.0
Sonny Hertzberg	G	2	23.1	80.0	1.0	1.5	4.0	5.0
Bob Harris	F-C	2	10.0	71.4	2.0	1.0	2.0	3.5
Frank Kudelka	G-F	1	50.0	0.0	5.0	2.0	3.0	4.0
Ed Leede	F-G	2	14.3	100.0	0.0	1.0	1.5	1.5
Kleggie Hermsen	C-F	2	16.7		1.5	0.0	3.0	1.0
Averages		666	32.3	62.1	4.1	2.2	3.3	7.7