1951-52 Boston Celtics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 39-27
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 1-2 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to New York Knicks 2-1
Coach: Red Auerbach (39-27)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 160,167, Avg. 5,523 in 29 home dates

1951-52 Boston Celtics Roster
1951-52 Boston Celtics Results

The Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1951-52 season with a record of 39 wins and 27 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.

The Celtics netted 6,027 points, tops in the circuit. Boston conceded 5,758 points. Bob Cousy tossed in a team-best 1,433 points for the team, while Ed Macauley scored 15 or more per game, too. Bob Harris contributed 531 boards. Bob Cousy dished out 441 assists for the squad.

Red Auerbach coached the team. The 1951-52 Boston Celtics lost in the division semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Cousy	G	66	2681	1388	512			506	409	421	441	190	1433
Ed Macauley	C-F	66	2631	888	384			621	496	529	232	174	1264
Bill Sharman	G	63	1389	628	244			213	183	221	151	181	671
Bob Donham	G-F	66	1980	413	201			293	149	330	228	223	551
Chuck Cooper	F	66	1976	545	197			201	149	502	134	219	543
Bob Harris	F-C	66	1899	463	190			209	134	531	120	194	514
Bob Brannum	F-C	66	1324	404	149			171	107	406	76	235	405
Horace McKinney	F-C	63	1083	418	136			80	65	175	111	148	337
John Mahnken	C	60	581	227	78			43	26	132	63	91	182
Dick Dickey	G	45	440	136	40			69	47	81	50	79	127
Totals		627	15984	5510	2131	0	0	2406	1765	3328	1606	1734	6027

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Cousy	G	66	40.6	36.9	80.8	6.4	6.7	2.9	21.7
Ed Macauley	C-F	66	39.9	43.2	79.9	8.0	3.5	2.6	19.2
Bill Sharman	G	63	22.0	38.9	85.9	3.5	2.4	2.9	10.7
Bob Donham	G-F	66	30.0	48.7	50.9	5.0	3.5	3.4	8.3
Chuck Cooper	F	66	29.9	36.1	74.1	7.6	2.0	3.3	8.2
Bob Harris	F-C	66	28.8	41.0	64.1	8.0	1.8	2.9	7.8
Bob Brannum	F-C	66	20.1	36.9	62.6	6.2	1.2	3.6	6.1
Horace McKinney	F-C	63	17.2	32.5	81.3	2.8	1.8	2.3	5.3
John Mahnken	C	60	9.7	34.4	60.5	2.2	1.1	1.5	3.0
Dick Dickey	G	45	9.8	29.4	68.1	1.8	1.1	1.8	2.8
Averages		627	25.5	38.7	73.4	5.3	2.6	2.8	9.6

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Cousy	G	3	138	65	26			44	41	12	19	13	93
Ed Macauley	C-F	3	129	49	27			19	16	33	11	11	70
Chuck Cooper	F	3	128	25	8			19	17	16	4	17	33
Bob Donham	G-F	3	112	19	9			18	9	13	17	16	27
Bob Harris	F-C	3	87	21	9			5	5	25	4	16	23
Bill Sharman	G	1	27	12	7			1	1	3	7	4	15
Bob Brannum	F-C	3	48	12	4			6	1	10	3	16	9
Dick Dickey	G	3	31	8	1			7	6	3	5	7	8
John Mahnken	C	3	50	7	2			6	3	10	3	11	7
Horace McKinney	F-C	3	20	9	2			0	0	6	2	9	4
Totals		28	770	227	95	0	0	125	99	131	75	120	289

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Cousy	G	3	46.0	40.0	93.2	4.0	6.3	4.3	31.0
Ed Macauley	C-F	3	43.0	55.1	84.2	11.0	3.7	3.7	23.3
Chuck Cooper	F	3	42.7	32.0	89.5	5.3	1.3	5.7	11.0
Bob Donham	G-F	3	37.3	47.4	50.0	4.3	5.7	5.3	9.0
Bob Harris	F-C	3	29.0	42.9	100.0	8.3	1.3	5.3	7.7
Bill Sharman	G	1	27.0	58.3	100.0	3.0	7.0	4.0	15.0
Bob Brannum	F-C	3	16.0	33.3	16.7	3.3	1.0	5.3	3.0
Dick Dickey	G	3	10.3	12.5	85.7	1.0	1.7	2.3	2.7
John Mahnken	C	3	16.7	28.6	50.0	3.3	1.0	3.7	2.3
Horace McKinney	F-C	3	6.7	22.2		2.0	0.7	3.0	1.3
Averages		627	27.5	41.9	79.2	4.7	2.7	4.3	10.3