1952-53 Boston Celtics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 46-25
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 3-3 Lost division finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated Syracuse Nationals 2-0
Division Finals - Lost to New York Knicks 3-1
Coach: Red Auerbach (46-25)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 161,808, Avg. 6,742 in 24 home dates

1952-53 Boston Celtics Roster
1952-53 Boston Celtics Results

The Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1952-53 season with a record of 46 wins and 25 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-3.

The Celtics paced the circuit with 6,258 points. Boston allowed 6,090 points. Bob Cousy tossed in a team-best 1,407 points for the squad, while Ed Macauley and Bill Sharman scored 14 or more per game as well. Ed Macauley contributed 629 boards. Bob Cousy dished out 547 assists for the team.

Red Auerbach coached the team. The 1952-53 Boston Celtics lost in the division finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Cousy	G	71	2945	1320	464			587	479	449	547	227	1407
Ed Macauley	C-F	69	2902	997	451			667	500	629	280	188	1402
Bill Sharman	G	71	2333	925	403			401	341	288	191	240	1147
Bob Harris	F-C	70	1971	459	192			226	133	485	95	238	517
Bob Brannum	F-C	71	1900	541	188			185	110	537	147	287	486
Chuck Cooper	F	70	1994	466	157			190	144	439	112	258	458
Bob Donham	G-F	71	1435	353	169			240	113	239	153	213	451
John Mahnken	C	69	771	252	76			56	39	182	75	110	191
Kenny Rollins	G	43	426	115	38			27	22	45	46	63	98
Gene Conley	C-F	39	461	108	35			31	18	171	19	74	88
Mo Mahoney	F	6	34	10	4			5	4	7	1	7	12
Totals		650	17172	5546	2177	0	0	2615	1903	3471	1666	1905	6257

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Cousy	G	71	41.5	35.2	81.6	6.3	7.7	3.2	19.8
Ed Macauley	C-F	69	42.1	45.2	75.0	9.1	4.1	2.7	20.3
Bill Sharman	G	71	32.9	43.6	85.0	4.1	2.7	3.4	16.2
Bob Harris	F-C	70	28.2	41.8	58.8	6.9	1.4	3.4	7.4
Bob Brannum	F-C	71	26.8	34.8	59.5	7.6	2.1	4.0	6.8
Chuck Cooper	F	70	28.5	33.7	75.8	6.3	1.6	3.7	6.5
Bob Donham	G-F	71	20.2	47.9	47.1	3.4	2.2	3.0	6.4
John Mahnken	C	69	11.2	30.2	69.6	2.6	1.1	1.6	2.8
Kenny Rollins	G	43	9.9	33.0	81.5	1.0	1.1	1.5	2.3
Gene Conley	C-F	39	11.8	32.4	58.1	4.4	0.5	1.9	2.3
Mo Mahoney	F	6	5.7	40.0	80.0	1.2	0.2	1.2	2.0
Averages		650	26.4	39.3	72.8	5.3	2.6	2.9	9.6

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Cousy	G	6	270	120	46			73	61	25	37	21	153
Ed Macauley	C-F	6	278	71	31			54	39	58	21	23	101
Bill Sharman	G	6	201	60	20			32	30	15	15	26	70
Chuck Cooper	F	6	195	48	19			27	22	39	14	27	60
Bob Harris	F-C	6	193	35	16			24	18	56	12	28	50
Bob Donham	G-F	6	138	38	11			27	11	21	13	24	33
Bob Brannum	F-C	6	83	23	12			11	7	21	10	23	31
Kenny Rollins	G	6	65	15	6			8	8	8	7	14	20
Mo Mahoney	F	4	45	14	3			5	3	7	2	14	9
John Mahnken	C	6	72	10	0			5	5	19	6	16	5
Totals		58	1540	434	164	0	0	266	204	269	137	216	532

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Cousy	G	6	45.0	38.3	83.6	4.2	6.2	3.5	25.5
Ed Macauley	C-F	6	46.3	43.7	72.2	9.7	3.5	3.8	16.8
Bill Sharman	G	6	33.5	33.3	93.8	2.5	2.5	4.3	11.7
Chuck Cooper	F	6	32.5	39.6	81.5	6.5	2.3	4.5	10.0
Bob Harris	F-C	6	32.2	45.7	75.0	9.3	2.0	4.7	8.3
Bob Donham	G-F	6	23.0	28.9	40.7	3.5	2.2	4.0	5.5
Bob Brannum	F-C	6	13.8	52.2	63.6	3.5	1.7	3.8	5.2
Kenny Rollins	G	6	10.8	40.0	100.0	1.3	1.2	2.3	3.3
Mo Mahoney	F	4	11.3	21.4	60.0	1.8	0.5	3.5	2.3
John Mahnken	C	6	12.0	0.0	100.0	3.2	1.0	2.7	0.8
Averages		650	26.6	37.8	76.7	4.6	2.4	3.7	9.2