
1953-54 Boston Celtics Statistics
Team Record: 42-30
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 2-4 Lost division finals
Division Finals - Lost to Syracuse Nationals 2-0
Coach: Red Auerbach (42-30)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 156,912, Avg. 7,472 in 21 home dates
1953-54 Boston Celtics Results
The Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1953-54 season with a record of 42 wins and 30 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.
Boston scored 6,315 points, most in the league. The team conceded 6,147 points, most in the circuit. Bob Cousy tossed in a team-best 1,383 points for the Celtics, while Ed Macauley and Bill Sharman netted 14 or more per game as well. Ed Macauley contributed 571 boards. Bob Cousy dished out 518 assists for the squad.
Red Auerbach coached the team. The 1953-54 Boston Celtics lost in the division finals.
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Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Cousy | G | 72 | 2857 | 1262 | 486 | 522 | 411 | 0 | 0 | 394 | 518 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 201 | 1383 | ||
Ed Macauley | C-F | 71 | 2792 | 950 | 462 | 554 | 420 | 0 | 0 | 571 | 271 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 1344 | ||
Bill Sharman | G | 72 | 2467 | 915 | 412 | 392 | 331 | 0 | 0 | 255 | 229 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 211 | 1155 | ||
Don Barksdale | F-C | 63 | 1358 | 415 | 156 | 225 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 345 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 213 | 461 | ||
Bob Harris | F-C | 71 | 1898 | 409 | 156 | 172 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 517 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 224 | 420 | ||
Bob Brannum | F-C | 71 | 1729 | 453 | 140 | 206 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 509 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 280 | 409 | ||
Bob Donham | G-F | 68 | 1451 | 315 | 141 | 213 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 267 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 235 | 400 | ||
Jack Nichols | C-F | 60 | 1251 | 385 | 133 | 116 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 354 | ||
Chuck Cooper | F | 70 | 1101 | 261 | 78 | 116 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 304 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 234 | ||
Ernie Barrett | G-F | 59 | 641 | 191 | 60 | 25 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 134 | ||
Ed Mikan | C-F | 9 | 71 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 21 | ||
Totals | 686 | 17616 | 5580 | 2232 | 0 | 0 | 2550 | 1851 | 0 | 0 | 3282 | 1772 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1969 | 6315 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Cousy | G | 72 | 39.7 | 38.5 | 78.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 7.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 19.2 | |
Ed Macauley | C-F | 71 | 39.3 | 48.6 | 75.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 18.9 | |
Bill Sharman | G | 72 | 34.3 | 45.0 | 84.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 16.0 | |
Don Barksdale | F-C | 63 | 21.6 | 37.6 | 66.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 7.3 | |
Bob Harris | F-C | 71 | 26.7 | 38.1 | 62.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 5.9 | |
Bob Brannum | F-C | 71 | 24.4 | 30.9 | 62.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 5.8 | |
Bob Donham | G-F | 68 | 21.3 | 44.8 | 55.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 5.9 | |
Jack Nichols | C-F | 60 | 20.9 | 34.5 | 75.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 5.9 | |
Chuck Cooper | F | 70 | 15.7 | 29.9 | 67.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 3.3 | |
Ernie Barrett | G-F | 59 | 10.9 | 31.4 | 56.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.3 | |
Ed Mikan | C-F | 9 | 7.9 | 33.3 | 55.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 2.3 | |
Averages | 686 | 25.7 | 40.0 | 72.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 9.2 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Cousy | G | 6 | 260 | 116 | 33 | 75 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 126 | ||
Bill Sharman | G | 6 | 206 | 81 | 35 | 50 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 113 | ||
Jack Nichols | C-F | 6 | 211 | 72 | 35 | 38 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 100 | ||
Bob Harris | F-C | 6 | 150 | 25 | 16 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 48 | ||
Don Barksdale | F-C | 6 | 106 | 36 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 30 | ||
Bob Brannum | F-C | 6 | 136 | 38 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 28 | ||
Ed Macauley | C-F | 5 | 127 | 22 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 25 | ||
Chuck Cooper | F | 6 | 108 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 24 | ||
Bob Donham | G-F | 6 | 98 | 15 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 20 | ||
Ernie Barrett | G-F | 6 | 63 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8 | ||
Totals | 59 | 1465 | 441 | 167 | 0 | 0 | 253 | 188 | 0 | 0 | 296 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 231 | 522 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Cousy | G | 6 | 43.3 | 28.4 | 80.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 21.0 | |
Bill Sharman | G | 6 | 34.3 | 43.2 | 86.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 18.8 | |
Jack Nichols | C-F | 6 | 35.2 | 48.6 | 78.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.3 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 16.7 | |
Bob Harris | F-C | 6 | 25.0 | 64.0 | 69.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 8.0 | |
Don Barksdale | F-C | 6 | 17.7 | 30.6 | 72.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 5.0 | |
Bob Brannum | F-C | 6 | 22.7 | 28.9 | 54.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | |
Ed Macauley | C-F | 5 | 25.4 | 36.4 | 69.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 5.0 | |
Chuck Cooper | F | 6 | 18.0 | 50.0 | 72.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | |
Bob Donham | G-F | 6 | 16.3 | 46.7 | 31.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 3.3 | |
Ernie Barrett | G-F | 6 | 10.5 | 15.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 1.3 | |
Averages | 686 | 24.8 | 37.9 | 74.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 8.8 |