1954-55 Boston Celtics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 36-36
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 3-4 Lost division finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated New York Knicks 2-1
Division Finals - Lost to Syracuse Nationals 3-1
Coach: Red Auerbach (36-36)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 175,675, Avg. 7,027 in 25 home dates

1954-55 Boston Celtics Roster
1954-55 Boston Celtics Results

The Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1954-55 season with a record of 36 wins and 36 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.

The Celtics scored 7,305 points, most in the league. Boston gave up 7,309 points, most in the circuit. Bob Cousy tossed in a team-best 1,504 points for the team, while Ed Macauley and Bill Sharman netted 16 or more per game as well. Ed Macauley contributed 600 boards. Bob Cousy dished out 557 assists for the squad.

Red Auerbach coached the team. The 1954-55 Boston Celtics lost in the division finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Cousy	G	71	64	2747	1316	522			570	460	424	557	165	1504
Bill Sharman	G	68	58	2453	1062	453			387	347	302	280	212	1253
Ed Macauley	C-F	71	64	2706	951	403			558	442	600	275	171	1248
Don Barksdale	F-C	72	44	1790	699	267			338	220	545	129	225	754
Frank Ramsey	F-G	64	29	1754	592	236			322	243	402	185	250	715
Jack Nichols	C-F	64	32	1910	656	249			177	138	533	144	238	636
Bob Brannum	F-C	71	22	1623	465	176			127	90	492	127	232	442
Red Morrison	F-C	71	30	1227	284	120			115	72	451	82	222	312
Togo Palazzi	F-G	53	8	504	253	101			60	45	146	30	60	247
Fred Scolari	G	59	4	619	249	76			49	39	77	93	76	191
Skippy Whitaker	G	3	0	15	6	1			0	0	1	1	4	2
Totals		667	355	17348	6533	2604	0	0	2703	2096	3973	1903	1855	7304

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Cousy	G	71	64	38.7	39.7	80.7	6.0	7.8	2.3	21.2
Bill Sharman	G	68	58	36.1	42.7	89.7	4.4	4.1	3.1	18.4
Ed Macauley	C-F	71	64	38.1	42.4	79.2	8.5	3.9	2.4	17.6
Don Barksdale	F-C	72	44	24.9	38.2	65.1	7.6	1.8	3.1	10.5
Frank Ramsey	F-G	64	29	27.4	39.9	75.5	6.3	2.9	3.9	11.2
Jack Nichols	C-F	64	32	29.8	38.0	78.0	8.3	2.3	3.7	9.9
Bob Brannum	F-C	71	22	22.9	37.8	70.9	6.9	1.8	3.3	6.2
Red Morrison	F-C	71	30	17.3	42.3	62.6	6.4	1.2	3.1	4.4
Togo Palazzi	F-G	53	8	9.5	39.9	75.0	2.8	0.6	1.1	4.7
Fred Scolari	G	59	4	10.5	30.5	79.6	1.3	1.6	1.3	3.2
Skippy Whitaker	G	3	0	5.0	16.7		0.3	0.3	1.3	0.7
Averages		667	355	26.0	39.9	77.5	6.0	2.9	2.8	11.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Cousy	G	7	299	139	53			48	46	43	65	26	152
Bill Sharman	G	7	290	110	55			38	35	38	38	24	145
Ed Macauley	C-F	7	283	93	43			54	41	52	32	21	127
Frank Ramsey	F-G	7	154	54	28			26	19	35	16	27	75
Jack Nichols	C-F	7	231	81	30			16	13	49	23	28	73
Bob Brannum	F-C	7	225	61	26			19	11	79	13	32	63
Don Barksdale	F-C	7	122	40	18			21	18	35	10	17	54
Togo Palazzi	F-G	5	30	24	12			10	5	14	1	7	29
Fred Scolari	G	5	29	15	4			5	4	5	3	7	12
Red Morrison	F-C	7	42	8	3			3	1	14	1	22	7
Totals		66	1705	625	272	0	0	240	193	364	202	211	737

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Cousy	G	7	42.7	38.1	95.8	6.1	9.3	3.7	21.7
Bill Sharman	G	7	41.4	50.0	92.1	5.4	5.4	3.4	20.7
Ed Macauley	C-F	7	40.4	46.2	75.9	7.4	4.6	3.0	18.1
Frank Ramsey	F-G	7	22.0	51.9	73.1	5.0	2.3	3.9	10.7
Jack Nichols	C-F	7	33.0	37.0	81.3	7.0	3.3	4.0	10.4
Bob Brannum	F-C	7	32.1	42.6	57.9	11.3	1.9	4.6	9.0
Don Barksdale	F-C	7	17.4	45.0	85.7	5.0	1.4	2.4	7.7
Togo Palazzi	F-G	5	6.0	50.0	50.0	2.8	0.2	1.4	5.8
Fred Scolari	G	5	5.8	26.7	80.0	1.0	0.6	1.4	2.4
Red Morrison	F-C	7	6.0	37.5	33.3	2.0	0.1	3.1	1.0
Averages		667	25.8	43.5	80.4	5.5	3.1	3.2	11.2