1956-57 Boston Celtics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 44-28
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 7-3 Won NBA championship
Division Finals - Defeated Syracuse Nationals 3-0
Finals - Defeated St. Louis Hawks 4-3
Coach: Red Auerbach (44-28)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 262,918, Avg. 10,517 in 25 home dates

1956-57 Boston Celtics Roster
1956-57 Boston Celtics Results

The Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1956-57 season with a record of 44 wins and 28 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 7-3.

The Celtics topped the circuit with 7,599 points. Boston surrendered 7,213 points. Bill Sharman tossed in a team-best 1,413 points for the squad, while Bob Cousy scored 17 or more per game as well. Bill Russell contributed 943 boards. Bob Cousy doled out 478 assists for the team.

Red Auerbach coached the team. The 1956-57 Boston Celtics won the NBA championship.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bill Sharman	G	67	2403	1241	516			421	381	286	236	188	1413
Bob Cousy	G	64	2364	1264	478			442	363	309	478	134	1319
Tom Heinsohn	F-C	72	2150	1123	446			343	271	705	117	304	1163
Jim Loscutoff	F	70	2220	888	306			187	132	730	89	244	744
Bill Russell	C	48	1695	649	277			309	152	943	88	143	706
Jack Nichols	C-F	61	1372	537	195			136	108	374	85	185	498
Frank Ramsey	F-G	35	807	349	137			182	144	178	67	113	418
Dick Hemric	F	67	1055	317	109			210	146	304	42	98	364
Arnie Risen	C-F	43	935	307	119			156	106	286	53	163	344
Andy Phillip	G-F	67	1476	277	105			137	88	181	168	121	298
Lou Tsioropoulos	F	52	670	256	79			89	69	207	33	135	227
Togo Palazzi	F-G	21	233	118	41			32	23	75	8	23	105
Totals		667	17380	7326	2808	0	0	2644	1983	4578	1464	1851	7599

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bill Sharman	G	67	35.9	41.6	90.5	4.3	3.5	2.8	21.1
Bob Cousy	G	64	36.9	37.8	82.1	4.8	7.5	2.1	20.6
Tom Heinsohn	F-C	72	29.9	39.7	79.0	9.8	1.6	4.2	16.2
Jim Loscutoff	F	70	31.7	34.5	70.6	10.4	1.3	3.5	10.6
Bill Russell	C	48	35.3	42.7	49.2	19.6	1.8	3.0	14.7
Jack Nichols	C-F	61	22.5	36.3	79.4	6.1	1.4	3.0	8.2
Frank Ramsey	F-G	35	23.1	39.3	79.1	5.1	1.9	3.2	11.9
Dick Hemric	F	67	15.7	34.4	69.5	4.5	0.6	1.5	5.4
Arnie Risen	C-F	43	21.7	38.8	67.9	6.7	1.2	3.8	8.0
Andy Phillip	G-F	67	22.0	37.9	64.2	2.7	2.5	1.8	4.4
Lou Tsioropoulos	F	52	12.9	30.9	77.5	4.0	0.6	2.6	4.4
Togo Palazzi	F-G	21	11.1	34.7	71.9	3.6	0.4	1.1	5.0
Averages		667	26.1	38.3	75.0	6.9	2.2	2.8	11.4

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Tom Heinsohn	F-C	10	370	231	90			69	46	117	20	40	226
Bill Sharman	G	10	377	197	75			64	61	35	29	23	211
Bob Cousy	G	10	440	207	67			71	68	61	93	27	202
Bill Russell	C	10	409	148	54			61	31	244	32	41	139
Frank Ramsey	F-G	10	229	82	38			59	46	43	17	36	122
Jim Loscutoff	F	10	259	109	31			28	18	83	5	46	80
Arnie Risen	C-F	10	152	63	28			29	19	58	8	48	75
Jack Nichols	C-F	10	117	40	16			5	3	17	7	23	35
Andy Phillip	G-F	10	128	22	8			15	6	20	17	18	22
Dick Hemric	F	2	19	7	1			0	0	9	1	1	2
Totals		92	2500	1106	408	0	0	401	298	687	229	303	1114

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Tom Heinsohn	F-C	10	37.0	39.0	66.7	11.7	2.0	4.0	22.6
Bill Sharman	G	10	37.7	38.1	95.3	3.5	2.9	2.3	21.1
Bob Cousy	G	10	44.0	32.4	95.8	6.1	9.3	2.7	20.2
Bill Russell	C	10	40.9	36.5	50.8	24.4	3.2	4.1	13.9
Frank Ramsey	F-G	10	22.9	46.3	78.0	4.3	1.7	3.6	12.2
Jim Loscutoff	F	10	25.9	28.4	64.3	8.3	0.5	4.6	8.0
Arnie Risen	C-F	10	15.2	44.4	65.5	5.8	0.8	4.8	7.5
Jack Nichols	C-F	10	11.7	40.0	60.0	1.7	0.7	2.3	3.5
Andy Phillip	G-F	10	12.8	36.4	40.0	2.0	1.7	1.8	2.2
Dick Hemric	F	2	9.5	14.3		4.5	0.5	0.5	1.0
Averages		667	27.2	36.9	74.3	7.5	2.5	3.3	12.1