1952-53 Boston Celtics Game-by-Game Results
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 StatisticsTeam 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
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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Regular Season Points For: 6258
Regular Season Points Against: 6090
| Date | Game | Res | Home | Road | Record | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 31, 1952 | Boston Celtics 83 at Indianapolis Olympians 68 | W | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | ||
| November 1, 1952 | Boston Celtics 91 at Minneapolis Lakers 94 | L | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | ||
| November 8, 1952 | Syracuse Nationals 83 at Boston Celtics 106 | W | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | ||
| November 11, 1952 | Minneapolis Lakers 101 at Boston Celtics 92 | L | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | ||
| November 13, 1952 | Boston Celtics 81 at Syracuse Nationals 96 | L | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | ||
| November 15, 1952 | Boston Celtics 68 at New York Knicks 79 | L | 1-1 | 1-3 | 2-4 | ||
| November 16, 1952 | Rochester Royals 87 at Boston Celtics 96 | W | 2-1 | 1-3 | 3-4 | ||
| November 19, 1952 | Boston Celtics 91 at Milwaukee Hawks 77 | W | 2-1 | 2-3 | 4-4 | at Baltimore, MD | |
| November 22, 1952 | Indianapolis Olympians 91 at Boston Celtics 96 | W | 3-1 | 2-3 | 5-4 | OT | |
| November 23, 1952 | Boston Celtics 102 at Rochester Royals 100 | W | 3-1 | 3-3 | 6-4 | ||
| November 26, 1952 | Philadelphia Warriors 92 at Boston Celtics 93 | W | 4-1 | 3-3 | 7-4 | ||
| November 27, 1952 | Boston Celtics 83 at Philadelphia Warriors 70 | W | 4-1 | 4-3 | 8-4 | ||
| November 29, 1952 | Boston Celtics 78 at Fort Wayne Pistons 71 | W | 4-1 | 5-3 | 9-4 | at New York, NY | |
| November 30, 1952 | Boston Celtics 66 at Syracuse Nationals 78 | L | 4-1 | 5-4 | 9-5 | ||
| December 3, 1952 | Minneapolis Lakers 106 at Boston Celtics 102 | L | 4-2 | 5-4 | 9-6 | OT | |
| December 4, 1952 | Milwaukee Hawks 90 at Boston Celtics 73 | L | 4-3 | 5-4 | 9-7 | at New York, NY | |
| December 6, 1952 | Milwaukee Hawks 83 at Boston Celtics 88 | W | 5-3 | 5-4 | 10-7 | ||
| December 9, 1952 | Boston Celtics 86 at Philadelphia Warriors 72 | W | 5-3 | 6-4 | 11-7 | at New York, NY | |
| December 10, 1952 | Boston Celtics 103 at Philadelphia Warriors 97 | W | 5-3 | 7-4 | 12-7 | at Baltimore, MD | |
| December 11, 1952 | Boston Celtics 94 at Baltimore Bullets 88 | W | 5-3 | 8-4 | 13-7 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| December 13, 1952 | Philadelphia Warriors 78 at Boston Celtics 82 | W | 6-3 | 8-4 | 14-7 | ||
| December 14, 1952 | Boston Celtics 83 at Baltimore Bullets 73 | W | 6-3 | 9-4 | 15-7 | ||
| December 18, 1952 | Boston Celtics 88 at Syracuse Nationals 83 | W | 6-3 | 10-4 | 16-7 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| December 20, 1952 | Syracuse Nationals 77 at Boston Celtics 91 | W | 7-3 | 10-4 | 17-7 | ||
| December 21, 1952 | Boston Celtics 86 at Syracuse Nationals 90 | L | 7-3 | 10-5 | 17-8 | ||
| December 25, 1952 | Boston Celtics 84 at New York Knicks 97 | L | 7-3 | 10-6 | 17-9 | ||
| December 26, 1952 | Boston Celtics 74 at Indianapolis Olympians 85 | L | 7-3 | 10-7 | 17-10 | ||
| December 27, 1952 | Boston Celtics 71 at Minneapolis Lakers 94 | L | 7-3 | 10-8 | 17-11 | ||
| December 28, 1952 | Boston Celtics 89 at Fort Wayne Pistons 66 | W | 7-3 | 11-8 | 18-11 | ||
| December 31, 1952 | Syracuse Nationals 87 at Boston Celtics 97 | W | 8-3 | 11-8 | 19-11 | ||
| January 1, 1953 | Boston Celtics 83 at Rochester Royals 81 | W | 8-3 | 12-8 | 20-11 | OT | |
| January 3, 1953 | Boston Celtics 78 at Indianapolis Olympians 63 | W | 8-3 | 13-8 | 21-11 | at New York, NY | |
| January 4, 1953 | New York Knicks 100 at Boston Celtics 103 | W | 9-3 | 13-8 | 22-11 | ||
| January 7, 1953 | Boston Celtics 84 at Philadelphia Warriors 82 | W | 9-3 | 14-8 | 23-11 | ||
| January 8, 1953 | Boston Celtics 88 at Rochester Royals 85 | W | 9-3 | 15-8 | 24-11 | OT | at New York, NY |
| January 9, 1953 | Baltimore Bullets 94 at Boston Celtics 90 | L | 9-4 | 15-8 | 24-12 | at Worcester, MA | |
| January 10, 1953 | Boston Celtics 105 at Baltimore Bullets 126 | L | 9-4 | 15-9 | 24-13 | ||
| January 11, 1953 | Baltimore Bullets 87 at Boston Celtics 131 | W | 10-4 | 15-9 | 25-13 | ||
| January 15, 1953 | Boston Celtics 85 at Fort Wayne Pistons 91 | L | 10-4 | 15-10 | 25-14 | ||
| January 16, 1953 | Boston Celtics 100 at Milwaukee Hawks 90 | W | 10-4 | 16-10 | 26-14 | ||
| January 18, 1953 | New York Knicks 83 at Boston Celtics 99 | W | 11-4 | 16-10 | 27-14 | ||
| January 20, 1953 | New York Knicks 112 at Boston Celtics 89 | L | 11-5 | 16-10 | 27-15 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| January 21, 1953 | Fort Wayne Pistons 84 at Boston Celtics 94 | W | 12-5 | 16-10 | 28-15 | ||
| January 23, 1953 | Boston Celtics 85 at Indianapolis Olympians 90 | L | 12-5 | 16-11 | 28-16 | ||
| January 25, 1953 | Boston Celtics 82 at Minneapolis Lakers 87 | L | 12-5 | 16-12 | 28-17 | ||
| January 27, 1953 | Boston Celtics 80 at Milwaukee Hawks 58 | W | 12-5 | 17-12 | 29-17 | at Indianapolis, IN | |
| January 29, 1953 | Boston Celtics 98 at Fort Wayne Pistons 111 | L | 12-5 | 17-13 | 29-18 | ||
| January 31, 1953 | Boston Celtics 69 at New York Knicks 76 | L | 12-5 | 17-14 | 29-19 | ||
| February 1, 1953 | Rochester Royals 109 at Boston Celtics 86 | L | 12-6 | 17-14 | 29-20 | ||
| February 4, 1953 | Syracuse Nationals 92 at Boston Celtics 105 | W | 13-6 | 17-14 | 30-20 | ||
| February 7, 1953 | Boston Celtics 101 at Baltimore Bullets 98 | W | 13-6 | 18-14 | 31-20 | OT | |
| February 8, 1953 | New York Knicks 79 at Boston Celtics 87 | W | 14-6 | 18-14 | 32-20 | ||
| February 12, 1953 | Boston Celtics 91 at Philadelphia Warriors 92 | L | 14-6 | 18-15 | 32-21 | ||
| February 13, 1953 | Milwaukee Hawks 74 at Boston Celtics 77 | W | 15-6 | 18-15 | 33-21 | ||
| February 15, 1953 | Indianapolis Olympians 76 at Boston Celtics 89 | W | 16-6 | 18-15 | 34-21 | ||
| February 17, 1953 | Boston Celtics 65 at Syracuse Nationals 84 | L | 16-6 | 18-16 | 34-22 | at New York, NY | |
| February 18, 1953 | Boston Celtics 69 at New York Knicks 66 | W | 16-6 | 19-16 | 35-22 | at Providence, RI | |
| February 21, 1953 | Boston Celtics 90 at Baltimore Bullets 86 | W | 16-6 | 20-16 | 36-22 | ||
| February 22, 1953 | New York Knicks 83 at Boston Celtics 87 | W | 17-6 | 20-16 | 37-22 | OT | |
| February 25, 1953 | Philadelphia Warriors 80 at Boston Celtics 87 | W | 18-6 | 20-16 | 38-22 | ||
| February 26, 1953 | Boston Celtics 82 at Baltimore Bullets 81 | W | 18-6 | 21-16 | 39-22 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| February 28, 1953 | Boston Celtics 85 at Rochester Royals 92 | L | 18-6 | 21-17 | 39-23 | ||
| March 3, 1953 | Boston Celtics 95 at Baltimore Bullets 94 | W | 18-6 | 22-17 | 40-23 | OT | at New York, NY |
| March 4, 1953 | Boston Celtics 82 at Philadelphia Warriors 75 | W | 18-6 | 23-17 | 41-23 | at Baltimore, MD | |
| March 6, 1953 | Minneapolis Lakers 85 at Boston Celtics 100 | W | 19-6 | 23-17 | 42-23 | ||
| March 8, 1953 | Boston Celtics 89 at New York Knicks 78 | W | 19-6 | 24-17 | 43-23 | ||
| March 11, 1953 | Fort Wayne Pistons 92 at Boston Celtics 98 | W | 20-6 | 24-17 | 44-23 | ||
| March 12, 1953 | Boston Celtics 70 at Syracuse Nationals 84 | L | 20-6 | 24-18 | 44-24 | ||
| March 15, 1953 | Philadelphia Warriors 87 at Boston Celtics 103 | W | 21-6 | 24-18 | 45-24 | ||
| March 16, 1953 | Boston Celtics 92 at Baltimore Bullets 78 | W | 21-6 | 25-18 | 46-24 | at Worcester, MA | |
| March 17, 1953 | Boston Celtics 68 at Syracuse Nationals 72 | L | 21-6 | 25-19 | 46-25 | ||
| March 19, 1953 | Boston Celtics 87 at Syracuse Nationals 81 | W | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | ||
| March 21, 1953 | Syracuse Nationals 105 at Boston Celtics 111 | W | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 4OT | |
| March 25, 1953 | Boston Celtics 91 at New York Knicks 95 | L | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | ||
| March 26, 1953 | New York Knicks 70 at Boston Celtics 86 | W | 2-0 | 1-1 | 3-1 | ||
| March 28, 1953 | Boston Celtics 82 at New York Knicks 101 | L | 2-0 | 1-2 | 3-2 | ||
| March 29, 1953 | New York Knicks 82 at Boston Celtics 75 | L | 2-1 | 1-2 | 3-3 |
