1951-52_Boston_Celtics_season

1951–52 Boston Celtics season
1951–52 Boston Celtics season
Head coach	Red Auerbach
Arena	Boston Garden
Results
Record	39–27 (.591)
Place	Division: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	East Division semifinals; (lost to Knicks 1–2)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	WHDH
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1951–52 Boston Celtics season

Sixth season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association

The 1951–52 Boston Celtics season was the sixth season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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"Bullets Drop Exhibition to Boston Quint". The Baltimore Sun. October 16, 1950.

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"Celtic Win Again". Associated Press. October 17, 1951.

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"Celtics End Maine Tour With Triumph". Associated Press. October 17, 1951. Retrieved March 14, 2011.

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"Don Barksdale Scores 19 in First Try With Bullets". Associated Press. October 23, 1951. Retrieved March 14, 2011.

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"600 See Celtics Win Exhibition At Berlin". Associated Press. October 24, 1951. Retrieved March 14, 2011.

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Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	7	Ernie Barrett	G/F	United States	Kansas State
2	16	Bill Garrett	F	United States	Indiana
6	56	James Luisi	G	United States	St. Francis (NY)

1951 Pre-season Game Log: 6–2 (home: 4–1; road: 2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	October 18 (in Houlton, Maine)	Baltimore Bullets	71–90	Boston Celtics			1–0	^[1]
2	October 16 (in Bangor, Maine)	Baltimore Bullets	85–99	Boston Celtics			2–0	^[2]
3	October 17 (in Waterville, Maine)	Baltimore Bullets	87–100	Boston Celtics		1,200	3–0	^[3]
4	October 19 (in Albany, New York)	Boston Celtics	82–98	New York Knicks			3–1
5	October 22 (in Barre, Vermont)	Baltimore Bullets	91–75	Boston Celtics			3–2	^[4]
6	October 22 (in Berlin, New Hampshire)	Boston Celtics	55–90	College All-Stars		600	4–2	^[5]
7	October 27 (in Washington D.C.)	Boston Celtics	90–89	Baltimore Bullets			5–2
8	October 28	New York Knicks	78–79	Boston Celtics			6–2

Eastern Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Syracuse Nationals	40	26	.606	–	26–7	12–18	2–1	21–15
x-Boston Celtics	39	27	.591	1	22–7	10–19	7–1	22–14
x-New York Knicks	37	29	.561	3	21–4	12–22	4–3	23–13
x-Philadelphia Warriors	33	33	.500	7	24–7	6–25	3–1	14–22
Baltimore Bullets	20	46	.303	20	17–15	2–22	1–9	10–26

1951-52 NBA Records
Team	BAL	BOS	FWP	IND	MIL	MIN	NYK	PHI	ROC	SYR
Baltimore	—	1–8	2–4	2–4	4–2	0–6	2–7	4–5	2–4	3–6
Boston	8–1	—	3–3	3–3	5–1	3–3	4–5	6–3	3–3	4–5
Fort Wayne	4–2	3–3	—	5–4	4–5	5–4	3–3	2–4	3–6	0–6
Indianapolis	4–2	3–3	4–5	—	7–2	4–5	3–3	2–4	3–6	4–2
Milwaukee	2–4	1–5	5–4	2–7	—	1–8	2–4	1–5	1–8	2–4
Minneapolis	6–0	3–3	4–5	5–4	8–1	—	4–2	2–4	7–2	1–5
New York	7–2	5–4	3–3	3–3	4–2	2–4	—	6–3	2–4	5–4
Philadelphia	5–4	3–6	4–2	4–2	5–1	4–2	3–6	—	2–4	3–6
Rochester	4–2	3–3	6–3	6–3	8–1	2–7	4–2	4–2	—	4–2
Syracuse	6–3	5–4	6–0	2–4	4–2	5–1	4–5	6–3	2–4	—

1951–52 game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	November 4	Indianapolis	65–97	Bob Cousy (25)	1–0
2	November 10	N Philadelphia	69–83	Bob Cousy (24)	2–0
3	November 11	Minneapolis	72–77	Ed Macauley (21)	3–0
4	November 14	Fort Wayne	91–98 (OT)	Bob Cousy (28)	4–0
5	November 15	@ Syracuse	95–97	Ed Macauley (26)	4–1
6	November 17	@ Baltimore	88–75	Bob Cousy (26)	5–1
7	November 18	New York	78–75	Ed Macauley (35)	5–2
8	November 22	Milwaukee	72–103	Bob Cousy (19)	6–2
9	November 23	@ Philadelphia	102–100 (OT)	Ed Macauley (26)	7–2
10	November 24	@ New York	70–68	Bob Cousy (14)	8–2
11	November 25	Philadelphia	85–103	Bob Cousy (20)	9–2
12	November 28	@ Minneapolis	76–90	Cousy, Macauley (14)	9–3
13	November 30	@ Indianapolis	87–92	Ed Macauley (22)	9–4
14	December 2	Baltimore	82–103	Bob Cousy (21)	10–4
15	December 5	Fort Wayne	91–88	Bob Cousy (32)	10–5
16	December 9	New York	94–103	Bob Cousy (31)	11–5
17	December 11	@ Philadelphia	78–79	Bones McKinney (16)	11–6
18	December 12	Milwaukee	84–89	Bill Sharman (21)	12–6
19	December 16	Philadelphia	90–92 (OT)	Ed Macauley (32)	13–6
20	December 17	@ Baltimore	80–92	Ed Macauley (20)	13–7
21	December 19	Syracuse	97–103	Bob Cousy (29)	14–7
22	December 21	N Baltimore	106–89	Bob Cousy (25)	15–7
23	December 23	Indianapolis	88–91	Bob Cousy (18)	16–7
24	December 25	@ Minneapolis	93–100	Bob Cousy (22)	16–8
25	December 26	@ Fort Wayne	86–94	Ed Macauley (25)	16–9
26	December 30	New York	90–100	Ed Macauley (32)	17–9
27	December 31	@ New York	86–87 (OT)	Ed Macauley (27)	17–10
28	January 1	@ Rochester	91–106	Bob Cousy (22)	17–11
29	January 3	@ Syracuse	81–107	Bob Cousy (27)	17–12
30	January 5	@ Baltimore	94–73	Bob Cousy (27)	18–12
31	January 6	Rochester	80–91	Ed Macauley (22)	19–12
32	January 8	@ Milwaukee	83–76	Ed Macauley (24)	20–12
33	January 10	@ Fort Wayne	94–85	Bob Cousy (27)	21–12
34	January 11	@ Indianapolis	79–100	Ed Macauley (19)	21–13
35	January 16	Minneapolis	108–94	Cousy, Macauley (25)	21–14
36	January 20	Indianapolis	98–117	Bob Cousy (30)	22–14
37	January 23	Baltimore	75–117	Bob Cousy (26)	23–14
38	January 26	Philadelphia	89–85	Ed Macauley (29)	23–15
39	January 27	@ Syracuse	86–91	Bob Cousy (25)	23–16
40	January 29	@ Philadelphia	96–97	Bob Cousy (27)	23–17
41	February 1	N Milwaukee	77–100	Bob Cousy (29)	24–17
42	February 2	@ New York	83–91	Ed Macauley (26)	24–18
43	February 3	New York	95–100	Bob Cousy (30)	25–18
44	February 6	Syracuse	88–99	Bob Cousy (33)	26–18
45	February 9	@ Rochester	100–104	Bob Cousy (26)	26–19
46	February 10	@ Rochester	111–97	Bill Sharman (24)	26–20
47	February 14	@ Fort Wayne	90–94	Bob Cousy (31)	26–21
48	February 16	N Minneapolis	75–77	Bob Cousy (24)	27–21
49	February 17	N Milwaukee	97–95	Bob Cousy (22)	27–22
50	February 18	N Milwaukee	84–106	Bob Cousy (31)	28–22
51	February 19	@ Indianapolis	81–82	Ed Macauley (27)	28–23
52	February 21	Fort Wayne	67–88	Bob Cousy (24)	29–23
53	February 24	@ Syracuse	77–75	Bob Cousy (18)	30–23
54	February 27	Syracuse	81–88	Bob Cousy (22)	31–23
55	February 28	N Rochester	72–91	Ed Macauley (20)	32–23
56	March 1	@ New York	86–105	Cousy, Macauley (19)	32–24
57	March 2	New York	89–87	Bob Cousy (23)	32–25
58	March 4	N Baltimore	91–80	Bob Cousy (31)	33–25
59	March 5	Minneapolis	74–82	Ed Macauley (26)	34–25
60	March 8	@ Baltimore	100–77	Ed Macauley (21)	35–25
61	March 9	Baltimore	72–89	Bob Brannum (21)	36–25
62	March 11	@ Philadlephia	88–84	Bob Cousy (26)	37–25
63	March 12	Syracuse	89–71	Bill Sharman (15)	37–26
64	March 13	@ Syracuse	70–89	McKinney, Sharman (11)	37–27
65	March 15	@ Rochester	118–106	Bob Cousy (32)	38–27
66	March 16	Philadelphia	89–96	Ed Macauley (18)	39–27

1951-52_Boston_Celtics_season

1951–52 Boston Celtics season

Draft picks

Roster

Pre-season

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Playoffs

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

References

See also

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