1957-58_Boston_Celtics_season

1957–58 Boston Celtics season
1957–58 Boston Celtics season
Division champions
Head coach	Red Auerbach
Arena	Boston Garden
Results
Record	49–23 (.681)
Place	Division: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finish	NBA Finals; (lost to Hawks 2–4)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
< 1956–57	1958–59 >

1957–58 Boston Celtics season

NBA basketball team season

The 1957–58 Boston Celtics season was the 12th season for the Celtics in the NBA.^[1] The Celtics made their second consecutive NBA Finals appearance, but were unable to defend their title, losing in a rematch of the Finals of the previous year to the St. Louis Hawks in six games.

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Season standings

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Game log

1957–58 game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	October 22	@ St. Louis	115–90	Bob Cousy (24)	1–0
2	October 23	@ Detroit	105–94	Bill Sharman (24)	2–0
3	October 26	@ New York	131–121	Bob Cousy (33)	3–0
4	November 2	Syracuse	83–107	Frank Ramsey (27)	4–0
5	November 3	N Syracuse	95–113	Bill Sharman (27)	5–0
6	November 5	N Detroit	105–111	Bill Sharman (28)	6–0
7	November 6	@ Minneapolis	103–94	Bill Sharman (29)	7–0
8	November 8	@ Cincinnati	122–110 (OT)	Bill Sharman (34)	8–0
9	November 11	St. Louis	88–92	Heinsohn, Ramsey (20)	9–0
10	November 12	N Minneapolis	104–107	Bob Cousy (23)	10–0
11	November 16	Philadelphia	89–111	Bill Russell (28)	11–0
12	November 21	@ Detroit	112–90	Bill Sharman (26)	12–0
13	November 23	Minneapolis	107–131	Tom Heinsohn (27)	13–0
14	November 27	New York	107–120	Bill Russell (30)	14–0
15	November 28	N New York	97–80	Bill Sharman (19)	14–1
16	November 30	Syracuse	112–118	Bill Sharman (34)	15–1
17	December 1	@ Syracuse	109–118	Bill Russell (27)	15–2
18	December 3	@ Detroit	124–113	Frank Ramsey (35)	16–2
19	December 4	@ Minneapolis	108–98	Bill Sharman (20)	17–2
20	December 6	St. Louis	97–111	Ramsey, Sharman (31)	18–2
21	December 7	@ Philadelphia	112–106	Bill Sharman (26)	19–2
22	December 10	@ New York	103–106	Bill Russell (25)	19–3
23	December 11	Cincinnati	104–116	Tom Heinsohn (26)	20–3
24	December 12	N St. Louis	97–94	Bill Sharman (24)	20–4
25	December 14	Philadelphia	94–112	Bob Cousy (36)	21–4
26	December 21	Minneapolis	119–140	Bill Sharman (41)	22–4
27	December 22	@ Cincinnati	115–98	Bill Sharman (24)	23–4
28	December 25	@ Philadelphia	105–115	Bill Sharman (24)	23–5
29	December 26	New York	110–120	Bill Sharman (44)	24–5
30	December 27	N Philadelphia	110–106	Bob Cousy (28)	24–6
31	December 28	@ St. Louis	107–112	Tom Heinsohn (23)	24–7
32	January 4	@ Syracuse	106–115	Bill Russell (23)	24–8
33	January 5	N Minneapolis	100–113	Tom Heinsohn (25)	25–8
34	January 8	@ Minneapolis	107–87	Tom Heinsohn (16)	26–8
35	January 9	N New York	136–123	Bill Sharman (39)	26–9
36	January 11	@ St. Louis	98–102	Heinsohn, Risen (18)	26–10
37	January 12	@ Cincinnati	97–115	Bob Cousy (16)	26–11
38	January 15	Detroit	113–131	Heinsohn, Sharman (26)	27–11
39	January 17	Syracuse	99–120	Bill Sharman (30)	28–11
40	January 18	@ Philadelphia	104–116	Bill Sharman (29)	28–12
41	January 19	Philadelphia	113–114	Bob Cousy (27)	29–12
42	January 22	@ Minneapolis	97–87	Heinsohn, Ramsey (24)	30–12
43	January 24	New York	104–125	Tom Heinsohn (27)	31–12
44	January 25	@ Syracuse	100–112	Bill Sharman (33)	31–13
45	January 26	Syracuse	95–118	Bob Cousy (22)	32–13
46	January 29	St. Louis	101–111	Bob Cousy (39)	33–13
47	January 30	@ Philadelphia	96–116	Bill Sharman (17)	33–14
48	January 31	Philadelphia	110–101	Bill Russell (32)	33–15
49	February 1	@ New York	121–114	Bill Sharman (32)	34–15
50	February 2	Detroit	115–119	Frank Ramsey (32)	35–15
51	February 4	N Cincinnati	87–107	Tom Heinsohn (18)	36–15
52	February 5	Cincinnati	89–116	Tom Heinsohn (18)	37–15
53	February 7	Minneapolis	88–114	Tom Heinsohn (20)	38–15
54	February 8	N Cincinnati	91–109	Bob Cousy (38)	39–15
55	February 9	@ Syracuse	98–123	Bob Cousy (24)	39–16
56	February 11	N Syracuse	84–76	Bob Cousy (14)	39–17
57	February 12	Syracuse	101–119	Frank Ramsey (28)	40–17
58	February 14	Detroit	111–109	Bob Cousy (32)	40–18
59	February 15	@ Philadelphia	110–96	Frank Ramsey (35)	41–18
60	February 18	@ New York	113–111	Bob Cousy (27)	42–18
61	February 19	N Philadelphia	123–103	Tom Heinsohn (18)	42–19
62	February 20	Cincinnati	92–94	Frank Ramsey (27)	43–19
63	February 21	@ St. Louis	100–119	Tom Heinsohn (18)	43–20
64	February 23	N Philadelphia	97–99	Bob Cousy (30)	44–20
65	February 26	@ Detroit	106–99	Bill Russell (19)	45–20
66	March 2	@ Syracuse	107–100	Frank Ramsey (29)	46–20
67	March 4	@ New York	99–104	Heinsohn, Sharman (18)	46–21
68	March 5	St. Louis	102–109	Bob Cousy (22)	47–21
69	March 8	Detroit	103–108	Bob Cousy (28)	48–21
70	March 9	Cincinnati	121–107	Bill Russell (29)	48–22
71	March 11	New York	119–126	Cousy, Russell (22)	49–22
72	March 12	New York	127–125	Bill Sharman (27)	49–23

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Eastern Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Boston Celtics	49	23	.681	-	25-4	16-13	8-6	20-16
x-Syracuse Nationals	41	31	.569	8	26-5	8-20	7-6	21-15
x-Philadelphia Warriors	37	35	.514	12	15-11	11-19	11-5	17-19
New York Knicks	35	37	.486	14	16-12	11-18	8-7	14-22

1957-58 NBA Records
Team	BOS	CIN	DET	MIN	NYK	PHI	STL	SYR
Boston	–	7–2	8–1	9–0	7–5	6–6	5–4	7–5
Cincinnati	2–7	–	6–6	8–4	4–5	6–3	3–9	4–5
Detroit	1–8	6–6	–	6–6	4–5	5–4	6–6	5–4
Minneapolis	0–9	4–8	6–6	–	1–8	3–6	3–9	2–7
New York	5–7	5–4	5–4	8–1	–	4–8	3–6	5–7
Philadelphia	6–6	3–6	4–5	6–3	8–4	–	7–2	3–9
St. Louis	4–5	9–3	6–6	9–3	6–3	2–7	–	5–4
Syracuse	5–7	5–4	4–5	7–2	7–5	9–3	4–5	—

1957-58_Boston_Celtics_season

1957–58 Boston Celtics season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Playoffs

Awards and records

References

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