1952–53 Boston Celtics season

NBA basketball team season August 2023 March 2026 Boston Celtics 1953 46 25 Eastern 3 Red Auerbach Boston ArenaBoston Garden East Division finals(lost to Knicks 1–3) BOS The 1952–53 Boston Celtics season was the Celtics' seventh season in the NBA.1952–53 Boston Celtics Offseason NBA draft 1952 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team16Bill StaufferFMissouri47Herm HedderickSGCanisius104Gene ConleyF/CWashington Roster Boston Celtics 1952–53 18 Bob Brannum PF 6 5 215 Michigan 1925–05–28 17 Gene Conley PF 6 8 225 Washington 1930–11–10 11 Chuck Cooper basketball SF 6 5 210 Duquesne University 1926–09–29 14 Bob Cousy PG 6 1 175 Holy Cross 1928–08–09 12 Bob Donham SG 6 2 190 Ohio State 1926–10–11 13 Bob Harris basketball SF 6 7 195 Oklahoma State 1927–03–16 10 Kleggie Hermsen C-F 6 9 225 Minnesota 1923–03–12 22 Ed Macauley C 6 8 185 Saint Louis 1928–03–22 16 John Mahnken C 6 8 220 Georgetown 1922–06–16 19 Mo Mahoney F 6 2 205 Brown 1927–11–20 4 Kenny Rollins PG 6 0 168 Kentucky 1923–09–14 21 Bill Sharman SG 6 1 175 Southern California 1926–05–25 * Red Auerbach http://www.nba.com/celtics/roster/ Regular season BOS x = clinched playoff spot Game log 1952–53 game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 October 31 @ Indianapolis 83–68 Bob Cousy (22) 1–0 2 November 1 @ Minneapolis 91–94 Ed Macauley (37) 1–1 3 November 8 Syracuse 83–106 Bob Cousy (27) 2–1 4 November 11 Minneapolis 101–92 Ed Macauley (25) 2–2 5 November 13 @ Syracuse 81–96 Bob Cousy (25) 2–3 6 November 15 @ New York 68–79 Bob Cousy (23) 2–4 7 November 16 Rochester 87–96 Ed Macauley (27) 3–4 8 November 19 N Milwaukee 77–91 Bob Cousy (24) 4–4 9 November 22 Indianapolis 91–96 Ed Macauley (23) 5–4 10 November 23 @ Rochester 102–100 Bob Cousy (26) 6–4 11 November 26 Philadelphia 92–93 Bob Cousy (30) 7–4 12 November 27 @ Philadelphia 83–70 Ed Macauley (21) 8–4 13 November 29 N Fort Wayne 71–78 Bob Cousy (27) 9–4 14 November 30 @ Syracuse 66–78 Bob Cousy (28) 9–5 15 December 3 Minneapolis 106–102 (OT) Bob Cousy (28) 9–6 16 December 4 N Milwaukee 90–73 Bob Cousy (23) 9–7 17 December 6 Milwaukee 83–88 Ed Macauley (16) 10–7 18 December 9 N Philadelphia 72–86 Ed Macauley (29) 11–7 19 December 10 N Philadelphia 97–103 Bob Cousy (30) 12–7 20 December 11 N Baltimore 94–88 Bill Sharman (42) 13–7 21 December 13 Philadelphia 78–82 Bill Sharman (22) 14–7 22 December 14 @ Baltimore 83–73 Bob Cousy (23) 15–7 23 December 18 N Syracuse 83–88 Bob Cousy (26) 16–7 24 December 20 Syracuse 77–91 Ed Macauley (31) 17–7 25 December 21 @ Syracuse 86–90 Ed Macauley (21) 17–8 26 December 25 @ New York 84–97 Bill Sharman (25) 17–9 27 December 26 @ Indianapolis 74–85 Bill Sharman (20) 17–10 28 December 27 @ Minneapolis 71–94 Bill Sharman (20) 17–11 29 December 28 @ Fort Wayne 89–66 Bob Cousy (22) 18–11 30 December 31 Syracuse 87–97 Bill Sharman (29) 19–11 31 January 1 @ Rochester 83–81 (OT) Bob Cousy (24) 20–11 32 January 3 N Indianapolis 63–78 Bob Cousy (20) 21–11 33 January 4 New York 100–103 Ed Macauley (28) 22–11 34 January 7 @ Philadelphia 84–82 Bill Sharman (34) 23–11 35 January 8 N Rochester 85–88 (OT) Ed Macauley (28) 24–11 36 January 9 N Baltimore 90–94 Bob Cousy (22) 24–12 37 January 10 @ Baltimore 105–126 Bill Sharman (33) 24–13 38 January 11 Baltimore 87–131 Ed Macauley (25) 25–13 39 January 15 @ Fort Wayne 85–91 Bill Sharman (26) 25–14 40 January 16 @ Milwaukee 100–90 Bill Sharman (29) 26–14 41 January 18 New York 83–99 Ed Macauley (33) 27–14 42 January 21 Fort Wayne 84–94 Bob Cousy (29) 28–14 43 January 22 N New York 112–89 Bill Sharman (20) 28–15 44 January 23 @ Indianapolis 85–90 Ed Macauley (24) 28–16 45 January 25 @ Minneapolis 82–87 Bob Cousy (18) 28–17 46 January 27 N Milwaukee 58–80 Cousy, Macauley (22) 29–17 47 January 29 @ Fort Wayne 98–111 Bob Cousy (27) 29–18 48 January 31 @ New York 69–76 Bill Sharman (23) 29–19 49 February 1 Rochester 109–86 Ed Macauley (25) 29–20 50 February 4 Syracuse 92–105 Bill Sharman (32) 30–20 51 February 7 @ Baltimore 101–98 (OT) Ed Macauley (33) 31–20 52 February 8 New York 79–87 Bill Sharman (20) 32–20 53 February 12 @ Philadelphia 91–92 Ed Macauley (25) 32–21 54 February 13 Milwaukee 74–77 Ed Macauley (25) 33–21 55 February 15 Indianapolis 76–89 Ed Macauley (20) 34–21 56 February 17 N Syracuse 84–65 Cousy, Sharman (14) 34–22 57 February 18 N New York 66–69 Ed Macauley (16) 35–22 58 February 21 @ Baltimore 90–86 Cousy, Macauley (23) 36–22 59 February 22 New York 83–87 (OT) Bob Cousy (27) 37–22 60 February 25 Philadelphia 80–87 Cousy, Macauley (22) 38–22 61 February 26 N Baltimore 82–81 Ed Macauley (23) 39–22 62 February 28 @ Rochester 81–77 Bill Sharman (22) 39–23 63 March 3 N Baltimore 95–94 (OT) Bob Cousy (32) 40–23 64 March 4 N Philadelphia 75–82 Ed Macauley (17) 41–23 65 March 6 Minneapolis 85–100 Ed Macauley (46) 42–23 66 March 8 @ New York 89–78 Ed Macauley (25) 43–23 67 March 11 Fort Wayne 92–98 Ed Macauley (28) 44–23 68 March 12 @ Syracuse 70–84 Bob Cousy (15) 44–24 69 March 15 Philadelphia 87–103 Ed Macauley (26) 45–24 70 March 16 N Baltimore 92–78 Ed Macauley (19) 46–24 71 March 17 @ Syracuse 68–72 Bob Cousy (16) 46–25 Playoffs Boston Celtics 1953 yes Boston Celtics #008040 white Division Semi-finals yes yes no 1 0 1 0 yes yes |- | 1 | March 19 | @ Syracuse | W 87–81 | Bob Cousy (20) | — | Onondaga War Memorial | 1–0 |- | 2 | March 21 | Syracuse | W 111–105 (4OT) | Bob Cousy (50) | Macauley, Sharman (5) | Boston Garden | 2–0 |- Boston Celtics #008040 white Division finals yes no 1 1 0 2 yes yes |- | 1 | March 25 | @ New York | L 91–95 | Bob Cousy (28) | Chuck Cooper (6) | Madison Square Garden III | 0–1 |- | 2 | March 26 | New York | W 86–70 | Macauley, Cousy (21) | Bob Cousy (13) | Boston Garden | 1–1 |- | 3 | March 28 | @ New York | L 82–101 | Bob Cousy (18) | Ed Macauley (5) | Madison Square Garden III | 1–2 |- | 4 | March 29 | New York | L 75–82 | Ed Macauley (25) | Bob Cousy (8) | Boston Garden | 1–3 |- BOS yes 1953 Awards and records Ed Macauley, All-NBA First Team Bob Cousy, All-NBA First Team Bill Sharman, All-NBA Second Team References See also 1952-53 NBA season Category:Boston Celtics seasons Boston Celtics Boston Celtics Boston Celtics Category:1950s in Boston