1957–58 Boston Celtics season

NBA basketball team season August 2023 March 2026 Boston Celtics 1958 yes 49 23 Eastern 1 Red Auerbach Boston Garden NBA Finals(lost to Hawks 2–4) BOS The 1957–58 Boston Celtics season was the 12th season for the Celtics in the NBA.1957–58 Boston Celtics 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. Roster Boston Celtics 1957–58 14 Bob Cousy G 6 1 175 1928-08-09 Holy Cross 15 Tom Heinsohn F/C 6 7 218 1934-08-26 Holy Cross 24 Sam Jones basketball, born 1933 SG 6 4 198 1933-06-24 North Carolina Central 18 Jim Loscutoff F 6 5 220 1930-02-04 Oregon 16 Jack Nichols basketball F/C 6 7 222 1926-04-09 Washington 17 Andy Phillip G 6 2 195 1922-03-07 Illinois 23 Frank Ramsey basketball G/F 6 3 190 1931-07-13 Kentucky 19 Arnie Risen F/C 6 9 200 1924-10-09 Ohio State 6 Bill Russell C 6 9 215 1934-02-12 San Francisco 21 Bill Sharman G 6 1 175 1926-05-25 USC 29 Lou Tsioropoulos F 6 5 190 1930-08-31 Kentucky Red Auerbach https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1958.html Season standings BOS x = clinched playoff spot 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 Playoffs Boston Celtics 1958 yes Boston Celtics #008040 white Division finals yes yes no 3 0 1 1 yes |- | 1 | March 19 | Philadelphia | W 107–98 | Bob Cousy (29) | Bill Russell (25) | Bob Cousy (8) | Boston Garden | 1–0 |- | 2 | March 22 | @ Philadelphia | W 109–87 | Bill Sharman (32) | Bill Russell (28) | Sharman, Cousy (4) | Philadelphia Civic Center | 2–0 |- | 3 | March 23 | Philadelphia | W 106–92 | Bill Sharman (27) | Bill Russell (40) | Bob Cousy (14) | Boston Garden | 3–0 |- | 4 | March 26 | @ Philadelphia | L 97–112 | Tom Heinsohn (20) | Bill Russell (21) | Cousy, Ramsey (5) | Philadelphia Civic Center | 3–1 |- | 5 | March 27 | Philadelphia | W 93–88 | Heinsohn, Ramsey (22) | Bill Russell (30) | Bob Cousy (5) | Boston Garden | 4–1 |- Boston Celtics #008040 white NBA Finals yes no 1 2 1 2 yes |- | 1 | March 29 | St. Louis | L 102–104 | Bob Cousy (27) | Bill Russell (29) | Boston Garden3,652 | 0–1 |- | 2 | March 30 | St. Louis | W 136–112 | Bob Cousy (25) | Bill Russell (27) | Boston Garden10,249 | 1–1 |- | 3 | April 2 | @ St. Louis | L 108–111 | Frank Ramsey (29) | Bill Russell (13) | Kiel Auditorium10,148 | 1–2 |- | 4 | April 5 | @ St. Louis | W 109–98 | Bob Cousy (24) | three players tied (13) | Kiel Auditorium10,216 | 2–2 |- | 5 | April 9 | St. Louis | L 100–102 | Frank Ramsey (30) | Tom Heinsohn (20) | Boston Garden13,909 | 2–3 |- | 6 | April 12 | @ St. Louis | L 109–110 | Bill Sharman (26) | Arnie Risen (13) | Kiel Auditorium10,216 | 2–4 |- BOS yes 1958 Awards and records Bill Russell, NBA Most Valuable Player Award Bob Cousy, All-NBA First Team Bill Sharman, All-NBA First Team Bill Russell, All-NBA Second Team References Category:Boston Celtics seasons Boston Celtics Boston Celtics Boston Celtics Category:1950s in Boston