1951–52 Boston Celtics season

Sixth season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association August 2023 March 2026 Boston Celtics 1952 39 27 eastern 2 Red Auerbach Boston ArenaBoston Garden WHDH East Division semifinals(lost to Knicks 1–2) BOS The 1951–52 Boston Celtics season was the sixth season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Draft picks 1951 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 7 Ernie Barrett G/F Kansas State 2 16 Bill Garrett F Indiana 6 56 James Luisi G St. Francis (NY) Roster Boston Celtics 18 Bob Brannum F/C 6 5 215 Michigan State 11 Chuck Cooper basketball F 6 5 210 Duquesne 14 Bob Cousy G 6 1 175 Holy Cross 23 Dick Dickey F/C 6 1 175 North Carolina State 12 Bob Donham G/F 6 2 190 Ohio State 13 Bob Harris basketball F/C 6 7 195 Oklahoma State 22 Ed Macauley C/F 6 8 185 Saint Louis 16 John Mahnken C 6 8 220 Georgetown 17 Bones McKinney F/C 6 6 185 North Carolina 21 Bill Sharman G 6 1 175 USC Red Auerbach https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1952.html 2011-03-14 Pre-season 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 Bullets Drop Exhibition to Boston Quint The Baltimore Sun October 16, 1950 2 October 16 (in Bangor, Maine) Baltimore Bullets 85–99 Boston Celtics 2–0 Celtic Win Again https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ikgpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WGgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3347,1506169 Associated Press October 17, 1951 3 October 17 (in Waterville, Maine) Baltimore Bullets 87–100 Boston Celtics 1,200 3–0 Celtics End Maine Tour With Triumph https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=i0gpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WGgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2708,1610489 14 March 2011 Associated Press October 17, 1951 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 Don Barksdale Scores 19 in First Try With Bullets https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ssYlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=b_UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4591,1907611 14 March 2011 Associated Press October 23, 1951 6 October 22 (in Berlin, New Hampshire) Boston Celtics 90–55 College All-Stars 600 4–2 600 See Celtics Win Exhibition At Berlin https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kEgpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WGgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3784,2148065 14 March 2011 Associated Press October 24, 1951 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 Regular season Season standings BOS Game log 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 @ Philadelphia 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 Playoffs Boston Celtics 1952 yes Boston Celtics #008040 white Division semifinals yes yes no 1 1 0 1 yes yes |- | 1 | March 19 | New York | W 105–94 | Bob Cousy (31) | Bill Sharman (7) | Boston Garden | 1–0 |- | 2 | March 23 | @ New York | L 97–101 | Ed Macauley (36) | Bob Donham (9) | Madison Square Garden III | 1–1 |- | 3 | March 26 | New York | L 87–88 (2OT) | Bob Cousy (34) | Bob Cousy (8) | Boston Garden | 1–2 |- BOS yes 1952 Awards and records Ed Macauley, All-NBA First Team Bob Cousy, All-NBA First Team Transactions List of 1951–52 NBA season transactions References See also 1951–52 NBA season Category:Boston Celtics seasons Boston Celtics Boston Celtics Boston Celtics Category:1950s in Boston