1953-54 Boston Celtics Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 42-30
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 2-4 Lost division finals
Division Finals - Lost to Syracuse Nationals 2-0
Coach: Red Auerbach (42-30)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 156,912, Avg. 7,472 in 21 home dates

1953-54 Boston Celtics Roster
1953-54 Boston Celtics Results

The Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association ended the 1953-54 season with a record of 42 wins and 30 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-4.

The Celtics scored 6,315 points, most in the league. Boston conceded 6,147 points, most in the circuit.

Red Auerbach coached the team. The 1953-54 Boston Celtics lost in the division finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Cousy	G	72	2857	1262	486			522	411	394	518	201	1383
Ed Macauley	C-F	71	2792	950	462			554	420	571	271	168	1344
Bill Sharman	G	72	2467	915	412			392	331	255	229	211	1155
Don Barksdale	F-C	63	1358	415	156			225	149	345	117	213	461
Bob Harris	F-C	71	1898	409	156			172	108	517	94	224	420
Bob Brannum	F-C	71	1729	453	140			206	129	509	144	280	409
Bob Donham	G-F	68	1451	315	141			213	118	267	186	235	400
Jack Nichols	C-F	60	1251	385	133			116	88	0	81	156	354
Chuck Cooper	F	70	1101	261	78			116	78	304	74	150	234
Ernie Barrett	G-F	59	641	191	60			25	14	100	55	116	134
Ed Mikan	C-F	9	71	24	8			9	5	20	3	15	21
Totals		686	17616	5580	2232	0	0	2550	1851	3282	1772	1969	6315

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Cousy	G	72	39.7	38.5	78.7	5.5	7.2	2.8	19.2
Ed Macauley	C-F	71	39.3	48.6	75.8	8.0	3.8	2.4	18.9
Bill Sharman	G	72	34.3	45.0	84.4	3.5	3.2	2.9	16.0
Don Barksdale	F-C	63	21.6	37.6	66.2	5.5	1.9	3.4	7.3
Bob Harris	F-C	71	26.7	38.1	62.8	7.3	1.3	3.2	5.9
Bob Brannum	F-C	71	24.4	30.9	62.6	7.2	2.0	3.9	5.8
Bob Donham	G-F	68	21.3	44.8	55.4	3.9	2.7	3.5	5.9
Jack Nichols	C-F	60	20.9	34.5	75.9	0.0	1.4	2.6	5.9
Chuck Cooper	F	70	15.7	29.9	67.2	4.3	1.1	2.1	3.3
Ernie Barrett	G-F	59	10.9	31.4	56.0	1.7	0.9	2.0	2.3
Ed Mikan	C-F	9	7.9	33.3	55.6	2.2	0.3	1.7	2.3
Averages		686	25.7	40.0	72.6	4.8	2.6	2.9	9.2

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Cousy	G	6	260	116	33			75	60	32	38	20	126
Bill Sharman	G	6	206	81	35			50	43	25	10	29	113
Jack Nichols	C-F	6	211	72	35			38	30	62	31	24	100
Bob Harris	F-C	6	150	25	16			23	16	35	3	25	48
Don Barksdale	F-C	6	106	36	11			11	8	27	7	23	30
Bob Brannum	F-C	6	136	38	11			11	6	45	10	29	28
Ed Macauley	C-F	5	127	22	8			13	9	21	21	14	25
Chuck Cooper	F	6	108	16	8			11	8	31	4	21	24
Bob Donham	G-F	6	98	15	7			19	6	12	6	32	20
Ernie Barrett	G-F	6	63	20	3			2	2	6	4	14	8
Totals		59	1465	441	167	0	0	253	188	296	134	231	522

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bob Cousy	G	6	43.3	28.4	80.0	5.3	6.3	3.3	21.0
Bill Sharman	G	6	34.3	43.2	86.0	4.2	1.7	4.8	18.8
Jack Nichols	C-F	6	35.2	48.6	78.9	10.3	5.2	4.0	16.7
Bob Harris	F-C	6	25.0	64.0	69.6	5.8	0.5	4.2	8.0
Don Barksdale	F-C	6	17.7	30.6	72.7	4.5	1.2	3.8	5.0
Bob Brannum	F-C	6	22.7	28.9	54.5	7.5	1.7	4.8	4.7
Ed Macauley	C-F	5	25.4	36.4	69.2	4.2	4.2	2.8	5.0
Chuck Cooper	F	6	18.0	50.0	72.7	5.2	0.7	3.5	4.0
Bob Donham	G-F	6	16.3	46.7	31.6	2.0	1.0	5.3	3.3
Ernie Barrett	G-F	6	10.5	15.0	100.0	1.0	0.7	2.3	1.3
Averages		686	24.8	37.9	74.3	5.0	2.3	3.9	8.8