Boston Celtics 1955-56 Season Review (NBA/BAA)

Boston Celtics 1955-56 Season Review

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Boston Celtics 1955-56 Season Review

Regular Season Record: 39-33

	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Points	OReb	DReb	Assists	Steals	TO	Blocks	Fouls
Team Stats	6913	2745	2785	2142	0	0	7632	0	0	1834	0	0	0	1874
Opponents Stats	0	0	0	0	0	0	7585	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1955-56 Regular Season Scoring

Name	Games	Minutes	Pts	Reb	Asst	Steals	TO	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Fouls
Ernie Barrett	72	1451	507	243	174	0	0	533	207	118	93	0	0	184
Bob Cousy	72	2767	1356	492	642	0	0	1223	440	564	476	0	0	206
Dick Hemric	71	1329	499	399	60	0	0	400	161	273	177	0	0	142
Jim Loscutoff	71	1582	591	622	65	0	0	628	226	207	139	0	0	213
Ed Macauley	71	2354	1240	422	211	0	0	995	420	504	400	0	0	158
Red Morrison	71	910	222	345	53	0	0	240	89	89	44	0	0	159
Jack Nichols	60	1964	860	625	160	0	0	799	330	253	200	0	0	228
Togo Palazzi	63	703	375	182	42	0	0	373	145	124	85	0	0	87
Arnie Risen	68	1597	548	553	88	0	0	493	189	240	170	0	0	300
Bill Sharman	72	2698	1434	259	339	0	0	1229	538	413	358	0	0	197

1955-56 Playoffs Scoring

Name	Games	Minutes	Pts	Reb	Asst	Steals	TO	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Fouls
Ernie Barrett	3	43	11	7	4			13	4	3	3			7
Bob Cousy	3	124	79	24	26			56	28	25	23			4
Dick Hemric	3	54	19	22	1			24	5	16	9			7
Jim Loscutoff	3	89	29	26	4			31	11	9	7			8
Ed Macauley	3	73	31	15	5			30	12	11	7			6
Red Morrison	3	23	4	11	0			7	2	4	0			5
Jack Nichols	3	100	41	36	10			43	16	10	9			13
Togo Palazzi	2	7	2	2	0			5	1	0	0			1
Arnie Risen	3	88	37	44	2			34	12	18	13			15
Bill Sharman	3	119	52	7	12			46	18	17	16			7

Boston Celtics 1955 - 56 Games

Game	Date	Location	Opponent	Outcome	Points For	Points Against
1	Sat, Nov 5, 1955		Philadelphia Warriors	W	98	87
2	Fri, Nov 11, 1955		Minneapolis Lakers	W	119	75
3	Sat, Nov 12, 1955	@	New York Knicks	L	95	96
4	Thu, Nov 17, 1955	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L	92	106
5	Sat, Nov 19, 1955		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	104	102
6	Wed, Nov 23, 1955		New York Knicks	L	111	115
7	Thu, Nov 24, 1955	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	103	111
8	Sat, Nov 26, 1955	@	Rochester Royals	W	104	103
9	Tue, Nov 29, 1955	N	Syracuse Nationals	W	105	97
10	Fri, Dec 2, 1955		St. Louis Hawks	W	94	81
11	Sun, Dec 4, 1955	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L	90	111
12	Tue, Dec 6, 1955	@	St. Louis Hawks	W	122	99
13	Fri, Dec 9, 1955	N	Rochester Royals	L	108	109
14	Sat, Dec 10, 1955		Minneapolis Lakers	W	118	102
15	Sun, Dec 11, 1955	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	89	101
16	Tue, Dec 13, 1955	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L	108	109
17	Wed, Dec 14, 1955		New York Knicks	W	102	100
18	Sat, Dec 17, 1955		Syracuse Nationals	L	104	110
19	Sun, Dec 18, 1955	@	New York Knicks	W	95	92
20	Tue, Dec 20, 1955	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W	111	104
21	Sun, Dec 25, 1955	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W	115	112
22	Tue, Dec 27, 1955	@	St. Louis Hawks	W	105	102
23	Fri, Dec 30, 1955	N	Syracuse Nationals	W	110	103
24	Sat, Dec 31, 1955	@	Rochester Royals	W	112	100
25	Sun, Jan 1, 1956		Philadelphia Warriors	W	121	113
26	Tue, Jan 3, 1956	N	New York Knicks	L	97	107
27	Wed, Jan 4, 1956	N	New York Knicks	L	86	103
28	Thu, Jan 5, 1956	@	New York Knicks	W	92	87
29	Sat, Jan 7, 1956	@	Syracuse Nationals	W	105	99
30	Sun, Jan 8, 1956		Rochester Royals	L	109	111
31	Tue, Jan 10, 1956	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L	89	105
32	Wed, Jan 11, 1956	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L	110	114
33	Fri, Jan 13, 1956		Syracuse Nationals	W	119	104
34	Sat, Jan 14, 1956	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W	104	103
35	Sun, Jan 15, 1956		New York Knicks	L	104	109
36	Tue, Jan 17, 1956	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W	91	85
37	Wed, Jan 18, 1956	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W	95	90
38	Fri, Jan 20, 1956		St. Louis Hawks	W	133	112
39	Sat, Jan 21, 1956	N	Syracuse Nationals	W	100	96
40	Sun, Jan 22, 1956		Philadelphia Warriors	L	115	129
41	Mon, Jan 23, 1956	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L	104	120
42	Wed, Jan 25, 1956	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	L	100	101
43	Fri, Jan 27, 1956		Fort Wayne Pistons	L	97	106
44	Sat, Jan 28, 1956	@	Rochester Royals	W	126	119
45	Sun, Jan 29, 1956		Rochester Royals	W	112	103
46	Tue, Jan 31, 1956	@	St. Louis Hawks	L	91	114
47	Wed, Feb 1, 1956	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L	106	107
48	Thu, Feb 2, 1956	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W	102	101
49	Sat, Feb 4, 1956	@	Rochester Royals	L	69	83
50	Sun, Feb 5, 1956		New York Knicks	W	114	104
51	Tue, Feb 7, 1956	@	New York Knicks	L	102	113
52	Wed, Feb 8, 1956	N	St. Louis Hawks	L	110	111
53	Thu, Feb 9, 1956	@	Syracuse Nationals	W	98	97
54	Fri, Feb 10, 1956		St. Louis Hawks	W	124	100
55	Sun, Feb 12, 1956		New York Knicks	W	116	108
56	Sat, Feb 18, 1956	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L	101	115
57	Sun, Feb 19, 1956		Philadelphia Warriors	W	120	118
58	Tue, Feb 21, 1956	@	St. Louis Hawks	L	97	101
59	Wed, Feb 22, 1956	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W	93	90
60	Fri, Feb 24, 1956	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L	129	135
61	Sun, Feb 26, 1956		Rochester Royals	W	111	100
62	Tue, Feb 28, 1956	N	Rochester Royals	L	97	113
63	Wed, Feb 29, 1956		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	106	99
64	Thu, Mar 1, 1956	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	100	111
65	Fri, Mar 2, 1956		Minneapolis Lakers	W	119	113
66	Sun, Mar 4, 1956		Philadelphia Warriors	W	128	114
67	Tue, Mar 6, 1956	@	New York Knicks	L	99	119
68	Wed, Mar 7, 1956		Syracuse Nationals	W	111	98
69	Thu, Mar 8, 1956	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L	120	142
70	Sat, Mar 10, 1956	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	L	103	106
71	Sun, Mar 11, 1956		St. Louis Hawks	L	121	127
72	Wed, Mar 14, 1956		Syracuse Nationals	W	122	103