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NBA professional basketball team season
1957–58 Boston Celtics season
Division champions
Head coachRed Auerbach
ArenaBoston Garden
Results
Record49–23 (.681)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishNBA Finals
(lost to Hawks 2–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
< 1956–57 1958–59 >

The 1957–58 Boston Celtics season was the 12th season for the Celtics in the NBA. 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.

Season standings

Eastern Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Boston Celtics 49 23 .681 - 25-4 16-13 8-6 20-16
x-Syracuse Nationals 41 31 .569 8 26-5 8-20 7-6 21-15
x-Philadelphia Warriors 37 35 .514 12 15-11 11-19 11-5 17-19
New York Knicks 35 37 .486 14 16-12 11-18 8-7 14-22
x = clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1957-58 NBA Records
Team BOS CIN DET MIN NYK PHI STL SYR
Boston – 7–2 8–1 9–0 7–5 6–6 5–4 7–5
Cincinnati 2–7 – 6–6 8–4 4–5 6–3 3–9 4–5
Detroit 1–8 6–6 – 6–6 4–5 5–4 6–6 5–4
Minneapolis 0–9 4–8 6–6 – 1–8 3–6 3–9 2–7
New York 5–7 5–4 5–4 8–1 – 4–8 3–6 5–7
Philadelphia 6–6 3–6 4–5 6–3 8–4 – 7–2 3–9
St. Louis 4–5 9–3 6–6 9–3 6–3 2–7 – 5–4
Syracuse 5–7 5–4 4–5 7–2 7–5 9–3 4–5 —

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

1958 playoff game log
Division finals: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Series
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
NBA Finals: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds Location
Attendance		 Series
1 March 29 St. Louis L 102–104 Bob Cousy (27) Bill Russell (29) Boston Garden
3,652 		0–1
2 March 30 St. Louis W 136–112 Bob Cousy (25) Bill Russell (27) Boston Garden
10,249 		1–1
3 April 2 @ St. Louis L 108–111 Frank Ramsey (29) Bill Russell (13) Kiel Auditorium
10,148 		1–2
4 April 5 @ St. Louis W 109–98 Bob Cousy (24) three players tied (13) Kiel Auditorium
10,216 		2–2
5 April 9 St. Louis L 100–102 Frank Ramsey (30) Tom Heinsohn (20) Boston Garden
13,909 		2–3
6 April 12 @ St. Louis L 109–110 Bill Sharman (26) Arnie Risen (13) Kiel Auditorium
10,216 		2–4
1958 schedule

Awards and records

References

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