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1952–53 Boston Celtics season
NBA basketball team season
NBA basketball team season
(lost to Knicks 1–3)
The 1952–53 Boston Celtics season was the Celtics' seventh season in the NBA.
Offseason
NBA draft
Main article: 1952 NBA draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club team | 1 | 6 | Bill Stauffer | F | Missouri | 4 | 7 | Herm Hedderick | SG | Canisius | 10 | 4 | Gene Conley | F/C | Washington |
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Roster
Regular season
:x = clinched playoff spot
Game log
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Playoffs
|- | 1 | March 19 | @ Syracuse | W 87–81 | Bob Cousy (20) | — | Onondaga War Memorial
| 1–0 |
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| March 21 |
| Syracuse |
| W 111–105 (4OT) |
| Bob Cousy (50) |
| Macauley, Sharman (5) |
| Boston Garden |
| 2–0 |
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| March 25 |
| @ New York |
| L 91–95 |
| Bob Cousy (28) |
| Chuck Cooper (6) |
| Madison Square Garden III |
| 0–1 |
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| March 26 |
| New York |
| W 86–70 |
| Macauley, Cousy (21) |
| Bob Cousy (13) |
| Boston Garden |
| 1–1 |
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| March 28 |
| @ New York |
| L 82–101 |
| Bob Cousy (18) |
| Ed Macauley (5) |
| Madison Square Garden III |
| 1–2 |
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| March 29 |
| New York |
| L 75–82 |
| Ed Macauley (25) |
| Bob Cousy (8) |
| Boston Garden |
| 1–3 |
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Awards and records
- Ed Macauley, All-NBA First Team
- Bob Cousy, All-NBA First Team
- Bill Sharman, All-NBA Second Team
References
References
- [https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1953.html 1952–53 Boston Celtics]
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