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1956–57 Boston Celtics season

NBA basketball team season (Season champions)

(Defeated Hawks 4–3)

The 1956-57 complete roster that won their first championship.

The 1956–57 Boston Celtics season was the 11th season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This was the first time in franchise history where the Celtics advanced to the NBA Finals, which they won over the St. Louis Hawks in 7 games. The Celtics would make the Finals a record 10 consecutive seasons, spanning from this season to the 1965–66 season. They were led by 1957's MVP Bob Cousy, as well as Bill Russell, Bill Sharman, and 1957's Rookie of the Year Tom Heinsohn. HoopsHype would later rank this championship squad as tied with the 1955–56 Philadelphia Warriors team a season prior as the team with the second-easiest path to the NBA Finals ever in 2024 due to them being one of three total championship teams who had playoff opponents that averaged around an average overall record or less during their championship run.

With Russell's death in 2022, Bob Cousy is the only living player from the 1957 championship team (as of 2024).

Offseason

NBA draft

Roster

Red Auerbach

Regular season

Season standings

Game log

1956–57 Game log
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4
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7
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10
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56
57
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59
60
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64
65
66
67
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70
71
72

Player statistics

Legend
GP
FG%
RPG
PPG

Season

Boston Celtics}}" width="10%"	Player	Boston Celtics}}" width="6%"	GP	Boston Celtics}}" width="6%"	MPG	Boston Celtics}}" width="6%"	FG%
	64	36.9	.378	.821	4.8	7.5	20.6
	72	29.9	.397	.790	9.8	1.6	16.2
	67	15.7	.344	.695	4.5	0.6	5.4
	70	31.7	.345	.706	10.4	1.3	10.6
	61	22.5	.363	.794	6.1	1.4	8.2
*	21	11.1	.347	.719	3.6	0.4	5.0
	67	22.0	.379	.642	2.7	2.5	4.4
	35	23.1	.393	.791	5.1	1.9	11.9
	43	21.7	.388	.679	6.7	1.2	8.0
	48	35.3	.427	.492	19.6	1.8	14.7
	67	35.9	.416	.905	4.3	3.5	21.1
	52	12.9	.309	.775	4.0	0.6	4.4

– Stats with the Celtics.

Playoffs

Player	Boston Celtics}}" width="6%"	GP	Boston Celtics}}" width="6%"	MPG	Boston Celtics}}" width="6%"	FG%
10	44.0	.324	.747	6.1	9.3	20.2
10	37.0	.390	.710	11.7	2.0	22.9
2	9.5	.143	.	4.5	0.5	1.0
10	25.9	.284	.643	8.3	0.5	8.0
10	11.7	.400	.600	1.7	0.7	3.5
10	12.8	.364	.400	2.0	1.7	2.2
10	22.9	.463	.780	4.3	1.7	12.2
10	15.2	.444	.655	5.8	0.8	7.5
10	40.9	.365	.508	24.4	3.2	13.9
10	37.7	.381	.953	3.5	2.9	21.1

Playoffs

1–0
2
March 23
@ Syracuse
W 120–105
Tom Heinsohn (30)
Bill Russell (30)
Onondaga War Memorial
2–0
-
3
March 24
Syracuse
W 83–80
Bill Sharman (23)
Bill Russell (23)
Boston Garden
3–0
-
-
1
March 30
St. Louis
L 123–125 (2OT)
Bill Sharman (36)
Bill Russell (18)
—
Boston Garden
5,976
0–1
-
2
March 31
St. Louis
W 119–99
Cousy, Ramsey (22)
Bill Russell (25)
Bob Cousy (7)
Boston Garden
13,909
1–1
-
3
April 6
@ St. Louis
L 98–100
Bill Sharman (28)
Bill Russell (19)
Bob Cousy (8)
Kiel Auditorium
10,048
1–2
-
4
April 7
@ St. Louis
W 123–118
Bob Cousy (31)
Bill Russell (20)
Arnie Risen (9)
Kiel Auditorium
10,035
2–2
-
5
April 9
St. Louis
W 124–109
Bill Sharman (32)
Bill Russell (23)
Bob Cousy (19)
Boston Garden
13,909
3–2
-
6
April 11
@ St. Louis
L 94–96
Tom Heinsohn (28)
Bill Russell (23)
—
Kiel Auditorium
10,053
3–3
-
7
April 13
St. Louis
W 125–123 (2OT)
Tom Heinsohn (37)
Bill Russell (32)
Bob Cousy (11)
Boston Garden
13,909
4–3
-

Awards and honors

Bob Cousy, NBA MVP of the Year
Bob Cousy, All-NBA First Team
Tom Heinsohn, NBA Rookie of the Year
Bill Sharman, All-NBA First Team

References

Celtics on Basketball Reference

References

Urbina, Frank. (2024-06-17). "Ranking the easiest paths to an NBA title ever".

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