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1957 NBA Champion Boston Celtics
 


No.	Player		Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date		Exp	College
14	Bob Cousy	 PG	6-1	175	August 9, 1928		7	College of the Holy Cross
15	Tom Heinsohn	 PF	6-7	218	August 26, 1934		1	College of the Holy Cross
24	Sam Jones	 SG	6-4	198	June 24, 1933		R	North Carolina Central University
18	Jim Loscutoff	 SF	6-5	220	February 4, 1930	2	University of Oregon
16	Jack Nichols	 PF	6-7	222	April 9, 1926		8	University of Washington
17	Andy Phillip	 PG	6-2	195	March 7, 1922		10	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
23	Frank Ramsey	 SG	6-3	190	July 13, 1931		2	University of Kentucky
19	Arnie Risen	 C	6-9	200	October 9, 1924		9	Ohio State University
6	Bill Russell	 C	6-10	215	February 12, 1934	1	University of San Francisco
21	Bill Sharman	 SG	6-1	175	May 25, 1926		7	University of Southern California
20	Lou Tsioropoulos SF	6-5	190	August 31, 1930		1	University of Kentucky


Boston Celtics 1956-1957 Game Schedule and Results

NBA Regular Season
Gm.
Date
 Opponent Score Streak Record
1 Oct 27, 1956 Celtics @ New York Knicks W 115 - 112 won 1 1 - 0
2 Nov 3, 1956 Celtics vs. New York Knicks L 107 - 113 lost 1 1 - 1
3 Nov 10, 1956 Celtics vs. Minneapolis Lakers W 117 - 110 won 1 2 - 1
4 Nov 11, 1956 Celtics @ Syracuse Nationals W 94 - 83 won 2 3 - 1
5 Nov 14, 1956 Celtics Minneapolis Lakers L 97 - 113 lost 1 3 - 2
6 Nov 15, 1956 Celtics @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 95 - 98 lost 2 3 - 3
7 Nov 17, 1956 Celtics vs. Rochester Royals W 108 - 86 won 1 4 - 3
8 Nov 18, 1956 Celtics @ Rochester Royals W 101 - 87 won 2 5 - 3
9 Nov 21, 1956 Celtics vs. Philadelphia Warriors W 95 - 83 won 3 6 - 3
10 Nov 22, 1956 Celtics @ Philadelphia Warriors W 101 - 78 won 4 7 - 3
11 Nov 24, 1956 Celtics vs. Syracuse Nationals W 114 - 99 won 5 8 - 3
12 Nov 27, 1956 Celtics @ St. Louis Hawks W 102 - 90 won 6 9 - 3
13 Nov 28, 1956 Celtics Minneapolis Lakers W 105 - 93 won 7 10 - 3
14 Nov 30, 1956 Celtics Fort Wayne Pistons W 104 - 102 won 8 11 - 3
15 Dec 1, 1956 Celtics vs. Fort Wayne Pistons W 108 - 93 won 9 12 - 3
16 Dec 4, 1956 Celtics St. Louis Hawks W 108 - 107 won 10 13 - 3
17 Dec 6, 1956 Celtics @ Philadelphia Warriors L 111 - 113 lost 1 13 - 4
18 Dec 7, 1956 Celtics vs. Minneapolis Lakers W 121 - 114 won 1 14 - 4
19 Dec 9, 1956 Celtics @ Syracuse Nationals L 110 - 116 lost 1 14 - 5
20 Dec 11, 1956 Celtics Fort Wayne Pistons W 113 - 97 won 1 15 - 5
21 Dec 12, 1956 Celtics vs. Rochester Royals L 93 - 103 lost 1 15 - 6
22 Dec 15, 1956 Celtics vs. St. Louis Hawks W 102 - 99 won 1 16 - 6
23 Dec 16, 1956 Celtics Philadelphia Warriors L 104 - 116 lost 1 16 - 7
24 Dec 18, 1956 Celtics @ New York Knicks L 99 - 110 lost 2 16 - 8
25 Dec 22, 1956 Celtics vs. St. Louis Hawks W 95 - 93 won 1 17 - 8
26 Dec 23, 1956 Celtics @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 87 - 95 lost 1 17 - 9
27 Dec 25, 1956 Celtics Philadelphia Warriors L 82 - 89 lost 2 17 - 10
28 Dec 26, 1956 Celtics vs. Philadelphia Warriors W 120 - 97 won 1 18 - 10
29 Dec 27, 1956 Celtics Rochester Royals W 97 - 92 won 2 19 - 10
30 Dec 30, 1956 Celtics vs. Syracuse Nationals W 105 - 92 won 3 20 - 10
Gm.
Date
 Opponent Score Streak Record
31 Jan 1, 1957 Celtics Philadelphia Warriors W 100 - 87 won 4 21 - 10
32 Jan 4, 1957 Celtics Syracuse Nationals L 106 - 116 lost 1 21 - 11
33 Jan 6, 1957 Celtics vs. Fort Wayne Pistons W 118 - 92 won 1 22 - 11
34 Jan 8, 1957 Celtics @ New York Knicks L 102 - 113 lost 1 22 - 12
35 Jan 10, 1957 Celtics @ Fort Wayne Pistons W 98 - 81 won 1 23 - 12
36 Jan 12, 1957 Celtics @ St. Louis Hawks L 98 - 100 lost 1 23 - 13
37 Jan 13, 1957 Celtics @ Minneapolis Lakers L 87 - 104 lost 2 23 - 14
38 Jan 18, 1957 Celtics vs. St. Louis Hawks W 126 - 117 won 1 24 - 14
39 Jan 19, 1957 Celtics @ Rochester Royals W 97 - 83 won 2 25 - 14
40 Jan 20, 1957 Celtics vs. New York Knicks W 114 - 78 won 3 26 - 14
41 Jan 23, 1957 Celtics vs. Syracuse Nationals W 140 - 108 won 4 27 - 14
42 Jan 25, 1957 Celtics vs. Minneapolis Lakers W 115 - 106 won 5 28 - 14
43 Jan 27, 1957 Celtics @ Philadelphia Warriors W 107 - 87 won 6 29 - 14
44 Jan 28, 1957 Celtics vs. Philadelphia Warriors W 105 - 95 won 7 30 - 14
45 Jan 29, 1957 Celtics Minneapolis Lakers W 103 - 91 won 8 31 - 14
46 Jan 30, 1957 Celtics vs. Syracuse Nationals L 116 - 119 lost 1 31 - 15
47 Jan 31, 1957 Celtics @ Syracuse Nationals L 104 - 105 lost 2 31 - 16
48 Feb 2, 1957 Celtics @ New York Knicks W 114 - 111 won 1 32 - 16
49 Feb 3, 1957 Celtics vs. New York Knicks W 116 - 98 won 2 33 - 16
50 Feb 5, 1957 Celtics Syracuse Nationals W 105 - 101 won 3 34 - 16
51 Feb 6, 1957 Celtics vs. Fort Wayne Pistons W 108 - 93 won 4 35 - 16
52 Feb 8, 1957 Celtics New York Knicks L 90 - 92 lost 1 35 - 17
53 Feb 9, 1957 Celtics @ Rochester Royals L 102 - 103 lost 2 35 - 18
54 Feb 10, 1957 Celtics vs. Philadelphia Warriors W 103 - 98 OT won 1 36 - 18
55 Feb 13, 1957 Celtics @ Minneapolis Lakers L 114 - 115 lost 1 36 - 19
56 Feb 14, 1957 Celtics @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 106 - 112 lost 2 36 - 20
57 Feb 15, 1957 Celtics @ St. Louis Hawks W 123 - 116 2OT won 1 37 - 20
58 Feb 17, 1957 Celtics @ Syracuse Nationals L 106 - 116 lost 1 37 - 21
59 Feb 19, 1957 Celtics @ New York Knicks W 112 - 110 won 1 38 - 21
60 Feb 21, 1957 Celtics vs. St. Louis Hawks W 125 - 112 won 2 39 - 21
Gm.
Date
 Opponent Score Streak Record
61 Feb 22, 1957 Celtics @ Philadelphia Warriors L 109 - 117 lost 1 39 - 22
62 Feb 24, 1957 Celtics vs. New York Knicks W 97 - 85 won 1 40 - 22
63 Feb 26, 1957 Celtics Rochester Royals W 92 - 77 won 2 41 - 22
64 Feb 28, 1957 Celtics New York Knicks L 121 - 122 OT lost 1 41 - 23
65 Mar 1, 1957 Celtics vs. Philadelphia Warriors W 90 - 80 won 1 42 - 23
66 Mar 2, 1957 Celtics @ Rochester Royals L 87 - 96 lost 1 42 - 24
67 Mar 3, 1957 Celtics vs. Rochester Royals W 111 - 102 won 1 43 - 24
68 Mar 5, 1957 Celtics @ St. Louis Hawks L 102 - 104 lost 1 43 - 25
69 Mar 7, 1957 Celtics @ Minneapolis Lakers L 104 - 109 lost 2 43 - 26
70 Mar 9, 1957 Celtics @ Syracuse Nationals L 102 - 104 lost 3 43 - 27
71 Mar 10, 1957 Celtics vs. Syracuse Nationals L 92 - 94 lost 4 43 - 28
72 Mar 13, 1957 Celtics vs. New York Knicks W 122 - 91 won 1 44 - 28

NBA Playoffs - Eastern Division Finals

Gm.
Date
 Opponent Score Series Status Streak
1 Mar 21, 1957 Celtics vs. Syracuse Nationals W 108 - 90 Celtics lead
1-0
 won 1
2 Mar 23, 1957 Celtics @ Syracuse Nationals W 120 - 105 Celtics lead
2-0
 won 2
3 Mar 24, 1957 Celtics vs. Syracuse Nationals W 83 - 80 Celtics win
3-0
 won 3

NBA Playoffs - Finals

Gm.
Date
 Opponent Score Series Status Streak
1 Mar 30, 1957 Celtics vs. St. Louis Hawks L 123 - 125 2OT Hawks lead
0-1
 lost 1
2 Mar 31, 1957 Celtics vs. St. Louis Hawks W 119 - 99 series tied
1-1
 won 1
3 Apr 6, 1957 Celtics @ St. Louis Hawks L 98 - 100 Hawks lead
1-2
 lost 1
4 Apr 7, 1957 Celtics @ St. Louis Hawks W 123 - 118 series tied
2-2
 won 1
5 Apr 9, 1957 Celtics vs. St. Louis Hawks W 124 - 109 Celtics lead
3-2
 won 2
6 Apr 11, 1957 Celtics @ St. Louis Hawks L 94 - 96 series tied
3-3
 lost 1
7 Apr 13, 1957 Celtics vs. St. Louis Hawks W 125 - 123 2OT Celtics win
4-3
 won 1


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