Boston Celtics Playoff Rosters

1957-1958 Boston Celtics Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Bob Cousy PG 6-1 175 Aug 9, 1928 29 Holy Cross 7 1950 NBA Draft, Undrafted
1950 Chicago Stags Dispersal Draft, Boston Celtics
Tommy Heinsohn PF 6-7 218 Aug 26, 1934 23 Holy Cross 1 1956 Territorial Pick, Boston Celtics
Sam Jones GF 6-4 198 Jun 24, 1933 24 North Carolina Central 0 1956 8th Rnd, #59, Minneapolis Lakers
Jim Loscutoff SF 6-5 200 Feb 4, 1930 28 Oregon 2 1955 1st Rnd, #5, Boston Celtics
Jack Nichols SF 6-7 222 Apr 9, 1926 31 Washington 8 1948 NBA Draft, Rnd 1, Pick 12, Washington Capitols
Andy Phillip GF 6-2 195 Mar 7, 1922 36 Illinois 10 1947 NBA Draft, Rnd 5, Pick 7, Chicago Stags
1950 Chicago Stags Dispersal Draft, Philadelphia Warriors
Frank Ramsey SF 6-3 190 Jul 13, 1931 26 Kentucky 2 1953 NBA Draft, Rnd 1, Pick 5, Boston Celtics
Arnie Risen C 6-9 200 Oct 9, 1924 33 Ohio State 9 N/A
Bill Russell C 6-10 215 Feb 12, 1934 24 San Francisco 1 1956 1st Rnd, #3, St. Louis Hawks
Bill Sharman PG 6-1 175 May 25, 1926 31 USC 7 1950 NBA Draft, Rnd 2, Pick 5, Washington Capitols
Lou Tsioropoulos SF 6-5 190 Aug 31, 1930 27 Kentucky 1 1953 NBA Draft, Rnd 7, Pick 6, Boston Celtics

1957-1958 Playoff Matchups

DescriptionHomeAwayResult
Second Round #2 Syracuse Nationals #3 San Francisco Warriors PHI in 3
Second Round W2 Detroit Pistons W3 Cincinnati Royals DET in 2
Conference Finals #1 Boston Celtics #3 San Francisco Warriors BOS in 5
Conference Finals W1 St. Louis Hawks W2 Detroit Pistons STH in 5
NBA Finals #1 Boston Celtics W1 St. Louis Hawks STH in 6

1957-1958 Boston Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST
Bill Sharman 11 36.9 21.1 4.9 2.3
Frank Ramsey 11 32.0 18.4 8.2 1.5
Bob Cousy 11 41.5 18.0 6.5 7.5
Tommy Heinsohn 11 31.7 17.5 10.8 1.6
Bill Russell 9 39.4 15.1 24.6 2.7
Lou Tsioropoulos 11 21.7 6.3 5.8 1.3
Jack Nichols 11 13.5 4.8 4.1 0.7
Arnie Risen 10 16.8 4.6 6.2 0.9
Sam Jones 8 9.4 3.9 3.0 0.5
Andy Phillip 10 9.1 1.7 1.4 0.7

1957-1958 Boston Celtics Conference Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Boston Leaders Philadelphia Leaders
Mar 19, 1958
v.
Philadelphia
W, 107-98 Boston Garden
Conference Finals
1-0 PTS: 29. Bob Cousy
PTS: 25. W. Sauldsberry
Mar 22, 1958
@
Philadelphia
W, 87-109 Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center
Conference Finals
2-0 PTS: 32. Bill Sharman
PTS: 25. Paul Arizin
Mar 23, 1958
v.
Philadelphia
W, 106-92 Boston Garden
Conference Finals
3-0 PTS: 27. Bill Sharman
PTS: 25. Paul Arizin
Mar 26, 1958
@
Philadelphia
L, 112-97 Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center
Conference Finals
3-1 PTS: 20. T. Heinsohn
PTS: 31. Tom Gola
Mar 27, 1958
v.
Philadelphia
W, 93-88 Boston Garden
Conference Finals
4-1 PTS: 22. Frank Ramsey
PTS: 28. Paul Arizin

1957-1958 Boston Celtics NBA Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Boston Leaders St. Louis Leaders
Mar 29, 1958
v.
St. Louis
L, 102-104 Boston Garden
NBA Finals
0-1 PTS: 27. Bob Cousy
PTS: 33. Cliff Hagan
Mar 30, 1958
v.
St. Louis
W, 136-112 Boston Garden
NBA Finals
1-1 PTS: 25. Bob Cousy
PTS: 37. Cliff Hagan
Apr 2, 1958
@
St. Louis
L, 111-108 Kiel Auditorium
NBA Finals
1-2 PTS: 29. Frank Ramsey
PTS: 32. Bob Pettit
Apr 5, 1958
@
St. Louis
W, 98-109 Kiel Auditorium
NBA Finals
2-2 PTS: 24. Bob Cousy
PTS: 27. Cliff Hagan
Apr 9, 1958
v.
St. Louis
L, 100-102 Boston Garden
NBA Finals
2-3 PTS: 30. Frank Ramsey
PTS: 33. Bob Pettit
Apr 12, 1958
@
St. Louis
L, 110-109 Kiel Auditorium
NBA Finals
2-4 PTS: 26. Bill Sharman
PTS: 50. Bob Pettit