Boston Celtics Playoff Rosters

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1954-1955 Boston Celtics Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Don Barksdale SF 6-6 200 Mar 31, 1923 31 UCLA 3 N/A
Bob Brannum FC 6-5 215 May 28, 1925 29 Michigan State 4 1948 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Bob Cousy PG 6-1 175 Aug 9, 1928 26 Holy Cross 4 1950 NBA Draft, Undrafted
1950 Chicago Stags Dispersal Draft, Boston Celtics
Ed Macauley FC 6-8 185 Mar 22, 1928 26 Saint Louis 5 1949 NBA Draft, Rnd 1, Pick 5, St. Louis Bombers
Red Morrison FC 6-8 220 Apr 26, 1932 22 Idaho 0 1954 2nd Rnd, #14, Boston Celtics
Jack Nichols SF 6-7 222 Apr 9, 1926 28 Washington 5 1948 NBA Draft, Rnd 1, Pick 12, Washington Capitols
Togo Palazzi SF 6-4 205 Aug 8, 1932 22 Holy Cross 0 1954 1st Rnd, #5, Boston Celtics
Frank Ramsey SF 6-3 190 Jul 13, 1931 23 Kentucky 1 1953 NBA Draft, Rnd 1, Pick 5, Boston Celtics
Fred Scolari PG 5-10 180 Mar 1, 1922 33 San Francisco 8 N/A
Bill Sharman PG 6-1 175 May 25, 1926 28 USC 4 1950 NBA Draft, Rnd 2, Pick 5, Washington Capitols
Skippy Whitaker PG 6-1 180 Aug 29, 1930 24 Kentucky 0 1952 NBA Draft, Rnd 3, Pick 5, Indianapolis Olympians

1954-1955 Playoff Matchups

DescriptionHomeAwayResult
Second Round #2 New York Knicks #3 Boston Celtics BOS in 3
Second Round W2 Minneapolis Lakers W3 Rochester Royals MIN in 3
Conference Finals #1 Syracuse Nationals #3 Boston Celtics SYR in 4
Conference Finals W1 Fort Wayne Pistons W2 Minneapolis Lakers FWP in 4
NBA Finals #1 Syracuse Nationals W1 Fort Wayne Pistons SYR in 7

1954-1955 Boston Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST
Bob Cousy 7 42.7 21.7 6.1 9.3
Bill Sharman 7 41.4 20.7 5.4 5.4
Ed Macauley 7 40.4 18.1 7.4 4.6
Frank Ramsey 7 22.0 10.7 5.0 2.3
Jack Nichols 7 33.0 10.4 7.0 3.3
Bob Brannum 7 32.1 9.0 11.3 1.9
Don Barksdale 7 17.4 7.7 5.0 1.4
Togo Palazzi 5 6.0 5.8 2.8 0.2
Fred Scolari 5 5.8 2.4 1.0 0.6
Red Morrison 7 6.0 1.0 2.0 0.1

1954-1955 Boston Celtics Conference Semi Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Boston Leaders New York Leaders
Mar 15, 1955
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New York		 W, 122-101 Boston Garden
Conference Semi Finals 		1-0 PTS: 30. Bob Cousy
 PTS: 17. J. Baechtold
Mar 16, 1955
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New York		 L, 102-95 Madison Square Garden
Conference Semi Finals 		1-1 PTS: 26. Bob Cousy
 PTS: 25. Nat Clifton
Mar 19, 1955
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New York		 W, 109-116 Madison Square Garden
Conference Semi Finals 		2-1 PTS: 26. Bob Cousy
 PTS: 21. Nat Clifton

1954-1955 Boston Celtics Conference Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Boston Leaders Syracuse Leaders
Mar 22, 1955
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Syracuse		 L, 110-100 Oncenter War Memorial Arena
Conference Finals 		0-1 PTS: 20. Bill Sharman
 PTS: 27. Red Kerr
Mar 24, 1955
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Syracuse		 L, 116-110 Oncenter War Memorial Arena
Conference Finals 		0-2 PTS: 32. Bill Sharman
 PTS: 22. D. Schayes
Mar 26, 1955
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Syracuse		 W, 100-97 Boston Garden
Conference Finals 		1-2 PTS: 23. Bob Cousy
 PTS: 20. Red Kerr
Mar 27, 1955
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Syracuse		 L, 94-110 Boston Garden
Conference Finals 		1-3 PTS: 29. Bill Sharman
 PTS: 28. D. Schayes