Boston Celtics Playoff Rosters

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1956-1957 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 28 Holy Cross 6 1950 NBA Draft, Undrafted
1950 Chicago Stags Dispersal Draft, Boston Celtics
Tommy Heinsohn PF 6-7 218 Aug 26, 1934 22 Holy Cross 0 1956 Territorial Pick, Boston Celtics
Dick Hemric SF 6-6 220 Aug 29, 1933 23 Wake Forest 1 1955 2nd Rnd, #12, Boston Celtics
Jim Loscutoff SF 6-5 200 Feb 4, 1930 27 Oregon 1 1955 1st Rnd, #5, Boston Celtics
Jack Nichols SF 6-7 222 Apr 9, 1926 30 Washington 7 1948 NBA Draft, Rnd 1, Pick 12, Washington Capitols
Andy Phillip GF 6-2 195 Mar 7, 1922 35 Illinois 9 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 25 Kentucky 1 1953 NBA Draft, Rnd 1, Pick 5, Boston Celtics
Arnie Risen C 6-9 200 Oct 9, 1924 32 Ohio State 8 N/A
Bill Russell C 6-10 215 Feb 12, 1934 23 San Francisco 0 1956 1st Rnd, #3, St. Louis Hawks
Bill Sharman PG 6-1 175 May 25, 1926 30 USC 6 1950 NBA Draft, Rnd 2, Pick 5, Washington Capitols
Lou Tsioropoulos SF 6-5 190 Aug 31, 1930 26 Kentucky 0 1953 NBA Draft, Rnd 7, Pick 6, Boston Celtics

1956-1957 Playoff Matchups

DescriptionHomeAwayResult
Second Round #2 Syracuse Nationals #3 San Francisco Warriors SYR in 2
Second Round W2 Minneapolis Lakers W3 Fort Wayne Pistons MIN in 2
Conference Finals #1 Boston Celtics #2 Syracuse Nationals BOS in 3
Conference Finals W1 St. Louis Hawks W2 Minneapolis Lakers STH in 3
NBA Finals #1 Boston Celtics W1 St. Louis Hawks BOS in 7
Division Tiebreaker W1 St. Louis Hawks W3 Fort Wayne Pistons -
Division Tiebreaker W2 Minneapolis Lakers W1 St. Louis Hawks STH in 1

1956-1957 Boston Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST
Tommy Heinsohn 10 37.0 22.9 11.7 2.0
Bill Sharman 10 37.7 21.1 3.5 2.9
Bob Cousy 10 44.0 20.2 6.1 9.3
Bill Russell 10 40.9 13.9 24.4 3.2
Frank Ramsey 10 22.9 12.2 4.3 1.7
Jim Loscutoff 10 25.9 8.0 8.3 0.5
Arnie Risen 10 15.2 7.5 5.8 0.8
Jack Nichols 10 11.7 3.5 1.7 0.7
Andy Phillip 10 12.8 2.2 2.0 1.7
Dick Hemric 2 9.5 1.0 4.5 0.5

1956-1957 Boston Celtics Conference Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Boston Leaders Syracuse Leaders
Mar 21, 1957
v.
Syracuse		 W, 108-90 Boston Garden
Conference Finals 		1-0 PTS: 20. Frank Ramsey
 PTS: 21. D. Schayes
Mar 23, 1957
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Syracuse		 W, 105-120 Oncenter War Memorial Arena
Conference Finals 		2-0 PTS: 30. T. Heinsohn
 PTS: 31. D. Schayes
Mar 24, 1957
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Syracuse		 W, 83-80 Boston Garden
Conference Finals 		3-0 PTS: 23. Bill Sharman
 PTS: 22. D. Schayes

1956-1957 Boston Celtics NBA Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Boston Leaders St. Louis Leaders
Mar 30, 1957
v.
St. Louis		 L, 123-125 Boston Garden
NBA Finals 		0-1 PTS: 36. Bill Sharman
 PTS: 37. Bob Pettit
Mar 31, 1957
v.
St. Louis		 W, 119-99 Boston Garden
NBA Finals 		1-1 PTS: 22. Bob Cousy
 PTS: 19. Ed Macauley
Apr 6, 1957
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St. Louis		 L, 100-98 Kiel Auditorium
NBA Finals 		1-2 PTS: 28. Bill Sharman
 PTS: 26. Bob Pettit
Apr 7, 1957
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St. Louis		 W, 118-123 Kiel Auditorium
NBA Finals 		2-2 PTS: 31. Bob Cousy
 PTS: 33. Bob Pettit
Apr 9, 1957
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St. Louis		 W, 124-109 Boston Garden
NBA Finals 		3-2 PTS: 32. Bill Sharman
 PTS: 33. Bob Pettit
Apr 11, 1957
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St. Louis		 L, 96-94 Kiel Auditorium
NBA Finals 		3-3 PTS: 28. T. Heinsohn
 PTS: 32. Bob Pettit
Apr 13, 1957
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St. Louis		 W, 125-123 Boston Garden
NBA Finals 		4-3 PTS: 37. T. Heinsohn
 PTS: 39. Bob Pettit