Nationals 83-88 Celtics (Dec 17, 1952)

SYR

BOS

1

20

24

2

25

26

3

21

4

17

83

88

Top Performers

Points

26

Cousy

BOS

Rebounds

19

Schayes

SYR

Assists

9

Cousy

BOS

SYR

Team Stats

BOS

29- (%)

FG%

28- (%)

- (%)

3PM

- (%)

25-31 (80.6%)

FTM

32-38 (84.2%)

66

Rebounds

61

22

Assists

26

Turnovers

1952-53 Eastern Standings

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Knicks - y	47	23	.671
2	Nationals - x	47	24	.662	0.5
3	Celtics - x	46	25	.648	1.5
4	Bullets - x	16	54	.229	31.0
5	Warriors - e	12	57	.174	34.5

Game Summary

The Boston Celtics squeaked out a win over the Syracuse Nationals, 88 to 83, on December 18, 1952.

Game Info

December 17, 1952

Players	PTS	REB (O)	AST	PF	FT
Bill Gabor B. Gabor #7	8	5 (0)	1	4	0-0
Noble Jorgensen N. Jorgensen #6	0	1 (0)	2	1	0-0
George King G. King #3	19	12 (0)	8	6	7-9
Earl Lloyd E. Lloyd #11	4	8 (0)	0	5	2-3
Bob Lochmueller B. Lochmueller #14	1	0 (0)	0	2	1-1
Wally Osterkorn W. Osterkorn #8	6	10 (0)	1	3	2-5
Red Rocha R. Rocha #16	13	10 (0)	3	5	7-7
Dolph Schayes D. Schayes #4	20	19 (0)	3	3	4-4
Paul Seymour P. Seymour #5	12	1 (0)	4	2	2-2

	Team	PTS	REB (O)	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FG	3P	FT	TS%
	SYR		0 (0)					0-0	0-0	0-0

Players	MIN	PTS	REB (O)	AST	PF	FT
Bob Cousy B. Cousy #14	48	26	8 (0)	9	3	8-8
Bob Brannum B. Brannum #18		6	14 (0)	2	5	4-6
Chuck Cooper C. Cooper #11		6	12 (0)	1	3	2-2
Bob Donham B. Donham #12		0	1 (0)	2	2	0-0
Bob Harris B. Harris #13		13	11 (0)	0	3	5-5
Ed Macauley E. Macauley #22		18	5 (0)	5	3	10-12
John Mahnken J. Mahnken #16		2	2 (0)	0	1	0-0
Bill Sharman B. Sharman #21		17	8 (0)	7	2	3-5