Nationals 90-83 Celtics (Dec 18, 1953)

SYR

BOS

1

18

23

2

17

13

3

31

23

4

24

90

83

Top Performers

Points

19

Schayes

SYR

Rebounds

12

Brannum

BOS

Assists

8

Cousy

BOS

SYR

Team Stats

BOS

29-77 (37.7%)

FG%

30-78 (38.5%)

- (%)

3PM

- (%)

32-41 (78.0%)

FTM

23-30 (76.7%)

43

Rebounds

56

23

Assists

27

Turnovers

1953-54 Eastern Standings

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Knicks - y	44	28	.611
2	Nationals - x	42	30	.583	2.0
3	Celtics - x	42	30	.583	2.0
4	Warriors - e	29	43	.403	15.0
5	Bullets - e	16	56	.222	28.0

Game Summary

The Boston Celtics fell to the Syracuse Nationals, 90 to 83, on December 19, 1953.

Game Info

December 18, 1953

Players	MIN	PTS	REB (O)	AST	PF	FG	FT	TS%
Paul Seymour P. Seymour #5	40	18	6 (0)	1	1	3-5	12-14	80.6
Earl Lloyd E. Lloyd #11	38	11	11 (0)	5	4	4-14	3-5	34.0
Wally Osterkorn W. Osterkorn #8	37	15	6 (0)	3	4	5-9	5-8	59.9
Dolph Schayes D. Schayes #4	35	19	9 (0)	2	3	5-15	9-10	49.0
Billy Kenville B. Kenville #15	24	5	4 (0)	5	3	2-8	1-1	29.6
George King G. King #3	24	6	1 (0)	2	2	2-7	2-3	36.1
Bob Lavoy B. Lavoy #8	22	6	5 (0)	1	4	3-7	0-0	42.9
Bill Gabor B. Gabor #7	19	10	1 (0)	3	1	5-10	0-0	50.0
Jim Neal J. Neal #17	2	0	0 (0)	1	0	0-2	0-0	0.0

	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	FG	FT	TS%
Bob Cousy B. Cousy #14	40	17	4 (0)	8	4	6-20	5-6	37.5
Bill Sharman B. Sharman #21	38	18	3 (0)	3	4	6-12	6-6	61.5
Bob Brannum B. Brannum #18	37	11	12 (0)	6	3	4-9	3-5	49.1
Ed Macauley E. Macauley #22	36	18	5 (0)	4	3	6-13	6-7	56.0
Bob Donham B. Donham #12	24	12	6 (0)	1	6	5-6	2-4	77.3
Bob Harris B. Harris #13	22	2	7 (0)	0	4	1-5	0-1	18.4
Chuck Cooper C. Cooper #11	17	3	6 (0)	1	2	1-4	1-1	33.8
Jack Nichols J. Nichols #16	17	2	9 (0)	4	2	1-6	0-0	16.7
Don Barksdale D. Barksdale #17	9	0	4 (0)	0	0	0-3	0-0	0.0