Nationals 77-91 Celtics (Dec 19, 1952)

SYR

BOS

1

20

22

2

21

16

3

19

22

4

17

31

77

91

Top Performers

Points

31

Macauley

BOS

Assists

10

Cousy

BOS

SYR

Team Stats

BOS

28-70 (40.0%)

FG%

30-74 (40.5%)

- (%)

3PM

- (%)

21-26 (80.8%)

FTM

31-39 (79.5%)

Rebounds

16

Assists

25

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 decisively defeated the Syracuse Nationals, 91 to 77, on December 20, 1952.

Game Info

December 19, 1952

Players	MIN	PTS	AST	PF	FG	FT	TS%
Earl Lloyd E. Lloyd #11	43	8	2	5	3-9	2-2	40.5
George King G. King #3	42	12	2	5	3-6	6-8	63.0
Dolph Schayes D. Schayes #4	42	19	3	2	5-11	9-9	63.5
Red Rocha R. Rocha #16	30	7	2	5	2-11	3-4	27.4
Paul Seymour P. Seymour #5	29	16	2	5	8-14	0-0	57.1
Bill Gabor B. Gabor #7	19	9	2	4	4-11	1-2	37.9
Wally Osterkorn W. Osterkorn #8	17	4	1	2	2-4	0-1	45.0
Noble Jorgensen N. Jorgensen #6	9	0	2	1	0-2	0-0	0.0
Al Cervi A. Cervi #15	6	2	0	2	1-2	0-0	50.0
Bob Lochmueller B. Lochmueller #14	3	0	0	1	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	AST	PF	FG	FT	TS%
Bob Cousy B. Cousy #14	45	30	10	5	9-19	12-13	60.7
Ed Macauley E. Macauley #22	45	31	4	2	9-20	13-17	56.4
Bob Brannum B. Brannum #18	41	5	2	2	2-8	1-2	28.2
Bill Sharman B. Sharman #21	33	13	4	4	6-15	1-1	42.1
Bob Harris B. Harris #13	32	4	2	4	1-5	2-4	29.6
Chuck Cooper C. Cooper #11	20	6	0	2	2-4	2-2	61.5
Bob Donham B. Donham #12	18	2	2	2	1-2	0-0	50.0
John Mahnken J. Mahnken #16	6	0	1	1	0-1	0-0	0.0