Nationals 114-116 Celtics (Dec 3, 1958)

SYR

BOS

1

31

26

2

23

25

3

41

37

4

19

28

114

116

Top Performers

Points

29

Sharman

BOS

Rebounds

22

Kerr

SYR

Assists

5

Seymour

SYR

Team Stats

BOS

45-104 (43.3%)

FG%

39-88 (44.3%)

- (%)

3PM

- (%)

24-32 (75.0%)

FTM

38-51 (74.5%)

68

Rebounds

47

21

Assists

16

Turnovers

1958-59 Eastern Standings

	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Celtics - y	52	20	.722
2	Knicks - x	40	32	.556	12.0
3	Nationals - x	35	37	.486	17.0
4	Warriors - e	32	40	.444	20.0

Game Summary

The Boston Celtics squeaked out a win over the Syracuse Nationals, 116 to 114, on December 4, 1958.

Game Info

December 3, 1958

Players	PTS	REB (O)	AST	PF	FG	FT	TS%
Al Bianchi A. Bianchi #24	14	0 (0)	1	3	5-10	4-7	53.5
Ed Conlin E. Conlin #8	6	3 (0)	0	2	3-6	0-0	50.0
Larry Costello L. Costello #6	16	3 (0)	5	5	7-16	2-2	47.4
Connie Dierking C. Dierking #24	0	0 (0)	1	1	0-3	0-0	0.0
Hal Greer H. Greer #15	2	0 (0)	0	3	1-3	0-0	33.3
Bob Hopkins B. Hopkins #9	24	19 (0)	3	4	9-22	6-11	44.7
Johnny Kerr J. Kerr #10	28	22 (0)	2	4	12-21	4-4	61.5
Togo Palazzi T. Palazzi #17	0	1 (0)	0	0	0-2	0-0	0.0
Dolph Schayes D. Schayes #4	15	18 (0)	4	6	5-11	5-5	56.8
Paul Seymour P. Seymour #5	9	2 (0)	5	4	3-10	3-3	39.8

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

Players	PTS	REB (O)	AST	PF	FG	FT	TS%
Gene Conley G. Conley #17	2	1 (0)	0	0	1-2	0-0	50.0
Bob Cousy B. Cousy #14	23	2 (0)	4	4	8-21	7-9	46.1
Sam Jones S. Jones #24	13	3 (0)	1	0	4-7	5-5	70.7
Jim Loscutoff J. Loscutoff #18	8	5 (0)	3	5	3-14	2-4	25.4
Frank Ramsey F. Ramsey #23	26	4 (0)	0	4	8-16	10-12	61.1
Bill Russell B. Russell #6	5	16 (0)	2	1	1-5	3-8	29.3
Bill Sharman B. Sharman #21	29	5 (0)	4	1	9-14	11-12	75.2
Bennie Swain B. Swain #16	0	4 (0)	0	5	0-0	0-1	0.0
Lou Tsioropoulos L. Tsioropoulos #20	10	7 (0)	2	3	5-9	0-0	55.6