1954–55 Boston Celtics season explained

The 1954–55 NBA season was the Celtics' ninth season in the NBA.^[1]

Offseason

NBA draft

See main article: article and 1954 NBA draft.

Regular season

x = clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1954-55 NBA Records
width=100	Team	BOS	FWP	MIL	MIN	NYK	PHI	ROC	SYR
Boston	–	4–5	6–3	3–6	6–6	7–5	4–5	6–6
Fort Wayne	5–4	–	11–1	9–3	2–7	6–3	8–4	2–7
Milwaukee	3–6	1–11	–	5–7	3–6	4–5	6–6	4–5
Minneapolis	6–3	3–9	7–5	–	4–5	6–3	8–4	6–3
New York	6–6	7–2	6–3	5–4	–	5–7	5–4	4–8
Philadelphia	5–7	3–6	5–4	3–6	7–5	–	5–4	5–7
Rochester	5–4	4–8	6–6	4–8	4–5	4–5	–	2–7
Syracuse	6–6	7–2	5–4	3–6	8–4	7–5	7–2	—

Game log

1954–55 game log
	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	October 30		95–98	Bill Sharman (24)	0–1
2	October 31		86–90	Cousy, Macauley (20)	0–2
3	November 6		84–107	Bob Cousy (24)	1–2
4	November 11		95–85	Bob Cousy (27)	1–3
5	November 16	Rochester	98–99	Ed Macauley (22)	2–3
6	November 20		117–98	Bill Sharman (32)	3–3
7	November 21	@ Syracuse	104–110	Bob Cousy (26)	3–4
8	November 24	New York	103–108	Bob Cousy (29)	4–4
9	November 25		98–103	Ed Macauley (20)	4–5
10	November 27	@ Rochester	101–107	Bill Sharman (28)	4–6
11	November 28		108–115	Bob Cousy (21)	4–7
12	November 30	@ Milwaukee	118–99	Bob Cousy (34)	5–7
13	December 1	N Milwaukee	90–101	Bob Cousy (31)	6–7
14	December 2	@ Fort Wayne	98–116	Bill Sharman (23)	6–8
15	December 4	Rochester	102–110	Ed Macauley (27)	7–8
16	December 7	N Rochester	93–95	Bill Sharman (27)	8–8
17	December 8	Minneapolis	101–99	Ed Macauley (28)	8–9
18	December 9	@ Syracuse	107–120	Ed Macauley (24)	8–10
19	December 11	Syracuse	90–94	Bill Sharman (26)	9–10
20	December 12	@ Fort Wayne	99–100	Cousy, Sharman (21)	9–11
21	December 14	N Minneapolis	108–115	Ed Macauley (37)	10–11
22	December 15	Milwaukee	106–117	Bob Cousy (25)	11–11
23	December 18	Philadelphia	103–107	Bob Cousy (23)	12–11
24	December 19	@ New York	81–93	Ed Macauley (19)	12–12
25	December 25	@ Milwaukee	108–99	Bob Cousy (35)	13–12
26	December 26	@ Minneapolis	82–87	Bill Sharman (29)	13–13
27	December 29	N Minneapolis	129–118 (OT)	Cousy, Macauley (24)	13–14
28	December 31	N Philadelphia	113–119	Ed Macauley (30)	14–14
29	January 1	@ Syracuse	102–108	Frank Ramsey (26)	14–15
30	January 2	New York	96–113	Frank Ramsey (27)	15–15
31	January 6	@ New York	83–88	Bill Sharman (18)	15–16
32	January 8	Philadelphia	105–117	Don Barksdale (26)	16–16
33	January 9	Rochester	92–98	Don Barksdale (31)	17–16
34	January 11	@ Fort Wayne	119–110	Bill Sharman (37)	18–16
35	January 13	N New York	100–116	Bob Cousy (26)	19–16
36	January 14	Minneapolis	95–100	Ed Macauley (27)	20–16
37	January 16	New York	98–102	Bob Cousy (28)	21–16
38	January 19	N Fort Wayne	105–84	Bill Sharman (18)	21–17
39	January 20	@ Syracuse	87–92	Bill Sharman (26)	21–18
40	January 21	N Philadelphia	89–90	Bill Sharman (29)	22–18
41	January 22	@ Rochester	110–121	Bill Sharman (20)	22–19
42	January 23	Philadelphia	91–94 (OT)	Don Barksdale (20)	23–19
43	January 26	Fort Wayne	90–99	Ed Macauley (22)	24–19
44	January 27	N Rochester	98–92	Bob Cousy (27)	24–20
45	January 28	Syracuse	90–101	Bill Sharman (24)	25–20
46	January 30	Milwaukee	88–79	Bob Cousy (21)	25–21
47	February 2	N Philadelphia	122–107	Cousy, Nichols (26)	25–22
48	February 4	Syracuse	88–114	Ed Macauley (25)	26–22
49	February 5	@ New York	107–115	Bob Cousy (29)	26–23
50	February 6	Philadelphia	113–109	Bob Cousy (35)	26–24
51	February 8	N Syracuse	115–88	Bob Cousy (24)	26–25
52	February 9	Syracuse	94–104	Bob Cousy (33)	27–25
53	February 11	@ Philadelphia	101–105	Bob Cousy (33)	27–26
54	February 13	New York	105–103	Bob Cousy (31)	27–27
55	February 15	N Milwaukee	103–106 (OT)	Bob Cousy (34)	28–27
56	February 17	@ Syracuse	93–107	Bob Cousy (21)	28–28
57	February 20	Philadelphia	99–114	Ed Macauley (25)	29–28
58	February 22	N Syracuse	95–97	Ed Macauley (25)	30–28
59	February 23	N Milwaukee	120–103	Ed Macauley (19)	30–29
60	February 24	@ Minneapolis	98–112	Bill Sharman (23)	30–30
61	February 25	N Minneapolis	104–107	Bob Cousy (27)	31–30
62	February 27	N Milwaukee	57–62	Brannum, Cousy (14)	32–30
63	March 1	N Fort Wayne	118–98	Bob Cousy (31)	32–31
64	March 4	Minneapolis	121–106	Frank Ramsey (24)	32–32
65	March 5	@ Philadelphia	89–95	Bob Cousy (19)	32–33
66	March 6	Fort Wayne	104–108	Bob Cousy (31)	33–33
67	March 7	Fort Wayne	91–110	Bob Cousy (22)	34–33
68	March 8	N Philadelphia	103–112	Bob Cousy (40)	35–33
69	March 10	@ New York	95–114	Bob Cousy (22)	35–34
70	March 11	N New York	97–95	Bob Cousy (23)	35–35
71	March 12	@ Rochester	103–105	Bill Sharman (37)	35–36
72	March 13	New York	101–112	Bill Sharman (22)	36–36

Playoffs

Awards and records

Notes and References

https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1955.html 1954–55 Boston Celtics