NBA 1956-57Regular season

Final

St. Louis Hawks99–102Boston Celtics

St. Louis Hawks at Boston Celtics

Date: Saturday 15 December 1956
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1956-57Regular season
Meeting: 49th meetingof 471 played

St. Louis Hawks

St. Louis Hawks box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bob Pettit	12–24	7–9	16	2	2	31
Ed Macauley	5–15	9–12	11	9	1	19
Slater Martin	7–18	5–6	—	5	3	19
Chuck Share	3–8	6–10	—	1	4	12
Jack McMahon	5–13	0–1	—	5	4	10
Cliff Hagan	2–7	1–2	—	1	1	5
Jack Coleman	1–3	1–2	—	0	1	3
Team totals	35–88	29–42	27	23	16	99

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bob Cousy	10–22	6–6	—	11	5	26
Jim Loscutoff	9–19	0–0	15	2	5	18
Jack Nichols	6–17	5–6	16	6	2	17
Dick Hemric	5–7	6–6	—	0	3	16
Arnie Risen	6–11	1–2	—	0	4	13
Tom Heinsohn	5–11	0–1	—	2	5	10
Bill Sharman	1–2	0–0	—	0	0	2
Andy Phillip	0–2	0–0	—	0	3	0
Lou Tsioropoulos	0–1	0–0	—	0	0	0
Togo Palazzi	0–2	0–0	—	0	0	0
Team totals	42–94	18–21	31	21	27	102

This season

Boston Celtics 11, Atlanta Hawks 5 in NBA 1956-57.

27 Nov 1956Boston Celtics 102–90 St. Louis Hawks
4 Dec 1956St. Louis Hawks 107–108 Boston Celtics
15 Dec 195699–102 this game
22 Dec 1956St. Louis Hawks 93–95 Boston Celtics
12 Jan 1957Boston Celtics 98–100 St. Louis Hawks
18 Jan 1957St. Louis Hawks 117–126 Boston Celtics
15 Feb 1957Boston Celtics 123–116 St. Louis Hawks
21 Feb 1957St. Louis Hawks 112–125 Boston Celtics
5 Mar 1957Boston Celtics 102–104 St. Louis Hawks
30 Mar 1957St. Louis Hawks 125–123 Boston Celtics
31 Mar 1957St. Louis Hawks 99–119 Boston Celtics
6 Apr 1957Boston Celtics 98–100 St. Louis Hawks
7 Apr 1957Boston Celtics 123–118 St. Louis Hawks
9 Apr 1957St. Louis Hawks 109–124 Boston Celtics
11 Apr 1957Boston Celtics 94–96 St. Louis Hawks
13 Apr 1957St. Louis Hawks 123–125 Boston Celtics

Records going in

St. Louis Hawks: 9–12
Boston Celtics: 15–6

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 291, Atlanta Hawks 180.

4 Dec 1956St. Louis Hawks 107–108 Boston Celtics
22 Dec 1956St. Louis Hawks 93–95 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.