NBA 1956-57Regular season

Final

St. Louis Hawks93–95Boston Celtics

St. Louis Hawks at Boston Celtics

Date: Saturday 22 December 1956
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1956-57Regular season
Meeting: 50th meetingof 471 played

St. Louis Hawks

St. Louis Hawks box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bob Pettit	10–19	8–12	13	1	3	28
Chuck Share	5–12	8–11	12	3	5	18
Ed Macauley	7–14	3–3	—	5	1	17
Slater Martin	3–17	2–3	—	6	2	8
Jack Coleman	3–11	1–4	—	3	4	7
Jack McMahon	1–3	4–7	—	1	1	6
Alex Hannum	2–3	0–0	—	1	3	4
Med Park	1–2	2–2	—	0	0	4
Irv Bemoras	0–2	1–1	—	0	1	1
Cliff Hagan	0–0	0–0	—	0	1	0
Team totals	32–83	29–43	25	20	21	93

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Tom Heinsohn	8–13	3–3	—	1	4	19
Bob Cousy	6–19	4–5	—	7	1	16
Jack Nichols	6–14	4–4	—	2	3	16
Arnie Risen	3–8	4–4	15	2	5	10
Jim Loscutoff	4–14	2–2	—	1	5	10
Bill Sharman	3–14	2–2	—	3	4	8
Dick Hemric	3–4	1–2	—	0	0	7
Bill Russell	3–11	0–4	16	1	4	6
Andy Phillip	0–5	3–4	—	2	3	3
Team totals	36–102	23–30	31	19	29	95

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 1956St. Louis Hawks 99–102 Boston Celtics
22 Dec 195693–95 this game
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: 10–14
Boston Celtics: 16–8

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

15 Dec 1956St. Louis Hawks 99–102 Boston Celtics
12 Jan 1957Boston Celtics 98–100 St. Louis Hawks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.