NBA 1956-57Regular season

Final

Rochester Royals92–97Boston Celtics

Rochester Royals at Boston Celtics

Date: Thursday 27 December 1956
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1956-57Regular season
Meeting: 59th meetingof 332 played

Rochester Royals

Rochester Royals box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Jack Twyman	9–16	1–2	3	2	0	19
Maurice Stokes	8–19	2–3	12	1	5	18
Dick Ricketts	6–22	5–6	16	2	5	17
Bob Burrow	4–9	1–3	12	3	1	9
Ed Fleming	4–9	0–0	4	3	1	8
Richie Regan	2–13	3–4	6	5	3	7
Dave Piontek	3–7	0–0	3	5	0	6
Johnny McCarthy	2–7	1–2	4	1	1	5
Art Spoelstra	1–6	0–0	2	0	0	2
Lew Hitch	0–1	1–1	2	1	0	1
Tom Marshall	0–5	0–0	2	0	1	0
Team totals	39–114	14–21	66	23	17	92

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bill Sharman	8–22	3–4	5	3	1	19
Tom Heinsohn	9–16	0–0	14	1	5	18
Bill Russell	7–16	1–5	21	2	2	15
Jim Loscutoff	4–13	5–7	13	0	2	13
Bob Cousy	2–14	6–6	4	10	1	10
Dick Hemric	3–11	1–2	9	0	2	7
Jack Nichols	3–8	0–0	10	0	1	6
Lou Tsioropoulos	1–6	3–3	2	0	0	5
Andy Phillip	2–5	0–0	4	2	2	4
Team totals	39–111	19–27	82	18	16	97

This season

Boston Celtics 6, Sacramento Kings 3 in NBA 1956-57.

17 Nov 1956Rochester Royals 86–108 Boston Celtics
18 Nov 1956Boston Celtics 101–87 Rochester Royals
12 Dec 1956Rochester Royals 103–93 Boston Celtics
27 Dec 195692–97 this game
19 Jan 1957Boston Celtics 97–83 Rochester Royals
9 Feb 1957Boston Celtics 102–103 Rochester Royals
26 Feb 1957Rochester Royals 77–92 Boston Celtics
2 Mar 1957Boston Celtics 87–96 Rochester Royals
3 Mar 1957Rochester Royals 102–111 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Rochester Royals: 16–14
Boston Celtics: 18–10

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 206, Sacramento Kings 126.

12 Dec 1956Rochester Royals 103–93 Boston Celtics
19 Jan 1957Boston Celtics 97–83 Rochester Royals

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.