NBA 1956-57Regular season

Final

St. Louis Hawks117–126Boston Celtics

St. Louis Hawks at Boston Celtics

Date: Friday 18 January 1957
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1956-57Regular season
Meeting: 52nd meetingof 471 played

St. Louis Hawks

St. Louis Hawks box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bob Pettit	14–28	10–12	20	7	3	38
Slater Martin	9–15	4–5	—	3	3	22
Ed Macauley	6–17	5–6	—	7	4	17
Chuck Share	5–10	4–4	—	3	2	14
Jack McMahon	5–10	3–3	—	4	4	13
Jack Coleman	2–8	1–1	—	0	6	5
Alex Hannum	2–3	0–0	—	0	0	4
Irv Bemoras	1–3	0–0	—	1	0	2
Med Park	1–2	0–0	—	2	4	2
Cliff Hagan	0–2	0–0	—	2	1	0
Team totals	45–98	27–31	20	29	27	117

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bill Sharman	10–17	13–13	—	7	2	33
Bob Cousy	10–20	7–9	—	6	3	27
Bill Russell	10–15	5–7	20	2	5	25
Jim Loscutoff	7–19	3–4	12	4	3	17
Tom Heinsohn	3–12	5–6	—	1	5	11
Dick Hemric	2–8	2–2	—	0	3	6
Jack Nichols	2–8	1–2	—	3	3	5
Frank Ramsey	1–5	0–0	—	1	0	2
Andy Phillip	0–0	0–0	—	2	0	0
Team totals	45–104	36–43	32	26	24	126

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 1956St. Louis Hawks 93–95 Boston Celtics
12 Jan 1957Boston Celtics 98–100 St. Louis Hawks
18 Jan 1957117–126 this game
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: 17–21
Boston Celtics: 23–14

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

12 Jan 1957Boston Celtics 98–100 St. Louis Hawks
15 Feb 1957Boston Celtics 123–116 St. Louis Hawks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.