NBA 1956-57Regular season

Final

Rochester Royals102–111Boston Celtics

Rochester Royals at Boston Celtics

Date: Sunday 3 March 1957
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1956-57Regular season
Meeting: 64th meetingof 332 played

Rochester Royals

Rochester Royals box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Maurice Stokes	7–17	3–4	16	1	3	17
Dick Ricketts	7–14	2–3	14	2	6	16
Jack Twyman	5–13	4–4	9	1	3	14
Dave Piontek	6–12	0–2	—	1	1	12
Tom Marshall	2–2	6–9	—	1	1	10
Art Spoelstra	2–9	5–6	—	1	2	9
Ed Fleming	1–4	6–8	—	3	2	8
Johnny McCarthy	3–4	2–2	—	1	2	8
Bob Burrow	2–7	2–4	—	1	5	6
Richie Regan	1–7	0–0	—	3	2	2
Team totals	36–89	30–42	39	15	27	102

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bill Russell	12–21	6–12	24	2	2	30
Frank Ramsey	6–14	10–12	10	3	6	22
Bill Sharman	7–21	4–6	—	6	1	18
Tom Heinsohn	4–15	3–3	—	2	5	11
Dick Hemric	3–6	3–4	—	0	1	9
Jack Nichols	3–8	2–2	—	2	4	8
Arnie Risen	2–9	3–3	—	0	4	7
Jim Loscutoff	3–9	0–0	—	3	3	6
Andy Phillip	0–5	0–0	—	5	2	0
Bob Cousy	0–1	0–0	—	0	0	0
Team totals	40–109	31–42	34	23	28	111

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 1956Rochester Royals 92–97 Boston Celtics
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 1957102–111 this game

Records going in

Rochester Royals: 29–38
Boston Celtics: 42–24

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

2 Mar 1957Boston Celtics 87–96 Rochester Royals
8 Nov 1957Boston Celtics 122–110 Cincinnati Royals

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.