1957 NBA Finals

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The 1957 NBA World Championship Series was the championship series of the 1956–57 National Basketball Association season, and was the conclusion of the 1957 NBA playoffs. The best-of-seven series was played between the Western Division champion St. Louis Hawks and the Eastern Division champion Boston Celtics. This was the first trip to the Finals for each team, the first Finals in which both teams competing were making their first appearances since 1951. Red Auerbach became the first head coach to have taken two separate teams to the NBA Finals, having done so with Washington in 1949. The Celtics won the series over the Hawks, 4–3. It remains the only Game 7 in NBA history to be decided in double-overtime.

This was the second meeting between teams from Boston and St. Louis for a major professional sports championship.[1]

Game summaries

Game Date Home team Result Road team
Game 1 March 30 Boston Celtics 123–125 (2OT) (0–1) St. Louis Hawks
Game 2 March 31 Boston Celtics 119–99 (1–1) St. Louis Hawks
Game 3 April 6 St. Louis Hawks 100–98 (2–1) Boston Celtics
Game 4 April 7 St. Louis Hawks 118–123 (2–2) Boston Celtics
Game 5 April 9 Boston Celtics 124–109 (3–2) St. Louis Hawks
Game 6 April 11 St. Louis Hawks 96–94 (3–3) Boston Celtics
Game 7 April 13 Boston Celtics 125–123 (2OT) (4–3) St. Louis Hawks

Celtics win series 4–3

Team rosters

Boston Celtics

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Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From
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St. Louis Hawks

style="Template:Basketball primary style; text-align: center;" |1956-57 Western Division Champions St. Louis Hawks roster
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Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From
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Script error: No such module "sort". 6, 17 Cliff Hagan Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". December 9, 1931 Kentucky
Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Alex Hannum Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". July 19, 1923 USC
Script error: No such module "sort". 20, 50 Ed Macauley Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". March 22, 1928 Saint Louis
Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Slater Martin Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". October 22, 1925 Texas
Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Jack McMahon Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". December 3, 1928 St. John's
Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Med Park Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". April 11, 1933 Missouri
Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "Number table sorting". Bob Pettit Script error: No such module "convert". Script error: No such module "convert". December 12, 1932 LSU
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Box scores

March 30
St. Louis Hawks 125, Boston Celtics 123 (2OT)
Scoring by quarter: 31–21, 18–26, 22–27, 31–28, Overtime: 11–11, 12–10
Pts: Bob Pettit 37
Rebs: Bob Pettit 14		 Pts: Bill Sharman 36
Rebs: Bill Russell 18
St. Louis leads series, 1–0

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  • Tom Heinsohn hits the game-tying lay-up with 6 seconds left in regulation to force the first OT; Bob Cousy hits the game-tying shot with 15 seconds left in the first OT to force the second OT.
March 31
St. Louis Hawks 99, Boston Celtics 119
Scoring by quarter: 21–31, 22–31, 27–32, 29–25
Pts: Ed Macauley 19
Rebs: Bob Pettit 13
Asts: Slick Leonard 4		 Pts: Cousy, Ramsey 22 each
Rebs: Bill Russell 25
Asts: Bob Cousy 7
Series tied, 1–1
Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 13,909
Referees: Mendy Rudolph, Sid Borgia

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April 6
Boston Celtics 98, St. Louis Hawks 100
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 25–21, 28–29, 26–31
Pts: Bill Sharman 28
Rebs: Bill Russell 19
Asts: Bob Cousy 8		 Pts: Bob Pettit 26
Rebs: Bob Pettit 28
Asts: three players 5 each
St. Louis leads series, 2–1
Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 10,048

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  • Bob Pettit hits the game-winner with 45 seconds left.
April 7
Boston Celtics 123, St. Louis Hawks 118
Scoring by quarter: 31–36, 35–17, 30–37, 27–28
Pts: Bob Cousy 31
Rebs: Bill Russell 20
Asts: Arnie Risen 9		 Pts: Bob Pettit 33
Rebs: Bob Pettit 16
Asts: Martin, Hagan 6 each
Series tied, 2–2
Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 10,035
Referees: Sid Borgia, Arnie Heft

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April 9
St. Louis Hawks 109, Boston Celtics 124
Scoring by quarter: 30–21, 30–38, 25–35, 24–30
Pts: Bob Pettit 33
Rebs: Bob Pettit 15
Asts: Med Park 6		 Pts: Bill Sharman 32
Rebs: Bill Russell 23
Asts: Bob Cousy 19
Boston leads series, 3–2
Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 13,909

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April 11
Boston Celtics 94, St. Louis Hawks 96
Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 28–27, 27–28, 16–19
Pts: Tom Heinsohn 28
Rebs: Bill Russell 23		 Pts: Bob Pettit 32
Rebs: Bob Pettit 23
Series tied, 3–3
Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 10,053
Referees: Sid Borgia, Arnie Heft

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  • Cliff Hagan hits the game-winning shot at the buzzer, which is believed to be the first buzzer-beater shot to win a playoff game in NBA history.[2]
April 13
St. Louis Hawks 123, Boston Celtics 125 (2OT)
Scoring by quarter: 28–26, 25–25, 24–32, 26–20, Overtime: 10–10, 10–12
Pts: Bob Pettit 39
Rebs: Bob Pettit 19
Asts: Martin, Coleman 7 each		 Pts: Tom Heinsohn 37
Rebs: Bill Russell 32
Asts: Bob Cousy 11
Boston wins series, 4–3
Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 13,909

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  • Bob Pettit hits the game-tying free throws with 7 seconds left in regulation to force the first OT; Jack Coleman makers the game-tying basket with 9 seconds left in the first OT to force the second OT. Bob Pettit misses the game-tying shot at the buzzer to force a third OT.
  • Only NBA Finals Game 7 to date to go past the first overtime, and as of 2021, the only Game 7 in NBA history to go past the first overtime.

Celtics center Bill Russell set a rookie record for rebounds in a single NBA finals game with 32 in game 7, and averaged an NBA finals rookie record of 22.9 rebounds per game for the entire series.[3]

References

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External links

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