8/28/08

December 11, 1955 Celtics lose to Nationals, Bribe Offered To Nats Coach Al Cervi

The defending NBA Champion Syracuse Nationals had their 7th straight home win defeating the Boston Celtics 101-89 in Syracuse. Before the game Al Cervi the Nationals coach was called 4 straight times by a caller but he didn't pick up the phone, the 5th time an office attendant was left with the message, "Tell Cervi to lose this game or not to win by more than 6 points. Tell him there will be $1000 in it for him and a couple hundred for yourself." When he found about it Cervi told the team president Don Biasone who called the police, and the call was traced to Minneapolis. Boston led the game early before Syracuse made three straight baskets to go up at halftime and they never looked back.

Box Score
Syracuse (101)
G F PF P
Schayes lf 8 10 4 26
Rocha rf 5 3 5 13
Conlin 1 3 2 5
Tucker 1 0 3 2
Kerr c 3 3 2 9
Lloyd 4 4 3 12
King lg 6 2 3 14
Farley 2 5 2 9
Kenville rg 3 5 1 11

Total...33 35 25 101

Boston (89)
G F PF P
Nichols lf 6 6 4 18
Loscutuff rf 5 1 5 11
Palazzi 1 0 3 2
Hermic 1 0 0 2
Macauley c 2 11 3 15
Risen 4 2 4 10
Cousy lg 4 3 4 11
Sharman rg 6 3 3 15
Barrett 1 3 3 5
Morrison 0 0 2 0

Total...30 29 31 89

Half-time Score- Syracuse 56 Boston 52.
Free throws missed- Schayes, Rocha, Conlin, Lloyd, King 4, Farley 2, Kenville 2, Loscutuff, Macauley, Risen 2, Cousy, Sharman, Barrett.

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