In another basketball doubleheader at Madison Square Garden, the Celtics beat the Nationals 105-97 in the 1st game. The game was a close game early on with the score tied 5 times in the 1st session and 8 times in the second session. Midway through the 3rd period the Celtics went on a 10-0 run to bring the lead to 73-66 and the C's never looked back. In the 2nd game the Knicks lost to the Pistons 104-99 in front of 10,135 fans. Larry Foust of the Pistons led Fort Wayne with 28 points as the Pistons avenged 2 earlier losses to the Knicks. Ken Sears and Jim Baechtold added 18 points each for the Knicks.
Box Score
Boston (105)
G F PF P
Macauley lf 11 5 0 27
Hemric 0 1 0 1
Nichols rf 7 2 4 16
Loscutoff 2 1 0 5
Risen c 2 1 5 7
Morrison 1 0 3 2
Cousy lg 5 7 2 1
Palazzi 4 0 2 8
Sharman rg 10 2 2 22
Barrett 0 0 0 0
Total...........43 19 18 105
Syracuse (97)
G F PF P
Schayes lf 6 3 2 15
Farley 1 0 4 2
Rocha rf 4 3 2 11
Lloyd 4 1 3 9
Kerr c 5 3 2 13
Conlin 5 1 0 11
Seymour lg 0 0 1 0
Kenville 2 1 3 5
Tucker 0 0 2 0
King rg 15 1 3 31
Total.....42 13 22 97
Boston.........25 28 27 25-105
Syracuse......22 24 30 21-97
Free Throws Missed- Macauley 2, Loscutoff, Risen, Cousy, Palazzi, Sharman 2, Rocha 3, Lloyd, Kerr, Kenville
Officials- Sid Borgia and Stan Stutz
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53-year-old box scores.
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