8/26/08

Red Auerbach Day December 18, 1955

Red Auerbach became a basketball legend because of his legendary resume in Boston, but Red Auerbach was clearly shaped and refined from the streets of New York where he hailed, and New York never forgets one of its own. On December 18,1955, Red Auerbach who was known more at the time for being a fiery coach who screamed at officials, was honored in New York with Red Auerbach day at Madison Square Garden in front 12,613 fans. Before the Knicks played the Celtics, Red received many gifts including a red automobile and he gave a speech. Being that it was his day the Celtics followed it up with a hard fought 95-92 victory over the Knicks in a game where Red Auerbach gained a technical foul for riding the officials too hard, Harry Gallatin also received a technical, and Ray Felix of the Knicks fought with Jim Loscutoff.

Box Score:
Boston (95)
G F PF P
Macauley lf 4 2 2 10
Hemric 0 1 2 1
Nichols rf 6 3 5 15
Loscotuff 8 4 2 20
Risen c 1 1 4 3
Morrison 2 2 6 6
Cousy lg 6 8 4 20
Palazzi 0 0 0 0
Sharman rg 5 1 1 11
Barrett 3 3 2 9

Total 35 25 28 95

New York (92)
G F PF P
Gallatin lf 6 2 5 14
Dukes 0 0 1 0
Sears rf 7 5 4 19
Peterson 0 0 1 0
Felix c 3 14 5 20
Clifton 1 0 1 2
McGuire lg 6 3 4 15
Shue 4 1 1 9
Braun rg 1 4 1 4
Baechtold 2 3 0 7

Total 30 32 23 92

Boston.......... 27 15 29 24-95
New York...... 26 25 17 24-92

Free throws missed- Macauley, Risen, Morrison 2, Cousy 2, Palazzi, Gallatin, Sears 2, Felix 3, McGuire 2, Shue, Braun, Baechtold
Officials- Sid Borgia and Rollie Pitkoff

2 comments:

Lex said...

Interesting.

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The Kid said...

Yeah your blog requires a word verification to post a comment.