9/27/08

February 9,1956- Celtics beat Nats on last second shot

In a hard fought game that featured 18 ties, the Celtics beat the Nationals 98-97 after Bob Cousy made a last second shot. The game was played in Syracuse in front of 2,646 fans at the War Memorial, the game was tight the entire way. The Nationals found themselves down by one with 12 seconds left when Eddie Conlin of the Nationals sinked in a shot with 7 seconds left to give the Nats the lead but that left too much time for the Celtics. Bob Cousy scored on a shot that went in as time expired, the Nationals protested the shot shouldn't count but it didn't matter. Bob Cousy didn't score a field goal in the 1st half and he finished up with 17. Jack Nichols led the Celtics with 23. The win brought the Celtics season record to 29-24.

Box Score

Boston G FT T
Nichols 9 5-5 23
Loscutoff 1 0-0 2
Palazzi 0 0-0 0
Hemric 6 0-0 12
Macauley 2 5-7 9
Risen 8 5-6 21
Cousy 6 5-8 17
Sharman 4 4-5 12
Barrett 1 0-0 2
Morrison 0 0-0 0

Totals... 37 24-31 98

Syracuse G FT T
Schayes 6 5-6 17
Rocha 0 0-0 0
Tucker 1 2-2 4
Conlin 2 0-0 4
Kerr 11 5-9 27
Lloyd 1 0-0 2
Seymour 4 8-12 16
King 8 3-5 19
Farley 1 0-0 2
Kenville 1 4-4 6

Totals...35 27-38 97

Boston.......25 26 21 26-98
Syracuse...28 23 20 27-97

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