The Boston Celtics played their 1st game after a 6 day layoff and were defeated by the league leading Philadelphia Warriors 115-101 in front of 4500 fans in New Haven, Connecticut. The Celtics had a 4th quarter lead of 87-84 before Paul Arizin scored twice, Neil Johnston, and Jack George all added baskets and the Warriors would lead for the rest of the game. Boston was outscored 34-19 in the 4th quarter. Neil Johnston scored 38 points for the Warriors leading all scorers. Boston's season record dropped to 31-25.
Box Score
Philadelphia(115) G F PF P
Arizin lf 9 4 6 22
Davis 1 0 3 2
Graboski rf 2 1 2 5
Moore 0 0 1 0
Johnston c 16 6 0 38
Beck 0 0 2 0
Gola lg 6 2 4 14
George 8 2 4 18
Dempsey 6 4 3 16
Totals...48 19 25 115
Boston (101) G F PF P
Nichols lf 6 5 5 17
Macauley rf 7 6 0 20
Loscutoff 2 1 1 5
Risen c 3 0 3 6
Morrison 0 0 1 0
Hemric lg 1 4 2 6
Sharman 7 6 3 20
Cousy rg 10 7 2 27
Barrett 0 0 2 0
Totals...36 29 19 101
Philadelphia....22 32 27 34-115
Boston..............23 27 32 19-101
Free Throws Missed-Johnston 2, Gola, Nichols, Macauley, Hemric 2, Sharman, Cousy 2
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