It was an all-around bad game for the Boston Celtics as they lost to the Rochester Royals 83-69 in a nationally televised contest in Rochester where the Celtics' Ernie Barrett and Red Auerbach were both ejected and Bill Sharman fought with Don Meineke. The Boston Celtics played strong early racing off to a 25-11 lead in the 1st quarter, despite Bob Cousy spraining his left ankle early on ending his day. The Celtics lead dropped to 40-38 at halftime without Cousy. Ernie Barrett was ejected from the game seconds before halftime for throwing the ball at referee Sid Borgia after he was charged with a foul. Red Auerbach then started arguing with Borgia as the teams left the court for intermission, then Auerbach was told to stay off the bench for the 2nd half. Without Auerbach, Cousy, and Barrett the Royals soon turned the game into a rout, taking the lead and never looking back. Late in the game Bill Sharman and Don Meineke while both fighting for a loose ball ended up scrapping vigorously on the floor before the fight was broken up. The Celtics loss dropped their season record to 27-22.
Box Score
Boston G FT T
Macauley 5 5-6 15
Loscutoff 4 3-3 11
Palazzi 1 0-0 2
Nichols 3 0-1 6
Risen 1 1-1 3
Hemric 1 4-8 6
Cousy 1 2-2 4
Sharman 4 6-8 14
Barrett 2 0-0 4
Morrison 2 0-0 4
Totals...24 21-29 69
Rochester G FT T
Twyman 6 1-2 3
Stokes 1 1-1 3
Ricketts 5 2-4 12
Meineke 7 4-7 18
Spoelstra 6 6-6 18
Simmons 0 0-0 0
Fleming 1 1-1 3
Regan 1 0-0 2
Wanzer 5 4-6 14
Harris 0 0-0 0
Totals..32 19-27 83
Boston.............25 15 19 10-69
Rochester.......11 27 20 25-83
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