Celtics Beat Pittsburgh on Thanksgiving (11/28/46)

They....won? That's right, the Boston Celtics defeated the Pittsburgh Ironmen on Thanksgiving Night thanks to the efforts of some unheralded players. The Ironmen jumped out to a 36-29 lead at halftime thanks to Ed Melvin and John Abramovic. The Celtics rallied in the second half behind the brilliant play of Harold Kottman and Al Brightman. The Simmons brothers were held to just two points, but the Celtics outscored Pittsburgh 30-19 in the second half to take the game 59-55 at the Boston Garden.

                                                          Bette Davis approves of the win

Basketbawful Report:

Art Spector, Mel Hirsch and Red Wallace didn't play to earn the Ellison.

Johnny Simmons countered 2 points with 3 fouls for the 3/2 Hamilton.

Connie Simmons had no points and two fouls for a +2 suck differential.

Hero of The Night is Harold Kottman. He pumped in 19 points to help the Celtics win the game.

                                                      Harold The Hero

Final Thoughts:

Who saw that coming? The Simmons brothers were held to 2 points and Wyndol Gray to six. Chuck Connors had 10 and Al Brightman had 13 to assist Kottman. Still, if they can win a game with their best players not performing, maybe they'll start winning more when they do perform. Coach Honey Russell has his second win as coach so hats off to him on this one. Pittsburgh isn't a good team this year either so the Celtics have to beat the bad teams as well as the good ones if they hope to compete this season. The Celtics end the month of November with a win and return to action December 1st against the Chicago Stags. The Celtics look to win their second straight game when they travel to Chicago Stadium.