1953–54_New_York_Knicks_season

1953–54 New York Knicks season
1953–54 New York Knicks season
Division champions
Head coach	Joe Lapchick
General manager	Ned Irish
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Results
Record	47–23 (.671)
Place	Division: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finish	East Division Semifinals; (Lost double Round Robin to Celtics and Nationals 0–4)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WPIX
Radio	WMGM
< 1952–53	1954–55 >

1953–54 New York Knicks season

Season of National Basketball Association team the New York Knicks

The 1953–54 New York Knicks season was the eighth season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA).^[1] New York won its second straight regular season Eastern Division title with a 44–28 record,^[1] which placed them two games ahead of the Boston Celtics and Syracuse Nationals.^[2] The first round of the 1954 NBA Playoffs consisted of round-robin tournaments, where the top three teams in each division played each other in home and away matchups. The Knicks went 0–4 against the Celtics and Nationals, and did not qualify for the Eastern Division Finals.^[3]

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Regular season

Game log

1953–54 Game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	October 31	Minneapolis	67–91	Vince Boryla (15)	1–0
2	November 4	N Milwaukee	73–67	Vince Boryla (16)	2–0
3	November 6	@ Milwaukee	80–68	Carl Braun (21)	3–0
4	November 7	@ Minneapolis	62–70	Harry Gallatin (14)	3–1
5	November 8	@ Fort Wayne	75–70	Harry Gallatin (17)	4–1
6	November 12	Philadelphia	65–81	Harry Gallatin (21)	5–1
7	November 14	@ Baltimore	83–88	Carl Braun (16)	5–2
8	November 15	Baltimore	79–91	Connie Simmons (19)	6–2
9	November 18	N Philadelphia	83–88	Harry Gallatin (28)	7–2
10	November 19	N Baltimore	96–85	Carl Braun (28)	8–2
11	November 21	Syracuse	67–68	Nathaniel Clifton (20)	9–2
12	November 22	@ Syracuse	84–80 (OT)	Connie Simmons (27)	10–2
13	November 24	N Boston	103–92	Vince Boryla (20)	11–2
14	November 25	@ Boston	84–96	Vince Boryla (20)	11–3
15	November 28	Rochester	90–95 (OT)	Jim Baechtold (21)	12–3
16	November 29	@ Rochester	69–64	Harry Gallatin (18)	13–3
17	December 3	@ Philadelphia	74–79	Carl Braun (18)	13–4
18	December 5	Fort Wayne	92–73	Carl Braun (22)	13–5
19	December 10	Boston	113–108 (2OT)	Harry Gallatin (30)	13–6
20	December 11	@ Milwaukee	70–82	Harry Gallatin (19)	13–7
21	December 12	@ Minneapolis	67–71	Nathaniel Clifton (19)	13–8
22	December 13	@ Fort Wayne	69–68	Vince Boryla (23)	14–8
23	December 15	Minneapolis	79–80 (OT)	Carl Braun (29)	15–8
24	December 19	@ Baltimore	65–63	Harry Gallatin (15)	16–8
25	December 20	Baltimore	67–75	Carl Braun (19)	17–8
26	December 25	Syracuse	80–89	Carl Braun (21)	18–8
27	December 26	@ Rochester	78–77	Connie Simmons (18)	19–8
28	December 27	Philadelphia	76–79	Carl Braun (23)	20–8
29	December 30	@ Baltimore	79–86	Nathaniel Clifton (21)	20–9
30	December 31	Boston	95–74	Jim Baechtold (20)	20–10
31	January 2	@ Minneapolis	74–78	Carl Braun (18)	20–11
32	January 3	@ Fort Wayne	74–72	Boryla, Braun (18)	21–11
33	January 7	Baltimore	70–82	Jim Baechtold (23)	22–11
34	January 9	@ Rochester	88–87	Harry Gallatin (20)	23–11
35	January 10	Rochester	69–81	Harry Gallatin (21)	24–11
36	January 13	N Syracuse	93–72	Carl Braun (15)	24–12
37	January 14	@ Philadelphia	83–71	Carl Braun (20)	25–12
38	January 16	Fort Wayne	82–88 (OT)	Carl Braun (28)	26–12
39	January 17	@ Boston	87–84 (2OT)	Connie Simmons (23)	27–12
40	January 19	@ Milwaukee	78–75	Dick McGuire (16)	28–12
41	January 22	N Philadelphia	82–84	Harry Gallatin (16)	29–12
42	January 23	Milwaukee	63–75	Carl Braun (17)	30–12
43	January 24	N Milwaukee	66–68	Carl Braun (23)	30–13
44	January 26	N Rochester	71–74	Carl Braun (17)	31–13
45	January 28	@ Syracuse	66–79	Connie Simmons (18)	31–14
46	January 30	Syracuse	65–66	Nathaniel Clifton (22)	32–14
47	January 31	@ Syracuse	70–114	Baechtold, Braun, Clifton, McGuire (10)	32–15
48	February 3	N Minneapolis	79–91	Carl Braun (21)	32–16
49	February 4	N Syracuse	90–82	Carl Braun (35)	32–17
50	February 6	Baltimore	83–98	Carl Braun (19)	33–17
51	February 7	@ Boston	87–78	Harry Gallatin (19)	34–17
52	February 10	N Fort Wayne	73–69	Carl Braun (20)	35–17
53	February 11	N Boston	81–84 (OT)	Harry Gallatin (20)	35–18
54	February 13	Fort Wayne	79–73	Braun, Clifton (17)	35–19
55	February 14	@ Boston	89–103	Fred Schaus (23)	35–20
56	February 16	Boston	85–87	Dick McGuire (21)	36–20
57	February 17	@ Baltimore	80–84	Carl Braun (19)	36–21
58	February 18	@ Philadelphia	69–60	Fred Schaus (17)	37–21
59	February 20	Philadelphia	89–75	Nathaniel Clifton (19)	37–22
60	February 21	N Baltimore	85–76	Jim Baechtold (22)	38–22
61	February 23	Minneapolis	100–82	Nathaniel Clifton (20)	38–23
62	February 25	N Fort Wayne	62–82	Connie Simmons (15)	38–24
63	February 27	Milwaukee	58–57	Carl Braun (13)	38–25
64	February 28	N Philadelphia	83–78	Harry Gallatin (19)	38–26
65	March 2	Boston	71–86	Nathaniel Clifton (21)	39–26
66	March 3	N Philadelphia	79–88	Harry Gallatin (20)	40–26
67	March 5	N Rochester	66–70	Harry Gallatin (17)	41–26
68	March 7	Rochester	91–88	Carl Braun (25)	41–27
69	March 9	N Milwaukee	72–65	Harry Gallatin (15)	42–27
70	March 10	@ Minneapolis	85–76	Connie Simmons (27)	43–27
71	March 13	Syracuse	60–67	Harry Gallatin (16)	44–27
72	March 14	@ Syracuse	83–113	Connie Simmons (23)	44–28

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Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
T	–	Walter Dukes	C	United States	Seton Hall
2	8	Don Ackerman	G	United States	Long Island
2	14	Nield Gordon	F	United States	Furman
5	–	Bob Santini	F	United States	Iona
–	–	Richard Atha	G	United States	Indiana State University
–	–	Joe Smyth	F	United States	Niagara

Eastern Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-New York Knicks	44	28	.611	–	18–8	15–13	11–7	24–16
x-Boston Celtics	42	30	.583	2	17–6	10–19	15–5	25–15
x-Syracuse Nationals	42	30	.583	2	26–6	11–17	5–7	21–19
Philadelphia Warriors	29	43	.403	15	10–9	6–16	13–18	19–21
Baltimore Bullets	16	56	.222	28	12–18	0–22	4–16	11–29

1953-54 NBA Records
Team	BAL	BOS	FWP	MIL	MIN	NYK	PHI	ROC	SYR
Baltimore	—	1–9	0–8	2–6	2–6	3–7	4–6	1–7	3–7
Boston	9–1	—	4–4	6–2	3–5	5–5	6–4	4–4	5–5
Fort Wayne	8–0	4–4	—	9–2	5–5	3–5	6–2	3–8	2–6
Milwaukee	6–2	2–6	2–9	—	3–8	3–5	3–5	1–9	1–7
Minneapolis	6–2	5–3	5–5	8–3	—	5–3	6–2	6–5	5–3
New York	7–3	5–5	5–3	5–3	3–5	—	7–3	7–1	5–5
Philadelphia	6–4	4–6	2–6	5–3	2–6	3–7	—	1–7	6–4
Rochester	7–1	4–4	8–3	9–1	5–6	1–7	7–1	—	3–5
Syracuse	7–3	5–5	6–2	7–1	3–5	5–5	4–6	5–3	—

1953–54_New_York_Knicks_season

1953–54 New York Knicks season

NBA draft

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Playoffs

Awards and records

References

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