1953–54 New York Knicks season

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]

1953–54 New York Knicks season
Division champions
Head coachJoe Lapchick
General managerNed Irish
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Results
Record47–23 (.671)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishEast Division Semifinals
(Lost double Round Robin to Celtics and Nationals 0–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWPIX
RadioWMGM

NBA draft
Main article: 1953 NBA draft

Note: This is not an extensive list; it only covers the first and second rounds, and any other players picked by the franchise that played at least one game in the league.[4]

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

Regular season

Season standings
Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-New York Knicks4428.611–18–815–1311–724–16
x-Boston Celtics4230.583217–610–1915–525–15
x-Syracuse Nationals4230.583226–611–175–721–19
Philadelphia Warriors2943.4031510–96–1613–1819–21
Baltimore Bullets1656.2222812–180–224–1611–29
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1953-54 NBA Records
Team BAL BOS FWP MIL MIN NYK PHI ROC SYR
Baltimore —1–90–82–62–63–74–61–73–7
Boston 9–1—4–46–23–55–56–44–45–5
Fort Wayne 8–04–4—9–25–53–56–23–82–6
Milwaukee 6–22–62–9—3–83–53–51–91–7
Minneapolis 6–25–35–58–3—5–36–26–55–3
New York 7–35–55–35–33–5—7–37–15–5
Philadelphia 6–44–62–65–32–63–7—1–76–4
Rochester 7–14–48–39–15–61–77–1—3–5
Syracuse 7–35–56–27–13–55–54–65–3—

Game log
1953–54 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 31Minneapolis67–91Vince Boryla (15)1–0
2November 4N Milwaukee73–67Vince Boryla (16)2–0
3November 6@ Milwaukee80–68Carl Braun (21)3–0
4November 7@ Minneapolis62–70Harry Gallatin (14)3–1
5November 8@ Fort Wayne75–70Harry Gallatin (17)4–1
6November 12Philadelphia65–81Harry Gallatin (21)5–1
7November 14@ Baltimore83–88Carl Braun (16)5–2
8November 15Baltimore79–91Connie Simmons (19)6–2
9November 18N Philadelphia83–88Harry Gallatin (28)7–2
10November 19N Baltimore96–85Carl Braun (28)8–2
11November 21Syracuse67–68Nathaniel Clifton (20)9–2
12November 22@ Syracuse84–80 (OT)Connie Simmons (27)10–2
13November 24N Boston103–92Vince Boryla (20)11–2
14November 25@ Boston84–96Vince Boryla (20)11–3
15November 28Rochester90–95 (OT)Jim Baechtold (21)12–3
16November 29@ Rochester69–64Harry Gallatin (18)13–3
17December 3@ Philadelphia74–79Carl Braun (18)13–4
18December 5Fort Wayne92–73Carl Braun (22)13–5
19December 10Boston113–108 (2OT)Harry Gallatin (30)13–6
20December 11@ Milwaukee70–82Harry Gallatin (19)13–7
21December 12@ Minneapolis67–71Nathaniel Clifton (19)13–8
22December 13@ Fort Wayne69–68Vince Boryla (23)14–8
23December 15Minneapolis79–80 (OT)Carl Braun (29)15–8
24December 19@ Baltimore65–63Harry Gallatin (15)16–8
25December 20Baltimore67–75Carl Braun (19)17–8
26December 25Syracuse80–89Carl Braun (21)18–8
27December 26@ Rochester78–77Connie Simmons (18)19–8
28December 27Philadelphia76–79Carl Braun (23)20–8
29December 30@ Baltimore79–86Nathaniel Clifton (21)20–9
30December 31Boston95–74Jim Baechtold (20)20–10
31January 2@ Minneapolis74–78Carl Braun (18)20–11
32January 3@ Fort Wayne74–72Boryla, Braun (18)21–11
33January 7Baltimore70–82Jim Baechtold (23)22–11
34January 9@ Rochester88–87Harry Gallatin (20)23–11
35January 10Rochester69–81Harry Gallatin (21)24–11
36January 13N Syracuse93–72Carl Braun (15)24–12
37January 14@ Philadelphia83–71Carl Braun (20)25–12
38January 16Fort Wayne82–88 (OT)Carl Braun (28)26–12
39January 17@ Boston87–84 (2OT)Connie Simmons (23)27–12
40January 19@ Milwaukee78–75Dick McGuire (16)28–12
41January 22N Philadelphia82–84Harry Gallatin (16)29–12
42January 23Milwaukee63–75Carl Braun (17)30–12
43January 24N Milwaukee66–68Carl Braun (23)30–13
44January 26N Rochester71–74Carl Braun (17)31–13
45January 28@ Syracuse66–79Connie Simmons (18)31–14
46January 30Syracuse65–66Nathaniel Clifton (22)32–14
47January 31@ Syracuse70–114Baechtold, Braun, Clifton, McGuire (10)32–15
48February 3N Minneapolis79–91Carl Braun (21)32–16
49February 4N Syracuse90–82Carl Braun (35)32–17
50February 6Baltimore83–98Carl Braun (19)33–17
51February 7@ Boston87–78Harry Gallatin (19)34–17
52February 10N Fort Wayne73–69Carl Braun (20)35–17
53February 11N Boston81–84 (OT)Harry Gallatin (20)35–18
54February 13Fort Wayne79–73Braun, Clifton (17)35–19
55February 14@ Boston89–103Fred Schaus (23)35–20
56February 16Boston85–87Dick McGuire (21)36–20
57February 17@ Baltimore80–84Carl Braun (19)36–21
58February 18@ Philadelphia69–60Fred Schaus (17)37–21
59February 20Philadelphia89–75Nathaniel Clifton (19)37–22
60February 21N Baltimore85–76Jim Baechtold (22)38–22
61February 23Minneapolis100–82Nathaniel Clifton (20)38–23
62February 25N Fort Wayne62–82Connie Simmons (15)38–24
63February 27Milwaukee58–57Carl Braun (13)38–25
64February 28N Philadelphia83–78Harry Gallatin (19)38–26
65March 2Boston71–86Nathaniel Clifton (21)39–26
66March 3N Philadelphia79–88Harry Gallatin (20)40–26
67March 5N Rochester66–70Harry Gallatin (17)41–26
68March 7Rochester91–88Carl Braun (25)41–27
69March 9N Milwaukee72–65Harry Gallatin (15)42–27
70March 10@ Minneapolis85–76Connie Simmons (27)43–27
71March 13Syracuse60–67Harry Gallatin (16)44–27
72March 14@ Syracuse83–113Connie Simmons (23)44–28

Playoffs
1954 playoff game log
Division Round Robin Semifinals: 0–4 (home: 0–2; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationRecord
1 March 16 Boston L 71–93 Carl Braun (18) — Simmons, Baechtold (3) Madison Square Garden III 0–1
2 March 18 @ Syracuse L 68–75 Harry Gallatin (15) Harry Gallatin (20) Jim Baechtold (5) Onondaga War Memorial 0–2
3 March 20 @ Boston L 78–79 Harry Gallatin (15) — Braun, Simmons (3) Boston Garden 0–3
4 March 21 Syracuse L 99–103 Carl Braun (32) Nat Clifton (16) Carl Braun (6) Madison Square Garden III 0–4
1954 schedule

Awards and records

References
  1. "New York Knickerbockers Franchise Index". Basketball-Reference. Archived from the original on January 6, 2010. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
  2. "1953–54 NBA Season Summary". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
  3. "1953–54 New York Knickerbockers Schedule and Results". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
  4. "1953 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
  5. "All-NBA & All-ABA Teams". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
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