1954–55 New York Knicks season
Appearance
1954–55 New York Knicks season | |
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Head coach | Joe Lapchick |
General manager | Ned Irish |
Arena | Madison Square Garden |
Results | |
Record | 38–34 (.528) |
Place | Division: 2nd (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | East Division semifinals (lost to Celtics 1–2) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | WPIX |
Radio | WMGM |
The 1954–55 New York Knicks season was the team's ninth year in the National Basketball Association (NBA). During the regular season, the Knicks achieved a 38–34 record, securing second place in the Atlantic Division.[1] This performance earned New York its ninth consecutive NBA playoff berth.[2] The Knicks lost in the best-of-three first round to the Boston Celtics, 2–1.[1]
Offseason
[edit]NBA draft
[edit]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.[3]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club Team |
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1 | 8 | Jack Turner | G/F | Western Kentucky | |
2 | 17 | Richie Guerin | G | Iona | |
3 | 26 | Don Anielak | F | SW Missouri State |
Roster
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Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x-Syracuse Nationals | 43 | 29 | .597 | – | 25–7 | 10–17 | 8–5 | 21–15 |
x-New York Knicks | 38 | 34 | .528 | 5 | 17–9 | 8–17 | 13–8 | 15–21 |
x-Boston Celtics | 36 | 36 | .500 | 7 | 21–5 | 4–22 | 11–9 | 19–17 |
Philadelphia Warriors | 33 | 39 | .458 | 10 | 14–5 | 6–20 | 13–14 | 17–19 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | BOS | FWP | MIL | MIN | NYK | PHI | ROC | SYR |
Boston | — | 4–5 | 6–3 | 3–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 4–5 | 6–6 |
Fort Wayne | 5–4 | — | 11–1 | 9–3 | 2–7 | 6–3 | 8–4 | 2–7 |
Milwaukee | 3–6 | 1–11 | — | 5–7 | 3–6 | 4–5 | 6–6 | 4–5 |
Minneapolis | 6–3 | 3–9 | 7–5 | — | 4–5 | 6–3 | 8–4 | 6–3 |
New York | 6–6 | 7–2 | 6–3 | 5–4 | — | 5–7 | 5–4 | 4–8 |
Philadelphia | 5–7 | 3–6 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 7–5 | — | 5–4 | 5–7 |
Rochester | 5–4 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 4–5 | 4–5 | — | 2–7 |
Syracuse | 6–6 | 7–2 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 7–2 | — |
Game log
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 30 | Minneapolis | 83–94 | Carl Braun (26) | 1–0 | |||||
2 | November 2 | @ Milwaukee | 91–84 | Baechtold, Felix, McGuire (14) | 2–0 | |||||
3 | November 6 | @ Fort Wayne | 83–90 | Ray Felix (16) | 2–1 | |||||
4 | November 7 | @ Minneapolis | 103–93 (OT) | Nathaniel Clifton (29) | 3–1 | |||||
5 | November 11 | Rochester | 78–79 | Carl Braun (19) | 4–1 | |||||
6 | November 13 | @ Philadelphia | 86–87 | Carl Braun (19) | 4–2 | |||||
7 | November 18 | N Philadelphia | 94–96 | Harry Gallatin (23) | 5–2 | |||||
8 | November 20 | Boston | 117–98 | Felix, Gallatin (21) | 5–3 | |||||
9 | November 24 | @ Boston | 103–108 | Nathaniel Clifton (22) | 5–4 | |||||
10 | November 27 | Syracuse | 80–74 | Nathaniel Clifton (14) | 5–5 | |||||
11 | November 28 | @ Syracuse | 77–79 | Harry Gallatin (20) | 5–6 | |||||
12 | November 30 | Philadelphia | 91–95 (OT) | Harry Gallatin (20) | 6–6 | |||||
13 | December 1 | N Syracuse | 86–88 | Nathaniel Clifton (19) | 7–6 | |||||
14 | December 4 | Fort Wayne | 90–88 | Clifton, Felix (14) | 7–7 | |||||
15 | December 7 | Minneapolis | 89–97 | Carl Braun (27) | 8–7 | |||||
16 | December 8 | N Philadelphia | 86–77 | Ray Felix (15) | 8–8 | |||||
17 | December 9 | @ Philadelphia | 98–96 | Carl Braun (27) | 9–8 | |||||
18 | December 11 | @ Milwaukee | 97–87 | Ray Felix (21) | 10–8 | |||||
19 | December 12 | @ Minneapolis | 73–80 | Braun, Gallatin (18) | 10–9 | |||||
20 | December 14 | Syracuse | 91–82 | Harry Gallatin (22) | 10–10 | |||||
21 | December 15 | N Syracuse | 81–88 | Ray Felix (27) | 11–10 | |||||
22 | December 18 | @ Milwaukee | 91–85 | Carl Braun (19) | 12–10 | |||||
23 | December 19 | Boston | 81–93 | Ray Felix (24) | 13–10 | |||||
24 | December 25 | Syracuse | 101–109 | Ray Felix (21) | 14–10 | |||||
25 | December 26 | @ Syracuse | 92–97 (OT) | Nathaniel Clifton (21) | 14–11 | |||||
26 | December 28 | Philadelphia | 84–78 | Braun, Clifton (23) | 14–12 | |||||
27 | December 29 | @ Rochester | 89–93 | Ray Felix (19) | 14–13 | |||||
28 | December 31 | N Milwaukee | 64–89 | Ray Felix (17) | 14–14 | |||||
29 | January 1 | Milwaukee | 91–100 | Dick McGuire (22) | 15–14 | |||||
30 | January 2 | @ Boston | 96–113 | Jim Baechtold (20) | 15–15 | |||||
31 | January 5 | @ Rochester | 85–103 | Felix, Gallatin (14) | 15–16 | |||||
32 | January 6 | Boston | 83–88 | Nathaniel Clifton (28) | 16–16 | |||||
33 | January 7 | N Milwaukee | 75–85 | Carl Braun (29) | 16–17 | |||||
34 | January 9 | Philadelphia | 84–86 | Ray Felix (23) | 17–17 | |||||
35 | January 13 | N Boston | 100–116 | Jim Baechtold (33) | 17–18 | |||||
36 | January 14 | N Fort Wayne | 97–83 | Dick McGuire (20) | 18–18 | |||||
37 | January 15 | Fort Wayne | 87–106 | Carl Braun (22) | 19–18 | |||||
38 | January 16 | @ Boston | 98–102 | Harry Gallatin (20) | 19–19 | |||||
39 | January 19 | N Rochester | 83–98 | Carl Braun (23) | 20–19 | |||||
40 | January 22 | Philadelphia | 102–99 | Carl Braun (24) | 20–20 | |||||
41 | January 23 | @ Syracuse | 98–89 | Harry Gallatin (25) | 21–20 | |||||
42 | January 25 | N Rochester | 107–104 | Carl Braun (26) | 21–21 | |||||
43 | January 26 | @ Rochester | 94–96 | Jim Baechtold (26) | 21–22 | |||||
44 | January 27 | @ Philadelphia | 83–92 | Harry Gallatin (24) | 21–23 | |||||
45 | January 29 | Milwaukee | 93–95 (OT) | Nathaniel Clifton (25) | 22–23 | |||||
46 | January 31 | N Fort Wayne | 91–84 | Nathaniel Clifton (22) | 23–23 | |||||
47 | February 2 | N Minneapolis | 81–96 | Clifton, McGuire (16) | 23–24 | |||||
48 | February 3 | @ Minneapolis | 83–90 | Carl Braun (17) | 23–25 | |||||
49 | February 5 | Boston | 107–115 | Jim Baechtold (26) | 24–25 | |||||
50 | February 6 | @ Syracuse | 75–77 | Ray Felix (26) | 24–26 | |||||
51 | February 8 | Minneapolis | 95–98 | Nathaniel Clifton (18) | 25–26 | |||||
52 | February 9 | N Minneapolis | 118–112 | Harry Gallatin (30) | 26–26 | |||||
53 | February 12 | Fort Wayne | 82–88 | Nathaniel Clifton (24) | 27–26 | |||||
54 | February 13 | @ Boston | 105–103 | Ray Felix (20) | 28–26 | |||||
55 | February 14 | N Fort Wayne | 92–88 | Harry Gallatin (23) | 29–26 | |||||
56 | February 17 | N Fort Wayne | 93–86 | Ray Felix (20) | 30–26 | |||||
57 | February 19 | Syracuse | 80–78 | Nathaniel Clifton (22) | 30–27 | |||||
58 | February 20 | @ Syracuse | 84–104 | Nathaniel Clifton (17) | 30–28 | |||||
59 | February 22 | Philadelphia | 102–103 | Jim Baechtold (23) | 31–28 | |||||
60 | February 23 | N Philadelphia | 98–96 | Baechtold, Felix (18) | 31–29 | |||||
61 | February 25 | @ Philadelphia | 111–113 (3OT) | Jim Baechtold (30) | 31–30 | |||||
62 | February 26 | Milwaukee | 79–72 | Baechtold, Gallatin (13) | 31–31 | |||||
63 | February 27 | @ Fort Wayne | 95–83 | Ray Felix (18) | 32–31 | |||||
64 | March 1 | Syracuse | 105–102 | Carl Braun (25) | 32–32 | |||||
65 | March 3 | N Milwaukee | 103–89 | Nathaniel Clifton (22) | 33–32 | |||||
66 | March 4 | N Rochester | 92–95 | Jim Baechtold (24) | 34–32 | |||||
67 | March 6 | Rochester | 96–101 | Ray Felix (22) | 35–32 | |||||
68 | March 7 | N Minneapolis | 96–97 | Carl Braun (24) | 35–33 | |||||
69 | March 8 | N Rochester | 96–99 | Jim Baechtold (22) | 36–33 | |||||
70 | March 10 | Boston | 95–114 | Baechtold, Gallatin (21) | 37–33 | |||||
71 | March 11 | N Boston | 97–95 | Harry Gallatin (21) | 38–33 | |||||
72 | March 13 | @ Boston | 101–112 | Ray Felix (31) | 38–34 |
Playoffs
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Division semifinals: 1–2 (home: 1–1; road: 0–1)
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1955 schedule |
Awards and records
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "1954–55 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
- ^ "New York Knickerbockers Franchise Index". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
- ^ "1954 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved December 22, 2012.
- ^ "All-NBA & All-ABA Teams". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved June 15, 2013.