New York Knicks 1953-54 Season Review (NBA/BAA)

New York Knicks 1953-54 Season Review

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New York Knicks 1953-54 Season Review

Regular Season Record: 44-28

	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Points	OReb	DReb	Assists	Steals	TO	Blocks	Fouls
Team Stats	5177	1934	2525	1820	0	0	5688	0	0	1469	0	0	0	1832
Opponents Stats	0	0	0	0	0	0	5697	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1953-54 Regular Season Scoring

Name	Games	Minutes	Pts	Reb	Asst	Steals	TO	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Fouls
Don Ackerman	28	220	43	15	23	0	0	63	14	28	15	0	0	43
Jim Baechtold	70	1627	474	183	117	0	0	465	170	177	134	0	0	195
Vince Boryla	52	1522	420	130	77	0	0	525	175	81	70	0	0	128
Carl Braun	72	2373	1062	246	209	0	0	884	354	429	354	0	0	259
Nat Clifton	72	2179	688	528	176	0	0	699	257	277	174	0	0	215
Harry Gallatin	72	2690	949	1098	153	0	0	639	258	552	433	0	0	208
Al McGuire	64	849	174	121	103	0	0	177	58	133	58	0	0	144
Dick McGuire	68	2343	622	310	354	0	0	493	201	345	220	0	0	199
Fred Schaus	44	1243	387	217	88	0	0	352	136	145	115	0	0	141
Connie Simmons	72	2006	720	484	128	0	0	713	255	305	210	0	0	234
Ed Smith	12	127	35	32	10	0	0	49	14	13	7	0	0	17
Joe Smyth	8	59	15	10	2	0	0	15	5	9	5	0	0	8
Ernie Vandeweghe	15	271	99	20	29	0	0	103	37	31	25	0	0	38

1953-54 Playoffs Scoring

Name	Games	Minutes	Pts	Reb	Asst	Steals	TO	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Fouls
Don Ackerman	4	20	2	4	1			3	1	0	0			7
Jim Baechtold	4	106	35	10	11			29	12	13	11			19
Vince Boryla	3	66	27	2	1			14	8	13	11			12
Carl Braun	4	125	71	12	9			52	18	40	35			22
Nat Clifton	4	125	25	39	6			27	8	17	9			15
Harry Gallatin	4	151	54	61	6			35	16	31	22			12
Al McGuire	4	69	18	4	7			18	8	9	2			15
Dick McGuire	4	68	11	4	5			16	4	5	3			12
Fred Schaus	4	119	28	12	8			25	7	15	14			18
Connie Simmons	4	111	45	33	10			31	10	36	25			17

New York Knicks 1953 - 54 Games

Game	Date	Location	Opponent	Outcome	Points For	Points Against
1	Sat, Oct 31, 1953		Minneapolis Lakers	W	91	67
2	Wed, Nov 4, 1953	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W	73	67
3	Fri, Nov 6, 1953	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W	80	68
4	Sat, Nov 7, 1953	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L	62	70
5	Sun, Nov 8, 1953	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W	75	70
6	Thu, Nov 12, 1953		Philadelphia Warriors	W	81	65
7	Sat, Nov 14, 1953	@	Baltimore Bullets	L	83	88
8	Sun, Nov 15, 1953		Baltimore Bullets	W	91	79
9	Wed, Nov 18, 1953	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W	88	83
10	Thu, Nov 19, 1953	N	Baltimore Bullets	W	96	85
11	Sat, Nov 21, 1953		Syracuse Nationals	W	68	67
12	Sun, Nov 22, 1953	@	Syracuse Nationals	W	84	80
13	Tue, Nov 24, 1953	N	Boston Celtics	W	103	92
14	Wed, Nov 25, 1953	@	Boston Celtics	L	84	96
15	Sat, Nov 28, 1953		Rochester Royals	W	95	90
16	Sun, Nov 29, 1953	@	Rochester Royals	W	69	64
17	Thu, Dec 3, 1953	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L	74	79
18	Sat, Dec 5, 1953		Fort Wayne Pistons	L	73	92
19	Thu, Dec 10, 1953		Boston Celtics	L	108	113
20	Fri, Dec 11, 1953	@	Milwaukee Hawks	L	70	82
21	Sat, Dec 12, 1953	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L	67	71
22	Sun, Dec 13, 1953	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W	69	68
23	Tue, Dec 15, 1953		Minneapolis Lakers	W	80	79
24	Sat, Dec 19, 1953	@	Baltimore Bullets	W	65	63
25	Sun, Dec 20, 1953		Baltimore Bullets	W	75	67
26	Fri, Dec 25, 1953		Syracuse Nationals	W	89	80
27	Sat, Dec 26, 1953	@	Rochester Royals	W	78	77
28	Sun, Dec 27, 1953		Philadelphia Warriors	W	79	76
29	Wed, Dec 30, 1953	@	Baltimore Bullets	L	79	86
30	Thu, Dec 31, 1953		Boston Celtics	L	74	95
31	Sat, Jan 2, 1954	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L	74	78
32	Sun, Jan 3, 1954	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W	74	72
33	Thu, Jan 7, 1954		Baltimore Bullets	W	82	70
34	Sat, Jan 9, 1954	@	Rochester Royals	W	88	87
35	Sun, Jan 10, 1954		Rochester Royals	W	81	69
36	Wed, Jan 13, 1954	N	Syracuse Nationals	L	72	93
37	Thu, Jan 14, 1954	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W	83	71
38	Sat, Jan 16, 1954		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	88	82
39	Sun, Jan 17, 1954	@	Boston Celtics	W	87	84
40	Tue, Jan 19, 1954	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W	78	75
41	Fri, Jan 22, 1954	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W	84	82
42	Sat, Jan 23, 1954		Milwaukee Hawks	W	75	63
43	Sun, Jan 24, 1954	N	Milwaukee Hawks	L	66	68
44	Tue, Jan 26, 1954	N	Rochester Royals	W	74	71
45	Thu, Jan 28, 1954	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	66	79
46	Sat, Jan 30, 1954		Syracuse Nationals	W	66	65
47	Sun, Jan 31, 1954	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	70	114
48	Wed, Feb 3, 1954	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L	79	91
49	Thu, Feb 4, 1954	N	Syracuse Nationals	L	82	90
50	Sat, Feb 6, 1954		Baltimore Bullets	W	98	83
51	Sun, Feb 7, 1954	@	Boston Celtics	W	87	78
52	Wed, Feb 10, 1954	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W	73	69
53	Thu, Feb 11, 1954	N	Boston Celtics	L	81	84
54	Sat, Feb 13, 1954		Fort Wayne Pistons	L	73	79
55	Sun, Feb 14, 1954	@	Boston Celtics	L	89	103
56	Tue, Feb 16, 1954		Boston Celtics	W	87	85
57	Wed, Feb 17, 1954	@	Baltimore Bullets	L	80	84
58	Thu, Feb 18, 1954	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W	69	60
59	Sat, Feb 20, 1954		Philadelphia Warriors	L	75	89
60	Sun, Feb 21, 1954	N	Baltimore Bullets	W	85	76
61	Tue, Feb 23, 1954		Minneapolis Lakers	L	82	100
62	Thu, Feb 25, 1954	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	L	62	82
63	Sat, Feb 27, 1954		Milwaukee Hawks	L	57	58
64	Sun, Feb 28, 1954	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L	78	83
65	Tue, Mar 2, 1954		Boston Celtics	W	86	71
66	Wed, Mar 3, 1954	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W	88	79
67	Fri, Mar 5, 1954	N	Rochester Royals	W	70	66
68	Sun, Mar 7, 1954		Rochester Royals	L	88	91
69	Tue, Mar 9, 1954	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W	72	65
70	Wed, Mar 10, 1954	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W	85	76
71	Sat, Mar 13, 1954		Syracuse Nationals	W	67	60
72	Sun, Mar 14, 1954	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	83	113