1953-54 Fort Wayne Pistons Schedule and Results

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Record: 40-32, Finished 3rd in NBA Western Division

Coach: Paul Birch (40-32)

PTS/G: 77.7 (8th of 9) Opp PTS/G: 76.1 (2nd of 9)

SRS: 1.45 (5th of 9) Pace: 86.9 (8th of 9)

Off Rtg: 89.0 (3rd of 9) Def Rtg: 87.2 (4th of 9) Net Rtg: +1.9 (5th of 9)

Expected W-L: 41-31 (5th of 9)

Arena: War Memorial Coliseum

NBA 1954 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Round-Robin (0-2) versus Minneapolis Lakers (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Division Round-Robin (0-2) versus Rochester Royals (Series Stats)
Advanced from Western Division Round Robin

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sun, Nov 1, 1953	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		77	67	1	0	W 1
2	Thu, Nov 5, 1953	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		83	79	2	0	W 2
3	Sat, Nov 7, 1953	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		76	91	2	1	L 1
4	Sun, Nov 8, 1953	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		70	75	2	2	L 2
5	Tue, Nov 10, 1953	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		78	62	3	2	W 1			at Milwaukee, WI
6	Thu, Nov 12, 1953	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		78	74	4	2	W 2
7	Sat, Nov 14, 1953	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		58	63	4	3	L 1
8	Sun, Nov 15, 1953	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		68	65	5	3	W 1
9	Tue, Nov 17, 1953	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		66	83	5	4	L 1			at Buffalo, NY
10	Thu, Nov 19, 1953	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		76	79	5	5	L 2
11	Sat, Nov 21, 1953	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		68	90	5	6	L 3	4,784
12	Sun, Nov 22, 1953	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		83	82	6	6	W 1
13	Wed, Nov 25, 1953	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	L		58	64	6	7	L 1
14	Thu, Nov 26, 1953	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		78	64	7	7	W 1
15	Sat, Nov 28, 1953	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		92	81	8	7	W 2
16	Sun, Nov 29, 1953	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		83	69	9	7	W 3
17	Tue, Dec 1, 1953	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		69	92	9	8	L 1
18	Thu, Dec 3, 1953	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		76	70	10	8	W 1
19	Sat, Dec 5, 1953	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		92	73	11	8	W 2
20	Sun, Dec 6, 1953	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		78	77	12	8	W 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Wed, Dec 9, 1953	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		83	59	13	8	W 4			at Philadelphia, PA
22	Sun, Dec 13, 1953	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		68	69	13	9	L 1
23	Tue, Dec 15, 1953	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		75	82	13	10	L 2	14,000		at New York, NY
24	Wed, Dec 16, 1953	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		74	91	13	11	L 3	5,089
25	Sat, Dec 19, 1953	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W		69	63	14	11	W 1
26	Fri, Dec 25, 1953	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		108	79	15	11	W 2	5,481
27	Sat, Dec 26, 1953	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		71	77	15	12	L 1
28	Sun, Dec 27, 1953	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		75	79	15	13	L 2
29	Wed, Dec 30, 1953	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		97	80	16	13	W 1
30	Thu, Dec 31, 1953	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		83	56	17	13	W 2			at Indianapolis, IN
31	Sat, Jan 2, 1954	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L	OT	76	77	17	14	L 1
32	Sun, Jan 3, 1954	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		72	74	17	15	L 2
33	Tue, Jan 5, 1954	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		60	72	17	16	L 3
34	Wed, Jan 6, 1954	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		90	78	18	16	W 1
35	Thu, Jan 7, 1954	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		67	79	18	17	L 1
36	Sun, Jan 10, 1954	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		81	73	19	17	W 1
37	Tue, Jan 12, 1954	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		97	66	20	17	W 2			at Coral Gables, FL
38	Thu, Jan 14, 1954	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		81	74	21	17	W 3			at Miami, FL
39	Sat, Jan 16, 1954	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L	OT	82	88	21	18	L 1
40	Sun, Jan 17, 1954	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		86	83	22	18	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Tue, Jan 19, 1954	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	L		67	73	22	19	L 1			at Milwaukee, WI
42	Sat, Jan 23, 1954	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		72	75	22	20	L 2
43	Sun, Jan 24, 1954	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		79	70	23	20	W 1
44	Wed, Jan 27, 1954	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		77	68	24	20	W 2			at Minneapolis, MN
45	Thu, Jan 28, 1954	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		80	68	25	20	W 3
46	Sat, Jan 30, 1954	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		70	95	25	21	L 1
47	Sun, Jan 31, 1954	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		83	69	26	21	W 1
48	Mon, Feb 1, 1954	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W		72	71	27	21	W 2
49	Fri, Feb 5, 1954	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	L		70	89	27	22	L 1			at Milwaukee, WI
50	Sat, Feb 6, 1954	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	OT	87	93	27	23	L 2
51	Sun, Feb 7, 1954	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		90	83	28	23	W 1
52	Wed, Feb 10, 1954	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		69	73	28	24	L 1			at Boston, MA
53	Sat, Feb 13, 1954	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		79	73	29	24	W 1
54	Sun, Feb 14, 1954	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		94	76	30	24	W 2
55	Tue, Feb 16, 1954	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W		69	65	31	24	W 3
56	Thu, Feb 18, 1954	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		77	91	31	25	L 1
57	Sat, Feb 20, 1954	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		87	85	32	25	W 1
58	Sun, Feb 21, 1954	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	L		62	64	32	26	L 1
59	Mon, Feb 22, 1954	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		95	82	33	26	W 1			at Troy, OH
60	Thu, Feb 25, 1954	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		82	62	34	26	W 2			at Miami Beach, FL
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sat, Feb 27, 1954	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		79	72	35	26	W 3
62	Sun, Feb 28, 1954	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		94	77	36	26	W 4
63	Tue, Mar 2, 1954	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	L		64	71	36	27	L 1			at New York, NY
64	Thu, Mar 4, 1954	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		63	86	36	28	L 2
65	Fri, Mar 5, 1954	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		76	70	37	28	W 1			at Birmingham, AL
66	Sat, Mar 6, 1954	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		76	71	38	28	W 2
67	Sun, Mar 7, 1954	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		80	86	38	29	L 1	8,764
68	Mon, Mar 8, 1954	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		73	75	38	30	L 2			at Miami Beach, FL
69	Wed, Mar 10, 1954	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		88	70	39	30	W 1			at Miami Beach, FL
70	Thu, Mar 11, 1954	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L		80	95	39	31	L 1
71	Sat, Mar 13, 1954	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		66	93	39	32	L 2
72	Sun, Mar 14, 1954	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		91	86	40	32	W 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	L	Streak	Notes
1	Tue, Mar 16, 1954	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L	75	82	1	L 1	Round Robin
2	Thu, Mar 18, 1954	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L	85	90	2	L 2	Round Robin
3	Sat, Mar 20, 1954	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L	73	78	3	L 3	Round Robin
4	Sun, Mar 21, 1954	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L	71	89	4	L 4	Round Robin

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