1953-54 New York Knicks Roster and Stats

Record: 44-28, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Joe Lapchick (44-28)

PTS/G: 79.0 (5th of 9) Opp PTS/G: 79.1 (6th of 9)

SRS: -0.16 (6th of 9) Pace: 87.4 (7th of 9)

Off Rtg: 89.3 (2nd of 9) Def Rtg: 89.4 (7th of 9) Net Rtg: -0.1 (6th of 9)

Expected W-L: 36-36 (6th of 9)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (III)

NBA 1954 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Round-Robin (0-2) versus Syracuse Nationals (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Eastern Division Round-Robin (0-2) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)
Advanced from Eastern Division Round Robin

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
3	Don Ackerman	PG	6-0	183	September 4, 1930	us US	R	Long Island University
10	Jim Baechtold	SF	6-4	205	December 9, 1927	us US	1	Eastern Kentucky University
12	Vince Boryla	SF	6-5	210	March 11, 1927	us US	4	Notre Dame, Denver
4	Carl Braun	SG	6-5	180	September 25, 1927	us US	4	Colgate
8	Nat Clifton	PF	6-6	220	October 13, 1922	us US	3	Xavier University of Louisiana
11	Harry Gallatin	PF	6-6	210	April 26, 1927	us US	5	Truman State University
16	Al McGuire	PG	6-2	180	September 7, 1928	us US	2	St. John's
15	Dick McGuire	PG	6-0	180	January 25, 1926	us US	4	St. John's
17	Fred Schaus	SF	6-5	205	June 30, 1925	us US	4	West Virginia
18	Connie Simmons	C	6-8	222	March 15, 1925	us US	7
14	Ed Smith	SF	6-6	180	July 5, 1929	us US	R	Harvard University
	Joe Smyth	SF	6-3	215	May 22, 1929	us US	R	Niagara University
9	Ernie Vandeweghe	SG	6-3	195	September 12, 1928	ca CA	4	Colgate

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Harry Gallatin	26	PF	72	37.4	3.6	8.9	.404	6.0	7.7	.784	15.3	2.1	2.9	13.2	AS,NBA1
2	Dick McGuire	28	PG	68	34.5	3.0	7.3	.408	3.2	5.1	.638	4.6	5.2	2.9	9.1	AS
3	Carl Braun	26	SG	72	33.0	4.9	12.3	.400	4.9	6.0	.825	3.4	2.9	3.6	14.8	AS,NBA2
4	Nat Clifton	31	PF	72	30.3	3.6	9.7	.368	2.4	3.8	.628	7.3	2.4	3.0	9.6
5	Vince Boryla	26	SF	52	29.3	3.4	10.1	.333	1.3	1.6	.864	2.5	1.5	2.5	8.1
6	Fred Schaus	28	SF	44	28.3	3.1	8.0	.386	2.6	3.3	.793	4.9	2.0	3.2	8.8
7	Connie Simmons	28	C	72	27.9	3.5	9.9	.358	2.9	4.2	.689	6.7	1.8	3.3	10.0
8	Jim Baechtold	26	SF	70	23.2	2.4	6.6	.366	1.9	2.5	.757	2.6	1.7	2.8	6.8
9	Ernie Vandeweghe	25	SG	15	18.1	2.5	6.9	.359	1.7	2.1	.806	1.3	1.9	2.5	6.6
10	Al McGuire	25	PG	64	13.3	0.9	2.8	.328	0.9	2.1	.436	1.9	1.6	2.3	2.7
11	Ed Smith	24	SF	12	10.6	1.2	4.1	.286	0.6	1.1	.538	2.7	0.8	1.4	2.9
12	Don Ackerman	23	PG	28	7.9	0.5	2.3	.222	0.5	1.0	.536	0.5	0.8	1.5	1.5
13	Joe Smyth	24	SF	8	7.4	0.6	1.9	.333	0.6	1.1	.556	1.3	0.3	1.0	1.9
	Team Totals			72	27.0	26.9	71.9	.374	25.3	35.1	.721	53.2	20.4	25.4	79.0

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Harry Gallatin	26	PF	4	37.8	4.0	8.8	.457	5.5	7.8	.710	15.3	1.5	3.0	13.5
2	Carl Braun	26	SG	4	31.3	4.5	13.0	.346	8.8	10.0	.875	3.0	2.3	5.5	17.8
3	Nat Clifton	31	PF	4	31.3	2.0	6.8	.296	2.3	4.3	.529	9.8	1.5	3.8	6.3
4	Fred Schaus	28	SF	4	29.8	1.8	6.3	.280	3.5	3.8	.933	3.0	2.0	4.5	7.0
5	Connie Simmons	28	C	4	27.8	2.5	7.8	.323	6.3	9.0	.694	8.3	2.5	4.3	11.3
6	Jim Baechtold	26	SF	4	26.5	3.0	7.3	.414	2.8	3.3	.846	2.5	2.8	4.8	8.8
7	Vince Boryla	26	SF	3	22.0	2.7	4.7	.571	3.7	4.3	.846	0.7	0.3	4.0	9.0
8	Al McGuire	25	PG	4	17.3	2.0	4.5	.444	0.5	2.3	.222	1.0	1.8	3.8	4.5
9	Dick McGuire	28	PG	4	17.0	1.0	4.0	.250	0.8	1.3	.600	1.0	1.3	3.0	2.8
10	Don Ackerman	23	PG	4	5.0	0.3	0.8	.333	0.0	0.0		1.0	0.3	1.8	0.5
	Team Totals			8	960.0	92.0	250.0	.368	132.0	179.5	.737	149.0	63.5	149.0	316.0

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Harry Gallatin	26	PF	72	2690	3.5	8.6	.404	5.8	7.4	.784	14.7	2.0	2.8	12.7	AS,NBA1
2	Carl Braun	26	SG	72	2373	5.4	13.4	.400	5.4	6.5	.825	3.7	3.2	3.9	16.1	AS,NBA2
3	Dick McGuire	28	PG	68	2343	3.1	7.6	.408	3.4	5.3	.638	4.8	5.4	3.1	9.6	AS
4	Nat Clifton	31	PF	72	2179	4.2	11.5	.368	2.9	4.6	.628	8.7	2.9	3.6	11.4
5	Connie Simmons	28	C	72	2006	4.6	12.8	.358	3.8	5.5	.689	8.7	2.3	4.2	12.9
6	Jim Baechtold	26	SF	70	1627	3.8	10.3	.366	3.0	3.9	.757	4.0	2.6	4.3	10.5
7	Vince Boryla	26	SF	52	1522	4.1	12.4	.333	1.7	1.9	.864	3.1	1.8	3.0	9.9
8	Fred Schaus	28	SF	44	1243	3.9	10.2	.386	3.3	4.2	.793	6.3	2.5	4.1	11.2
9	Al McGuire	25	PG	64	849	2.5	7.5	.328	2.5	5.6	.436	5.1	4.4	6.1	7.4
10	Ernie Vandeweghe	25	SG	15	271	4.9	13.7	.359	3.3	4.1	.806	2.7	3.9	5.0	13.2
11	Don Ackerman	23	PG	28	220	2.3	10.3	.222	2.5	4.6	.536	2.5	3.8	7.0	7.0
12	Ed Smith	24	SF	12	127	4.0	13.9	.286	2.0	3.7	.538	9.1	2.8	4.8	9.9
13	Joe Smyth	24	SF	8	59	3.1	9.2	.333	3.1	5.5	.556	6.1	1.2	4.9	9.2

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Harry Gallatin	26	PF	4	151	3.8	8.3	.457	5.2	7.4	.710	14.5	1.4	2.9	12.9
2	Carl Braun	26	SG	4	125	5.2	15.0	.346	10.1	11.5	.875	3.5	2.6	6.3	20.4
3	Nat Clifton	31	PF	4	125	2.3	7.8	.296	2.6	4.9	.529	11.2	1.7	4.3	7.2
4	Fred Schaus	28	SF	4	119	2.1	7.6	.280	4.2	4.5	.933	3.6	2.4	5.4	8.5
5	Connie Simmons	28	C	4	111	3.2	10.1	.323	8.1	11.7	.694	10.7	3.2	5.5	14.6
6	Jim Baechtold	26	SF	4	106	4.1	9.8	.414	3.7	4.4	.846	3.4	3.7	6.5	11.9
7	Al McGuire	25	PG	4	69	4.2	9.4	.444	1.0	4.7	.222	2.1	3.7	7.8	9.4
8	Dick McGuire	28	PG	4	68	2.1	8.5	.250	1.6	2.6	.600	2.1	2.6	6.4	5.8
9	Vince Boryla	26	SF	3	66	4.4	7.6	.571	6.0	7.1	.846	1.1	0.5	6.5	14.7
10	Don Ackerman	23	PG	4	20	1.8	5.4	.333	0.0	0.0		7.2	1.8	12.6	3.6