1953-54 New York Knicks Schedule and Results

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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

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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	Sat, Oct 31, 1953	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		91	67	1	0	W 1
2	Wed, Nov 4, 1953	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		73	67	2	0	W 2			at Baltimore, MD
3	Fri, Nov 6, 1953	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W		80	68	3	0	W 3
4	Sat, Nov 7, 1953	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		62	70	3	1	L 1
5	Sun, Nov 8, 1953	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		75	70	4	1	W 1
6	Thu, Nov 12, 1953	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		81	65	5	1	W 2
7	Sat, Nov 14, 1953	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		83	88	5	2	L 1
8	Sun, Nov 15, 1953	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		91	79	6	2	W 1
9	Wed, Nov 18, 1953	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		88	83	7	2	W 2			at Baltimore, MD
10	Thu, Nov 19, 1953	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		96	85	8	2	W 3			at Philadelphia, PA
11	Sat, Nov 21, 1953	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		68	67	9	2	W 4
12	Sun, Nov 22, 1953	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W	OT	84	80	10	2	W 5
13	Tue, Nov 24, 1953	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W		103	92	11	2	W 6			at Philadelphia, PA
14	Wed, Nov 25, 1953	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		84	96	11	3	L 1	7,085
15	Sat, Nov 28, 1953	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W	OT	95	90	12	3	W 1
16	Sun, Nov 29, 1953	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		69	64	13	3	W 2
17	Thu, Dec 3, 1953	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		74	79	13	4	L 1
18	Sat, Dec 5, 1953	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	L		73	92	13	5	L 2
19	Thu, Dec 10, 1953	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L	2OT	108	113	13	6	L 3	7,813
20	Fri, Dec 11, 1953	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	L		70	82	13	7	L 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sat, Dec 12, 1953	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		67	71	13	8	L 5
22	Sun, Dec 13, 1953	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		69	68	14	8	W 1
23	Tue, Dec 15, 1953	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W	OT	80	79	15	8	W 2
24	Sat, Dec 19, 1953	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		65	63	16	8	W 3
25	Sun, Dec 20, 1953	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		75	67	17	8	W 4
26	Fri, Dec 25, 1953	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		89	80	18	8	W 5
27	Sat, Dec 26, 1953	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		78	77	19	8	W 6
28	Sun, Dec 27, 1953	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		79	76	20	8	W 7
29	Wed, Dec 30, 1953	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		79	86	20	9	L 1
30	Thu, Dec 31, 1953	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		74	95	20	10	L 2	7,000
31	Sat, Jan 2, 1954	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		74	78	20	11	L 3
32	Sun, Jan 3, 1954	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		74	72	21	11	W 1
33	Thu, Jan 7, 1954	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		82	70	22	11	W 2
34	Sat, Jan 9, 1954	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		88	87	23	11	W 3
35	Sun, Jan 10, 1954	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		81	69	24	11	W 4
36	Wed, Jan 13, 1954	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		72	93	24	12	L 1			at Boston, MA
37	Thu, Jan 14, 1954	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		83	71	25	12	W 1
38	Sat, Jan 16, 1954	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	OT	88	82	26	12	W 2
39	Sun, Jan 17, 1954	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W	2OT	87	84	27	12	W 3	6,053
40	Tue, Jan 19, 1954	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W		78	75	28	12	W 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Fri, Jan 22, 1954	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		84	82	29	12	W 5			at New Haven, CT
42	Sat, Jan 23, 1954	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		75	63	30	12	W 6
43	Sun, Jan 24, 1954	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	L		66	68	30	13	L 1			at Boston, MA
44	Tue, Jan 26, 1954	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	W		74	71	31	13	W 1			at Buffalo, NY
45	Thu, Jan 28, 1954	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		66	79	31	14	L 1
46	Sat, Jan 30, 1954	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		66	65	32	14	W 1
47	Sun, Jan 31, 1954	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		70	114	32	15	L 1
48	Wed, Feb 3, 1954	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		79	91	32	16	L 2			at Boston, MA
49	Thu, Feb 4, 1954	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		82	90	32	17	L 3			at Philadelphia, PA
50	Sat, Feb 6, 1954	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		98	83	33	17	W 1
51	Sun, Feb 7, 1954	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		87	78	34	17	W 2	3,787
52	Wed, Feb 10, 1954	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		73	69	35	17	W 3			at Boston, MA
53	Thu, Feb 11, 1954	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L	OT	81	84	35	18	L 1	4,368		at Philadelphia, PA
54	Sat, Feb 13, 1954	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	L		73	79	35	19	L 2
55	Sun, Feb 14, 1954	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		89	103	35	20	L 3	5,032
56	Tue, Feb 16, 1954	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		87	85	36	20	W 1	14,258
57	Wed, Feb 17, 1954	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		80	84	36	21	L 1
58	Thu, Feb 18, 1954	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		69	60	37	21	W 1
59	Sat, Feb 20, 1954	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		75	89	37	22	L 1
60	Sun, Feb 21, 1954	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		85	76	38	22	W 1			at Providence, RI
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Tue, Feb 23, 1954	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		82	100	38	23	L 1
62	Thu, Feb 25, 1954	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		62	82	38	24	L 2			at Miami Beach, FL
63	Sat, Feb 27, 1954	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	L		57	58	38	25	L 3
64	Sun, Feb 28, 1954	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		78	83	38	26	L 4			at Providence, RI
65	Tue, Mar 2, 1954	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		86	71	39	26	W 1	14,048
66	Wed, Mar 3, 1954	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		88	79	40	26	W 2			at White Plains, NY
67	Fri, Mar 5, 1954	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	W		70	66	41	26	W 3			at Boston, MA
68	Sun, Mar 7, 1954	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L		88	91	41	27	L 1
69	Tue, Mar 9, 1954	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		72	65	42	27	W 1			at Indianapolis, IN
70	Wed, Mar 10, 1954	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		85	76	43	27	W 2
71	Sat, Mar 13, 1954	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		67	60	44	27	W 3
72	Sun, Mar 14, 1954	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		83	113	44	28	L 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	L	Streak	Attend.	Notes
1	Tue, Mar 16, 1954	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L	71	93	1	L 1	6,023	Round Robin
2	Thu, Mar 18, 1954	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	68	75	2	L 2		Round Robin
3	Sat, Mar 20, 1954	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	78	79	3	L 3	10,751	Round Robin
4	Sun, Mar 21, 1954	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L	99	103	4	L 4		Round Robin

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