1954-55 New York Knicks Roster and Stats

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Record: 38-34, Finished 2nd in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Joe Lapchick (38-34)

PTS/G: 92.7 (4th of 8) Opp PTS/G: 92.6 (5th of 8)

SRS: 0.11 (4th of 8) Pace: 101.8 (5th of 8)

Off Rtg: 90.2 (4th of 8) Def Rtg: 90.1 (6th of 8) Net Rtg: +0.1 (4th of 8)

Expected W-L: 36-36 (4th of 8)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (III)

NBA 1955 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (1-2) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)

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Recent Game Results

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

1. Oct 30, NYK (1-0) beat MNL, 94-83

Roster

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
12	Don Anielak	F	6-7	190	November 1, 1930	us US	R	Missouri State
10	Jim Baechtold	SF	6-4	205	December 9, 1927	us US	2	Eastern Kentucky University
4	Carl Braun	SG	6-5	180	September 25, 1927	us US	5	Colgate
9	Fred Christ	G	6-4	210	August 6, 1930	us US	R	Fordham
8	Nat Clifton	PF	6-6	220	October 13, 1922	us US	4	Xavier University of Louisiana
5	Bert Cook	SG	6-3	185	April 26, 1929	us US	R	Utah State University
19	Ray Felix	C	6-11	220	December 10, 1930	us US	1	Long Island University
11	Harry Gallatin	PF	6-6	210	April 26, 1927	us US	6	Truman State University
17	Chuck Grigsby	G	6-5	190	August 15, 1928	us US	R	Dayton
14	Herm Hedderick	G	6-5	170	January 10, 1930	us US	R	Canisius
12	Paul Hoffman	G-F	6-2	195	May 5, 1925	us US	5	Purdue
3	Bob Knight	G-F	6-2	185	April 30, 1929	us US	R
15	Dick McGuire	PG	6-0	180	January 25, 1926	us US	5	St. John's
9	Bob Peterson	PF	6-5	210	January 25, 1932	us US	1	Oregon
6, 7	Gene Shue	PG	6-2	170	December 18, 1931	us US	R	Maryland
16	Jack Turner	SF	6-4	170	June 29, 1930	us US	R	Western Kentucky

Team and Opponent Stats

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

Team Misc

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Per Game

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Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Harry Gallatin	27	72		35.4	4.6	11.9	.384	5.5	6.7	.814	13.8	2.4	2.9	14.6	AS,NBA2
2	Jim Baechtold	27	72		35.2	5.0	12.5	.403	3.9	4.7	.823	4.3	3.0	2.8	13.9
3	Carl Braun	27	71		34.9	5.6	14.5	.388	3.9	4.8	.801	4.2	3.9	2.9	15.1	AS
4	Nat Clifton	32	72		33.2	5.0	12.9	.386	3.1	4.6	.683	8.5	2.8	3.1	13.1
5	Dick McGuire	29	71		32.5	3.2	8.2	.389	2.7	4.3	.644	4.5	7.6	2.0	9.1	AS
6	Ray Felix	24	72		28.1	5.1	11.6	.438	4.3	6.9	.622	11.4	0.9	4.0	14.4
7	Gene Shue	23	56		15.8	1.7	4.9	.354	1.0	1.3	.750	2.6	1.4	1.1	4.4
8	Paul Hoffman	29	18		14.9	1.2	4.3	.269	0.9	1.7	.548	2.2	1.4	2.3	3.3
9	Bob Knight	25	2		14.5	1.5	3.5	.429	0.5	0.5	1.000	0.5	4.0	3.0	3.5
10	Jack Turner	24	65		14.2	1.7	4.7	.360	0.9	1.2	.789	2.4	1.2	1.2	4.3
11	Bob Peterson	23	37		13.6	1.7	4.6	.367	0.8	1.2	.667	4.2	0.8	2.2	4.2
12	Bert Cook	25	37		11.5	1.1	3.6	.316	0.9	1.4	.680	1.9	0.9	1.1	3.2
13	Don Anielak	24	1		10.0	0.0	4.0	.000	3.0	4.0	.750	2.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
14	Fred Christ	24	6	2	8.0	0.8	3.0	.278	1.7	1.8	.909	1.3	1.2	0.5	3.3
15	Chuck Grigsby	26	7		6.4	1.0	2.7	.368	0.3	1.1	.250	1.6	1.0	1.3	2.3
16	Herm Hedderick	25	5	0	4.6	0.4	1.8	.222	0.0	0.2	.000	0.8	0.4	0.6	0.8
	Team Totals					33.2	85.4	.389	26.2	36.0	.728	60.8	24.2	22.0	92.7

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Jim Baechtold	27	3	38.3	5.7	15.0	.378	4.7	5.0	.933	4.7	4.7	4.3	16.0
2	Nat Clifton	32	3	36.7	6.7	17.3	.385	6.3	8.0	.792	7.7	4.3	4.0	19.7
3	Harry Gallatin	27	3	36.0	6.3	14.0	.452	5.7	7.3	.773	14.7	2.3	3.7	18.3
4	Carl Braun	27	3	34.3	6.0	14.7	.409	6.0	6.7	.900	4.7	5.3	3.7	18.0
5	Dick McGuire	29	3	25.0	2.0	6.3	.316	2.7	4.0	.667	3.0	4.0	2.3	6.7
6	Bob Peterson	23	3	23.7	2.3	5.0	.467	3.3	3.7	.909	5.3	1.7	1.0	8.0
7	Ray Felix	24	3	21.0	0.7	5.3	.125	4.3	7.0	.619	4.0	0.3	2.0	5.7
8	Bert Cook	25	1	20.0	4.0	6.0	.667	0.0	2.0	.000	0.0	2.0	3.0	8.0
9	Gene Shue	23	3	16.3	2.7	5.7	.471	2.0	2.3	.857	4.0	1.3	1.7	7.3
10	Jack Turner	24	2	8.0	1.0	3.0	.333	0.5	1.5	.333	2.0	1.0	0.5	2.5
	Team Totals			48.0	34.3	87.7	.392	35.3	44.7	.791	13.7	7.7	24.3	104.0

Totals

Regular Season

Playoffs

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Harry Gallatin	27	72		2548	330	859	.384	330	859	.384	.384	393	483	.814	995	176	206	1053
2	Jim Baechtold	27	72		2536	362	898	.403	362	898	.403	.403	279	339	.823	307	218	202	1003
3	Carl Braun	27	71		2479	400	1032	.388	400	1032	.388	.388	274	342	.801	295	274	208	1074
4	Nat Clifton	32	72		2390	360	932	.386	360	932	.386	.386	224	328	.683	612	198	221	944
5	Dick McGuire	29	71		2310	226	581	.389	226	581	.389	.389	195	303	.644	322	542	143	647
6	Ray Felix	24	72		2024	364	832	.438	364	832	.438	.438	310	498	.622	818	67	286	1038
7	Jack Turner	24	65		922	111	308	.360	111	308	.360	.360	60	76	.789	154	77	76	282
8	Gene Shue	23	56		882	97	274	.354	97	274	.354	.354	54	72	.750	144	78	60	248
9	Bob Peterson	23	37		503	62	169	.367	62	169	.367	.367	30	45	.667	154	31	80	154
10	Bert Cook	25	37		424	42	133	.316	42	133	.316	.316	34	50	.680	72	33	39	118
11	Paul Hoffman	29	18		268	21	78	.269	21	78	.269	.269	17	31	.548	40	25	41	59
12	Fred Christ	24	6	2	48	5	18	.278	5	18	.278	.278	10	11	.909	8	7	3	20
13	Chuck Grigsby	26	7		45	7	19	.368	7	19	.368	.368	2	8	.250	11	7	9	16
14	Bob Knight	25	2		29	3	7	.429	3	7	.429	.429	1	1	1.000	1	8	6	7
15	Herm Hedderick	25	5	0	23	2	9	.222	2	9	.222	.222	0	1	.000	4	2	3	4
16	Don Anielak	24	1		10	0	4	.000	0	4	.000	.000	3	4	.750	2	0	0	3
			72			2392	6149	.389	2392	6149	.389	.389	1887	2593	.728	4379	1744	1587	6671

Totals Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Jim Baechtold	27	3	3	115	17	45	.378	17	45	.378	.378	14	15	.933	14	14	13	48
2	Nat Clifton	32	3	3	110	20	52	.385	20	52	.385	.385	19	24	.792	23	13	12	59
3	Harry Gallatin	27	3	2	108	19	42	.452	19	42	.452	.452	17	22	.773	44	7	11	55
4	Carl Braun	27	3	3	103	18	44	.409	18	44	.409	.409	18	20	.900	14	16	11	54
5	Dick McGuire	29	3	0	75	6	19	.316	6	19	.316	.316	8	12	.667	9	12	7	20
6	Bob Peterson	23	3	0	71	7	15	.467	7	15	.467	.467	10	11	.909	16	5	3	24
7	Ray Felix	24	3		63	2	16	.125	2	16	.125	.125	13	21	.619	12	1	6	17
8	Gene Shue	23	3	0	49	8	17	.471	8	17	.471	.471	6	7	.857	12	4	5	22
9	Bert Cook	25	1	1	20	4	6	.667	4	6	.667	.667	0	2	.000	0	2	3	8
10	Jack Turner	24	2	0	16	2	6	.333	2	6	.333	.333	1	3	.333	4	2	1	5

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Regular Season

Playoffs

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	FTr	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Harry Gallatin	27	72	2548	21.0	.491	.562	5.1	3.3	8.3	.157
2	Jim Baechtold	27	72	2536	14.2	.479	.378	4.1	1.8	6.0	.113
3	Carl Braun	27	71	2479	14.9	.454	.331	2.8	1.9	4.7	.091
4	Nat Clifton	32	72	2390	15.4	.439	.352	1.3	2.4	3.7	.074
5	Dick McGuire	29	71	2310	17.1	.453	.522	2.7	2.6	5.3	.110
6	Ray Felix	24	72	2024	20.9	.494	.599	4.8	2.5	7.2	.172
7	Jack Turner	24	65	922	10.8	.413	.247	-0.1	0.8	0.6	.032
8	Gene Shue	23	56	882	10.5	.406	.263	-0.3	0.7	0.5	.026
9	Bob Peterson	23	37	503	11.2	.408	.266	-0.2	0.5	0.4	.034
10	Bert Cook	25	37	424	8.7	.381	.376	-0.4	0.3	0.0	-0.006
11	Paul Hoffman	29	18	268	4.2	.322	.397	-0.6	0.2	-0.4	-0.064
12	Fred Christ	24	6	48	17.1	.438	.611	0.0	0.0	0.1	.085
13	Chuck Grigsby	26	7	45	10.2	.355	.421	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.042
14	Bob Knight	25	2	29	12.2	.470	.143	0.0	0.0	0.1	.117
15	Herm Hedderick	25	5	23	-0.8	.212	.111	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.232
16	Don Anielak	24	1	10	1.8	.260	1.000	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	-0.263

Advanced Table
Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	FTr	AST%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	Jim Baechtold	27	3	115	12.9	.465	.333	21.5	0.1	0.0	0.1	.033
2	Nat Clifton	32	3	110	17.4	.472	.462	22.2	0.2	-0.1	0.1	.050
3	Harry Gallatin	27	3	108	21.5	.532	.524	12.0	0.3	-0.1	0.2	.106
4	Carl Braun	27	3	103	18.5	.511	.455	28.7	0.3	0.0	0.2	.106
5	Dick McGuire	29	3	75	10.0	.412	.632	25.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.022
6	Bob Peterson	23	3	71	16.3	.605	.733	11.4	0.2	0.0	0.2	.119
7	Ray Felix	24	3	63	3.9	.337	1.313	2.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	-0.116
8	Gene Shue	23	3	49	17.6	.548	.412	14.8	0.1	0.0	0.1	.114
9	Bert Cook	25	1	20	11.0	.581	.333	19.4	0.1	0.0	0.1	.134
10	Jack Turner	24	2	16	10.0	.342	.500	21.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.128

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