1953-54 Rochester Royals Schedule and Results

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Record: 44-28, Finished 2nd in NBA Western Division

Coach: Les Harrison (44-28)

PTS/G: 79.8 (4th of 9) Opp PTS/G: 77.3 (3rd of 9)

SRS: 2.23 (3rd of 9) Pace: 90.9 (5th of 9)

Off Rtg: 86.6 (7th of 9) Def Rtg: 84.0 (3rd of 9) Net Rtg: +2.6 (3rd of 9)

Expected W-L: 44-28 (3rd of 9)

Arena: Edgerton Park Arena

NBA 1954 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Round-Robin (0-1) versus Minneapolis Lakers (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Division Round-Robin (2-0) versus Fort Wayne Pistons (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Division Finals (1-2) versus Minneapolis Lakers (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	Sat, Oct 31, 1953	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		72	68	1	0	W 1			at New York, NY
2	Sun, Nov 1, 1953	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		80	72	2	0	W 2
3	Sat, Nov 7, 1953	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		91	76	3	0	W 3
4	Sun, Nov 8, 1953	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		66	85	3	1	L 1
5	Tue, Nov 10, 1953	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		64	66	3	2	L 2
6	Sat, Nov 14, 1953	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W	3OT	98	91	4	2	W 1
7	Sun, Nov 15, 1953	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		65	68	4	3	L 1
8	Tue, Nov 17, 1953	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W		92	73	5	3	W 1	6,200		at Buffalo, NY
9	Thu, Nov 19, 1953	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		79	69	6	3	W 2			at Syracuse, NY
10	Fri, Nov 20, 1953	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W		81	63	7	3	W 3
11	Sat, Nov 21, 1953	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		70	76	7	4	L 1
12	Sun, Nov 22, 1953	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		82	83	7	5	L 2
13	Tue, Nov 24, 1953	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		80	89	7	6	L 3
14	Thu, Nov 26, 1953	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W	OT	80	75	8	6	W 1
15	Sat, Nov 28, 1953	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L	OT	90	95	8	7	L 1
16	Sun, Nov 29, 1953	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		64	69	8	8	L 2
17	Tue, Dec 1, 1953	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		92	69	9	8	W 1
18	Sat, Dec 5, 1953	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		72	65	10	8	W 2
19	Tue, Dec 8, 1953	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		97	79	11	8	W 3	1,282
20	Sat, Dec 12, 1953	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		90	85	12	8	W 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sun, Dec 13, 1953	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		87	70	13	8	W 5			at Fort Wayne, IN
22	Tue, Dec 15, 1953	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		76	64	14	8	W 6
23	Thu, Dec 17, 1953	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		91	79	15	8	W 7			at Cleveland, OH
24	Sat, Dec 19, 1953	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		78	91	15	9	L 1
25	Fri, Dec 25, 1953	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		73	65	16	9	W 1
26	Sat, Dec 26, 1953	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		77	78	16	10	L 1
27	Sun, Dec 27, 1953	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		72	98	16	11	L 2	5,491
28	Tue, Dec 29, 1953	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		96	77	17	11	W 1
29	Thu, Dec 31, 1953	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		81	86	17	12	L 1
30	Fri, Jan 1, 1954	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		79	76	18	12	W 1
31	Sat, Jan 2, 1954	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	OT	77	76	19	12	W 2
32	Mon, Jan 4, 1954	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		85	84	20	12	W 3			at Chicago, IL
33	Thu, Jan 7, 1954	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		71	89	20	13	L 1
34	Sat, Jan 9, 1954	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		87	88	20	14	L 2
35	Sun, Jan 10, 1954	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		69	81	20	15	L 3
36	Tue, Jan 12, 1954	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		78	73	21	15	W 1
37	Sat, Jan 16, 1954	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L	3OT	93	95	21	16	L 1
38	Sun, Jan 17, 1954	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		81	84	21	17	L 2
39	Tue, Jan 19, 1954	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		73	67	22	17	W 1			at Milwaukee, WI
40	Sat, Jan 23, 1954	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		71	61	23	17	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sun, Jan 24, 1954	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		93	85	24	17	W 3	6,093
42	Tue, Jan 26, 1954	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		71	74	24	18	L 1			at Buffalo, NY
43	Thu, Jan 28, 1954	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W	OT	82	79	25	18	W 1
44	Sat, Jan 30, 1954	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		95	70	26	18	W 2
45	Sun, Jan 31, 1954	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		69	83	26	19	L 1
46	Tue, Feb 2, 1954	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		78	87	26	20	L 2
47	Wed, Feb 3, 1954	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		81	88	26	21	L 3	8,487
48	Fri, Feb 5, 1954	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		89	70	27	21	W 1			at Milwaukee, WI
49	Sat, Feb 6, 1954	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		81	104	27	22	L 1	3,095
50	Sun, Feb 7, 1954	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		73	75	27	23	L 2
51	Tue, Feb 9, 1954	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		81	70	28	23	W 1
52	Wed, Feb 10, 1954	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W		62	61	29	23	W 2
53	Thu, Feb 11, 1954	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		79	68	30	23	W 3			at Minneapolis, MN
54	Sat, Feb 13, 1954	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		81	78	31	23	W 4
55	Sun, Feb 14, 1954	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		77	105	31	24	L 1
56	Tue, Feb 16, 1954	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		79	85	31	25	L 2			at Hibbing, MN
57	Sat, Feb 20, 1954	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		66	64	32	25	W 1
58	Tue, Feb 23, 1954	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W		93	77	33	25	W 2	16,923		at New York, NY
59	Wed, Feb 24, 1954	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		79	64	34	25	W 3
60	Thu, Feb 25, 1954	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		102	86	35	25	W 4			at Philadelphia, PA
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sat, Feb 27, 1954	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		74	75	35	26	L 1	3,110
62	Sun, Feb 28, 1954	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		91	85	36	26	W 1
63	Tue, Mar 2, 1954	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		71	64	37	26	W 2			at New York, NY
64	Thu, Mar 4, 1954	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		85	78	38	26	W 3
65	Fri, Mar 5, 1954	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		66	70	38	27	L 1			at Boston, MA
66	Sat, Mar 6, 1954	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		74	59	39	27	W 1
67	Sun, Mar 7, 1954	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		91	88	40	27	W 2
68	Tue, Mar 9, 1954	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		70	61	41	27	W 3			at Indianapolis, IN
69	Wed, Mar 10, 1954	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		84	69	42	27	W 4			at Omaha, NE
70	Thu, Mar 11, 1954	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		95	80	43	27	W 5
71	Sat, Mar 13, 1954	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		77	76	44	27	W 6
72	Sun, Mar 14, 1954	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	L		53	91	44	28	L 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Tue, Mar 16, 1954	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	82	75	1	0	W 1			Round Robin
2	Wed, Mar 17, 1954	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L	88	109	1	1	L 1			Round Robin
3	Sun, Mar 21, 1954	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W	89	71	2	1	W 1			Round Robin
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
4	Wed, Mar 24, 1954	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L	76	89	2	2	L 1
5	Sat, Mar 27, 1954	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W	74	73	3	2	W 1
6	Sun, Mar 28, 1954	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L	72	82	3	3	L 1

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