1954–55 New York Knicks season

The 1954–55 New York Knicks season was the team's ninth year in the National Basketball Association (NBA). During the regular season, the Knicks achieved a 38–34 record, securing second place in the Atlantic Division.[1] This performance earned New York its ninth consecutive NBA playoff berth.[2] The Knicks lost in the best-of-three first round to the Boston Celtics, 2–1.[1]

1954–55 New York Knicks season
Head coachJoe Lapchick
General managerNed Irish
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Results
Record38–34 (.528)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishEast Division semifinals
(lost to Celtics 1–2)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWPIX
RadioWMGM

Offseason

NBA draft
Main article: 1954 NBA draft

Note: This is not an extensive list; it only covers the first and second rounds, and any other players picked by the franchise that played at least one game in the league.[3]

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 8 Jack Turner G/F  United States Western Kentucky
2 17 Richie Guerin G  United States Iona
3 26 Don Anielak F  United States SW Missouri State

Roster

Regular season

Season standings
Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Syracuse Nationals4329.597–25–710–178–521–15
x-New York Knicks3834.528517–98–1713–815–21
x-Boston Celtics3636.500721–54–2211–919–17
Philadelphia Warriors3339.4581014–56–2013–1417–19

Record vs. opponents
1954-55 NBA Records
Team BOS FWP MIL MIN NYK PHI ROC SYR
Boston —4–56–33–66–67–54–56–6
Fort Wayne 5–4—11–19–32–76–38–42–7
Milwaukee 3–61–11—5–73–64–56–64–5
Minneapolis 6–33–97–5—4–56–38–46–3
New York 6–67–26–35–4—5–75–44–8
Philadelphia 5–73–65–43–67–5—5–45–7
Rochester 5–44–86–64–84–54–5—2–7
Syracuse 6–67–25–43–68–47–57–2—

Game log
1954–55 game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 30Minneapolis83–94Carl Braun (26)1–0
2November 2@ Milwaukee91–84Baechtold, Felix, McGuire (14)2–0
3November 6@ Fort Wayne83–90Ray Felix (16)2–1
4November 7@ Minneapolis103–93 (OT)Nathaniel Clifton (29)3–1
5November 11Rochester78–79Carl Braun (19)4–1
6November 13@ Philadelphia86–87Carl Braun (19)4–2
7November 18N Philadelphia94–96Harry Gallatin (23)5–2
8November 20Boston117–98Felix, Gallatin (21)5–3
9November 24@ Boston103–108Nathaniel Clifton (22)5–4
10November 27Syracuse80–74Nathaniel Clifton (14)5–5
11November 28@ Syracuse77–79Harry Gallatin (20)5–6
12November 30Philadelphia91–95 (OT)Harry Gallatin (20)6–6
13December 1N Syracuse86–88Nathaniel Clifton (19)7–6
14December 4Fort Wayne90–88Clifton, Felix (14)7–7
15December 7Minneapolis89–97Carl Braun (27)8–7
16December 8N Philadelphia86–77Ray Felix (15)8–8
17December 9@ Philadelphia98–96Carl Braun (27)9–8
18December 11@ Milwaukee97–87Ray Felix (21)10–8
19December 12@ Minneapolis73–80Braun, Gallatin (18)10–9
20December 14Syracuse91–82Harry Gallatin (22)10–10
21December 15N Syracuse81–88Ray Felix (27)11–10
22December 18@ Milwaukee91–85Carl Braun (19)12–10
23December 19Boston81–93Ray Felix (24)13–10
24December 25Syracuse101–109Ray Felix (21)14–10
25December 26@ Syracuse92–97 (OT)Nathaniel Clifton (21)14–11
26December 28Philadelphia84–78Braun, Clifton (23)14–12
27December 29@ Rochester89–93Ray Felix (19)14–13
28December 31N Milwaukee64–89Ray Felix (17)14–14
29January 1Milwaukee91–100Dick McGuire (22)15–14
30January 2@ Boston96–113Jim Baechtold (20)15–15
31January 5@ Rochester85–103Felix, Gallatin (14)15–16
32January 6Boston83–88Nathaniel Clifton (28)16–16
33January 7N Milwaukee75–85Carl Braun (29)16–17
34January 9Philadelphia84–86Ray Felix (23)17–17
35January 13N Boston100–116Jim Baechtold (33)17–18
36January 14N Fort Wayne97–83Dick McGuire (20)18–18
37January 15Fort Wayne87–106Carl Braun (22)19–18
38January 16@ Boston98–102Harry Gallatin (20)19–19
39January 19N Rochester83–98Carl Braun (23)20–19
40January 22Philadelphia102–99Carl Braun (24)20–20
41January 23@ Syracuse98–89Harry Gallatin (25)21–20
42January 25N Rochester107–104Carl Braun (26)21–21
43January 26@ Rochester94–96Jim Baechtold (26)21–22
44January 27@ Philadelphia83–92Harry Gallatin (24)21–23
45January 29Milwaukee93–95 (OT)Nathaniel Clifton (25)22–23
46January 31N Fort Wayne91–84Nathaniel Clifton (22)23–23
47February 2N Minneapolis81–96Clifton, McGuire (16)23–24
48February 3@ Minneapolis83–90Carl Braun (17)23–25
49February 5Boston107–115Jim Baechtold (26)24–25
50February 6@ Syracuse75–77Ray Felix (26)24–26
51February 8Minneapolis95–98Nathaniel Clifton (18)25–26
52February 9N Minneapolis118–112Harry Gallatin (30)26–26
53February 12Fort Wayne82–88Nathaniel Clifton (24)27–26
54February 13@ Boston105–103Ray Felix (20)28–26
55February 14N Fort Wayne92–88Harry Gallatin (23)29–26
56February 17N Fort Wayne93–86Ray Felix (20)30–26
57February 19Syracuse80–78Nathaniel Clifton (22)30–27
58February 20@ Syracuse84–104Nathaniel Clifton (17)30–28
59February 22Philadelphia102–103Jim Baechtold (23)31–28
60February 23N Philadelphia98–96Baechtold, Felix (18)31–29
61February 25@ Philadelphia111–113 (3OT)Jim Baechtold (30)31–30
62February 26Milwaukee79–72Baechtold, Gallatin (13)31–31
63February 27@ Fort Wayne95–83Ray Felix (18)32–31
64March 1Syracuse105–102Carl Braun (25)32–32
65March 3N Milwaukee103–89Nathaniel Clifton (22)33–32
66March 4N Rochester92–95Jim Baechtold (24)34–32
67March 6Rochester96–101Ray Felix (22)35–32
68March 7N Minneapolis96–97Carl Braun (24)35–33
69March 8N Rochester96–99Jim Baechtold (22)36–33
70March 10Boston95–114Baechtold, Gallatin (21)37–33
71March 11N Boston97–95Harry Gallatin (21)38–33
72March 13@ Boston101–112Ray Felix (31)38–34

Playoffs
1955 playoff game log
Division semifinals: 1–2 (home: 1–1; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh assistsLocationSeries
1 March 15 @ Boston L 101–122 Jim Baechtold (17) — Boston Garden 0–1
2 March 16 Boston W 102–95 Nat Clifton (25) — Madison Square Garden III 1–1
3 March 19 Boston L 109–116 Nat Clifton (21) Nat Clifton (6) Madison Square Garden III 1–2
1955 schedule

Awards and records

References
  1. "1954–55 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
  2. "New York Knickerbockers Franchise Index". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
  3. "1954 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved December 22, 2012.
  4. "All-NBA & All-ABA Teams". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
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