1953–54 Philadelphia Warriors season

1953–54 Philadelphia Warriors season
Head coachEdward Gottlieb
ArenaPhiladelphia Civic Center
Results
Record29–43 (.403)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWCAU
< 1952–53 1954–55 >

The 1953–54 NBA season was the Warriors' 8th season in the NBA.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-New York Knicks 44 28 .611 – 18–8 15–13 11–7 24–16
x-Boston Celtics 42 30 .583 2 17–6 10–19 15–5 25–15
x-Syracuse Nationals 42 30 .583 2 26–6 11–17 5–7 21–19
Philadelphia Warriors 29 43 .403 15 10–9 6–16 13–18 19–21
Baltimore Bullets 16 56 .222 28 12–18 0–22 4–16 11–29
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1953-54 NBA Records
Team BAL BOS FWP MIL MIN NYK PHI ROC SYR
Baltimore — 1–9 0–8 2–6 2–6 3–7 4–6 1–7 3–7
Boston 9–1 — 4–4 6–2 3–5 5–5 6–4 4–4 5–5
Fort Wayne 8–0 4–4 — 9–2 5–5 3–5 6–2 3–8 2–6
Milwaukee 6–2 2–6 2–9 — 3–8 3–5 3–5 1–9 1–7
Minneapolis 6–2 5–3 5–5 8–3 — 5–3 6–2 6–5 5–3
New York 7–3 5–5 5–3 5–3 3–5 — 7–3 7–1 5–5
Philadelphia 6–4 4–6 2–6 5–3 2–6 3–7 — 1–7 6–4
Rochester 7–1 4–4 8–3 9–1 5–6 1–7 7–1 — 3–5
Syracuse 7–3 5–5 6–2 7–1 3–5 5–5 4–6 5–3 —

Game log

1953–54 Game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 31 Syracuse 73–79 Neil Johnston (20) 1–0
2 November 1 @ Syracuse 61–85 Neil Johnston (17) 1–1
3 November 7 Boston 79–77 Joe Graboski (23) 1–2
4 November 8 @ Baltimore 85–75 Neil Johnston (23) 2–2
5 November 10 @ Rochester 66–64 Neil Johnston (26) 3–2
6 November 11 @ Boston 78–72 Davis, George (18) 4–2
7 November 12 @ New York 65–81 Neil Johnston (18) 4–3
8 November 14 Fort Wayne 58–63 Neil Johnston (20) 5–3
9 November 18 @ New York 83–88 Neil Johnston (41) 5–4
10 November 19 Minneapolis 107–79 Neil Johnston (19) 5–5
11 November 21 @ Baltimore 103–83 Neil Johnston (23) 6–5
12 November 24 Baltimore 80–83 Neil Johnston (30) 7–5
13 November 26 @ Minneapolis 80–88 Neil Johnston (34) 7–6
14 November 27 N Milwaukee 51–55 Neil Johnston (16) 7–7
15 November 28 N Milwaukee 68–71 Joe Graboski (23) 7–8
16 November 29 @ Fort Wayne 69–83 Neil Johnston (28) 7–9
17 December 1 N Boston 86–89 (OT) Neil Johnston (30) 7–10
18 December 3 New York 74–79 Neil Johnston (33) 8–10
19 December 9 Boston 103–104 (OT) Jack George (23) 9–10
20 December 10 N Baltimore 83–77 Neil Johnston (28) 10–10
21 December 17 N Rochester 91–79 Neil Johnston (30) 10–11
22 December 20 N Boston 89–101 Joe Graboski (32) 10–12
23 December 25 Rochester 73–65 Graboski, Johnston (21) 10–13
24 December 27 @ New York 76–79 Neil Johnston (26) 10–14
25 December 28 N Milwaukee 69–63 Joe Graboski (19) 11–14
26 December 31 N Fort Wayne 56–83 Neil Johnston (15) 11–15
27 January 1 @ Rochester 76–79 Neil Johnston (21) 11–16
28 January 2 Syracuse 74–66 Neil Johnston (22) 11–17
29 January 3 @ Syracuse 90–77 Neil Johnston (26) 12–17
30 January 5 Milwaukee 88–99 Neil Johnston (33) 13–17
31 January 6 N Milwaukee 77–72 Neil Johnston (22) 14–17
32 January 7 N Milwaukee 88–73 Neil Johnston (30) 15–17
33 January 9 @ Baltimore 90–95 Walt Davis (25) 15–18
34 January 14 New York 83–71 Neil Johnston (19) 15–19
35 January 16 @ Baltimore 72–82 Neil Johnston (23) 15–20
36 January 17 N Baltimore 74–78 Graboski, Zawoluk (15) 15–21
37 January 19 Boston 73–89 Neil Johnston (23) 16–21
38 January 22 N New York 82–84 Neil Johnston (32) 16–22
39 January 23 @ Rochester 61–71 Neil Johnston (19) 16–23
40 January 24 @ Syracuse 80–78 Neil Johnston (24) 17–23
41 January 26 N Syracuse 79–75 Neil Johnston (16) 17–24
42 January 28 Rochester 82–79 (OT) Neil Johnston (33) 17–25
43 January 30 @ Baltimore 74–80 Graboski, Johnston (24) 17–26
44 February 3 N Syracuse 79–82 Neil Johnston (23) 18–26
45 February 4 Boston 78–80 Joe Graboski (24) 19–26
46 February 5 @ Milwaukee 66–69 Joe Graboski (21) 19–27
47 February 6 @ Minneapolis 94–97 Joe Graboski (23) 19–28
48 February 8 N Minneapolis 91–104 Neil Johnston (41) 19–29
49 February 9 N Minneapolis 67–70 Neil Johnston (23) 19–30
50 February 10 N Baltimore 97–79 Neil Johnston (22) 20–30
51 February 11 Syracuse 74–76 (2OT) Neil Johnston (22) 21–30
52 February 12 N Baltimore 75–72 Joe Graboski (22) 22–30
53 February 13 N Minneapolis 77–86 Neil Johnston (28) 22–31
54 February 14 @ Fort Wayne 76–94 Neil Johnston (26) 22–32
55 February 16 N Syracuse 77–95 Neil Johnston (50) 23–32
56 February 18 New York 69–60 Neil Johnston (17) 23–33
57 February 20 @ New York 89–75 Zeke Zawoluk (25) 24–33
58 February 21 N Boston 85–95 Graboski, Johnston (21) 24–34
59 February 22 N Minneapolis 79–72 Neil Johnston (36) 25–34
60 February 25 Minneapolis 72–81 Joe Graboski (31) 26–34
61 February 27 Fort Wayne 79–72 Jack George (20) 26–35
62 February 28 N New York 83–78 Neil Johnston (19) 27–35
63 March 1 N Milwaukee 78–73 Neil Johnston (33) 28–35
64 March 3 N New York 79–88 Neil Johnston (32) 28–36
65 March 4 Rochester 85–78 Neil Johnston (26) 28–37
66 March 5 N Fort Wayne 70–76 Neil Johnston (24) 28–38
67 March 6 @ Syracuse 77–88 Neil Johnston (39) 28–39
68 March 8 N Fort Wayne 75–73 Neil Johnston (33) 29–39
69 March 10 N Fort Wayne 70–88 Zeke Zawoluk (19) 29–40
70 March 12 N Boston 95–97 (2OT) Neil Johnston (36) 29–41
71 March 13 @ Rochester 76–77 Neil Johnston (27) 29–42
72 March 14 @ Boston 92–97 Neil Johnston (23) 29–43

Awards and records

References

  1. ^ 1953–54 Philadelphia Warriors