1953–54 Rochester Royals season
Head coachLes Harrison
OwnersJack Harrison
Les Harrison
ArenaEdgerton Park Arena
Results
Record44–28 (.611)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finishWest Division Finals
(eliminated 1–2)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWHAM

The 1953–54 NBA season was the Royals sixth season in the NBA.[1]

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Minneapolis Lakers4626.639–20–413–1513–719–13
x-Rochester Royals4428.611218–1012–1514–322–10
x-Fort Wayne Pistons4032.556619–811–1710–717–15
Milwaukee Hawks2151.2922511–145–176–206–26
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1953–54 NBA records
Team BAL BOS FWP MIL MIN NYK PHI ROC SYR
Baltimore —1–90–82–62–63–74–61–73–7
Boston 9–1—4–46–23–55–56–44–45–5
Fort Wayne 8–04–4—9–25–53–56–23–82–6
Milwaukee 6–22–62–9—3–83–53–51–91–7
Minneapolis 6–25–35–58–3—5–36–26–55–3
New York 7–35–55–35–33–5—7–37–15–5
Philadelphia 6–44–62–65–32–63–7—1–76–4
Rochester 7–14–48–39–15–61–77–1—3–5
Syracuse 7–35–56–27–13–55–54–65–3—

Game log

1953–54 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 31N Baltimore72–68Bob Davies (20)1–0
2November 1@ Baltimore80–72Bobby Wanzer (25)2–0
3November 7Fort Wayne76–91Bobby Wanzer (18)3–0
4November 8@ Syracuse66–85Arnie Risen (16)3–1
5November 10Philadelphia66–64Jack Coleman (13)3–2
6November 14Minneapolis91–98 (3OT)Odie Spears (22)4–2
7November 15@ Fort Wayne65–68Arnie Risen (19)4–3
8November 17N Boston92–73Bobby Wanzer (16)5–3
9November 19N Milwaukee79–69Bobby Wanzer (21)6–3
10November 20@ Milwaukee81–63Bob Davies (17)7–3
11November 21@ Minneapolis70–76Hannum, Risen (15)7–4
12November 22@ Fort Wayne82–83Bobby Wanzer (15)7–5
13November 24Syracuse89–80Bobby Wanzer (14)7–6
14November 26@ Baltimore80–75 (OT)Bobby Wanzer (14)8–6
15November 28@ New York90–95 (OT)Jack McMahon (20)8–7
16November 29New York69–64Arnie Risen (18)8–8
17December 1Fort Wayne69–92Bobby Wanzer (24)9–8
18December 5Baltimore65–72Jack McMahon (19)10–8
19December 8Boston79–97Bob Davies (21)11–8
20December 12Syracuse85–90Bob Davies (23)12–8
21December 13N Minneapolis87–70Arnie Risen (19)13–8
22December 15Milwaukee64–76Arnie Risen (18)14–8
23December 17N Philadelphia91–79Arnie Risen (23)15–8
24December 19Minneapolis91–78Arnie Risen (16)15–9
25December 25@ Philadelphia73–65Bob Davies (19)16–9
26December 26New York78–77Arnie Risen (24)16–10
27December 27@ Boston72–98Bob Davies (16)16–11
28December 29Baltimore77–96Jack Coleman (23)17–11
29December 31@ Syracuse81–86Bobby Wanzer (25)17–12
30January 1Philadelphia76–79Bobby Wanzer (20)18–12
31January 2Fort Wayne76–77 (OT)Arnie Risen (19)19–12
32January 4N Minneapolis85–84Bob Davies (16)20–12
33January 7@ Minneapolis71–89Bob Davies (15)20–13
34January 9New York88–87Bobby Wanzer (22)20–14
35January 10@ New York69–81Jack McMahon (17)20–15
36January 12Milwaukee73–78Bobby Wanzer (16)21–15
37January 16Syracuse95–93 (3OT)Alex Hannum (18)21–16
38January 17@ Syracuse81–84Arnie Risen (24)21–17
39January 19N Fort Wayne73–67Bobby Wanzer (18)22–17
40January 23Philadelphia61–71Arnie Risen (15)23–17
41January 24@ Boston93–85Bobby Wanzer (25)24–17
42January 26N New York71–74Bobby Wanzer (17)24–18
43January 28@ Philadelphia82–79 (OT)Jack Coleman (15)25–18
44January 30Fort Wayne70–95Jack McMahon (16)26–18
45January 31@ Fort Wayne69–83Jack McMahon (14)26–19
46February 2Minneapolis87–78Bobby Wanzer (16)26–20
47February 3@ Boston81–88Arnie Risen (16)26–21
48February 5N Fort Wayne89–70Bobby Wanzer (22)27–21
49February 6Boston104–81Bob Davies (22)27–22
50February 7@ Baltimore73–75Davies, Wanzer (18)27–23
51February 9Milwaukee70–81Bob Davies (20)28–23
52February 10@ Milwaukee62–61Arnie Risen (19)29–23
53February 11N Milwaukee79–68Coleman, Davies (16)30–23
54February 13Syracuse78–81Arnie Risen (15)31–23
55February 14@ Minneapolis77–105Bobby Wanzer (18)31–24
56February 16N Minneapolis79–85Jack Coleman (23)31–25
57February 20Milwaukee64–66Bob Davies (17)32–25
58February 23N Boston93–77Bobby Wanzer (18)33–25
59February 24@ Baltimore79–64Bob Davies (20)34–25
60February 25N Baltimore102–86Jack Coleman (21)35–25
61February 27Boston75–74Jack McMahon (20)35–26
62February 28@ Syracuse91–85Arnie Risen (35)36–26
63March 2N Fort Wayne71–64Arnie Risen (15)37–26
64March 4@ Philadelphia85–78Jack Coleman (19)38–26
65March 5N New York66–70Arnie Risen (19)38–27
66March 6Minneapolis59–74Jack McMahon (14)39–27
67March 7@ New York91–88Arnie Risen (22)40–27
68March 9N Minneapolis70–61Arnie Risen (18)41–27
69March 10N Milwaukee84–69Bobby Wanzer (21)42–27
70March 11@ Fort Wayne95–80Bob Davies (17)43–27
71March 13Philadelphia76–77Bob Davies (21)44–27
72March 14@ Milwaukee53–91Cal Christensen (12)44–28

Playoffs

1954 playoff game log
Division Round Robin Semifinals: 2–1 (home: 1–0; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocationRecord
1 March 16 Fort Wayne W 82–75 Bobby Wanzer (18) Edgerton Park Arena 1–0
2 March 17 @ Minneapolis L 88–109 Arnie Risen (21) Minneapolis Auditorium 1–1
3 March 21 @ Fort Wayne W 89–71 Bobby Wanzer (14) War Memorial Coliseum 2–1
Division Finals: 1–2 (home: 1–0; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocationSeries
1 March 24 @ Minneapolis L 76–89 Wanzer, Coleman (17) Minneapolis Auditorium 0–1
2 March 27 Minneapolis W 74–73 Bobby Wanzer (16) Edgerton Park Arena 1–1
3 March 28 @ Minneapolis L 72–82 Arnie Risen (24) Minneapolis Auditorium 1–2
1954 schedule

Player statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Cal Christensen
Jack Coleman
Bob Davies
Alex Hannum
Al Masino
Jack McMahon
Frank Reddout
Arnie Risen
Odie Spears
Norm Swanson
Bobby Wanzer

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Cal Christensen
Jack Coleman
Bob Davies
Alex Hannum
Jack McMahon
Arnie Risen
Odie Spears
Norm Swanson
Bobby Wanzer

Awards and records

References

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