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16-56, Finished 5th in NBA Eastern Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 78.3 points per game, Allowed 85.1 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 17-55)
Coached by Clair Bee (16-56)
Arena: Baltimore Coliseum / Attendance: NA
SRS: -5.98 (9th of 9)
1953-54 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Oct 31, 1953 | N | Rochester Royals | L | 68 | 72 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 2 | Sun, Nov 1, 1953 | Rochester Royals | L | 72 | 80 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | |||
| 3 | Wed, Nov 4, 1953 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 75 | 77 | 0 | 3 | L 3 | |||
| 4 | Sat, Nov 7, 1953 | N | Syracuse Nationals | L | 77 | 88 | 0 | 4 | L 4 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 5 | Sun, Nov 8, 1953 | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 75 | 85 | 0 | 5 | L 5 | |||
| 6 | Sat, Nov 14, 1953 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 88 | 83 | 1 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 7 | Sun, Nov 15, 1953 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 79 | 91 | 1 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 8 | Wed, Nov 18, 1953 | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 104 | 74 | 2 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| 9 | Thu, Nov 19, 1953 | N | New York Knickerbockers | L | 85 | 96 | 2 | 7 | L 1 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 10 | Sat, Nov 21, 1953 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 83 | 103 | 2 | 8 | L 2 | at Raleigh, NC | |
| 11 | Tue, Nov 24, 1953 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 80 | 83 | 2 | 9 | L 3 | ||
| 12 | Wed, Nov 25, 1953 | N | Syracuse Nationals | W | 66 | 58 | 3 | 9 | W 1 | at Boston, MA | |
| 13 | Thu, Nov 26, 1953 | Rochester Royals | L | 75 | 80 | 3 | 10 | L 1 | |||
| 14 | Sat, Nov 28, 1953 | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 81 | 92 | 3 | 11 | L 2 | |||
| 15 | Sun, Nov 29, 1953 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 82 | 101 | 3 | 12 | L 3 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Dec 5, 1953 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 65 | 72 | 3 | 13 | L 4 | ||
| 17 | Sun, Dec 6, 1953 | Boston Celtics | L | 95 | 102 | 3 | 14 | L 5 | |||
| 18 | Wed, Dec 9, 1953 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 92 | 77 | 4 | 14 | W 1 | |||
| 19 | Thu, Dec 10, 1953 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 77 | 83 | 4 | 15 | L 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 20 | Sat, Dec 12, 1953 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 75 | 106 | 4 | 16 | L 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sun, Dec 13, 1953 | Milwaukee Hawks | L | 70 | 73 | 4 | 17 | L 3 | |||
| 22 | Thu, Dec 17, 1953 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 75 | 64 | 5 | 17 | W 1 | |||
| 23 | Sat, Dec 19, 1953 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 63 | 65 | 5 | 18 | L 1 | |||
| 24 | Sun, Dec 20, 1953 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 67 | 75 | 5 | 19 | L 2 | ||
| 25 | Wed, Dec 23, 1953 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 72 | 76 | 5 | 20 | L 3 | |||
| 26 | Fri, Dec 25, 1953 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 88 | 78 | 6 | 20 | W 1 | at Saint Paul, MN | |
| 27 | Tue, Dec 29, 1953 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 77 | 96 | 6 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| 28 | Wed, Dec 30, 1953 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 86 | 79 | 7 | 21 | W 1 | |||
| 29 | Fri, Jan 1, 1954 | @ | Milwaukee Hawks | L | 52 | 62 | 7 | 22 | L 1 | ||
| 30 | Sat, Jan 2, 1954 | Boston Celtics | L | 77 | 92 | 7 | 23 | L 2 | |||
| 31 | Sun, Jan 3, 1954 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 72 | 90 | 7 | 24 | L 3 | ||
| 32 | Mon, Jan 4, 1954 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 73 | 77 | 7 | 25 | L 4 | at Worcester, MA | |
| 33 | Wed, Jan 6, 1954 | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 78 | 90 | 7 | 26 | L 5 | |||
| 34 | Thu, Jan 7, 1954 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 70 | 82 | 7 | 27 | L 6 | ||
| 35 | Sat, Jan 9, 1954 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 95 | 90 | 8 | 27 | W 1 | |||
| 36 | Sun, Jan 10, 1954 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 73 | 77 | 8 | 28 | L 1 | ||
| 37 | Tue, Jan 12, 1954 | N | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 66 | 97 | 8 | 29 | L 2 | at Miami, FL | |
| 38 | Thu, Jan 14, 1954 | N | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 74 | 81 | 8 | 30 | L 3 | at Miami, FL | |
| 39 | Sat, Jan 16, 1954 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 82 | 72 | 9 | 30 | W 1 | |||
| 40 | Sun, Jan 17, 1954 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 78 | 74 | 10 | 30 | W 2 | at Boston, MA | |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sat, Jan 23, 1954 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 98 | 91 | 11 | 30 | W 3 | |||
| 42 | Sun, Jan 24, 1954 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 70 | 79 | 11 | 31 | L 1 | ||
| 43 | Tue, Jan 26, 1954 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 69 | 94 | 11 | 32 | L 2 | at Milwaukee, WI | |
| 44 | Wed, Jan 27, 1954 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 73 | 76 | 11 | 33 | L 3 | ||
| 45 | Thu, Jan 28, 1954 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 82 | 104 | 11 | 34 | L 4 | at Grand Forks, ND | |
| 46 | Sat, Jan 30, 1954 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 80 | 74 | 12 | 34 | W 1 | |||
| 47 | Wed, Feb 3, 1954 | @ | Milwaukee Hawks | L | 72 | 78 | 12 | 35 | L 1 | ||
| 48 | Thu, Feb 4, 1954 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 70 | 82 | 12 | 36 | L 2 | |||
| 49 | Sat, Feb 6, 1954 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 83 | 98 | 12 | 37 | L 3 | ||
| 50 | Sun, Feb 7, 1954 | Rochester Royals | W | 75 | 73 | 13 | 37 | W 1 | |||
| 51 | Mon, Feb 8, 1954 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 75 | 87 | 13 | 38 | L 1 | at New London, CT | |
| 52 | Wed, Feb 10, 1954 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 79 | 97 | 13 | 39 | L 2 | at Milwaukee, WI | |
| 53 | Thu, Feb 11, 1954 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 82 | 110 | 13 | 40 | L 3 | ||
| 54 | Fri, Feb 12, 1954 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 72 | 75 | 13 | 41 | L 4 | at Toledo, OH | |
| 55 | Sat, Feb 13, 1954 | Boston Celtics | W | 96 | 93 | 14 | 41 | W 1 | |||
| 56 | Sun, Feb 14, 1954 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 91 | 111 | 14 | 42 | L 1 | ||
| 57 | Wed, Feb 17, 1954 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 84 | 80 | 15 | 42 | W 1 | |||
| 58 | Sat, Feb 20, 1954 | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 85 | 87 | 15 | 43 | L 1 | |||
| 59 | Sun, Feb 21, 1954 | N | New York Knickerbockers | L | 76 | 85 | 15 | 44 | L 2 | at Providence, RI | |
| 60 | Mon, Feb 22, 1954 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 110 | 111 | 15 | 45 | L 3 | at Waterville, ME | |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Wed, Feb 24, 1954 | Rochester Royals | L | 64 | 79 | 15 | 46 | L 4 | |||
| 62 | Thu, Feb 25, 1954 | N | Rochester Royals | L | 86 | 102 | 15 | 47 | L 5 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 63 | Sat, Feb 27, 1954 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 85 | 95 | 15 | 48 | L 6 | |||
| 64 | Wed, Mar 3, 1954 | Milwaukee Hawks | L | 100 | 103 | 15 | 49 | L 7 | |||
| 65 | Thu, Mar 4, 1954 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 95 | 87 | 16 | 49 | W 1 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 66 | Sat, Mar 6, 1954 | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 71 | 76 | 16 | 50 | L 1 | |||
| 67 | Sun, Mar 7, 1954 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 77 | 103 | 16 | 51 | L 2 | ||
| 68 | Mon, Mar 8, 1954 | @ | Milwaukee Hawks | L | 54 | 64 | 16 | 52 | L 3 | ||
| 69 | Mon, Mar 8, 1954 | @ | Milwaukee Hawks | L | 54 | 65 | 16 | 53 | L 4 | ||
| 70 | Wed, Mar 10, 1954 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 77 | 85 | 16 | 54 | L 5 | |||
| 71 | Sat, Mar 13, 1954 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 85 | 97 | 16 | 55 | L 6 | ||
| 72 | Sun, Mar 14, 1954 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 86 | 91 | 16 | 56 | L 7 |