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43-29, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 92.4 points per game, Allowed 90.0 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 43-29)
Coached by Charles Eckman (43-29)
Arena: War Memorial Coliseum / Attendance: NA
SRS: 2.01 (1st of 8)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-3) versus Syracuse Nationals
Won NBA Western Division Finals (3-1) versus Minneapolis Lakers
1954-55 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Oct 30, 1954 | @ | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 91 | 72 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Sun, Oct 31, 1954 | Boston Celtics | W | 90 | 86 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Sat, Nov 6, 1954 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 90 | 83 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | |||
| 4 | Sun, Nov 7, 1954 | Rochester Royals | W | 109 | 84 | 4 | 0 | W 4 | |||
| 5 | Thu, Nov 11, 1954 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 86 | 88 | 4 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 6 | Sat, Nov 13, 1954 | @ | Rochester Royals | W | 103 | 98 | 5 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 7 | Sun, Nov 14, 1954 | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 93 | 91 | 6 | 1 | W 2 | |||
| 8 | Thu, Nov 18, 1954 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 82 | 91 | 6 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Nov 20, 1954 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 82 | 99 | 6 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 10 | Sun, Nov 21, 1954 | Rochester Royals | W | 89 | 78 | 7 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 11 | Wed, Nov 24, 1954 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 87 | 91 | 7 | 4 | L 1 | at Hershey, PA | |
| 12 | Sat, Nov 27, 1954 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 97 | 81 | 8 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 13 | Sun, Nov 28, 1954 | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 96 | 81 | 9 | 4 | W 2 | |||
| 14 | Tue, Nov 30, 1954 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 92 | 90 | 10 | 4 | W 3 | at New York, NY | |
| 15 | Wed, Dec 1, 1954 | @ | Rochester Royals | W | 101 | 96 | 11 | 4 | W 4 | ||
| 16 | Thu, Dec 2, 1954 | Boston Celtics | W | 116 | 98 | 12 | 4 | W 5 | |||
| 17 | Sat, Dec 4, 1954 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 90 | 88 | 13 | 4 | W 6 | ||
| 18 | Sun, Dec 5, 1954 | Rochester Royals | L | 96 | 97 | 13 | 5 | L 1 | |||
| 19 | Tue, Dec 7, 1954 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 101 | 85 | 14 | 5 | W 1 | at Cleveland, OH | |
| 20 | Wed, Dec 8, 1954 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 92 | 68 | 15 | 5 | W 2 | at Toledo, OH | |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sun, Dec 12, 1954 | Boston Celtics | W | 100 | 99 | 16 | 5 | W 3 | |||
| 22 | Wed, Dec 15, 1954 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 90 | 99 | 16 | 6 | L 1 | at Buffalo, NY | |
| 23 | Sat, Dec 18, 1954 | @ | Rochester Royals | W | 87 | 86 | 17 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 24 | Sun, Dec 19, 1954 | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 87 | 82 | 18 | 6 | W 2 | |||
| 25 | Thu, Dec 23, 1954 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 92 | 82 | 19 | 6 | W 3 | ||
| 26 | Sat, Dec 25, 1954 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 73 | 80 | 19 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 27 | Sun, Dec 26, 1954 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 109 | 96 | 20 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| 28 | Thu, Dec 30, 1954 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 93 | 76 | 21 | 7 | W 2 | at Minot, ND | |
| 29 | Fri, Dec 31, 1954 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 91 | 103 | 21 | 8 | L 1 | |||
| 30 | Sun, Jan 2, 1955 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 89 | 66 | 22 | 8 | W 1 | |||
| 31 | Tue, Jan 4, 1955 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 93 | 92 | 23 | 8 | W 2 | at Elkhart, IN | |
| 32 | Wed, Jan 5, 1955 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | L | 92 | 97 | 23 | 9 | L 1 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 33 | Thu, Jan 6, 1955 | N | Rochester Royals | W | 90 | 83 | 24 | 9 | W 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 34 | Sun, Jan 9, 1955 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 89 | 86 | 25 | 9 | W 2 | |||
| 35 | Tue, Jan 11, 1955 | Boston Celtics | L | 110 | 119 | 25 | 10 | L 1 | |||
| 36 | Thu, Jan 13, 1955 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 83 | 100 | 25 | 11 | L 2 | ||
| 37 | Fri, Jan 14, 1955 | N | New York Knickerbockers | L | 83 | 97 | 25 | 12 | L 3 | at Boston, MA | |
| 38 | Sat, Jan 15, 1955 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 87 | 106 | 25 | 13 | L 4 | ||
| 39 | Sun, Jan 16, 1955 | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 89 | 78 | 26 | 13 | W 1 | |||
| 40 | Wed, Jan 19, 1955 | N | Boston Celtics | W | 105 | 84 | 27 | 13 | W 2 | at Amherst, NY | |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sat, Jan 22, 1955 | @ | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 85 | 83 | 28 | 13 | W 3 | ||
| 42 | Sun, Jan 23, 1955 | Rochester Royals | W | 105 | 84 | 29 | 13 | W 4 | |||
| 43 | Tue, Jan 25, 1955 | N | Syracuse Nationals | W | 69 | 66 | 30 | 13 | W 5 | at Buffalo, NY | |
| 44 | Wed, Jan 26, 1955 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 90 | 99 | 30 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| 45 | Thu, Jan 27, 1955 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 79 | 94 | 30 | 15 | L 2 | ||
| 46 | Sat, Jan 29, 1955 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 91 | 100 | 30 | 16 | L 3 | ||
| 47 | Sun, Jan 30, 1955 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 99 | 92 | 31 | 16 | W 1 | |||
| 48 | Mon, Jan 31, 1955 | N | New York Knickerbockers | L | 84 | 91 | 31 | 17 | L 1 | at Milwaukee, WI | |
| 49 | Wed, Feb 2, 1955 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 74 | 84 | 31 | 18 | L 2 | ||
| 50 | Thu, Feb 3, 1955 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 104 | 85 | 32 | 18 | W 1 | |||
| 51 | Sat, Feb 5, 1955 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 96 | 88 | 33 | 18 | W 2 | ||
| 52 | Sun, Feb 6, 1955 | Rochester Royals | W | 92 | 75 | 34 | 18 | W 3 | |||
| 53 | Thu, Feb 10, 1955 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 105 | 97 | 35 | 18 | W 4 | |||
| 54 | Fri, Feb 11, 1955 | N | Rochester Royals | L | 83 | 91 | 35 | 19 | L 1 | at Richmond, VA | |
| 55 | Sat, Feb 12, 1955 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 82 | 88 | 35 | 20 | L 2 | ||
| 56 | Sun, Feb 13, 1955 | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 90 | 78 | 36 | 20 | W 1 | |||
| 57 | Mon, Feb 14, 1955 | N | New York Knickerbockers | L | 88 | 92 | 36 | 21 | L 1 | at Miami Beach, FL | |
| 58 | Thu, Feb 17, 1955 | N | New York Knickerbockers | L | 86 | 93 | 36 | 22 | L 2 | at Miami Beach, FL | |
| 59 | Sat, Feb 19, 1955 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 92 | 98 | 36 | 23 | L 3 | ||
| 60 | Sun, Feb 20, 1955 | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 96 | 87 | 37 | 23 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Wed, Feb 23, 1955 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 120 | 97 | 38 | 23 | W 2 | at St. Louis, MO | |
| 62 | Thu, Feb 24, 1955 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 95 | 85 | 39 | 23 | W 3 | at Minneapolis, MN | |
| 63 | Sat, Feb 26, 1955 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 90 | 89 | 40 | 23 | W 4 | ||
| 64 | Sun, Feb 27, 1955 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 83 | 95 | 40 | 24 | L 1 | |||
| 65 | Mon, Feb 28, 1955 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 90 | 88 | 41 | 24 | W 1 | at Saint Paul, MN | |
| 66 | Tue, Mar 1, 1955 | N | Boston Celtics | W | 118 | 98 | 42 | 24 | W 2 | at New York, NY | |
| 67 | Wed, Mar 2, 1955 | N | Syracuse Nationals | L | 90 | 103 | 42 | 25 | L 1 | at Elkhart, IN | |
| 68 | Thu, Mar 3, 1955 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 81 | 83 | 42 | 26 | L 2 | |||
| 69 | Sun, Mar 6, 1955 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 104 | 108 | 42 | 27 | L 3 | ||
| 70 | Mon, Mar 7, 1955 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 91 | 110 | 42 | 28 | L 4 | ||
| 71 | Thu, Mar 10, 1955 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 93 | 91 | 43 | 28 | W 1 | at Columbus, IN | |
| 72 | Sat, Mar 12, 1955 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 92 | 112 | 43 | 29 | L 1 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun, Mar 20, 1955 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 96 | 79 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Tue, Mar 22, 1955 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | OT | 98 | 97 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Wed, Mar 23, 1955 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | OT | 91 | 99 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 4 | Sun, Mar 27, 1955 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 105 | 96 | 3 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Thu, Mar 31, 1955 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 82 | 86 | 3 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Apr 2, 1955 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 84 | 87 | 3 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 7 | Sun, Apr 3, 1955 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 96 | 89 | 4 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 8 | Tue, Apr 5, 1955 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 109 | 102 | 5 | 3 | W 2 | |||
| 9 | Thu, Apr 7, 1955 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 74 | 71 | 6 | 3 | W 3 | |||
| 10 | Sat, Apr 9, 1955 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 104 | 109 | 6 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 11 | Sun, Apr 10, 1955 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 91 | 92 | 6 | 5 | L 2 |