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21-51, Finished 4th in NBA Western Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 70.0 points per game, Allowed 75.3 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 19-53)
Coached by Andrew Levane (11-35), Red Holzman (10-16)
Arena: Milwaukee Arena ▪ Attendance: NA
SRS: -4.55 (8th 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 | Fri, Oct 30, 1953 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 69 | 59 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Sun, Nov 1, 1953 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 67 | 77 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Wed, Nov 4, 1953 | N | New York Knickerbockers | L | 67 | 73 | 1 | 2 | L 2 | at Baltimore, MD | |
| 4 | Fri, Nov 6, 1953 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 68 | 80 | 1 | 3 | L 3 | |||
| 5 | Tue, Nov 10, 1953 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 59 | 74 | 1 | 4 | L 4 | |||
| 6 | Fri, Nov 13, 1953 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 84 | 92 | 1 | 5 | L 5 | |||
| 7 | Sun, Nov 15, 1953 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 61 | 69 | 1 | 6 | L 6 | ||
| 8 | Wed, Nov 18, 1953 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 74 | 104 | 1 | 7 | L 7 | ||
| 9 | Thu, Nov 19, 1953 | N | Rochester Royals | L | 69 | 79 | 1 | 8 | L 8 | at Syracuse, NY | |
| 10 | Fri, Nov 20, 1953 | Rochester Royals | L | 63 | 81 | 1 | 9 | L 9 | |||
| 11 | Sun, Nov 22, 1953 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 55 | 57 | 1 | 10 | L 10 | at Fort Wayne, IN | |
| 12 | Wed, Nov 25, 1953 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 64 | 58 | 2 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 13 | Thu, Nov 26, 1953 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 64 | 78 | 2 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 14 | Fri, Nov 27, 1953 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 55 | 51 | 3 | 11 | W 1 | at Chicago, IL | |
| 15 | Sat, Nov 28, 1953 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 71 | 68 | 4 | 11 | W 2 | at Iowa City, IA | |
| 16 | Tue, Dec 1, 1953 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 69 | 76 | 4 | 12 | L 1 | |||
| 17 | Sat, Dec 5, 1953 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 79 | 97 | 4 | 13 | L 2 | ||
| 18 | Wed, Dec 9, 1953 | N | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 59 | 83 | 4 | 14 | L 3 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 19 | Thu, Dec 10, 1953 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 76 | 96 | 4 | 15 | L 4 | ||
| 20 | Fri, Dec 11, 1953 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 82 | 70 | 5 | 15 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sun, Dec 13, 1953 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 73 | 70 | 6 | 15 | W 2 | ||
| 22 | Tue, Dec 15, 1953 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 64 | 76 | 6 | 16 | L 1 | ||
| 23 | Wed, Dec 16, 1953 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 63 | 69 | 6 | 17 | L 2 | at Boston, MA | |
| 24 | Sat, Dec 19, 1953 | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 63 | 69 | 6 | 18 | L 3 | |||
| 25 | Mon, Dec 21, 1953 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 74 | 90 | 6 | 19 | L 4 | at Buffalo, NY | |
| 26 | Wed, Dec 23, 1953 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 74 | 80 | 6 | 20 | L 5 | at Baltimore, MD | |
| 27 | Sat, Dec 26, 1953 | Boston Celtics | W | 74 | 67 | 7 | 20 | W 1 | |||
| 28 | Sun, Dec 27, 1953 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 75 | 96 | 7 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| 29 | Mon, Dec 28, 1953 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 63 | 69 | 7 | 22 | L 2 | at Hershey, PA | |
| 30 | Fri, Jan 1, 1954 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 62 | 52 | 8 | 22 | W 1 | |||
| 31 | Tue, Jan 5, 1954 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 88 | 99 | 8 | 23 | L 1 | ||
| 32 | Wed, Jan 6, 1954 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 72 | 77 | 8 | 24 | L 2 | at Baltimore, MD | |
| 33 | Thu, Jan 7, 1954 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 73 | 88 | 8 | 25 | L 3 | at New York, NY | |
| 34 | Sat, Jan 9, 1954 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 67 | 78 | 8 | 26 | L 4 | |||
| 35 | Sun, Jan 10, 1954 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 73 | 81 | 8 | 27 | L 5 | ||
| 36 | Tue, Jan 12, 1954 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 73 | 78 | 8 | 28 | L 6 | ||
| 37 | Thu, Jan 14, 1954 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 74 | 86 | 8 | 29 | L 7 | at Syracuse, NY | |
| 38 | Sat, Jan 16, 1954 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 64 | 58 | 9 | 29 | W 1 | ||
| 39 | Mon, Jan 18, 1954 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 72 | 91 | 9 | 30 | L 1 | at Kansas City, KS | |
| 40 | Tue, Jan 19, 1954 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 75 | 78 | 9 | 31 | L 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sat, Jan 23, 1954 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 63 | 75 | 9 | 32 | L 3 | ||
| 42 | Sun, Jan 24, 1954 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 68 | 66 | 10 | 32 | W 1 | at Boston, MA | |
| 43 | Tue, Jan 26, 1954 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 69 | 84 | 10 | 33 | L 1 | |||
| 44 | Wed, Jan 27, 1954 | N | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 68 | 77 | 10 | 34 | L 2 | at Minneapolis, MN | |
| 45 | Fri, Jan 29, 1954 | Boston Celtics | W | 82 | 70 | 11 | 34 | W 1 | |||
| 46 | Sat, Jan 30, 1954 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 64 | 80 | 11 | 35 | L 1 | ||
| 47 | Wed, Feb 3, 1954 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 78 | 72 | 12 | 35 | W 1 | |||
| 48 | Fri, Feb 5, 1954 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 69 | 66 | 13 | 35 | W 2 | |||
| 49 | Sun, Feb 7, 1954 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 73 | 88 | 13 | 36 | L 1 | ||
| 50 | Tue, Feb 9, 1954 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 70 | 81 | 13 | 37 | L 2 | ||
| 51 | Wed, Feb 10, 1954 | Rochester Royals | L | 61 | 62 | 13 | 38 | L 3 | |||
| 52 | Thu, Feb 11, 1954 | N | Rochester Royals | L | 68 | 79 | 13 | 39 | L 4 | at Minneapolis, MN | |
| 53 | Fri, Feb 12, 1954 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 71 | 62 | 14 | 39 | W 1 | at Toledo, OH | |
| 54 | Tue, Feb 16, 1954 | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 65 | 69 | 14 | 40 | L 1 | |||
| 55 | Fri, Feb 19, 1954 | Boston Celtics | L | 73 | 78 | 14 | 41 | L 2 | |||
| 56 | Sat, Feb 20, 1954 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 64 | 66 | 14 | 42 | L 3 | ||
| 57 | Sun, Feb 21, 1954 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 64 | 62 | 15 | 42 | W 1 | ||
| 58 | Mon, Feb 22, 1954 | N | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 82 | 95 | 15 | 43 | L 1 | at Troy, OH | |
| 59 | Tue, Feb 23, 1954 | N | Syracuse Nationals | W | 70 | 68 | 16 | 43 | W 1 | at Cincinnati, OH | |
| 60 | Fri, Feb 26, 1954 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 62 | 68 | 16 | 44 | L 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sat, Feb 27, 1954 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 58 | 57 | 17 | 44 | W 1 | ||
| 62 | Sun, Feb 28, 1954 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 74 | 93 | 17 | 45 | L 1 | at Providence, RI | |
| 63 | Mon, Mar 1, 1954 | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 71 | 72 | 17 | 46 | L 2 | |||
| 64 | Tue, Mar 2, 1954 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 73 | 78 | 17 | 47 | L 3 | at Collingswood, MI | |
| 65 | Wed, Mar 3, 1954 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 103 | 100 | 18 | 47 | W 1 | ||
| 66 | Thu, Mar 4, 1954 | N | Baltimore Bullets | L | 87 | 95 | 18 | 48 | L 1 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 67 | Sun, Mar 7, 1954 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 63 | 65 | 18 | 49 | L 2 | ||
| 68 | Mon, Mar 8, 1954 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 64 | 54 | 19 | 49 | W 1 | |||
| 69 | Mon, Mar 8, 1954 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 65 | 54 | 20 | 49 | W 2 | |||
| 70 | Tue, Mar 9, 1954 | N | New York Knickerbockers | L | 65 | 72 | 20 | 50 | L 1 | at Indianapolis, IN | |
| 71 | Wed, Mar 10, 1954 | N | Rochester Royals | L | 69 | 84 | 20 | 51 | L 2 | at Omaha, NE | |
| 72 | Sun, Mar 14, 1954 | Rochester Royals | W | 91 | 53 | 21 | 51 | W 1 |