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1953-54 New York Knicks Roster and Statistics

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44-28, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Joe Lapchick (44-28)

PTS/G: 79.0 (5th of 9) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 79.1 (6th of 9)
SRS: -0.17 (6th of 9)
Expected W-L: 36-36 (6th of 9)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (III) ▪ Attendance: 221,079 (1st of 5)

Playoffs:
Eliminated in Eastern Division Round Robin

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
Don Ackerman G 6-0 183 September 4, 1930 R Long Island University
10 Jim Baechtold F-G 6-4 205 December 9, 1927 1 Eastern Kentucky University
12 Vince Boryla F 6-5 210 March 11, 1927 4 University of Denver
4 Carl Braun G-F 6-5 180 September 25, 1927 4 Colgate University
8 Nathaniel Clifton C-F 6-6 220 October 13, 1922 3 Xavier University of Louisiana
11 Harry Gallatin F-C 6-6 210 April 26, 1927 5 Truman State University
16 Alfred McGuire G-F 6-2 180 September 7, 1928 2 St. John's University
15 Dick McGuire G 6-0 180 January 25, 1926 4 St. John's University
17 Fred Schaus F 6-5 205 June 30, 1925 4 West Virginia University
18 Connie Simmons C-F 6-8 222 March 15, 1925 7
14 Ed Smith F 6-6 180 July 5, 1929 R Harvard University
Joe Smyth F 6-3 215 May 22, 1929 R Niagara University
9 Ernie Vandeweghe F-G 6-3 195 September 12, 1928 4 Colgate University

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 72 1934 5177 .374 1820 2525 .721 3830 1469 1832 5688 79.0
Lg Rank 8 8 4 3 3 4 2 4 5 5 5
Opponent 72 5697 79.1
Lg Rank 6 6

Totals

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Carl Braun 26 72 2373 354 884 .400 354 429 .825 246 209 259 1062
2 Harry Gallatin 26 72 2690 258 639 .404 433 552 .784 1098 153 208 949
3 Connie Simmons 28 72 2006 255 713 .358 210 305 .689 484 128 234 720
4 Nathaniel Clifton 31 72 2179 257 699 .368 174 277 .628 528 176 215 688
5 Dick McGuire 28 68 2343 201 493 .408 220 345 .638 310 354 190 622
6 Fred Schaus 28 67 1515 161 415 .388 153 195 .785 267 109 176 475
7 Jim Baechtold 26 70 1627 170 465 .366 134 177 .757 183 117 195 474
8 Vince Boryla 26 52 1522 175 525 .333 70 81 .864 130 77 128 420
9 Alfred McGuire 25 64 849 58 177 .328 58 133 .436 121 103 144 174
10 Ernie Vandeweghe 25 15 271 37 103 .359 25 31 .806 20 29 38 99
11 Don Ackerman 23 28 220 14 63 .222 15 28 .536 15 23 43 43
12 Ed Smith 24 11 104 11 45 .244 6 10 .600 26 9 15 28
13 Joe Smyth 24

Per Game

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Carl Braun 26 72 33.0 4.9 12.3 .400 4.9 6.0 .825 3.4 2.9 3.6 14.8
2 Harry Gallatin 26 72 37.4 3.6 8.9 .404 6.0 7.7 .784 15.3 2.1 2.9 13.2
3 Connie Simmons 28 72 27.9 3.5 9.9 .358 2.9 4.2 .689 6.7 1.8 3.3 10.0
4 Nathaniel Clifton 31 72 30.3 3.6 9.7 .368 2.4 3.8 .628 7.3 2.4 3.0 9.6
5 Dick McGuire 28 68 34.5 3.0 7.3 .408 3.2 5.1 .638 4.6 5.2 2.8 9.1
6 Vince Boryla 26 52 29.3 3.4 10.1 .333 1.3 1.6 .864 2.5 1.5 2.5 8.1
7 Fred Schaus 28 67 22.6 2.4 6.2 .388 2.3 2.9 .785 4.0 1.6 2.6 7.1
8 Jim Baechtold 26 70 23.2 2.4 6.6 .366 1.9 2.5 .757 2.6 1.7 2.8 6.8
9 Ernie Vandeweghe 25 15 18.1 2.5 6.9 .359 1.7 2.1 .806 1.3 1.9 2.5 6.6
10 Alfred McGuire 25 64 13.3 0.9 2.8 .328 0.9 2.1 .436 1.9 1.6 2.3 2.7
11 Ed Smith 24 11 9.5 1.0 4.1 .244 0.5 0.9 .600 2.4 0.8 1.4 2.5
12 Don Ackerman 23 28 7.9 0.5 2.3 .222 0.5 1.0 .536 0.5 0.8 1.5 1.5
13 Joe Smyth 24

Per 36 Minutes

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Carl Braun 26 72 2373 5.4 13.4 .400 5.4 6.5 .825 3.7 3.2 3.9 16.1
2 Ernie Vandeweghe 25 15 271 4.9 13.7 .359 3.3 4.1 .806 2.7 3.9 5.0 13.2
3 Connie Simmons 28 72 2006 4.6 12.8 .358 3.8 5.5 .689 8.7 2.3 4.2 12.9
4 Harry Gallatin 26 72 2690 3.5 8.6 .404 5.8 7.4 .784 14.7 2.0 2.8 12.7
5 Nathaniel Clifton 31 72 2179 4.2 11.5 .368 2.9 4.6 .628 8.7 2.9 3.6 11.4
6 Fred Schaus 28 67 1515 3.8 9.9 .388 3.6 4.6 .785 6.3 2.6 4.2 11.3
7 Jim Baechtold 26 70 1627 3.8 10.3 .366 3.0 3.9 .757 4.0 2.6 4.3 10.5
8 Vince Boryla 26 52 1522 4.1 12.4 .333 1.7 1.9 .864 3.1 1.8 3.0 9.9
9 Ed Smith 24 11 104 3.8 15.6 .244 2.1 3.5 .600 9.0 3.1 5.2 9.7
10 Dick McGuire 28 68 2343 3.1 7.6 .408 3.4 5.3 .638 4.8 5.4 2.9 9.6
11 Alfred McGuire 25 64 849 2.5 7.5 .328 2.5 5.6 .436 5.1 4.4 6.1 7.4
12 Don Ackerman 23 28 220 2.3 10.3 .222 2.5 4.6 .536 2.5 3.8 7.0 7.0
13 Joe Smyth 24

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Harry Gallatin 26 72 2690 24.0 .538 .404 9.0 2.8 11.8 .210
2 Carl Braun 26 72 2373 17.6 .495 .400 7.2 1.3 8.6 .173
3 Dick McGuire 28 68 2343 16.0 .482 .408 4.6 1.7 6.3 .129
4 Fred Schaus 28 67 1515 14.1 .474 .388 2.6 1.0 3.6 .114
5 Connie Simmons 28 72 2006 14.7 .425 .358 1.0 1.5 2.5 .059
6 Nathaniel Clifton 31 72 2179 14.6 .419 .368 0.7 1.7 2.4 .054
7 Jim Baechtold 26 70 1627 10.4 .437 .366 1.2 0.9 2.1 .062
8 Ernie Vandeweghe 25 15 271 11.6 .424 .359 0.2 0.1 0.3 .055
9 Alfred McGuire 25 64 849 8.0 .369 .328 -0.5 0.6 0.1 .006
10 Ed Smith 24 11 104 5.9 .283 .244 -0.5 0.1 -0.4 -0.182
11 Don Ackerman 23 28 220 0.9 .285 .222 -0.7 0.1 -0.6 -0.123
12 Vince Boryla 26 52 1522 6.7 .375 .333 -1.6 0.7 -1.0 -0.031
13 Joe Smyth 24

Playoffs

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Carl Braun 26 4 125 18 52 35 40 12 9 22 71 .346 .875 31.3 17.8 3.0 2.3
2 Harry Gallatin 26 4 151 16 35 22 31 61 6 12 54 .457 .710 37.8 13.5 15.3 1.5
3 Connie Simmons 28 4 111 10 31 25 36 33 10 17 45 .323 .694 27.8 11.3 8.3 2.5
4 Jim Baechtold 26 4 106 12 29 11 13 10 11 19 35 .414 .846 26.5 8.8 2.5 2.8
5 Fred Schaus 28 4 119 7 25 14 15 12 8 18 28 .280 .933 29.8 7.0 3.0 2.0
6 Vince Boryla 26 3 66 8 14 11 13 2 1 12 27 .571 .846 22.0 9.0 0.7 0.3
7 Nathaniel Clifton 31 4 125 8 27 9 17 39 6 15 25 .296 .529 31.3 6.3 9.8 1.5
8 Alfred McGuire 25 4 69 8 18 2 9 4 7 15 18 .444 .222 17.3 4.5 1.0 1.8
9 Dick McGuire 28 4 68 4 16 3 5 4 5 12 11 .250 .600 17.0 2.8 1.0 1.3
10 Don Ackerman 23 4 20 1 3 0 0 4 1 7 2 .333 5.0 0.5 1.0 0.3

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Vince Boryla 26 3 66 14.5 .685 .571 4.2 0.4 0.0 0.3 .251
2 Carl Braun 26 4 125 19.2 .510 .346 21.5 0.4 -0.1 0.3 .127
3 Harry Gallatin 26 4 151 22.6 .555 .457 10.6 0.4 -0.1 0.3 .094
4 Connie Simmons 28 4 111 19.4 .480 .323 23.2 0.2 -0.1 0.1 .034
5 Jim Baechtold 26 4 106 12.8 .504 .414 28.4 0.2 -0.1 0.1 .060
6 Don Ackerman 23 4 20 0.4 .333 .333 11.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.080
7 Fred Schaus 28 4 119 7.9 .443 .280 16.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.010
8 Alfred McGuire 25 4 69 5.8 .410 .444 27.9 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.047
9 Dick McGuire 28 4 68 0.8 .302 .250 17.5 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.143
10 Nathaniel Clifton 31 4 125 10.0 .363 .296 11.6 -0.2 -0.1 -0.3 -0.107