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1953-54 New York Knickerbockers

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44-28, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 79.0 points per game, Allowed 79.1 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 36-36)
Coached by Joe Lapchick (44-28)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (III) / Attendance: 221,079 (1st of 3 available)

SRS: -0.17 (6th of 9)

1953-54 Statistics / Schedule

Team and Opponent Statistics

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

Player Statistics

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Players who did not spend the entire season with the team may not be included (1961-62 season and before).

Totals

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt 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 G-F 6-5 180 26 72 2373 354 884 .400 354 429 .825 246 209 259 1062
2 Harry Gallatin F-C 6-6 210 26 72 2690 258 639 .404 433 552 .784 1098 153 208 949
3 Connie Simmons C-F 6-8 222 28 72 2006 255 713 .358 210 305 .689 484 128 234 720
4 Nathaniel Clifton C-F 6-6 220 31 72 2179 257 699 .368 174 277 .628 528 176 215 688
5 Dick McGuire G 6-0 180 28 68 2343 201 493 .408 220 345 .638 310 354 190 622
6 Fred Schaus F 6-5 205 28 67 1515 161 415 .388 153 195 .785 267 109 176 475
7 Jim Baechtold F-G 6-4 205 26 70 1627 170 465 .366 134 177 .757 183 117 195 474
8 Vince Boryla F 6-5 210 26 52 1522 175 525 .333 70 81 .864 130 77 128 420
9 Alfred McGuire G-F 6-2 180 25 64 849 58 177 .328 58 133 .436 121 103 144 174
10 Ernie Vandeweghe F-G 6-3 195 25 15 271 37 103 .359 25 31 .806 20 29 38 99
11 Don Ackerman G 6-0 183 23 28 220 14 63 .222 15 28 .536 15 23 43 43
12 Ed Smith F 6-6 180 24 11 104 11 45 .244 6 10 .600 26 9 15 28

Per Game

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt 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 G-F 6-5 180 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 F-C 6-6 210 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 C-F 6-8 222 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 C-F 6-6 220 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 G 6-0 180 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 F 6-5 210 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 F 6-5 205 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 F-G 6-4 205 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 F-G 6-3 195 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 G-F 6-2 180 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 F 6-6 180 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 G 6-0 183 23 28 7.9 0.5 2.3 .222 0.5 1.0 .536 0.5 0.8 1.5 1.5

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt 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 G-F 6-5 180 26 72 2373 5.4 13.4 .400 5.4 6.5 .825 3.7 3.2 3.9 16.1
2 Ernie Vandeweghe F-G 6-3 195 25 15 271 4.9 13.7 .359 3.3 4.1 .806 2.7 3.9 5.0 13.2
3 Connie Simmons C-F 6-8 222 28 72 2006 4.6 12.8 .358 3.8 5.5 .689 8.7 2.3 4.2 12.9
4 Harry Gallatin F-C 6-6 210 26 72 2690 3.5 8.6 .404 5.8 7.4 .784 14.7 2.0 2.8 12.7
5 Nathaniel Clifton C-F 6-6 220 31 72 2179 4.2 11.5 .368 2.9 4.6 .628 8.7 2.9 3.6 11.4
6 Fred Schaus F 6-5 205 28 67 1515 3.8 9.9 .388 3.6 4.6 .785 6.3 2.6 4.2 11.3
7 Jim Baechtold F-G 6-4 205 26 70 1627 3.8 10.3 .366 3.0 3.9 .757 4.0 2.6 4.3 10.5
8 Vince Boryla F 6-5 210 26 52 1522 4.1 12.4 .333 1.7 1.9 .864 3.1 1.8 3.0 9.9
9 Ed Smith F 6-6 180 24 11 104 3.8 15.6 .244 2.1 3.5 .600 9.0 3.1 5.2 9.7
10 Dick McGuire G 6-0 180 28 68 2343 3.1 7.6 .408 3.4 5.3 .638 4.8 5.4 2.9 9.6
11 Alfred McGuire G-F 6-2 180 25 64 849 2.5 7.5 .328 2.5 5.6 .436 5.1 4.4 6.1 7.4
12 Don Ackerman G 6-0 183 23 28 220 2.3 10.3 .222 2.5 4.6 .536 2.5 3.8 7.0 7.0

Advanced

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% Usg% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS LS WSAA
1 Vince Boryla F 6-5 210 26 52 1522 6.7 .375 .333
2 Jim Baechtold F-G 6-4 205 26 70 1627 10.4 .437 .366
3 Ernie Vandeweghe F-G 6-3 195 25 15 271 11.6 .424 .359
4 Ed Smith F 6-6 180 24 11 104 5.9 .283 .244
5 Connie Simmons C-F 6-8 222 28 72 2006 14.7 .425 .358
6 Fred Schaus F 6-5 205 28 67 1515 14.1 .474 .388
7 Dick McGuire G 6-0 180 28 68 2343 16.0 .482 .408
8 Alfred McGuire G-F 6-2 180 25 64 849 8.0 .369 .328
9 Harry Gallatin F-C 6-6 210 26 72 2690 24.0 .538 .404
10 Nathaniel Clifton C-F 6-6 220 31 72 2179 14.7 .419 .368
11 Carl Braun G-F 6-5 180 26 72 2373 17.6 .495 .400
12 Don Ackerman G 6-0 183 23 28 220 0.9 .285 .222

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Pos Ht Wt 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 G-F 6-5 180 26 4 125 18 52 35 40 12 9 22 71 .346 .875 31.3 17.8 3.0 2.3
2 Harry Gallatin F-C 6-6 210 26 4 151 16 35 22 31 61 6 12 54 .457 .710 37.8 13.5 15.3 1.5
3 Connie Simmons C-F 6-8 222 28 4 111 10 31 25 36 33 10 17 45 .323 .694 27.8 11.3 8.3 2.5
4 Jim Baechtold F-G 6-4 205 26 4 106 12 29 11 13 10 11 19 35 .414 .846 26.5 8.8 2.5 2.8
5 Fred Schaus F 6-5 205 28 4 119 7 25 14 15 12 8 18 28 .280 .933 29.8 7.0 3.0 2.0
6 Vince Boryla F 6-5 210 26 3 66 8 14 11 13 2 1 12 27 .571 .846 22.0 9.0 0.7 0.3
7 Nathaniel Clifton C-F 6-6 220 31 4 125 8 27 9 17 39 6 15 25 .296 .529 31.3 6.3 9.8 1.5
8 Alfred McGuire G-F 6-2 180 25 4 69 8 18 2 9 4 7 15 18 .444 .222 17.3 4.5 1.0 1.8
9 Dick McGuire G 6-0 180 28 4 68 4 16 3 5 4 5 12 11 .250 .600 17.0 2.8 1.0 1.3
10 Don Ackerman G 6-0 183 23 4 20 1 3 0 0 4 1 7 2 .333 5.0 0.5 1.0 0.3