1954-55 New York Knickerbockers

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38-34, Finished 2nd in NBA Eastern Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 92.7 points per game, Allowed 92.6 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 36-36)
Coached by Joe Lapchick (38-34)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (III) / Attendance: 214,125 (1st of 4 available)

SRS: 0.11 (4th of 8)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-1) versus Boston Celtics

1954-55 Statistics / Schedule

Click on the Date for game box score, if available.

Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sat, Oct 30, 1954 Minneapolis Lakers W 94 83 1 0 W 1
2 Tue, Nov 2, 1954 @ Milwaukee Hawks W 91 84 2 0 W 2
3 Sat, Nov 6, 1954 @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 83 90 2 1 L 1
4 Sun, Nov 7, 1954 @ Minneapolis Lakers W 103 93 3 1 W 1
5 Thu, Nov 11, 1954 Rochester Royals W 79 78 4 1 W 2
6 Sat, Nov 13, 1954 @ Philadelphia Warriors L 86 87 4 2 L 1
7 Thu, Nov 18, 1954 N Philadelphia Warriors W 96 94 5 2 W 1 at Syracuse, NY
8 Sat, Nov 20, 1954 Boston Celtics L 98 117 5 3 L 1
9 Wed, Nov 24, 1954 @ Boston Celtics L 103 108 5 4 L 2
10 Sat, Nov 27, 1954 Syracuse Nationals L 74 80 5 5 L 3
11 Sun, Nov 28, 1954 @ Syracuse Nationals L 77 79 5 6 L 4
12 Tue, Nov 30, 1954 Philadelphia Warriors W 95 91 6 6 W 1
13 Wed, Dec 1, 1954 N Syracuse Nationals W 88 86 7 6 W 2 at Philadelphia, PA
14 Sat, Dec 4, 1954 Fort Wayne Pistons L 88 90 7 7 L 1
15 Tue, Dec 7, 1954 Minneapolis Lakers W 97 89 8 7 W 1
16 Wed, Dec 8, 1954 N Philadelphia Warriors L 77 86 8 8 L 1 at Boston, MA
17 Thu, Dec 9, 1954 @ Philadelphia Warriors W 98 96 9 8 W 1
18 Sat, Dec 11, 1954 @ Milwaukee Hawks W 97 87 10 8 W 2
19 Sun, Dec 12, 1954 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 73 80 10 9 L 1
20 Tue, Dec 14, 1954 Syracuse Nationals L 82 91 10 10 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Wed, Dec 15, 1954 N Syracuse Nationals W 88 81 11 10 W 1 at Boston, MA
22 Sat, Dec 18, 1954 @ Milwaukee Hawks W 91 85 12 10 W 2
23 Sun, Dec 19, 1954 Boston Celtics W 93 81 13 10 W 3
24 Sat, Dec 25, 1954 Syracuse Nationals W 109 101 14 10 W 4
25 Sun, Dec 26, 1954 @ Syracuse Nationals L 92 97 14 11 L 1
26 Tue, Dec 28, 1954 Philadelphia Warriors L 78 84 14 12 L 2
27 Wed, Dec 29, 1954 @ Rochester Royals L 89 93 14 13 L 3
28 Fri, Dec 31, 1954 N Milwaukee Hawks L 64 89 14 14 L 4 at Providence, RI
29 Sat, Jan 1, 1955 Milwaukee Hawks W 100 91 15 14 W 1
30 Sun, Jan 2, 1955 @ Boston Celtics L 96 113 15 15 L 1
31 Wed, Jan 5, 1955 @ Rochester Royals L 85 103 15 16 L 2
32 Thu, Jan 6, 1955 Boston Celtics W 88 83 16 16 W 1
33 Fri, Jan 7, 1955 N Milwaukee Hawks L 75 85 16 17 L 1 at New Haven, CT
34 Sun, Jan 9, 1955 Philadelphia Warriors W 86 84 17 17 W 1
35 Thu, Jan 13, 1955 N Boston Celtics L 100 116 17 18 L 1 at Philadelphia, PA
36 Fri, Jan 14, 1955 N Fort Wayne Pistons W 97 83 18 18 W 1 at Boston, MA
37 Sat, Jan 15, 1955 Fort Wayne Pistons W 106 87 19 18 W 2
38 Sun, Jan 16, 1955 @ Boston Celtics L 98 102 19 19 L 1
39 Wed, Jan 19, 1955 N Rochester Royals W 98 83 20 19 W 1 at Hershey, PA
40 Sat, Jan 22, 1955 Philadelphia Warriors L 99 102 20 20 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sun, Jan 23, 1955 @ Syracuse Nationals W 98 89 21 20 W 1
42 Tue, Jan 25, 1955 N Rochester Royals L 104 107 21 21 L 1 at Buffalo, NY
43 Wed, Jan 26, 1955 @ Rochester Royals L 94 96 21 22 L 2
44 Thu, Jan 27, 1955 @ Philadelphia Warriors L 83 92 21 23 L 3
45 Sat, Jan 29, 1955 Milwaukee Hawks W 95 93 22 23 W 1
46 Mon, Jan 31, 1955 N Fort Wayne Pistons W 91 84 23 23 W 2 at Milwaukee, WI
47 Wed, Feb 2, 1955 N Minneapolis Lakers L 81 96 23 24 L 1 at Saint Paul, MN
48 Thu, Feb 3, 1955 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 83 90 23 25 L 2
49 Sat, Feb 5, 1955 Boston Celtics W 115 107 24 25 W 1
50 Sun, Feb 6, 1955 @ Syracuse Nationals L 75 77 24 26 L 1
51 Tue, Feb 8, 1955 Minneapolis Lakers W 98 95 25 26 W 1
52 Wed, Feb 9, 1955 N Minneapolis Lakers W 118 112 26 26 W 2 at Boston, MA
53 Sat, Feb 12, 1955 Fort Wayne Pistons W 88 82 27 26 W 3
54 Sun, Feb 13, 1955 @ Boston Celtics W 105 103 28 26 W 4
55 Mon, Feb 14, 1955 N Fort Wayne Pistons W 92 88 29 26 W 5 at Miami Beach, FL
56 Thu, Feb 17, 1955 N Fort Wayne Pistons W 93 86 30 26 W 6 at Miami Beach, FL
57 Sat, Feb 19, 1955 Syracuse Nationals L 78 80 30 27 L 1
58 Sun, Feb 20, 1955 @ Syracuse Nationals L 84 104 30 28 L 2
59 Tue, Feb 22, 1955 Philadelphia Warriors W 103 102 31 28 W 1
60 Wed, Feb 23, 1955 N Philadelphia Warriors L 96 98 31 29 L 1 at New Haven, CT
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Fri, Feb 25, 1955 @ Philadelphia Warriors L 111 113 31 30 L 2
62 Sat, Feb 26, 1955 Milwaukee Hawks L 72 79 31 31 L 3
63 Sun, Feb 27, 1955 @ Fort Wayne Pistons W 95 83 32 31 W 1
64 Tue, Mar 1, 1955 Syracuse Nationals L 102 105 32 32 L 1
65 Thu, Mar 3, 1955 N Milwaukee Hawks W 103 89 33 32 W 1 at Saratoga Springs, NY
66 Fri, Mar 4, 1955 N Rochester Royals W 95 92 34 32 W 2 at Boston, MA
67 Sun, Mar 6, 1955 Rochester Royals W 101 96 35 32 W 3
68 Mon, Mar 7, 1955 N Minneapolis Lakers L 96 97 35 33 L 1 at Boston, MA
69 Tue, Mar 8, 1955 N Rochester Royals W 99 96 36 33 W 1 at White Plains, NY
70 Thu, Mar 10, 1955 Boston Celtics W 114 95 37 33 W 2
71 Fri, Mar 11, 1955 N Boston Celtics W 97 95 38 33 W 3 at New Haven, NY
72 Sun, Mar 13, 1955 @ Boston Celtics L 101 112 38 34 L 1

Playoffs

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Tue, Mar 15, 1955 @ Boston Celtics L 101 122 0 1 L 1
2 Wed, Mar 16, 1955 Boston Celtics W 102 95 1 1 W 1
3 Sat, Mar 19, 1955 Boston Celtics L 109 116 1 2 L 1