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1953-54 Philadelphia Warriors Roster and Statistics

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29-43, Finished 4th in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Edward Gottlieb (29-43)

Points Per Game: 78.2 (7th of 9) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 80.4 (7th of 9)
Pythagorean W-L: 29-43 (7th of 9)

Arena: Philadelphia Civic Center ▪ Attendance: 113,088 (3rd of 3)

SRS: -1.90 (7th of 9)

1953-54 Philadelphia Warriors:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
7 Ernie Beck G-F 6-4 190 December 11, 1931 R University of Pennsylvania
12 Walt Davis C-F 6-8 205 January 5, 1931 R Texas A&M University
14 Danny Finn G 6-1 185 May 27, 1928 1 St. John's University
10 Joe Fulks F-C 6-5 190 October 26, 1921 7 Murray State University
4 Jack George G 6-2 190 November 13, 1928 R La Salle University
Joe Graboski F-C 6-7 195 January 15, 1930 4
Norm Grekin F 6-5 180 June 22, 1930 R La Salle University
6 Neil Johnston C 6-8 210 February 4, 1929 2 Ohio State University
James Phelan G 6-1 175 March 19, 1929 R La Salle University
8 George Senesky G 6-2 179 April 4, 1922 7 Saint Joseph's University
5 Paul Walther G-F 6-2 160 March 23, 1927 4 University of Tennessee
15 Zeke Zawoluk F-C 6-7 215 October 13, 1930 1 St. John's University

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 2023 5431 .372 1586 2272 .698 3589 1468 1741 5632 78.2
Opponent 72 5786 80.4

Player Statistics

Totals

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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 Neil Johnston 24 72 3296 591 1317 .449 577 772 .747 797 203 259 1759
2 Joe Graboski 24 71 2759 354 1000 .354 236 350 .674 670 163 223 944
3 Jack George 25 71 2648 259 736 .352 157 266 .590 386 312 210 675
4 Zeke Zawoluk 23 71 1795 203 540 .376 186 230 .809 330 99 220 592
5 Danny Finn 25 68 1562 170 495 .343 126 196 .643 216 265 215 466
6 Paul Walther 26 64 2067 138 392 .352 145 206 .704 257 220 199 421
7 Walt Davis 23 68 1568 167 455 .367 65 101 .644 435 58 207 399
8 Joe Fulks 32 61 501 61 229 .266 28 49 .571 101 28 90 150
9 Ernie Beck 22 15 422 39 142 .275 34 43 .791 50 34 29 112
10 George Senesky 31 58 771 41 119 .345 29 53 .547 66 84 79 111
11 James Phelan 24 4 33 0 6 .000 3 6 .500 5 2 9 3
12 Norm Grekin 23 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Per Game

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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 Neil Johnston 24 72 45.8 8.2 18.3 .449 8.0 10.7 .747 11.1 2.8 3.6 24.4
2 Joe Graboski 24 71 38.9 5.0 14.1 .354 3.3 4.9 .674 9.4 2.3 3.1 13.3
3 Jack George 25 71 37.3 3.6 10.4 .352 2.2 3.7 .590 5.4 4.4 3.0 9.5
4 Zeke Zawoluk 23 71 25.3 2.9 7.6 .376 2.6 3.2 .809 4.6 1.4 3.1 8.3
5 Ernie Beck 22 15 28.1 2.6 9.5 .275 2.3 2.9 .791 3.3 2.3 1.9 7.5
6 Danny Finn 25 68 23.0 2.5 7.3 .343 1.9 2.9 .643 3.2 3.9 3.2 6.9
7 Paul Walther 26 64 32.3 2.2 6.1 .352 2.3 3.2 .704 4.0 3.4 3.1 6.6
8 Walt Davis 23 68 23.1 2.5 6.7 .367 1.0 1.5 .644 6.4 0.9 3.0 5.9
9 Joe Fulks 32 61 8.2 1.0 3.8 .266 0.5 0.8 .571 1.7 0.5 1.5 2.5
10 George Senesky 31 58 13.3 0.7 2.1 .345 0.5 0.9 .547 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.9
11 James Phelan 24 4 8.3 0.0 1.5 .000 0.8 1.5 .500 1.3 0.5 2.3 0.8
12 Norm Grekin 23 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0

Per 36 Minutes

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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 Neil Johnston 24 72 3296 6.5 14.4 .449 6.3 8.4 .747 8.7 2.2 2.8 19.2
2 Joe Graboski 24 71 2759 4.6 13.0 .354 3.1 4.6 .674 8.7 2.1 2.9 12.3
3 Zeke Zawoluk 23 71 1795 4.1 10.8 .376 3.7 4.6 .809 6.6 2.0 4.4 11.9
4 Joe Fulks 32 61 501 4.4 16.5 .266 2.0 3.5 .571 7.3 2.0 6.5 10.8
5 Danny Finn 25 68 1562 3.9 11.4 .343 2.9 4.5 .643 5.0 6.1 5.0 10.7
6 Ernie Beck 22 15 422 3.3 12.1 .275 2.9 3.7 .791 4.3 2.9 2.5 9.6
7 Jack George 25 71 2648 3.5 10.0 .352 2.1 3.6 .590 5.2 4.2 2.9 9.2
8 Walt Davis 23 68 1568 3.8 10.4 .367 1.5 2.3 .644 10.0 1.3 4.8 9.2
9 Paul Walther 26 64 2067 2.4 6.8 .352 2.5 3.6 .704 4.5 3.8 3.5 7.3
10 George Senesky 31 58 771 1.9 5.6 .345 1.4 2.5 .547 3.1 3.9 3.7 5.2
11 James Phelan 24 4 33 0.0 6.5 .000 3.3 6.5 .500 5.5 2.2 9.8 3.3
12 Norm Grekin 23 1 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 36.0 0.0

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Neil Johnston 24 72 3296 25.4 .531 .449 15.4 3.0 18.3
2 Zeke Zawoluk 23 71 1795 13.6 .462 .376 2.6 1.3 3.9
3 Paul Walther 26 64 2067 10.8 .436 .352 1.5 1.5 3.1
4 Joe Graboski 24 71 2759 14.4 .409 .354 -0.2 2.5 2.3
5 Jack George 25 71 2648 12.0 .396 .352 -0.3 2.2 1.8
6 Danny Finn 25 68 1562 13.8 .401 .343 0.2 1.4 1.7
7 Walt Davis 23 68 1568 11.1 .399 .367 -0.5 1.4 0.9
8 George Senesky 31 58 771 7.3 .390 .345 0.0 0.5 0.5
9 Norm Grekin 23 1 1 -23.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 James Phelan 24 4 33 -4.8 .174 .000 -0.2 0.0 -0.1
11 Ernie Beck 22 15 422 8.0 .348 .275 -0.7 0.3 -0.4
12 Joe Fulks 32 61 501 3.7 .299 .266 -2.2 0.4 -1.8