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29-43, Finished 4th in NBA Eastern Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 78.2 points per game, Allowed 80.4 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 29-43)
Coached by Edward Gottlieb (29-43)
Arena: Philadelphia Civic Center / Attendance: 113,088 (3rd of 3 available)
SRS: -1.90 (7th 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 | Sat, Oct 31, 1953 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 79 | 73 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Sun, Nov 1, 1953 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 61 | 85 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Nov 7, 1953 | Boston Celtics | L | 77 | 79 | 1 | 2 | L 2 | |||
| 4 | Sun, Nov 8, 1953 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 85 | 75 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Tue, Nov 10, 1953 | @ | Rochester Royals | W | 66 | 64 | 3 | 2 | W 2 | ||
| 6 | Wed, Nov 11, 1953 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 78 | 72 | 4 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 7 | Thu, Nov 12, 1953 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 65 | 81 | 4 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Nov 14, 1953 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 63 | 58 | 5 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 9 | Wed, Nov 18, 1953 | N | New York Knickerbockers | L | 83 | 88 | 5 | 4 | L 1 | at Baltimore, MD | |
| 10 | Thu, Nov 19, 1953 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 79 | 107 | 5 | 5 | L 2 | |||
| 11 | Sat, Nov 21, 1953 | N | Baltimore Bullets | W | 103 | 83 | 6 | 5 | W 1 | at Raleigh, NC | |
| 12 | Tue, Nov 24, 1953 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 83 | 80 | 7 | 5 | W 2 | |||
| 13 | Thu, Nov 26, 1953 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 80 | 88 | 7 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 14 | Fri, Nov 27, 1953 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | L | 51 | 55 | 7 | 7 | L 2 | at Chicago, IL | |
| 15 | Sat, Nov 28, 1953 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | L | 68 | 71 | 7 | 8 | L 3 | at Iowa City, IA | |
| 16 | Sun, Nov 29, 1953 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 69 | 83 | 7 | 9 | L 4 | ||
| 17 | Tue, Dec 1, 1953 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 86 | 89 | 7 | 10 | L 5 | at Milwaukee, WI | |
| 18 | Thu, Dec 3, 1953 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 79 | 74 | 8 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 19 | Wed, Dec 9, 1953 | Boston Celtics | W | 104 | 103 | 9 | 10 | W 2 | |||
| 20 | Thu, Dec 10, 1953 | N | Baltimore Bullets | W | 83 | 77 | 10 | 10 | W 3 | at New York, NY | |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Thu, Dec 17, 1953 | N | Rochester Royals | L | 79 | 91 | 10 | 11 | L 1 | at Cleveland, OH | |
| 22 | Sun, Dec 20, 1953 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 89 | 101 | 10 | 12 | L 2 | at New York, NY | |
| 23 | Fri, Dec 25, 1953 | Rochester Royals | L | 65 | 73 | 10 | 13 | L 3 | |||
| 24 | Sun, Dec 27, 1953 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 76 | 79 | 10 | 14 | L 4 | ||
| 25 | Mon, Dec 28, 1953 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 69 | 63 | 11 | 14 | W 1 | at Hershey, PA | |
| 26 | Thu, Dec 31, 1953 | N | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 56 | 83 | 11 | 15 | L 1 | at Indianapolis, IN | |
| 27 | Fri, Jan 1, 1954 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 76 | 79 | 11 | 16 | L 2 | ||
| 28 | Sat, Jan 2, 1954 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 66 | 74 | 11 | 17 | L 3 | |||
| 29 | Sun, Jan 3, 1954 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | W | 90 | 77 | 12 | 17 | W 1 | ||
| 30 | Tue, Jan 5, 1954 | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 99 | 88 | 13 | 17 | W 2 | |||
| 31 | Wed, Jan 6, 1954 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 77 | 72 | 14 | 17 | W 3 | at Baltimore, MD | |
| 32 | Thu, Jan 7, 1954 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 88 | 73 | 15 | 17 | W 4 | at New York, NY | |
| 33 | Sat, Jan 9, 1954 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 90 | 95 | 15 | 18 | L 1 | ||
| 34 | Thu, Jan 14, 1954 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 71 | 83 | 15 | 19 | L 2 | |||
| 35 | Sat, Jan 16, 1954 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 72 | 82 | 15 | 20 | L 3 | ||
| 36 | Sun, Jan 17, 1954 | N | Baltimore Bullets | L | 74 | 78 | 15 | 21 | L 4 | at Boston, MA | |
| 37 | Tue, Jan 19, 1954 | Boston Celtics | W | 89 | 73 | 16 | 21 | W 1 | |||
| 38 | Fri, Jan 22, 1954 | N | New York Knickerbockers | L | 82 | 84 | 16 | 22 | L 1 | at New Haven, CT | |
| 39 | Sat, Jan 23, 1954 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 61 | 71 | 16 | 23 | L 2 | ||
| 40 | Sun, Jan 24, 1954 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | W | 80 | 78 | 17 | 23 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Tue, Jan 26, 1954 | N | Syracuse Nationals | L | 75 | 79 | 17 | 24 | L 1 | at Buffalo, NY | |
| 42 | Thu, Jan 28, 1954 | Rochester Royals | L | 79 | 82 | 17 | 25 | L 2 | |||
| 43 | Sat, Jan 30, 1954 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 74 | 80 | 17 | 26 | L 3 | ||
| 44 | Wed, Feb 3, 1954 | N | Syracuse Nationals | W | 82 | 79 | 18 | 26 | W 1 | at Baltimore, MD | |
| 45 | Thu, Feb 4, 1954 | Boston Celtics | W | 80 | 78 | 19 | 26 | W 2 | |||
| 46 | Fri, Feb 5, 1954 | @ | Milwaukee Hawks | L | 66 | 69 | 19 | 27 | L 1 | ||
| 47 | Sat, Feb 6, 1954 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 94 | 97 | 19 | 28 | L 2 | ||
| 48 | Mon, Feb 8, 1954 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 91 | 106 | 19 | 29 | L 3 | at Spencer, IA | |
| 49 | Tue, Feb 9, 1954 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 67 | 70 | 19 | 30 | L 4 | at Huron, SD | |
| 50 | Wed, Feb 10, 1954 | N | Baltimore Bullets | W | 97 | 79 | 20 | 30 | W 1 | at Milwaukee, WI | |
| 51 | Thu, Feb 11, 1954 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 76 | 74 | 21 | 30 | W 2 | |||
| 52 | Fri, Feb 12, 1954 | N | Baltimore Bullets | W | 75 | 72 | 22 | 30 | W 3 | at Toledo, OH | |
| 53 | Sat, Feb 13, 1954 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 77 | 86 | 22 | 31 | L 1 | at Grand Rapids, MI | |
| 54 | Sun, Feb 14, 1954 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 76 | 94 | 22 | 32 | L 2 | ||
| 55 | Tue, Feb 16, 1954 | N | Syracuse Nationals | W | 95 | 77 | 23 | 32 | W 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 56 | Thu, Feb 18, 1954 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 60 | 69 | 23 | 33 | L 1 | |||
| 57 | Sat, Feb 20, 1954 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 89 | 75 | 24 | 33 | W 1 | ||
| 58 | Sun, Feb 21, 1954 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 85 | 95 | 24 | 34 | L 1 | at Providence, RI | |
| 59 | Mon, Feb 22, 1954 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 79 | 72 | 25 | 34 | W 1 | at New Haven, CT | |
| 60 | Thu, Feb 25, 1954 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 81 | 72 | 26 | 34 | W 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sat, Feb 27, 1954 | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 72 | 79 | 26 | 35 | L 1 | |||
| 62 | Sun, Feb 28, 1954 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 83 | 78 | 27 | 35 | W 1 | at Providence, RI | |
| 63 | Tue, Mar 2, 1954 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 78 | 73 | 28 | 35 | W 2 | at Collingswood, MI | |
| 64 | Wed, Mar 3, 1954 | N | New York Knickerbockers | L | 79 | 88 | 28 | 36 | L 1 | at White Plains, NY | |
| 65 | Thu, Mar 4, 1954 | Rochester Royals | L | 78 | 85 | 28 | 37 | L 2 | |||
| 66 | Fri, Mar 5, 1954 | N | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 70 | 76 | 28 | 38 | L 3 | at Birmingham, AL | |
| 67 | Sat, Mar 6, 1954 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 77 | 88 | 28 | 39 | L 4 | ||
| 68 | Tue, Mar 9, 1954 | N | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 75 | 73 | 29 | 39 | W 1 | at Miami Beach, FL | |
| 69 | Wed, Mar 10, 1954 | N | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 70 | 88 | 29 | 40 | L 1 | at Miami Beach, FL | |
| 70 | Fri, Mar 12, 1954 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 95 | 97 | 29 | 41 | L 2 | at New Haven, CT | |
| 71 | Sat, Mar 13, 1954 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 76 | 77 | 29 | 42 | L 3 | ||
| 72 | Sun, Mar 14, 1954 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 92 | 97 | 29 | 43 | L 4 |