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33-39, Finished 4th in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Edward Gottlieb (33-39)
Points Per Game: 93.2 (3rd of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 93.5 (6th of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 35-37 (6th of 8)
Arena: Philadelphia Civic Center ▪ Attendance: 123,438 (3rd of 4)
SRS: -0.19 (6th of 8)
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 13, 1954 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 87 | 86 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Tue, Nov 16, 1954 | N | Syracuse Nationals | L | 85 | 86 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 3 | Thu, Nov 18, 1954 | N | New York Knickerbockers | L | 94 | 96 | 1 | 2 | L 2 | at Syracuse, NY | |
| 4 | Sat, Nov 20, 1954 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 99 | 82 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 5 | Wed, Nov 24, 1954 | N | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 91 | 87 | 3 | 2 | W 2 | at Hershey, PA | |
| 6 | Thu, Nov 25, 1954 | Boston Celtics | W | 103 | 98 | 4 | 2 | W 3 | |||
| 7 | Tue, Nov 30, 1954 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 91 | 95 | 4 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 8 | Wed, Dec 1, 1954 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 88 | 91 | 4 | 4 | L 2 | |||
| 9 | Fri, Dec 3, 1954 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 110 | 91 | 5 | 4 | W 1 | at Chicago, IL | |
| 10 | Sat, Dec 4, 1954 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 79 | 73 | 6 | 4 | W 2 | |||
| 11 | Sun, Dec 5, 1954 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 72 | 89 | 6 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Tue, Dec 7, 1954 | N | Syracuse Nationals | L | 81 | 88 | 6 | 6 | L 2 | at New Haven, CT | |
| 13 | Wed, Dec 8, 1954 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 86 | 77 | 7 | 6 | W 1 | at Boston, MA | |
| 14 | Thu, Dec 9, 1954 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 96 | 98 | 7 | 7 | L 1 | |||
| 15 | Sun, Dec 12, 1954 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | W | 96 | 87 | 8 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 16 | Wed, Dec 15, 1954 | N | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 99 | 90 | 9 | 7 | W 2 | at Buffalo, NY | |
| 17 | Sat, Dec 18, 1954 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 103 | 107 | 9 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 18 | Sun, Dec 19, 1954 | N | Rochester Royals | L | 79 | 92 | 9 | 9 | L 2 | at New York, NY | |
| 19 | Thu, Dec 23, 1954 | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 82 | 92 | 9 | 10 | L 3 | |||
| 20 | Sat, Dec 25, 1954 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 91 | 99 | 9 | 11 | L 4 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sun, Dec 26, 1954 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 96 | 109 | 9 | 12 | L 5 | ||
| 22 | Tue, Dec 28, 1954 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 84 | 78 | 10 | 12 | W 1 | ||
| 23 | Wed, Dec 29, 1954 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 72 | 70 | 11 | 12 | W 2 | |||
| 24 | Fri, Dec 31, 1954 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 113 | 119 | 11 | 13 | L 1 | at Providence, RI | |
| 25 | Sat, Jan 1, 1955 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 92 | 96 | 11 | 14 | L 2 | ||
| 26 | Sun, Jan 2, 1955 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 66 | 89 | 11 | 15 | L 3 | ||
| 27 | Mon, Jan 3, 1955 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 74 | 76 | 11 | 16 | L 4 | at Chicago, IL | |
| 28 | Wed, Jan 5, 1955 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 106 | 85 | 12 | 16 | W 1 | |||
| 29 | Thu, Jan 6, 1955 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 92 | 79 | 13 | 16 | W 2 | at Richmond, VA | |
| 30 | Sat, Jan 8, 1955 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 105 | 117 | 13 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 31 | Sun, Jan 9, 1955 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 84 | 86 | 13 | 18 | L 2 | ||
| 32 | Thu, Jan 13, 1955 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 102 | 96 | 14 | 18 | W 1 | |||
| 33 | Fri, Jan 14, 1955 | @ | Milwaukee Hawks | L | 84 | 86 | 14 | 19 | L 1 | ||
| 34 | Sat, Jan 15, 1955 | @ | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 93 | 88 | 15 | 19 | W 1 | ||
| 35 | Sun, Jan 16, 1955 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 98 | 106 | 15 | 20 | L 1 | ||
| 36 | Wed, Jan 19, 1955 | N | Syracuse Nationals | L | 97 | 98 | 15 | 21 | L 2 | at Hershey, PA | |
| 37 | Fri, Jan 21, 1955 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 89 | 90 | 15 | 22 | L 3 | at New Haven, CT | |
| 38 | Sat, Jan 22, 1955 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 102 | 99 | 16 | 22 | W 1 | ||
| 39 | Sun, Jan 23, 1955 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 91 | 94 | 16 | 23 | L 1 | ||
| 40 | Wed, Jan 26, 1955 | N | Syracuse Nationals | L | 99 | 107 | 16 | 24 | L 2 | at Boston, MA | |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Thu, Jan 27, 1955 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 92 | 83 | 17 | 24 | W 1 | |||
| 42 | Sat, Jan 29, 1955 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 85 | 87 | 17 | 25 | L 1 | ||
| 43 | Sun, Jan 30, 1955 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | W | 93 | 83 | 18 | 25 | W 1 | ||
| 44 | Wed, Feb 2, 1955 | N | Boston Celtics | W | 122 | 107 | 19 | 25 | W 2 | at New Haven, CT | |
| 45 | Fri, Feb 4, 1955 | Rochester Royals | W | 109 | 101 | 20 | 25 | W 3 | |||
| 46 | Sat, Feb 5, 1955 | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 88 | 96 | 20 | 26 | L 1 | |||
| 47 | Sun, Feb 6, 1955 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 113 | 109 | 21 | 26 | W 1 | ||
| 48 | Tue, Feb 8, 1955 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | L | 95 | 102 | 21 | 27 | L 1 | at Saratoga Springs, NY | |
| 49 | Thu, Feb 10, 1955 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 97 | 105 | 21 | 28 | L 2 | ||
| 50 | Fri, Feb 11, 1955 | Boston Celtics | W | 105 | 101 | 22 | 28 | W 1 | |||
| 51 | Sun, Feb 13, 1955 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 93 | 103 | 22 | 29 | L 1 | ||
| 52 | Mon, Feb 14, 1955 | N | Rochester Royals | W | 79 | 72 | 23 | 29 | W 1 | at Toledo, OH | |
| 53 | Tue, Feb 15, 1955 | N | Rochester Royals | W | 114 | 113 | 24 | 29 | W 2 | at Buffalo, NY | |
| 54 | Wed, Feb 16, 1955 | N | Rochester Royals | W | 98 | 96 | 25 | 29 | W 3 | at Saratoga Springs, NY | |
| 55 | Thu, Feb 17, 1955 | N | Rochester Royals | W | 78 | 73 | 26 | 29 | W 4 | at New Haven, CT | |
| 56 | Fri, Feb 18, 1955 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 110 | 86 | 27 | 29 | W 5 | |||
| 57 | Sun, Feb 20, 1955 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 99 | 114 | 27 | 30 | L 1 | ||
| 58 | Tue, Feb 22, 1955 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 102 | 103 | 27 | 31 | L 2 | ||
| 59 | Wed, Feb 23, 1955 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 98 | 96 | 28 | 31 | W 1 | at New Haven, CT | |
| 60 | Fri, Feb 25, 1955 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 113 | 111 | 29 | 31 | W 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sat, Feb 26, 1955 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 80 | 88 | 29 | 32 | L 1 | ||
| 62 | Sun, Feb 27, 1955 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 77 | 105 | 29 | 33 | L 2 | ||
| 63 | Mon, Feb 28, 1955 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 101 | 84 | 30 | 33 | W 1 | at Trenton, NJ | |
| 64 | Tue, Mar 1, 1955 | Milwaukee Hawks | L | 88 | 91 | 30 | 34 | L 1 | |||
| 65 | Wed, Mar 2, 1955 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 78 | 75 | 31 | 34 | W 1 | at Westfield, ME | |
| 66 | Sat, Mar 5, 1955 | Boston Celtics | W | 95 | 89 | 32 | 34 | W 2 | |||
| 67 | Sun, Mar 6, 1955 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 101 | 107 | 32 | 35 | L 1 | ||
| 68 | Tue, Mar 8, 1955 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 103 | 112 | 32 | 36 | L 2 | at White Plains, NY | |
| 69 | Wed, Mar 9, 1955 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 102 | 89 | 33 | 36 | W 1 | |||
| 70 | Thu, Mar 10, 1955 | N | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 91 | 93 | 33 | 37 | L 1 | at Columbus, IN | |
| 71 | Sat, Mar 12, 1955 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 78 | 86 | 33 | 38 | L 2 | at Des Moines, IA | |
| 72 | Mon, Mar 14, 1955 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | L | 84 | 99 | 33 | 39 | L 3 | at Albany, NY |