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1953-54 Rochester Royals Roster and Statistics

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44-28, Finished 2nd in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Les Harrison (44-28)

Points Per Game: 79.8 (4th of 9) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 77.3 (3rd of 9)
Pythagorean W-L: 44-28 (3rd of 9)

Arena: Edgerton Park Arena ▪ Attendance: NA

SRS: 2.23 (3rd of 9)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Finals (2-1) versus Minneapolis Lakers

1953-54 Rochester Royals:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
18 Cal Christensen F-C 6-5 210 July 8, 1927 3 University of Toledo
10 Jack Coleman F-C 6-7 195 May 23, 1924 4 University of Louisville
11 Bob Davies G-F 6-1 175 January 15, 1920 5 Seton Hall University
20 Alex Hannum F-C 6-7 210 July 19, 1923 4 University of Southern California
16 Al Masino G 5-10 174 February 5, 1928 1 Canisius College
03 Jack McMahon G 6-1 185 December 3, 1928 1 St. John's University
21 Frank Reddout F 6-5 195 R Syracuse University
14 Arnie Risen C-F 6-9 200 October 9, 1924 5 Ohio State University
15 Odie Spears G 6-5 205 June 26, 1925 4 Western Kentucky University
12 Norm Swanson F 6-6 210 October 4, 1930 R University of Detroit Mercy
09 Bobby Wanzer G 6-0 170 June 4, 1921 5 Seton Hall 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 2010 5451 .369 1722 2518 .684 3494 1454 1904 5742 79.8
Opponent 72 5567 77.3

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 Bobby Wanzer 32 72 2538 322 835 .386 314 428 .734 392 254 171 958
2 Arnie Risen 29 72 2385 321 872 .368 307 430 .714 728 120 284 949
3 Bob Davies 34 72 2137 288 777 .371 311 433 .718 194 323 224 887
4 Jack McMahon 25 71 1891 250 691 .362 211 303 .696 211 238 221 711
5 Jack Coleman 29 71 2377 289 714 .405 108 181 .597 589 158 201 686
6 Odie Spears 28 72 1633 184 505 .364 183 238 .769 310 109 211 551
7 Alex Hannum 30 72 1707 175 503 .348 102 164 .622 350 105 279 452
8 Cal Christensen 26 70 1654 137 395 .347 138 261 .529 395 107 196 412
9 Norm Swanson 23 63 611 31 137 .226 38 64 .594 110 33 91 100
10 Al Masino 25 11 80 8 16 .500 7 12 .583 12 7 20 23
11 Frank Reddout 7 18 5 6 .833 3 4 .750 9 0 6 13

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 Bobby Wanzer 32 72 35.3 4.5 11.6 .386 4.4 5.9 .734 5.4 3.5 2.4 13.3
2 Arnie Risen 29 72 33.1 4.5 12.1 .368 4.3 6.0 .714 10.1 1.7 3.9 13.2
3 Bob Davies 34 72 29.7 4.0 10.8 .371 4.3 6.0 .718 2.7 4.5 3.1 12.3
4 Jack McMahon 25 71 26.6 3.5 9.7 .362 3.0 4.3 .696 3.0 3.4 3.1 10.0
5 Jack Coleman 29 71 33.5 4.1 10.1 .405 1.5 2.5 .597 8.3 2.2 2.8 9.7
6 Odie Spears 28 72 22.7 2.6 7.0 .364 2.5 3.3 .769 4.3 1.5 2.9 7.7
7 Alex Hannum 30 72 23.7 2.4 7.0 .348 1.4 2.3 .622 4.9 1.5 3.9 6.3
8 Cal Christensen 26 70 23.6 2.0 5.6 .347 2.0 3.7 .529 5.6 1.5 2.8 5.9
9 Al Masino 25 11 7.3 0.7 1.5 .500 0.6 1.1 .583 1.1 0.6 1.8 2.1
10 Frank Reddout 7 2.6 0.7 0.9 .833 0.4 0.6 .750 1.3 0.0 0.9 1.9
11 Norm Swanson 23 63 9.7 0.5 2.2 .226 0.6 1.0 .594 1.7 0.5 1.4 1.6

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 Frank Reddout 7 18 10.0 12.0 .833 6.0 8.0 .750 18.0 0.0 12.0 26.0
2 Bob Davies 34 72 2137 4.9 13.1 .371 5.2 7.3 .718 3.3 5.4 3.8 14.9
3 Arnie Risen 29 72 2385 4.8 13.2 .368 4.6 6.5 .714 11.0 1.8 4.3 14.3
4 Bobby Wanzer 32 72 2538 4.6 11.8 .386 4.5 6.1 .734 5.6 3.6 2.4 13.6
5 Jack McMahon 25 71 1891 4.8 13.2 .362 4.0 5.8 .696 4.0 4.5 4.2 13.5
6 Odie Spears 28 72 1633 4.1 11.1 .364 4.0 5.2 .769 6.8 2.4 4.7 12.1
7 Al Masino 25 11 80 3.6 7.2 .500 3.2 5.4 .583 5.4 3.2 9.0 10.4
8 Jack Coleman 29 71 2377 4.4 10.8 .405 1.6 2.7 .597 8.9 2.4 3.0 10.4
9 Alex Hannum 30 72 1707 3.7 10.6 .348 2.2 3.5 .622 7.4 2.2 5.9 9.5
10 Cal Christensen 26 70 1654 3.0 8.6 .347 3.0 5.7 .529 8.6 2.3 4.3 9.0
11 Norm Swanson 23 63 611 1.8 8.1 .226 2.2 3.8 .594 6.5 1.9 5.4 5.9

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 Bobby Wanzer 32 72 2538 17.7 .468 .386 5.1 4.0 9.1
2 Arnie Risen 29 72 2385 18.1 .447 .368 3.0 4.8 7.8
3 Bob Davies 34 72 2137 17.9 .458 .371 4.4 3.3 7.7
4 Jack Coleman 29 71 2377 14.7 .432 .405 1.4 4.4 5.8
5 Jack McMahon 25 71 1891 14.8 .431 .362 1.8 2.9 4.7
6 Odie Spears 28 72 1633 14.1 .452 .364 2.1 2.6 4.7
7 Cal Christensen 26 70 1654 11.6 .404 .347 -0.1 3.0 2.9
8 Alex Hannum 30 72 1707 9.4 .393 .348 -0.7 2.8 2.1
9 Al Masino 25 11 80 12.0 .540 .500 0.2 0.1 0.4
10 Frank Reddout 7 18 42.2 .838 .833 0.3 0.0 0.3
11 Norm Swanson 23 63 611 4.0 .303 .226 -1.3 0.9 -0.4

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player 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 Bobby Wanzer 32 6 245 30 74 36 44 35 26 18 96 .405 .818 40.8 16.0 5.8 4.3
2 Arnie Risen 29 6 200 28 67 33 44 54 4 25 89 .418 .750 33.3 14.8 9.0 0.7
3 Jack Coleman 29 6 238 27 54 16 18 74 12 17 70 .500 .889 39.7 11.7 12.3 2.0
4 Jack McMahon 25 6 197 27 69 14 25 24 24 15 68 .391 .560 32.8 11.3 4.0 4.0
5 Bob Davies 34 6 172 17 52 17 23 12 14 16 51 .327 .739 28.7 8.5 2.0 2.3
6 Alex Hannum 30 6 107 12 29 15 24 22 5 28 39 .414 .625 17.8 6.5 3.7 0.8
7 Cal Christensen 26 6 137 10 28 12 22 35 15 16 32 .357 .545 22.8 5.3 5.8 2.5
8 Odie Spears 28 6 121 8 28 12 14 13 8 17 28 .286 .857 20.2 4.7 2.2 1.3
9 Norm Swanson 23 6 23 3 7 2 3 5 0 5 8 .429 .667 3.8 1.3 0.8 0.0

Playoffs 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 Jack Coleman 29 6 238 19.5 .565 .500 11.2 0.6 0.1 0.7
2 Bobby Wanzer 32 6 245 19.2 .514 .405 24.1 0.6 0.1 0.7
3 Arnie Risen 29 6 200 19.5 .515 .418 4.7 0.5 0.1 0.6
4 Alex Hannum 30 6 107 12.4 .493 .414 10.4 0.2 0.0 0.2
5 Cal Christensen 26 6 137 14.0 .425 .357 22.4 0.0 0.1 0.1
6 Jack McMahon 25 6 197 14.5 .425 .391 28.6 0.0 0.1 0.0
7 Norm Swanson 23 6 23 10.9 .481 .429 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Odie Spears 28 6 121 7.4 .410 .286 13.3 -0.1 0.0 0.0
9 Bob Davies 34 6 172 9.4 .410 .327 17.6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1