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1954-55 Rochester Royals Schedule and Results

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29-43, Finished 3rd in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Les Harrison (29-43)

PTS/G: 90.8 (7th of 8) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 92.4 (4th of 8)
SRS: -1.43 (7th of 8)
Expected W-L: 32-40 (7th of 8)

Arena: Edgerton Park Arena ▪ Attendance: 79,285 (5th of 6)

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

Regular Season

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sat, Oct 30, 1954 Boston Celtics W 98 95 1 0 W 1
2 Sun, Nov 7, 1954 @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 84 109 1 1 L 1
3 Wed, Nov 10, 1954 Milwaukee Hawks W 90 86 2 1 W 1
4 Thu, Nov 11, 1954 @ New York Knicks L 78 79 2 2 L 1
5 Sat, Nov 13, 1954 Fort Wayne Pistons L 98 103 2 3 L 2
6 Tue, Nov 16, 1954 @ Boston Celtics L 98 99 2 4 L 3
7 Sat, Nov 20, 1954 Syracuse Nationals L 79 80 2 5 L 4
8 Sun, Nov 21, 1954 @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 78 89 2 6 L 5
9 Wed, Nov 24, 1954 @ Milwaukee Hawks W OT 90 87 3 6 W 1
10 Thu, Nov 25, 1954 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 84 95 3 7 L 1
11 Sat, Nov 27, 1954 Boston Celtics W 107 101 4 7 W 1
12 Wed, Dec 1, 1954 Fort Wayne Pistons L OT 96 101 4 8 L 1
13 Thu, Dec 2, 1954 @ Syracuse Nationals L 78 82 4 9 L 2
14 Sat, Dec 4, 1954 @ Boston Celtics L 102 110 4 10 L 3
15 Sun, Dec 5, 1954 @ Fort Wayne Pistons W 97 96 5 10 W 1
16 Tue, Dec 7, 1954 N Boston Celtics L 93 95 5 11 L 1 at New York, NY
17 Wed, Dec 8, 1954 Syracuse Nationals W 105 78 6 11 W 1
18 Sat, Dec 11, 1954 Minneapolis Lakers L 83 91 6 12 L 1
19 Sun, Dec 12, 1954 N Milwaukee Hawks L 74 86 6 13 L 2 at Endicott, NY
20 Wed, Dec 15, 1954 N Minneapolis Lakers W OT 99 97 7 13 W 1 at Buffalo, NY
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sat, Dec 18, 1954 Fort Wayne Pistons L 86 87 7 14 L 1
22 Sun, Dec 19, 1954 N Philadelphia Warriors W 92 79 8 14 W 1 at New York, NY
23 Sat, Dec 25, 1954 Fort Wayne Pistons W 80 73 9 14 W 2
24 Tue, Dec 28, 1954 N Syracuse Nationals L 82 84 9 15 L 1 at New York, NY
25 Wed, Dec 29, 1954 New York Knicks W 93 89 10 15 W 1
26 Sat, Jan 1, 1955 Philadelphia Warriors W 96 92 11 15 W 2
27 Sun, Jan 2, 1955 @ Minneapolis Lakers W 102 100 12 15 W 3
28 Tue, Jan 4, 1955 @ Milwaukee Hawks L 80 92 12 16 L 1
29 Wed, Jan 5, 1955 New York Knicks W 103 85 13 16 W 1
30 Thu, Jan 6, 1955 N Fort Wayne Pistons L 83 90 13 17 L 1 at New York, NY
31 Sat, Jan 8, 1955 Milwaukee Hawks W 91 88 14 17 W 1
32 Sun, Jan 9, 1955 @ Boston Celtics L 92 98 14 18 L 1
33 Tue, Jan 11, 1955 N Milwaukee Hawks L 90 93 14 19 L 2 at Fort Wayne, IN
34 Wed, Jan 12, 1955 Minneapolis Lakers L 88 102 14 20 L 3
35 Sat, Jan 15, 1955 Minneapolis Lakers W 93 90 15 20 W 1
36 Sun, Jan 16, 1955 @ Syracuse Nationals L 85 90 15 21 L 1
37 Wed, Jan 19, 1955 N New York Knicks L 83 98 15 22 L 2 at Hershey, PA
38 Sat, Jan 22, 1955 Boston Celtics W 121 110 16 22 W 1
39 Sun, Jan 23, 1955 @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 84 105 16 23 L 1
40 Mon, Jan 24, 1955 N Milwaukee Hawks W 97 86 17 23 W 1 at Louisville, KY
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Tue, Jan 25, 1955 N New York Knicks W 107 104 18 23 W 2 at Buffalo, NY
42 Wed, Jan 26, 1955 New York Knicks W 96 94 19 23 W 3
43 Thu, Jan 27, 1955 N Boston Celtics W 98 92 20 23 W 4 at Philadelphia, PA
44 Sat, Jan 29, 1955 Philadelphia Warriors W 87 85 21 23 W 5
45 Mon, Jan 31, 1955 @ Milwaukee Hawks L 80 100 21 24 L 1
46 Wed, Feb 2, 1955 Fort Wayne Pistons W 84 74 22 24 W 1
47 Thu, Feb 3, 1955 N Milwaukee Hawks W 88 87 23 24 W 2 at Fort Wayne, IN
48 Fri, Feb 4, 1955 @ Philadelphia Warriors L 101 109 23 25 L 1
49 Sat, Feb 5, 1955 Syracuse Nationals L 88 94 23 26 L 2
50 Sun, Feb 6, 1955 @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 75 92 23 27 L 3
51 Wed, Feb 9, 1955 Milwaukee Hawks L 74 75 23 28 L 4
52 Fri, Feb 11, 1955 N Fort Wayne Pistons W 91 83 24 28 W 1 at Richmond, VA
53 Sat, Feb 12, 1955 Minneapolis Lakers L 95 96 24 29 L 1
54 Sun, Feb 13, 1955 @ Syracuse Nationals L 87 88 24 30 L 2
55 Mon, Feb 14, 1955 N Philadelphia Warriors L 72 79 24 31 L 3 at Toledo, OH
56 Tue, Feb 15, 1955 N Philadelphia Warriors L 113 114 24 32 L 4 at Buffalo, NY
57 Wed, Feb 16, 1955 N Philadelphia Warriors L 96 98 24 33 L 5 at Saratoga Springs, NY
58 Thu, Feb 17, 1955 N Philadelphia Warriors L 73 78 24 34 L 6 at New Haven, CT
59 Sat, Feb 19, 1955 Milwaukee Hawks L 78 84 24 35 L 7
60 Sun, Feb 20, 1955 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 92 105 24 36 L 8
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Mon, Feb 21, 1955 N Minneapolis Lakers L 110 112 24 37 L 9 at Spencer, IA
62 Tue, Feb 22, 1955 @ Milwaukee Hawks W 87 71 25 37 W 1
63 Thu, Feb 24, 1955 @ Syracuse Nationals L 83 97 25 38 L 1
64 Sat, Feb 26, 1955 Philadelphia Warriors W 88 80 26 38 W 1
65 Sun, Feb 27, 1955 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 84 93 26 39 L 1
66 Thu, Mar 3, 1955 N Minneapolis Lakers W 83 76 27 39 W 1 at Fort Wayne, IN
67 Fri, Mar 4, 1955 N New York Knicks L 92 95 27 40 L 1 at Boston, MA
68 Sat, Mar 5, 1955 Minneapolis Lakers L OT 104 107 27 41 L 2
69 Sun, Mar 6, 1955 @ New York Knicks L 96 101 27 42 L 3
70 Tue, Mar 8, 1955 N New York Knicks L 96 99 27 43 L 4 at White Plains, NY
71 Wed, Mar 9, 1955 Syracuse Nationals W 100 97 28 43 W 1
72 Sat, Mar 12, 1955 Boston Celtics W 105 103 29 43 W 2

Playoffs

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Wed, Mar 16, 1955 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 78 82 0 1 L 1 at Saint Paul, MN
2 Fri, Mar 18, 1955 Minneapolis Lakers W 94 92 1 1 W 1
3 Sat, Mar 19, 1955 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 110 119 1 2 L 1 at Saint Paul, MN