| 1953–54 Philadelphia Warriors season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Edward Gottlieb |
| Arena | Philadelphia Civic Center |
| Results | |
| Record | 29–43 (.403) |
| Place | Division: 4th (Eastern) |
| Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
| Radio | WCAU |
The 1953–54 NBA season was the Warriors' 8th season in the NBA.[1]
Regular season
Season standings
| W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| x-New York Knicks | 44 | 28 | .611 | – | 18–8 | 15–13 | 11–7 | 24–16 |
| x-Boston Celtics | 42 | 30 | .583 | 2 | 17–6 | 10–19 | 15–5 | 25–15 |
| x-Syracuse Nationals | 42 | 30 | .583 | 2 | 26–6 | 11–17 | 5–7 | 21–19 |
| Philadelphia Warriors | 29 | 43 | .403 | 15 | 10–9 | 6–16 | 13–18 | 19–21 |
| Baltimore Bullets | 16 | 56 | .222 | 28 | 12–18 | 0–22 | 4–16 | 11–29 |
- x – clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponents
| 1953-54 NBA Records | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | BAL | BOS | FWP | MIL | MIN | NYK | PHI | ROC | SYR |
| Baltimore | — | 1–9 | 0–8 | 2–6 | 2–6 | 3–7 | 4–6 | 1–7 | 3–7 |
| Boston | 9–1 | — | 4–4 | 6–2 | 3–5 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 4–4 | 5–5 |
| Fort Wayne | 8–0 | 4–4 | — | 9–2 | 5–5 | 3–5 | 6–2 | 3–8 | 2–6 |
| Milwaukee | 6–2 | 2–6 | 2–9 | — | 3–8 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 1–9 | 1–7 |
| Minneapolis | 6–2 | 5–3 | 5–5 | 8–3 | — | 5–3 | 6–2 | 6–5 | 5–3 |
| New York | 7–3 | 5–5 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 3–5 | — | 7–3 | 7–1 | 5–5 |
| Philadelphia | 6–4 | 4–6 | 2–6 | 5–3 | 2–6 | 3–7 | — | 1–7 | 6–4 |
| Rochester | 7–1 | 4–4 | 8–3 | 9–1 | 5–6 | 1–7 | 7–1 | — | 3–5 |
| Syracuse | 7–3 | 5–5 | 6–2 | 7–1 | 3–5 | 5–5 | 4–6 | 5–3 | — |
Game log
| 1953–54 Game log | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
| 1 | October 31 | Syracuse | 73–79 | Neil Johnston (20) | 1–0 | |||||
| 2 | November 1 | @ Syracuse | 61–85 | Neil Johnston (17) | 1–1 | |||||
| 3 | November 7 | Boston | 79–77 | Joe Graboski (23) | 1–2 | |||||
| 4 | November 8 | @ Baltimore | 85–75 | Neil Johnston (23) | 2–2 | |||||
| 5 | November 10 | @ Rochester | 66–64 | Neil Johnston (26) | 3–2 | |||||
| 6 | November 11 | @ Boston | 78–72 | Davis, George (18) | 4–2 | |||||
| 7 | November 12 | @ New York | 65–81 | Neil Johnston (18) | 4–3 | |||||
| 8 | November 14 | Fort Wayne | 58–63 | Neil Johnston (20) | 5–3 | |||||
| 9 | November 18 | @ New York | 83–88 | Neil Johnston (41) | 5–4 | |||||
| 10 | November 19 | Minneapolis | 107–79 | Neil Johnston (19) | 5–5 | |||||
| 11 | November 21 | @ Baltimore | 103–83 | Neil Johnston (23) | 6–5 | |||||
| 12 | November 24 | Baltimore | 80–83 | Neil Johnston (30) | 7–5 | |||||
| 13 | November 26 | @ Minneapolis | 80–88 | Neil Johnston (34) | 7–6 | |||||
| 14 | November 27 | N Milwaukee | 51–55 | Neil Johnston (16) | 7–7 | |||||
| 15 | November 28 | N Milwaukee | 68–71 | Joe Graboski (23) | 7–8 | |||||
| 16 | November 29 | @ Fort Wayne | 69–83 | Neil Johnston (28) | 7–9 | |||||
| 17 | December 1 | N Boston | 86–89 (OT) | Neil Johnston (30) | 7–10 | |||||
| 18 | December 3 | New York | 74–79 | Neil Johnston (33) | 8–10 | |||||
| 19 | December 9 | Boston | 103–104 (OT) | Jack George (23) | 9–10 | |||||
| 20 | December 10 | N Baltimore | 83–77 | Neil Johnston (28) | 10–10 | |||||
| 21 | December 17 | N Rochester | 91–79 | Neil Johnston (30) | 10–11 | |||||
| 22 | December 20 | N Boston | 89–101 | Joe Graboski (32) | 10–12 | |||||
| 23 | December 25 | Rochester | 73–65 | Graboski, Johnston (21) | 10–13 | |||||
| 24 | December 27 | @ New York | 76–79 | Neil Johnston (26) | 10–14 | |||||
| 25 | December 28 | N Milwaukee | 69–63 | Joe Graboski (19) | 11–14 | |||||
| 26 | December 31 | N Fort Wayne | 56–83 | Neil Johnston (15) | 11–15 | |||||
| 27 | January 1 | @ Rochester | 76–79 | Neil Johnston (21) | 11–16 | |||||
| 28 | January 2 | Syracuse | 74–66 | Neil Johnston (22) | 11–17 | |||||
| 29 | January 3 | @ Syracuse | 90–77 | Neil Johnston (26) | 12–17 | |||||
| 30 | January 5 | Milwaukee | 88–99 | Neil Johnston (33) | 13–17 | |||||
| 31 | January 6 | N Milwaukee | 77–72 | Neil Johnston (22) | 14–17 | |||||
| 32 | January 7 | N Milwaukee | 88–73 | Neil Johnston (30) | 15–17 | |||||
| 33 | January 9 | @ Baltimore | 90–95 | Walt Davis (25) | 15–18 | |||||
| 34 | January 14 | New York | 83–71 | Neil Johnston (19) | 15–19 | |||||
| 35 | January 16 | @ Baltimore | 72–82 | Neil Johnston (23) | 15–20 | |||||
| 36 | January 17 | N Baltimore | 74–78 | Graboski, Zawoluk (15) | 15–21 | |||||
| 37 | January 19 | Boston | 73–89 | Neil Johnston (23) | 16–21 | |||||
| 38 | January 22 | N New York | 82–84 | Neil Johnston (32) | 16–22 | |||||
| 39 | January 23 | @ Rochester | 61–71 | Neil Johnston (19) | 16–23 | |||||
| 40 | January 24 | @ Syracuse | 80–78 | Neil Johnston (24) | 17–23 | |||||
| 41 | January 26 | N Syracuse | 79–75 | Neil Johnston (16) | 17–24 | |||||
| 42 | January 28 | Rochester | 82–79 (OT) | Neil Johnston (33) | 17–25 | |||||
| 43 | January 30 | @ Baltimore | 74–80 | Graboski, Johnston (24) | 17–26 | |||||
| 44 | February 3 | N Syracuse | 79–82 | Neil Johnston (23) | 18–26 | |||||
| 45 | February 4 | Boston | 78–80 | Joe Graboski (24) | 19–26 | |||||
| 46 | February 5 | @ Milwaukee | 66–69 | Joe Graboski (21) | 19–27 | |||||
| 47 | February 6 | @ Minneapolis | 94–97 | Joe Graboski (23) | 19–28 | |||||
| 48 | February 8 | N Minneapolis | 91–104 | Neil Johnston (41) | 19–29 | |||||
| 49 | February 9 | N Minneapolis | 67–70 | Neil Johnston (23) | 19–30 | |||||
| 50 | February 10 | N Baltimore | 97–79 | Neil Johnston (22) | 20–30 | |||||
| 51 | February 11 | Syracuse | 74–76 (2OT) | Neil Johnston (22) | 21–30 | |||||
| 52 | February 12 | N Baltimore | 75–72 | Joe Graboski (22) | 22–30 | |||||
| 53 | February 13 | N Minneapolis | 77–86 | Neil Johnston (28) | 22–31 | |||||
| 54 | February 14 | @ Fort Wayne | 76–94 | Neil Johnston (26) | 22–32 | |||||
| 55 | February 16 | N Syracuse | 77–95 | Neil Johnston (50) | 23–32 | |||||
| 56 | February 18 | New York | 69–60 | Neil Johnston (17) | 23–33 | |||||
| 57 | February 20 | @ New York | 89–75 | Zeke Zawoluk (25) | 24–33 | |||||
| 58 | February 21 | N Boston | 85–95 | Graboski, Johnston (21) | 24–34 | |||||
| 59 | February 22 | N Minneapolis | 79–72 | Neil Johnston (36) | 25–34 | |||||
| 60 | February 25 | Minneapolis | 72–81 | Joe Graboski (31) | 26–34 | |||||
| 61 | February 27 | Fort Wayne | 79–72 | Jack George (20) | 26–35 | |||||
| 62 | February 28 | N New York | 83–78 | Neil Johnston (19) | 27–35 | |||||
| 63 | March 1 | N Milwaukee | 78–73 | Neil Johnston (33) | 28–35 | |||||
| 64 | March 3 | N New York | 79–88 | Neil Johnston (32) | 28–36 | |||||
| 65 | March 4 | Rochester | 85–78 | Neil Johnston (26) | 28–37 | |||||
| 66 | March 5 | N Fort Wayne | 70–76 | Neil Johnston (24) | 28–38 | |||||
| 67 | March 6 | @ Syracuse | 77–88 | Neil Johnston (39) | 28–39 | |||||
| 68 | March 8 | N Fort Wayne | 75–73 | Neil Johnston (33) | 29–39 | |||||
| 69 | March 10 | N Fort Wayne | 70–88 | Zeke Zawoluk (19) | 29–40 | |||||
| 70 | March 12 | N Boston | 95–97 (2OT) | Neil Johnston (36) | 29–41 | |||||
| 71 | March 13 | @ Rochester | 76–77 | Neil Johnston (27) | 29–42 | |||||
| 72 | March 14 | @ Boston | 92–97 | Neil Johnston (23) | 29–43 | |||||
Awards and records
References
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