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1953–54 Philadelphia Warriors season

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1953–54 Philadelphia Warriors season
Head coachEdward Gottlieb
ArenaPhiladelphia Civic Center
Results
Record29–43 (.403)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWCAU
< 1952–53 1954–55 >

The 1953–54 NBA season was the Warriors' 8th season in the NBA.[1]

Regular season

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Season standings

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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

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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

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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

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References

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