1954–55 New York Knicks season explained

The 1954–55 New York Knicks season was the team's ninth year in the National Basketball Association (NBA). During the regular season, the Knicks achieved a 38–34 record, securing second place in the Atlantic Division.^[1] This performance earned New York its ninth consecutive NBA playoff berth.^[2] The Knicks lost in the best-of-three first round to the Boston Celtics, 2–1.^[1]

Offseason

NBA draft

See main article: 1954 NBA draft. Note: This is not an extensive list; it only covers the first and second rounds, and any other players picked by the franchise that played at least one game in the league.^[3]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	8	Jack Turner	G/F		Western Kentucky
2	17		G		Iona
3	26		F		SW Missouri State

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

1954-55 NBA Records
width=100	Team	BOS	FWP	MIL	MIN	NYK	PHI	ROC	SYR
	—	4–5	6–3	3–6	6–6	7–5	4–5	6–6
	5–4	—	11–1	9–3	2–7	6–3	8–4	2–7
	3–6	1–11	—	5–7	3–6	4–5	6–6	4–5
	6–3	3–9	7–5	—	4–5	6–3	8–4	6–3
New York	6–6	7–2	6–3	5–4	—	5–7	5–4	4–8
	5–7	3–6	5–4	3–6	7–5	—	5–4	5–7
	5–4	4–8	6–6	4–8	4–5	4–5	—	2–7
	6–6	7–2	5–4	3–6	8–4	7–5	7–2	—

Game log

1954–55 game log
	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	October 30		83–94	Carl Braun (26)	1–0
2	November 2		91–84	Baechtold, Felix, McGuire (14)	2–0
3	November 6		83–90	Ray Felix (16)	2–1
4	November 7	@ Minneapolis	103–93 (OT)	Nathaniel Clifton (29)	3–1
5	November 11		78–79	Carl Braun (19)	4–1
6	November 13		86–87	Carl Braun (19)	4–2
7	November 18	N Philadelphia	94–96	Harry Gallatin (23)	5–2
8	November 20		117–98	Felix, Gallatin (21)	5–3
9	November 24	@ Boston	103–108	Nathaniel Clifton (22)	5–4
10	November 27		80–74	Nathaniel Clifton (14)	5–5
11	November 28	@ Syracuse	77–79	Harry Gallatin (20)	5–6
12	November 30	Philadelphia	91–95 (OT)	Harry Gallatin (20)	6–6
13	December 1	N Syracuse	86–88	Nathaniel Clifton (19)	7–6
14	December 4	Fort Wayne	90–88	Clifton, Felix (14)	7–7
15	December 7	Minneapolis	89–97	Carl Braun (27)	8–7
16	December 8	N Philadelphia	86–77	Ray Felix (15)	8–8
17	December 9	@ Philadelphia	98–96	Carl Braun (27)	9–8
18	December 11	@ Milwaukee	97–87	Ray Felix (21)	10–8
19	December 12	@ Minneapolis	73–80	Braun, Gallatin (18)	10–9
20	December 14	Syracuse	91–82	Harry Gallatin (22)	10–10
21	December 15	N Syracuse	81–88	Ray Felix (27)	11–10
22	December 18	@ Milwaukee	91–85	Carl Braun (19)	12–10
23	December 19	Boston	81–93	Ray Felix (24)	13–10
24	December 25	Syracuse	101–109	Ray Felix (21)	14–10
25	December 26	@ Syracuse	92–97 (OT)	Nathaniel Clifton (21)	14–11
26	December 28	Philadelphia	84–78	Braun, Clifton (23)	14–12
27	December 29	@ Rochester	89–93	Ray Felix (19)	14–13
28	December 31	N Milwaukee	64–89	Ray Felix (17)	14–14
29	January 1	Milwaukee	91–100	Dick McGuire (22)	15–14
30	January 2	@ Boston	96–113	Jim Baechtold (20)	15–15
31	January 5	@ Rochester	85–103	Felix, Gallatin (14)	15–16
32	January 6	Boston	83–88	Nathaniel Clifton (28)	16–16
33	January 7	N Milwaukee	75–85	Carl Braun (29)	16–17
34	January 9	Philadelphia	84–86	Ray Felix (23)	17–17
35	January 13	N Boston	100–116	Jim Baechtold (33)	17–18
36	January 14	N Fort Wayne	97–83	Dick McGuire (20)	18–18
37	January 15	Fort Wayne	87–106	Carl Braun (22)	19–18
38	January 16	@ Boston	98–102	Harry Gallatin (20)	19–19
39	January 19	N Rochester	83–98	Carl Braun (23)	20–19
40	January 22	Philadelphia	102–99	Carl Braun (24)	20–20
41	January 23	@ Syracuse	98–89	Harry Gallatin (25)	21–20
42	January 25	N Rochester	107–104	Carl Braun (26)	21–21
43	January 26	@ Rochester	94–96	Jim Baechtold (26)	21–22
44	January 27	@ Philadelphia	83–92	Harry Gallatin (24)	21–23
45	January 29	Milwaukee	93–95 (OT)	Nathaniel Clifton (25)	22–23
46	January 31	N Fort Wayne	91–84	Nathaniel Clifton (22)	23–23
47	February 2	N Minneapolis	81–96	Clifton, McGuire (16)	23–24
48	February 3	@ Minneapolis	83–90	Carl Braun (17)	23–25
49	February 5	Boston	107–115	Jim Baechtold (26)	24–25
50	February 6	@ Syracuse	75–77	Ray Felix (26)	24–26
51	February 8	Minneapolis	95–98	Nathaniel Clifton (18)	25–26
52	February 9	N Minneapolis	118–112	Harry Gallatin (30)	26–26
53	February 12	Fort Wayne	82–88	Nathaniel Clifton (24)	27–26
54	February 13	@ Boston	105–103	Ray Felix (20)	28–26
55	February 14	N Fort Wayne	92–88	Harry Gallatin (23)	29–26
56	February 17	N Fort Wayne	93–86	Ray Felix (20)	30–26
57	February 19	Syracuse	80–78	Nathaniel Clifton (22)	30–27
58	February 20	@ Syracuse	84–104	Nathaniel Clifton (17)	30–28
59	February 22	Philadelphia	102–103	Jim Baechtold (23)	31–28
60	February 23	N Philadelphia	98–96	Baechtold, Felix (18)	31–29
61	February 25	@ Philadelphia	111–113 (3OT)	Jim Baechtold (30)	31–30
62	February 26	Milwaukee	79–72	Baechtold, Gallatin (13)	31–31
63	February 27	@ Fort Wayne	95–83	Ray Felix (18)	32–31
64	March 1	Syracuse	105–102	Carl Braun (25)	32–32
65	March 3	N Milwaukee	103–89	Nathaniel Clifton (22)	33–32
66	March 4	N Rochester	92–95	Jim Baechtold (24)	34–32
67	March 6	Rochester	96–101	Ray Felix (22)	35–32
68	March 7	N Minneapolis	96–97	Carl Braun (24)	35–33
69	March 8	N Rochester	96–99	Jim Baechtold (22)	36–33
70	March 10	Boston	95–114	Baechtold, Gallatin (21)	37–33
71	March 11	N Boston	97–95	Harry Gallatin (21)	38–33
72	March 13	@ Boston	101–112	Ray Felix (31)	38–34

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 1| March 15| @ Boston| L 101–122| Jim Baechtold (17)| —| Boston Garden| 0–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"| 2| March 16| Boston| W 102–95| Nat Clifton (25)| —| Madison Square Garden III| 1–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 3| March 19| Boston| L 109–116| Nat Clifton (21)| Nat Clifton (6)| Madison Square Garden III| 1–2|-

Awards and records

• Harry Gallatin, All-NBA Second Team^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1954–55 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics. Basketball-Reference. March 7, 2010.
2. Web site: New York Knickerbockers Franchise Index. Basketball-Reference. March 7, 2010.
3. Web site: 1954 NBA Draft. Basketball-Reference. December 22, 2012.
4. Web site: All-NBA & All-ABA Teams. Basketball-Reference. June 15, 2013.