1953-54 New York Knicks Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 44-28
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 0-4 Lost division round-robin
Coach: Joe Lapchick (44-28)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 221,079, Avg. 8,503 in 26 home dates

1953-54 New York Knicks Roster
1953-54 New York Knicks Results

The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association ended the 1953-54 season with a record of 44 wins and 28 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-4.

New York netted 5,688 points and conceded 5,697. Carl Braun tossed in a team-leading 1,062 points for the Knicks, while Harry Gallatin scored 13 or more per game also. Harry Gallatin accounted for 1,098 boards. Dick McGuire dished out 354 assists for the squad.

Joe Lapchick coached the team. The 1953-54 New York Knicks lost in the division round-robin.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Carl Braun	G-F	72	2373	884	354			429	354	246	209	259	1062
Harry Gallatin	F-C	72	2690	639	258			552	433	1098	153	208	949
Connie Simmons	C-F	72	2006	713	255			305	210	484	128	234	720
Nat Clifton	C-F	72	2179	699	257			277	174	528	176	215	688
Dick McGuire	G	68	2343	493	201			345	220	310	354	190	622
Jim Baechtold	F-G	70	1627	465	170			177	134	183	117	195	474
Vince Boryla	F	52	1522	525	175			81	70	130	77	128	420
Fred Schaus	F	44	1243	352	136			145	115	217	88	141	387
Al McGuire	G-F	64	849	177	58			133	58	121	103	144	174
Ernie Vandeweghe	F-G	15	271	103	37			31	25	20	29	38	99
Don Ackerman	G	28	220	63	14			28	15	15	23	43	43
Ed Smith	F	12	127	49	14			13	7	32	10	17	35
Totals		641	17450	5162	1929	0	0	2516	1815	3384	1467	1812	5673

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Carl Braun	G-F	72	33.0	40.0	82.5	3.4	2.9	3.6	14.8
Harry Gallatin	F-C	72	37.4	40.4	78.4	15.3	2.1	2.9	13.2
Connie Simmons	C-F	72	27.9	35.8	68.9	6.7	1.8	3.3	10.0
Nat Clifton	C-F	72	30.3	36.8	62.8	7.3	2.4	3.0	9.6
Dick McGuire	G	68	34.5	40.8	63.8	4.6	5.2	2.8	9.1
Jim Baechtold	F-G	70	23.2	36.6	75.7	2.6	1.7	2.8	6.8
Vince Boryla	F	52	29.3	33.3	86.4	2.5	1.5	2.5	8.1
Fred Schaus	F	44	28.3	38.6	79.3	4.9	2.0	3.2	8.8
Al McGuire	G-F	64	13.3	32.8	43.6	1.9	1.6	2.3	2.7
Ernie Vandeweghe	F-G	15	18.1	35.9	80.6	1.3	1.9	2.5	6.6
Don Ackerman	G	28	7.9	22.2	53.6	0.5	0.8	1.5	1.5
Ed Smith	F	12	10.6	28.6	53.8	2.7	0.8	1.4	2.9
Averages		641	27.2	37.4	72.1	5.3	2.3	2.8	8.9

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Carl Braun	G-F	4	125	52	18			40	35	12	9	22	71
Harry Gallatin	F-C	4	151	35	16			31	22	61	6	12	54
Connie Simmons	C-F	4	111	31	10			36	25	33	10	17	45
Jim Baechtold	F-G	4	106	29	12			13	11	10	11	19	35
Fred Schaus	F	4	119	25	7			15	14	12	8	18	28
Vince Boryla	F	3	66	14	8			13	11	2	1	12	27
Nat Clifton	C-F	4	125	27	8			17	9	140	39	15	25
Al McGuire	G-F	4	69	18	8			9	2	4	7	15	18
Dick McGuire	G	4	68	16	4			5	3	4	5	12	11
Don Ackerman	G	4	20	3	1			0	0	4	1	7	2
Totals		39	960	250	92	0	0	179	132	282	97	149	316

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Carl Braun	G-F	4	31.3	34.6	87.5	3.0	2.3	5.5	17.8
Harry Gallatin	F-C	4	37.8	45.7	71.0	15.3	1.5	3.0	13.5
Connie Simmons	C-F	4	27.8	32.3	69.4	8.3	2.5	4.3	11.3
Jim Baechtold	F-G	4	26.5	41.4	84.6	2.5	2.8	4.8	8.8
Fred Schaus	F	4	29.8	28.0	93.3	3.0	2.0	4.5	7.0
Vince Boryla	F	3	22.0	57.1	84.6	0.7	0.3	4.0	9.0
Nat Clifton	C-F	4	31.3	29.6	52.9	35.0	9.8	3.8	6.3
Al McGuire	G-F	4	17.3	44.4	22.2	1.0	1.8	3.8	4.5
Dick McGuire	G	4	17.0	25.0	60.0	1.0	1.3	3.0	2.8
Don Ackerman	G	4	5.0	33.3		1.0	0.3	1.8	0.5
Averages		641	24.6	36.8	73.7	7.2	2.5	3.8	8.1