1954-55 New York Knicks Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 38-34
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 1-2 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to Boston Celtics 2-1
Coach: Joe Lapchick (38-34)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 214,125, Avg. 8,565 in 25 home dates

1954-55 New York Knicks Roster
1954-55 New York Knicks Results

The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association ended the 1954-55 season with a record of 38 wins and 34 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.

New York scored 6,671 points and yielded 6,665. Carl Braun tossed in a team-leading 1,074 points for the Knicks, and Harry Gallatin accounted for 995 boards. Dick McGuire dished out 542 assists for the squad.

Joe Lapchick coached the team. The 1954-55 New York Knicks lost in the division semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Carl Braun	G-F	71	61	2479	1032	400			342	274	295	274	208	1074
Harry Gallatin	F-C	72	47	2548	859	330			483	393	995	176	206	1053
Ray Felix	C	72	57	2024	832	364			498	310	818	67	286	1038
Jim Baechtold	F-G	72	56	2536	898	362			339	279	307	218	202	1003
Nat Clifton	C-F	72	41	2390	932	360			328	224	612	198	221	944
Dick McGuire	G	71	46	2310	581	226			303	195	322	542	143	647
Jack Turner	F-G	65	9	922	308	111			76	60	154	77	76	282
Gene Shue	G	56	27	882	274	97			72	54	144	78	60	248
Bob Peterson	F	37	4	503	169	62			45	30	154	31	80	154
Bert Cook	G-F	37	3	424	133	42			50	34	72	33	39	118
Fred Christ	G	6	0	48	18	5			11	10	8	7	3	20
Chuck Grigsby	G	7	1	45	19	7			8	2	11	7	9	16
Bobby Knight	G-F	2	0	29	7	3			1	1	1	8	6	7
Herm Hedderick	G	5	0	23	9	2			1	0	4	2	3	4
Don Anielak	F	1	0	10	4	0			4	3	2	0	0	3
Totals		646	352	17173	6075	2371	0	0	2561	1869	3899	1718	1542	6611

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Carl Braun	G-F	71	61	34.9	38.8	80.1	4.2	3.9	2.9	15.1
Harry Gallatin	F-C	72	47	35.4	38.4	81.4	13.8	2.4	2.9	14.6
Ray Felix	C	72	57	28.1	43.8	62.2	11.4	0.9	4.0	14.4
Jim Baechtold	F-G	72	56	35.2	40.3	82.3	4.3	3.0	2.8	13.9
Nat Clifton	C-F	72	41	33.2	38.6	68.3	8.5	2.8	3.1	13.1
Dick McGuire	G	71	46	32.5	38.9	64.4	4.5	7.6	2.0	9.1
Jack Turner	F-G	65	9	14.2	36.0	78.9	2.4	1.2	1.2	4.3
Gene Shue	G	56	27	15.8	35.4	75.0	2.6	1.4	1.1	4.4
Bob Peterson	F	37	4	13.6	36.7	66.7	4.2	0.8	2.2	4.2
Bert Cook	G-F	37	3	11.5	31.6	68.0	1.9	0.9	1.1	3.2
Fred Christ	G	6	0	8.0	27.8	90.9	1.3	1.2	0.5	3.3
Chuck Grigsby	G	7	1	6.4	36.8	25.0	1.6	1.0	1.3	2.3
Bobby Knight	G-F	2	0	14.5	42.9	100.0	0.5	4.0	3.0	3.5
Herm Hedderick	G	5	0	4.6	22.2	0.0	0.8	0.4	0.6	0.8
Don Anielak	F	1	0	10.0	0.0	75.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
Averages		646	352	26.6	39.0	73.0	6.0	2.7	2.4	10.2

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Nat Clifton	C-F	3	110	52	20			24	19	23	13	12	59
Harry Gallatin	F-C	3	108	42	19			22	17	44	7	11	55
Carl Braun	G-F	3	103	44	18			20	18	14	16	11	54
Jim Baechtold	F-G	3	115	45	17			15	14	14	14	13	48
Bob Peterson	F	3	71	15	7			11	10	16	5	3	24
Gene Shue	G	3	49	17	8			7	6	12	4	5	22
Dick McGuire	G	3	75	19	6			12	8	9	12	7	20
Ray Felix	C	3	63	16	2			21	13	12	1	6	17
Bert Cook	G-F	1	20	6	4			2	0	0	2	3	8
Jack Turner	F-G	2	16	6	2			3	1	4	2	1	5
Totals		27	730	262	103	0	0	137	106	148	76	72	312

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Nat Clifton	C-F	3	36.7	38.5	79.2	7.7	4.3	4.0	19.7
Harry Gallatin	F-C	3	36.0	45.2	77.3	14.7	2.3	3.7	18.3
Carl Braun	G-F	3	34.3	40.9	90.0	4.7	5.3	3.7	18.0
Jim Baechtold	F-G	3	38.3	37.8	93.3	4.7	4.7	4.3	16.0
Bob Peterson	F	3	23.7	46.7	90.9	5.3	1.7	1.0	8.0
Gene Shue	G	3	16.3	47.1	85.7	4.0	1.3	1.7	7.3
Dick McGuire	G	3	25.0	31.6	66.7	3.0	4.0	2.3	6.7
Ray Felix	C	3	21.0	12.5	61.9	4.0	0.3	2.0	5.7
Bert Cook	G-F	1	20.0	66.7	0.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	8.0
Jack Turner	F-G	2	8.0	33.3	33.3	2.0	1.0	0.5	2.5
Averages		646	27.0	39.3	77.4	5.5	2.8	2.7	11.6