
1953-54 Rochester Royals Statistics
Team Record: 44-28
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 3-3 Lost division finals
Division Finals - Lost to Minneapolis Lakers 2-1
Coach: Les Harrison (44-28)
Location: Rochester, New York
1953-54 Rochester Royals Results
The Rochester Royals of the National Basketball Association ended the 1953-54 season with a record of 44 wins and 28 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-3.
The Royals scored 5,742 points and conceded 5,567. Bobby Wanzer tossed in a team-leading 958 points for Rochester, and Arnie Risen contributed 13 or more per game, too. Arnie Risen accounted for 728 boards. Bob Davies dished out 323 assists for the squad.
Les Harrison coached the team. The 1953-54 Rochester Royals lost in the division finals.
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Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bobby Wanzer | G | 72 | 2538 | 835 | 322 | 428 | 314 | 0 | 0 | 392 | 254 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171 | 958 | ||
Arnie Risen | C-F | 72 | 2385 | 872 | 321 | 430 | 307 | 0 | 0 | 728 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 284 | 949 | ||
Bob Davies | G-F | 72 | 2137 | 777 | 288 | 433 | 311 | 0 | 0 | 194 | 323 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 224 | 887 | ||
Jack McMahon | G | 71 | 1891 | 691 | 250 | 303 | 211 | 0 | 0 | 211 | 238 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 221 | 711 | ||
Jack Coleman | F-C | 71 | 2377 | 714 | 289 | 181 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 589 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 201 | 686 | ||
Odie Spears | G | 72 | 1633 | 505 | 184 | 238 | 183 | 0 | 0 | 310 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 211 | 551 | ||
Alex Hannum | F-C | 72 | 1707 | 503 | 175 | 164 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 350 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 279 | 452 | ||
Cal Christensen | F-C | 70 | 1654 | 395 | 137 | 261 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 395 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196 | 412 | ||
Norm Swanson | F | 63 | 611 | 137 | 31 | 64 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 100 | ||
Al Masino | G | 11 | 50 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 23 | ||
Frank Reddout | F | 7 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | ||
Totals | 653 | 17001 | 5451 | 2010 | 0 | 0 | 2518 | 1722 | 0 | 0 | 3295 | 1454 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1904 | 5742 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bobby Wanzer | G | 72 | 35.3 | 38.6 | 73.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 13.3 | |
Arnie Risen | C-F | 72 | 33.1 | 36.8 | 71.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.1 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 13.2 | |
Bob Davies | G-F | 72 | 29.7 | 37.1 | 71.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 12.3 | |
Jack McMahon | G | 71 | 26.6 | 36.2 | 69.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 10.0 | |
Jack Coleman | F-C | 71 | 33.5 | 40.5 | 59.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.3 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 9.7 | |
Odie Spears | G | 72 | 22.7 | 36.4 | 76.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 7.7 | |
Alex Hannum | F-C | 72 | 23.7 | 34.8 | 62.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 6.3 | |
Cal Christensen | F-C | 70 | 23.6 | 34.7 | 52.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 5.9 | |
Norm Swanson | F | 63 | 9.7 | 22.6 | 59.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 1.6 | |
Al Masino | G | 11 | 4.5 | 50.0 | 58.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 2.1 | |
Frank Reddout | F | 7 | 2.6 | 83.3 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 1.9 | |
Averages | 653 | 26.0 | 36.9 | 68.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 8.8 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bobby Wanzer | G | 6 | 245 | 74 | 30 | 44 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 96 | ||
Arnie Risen | C-F | 6 | 200 | 67 | 28 | 44 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 89 | ||
Jack Coleman | F-C | 6 | 238 | 54 | 27 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 70 | ||
Jack McMahon | G | 6 | 197 | 69 | 27 | 25 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 68 | ||
Bob Davies | G-F | 6 | 172 | 52 | 17 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 51 | ||
Alex Hannum | F-C | 6 | 107 | 29 | 12 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 39 | ||
Cal Christensen | F-C | 6 | 137 | 28 | 10 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 32 | ||
Odie Spears | G | 6 | 121 | 28 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 28 | ||
Norm Swanson | F | 6 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | ||
Totals | 54 | 1440 | 408 | 162 | 0 | 0 | 217 | 157 | 0 | 0 | 274 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 481 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bobby Wanzer | G | 6 | 40.8 | 40.5 | 81.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 16.0 | |
Arnie Risen | C-F | 6 | 33.3 | 41.8 | 75.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 14.8 | |
Jack Coleman | F-C | 6 | 39.7 | 50.0 | 88.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 11.7 | |
Jack McMahon | G | 6 | 32.8 | 39.1 | 56.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 11.3 | |
Bob Davies | G-F | 6 | 28.7 | 32.7 | 73.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 8.5 | |
Alex Hannum | F-C | 6 | 17.8 | 41.4 | 62.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 6.5 | |
Cal Christensen | F-C | 6 | 22.8 | 35.7 | 54.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 5.3 | |
Odie Spears | G | 6 | 20.2 | 28.6 | 85.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 4.7 | |
Norm Swanson | F | 6 | 3.8 | 42.9 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.3 | |
Averages | 653 | 26.7 | 39.7 | 72.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 8.9 |