1954-55 Rochester Royals Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 29-43
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 1-2 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to Minneapolis Lakers 2-1
Coach: Les Harrison (29-43)
Location: Rochester, New York
Attendance: 79,285, Avg. 2,832 in 28 home dates

1954-55 Rochester Royals Roster
1954-55 Rochester Royals Results

The Rochester Royals of the National Basketball Association ended the 1954-55 season with a record of 29 wins and 43 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.

Rochester tossed in 6,535 points and allowed 6,652. Bobby Wanzer scored a team-leading 942 points for the Royals, and Jack Coleman contributed 729 boards. Bob Davies dished out 355 assists for the squad.

Les Harrison coached the team. The 1954-55 Rochester Royals 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
Bobby Wanzer	G	72	61	2376	820	324			374	294	374	247	163	942
Jack Coleman	F-C	72	63	2482	866	400			183	124	729	232	201	924
Bob Davies	G-F	72	47	1870	785	326			293	220	205	355	220	872
Arnie Risen	C-F	69	56	1970	699	259			375	279	703	112	253	797
Odie Spears	G	71	45	1888	585	226			271	220	299	148	252	672
Jack McMahon	G	72	30	1807	721	251			225	143	211	246	179	645
Tom Marshall	F-G	72	15	1337	505	223			194	131	256	111	99	577
Art Spoelstra	C	70	15	1127	399	159			156	108	285	58	170	426
Cal Christensen	F-C	71	22	1204	305	114			206	124	388	104	174	352
Don Henriksen	F-C	56	6	1235	315	111			130	86	435	79	148	308
Boris Nachamkin	F	6	0	59	20	6			13	8	19	3	6	20
Totals		703	360	17355	6020	2399	0	0	2420	1737	3904	1695	1865	6535

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bobby Wanzer	G	72	61	33.0	39.5	78.6	5.2	3.4	2.3	13.1
Jack Coleman	F-C	72	63	34.5	46.2	67.8	10.1	3.2	2.8	12.8
Bob Davies	G-F	72	47	26.0	41.5	75.1	2.8	4.9	3.1	12.1
Arnie Risen	C-F	69	56	28.6	37.1	74.4	10.2	1.6	3.7	11.6
Odie Spears	G	71	45	26.6	38.6	81.2	4.2	2.1	3.5	9.5
Jack McMahon	G	72	30	25.1	34.8	63.6	2.9	3.4	2.5	9.0
Tom Marshall	F-G	72	15	18.6	44.2	67.5	3.6	1.5	1.4	8.0
Art Spoelstra	C	70	15	16.1	39.8	69.2	4.1	0.8	2.4	6.1
Cal Christensen	F-C	71	22	17.0	37.4	60.2	5.5	1.5	2.5	5.0
Don Henriksen	F-C	56	6	22.1	35.2	66.2	7.8	1.4	2.6	5.5
Boris Nachamkin	F	6	0	9.8	30.0	61.5	3.2	0.5	1.0	3.3
Averages		703	360	24.7	39.9	71.8	5.6	2.4	2.7	9.3

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bobby Wanzer	G	3	100	35	16			24	22	21	8	8	54
Jack McMahon	G	3	109	42	17			28	18	17	15	7	52
Arnie Risen	C-F	3	77	38	17			19	14	37	5	13	48
Odie Spears	G	3	90	45	12			16	11	14	10	14	35
Bob Davies	G-F	3	75	33	11			4	3	6	9	11	25
Jack Coleman	F-C	3	91	36	11			9	2	28	8	11	24
Art Spoelstra	C	3	28	14	7			1	1	9	0	11	15
Don Henriksen	F-C	3	70	12	3			10	7	16	3	5	13
Tom Marshall	F-G	3	50	20	3			5	3	17	2	1	9
Cal Christensen	F-C	3	30	8	2			6	3	6	0	1	7
Totals		30	720	283	99	0	0	122	84	171	60	82	282

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bobby Wanzer	G	3	33.3	45.7	91.7	7.0	2.7	2.7	18.0
Jack McMahon	G	3	36.3	40.5	64.3	5.7	5.0	2.3	17.3
Arnie Risen	C-F	3	25.7	44.7	73.7	12.3	1.7	4.3	16.0
Odie Spears	G	3	30.0	26.7	68.8	4.7	3.3	4.7	11.7
Bob Davies	G-F	3	25.0	33.3	75.0	2.0	3.0	3.7	8.3
Jack Coleman	F-C	3	30.3	30.6	22.2	9.3	2.7	3.7	8.0
Art Spoelstra	C	3	9.3	50.0	100.0	3.0	0.0	3.7	5.0
Don Henriksen	F-C	3	23.3	25.0	70.0	5.3	1.0	1.7	4.3
Tom Marshall	F-G	3	16.7	15.0	60.0	5.7	0.7	0.3	3.0
Cal Christensen	F-C	3	10.0	25.0	50.0	2.0	0.0	0.3	2.3
Averages		703	24.0	35.0	68.9	5.7	2.0	2.7	9.4