1953–54 Rochester Royals season

1953–54 Rochester Royals season
Head coach	Les Harrison
Owners	Jack Harrison Les Harrison
Arena	Edgerton Park Arena
Results
Record	44–28 (.611)
Place	Division: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finish	West Division Finals (eliminated 1–2)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	WHAM

The 1953–54 NBA season was the Royals sixth season in the NBA.

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Minneapolis Lakers	46	26	.639	–	20–4	13–15	13–7	19–13
x-Rochester Royals	44	28	.611	2	18–10	12–15	14–3	22–10
x-Fort Wayne Pistons	40	32	.556	6	19–8	11–17	10–7	17–15
Milwaukee Hawks	21	51	.292	25	11–14	5–17	6–20	6–26

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1953–54 NBA records
Team	BAL	BOS	FWP	MIL	MIN	NYK	PHI	ROC	SYR
Baltimore	—	1–9	0–8	2–6	2–6	3–7	4–6	1–7	3–7
Boston	9–1	—	4–4	6–2	3–5	5–5	6–4	4–4	5–5
Fort Wayne	8–0	4–4	—	9–2	5–5	3–5	6–2	3–8	2–6
Milwaukee	6–2	2–6	2–9	—	3–8	3–5	3–5	1–9	1–7
Minneapolis	6–2	5–3	5–5	8–3	—	5–3	6–2	6–5	5–3
New York	7–3	5–5	5–3	5–3	3–5	—	7–3	7–1	5–5
Philadelphia	6–4	4–6	2–6	5–3	2–6	3–7	—	1–7	6–4
Rochester	7–1	4–4	8–3	9–1	5–6	1–7	7–1	—	3–5
Syracuse	7–3	5–5	6–2	7–1	3–5	5–5	4–6	5–3	—

Game log

1953–54 Game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	October 31	N Baltimore	72–68	Bob Davies (20)	1–0
2	November 1	@ Baltimore	80–72	Bobby Wanzer (25)	2–0
3	November 7	Fort Wayne	76–91	Bobby Wanzer (18)	3–0
4	November 8	@ Syracuse	66–85	Arnie Risen (16)	3–1
5	November 10	Philadelphia	66–64	Jack Coleman (13)	3–2
6	November 14	Minneapolis	91–98 (3OT)	Odie Spears (22)	4–2
7	November 15	@ Fort Wayne	65–68	Arnie Risen (19)	4–3
8	November 17	N Boston	92–73	Bobby Wanzer (16)	5–3
9	November 19	N Milwaukee	79–69	Bobby Wanzer (21)	6–3
10	November 20	@ Milwaukee	81–63	Bob Davies (17)	7–3
11	November 21	@ Minneapolis	70–76	Hannum, Risen (15)	7–4
12	November 22	@ Fort Wayne	82–83	Bobby Wanzer (15)	7–5
13	November 24	Syracuse	89–80	Bobby Wanzer (14)	7–6
14	November 26	@ Baltimore	80–75 (OT)	Bobby Wanzer (14)	8–6
15	November 28	@ New York	90–95 (OT)	Jack McMahon (20)	8–7
16	November 29	New York	69–64	Arnie Risen (18)	8–8
17	December 1	Fort Wayne	69–92	Bobby Wanzer (24)	9–8
18	December 5	Baltimore	65–72	Jack McMahon (19)	10–8
19	December 8	Boston	79–97	Bob Davies (21)	11–8
20	December 12	Syracuse	85–90	Bob Davies (23)	12–8
21	December 13	N Minneapolis	87–70	Arnie Risen (19)	13–8
22	December 15	Milwaukee	64–76	Arnie Risen (18)	14–8
23	December 17	N Philadelphia	91–79	Arnie Risen (23)	15–8
24	December 19	Minneapolis	91–78	Arnie Risen (16)	15–9
25	December 25	@ Philadelphia	73–65	Bob Davies (19)	16–9
26	December 26	New York	78–77	Arnie Risen (24)	16–10
27	December 27	@ Boston	72–98	Bob Davies (16)	16–11
28	December 29	Baltimore	77–96	Jack Coleman (23)	17–11
29	December 31	@ Syracuse	81–86	Bobby Wanzer (25)	17–12
30	January 1	Philadelphia	76–79	Bobby Wanzer (20)	18–12
31	January 2	Fort Wayne	76–77 (OT)	Arnie Risen (19)	19–12
32	January 4	N Minneapolis	85–84	Bob Davies (16)	20–12
33	January 7	@ Minneapolis	71–89	Bob Davies (15)	20–13
34	January 9	New York	88–87	Bobby Wanzer (22)	20–14
35	January 10	@ New York	69–81	Jack McMahon (17)	20–15
36	January 12	Milwaukee	73–78	Bobby Wanzer (16)	21–15
37	January 16	Syracuse	95–93 (3OT)	Alex Hannum (18)	21–16
38	January 17	@ Syracuse	81–84	Arnie Risen (24)	21–17
39	January 19	N Fort Wayne	73–67	Bobby Wanzer (18)	22–17
40	January 23	Philadelphia	61–71	Arnie Risen (15)	23–17
41	January 24	@ Boston	93–85	Bobby Wanzer (25)	24–17
42	January 26	N New York	71–74	Bobby Wanzer (17)	24–18
43	January 28	@ Philadelphia	82–79 (OT)	Jack Coleman (15)	25–18
44	January 30	Fort Wayne	70–95	Jack McMahon (16)	26–18
45	January 31	@ Fort Wayne	69–83	Jack McMahon (14)	26–19
46	February 2	Minneapolis	87–78	Bobby Wanzer (16)	26–20
47	February 3	@ Boston	81–88	Arnie Risen (16)	26–21
48	February 5	N Fort Wayne	89–70	Bobby Wanzer (22)	27–21
49	February 6	Boston	104–81	Bob Davies (22)	27–22
50	February 7	@ Baltimore	73–75	Davies, Wanzer (18)	27–23
51	February 9	Milwaukee	70–81	Bob Davies (20)	28–23
52	February 10	@ Milwaukee	62–61	Arnie Risen (19)	29–23
53	February 11	N Milwaukee	79–68	Coleman, Davies (16)	30–23
54	February 13	Syracuse	78–81	Arnie Risen (15)	31–23
55	February 14	@ Minneapolis	77–105	Bobby Wanzer (18)	31–24
56	February 16	N Minneapolis	79–85	Jack Coleman (23)	31–25
57	February 20	Milwaukee	64–66	Bob Davies (17)	32–25
58	February 23	N Boston	93–77	Bobby Wanzer (18)	33–25
59	February 24	@ Baltimore	79–64	Bob Davies (20)	34–25
60	February 25	N Baltimore	102–86	Jack Coleman (21)	35–25
61	February 27	Boston	75–74	Jack McMahon (20)	35–26
62	February 28	@ Syracuse	91–85	Arnie Risen (35)	36–26
63	March 2	N Fort Wayne	71–64	Arnie Risen (15)	37–26
64	March 4	@ Philadelphia	85–78	Jack Coleman (19)	38–26
65	March 5	N New York	66–70	Arnie Risen (19)	38–27
66	March 6	Minneapolis	59–74	Jack McMahon (14)	39–27
67	March 7	@ New York	91–88	Arnie Risen (22)	40–27
68	March 9	N Minneapolis	70–61	Arnie Risen (18)	41–27
69	March 10	N Milwaukee	84–69	Bobby Wanzer (21)	42–27
70	March 11	@ Fort Wayne	95–80	Bob Davies (17)	43–27
71	March 13	Philadelphia	76–77	Bob Davies (21)	44–27
72	March 14	@ Milwaukee	53–91	Cal Christensen (12)	44–28

Playoffs

1954 playoff game log
Division Round Robin Semifinals: 2–1 (home: 1–0; road: 1–1) Game Date Team Score High points Location Record 1 March 16 Fort Wayne W 82–75 Bobby Wanzer (18) Edgerton Park Arena 1–0 2 March 17 @ Minneapolis L 88–109 Arnie Risen (21) Minneapolis Auditorium 1–1 3 March 21 @ Fort Wayne W 89–71 Bobby Wanzer (14) War Memorial Coliseum 2–1
Division Finals: 1–2 (home: 1–0; road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points Location Series 1 March 24 @ Minneapolis L 76–89 Wanzer, Coleman (17) Minneapolis Auditorium 0–1 2 March 27 Minneapolis W 74–73 Bobby Wanzer (16) Edgerton Park Arena 1–1 3 March 28 @ Minneapolis L 72–82 Arnie Risen (24) Minneapolis Auditorium 1–2
1954 schedule

Player statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Cal Christensen
Jack Coleman
Bob Davies
Alex Hannum
Al Masino
Jack McMahon
Frank Reddout
Arnie Risen
Odie Spears
Norm Swanson
Bobby Wanzer

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Cal Christensen
Jack Coleman
Bob Davies
Alex Hannum
Jack McMahon
Arnie Risen
Odie Spears
Norm Swanson
Bobby Wanzer

Awards and records

• Bobby Wanzer, All-NBA Second Team