1954–55 Philadelphia Warriors season

1954–55 Philadelphia Warriors season
Head coach	Edward Gottlieb
Arena	Philadelphia Civic Center
Results
Record	33–39 (.458)
Place	Division: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WFIL-TV
Radio	WCAU

The 1954–55 NBA season was the Warriors' 9th season in the NBA.

Roster

Philadelphia Warriors roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From F 11 Arizin, Paul 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Villanova G 5 Costello, Larry 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 186 lb (84 kg) Niagara F/C 12 Davis, Walt 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Texas A&M G 19 Dempsey, George 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) King's (NY) G 7 Finn, Danny 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) St. John's G 17 George, Jack 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) La Salle F/C 9 Graboski, Joe 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Tuley HS (IL) G 14 Hoffman, Paul 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Purdue C 6 Johnston, Neil 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Ohio State G 7 Kearns, Mike 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 178 lb (81 kg) Princeton F 14 Moore, Jackie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) La Salle G 4 Murray, Ken 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) St. Bonaventure F 15 Zawoluk, Zeke 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) St. John's

Head coach Edward Gottlieb Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Syracuse Nationals	43	29	.597	–	25–7	10–17	8–5	21–15
x-New York Knicks	38	34	.528	5	17–9	8–17	13–8	15–21
x-Boston Celtics	36	36	.500	7	21–5	4–22	11–9	19–17
Philadelphia Warriors	33	39	.458	10	14–5	6–20	13–14	17–19

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1954-55 NBA Records
Team	BOS	FWP	MIL	MIN	NYK	PHI	ROC	SYR
Boston	—	4–5	6–3	3–6	6–6	7–5	4–5	6–6
Fort Wayne	5–4	—	11–1	9–3	2–7	6–3	8–4	2–7
Milwaukee	3–6	1–11	—	5–7	3–6	4–5	6–6	4–5
Minneapolis	6–3	3–9	7–5	—	4–5	6–3	8–4	6–3
New York	6–6	7–2	6–3	5–4	—	5–7	5–4	4–8
Philadelphia	5–7	3–6	5–4	3–6	7–5	—	5–4	5–7
Rochester	5–4	4–8	6–6	4–8	4–5	4–5	—	2–7
Syracuse	6–6	7–2	5–4	3–6	8–4	7–5	7–2	—

Game log

1954–55 Game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	November 13	New York	86–87	Arizin, Graboski, Johnston (22)	1–0
2	November 16	N Syracuse	86–85	Joe Graboski (26)	1–1
3	November 18	N New York	94–96	Paul Arizin (29)	1–2
4	November 20	Fort Wayne	82–99	Paul Arizin (23)	2–2
5	November 24	N Fort Wayne	91–87	Paul Arizin (28)	3–2
6	November 25	Boston	98–103	Arizin, Johnston (28)	4–2
7	November 30	@ New York	91–95 (OT)	Neil Johnston (32)	4–3
8	December 1	Minneapolis	91–88	Paul Arizin (28)	4–4
9	December 3	N Milwaukee	110–91	Neil Johnston (25)	5–4
10	December 4	Syracuse	73–79	Neil Johnston (27)	6–4
11	December 5	@ Syracuse	72–89	Neil Johnston (21)	6–5
12	December 7	N Syracuse	88–81	Paul Arizin (20)	6–6
13	December 8	N New York	86–77	Jack George (21)	7–6
14	December 9	New York	98–96	Neil Johnston (23)	7–7
15	December 12	@ Syracuse	96–87	Neil Johnston (25)	8–7
16	December 15	N Fort Wayne	99–90	Neil Johnston (26)	9–7
17	December 18	@ Boston	103–107	Arizin, Johnston (22)	9–8
18	December 19	N Rochester	92–79	Paul Arizin (22)	9–9
19	December 23	N Fort Wayne	92–82	Paul Arizin (17)	9–10
20	December 25	@ Minneapolis	91–99	Paul Arizin (32)	9–11
21	December 26	@ Fort Wayne	96–109	Paul Arizin (20)	9–12
22	December 28	@ New York	84–78	Neil Johnston (25)	10–12
23	December 29	Syracuse	70–72	Paul Arizin (23)	11–12
24	December 31	N Boston	113–119	Paul Arizin (38)	11–13
25	January 1	@ Rochester	92–96	Neil Johnston (25)	11–14
26	January 2	@ Fort Wayne	66–89	Neil Johnston (17)	11–15
27	January 3	N Minneapolis	74–76	Neil Johnston (21)	11–16
28	January 5	Minneapolis	85–106	Neil Johnston (24)	12–16
29	January 6	N Milwaukee	92–79	Neil Johnston (27)	13–16
30	January 8	@ Boston	105–117	Neil Johnston (27)	13–17
31	January 9	@ New York	84–86	Neil Johnston (21)	13–18
32	January 13	Minneapolis	96–102 (OT)	Joe Graboski (31)	14–18
33	January 14	@ Milwaukee	84–86	Paul Arizin (28)	14–19
34	January 15	@ Milwaukee	93–88	George Dempsey (21)	15–19
35	January 16	@ Minneapolis	98–106	Neil Johnston (34)	15–20
36	January 19	N Syracuse	98–97 (OT)	Neil Johnston (22)	15–21
37	January 21	N Boston	89–90	Paul Arizin (22)	15–22
38	January 22	@ New York	102–99	Neil Johnston (31)	16–22
39	January 23	@ Boston	91–94 (OT)	Paul Arizin (29)	16–23
40	January 26	N Syracuse	107–99	Joe Graboski (33)	16–24
41	January 27	New York	83–92	Paul Arizin (25)	17–24
42	January 29	@ Rochester	85–87	Neil Johnston (26)	17–25
43	January 30	@ Syracuse	93–83	Paul Arizin (21)	18–25
44	February 2	N Boston	122–107	Paul Arizin (28)	19–25
45	February 4	Rochester	101–109	Neil Johnston (45)	20–25
46	February 5	Fort Wayne	96–88	Neil Johnston (30)	20–26
47	February 6	@ Boston	113–109	Neil Johnston (28)	21–26
48	February 8	N Milwaukee	95–102	Joe Graboski (25)	21–27
49	February 10	@ Fort Wayne	97–105	Arizin, Graboski (18)	21–28
50	February 11	Boston	101–105	Paul Arizin (34)	22–28
51	February 13	@ Minneapolis	93–103	Neil Johnston (34)	22–29
52	February 14	N Rochester	72–79	Neil Johnston (21)	23–29
53	February 15	N Rochester	113–114	Paul Arizin (36)	24–29
54	February 16	N Rochester	96–98	Neil Johnston (26)	25–29
55	February 17	N Rochester	73–78	Paul Arizin (22)	26–29
56	February 18	Syracuse	86–110	Neil Johnston (35)	27–29
57	February 20	@ Boston	99–114	Neil Johnston (27)	27–30
58	February 22	@ New York	102–103	Neil Johnston (22)	27–31
59	February 23	N New York	98–96	Neil Johnston (34)	28–31
60	February 25	New York	111–113 (3OT)	Paul Arizin (26)	29–31
61	February 26	@ Rochester	80–88	Neil Johnston (25)	29–32
62	February 27	@ Syracuse	77–105	Neil Johnston (23)	29–33
63	February 28	N Milwaukee	101–84	Paul Arizin (23)	30–33
64	March 1	Milwaukee	91–88	Neil Johnston (26)	30–34
65	March 2	N Milwaukee	78–75	Paul Arizin (22)	31–34
66	March 5	Boston	89–95	Paul Arizin (30)	32–34
67	March 6	@ Syracuse	101–107	Neil Johnston (24)	32–35
68	March 8	N Boston	103–112	Neil Johnston (24)	32–36
69	March 9	Minneapolis	89–102	Neil Johnston (29)	33–36
70	March 10	N Fort Wayne	91–93 (OT)	Walt Davis (19)	33–37
71	March 12	N Minneapolis	78–86	Neil Johnston (20)	33–38
72	March 14	N Milwaukee	84–99	Paul Arizin (37)	33–39

Awards and records

• Paul Arizin, NBA All-Star Game
• Neil Johnston, NBA All-Star Game
• Neil Johnston, NBA Scoring Champion
• Neil Johnston, All-NBA First Team