1953 New York Knicks (1946 - ) 1954-55  1953-54 1952-53 44 - 28 .611  (pythagorean: 35 - 37 .495) Finished in 1st place, 0 games out of first. Coaching: Joe Lapchick 44 - 28 (playoffs:0 - 4) 1953 Draft 1 - Walter Dukes, Seton Hall 2 - Buddy Ackerman, Long Island 3 - Neil Gordon, Furman 4 - Thomas Bishop, Mississippi Southern 5 - Robert Santini, Iona 0 - Joe Smyth, Niagara 0 - Allan Schutts, Springfield 0 - Richard Atha, Indiana State 0 - Forrest Hamilton, SW Missouri State 0 - Richard Prater, Kentucky 0 - Bob Matheny, California 0 - Larry OConnor, Canisius 0 - Delmer Diercks, Iowa State

1953-54 Game Log and Scores

	EFF	Pts	PPG	FGM	FGA	FGP	FTM	FTA	FTP	3PM	3PA	3PP	OREB	REB	RPG	AST	APG	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PACE
Offense	0.0	5688	79.0	1934	5177	.374	1820	2525	.721	0	0	.000	0	3830	53.2	1469	20.4	0	0	0	1832	0.0
Defense	0.0	5695	79.1	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Players
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Name	G	Min	Pts	PPG	FGM	FGA	FGP	FTM	FTA	FTP	3PM	3PA	3PP	REB	RPG	AST	APG	STL	BLK	TO
Carl Braun	72	2373	1062	14.8	354	884	.400	354	429	.825	0	0	.000	246	3.4	209	2.9	0	0	0
Harry Gallatin	72	2690	949	13.2	258	639	.404	433	552	.784	0	0	.000	1098	15.3	153	2.1	0	0	0
Connie Simmons	72	2006	720	10.0	255	713	.358	210	305	.689	0	0	.000	484	6.7	128	1.8	0	0	0
Nat Clifton	72	2179	688	9.6	257	699	.368	174	277	.628	0	0	.000	528	7.3	176	2.4	0	0	0
Dick McGuire	68	2343	622	9.1	201	493	.408	220	345	.638	0	0	.000	310	4.6	354	5.2	0	0	0
Vince Boryla	52	1522	420	8.1	175	525	.333	70	81	.864	0	0	.000	130	2.5	77	1.5	0	0	0
Fred Schaus	67	1515	475	7.1	161	415	.388	153	195	.785	0	0	.000	267	4.0	109	1.6	0	0	0
Jim Baechtold	70	1627	474	6.8	170	465	.366	134	177	.757	0	0	.000	183	2.6	117	1.7	0	0	0
Ernie Vandeweghe	15	271	99	6.6	37	103	.359	25	31	.806	0	0	.000	39	2.6	29	1.9	0	0	0
Al McGuire	64	849	174	2.7	58	177	.328	58	133	.436	0	0	.000	121	1.9	103	1.6	0	0	0
Ed Smith	11	104	28	2.5	11	45	.244	6	10	.600	0	0	.000	26	2.4	9	0.8	0	0	0
Donald Ackerman	28	220	43	1.5	14	63	.222	15	28	.536	0	0	.000	15	0.5	23	0.8	0	0	0

Players (Extended Stats)
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Name	G	Min	EFF	AV	VI	PPFGA	PPR	RbRate
Carl Braun	72	2373	12.67	7.9	5.3	0.990	0.00	0.0
Harry Gallatin	72	2690	23.61	12.6	7.5	1.076	0.00	0.0
Connie Simmons	72	2006	10.82	7.0	4.9	0.850	0.00	0.0
Nat Clifton	72	2179	11.76	7.5	5.5	0.838	0.00	0.0
Dick McGuire	68	2343	12.78	7.6	6.0	0.965	0.00	0.0
Vince Boryla	52	1522	5.12	3.1	3.1	0.749	0.00	0.0
Fred Schaus	67	1515	8.28	5.4	3.6	0.948	0.00	0.0
Jim Baechtold	70	1627	6.23	4.5	3.1	0.873	0.00	0.0
Ernie Vandeweghe	15	271	6.33	1.4	3.2	0.849	0.00	0.0
Al McGuire	64	849	3.19	2.5	2.0	0.739	0.00	0.0
Ed Smith	11	104	2.27	0.5	1.7	0.567	0.00	0.0
Donald Ackerman	28	220	0.68	0.4	0.8	0.571	0.00	0.0

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