1954–55 New York Knicks season

1954–55 New York Knicks season
Head coach	Joe Lapchick
General manager	Ned Irish
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Results
Record	38–34 (.528)
Place	Division: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	East Division semifinals (lost to Celtics 1–2)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WPIX
Radio	WMGM

The 1954–55 New York Knicks season was the team's ninth year in the National Basketball Association (NBA). During the regular season, the Knicks achieved a 38–34 record, securing second place in the Atlantic Division. This performance earned New York its ninth consecutive NBA playoff berth. The Knicks lost in the best-of-three first round to the Boston Celtics, 2–1.

Offseason

NBA draft

Main article: 1954 NBA draft

Note: This is not an extensive list; it only covers the first and second rounds, and any other players picked by the franchise that played at least one game in the league.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	8	Jack Turner	G/F	United States	Western Kentucky
2	17	Richie Guerin	G	United States	Iona
3	26	Don Anielak	F	United States	SW Missouri State

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

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	October 30	Minneapolis	83–94	Carl Braun (26)	1–0
2	November 2	@ Milwaukee	91–84	Baechtold, Felix, McGuire (14)	2–0
3	November 6	@ Fort Wayne	83–90	Ray Felix (16)	2–1
4	November 7	@ Minneapolis	103–93 (OT)	Nathaniel Clifton (29)	3–1
5	November 11	Rochester	78–79	Carl Braun (19)	4–1
6	November 13	@ Philadelphia	86–87	Carl Braun (19)	4–2
7	November 18	N Philadelphia	94–96	Harry Gallatin (23)	5–2
8	November 20	Boston	117–98	Felix, Gallatin (21)	5–3
9	November 24	@ Boston	103–108	Nathaniel Clifton (22)	5–4
10	November 27	Syracuse	80–74	Nathaniel Clifton (14)	5–5
11	November 28	@ Syracuse	77–79	Harry Gallatin (20)	5–6
12	November 30	Philadelphia	91–95 (OT)	Harry Gallatin (20)	6–6
13	December 1	N Syracuse	86–88	Nathaniel Clifton (19)	7–6
14	December 4	Fort Wayne	90–88	Clifton, Felix (14)	7–7
15	December 7	Minneapolis	89–97	Carl Braun (27)	8–7
16	December 8	N Philadelphia	86–77	Ray Felix (15)	8–8
17	December 9	@ Philadelphia	98–96	Carl Braun (27)	9–8
18	December 11	@ Milwaukee	97–87	Ray Felix (21)	10–8
19	December 12	@ Minneapolis	73–80	Braun, Gallatin (18)	10–9
20	December 14	Syracuse	91–82	Harry Gallatin (22)	10–10
21	December 15	N Syracuse	81–88	Ray Felix (27)	11–10
22	December 18	@ Milwaukee	91–85	Carl Braun (19)	12–10
23	December 19	Boston	81–93	Ray Felix (24)	13–10
24	December 25	Syracuse	101–109	Ray Felix (21)	14–10
25	December 26	@ Syracuse	92–97 (OT)	Nathaniel Clifton (21)	14–11
26	December 28	Philadelphia	84–78	Braun, Clifton (23)	14–12
27	December 29	@ Rochester	89–93	Ray Felix (19)	14–13
28	December 31	N Milwaukee	64–89	Ray Felix (17)	14–14
29	January 1	Milwaukee	91–100	Dick McGuire (22)	15–14
30	January 2	@ Boston	96–113	Jim Baechtold (20)	15–15
31	January 5	@ Rochester	85–103	Felix, Gallatin (14)	15–16
32	January 6	Boston	83–88	Nathaniel Clifton (28)	16–16
33	January 7	N Milwaukee	75–85	Carl Braun (29)	16–17
34	January 9	Philadelphia	84–86	Ray Felix (23)	17–17
35	January 13	N Boston	100–116	Jim Baechtold (33)	17–18
36	January 14	N Fort Wayne	97–83	Dick McGuire (20)	18–18
37	January 15	Fort Wayne	87–106	Carl Braun (22)	19–18
38	January 16	@ Boston	98–102	Harry Gallatin (20)	19–19
39	January 19	N Rochester	83–98	Carl Braun (23)	20–19
40	January 22	Philadelphia	102–99	Carl Braun (24)	20–20
41	January 23	@ Syracuse	98–89	Harry Gallatin (25)	21–20
42	January 25	N Rochester	107–104	Carl Braun (26)	21–21
43	January 26	@ Rochester	94–96	Jim Baechtold (26)	21–22
44	January 27	@ Philadelphia	83–92	Harry Gallatin (24)	21–23
45	January 29	Milwaukee	93–95 (OT)	Nathaniel Clifton (25)	22–23
46	January 31	N Fort Wayne	91–84	Nathaniel Clifton (22)	23–23
47	February 2	N Minneapolis	81–96	Clifton, McGuire (16)	23–24
48	February 3	@ Minneapolis	83–90	Carl Braun (17)	23–25
49	February 5	Boston	107–115	Jim Baechtold (26)	24–25
50	February 6	@ Syracuse	75–77	Ray Felix (26)	24–26
51	February 8	Minneapolis	95–98	Nathaniel Clifton (18)	25–26
52	February 9	N Minneapolis	118–112	Harry Gallatin (30)	26–26
53	February 12	Fort Wayne	82–88	Nathaniel Clifton (24)	27–26
54	February 13	@ Boston	105–103	Ray Felix (20)	28–26
55	February 14	N Fort Wayne	92–88	Harry Gallatin (23)	29–26
56	February 17	N Fort Wayne	93–86	Ray Felix (20)	30–26
57	February 19	Syracuse	80–78	Nathaniel Clifton (22)	30–27
58	February 20	@ Syracuse	84–104	Nathaniel Clifton (17)	30–28
59	February 22	Philadelphia	102–103	Jim Baechtold (23)	31–28
60	February 23	N Philadelphia	98–96	Baechtold, Felix (18)	31–29
61	February 25	@ Philadelphia	111–113 (3OT)	Jim Baechtold (30)	31–30
62	February 26	Milwaukee	79–72	Baechtold, Gallatin (13)	31–31
63	February 27	@ Fort Wayne	95–83	Ray Felix (18)	32–31
64	March 1	Syracuse	105–102	Carl Braun (25)	32–32
65	March 3	N Milwaukee	103–89	Nathaniel Clifton (22)	33–32
66	March 4	N Rochester	92–95	Jim Baechtold (24)	34–32
67	March 6	Rochester	96–101	Ray Felix (22)	35–32
68	March 7	N Minneapolis	96–97	Carl Braun (24)	35–33
69	March 8	N Rochester	96–99	Jim Baechtold (22)	36–33
70	March 10	Boston	95–114	Baechtold, Gallatin (21)	37–33
71	March 11	N Boston	97–95	Harry Gallatin (21)	38–33
72	March 13	@ Boston	101–112	Ray Felix (31)	38–34

Playoffs

1955 playoff game log
Division semifinals: 1–2 (home: 1–1; road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High assists Location Series 1 March 15 @ Boston L 101–122 Jim Baechtold (17) — Boston Garden 0–1 2 March 16 Boston W 102–95 Nat Clifton (25) — Madison Square Garden III 1–1 3 March 19 Boston L 109–116 Nat Clifton (21) Nat Clifton (6) Madison Square Garden III 1–2
1955 schedule

Awards and records

• Harry Gallatin, All-NBA Second Team