1954–55 Rochester Royals season

1954–55 Rochester Royals season
Head coachLes Harrison
OwnersJack Harrison
Les Harrison
ArenaEdgerton Park Arena
Results
Record29–43 (.403)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finishWest Division Semifinals
(eliminated 1–2)
Stats at Basketball Reference
RadioWROC

The 1954–55 NBA season was the Royals seventh season in the NBA.[1] During a very early portion of the season, the Royals played a game against the Baltimore Bullets on November 6, 1954, blowing out Baltimore that game with a 128–80 victory in Rochester's favor before the original Bullets team folded operations early in the season on November 27, 1954; that game they played would ultimately end up being wiped out from the official record books for the NBA's history. If the game they played was officially kept as a part of the season's record for the Royals, their official record would have had Rochester get a losing record of 30–43 instead of 29–43 for their season, though the Royals would still end up having a better record than the Milwaukee Hawks to end up qualifying for the 1955 NBA playoffs.[2]

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Fort Wayne Pistons 43 29 .597 – 21–6 9–14 13–9 28–8
x-Minneapolis Lakers 40 32 .556 3 18–6 10–14 12–12 18–18
x- 29 43 .403 14 17–11 4–19 8–13 14–22
Milwaukee Hawks 26 46 .361 17 6–11 9–16 11–19 14–22
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 October 30 Boston 95–98 Bobby Wanzer (25) 1–0
2 November 7 @ Fort Wayne 84–109 Arnie Risen (20) 1–1
3 November 10 Milwaukee 86–90 Jack McMahon (17) 2–1
4 November 11 @ New York 78–79 Odie Spears (15) 2–2
5 November 13 Fort Wayne 103–98 Spears, Spoelstra (18) 2–3
6 November 16 @ Boston 98–99 Tom Marshall (23) 2–4
7 November 20 Syracuse 80–79 Arnie Risen (19) 2–5
8 November 21 @ Fort Wayne 78–89 Odie Spears (18) 2–6
9 November 24 @ Milwaukee 90–87 (OT) Bobby Wanzer (22) 3–6
10 November 25 @ Minneapolis 84–95 Arnie Risen (16) 3–7
11 November 27 Boston 101–107 Bobby Wanzer (24) 4–7
12 December 1 Fort Wayne 101–96 (OT) Arnie Risen (26) 4–8
13 December 2 @ Syracuse 78–82 Don Henriksen (15) 4–9
14 December 4 @ Boston 102–110 Arnie Risen (22) 4–10
15 December 5 @ Fort Wayne 97–96 McMahon, Wanzer (18) 5–10
16 December 7 N Boston 93–95 Jack Coleman (21) 5–11
17 December 8 Syracuse 78–105 Jack McMahon (20) 6–11
18 December 11 Minneapolis 91–83 Bobby Wanzer (20) 6–12
19 December 12 N Milwaukee 74–86 Don Henriksen (20) 6–13
20 December 15 N Minneapolis 99–97 (OT) Arnie Risen (25) 7–13
21 December 18 Fort Wayne 87–86 Bob Davies (20) 7–14
22 December 19 N Philadelphia 92–79 Bobby Wanzer (21) 8–14
23 December 25 Fort Wayne 73–80 Bob Davies (25) 9–14
24 December 28 N Syracuse 84–82 Arnie Risen (19) 9–15
25 December 29 New York 89–93 Bobby Wanzer (21) 10–15
26 January 1 Philadelphia 92–96 Bob Davies (18) 11–15
27 January 2 @ Minneapolis 102–100 Arnie Risen (22) 12–15
28 January 4 @ Milwaukee 80–92 Arnie Risen (21) 12–16
29 January 5 New York 85–103 Tom Marshall (18) 13–16
30 January 6 N Fort Wayne 83–90 Don Henriksen (13) 13–17
31 January 8 Milwaukee 88–91 Tom Marshall (21) 14–17
32 January 9 @ Boston 92–98 Jack McMahon (22) 14–18
33 January 11 N Milwaukee 90–93 Davies, Wanzer (21) 14–19
34 January 12 Minneapolis 102–88 Davies, McMahon, Wanzer (14) 14–20
35 January 15 Minneapolis 90–93 Odie Spears (25) 15–20
36 January 16 @ Syracuse 85–90 Coleman, Wanzer (18) 15–21
37 January 19 N New York 83–98 Jack McMahon (22) 15–22
38 January 22 Boston 110–121 Bob Davies (25) 16–22
39 January 23 @ Fort Wayne 84–105 Jack Coleman (21) 16–23
40 January 24 N Milwaukee 97–86 Jack Coleman (17) 17–23
41 January 25 N New York 107–104 Bobby Wanzer (25) 18–23
42 January 26 New York 94–96 Tom Marshall (21) 19–23
43 January 27 N Boston 98–92 McMahon, Wanzer (19) 20–23
44 January 29 Philadelphia 85–87 Bob Davies (25) 21–23
45 January 31 @ Milwaukee 80–100 Jack McMahon (15) 21–24
46 February 2 Fort Wayne 74–84 Jack Coleman (18) 22–24
47 February 3 N Milwaukee 88–87 Bobby Wanzer (20) 23–24
48 February 4 @ Philadelphia 101–109 Bob Davies (19) 23–25
49 February 5 Syracuse 94–88 Bob Davies (24) 23–26
50 February 6 @ Fort Wayne 75–92 Bob Davies (14) 23–27
51 February 9 Milwaukee 75–74 Jack Coleman (17) 23–28
52 February 11 N Fort Wayne 91–83 Henriksen, Wanzer (13) 24–28
53 February 12 Minneapolis 96–95 Bob Davies (17) 24–29
54 February 13 @ Syracuse 87–88 Risen, Spoelstra (18) 24–30
55 February 14 N Philadelphia 72–79 Arnie Risen (16) 24–31
56 February 15 N Philadelphia 113–114 Bob Davies (27) 24–32
57 February 16 N Philadelphia 96–98 Bobby Wanzer (23) 24–33
58 February 17 N Philadelphia 73–78 Tom Marshall (22) 24–34
59 February 19 Milwaukee 84–78 Arnie Risen (15) 24–35
60 February 20 @ Minneapolis 92–105 Bobby Wanzer (22) 24–36
61 February 21 N Minneapolis 110–112 Bob Davies (20) 24–37
62 February 22 @ Milwaukee 87–71 Arnie Risen (19) 25–37
63 February 24 @ Syracuse 83–97 Risen, Wanzer (20) 25–38
64 February 26 Philadelphia 80–88 Jack Coleman (22) 26–38
65 February 27 @ Minneapolis 84–93 Arnie Risen (16) 26–39
66 March 3 N Minneapolis 83–76 Bob Davies (17) 27–39
67 March 4 N New York 92–95 Bob Davies (23) 27–40
68 March 5 Minneapolis 107–104 (OT) Davies, Wanzer (21) 27–41
69 March 6 @ New York 96–101 Bobby Wanzer (18) 27–42
70 March 8 N New York 96–99 Bob Davies (20) 27–43
71 March 9 Syracuse 97–100 Tom Marshall (16) 28–43
72 March 12 Boston 103–105 Jack Coleman (21) 29–43

Playoffs

1955 playoff game log
Division Semifinals: 1–2 (home: 1–0; road: 0–2)
Game Date Team Score High points Location
Attendance		 Series
1 March 16 @ Rochester L 78–82 Bobby Wanzer (30) St. Paul Auditorium
4,841 		0–1
2 March 18 Rochester W 94–92 Arnie Risen (19) Edgerton Park Arena 1–1
3 March 19 @ Rochester L 110–119 Arnie Risen (24) St. Paul Auditorium
4,219 		1–2
1955 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
Don Henriksen
Tom Marshall
Jack McMahon
Boris Nachamkin
Arnie Risen
Odie Spears
Art Spoelstra
Bobby Wanzer

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Cal Christensen
Jack Coleman
Bob Davies
Don Henriksen
Tom Marshall
Jack McMahon
Arnie Risen
Odie Spears
Art Spoelstra
Bobby Wanzer

References

  1. ^ 1954–55 Rochester Royals
  2. ^ "1954-1955 Baltimore Bullets". Archived from the original on November 18, 2022. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
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