1953–54 Milwaukee Hawks season

1953–54 Milwaukee Hawks season
Head coach	Andrew Levane Red Holzman
Arena	Milwaukee Arena
Results
Record	21–51 (.292)
Place	Division: 4th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	WTMJ

The 1953–54 NBA season was the Hawks' eighth season of existence, their fifth season in the NBA, and their third season in Milwaukee.

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 30	Minneapolis	59–69	Irv Bemoras (14)	1–0
2	November 1	@ Fort Wayne	67–77	Don Sunderlage (28)	1–1
3	November 4	N New York	73–67	Don Sunderlage (19)	1–2
4	November 6	New York	80–68	Don Sunderlage (17)	1–3
5	November 10	Syracuse	74–59	Bill Tosheff (13)	1–4
6	November 13	Minneapolis	92–84	George Ratkovicz (20)	1–5
7	November 15	@ Syracuse	61–69	Don Sunderlage (14)	1–6
8	November 18	@ Baltimore	74–104	Bob Houbregs (17)	1–7
9	November 19	N Rochester	79–69	Don Sunderlage (16)	1–8
10	November 20	Rochester	81–63	Don Sunderlage (18)	1–9
11	November 22	N Minneapolis	57–55	Bob Houbregs (13)	1–10
12	November 25	Fort Wayne	58–64	Don Sunderlage (24)	2–10
13	November 26	@ Fort Wayne	64–78	Jack Nichols (12)	2–11
14	November 27	N Philadelphia	51–55	Lew Hitch (15)	3–11
15	November 28	N Philadelphia	68–71	Irv Bemoras (23)	4–11
16	December 1	Syracuse	76–69 (OT)	Max Zaslofsky (18)	4–12
17	December 5	@ Boston	79–97	Max Zaslofsky (28)	4–13
18	December 9	N Fort Wayne	59–83	George Ratkovicz (13)	4–14
19	December 10	@ Syracuse	76–96	Bemoras, Zaslofsky (15)	4–15
20	December 11	New York	70–82	Don Sunderlage (21)	5–15
21	December 13	@ Baltimore	73–70	Lew Hitch (17)	6–15
22	December 15	@ Rochester	64–76	Max Zaslofsky (18)	6–16
23	December 16	N Minneapolis	69–63 (OT)	Max Zaslofsky (22)	6–17
24	December 19	Fort Wayne	69–63	Don Lofgran (15)	6–18
25	December 21	N Boston	74–90	Don Lofgran (18)	6–19
26	December 23	N Boston	74–80	Don Sunderlage (23)	6–20
27	December 26	Boston	67–74	George Ratkovicz (16)	7–20
28	December 27	@ Syracuse	75–96	Bill Calhoun (17)	7–21
29	December 28	N Philadelphia	69–63	Lew Hitch (13)	7–22
30	January 1	Baltimore	52–62	Don Sunderlage (12)	8–22
31	January 5	@ Philadelphia	88–99	Bill Calhoun (21)	8–23
32	January 6	N Philadelphia	77–72	Irv Bemoras (15)	8–24
33	January 7	N Philadelphia	88–73	Don Sunderlage (19)	8–25
34	January 9	Minneapolis	78–67	Irv Bemoras (16)	8–26
35	January 10	@ Fort Wayne	73–81	Bill Tosheff (23)	8–27
36	January 12	@ Rochester	73–78	Bill Tosheff (16)	8–28
37	January 14	N Boston	74–86	Don Sunderlage (26)	8–29
38	January 16	@ Minneapolis	64–58	Lew Hitch (16)	9–29
39	January 18	N Minneapolis	91–72	Don Sunderlage (16)	9–30
40	January 19	New York	78–75	Don Sunderlage (19)	9–31
41	January 23	@ New York	63–75	Dick Surhoff (12)	9–32
42	January 24	N New York	66–68	Don Sunderlage (19)	10–32
43	January 26	Minneapolis	84–69	Don Sunderlage (22)	10–33
44	January 27	N Fort Wayne	68–77	George Ratkovicz (14)	10–34
45	January 29	Boston	70–82	Don Sunderlage (19)	11–34
46	January 30	@ Minneapolis	64–80	Lew Hitch (15)	11–35
47	February 1	Fort Wayne	72–71	Chuck Share (22)	11–36
48	February 3	@ Baltimore	78–72	Bill Calhoun (19)	12–36
49	February 5	Philadelphia	66–69	Chuck Share (19)	13–36
50	February 7	@ Syracuse	73–88	Chuck Share (21)	13–37
51	February 9	@ Rochester	70–81	Chuck Share (15)	13–38
52	February 10	Rochester	62–61	Don Sunderlage (18)	13–39
53	February 11	N Rochester	79–68	Bob Harrison (16)	13–40
54	February 12	N Minneapolis	62–71	Don Sunderlage (17)	14–40
55	February 16	Fort Wayne	69–65	Chuck Share (16)	14–41
56	February 19	Boston	78–73	Don Sunderlage (15)	14–42
57	February 20	@ Rochester	64–66	Calhoun, Hitch (16)	14–43
58	February 21	@ Fort Wayne	64–62	Calhoun, Harrison (11)	15–43
59	February 22	N Fort Wayne	82–95	Don Sunderlage (22)	15–44
60	February 23	N Syracuse	68–70	Chuck Share (28)	16–44
61	February 26	Syracuse	68–62	Chuck Share (15)	16–45
62	February 27	@ New York	58–57	Chuck Share (16)	17–45
63	February 28	N Boston	74–93	Chuck Share (26)	17–46
64	March 1	N Philadelphia	78–73	Chuck Share (16)	17–47
65	March 3	@ Baltimore	103–100	Bemoras, Harrison (22)	18–47
66	March 4	N Baltimore	87–95	Don Sunderlage (19)	18–48
67	March 7	@ Minneapolis	63–65	Bill Calhoun (22)	18–49
68	March 8	Baltimore	54–64	Bob Harrison (14)	19–49
69	March 8	Baltimore	54–65	Bob Harrison (18)	20–49
70	March 9	N New York	72–65	Bill Calhoun (15)	20–50
71	March 10	N Rochester	84–69	Chuck Share (23)	20–51
72	March 14	Rochester	53–91	Bill Calhoun (22)	21–51