1953–54 Philadelphia Warriors season

1953–54 Philadelphia Warriors season
Head coach	Edward Gottlieb
Arena	Philadelphia Civic Center
Results
Record	29–43 (.403)
Place	Division: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	WCAU

The 1953–54 NBA season was the Warriors' 8th season in the NBA.

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-New York Knicks	44	28	.611	–	18–8	15–13	11–7	24–16
x-Boston Celtics	42	30	.583	2	17–6	10–19	15–5	25–15
x-Syracuse Nationals	42	30	.583	2	26–6	11–17	5–7	21–19
Philadelphia Warriors	29	43	.403	15	10–9	6–16	13–18	19–21
Baltimore Bullets	16	56	.222	28	12–18	0–22	4–16	11–29

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 31	Syracuse	73–79	Neil Johnston (20)	1–0
2	November 1	@ Syracuse	61–85	Neil Johnston (17)	1–1
3	November 7	Boston	79–77	Joe Graboski (23)	1–2
4	November 8	@ Baltimore	85–75	Neil Johnston (23)	2–2
5	November 10	@ Rochester	66–64	Neil Johnston (26)	3–2
6	November 11	@ Boston	78–72	Davis, George (18)	4–2
7	November 12	@ New York	65–81	Neil Johnston (18)	4–3
8	November 14	Fort Wayne	58–63	Neil Johnston (20)	5–3
9	November 18	@ New York	83–88	Neil Johnston (41)	5–4
10	November 19	Minneapolis	107–79	Neil Johnston (19)	5–5
11	November 21	@ Baltimore	103–83	Neil Johnston (23)	6–5
12	November 24	Baltimore	80–83	Neil Johnston (30)	7–5
13	November 26	@ Minneapolis	80–88	Neil Johnston (34)	7–6
14	November 27	N Milwaukee	51–55	Neil Johnston (16)	7–7
15	November 28	N Milwaukee	68–71	Joe Graboski (23)	7–8
16	November 29	@ Fort Wayne	69–83	Neil Johnston (28)	7–9
17	December 1	N Boston	86–89 (OT)	Neil Johnston (30)	7–10
18	December 3	New York	74–79	Neil Johnston (33)	8–10
19	December 9	Boston	103–104 (OT)	Jack George (23)	9–10
20	December 10	N Baltimore	83–77	Neil Johnston (28)	10–10
21	December 17	N Rochester	91–79	Neil Johnston (30)	10–11
22	December 20	N Boston	89–101	Joe Graboski (32)	10–12
23	December 25	Rochester	73–65	Graboski, Johnston (21)	10–13
24	December 27	@ New York	76–79	Neil Johnston (26)	10–14
25	December 28	N Milwaukee	69–63	Joe Graboski (19)	11–14
26	December 31	N Fort Wayne	56–83	Neil Johnston (15)	11–15
27	January 1	@ Rochester	76–79	Neil Johnston (21)	11–16
28	January 2	Syracuse	74–66	Neil Johnston (22)	11–17
29	January 3	@ Syracuse	90–77	Neil Johnston (26)	12–17
30	January 5	Milwaukee	88–99	Neil Johnston (33)	13–17
31	January 6	N Milwaukee	77–72	Neil Johnston (22)	14–17
32	January 7	N Milwaukee	88–73	Neil Johnston (30)	15–17
33	January 9	@ Baltimore	90–95	Walt Davis (25)	15–18
34	January 14	New York	83–71	Neil Johnston (19)	15–19
35	January 16	@ Baltimore	72–82	Neil Johnston (23)	15–20
36	January 17	N Baltimore	74–78	Graboski, Zawoluk (15)	15–21
37	January 19	Boston	73–89	Neil Johnston (23)	16–21
38	January 22	N New York	82–84	Neil Johnston (32)	16–22
39	January 23	@ Rochester	61–71	Neil Johnston (19)	16–23
40	January 24	@ Syracuse	80–78	Neil Johnston (24)	17–23
41	January 26	N Syracuse	79–75	Neil Johnston (16)	17–24
42	January 28	Rochester	82–79 (OT)	Neil Johnston (33)	17–25
43	January 30	@ Baltimore	74–80	Graboski, Johnston (24)	17–26
44	February 3	N Syracuse	79–82	Neil Johnston (23)	18–26
45	February 4	Boston	78–80	Joe Graboski (24)	19–26
46	February 5	@ Milwaukee	66–69	Joe Graboski (21)	19–27
47	February 6	@ Minneapolis	94–97	Joe Graboski (23)	19–28
48	February 8	N Minneapolis	91–104	Neil Johnston (41)	19–29
49	February 9	N Minneapolis	67–70	Neil Johnston (23)	19–30
50	February 10	N Baltimore	97–79	Neil Johnston (22)	20–30
51	February 11	Syracuse	74–76 (2OT)	Neil Johnston (22)	21–30
52	February 12	N Baltimore	75–72	Joe Graboski (22)	22–30
53	February 13	N Minneapolis	77–86	Neil Johnston (28)	22–31
54	February 14	@ Fort Wayne	76–94	Neil Johnston (26)	22–32
55	February 16	N Syracuse	77–95	Neil Johnston (50)	23–32
56	February 18	New York	69–60	Neil Johnston (17)	23–33
57	February 20	@ New York	89–75	Zeke Zawoluk (25)	24–33
58	February 21	N Boston	85–95	Graboski, Johnston (21)	24–34
59	February 22	N Minneapolis	79–72	Neil Johnston (36)	25–34
60	February 25	Minneapolis	72–81	Joe Graboski (31)	26–34
61	February 27	Fort Wayne	79–72	Jack George (20)	26–35
62	February 28	N New York	83–78	Neil Johnston (19)	27–35
63	March 1	N Milwaukee	78–73	Neil Johnston (33)	28–35
64	March 3	N New York	79–88	Neil Johnston (32)	28–36
65	March 4	Rochester	85–78	Neil Johnston (26)	28–37
66	March 5	N Fort Wayne	70–76	Neil Johnston (24)	28–38
67	March 6	@ Syracuse	77–88	Neil Johnston (39)	28–39
68	March 8	N Fort Wayne	75–73	Neil Johnston (33)	29–39
69	March 10	N Fort Wayne	70–88	Zeke Zawoluk (19)	29–40
70	March 12	N Boston	95–97 (2OT)	Neil Johnston (36)	29–41
71	March 13	@ Rochester	76–77	Neil Johnston (27)	29–42
72	March 14	@ Boston	92–97	Neil Johnston (23)	29–43

Awards and records

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