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1954–55  Philadelphia Warriors season
Head coach Edward Gottlieb
Arena Philadelphia Civic Center
Results
Record33–39 (.458)
PlaceDivision: 4th ( Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television WFIL-TV
Radio WCAU
< 1953–54 1955–56 >

The 1954–55 NBA season was the Warriors' 9th season in the NBA. [1]

Offseason

Roster

Philadelphia Warriors roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
F 11 United States Arizin, Paul 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Villanova
G 5 United States Costello, Larry 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 186 lb (84 kg) Niagara
F/C 12 United States Davis, Walt 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Texas A&M
G 19 United States Dempsey, George 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) King's (NY)
G 7 United States Finn, Danny 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) St. John's
G 17 United States George, Jack 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) La Salle
F/C 9 United States Graboski, Joe 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Tuley HS (IL)
G 14 United States Hoffman, Paul 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Purdue
C 6 United States Johnston, Neil 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Ohio State
G 7 United States Kearns, Mike 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 178 lb (81 kg) Princeton
F 14 United States Moore, Jackie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) La Salle
G 4 United States Murray, Ken 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) St. Bonaventure
F 15 United States Zawoluk, Zeke 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) St. John's
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

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
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 November 13 New York 86–87 Arizin, Graboski, Johnston (22) 1–0
2 November 16 N Syracuse 86–85 Joe Graboski (26) 1–1
3 November 18 N New York 94–96 Paul Arizin (29) 1–2
4 November 20 Fort Wayne 82–99 Paul Arizin (23) 2–2
5 November 24 N Fort Wayne 91–87 Paul Arizin (28) 3–2
6 November 25 Boston 98–103 Arizin, Johnston (28) 4–2
7 November 30 @ New York 91–95 (OT) Neil Johnston (32) 4–3
8 December 1 Minneapolis 91–88 Paul Arizin (28) 4–4
9 December 3 N Milwaukee 110–91 Neil Johnston (25) 5–4
10 December 4 Syracuse 73–79 Neil Johnston (27) 6–4
11 December 5 @ Syracuse 72–89 Neil Johnston (21) 6–5
12 December 7 N Syracuse 88–81 Paul Arizin (20) 6–6
13 December 8 N New York 86–77 Jack George (21) 7–6
14 December 9 New York 98–96 Neil Johnston (23) 7–7
15 December 12 @ Syracuse 96–87 Neil Johnston (25) 8–7
16 December 15 N Fort Wayne 99–90 Neil Johnston (26) 9–7
17 December 18 @ Boston 103–107 Arizin, Johnston (22) 9–8
18 December 19 N Rochester 92–79 Paul Arizin (22) 9–9
19 December 23 N Fort Wayne 92–82 Paul Arizin (17) 9–10
20 December 25 @ Minneapolis 91–99 Paul Arizin (32) 9–11
21 December 26 @ Fort Wayne 96–109 Paul Arizin (20) 9–12
22 December 28 @ New York 84–78 Neil Johnston (25) 10–12
23 December 29 Syracuse 70–72 Paul Arizin (23) 11–12
24 December 31 N Boston 113–119 Paul Arizin (38) 11–13
25 January 1 @ Rochester 92–96 Neil Johnston (25) 11–14
26 January 2 @ Fort Wayne 66–89 Neil Johnston (17) 11–15
27 January 3 N Minneapolis 74–76 Neil Johnston (21) 11–16
28 January 5 Minneapolis 85–106 Neil Johnston (24) 12–16
29 January 6 N Milwaukee 92–79 Neil Johnston (27) 13–16
30 January 8 @ Boston 105–117 Neil Johnston (27) 13–17
31 January 9 @ New York 84–86 Neil Johnston (21) 13–18
32 January 13 Minneapolis 96–102 (OT) Joe Graboski (31) 14–18
33 January 14 @ Milwaukee 84–86 Paul Arizin (28) 14–19
34 January 15 @ Milwaukee 93–88 George Dempsey (21) 15–19
35 January 16 @ Minneapolis 98–106 Neil Johnston (34) 15–20
36 January 19 N Syracuse 98–97 (OT) Neil Johnston (22) 15–21
37 January 21 N Boston 89–90 Paul Arizin (22) 15–22
38 January 22 @ New York 102–99 Neil Johnston (31) 16–22
39 January 23 @ Boston 91–94 (OT) Paul Arizin (29) 16–23
40 January 26 N Syracuse 107–99 Joe Graboski (33) 16–24
41 January 27 New York 83–92 Paul Arizin (25) 17–24
42 January 29 @ Rochester 85–87 Neil Johnston (26) 17–25
43 January 30 @ Syracuse 93–83 Paul Arizin (21) 18–25
44 February 2 N Boston 122–107 Paul Arizin (28) 19–25
45 February 4 Rochester 101–109 Neil Johnston (45) 20–25
46 February 5 Fort Wayne 96–88 Neil Johnston (30) 20–26
47 February 6 @ Boston 113–109 Neil Johnston (28) 21–26
48 February 8 N Milwaukee 95–102 Joe Graboski (25) 21–27
49 February 10 @ Fort Wayne 97–105 Arizin, Graboski (18) 21–28
50 February 11 Boston 101–105 Paul Arizin (34) 22–28
51 February 13 @ Minneapolis 93–103 Neil Johnston (34) 22–29
52 February 14 N Rochester 72–79 Neil Johnston (21) 23–29
53 February 15 N Rochester 113–114 Paul Arizin (36) 24–29
54 February 16 N Rochester 96–98 Neil Johnston (26) 25–29
55 February 17 N Rochester 73–78 Paul Arizin (22) 26–29
56 February 18 Syracuse 86–110 Neil Johnston (35) 27–29
57 February 20 @ Boston 99–114 Neil Johnston (27) 27–30
58 February 22 @ New York 102–103 Neil Johnston (22) 27–31
59 February 23 N New York 98–96 Neil Johnston (34) 28–31
60 February 25 New York 111–113 (3OT) Paul Arizin (26) 29–31
61 February 26 @ Rochester 80–88 Neil Johnston (25) 29–32
62 February 27 @ Syracuse 77–105 Neil Johnston (23) 29–33
63 February 28 N Milwaukee 101–84 Paul Arizin (23) 30–33
64 March 1 Milwaukee 91–88 Neil Johnston (26) 30–34
65 March 2 N Milwaukee 78–75 Paul Arizin (22) 31–34
66 March 5 Boston 89–95 Paul Arizin (30) 32–34
67 March 6 @ Syracuse 101–107 Neil Johnston (24) 32–35
68 March 8 N Boston 103–112 Neil Johnston (24) 32–36
69 March 9 Minneapolis 89–102 Neil Johnston (29) 33–36
70 March 10 N Fort Wayne 91–93 (OT) Walt Davis (19) 33–37
71 March 12 N Minneapolis 78–86 Neil Johnston (20) 33–38
72 March 14 N Milwaukee 84–99 Paul Arizin (37) 33–39

Awards and records

References

  1. ^ 1954–55 Philadelphia Warriors
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