1953β54 Milwaukee Hawks season | |
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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 1953β54 NBA season was the Hawks' eighth season of existence, their fifth season in the NBA, and their third season in Milwaukee. [1]
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x- Minneapolis Lakers | 46 | 26 | .639 | β | 20β4 | 13β15 | 13β7 | 19β13 |
x- Rochester Royals | 44 | 28 | .611 | 2 | 18β10 | 12β15 | 14β3 | 22β10 |
x- Fort Wayne Pistons | 40 | 32 | .556 | 6 | 19β8 | 11β17 | 10β7 | 17β15 |
Milwaukee Hawks | 21 | 51 | .292 | 25 | 11β14 | 5β17 | 6β20 | 6β26 |
1953-54 NBA Records | |||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | FWP | MIL | MIN | NYK | PHI | ROC | SYR |
Baltimore | β | 1β9 | 0β8 | 2β6 | 2β6 | 3β7 | 4β6 | 1β7 | 3β7 |
Boston | 9β1 | β | 4β4 | 6β2 | 3β5 | 5β5 | 6β4 | 4β4 | 5β5 |
Fort Wayne | 8β0 | 4β4 | β | 9β2 | 5β5 | 3β5 | 6β2 | 3β8 | 2β6 |
Milwaukee | 6β2 | 2β6 | 2β9 | β | 3β8 | 3β5 | 3β5 | 1β9 | 1β7 |
Minneapolis | 6β2 | 5β3 | 5β5 | 8β3 | β | 5β3 | 6β2 | 6β5 | 5β3 |
New York | 7β3 | 5β5 | 5β3 | 5β3 | 3β5 | β | 7β3 | 7β1 | 5β5 |
Philadelphia | 6β4 | 4β6 | 2β6 | 5β3 | 2β6 | 3β7 | β | 1β7 | 6β4 |
Rochester | 7β1 | 4β4 | 8β3 | 9β1 | 5β6 | 1β7 | 7β1 | β | 3β5 |
Syracuse | 7β3 | 5β5 | 6β2 | 7β1 | 3β5 | 5β5 | 4β6 | 5β3 | β |
1953β54 Game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 30 | Minneapolis | 59β69 | Irv Bemoras (14) | 1β0 | |||||
2 | November 1 | @ Fort Wayne | 67β77 | Don Sunderlage (28) | 1β1 | |||||
3 | November 4 | N New York | 73β67 | Don Sunderlage (19) | 1β2 | |||||
4 | November 6 | New York | 80β68 | Don Sunderlage (17) | 1β3 | |||||
5 | November 10 | Syracuse | 74β59 | Bill Tosheff (13) | 1β4 | |||||
6 | November 13 | Minneapolis | 92β84 | George Ratkovicz (20) | 1β5 | |||||
7 | November 15 | @ Syracuse | 61β69 | Don Sunderlage (14) | 1β6 | |||||
8 | November 18 | @ Baltimore | 74β104 | Bob Houbregs (17) | 1β7 | |||||
9 | November 19 | N Rochester | 79β69 | Don Sunderlage (16) | 1β8 | |||||
10 | November 20 | Rochester | 81β63 | Don Sunderlage (18) | 1β9 | |||||
11 | November 22 | N Minneapolis | 57β55 | Bob Houbregs (13) | 1β10 | |||||
12 | November 25 | Fort Wayne | 58β64 | Don Sunderlage (24) | 2β10 | |||||
13 | November 26 | @ Fort Wayne | 64β78 | Jack Nichols (12) | 2β11 | |||||
14 | November 27 | N Philadelphia | 51β55 | Lew Hitch (15) | 3β11 | |||||
15 | November 28 | N Philadelphia | 68β71 | Irv Bemoras (23) | 4β11 | |||||
16 | December 1 | Syracuse | 76β69 (OT) | Max Zaslofsky (18) | 4β12 | |||||
17 | December 5 | @ Boston | 79β97 | Max Zaslofsky (28) | 4β13 | |||||
18 | December 9 | N Fort Wayne | 59β83 | George Ratkovicz (13) | 4β14 | |||||
19 | December 10 | @ Syracuse | 76β96 | Bemoras, Zaslofsky (15) | 4β15 | |||||
20 | December 11 | New York | 70β82 | Don Sunderlage (21) | 5β15 | |||||
21 | December 13 | @ Baltimore | 73β70 | Lew Hitch (17) | 6β15 | |||||
22 | December 15 | @ Rochester | 64β76 | Max Zaslofsky (18) | 6β16 | |||||
23 | December 16 | N Minneapolis | 69β63 (OT) | Max Zaslofsky (22) | 6β17 | |||||
24 | December 19 | Fort Wayne | 69β63 | Don Lofgran (15) | 6β18 | |||||
25 | December 21 | N Boston | 74β90 | Don Lofgran (18) | 6β19 | |||||
26 | December 23 | N Boston | 74β80 | Don Sunderlage (23) | 6β20 | |||||
27 | December 26 | Boston | 67β74 | George Ratkovicz (16) | 7β20 | |||||
28 | December 27 | @ Syracuse | 75β96 | Bill Calhoun (17) | 7β21 | |||||
29 | December 28 | N Philadelphia | 69β63 | Lew Hitch (13) | 7β22 | |||||
30 | January 1 | Baltimore | 52β62 | Don Sunderlage (12) | 8β22 | |||||
31 | January 5 | @ Philadelphia | 88β99 | Bill Calhoun (21) | 8β23 | |||||
32 | January 6 | N Philadelphia | 77β72 | Irv Bemoras (15) | 8β24 | |||||
33 | January 7 | N Philadelphia | 88β73 | Don Sunderlage (19) | 8β25 | |||||
34 | January 9 | Minneapolis | 78β67 | Irv Bemoras (16) | 8β26 | |||||
35 | January 10 | @ Fort Wayne | 73β81 | Bill Tosheff (23) | 8β27 | |||||
36 | January 12 | @ Rochester | 73β78 | Bill Tosheff (16) | 8β28 | |||||
37 | January 14 | N Boston | 74β86 | Don Sunderlage (26) | 8β29 | |||||
38 | January 16 | @ Minneapolis | 64β58 | Lew Hitch (16) | 9β29 | |||||
39 | January 18 | N Minneapolis | 91β72 | Don Sunderlage (16) | 9β30 | |||||
40 | January 19 | New York | 78β75 | Don Sunderlage (19) | 9β31 | |||||
41 | January 23 | @ New York | 63β75 | Dick Surhoff (12) | 9β32 | |||||
42 | January 24 | N New York | 66β68 | Don Sunderlage (19) | 10β32 | |||||
43 | January 26 | Minneapolis | 84β69 | Don Sunderlage (22) | 10β33 | |||||
44 | January 27 | N Fort Wayne | 68β77 | George Ratkovicz (14) | 10β34 | |||||
45 | January 29 | Boston | 70β82 | Don Sunderlage (19) | 11β34 | |||||
46 | January 30 | @ Minneapolis | 64β80 | Lew Hitch (15) | 11β35 | |||||
47 | February 1 | Fort Wayne | 72β71 | Chuck Share (22) | 11β36 | |||||
48 | February 3 | @ Baltimore | 78β72 | Bill Calhoun (19) | 12β36 | |||||
49 | February 5 | Philadelphia | 66β69 | Chuck Share (19) | 13β36 | |||||
50 | February 7 | @ Syracuse | 73β88 | Chuck Share (21) | 13β37 | |||||
51 | February 9 | @ Rochester | 70β81 | Chuck Share (15) | 13β38 | |||||
52 | February 10 | Rochester | 62β61 | Don Sunderlage (18) | 13β39 | |||||
53 | February 11 | N Rochester | 79β68 | Bob Harrison (16) | 13β40 | |||||
54 | February 12 | N Minneapolis | 62β71 | Don Sunderlage (17) | 14β40 | |||||
55 | February 16 | Fort Wayne | 69β65 | Chuck Share (16) | 14β41 | |||||
56 | February 19 | Boston | 78β73 | Don Sunderlage (15) | 14β42 | |||||
57 | February 20 | @ Rochester | 64β66 | Calhoun, Hitch (16) | 14β43 | |||||
58 | February 21 | @ Fort Wayne | 64β62 | Calhoun, Harrison (11) | 15β43 | |||||
59 | February 22 | N Fort Wayne | 82β95 | Don Sunderlage (22) | 15β44 | |||||
60 | February 23 | N Syracuse | 68β70 | Chuck Share (28) | 16β44 | |||||
61 | February 26 | Syracuse | 68β62 | Chuck Share (15) | 16β45 | |||||
62 | February 27 | @ New York | 58β57 | Chuck Share (16) | 17β45 | |||||
63 | February 28 | N Boston | 74β93 | Chuck Share (26) | 17β46 | |||||
64 | March 1 | N Philadelphia | 78β73 | Chuck Share (16) | 17β47 | |||||
65 | March 3 | @ Baltimore | 103β100 | Bemoras, Harrison (22) | 18β47 | |||||
66 | March 4 | N Baltimore | 87β95 | Don Sunderlage (19) | 18β48 | |||||
67 | March 7 | @ Minneapolis | 63β65 | Bill Calhoun (22) | 18β49 | |||||
68 | March 8 | Baltimore | 54β64 | Bob Harrison (14) | 19β49 | |||||
69 | March 8 | Baltimore | 54β65 | Bob Harrison (18) | 20β49 | |||||
70 | March 9 | N New York | 72β65 | Bill Calhoun (15) | 20β50 | |||||
71 | March 10 | N Rochester | 84β69 | Chuck Share (23) | 20β51 | |||||
72 | March 14 | Rochester | 53β91 | Bill Calhoun (22) | 21β51 |
1953β54 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 1953β54 NBA season was the Hawks' eighth season of existence, their fifth season in the NBA, and their third season in Milwaukee. [1]
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
x- Minneapolis Lakers | 46 | 26 | .639 | β | 20β4 | 13β15 | 13β7 | 19β13 |
x- Rochester Royals | 44 | 28 | .611 | 2 | 18β10 | 12β15 | 14β3 | 22β10 |
x- Fort Wayne Pistons | 40 | 32 | .556 | 6 | 19β8 | 11β17 | 10β7 | 17β15 |
Milwaukee Hawks | 21 | 51 | .292 | 25 | 11β14 | 5β17 | 6β20 | 6β26 |
1953-54 NBA Records | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | BAL | BOS | FWP | MIL | MIN | NYK | PHI | ROC | SYR |
Baltimore | β | 1β9 | 0β8 | 2β6 | 2β6 | 3β7 | 4β6 | 1β7 | 3β7 |
Boston | 9β1 | β | 4β4 | 6β2 | 3β5 | 5β5 | 6β4 | 4β4 | 5β5 |
Fort Wayne | 8β0 | 4β4 | β | 9β2 | 5β5 | 3β5 | 6β2 | 3β8 | 2β6 |
Milwaukee | 6β2 | 2β6 | 2β9 | β | 3β8 | 3β5 | 3β5 | 1β9 | 1β7 |
Minneapolis | 6β2 | 5β3 | 5β5 | 8β3 | β | 5β3 | 6β2 | 6β5 | 5β3 |
New York | 7β3 | 5β5 | 5β3 | 5β3 | 3β5 | β | 7β3 | 7β1 | 5β5 |
Philadelphia | 6β4 | 4β6 | 2β6 | 5β3 | 2β6 | 3β7 | β | 1β7 | 6β4 |
Rochester | 7β1 | 4β4 | 8β3 | 9β1 | 5β6 | 1β7 | 7β1 | β | 3β5 |
Syracuse | 7β3 | 5β5 | 6β2 | 7β1 | 3β5 | 5β5 | 4β6 | 5β3 | β |
1953β54 Game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 30 | Minneapolis | 59β69 | Irv Bemoras (14) | 1β0 | |||||
2 | November 1 | @ Fort Wayne | 67β77 | Don Sunderlage (28) | 1β1 | |||||
3 | November 4 | N New York | 73β67 | Don Sunderlage (19) | 1β2 | |||||
4 | November 6 | New York | 80β68 | Don Sunderlage (17) | 1β3 | |||||
5 | November 10 | Syracuse | 74β59 | Bill Tosheff (13) | 1β4 | |||||
6 | November 13 | Minneapolis | 92β84 | George Ratkovicz (20) | 1β5 | |||||
7 | November 15 | @ Syracuse | 61β69 | Don Sunderlage (14) | 1β6 | |||||
8 | November 18 | @ Baltimore | 74β104 | Bob Houbregs (17) | 1β7 | |||||
9 | November 19 | N Rochester | 79β69 | Don Sunderlage (16) | 1β8 | |||||
10 | November 20 | Rochester | 81β63 | Don Sunderlage (18) | 1β9 | |||||
11 | November 22 | N Minneapolis | 57β55 | Bob Houbregs (13) | 1β10 | |||||
12 | November 25 | Fort Wayne | 58β64 | Don Sunderlage (24) | 2β10 | |||||
13 | November 26 | @ Fort Wayne | 64β78 | Jack Nichols (12) | 2β11 | |||||
14 | November 27 | N Philadelphia | 51β55 | Lew Hitch (15) | 3β11 | |||||
15 | November 28 | N Philadelphia | 68β71 | Irv Bemoras (23) | 4β11 | |||||
16 | December 1 | Syracuse | 76β69 (OT) | Max Zaslofsky (18) | 4β12 | |||||
17 | December 5 | @ Boston | 79β97 | Max Zaslofsky (28) | 4β13 | |||||
18 | December 9 | N Fort Wayne | 59β83 | George Ratkovicz (13) | 4β14 | |||||
19 | December 10 | @ Syracuse | 76β96 | Bemoras, Zaslofsky (15) | 4β15 | |||||
20 | December 11 | New York | 70β82 | Don Sunderlage (21) | 5β15 | |||||
21 | December 13 | @ Baltimore | 73β70 | Lew Hitch (17) | 6β15 | |||||
22 | December 15 | @ Rochester | 64β76 | Max Zaslofsky (18) | 6β16 | |||||
23 | December 16 | N Minneapolis | 69β63 (OT) | Max Zaslofsky (22) | 6β17 | |||||
24 | December 19 | Fort Wayne | 69β63 | Don Lofgran (15) | 6β18 | |||||
25 | December 21 | N Boston | 74β90 | Don Lofgran (18) | 6β19 | |||||
26 | December 23 | N Boston | 74β80 | Don Sunderlage (23) | 6β20 | |||||
27 | December 26 | Boston | 67β74 | George Ratkovicz (16) | 7β20 | |||||
28 | December 27 | @ Syracuse | 75β96 | Bill Calhoun (17) | 7β21 | |||||
29 | December 28 | N Philadelphia | 69β63 | Lew Hitch (13) | 7β22 | |||||
30 | January 1 | Baltimore | 52β62 | Don Sunderlage (12) | 8β22 | |||||
31 | January 5 | @ Philadelphia | 88β99 | Bill Calhoun (21) | 8β23 | |||||
32 | January 6 | N Philadelphia | 77β72 | Irv Bemoras (15) | 8β24 | |||||
33 | January 7 | N Philadelphia | 88β73 | Don Sunderlage (19) | 8β25 | |||||
34 | January 9 | Minneapolis | 78β67 | Irv Bemoras (16) | 8β26 | |||||
35 | January 10 | @ Fort Wayne | 73β81 | Bill Tosheff (23) | 8β27 | |||||
36 | January 12 | @ Rochester | 73β78 | Bill Tosheff (16) | 8β28 | |||||
37 | January 14 | N Boston | 74β86 | Don Sunderlage (26) | 8β29 | |||||
38 | January 16 | @ Minneapolis | 64β58 | Lew Hitch (16) | 9β29 | |||||
39 | January 18 | N Minneapolis | 91β72 | Don Sunderlage (16) | 9β30 | |||||
40 | January 19 | New York | 78β75 | Don Sunderlage (19) | 9β31 | |||||
41 | January 23 | @ New York | 63β75 | Dick Surhoff (12) | 9β32 | |||||
42 | January 24 | N New York | 66β68 | Don Sunderlage (19) | 10β32 | |||||
43 | January 26 | Minneapolis | 84β69 | Don Sunderlage (22) | 10β33 | |||||
44 | January 27 | N Fort Wayne | 68β77 | George Ratkovicz (14) | 10β34 | |||||
45 | January 29 | Boston | 70β82 | Don Sunderlage (19) | 11β34 | |||||
46 | January 30 | @ Minneapolis | 64β80 | Lew Hitch (15) | 11β35 | |||||
47 | February 1 | Fort Wayne | 72β71 | Chuck Share (22) | 11β36 | |||||
48 | February 3 | @ Baltimore | 78β72 | Bill Calhoun (19) | 12β36 | |||||
49 | February 5 | Philadelphia | 66β69 | Chuck Share (19) | 13β36 | |||||
50 | February 7 | @ Syracuse | 73β88 | Chuck Share (21) | 13β37 | |||||
51 | February 9 | @ Rochester | 70β81 | Chuck Share (15) | 13β38 | |||||
52 | February 10 | Rochester | 62β61 | Don Sunderlage (18) | 13β39 | |||||
53 | February 11 | N Rochester | 79β68 | Bob Harrison (16) | 13β40 | |||||
54 | February 12 | N Minneapolis | 62β71 | Don Sunderlage (17) | 14β40 | |||||
55 | February 16 | Fort Wayne | 69β65 | Chuck Share (16) | 14β41 | |||||
56 | February 19 | Boston | 78β73 | Don Sunderlage (15) | 14β42 | |||||
57 | February 20 | @ Rochester | 64β66 | Calhoun, Hitch (16) | 14β43 | |||||
58 | February 21 | @ Fort Wayne | 64β62 | Calhoun, Harrison (11) | 15β43 | |||||
59 | February 22 | N Fort Wayne | 82β95 | Don Sunderlage (22) | 15β44 | |||||
60 | February 23 | N Syracuse | 68β70 | Chuck Share (28) | 16β44 | |||||
61 | February 26 | Syracuse | 68β62 | Chuck Share (15) | 16β45 | |||||
62 | February 27 | @ New York | 58β57 | Chuck Share (16) | 17β45 | |||||
63 | February 28 | N Boston | 74β93 | Chuck Share (26) | 17β46 | |||||
64 | March 1 | N Philadelphia | 78β73 | Chuck Share (16) | 17β47 | |||||
65 | March 3 | @ Baltimore | 103β100 | Bemoras, Harrison (22) | 18β47 | |||||
66 | March 4 | N Baltimore | 87β95 | Don Sunderlage (19) | 18β48 | |||||
67 | March 7 | @ Minneapolis | 63β65 | Bill Calhoun (22) | 18β49 | |||||
68 | March 8 | Baltimore | 54β64 | Bob Harrison (14) | 19β49 | |||||
69 | March 8 | Baltimore | 54β65 | Bob Harrison (18) | 20β49 | |||||
70 | March 9 | N New York | 72β65 | Bill Calhoun (15) | 20β50 | |||||
71 | March 10 | N Rochester | 84β69 | Chuck Share (23) | 20β51 | |||||
72 | March 14 | Rochester | 53β91 | Bill Calhoun (22) | 21β51 |