NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Eastern Division
Finished: 44-28 .611 1st place
Eliminated in Eastern Division Round Robin
The aging Knicks started the season 11-2 and held on to the Eastern Division crown all season long, finishing two games ahead of both Syracuse and Boston, who tied for second. Lapchick's squad was surprisingly defeated in the Round Robin, losing all four games and being sent home. The Knicks announced that the 1954-55 season would be a rebuilding year, and veteran player Vince Boryla opted to quit playing and take a coaching job for an independent team in Denver.
- Head Coach: Joe Lapchick (April 12, 1900 - August 10, 1970)
PLAYERS:
- Buddy Ackerman (September 4, 1930 - July 9, 2011)
- Jim Baechtold (December 9, 1927 - August 29, 2011)
- Vince Boryla (March 11, 1927 - March 27, 2016)
- Carl Braun (September 25, 1927 - February 10, 2010)
- Nat Clifton (October 13, 1922 - August 31, 1990)
- Harry Gallatin (April 26, 1927 - October 7, 2015)
- Al McGuire (September 7, 1928 - January 26, 2001)
- Dick McGuire (January 25, 1926 - February 3, 2010)
- Fred Schaus (June 30, 1925 - February 10, 2010)
- Connie Simmons (March 15, 1925 - April 15, 1989)
- Ed Smith (July 5, 1929 - November 26, 1998)
- Joe Smyth (May 22, 1929 - June 10, 1999)
- Ernie Vandeweghe (September 12, 1928 - November 8, 2014)
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