Head coach Joe Lapchick Arena Madison Square Garden | General manager Ned Irish Record 47–23 (.671) | |
Place Division: 1st (Eastern) Playoff finish East Division Semifinals
(3rd place in double Round Robin) | ||
The 1953–54 New York Knicks season was the eighth season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). New York won its second straight regular season Eastern Division title with a 44–28 record, which placed them two games ahead of the Boston Celtics and Syracuse Nationals. The first round of the 1954 NBA Playoffs consisted of round-robin tournaments, where the top three teams in each division played each other in home and away matchups. The Knicks went 0–4 against the Celtics and Nationals, and did not qualify for the Eastern Division Finals.
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NBA Draft
Note: This is not an extensive list; it only covers the first and second rounds, and any other players picked by the franchise that played at least one game in the league.
Season standings
x – clinched playoff spotAwards and records
References
1953–54 New York Knicks season Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA