The 1954–55 New York Knickerbockers season was the team's ninth year in the National Basketball Association (NBA). During the regular season, the Knickerbockers achieved a 38–34 record, securing second place in the Atlantic Division. This performance earned New York its ninth consecutive NBA playoff berth. The Knickerbockers lost in the best-of-three first round to the Boston Celtics, 2–1.

Offseason 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. Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team 1 8 Jack Turner G/F Western Kentucky 2 17 Richie Guerin G Iona 3 26 Don Anielak F SW Missouri State

Regular season Season standings

Game log 1954–55 game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 October 30 Minneapolis 83–94 Carl Braun (26) 1–0 2 November 2 @ Milwaukee 91–84 Baechtold, Felix, McGuire (14) 2–0 3 November 6 @ Fort Wayne 83–90 Ray Felix (16) 2–1 4 November 7 @ Minneapolis 103–93 (OT) Nathaniel Clifton (29) 3–1 5 November 11 Rochester 78–79 Carl Braun (19) 4–1 6 November 13 @ Philadelphia 86–87 Carl Braun (19) 4–2 — November 14 @ Baltimore 95–93 — 4–2 — November 16 Baltimore 107–110 — 4–2 7 November 18 N Philadelphia 94–96 Harry Gallatin (23) 5–2 8 November 20 Boston 117–98 Felix, Gallatin (21) 5–3 9 November 24 @ Boston 103–108 Nathaniel Clifton (22) 5–4 10 November 27 Syracuse 80–74 Nathaniel Clifton (14) 5–5 11 November 28 @ Syracuse 77–79 Harry Gallatin (20) 5–6 12 November 30 Philadelphia 91–95 (OT) Harry Gallatin (20) 6–6 13 December 1 N Syracuse 86–88 Nathaniel Clifton (19) 7–6 14 December 4 Fort Wayne 90–88 Clifton, Felix (14) 7–7 15 December 7 Minneapolis 89–97 Carl Braun (27) 8–7 16 December 8 N Philadelphia 86–77 Ray Felix (15) 8–8 17 December 9 @ Philadelphia 98–96 Carl Braun (27) 9–8 18 December 11 @ Milwaukee 97–87 Ray Felix (21) 10–8 19 December 12 @ Minneapolis 73–80 Braun, Gallatin (18) 10–9 20 December 14 Syracuse 91–82 Harry Gallatin (22) 10–10 21 December 15 N Syracuse 81–88 Ray Felix (27) 11–10 22 December 18 @ Milwaukee 91–85 Carl Braun (19) 12–10 23 December 19 Boston 81–93 Ray Felix (24) 13–10 24 December 25 Syracuse 101–109 Ray Felix (21) 14–10 25 December 26 @ Syracuse 92–97 (OT) Nathaniel Clifton (21) 14–11 26 December 28 Philadelphia 84–78 Braun, Clifton (23) 14–12 27 December 29 @ Rochester 89–93 Ray Felix (19) 14–13 28 December 31 N Milwaukee 64–89 Ray Felix (17) 14–14 29 January 1 Milwaukee 91–100 Dick McGuire (22) 15–14 30 January 2 @ Boston 96–113 Jim Baechtold (20) 15–15 31 January 5 @ Rochester 85–103 Felix, Gallatin (14) 15–16 32 January 6 Boston 83–88 Nathaniel Clifton (28) 16–16 33 January 7 N Milwaukee 75–85 Carl Braun (29) 16–17 34 January 9 Philadelphia 84–86 Ray Felix (23) 17–17 35 January 13 N Boston 100–116 Jim Baechtold (33) 17–18 36 January 14 N Fort Wayne 97–83 Dick McGuire (20) 18–18 37 January 15 Fort Wayne 87–106 Carl Braun (22) 19–18 38 January 16 @ Boston 98–102 Harry Gallatin (20) 19–19 39 January 19 N Rochester 83–98 Carl Braun (23) 20–19 40 January 22 Philadelphia 102–99 Carl Braun (24) 20–20 41 January 23 @ Syracuse 98–89 Harry Gallatin (25) 21–20 42 January 25 N Rochester 107–104 Carl Braun (26) 21–21 43 January 26 @ Rochester 94–96 Jim Baechtold (26) 21–22 44 January 27 @ Philadelphia 83–92 Harry Gallatin (24) 21–23 45 January 29 Milwaukee 93–95 (OT) Nathaniel Clifton (25) 22–23 46 January 31 N Fort Wayne 91–84 Nathaniel Clifton (22) 23–23 47 February 2 N Minneapolis 81–96 Clifton, McGuire (16) 23–24 48 February 3 @ Minneapolis 83–90 Carl Braun (17) 23–25 49 February 5 Boston 107–115 Jim Baechtold (26) 24–25 50 February 6 @ Syracuse 75–77 Ray Felix (26) 24–26 51 February 8 Minneapolis 95–98 Nathaniel Clifton (18) 25–26 52 February 9 N Minneapolis 118–112 Harry Gallatin (30) 26–26 53 February 12 Fort Wayne 82–88 Nathaniel Clifton (24) 27–26 54 February 13 @ Boston 105–103 Ray Felix (20) 28–26 55 February 14 N Fort Wayne 92–88 Harry Gallatin (23) 29–26 56 February 17 N Fort Wayne 93–86 Ray Felix (20) 30–26 57 February 19 Syracuse 80–78 Nathaniel Clifton (22) 30–27 58 February 20 @ Syracuse 84–104 Nathaniel Clifton (17) 30–28 59 February 22 Philadelphia 102–103 Jim Baechtold (23) 31–28 60 February 23 N Philadelphia 98–96 Baechtold, Felix (18) 31–29 61 February 25 @ Philadelphia 111–113 (3OT) Jim Baechtold (30) 31–30 62 February 26 Milwaukee 79–72 Baechtold, Gallatin (13) 31–31 63 February 27 @ Fort Wayne 95–83 Ray Felix (18) 32–31 64 March 1 Syracuse 105–102 Carl Braun (25) 32–32 65 March 3 N Milwaukee 103–89 Nathaniel Clifton (22) 33–32 66 March 4 N Rochester 92–95 Jim Baechtold (24) 34–32 67 March 6 Rochester 96–101 Ray Felix (22) 35–32 68 March 7 N Minneapolis 96–97 Carl Braun (24) 35–33 69 March 8 N Rochester 96–99 Jim Baechtold (22) 36–33 70 March 10 Boston 95–114 Baechtold, Gallatin (21) 37–33 71 March 11 N Boston 97–95 Harry Gallatin (21) 38–33 72 March 13 @ Boston 101–112 Ray Felix (31) 38–34

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | March 15 | @ Boston | L 101–122 | Jim Baechtold (17) | — | Boston Garden | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | March 16 | Boston | W 102–95 | Nat Clifton (25) | — | Madison Square Garden III | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | March 19 | Boston | L 109–116 | Nat Clifton (21) | Nat Clifton (6) | Madison Square Garden III | 1–2

Awards and records Harry Gallatin, All-NBA Second Team

References