1954–55 Rochester Royals season

Western Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Fort Wayne Pistons	43	29	.597	–	21–6	9–14	13–9	28–8
x-Minneapolis Lakers	40	32	.556	3	18–6	10–14	12–12	18–18
x-Rochester Royals	29	43	.403	14	17–11	4–19	8–13	14–22
Milwaukee Hawks	26	46	.361	17	6–11	9–16	11–19	14–22

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	October 30	Boston	95–98	Bobby Wanzer (25)	1–0
2	November 7	@ Fort Wayne	84–109	Arnie Risen (20)	1–1
3	November 10	Milwaukee	86–90	Jack McMahon (17)	2–1
4	November 11	@ New York	78–79	Odie Spears (15)	2–2
5	November 13	Fort Wayne	103–98	Spears, Spoelstra (18)	2–3
6	November 16	@ Boston	98–99	Tom Marshall (23)	2–4
7	November 20	Syracuse	80–79	Arnie Risen (19)	2–5
8	November 21	@ Fort Wayne	78–89	Odie Spears (18)	2–6
9	November 24	@ Milwaukee	90–87 (OT)	Bobby Wanzer (22)	3–6
10	November 25	@ Minneapolis	84–95	Arnie Risen (16)	3–7
11	November 27	Boston	101–107	Bobby Wanzer (24)	4–7
12	December 1	Fort Wayne	101–96 (OT)	Arnie Risen (26)	4–8
13	December 2	@ Syracuse	78–82	Don Henriksen (15)	4–9
14	December 4	@ Boston	102–110	Arnie Risen (22)	4–10
15	December 5	@ Fort Wayne	97–96	McMahon, Wanzer (18)	5–10
16	December 7	N Boston	93–95	Jack Coleman (21)	5–11
17	December 8	Syracuse	78–105	Jack McMahon (20)	6–11
18	December 11	Minneapolis	91–83	Bobby Wanzer (20)	6–12
19	December 12	N Milwaukee	74–86	Don Henriksen (20)	6–13
20	December 15	N Minneapolis	99–97 (OT)	Arnie Risen (25)	7–13
21	December 18	Fort Wayne	87–86	Bob Davies (20)	7–14
22	December 19	N Philadelphia	92–79	Bobby Wanzer (21)	8–14
23	December 25	Fort Wayne	73–80	Bob Davies (25)	9–14
24	December 28	N Syracuse	84–82	Arnie Risen (19)	9–15
25	December 29	New York	89–93	Bobby Wanzer (21)	10–15
26	January 1	Philadelphia	92–96	Bob Davies (18)	11–15
27	January 2	@ Minneapolis	102–100	Arnie Risen (22)	12–15
28	January 4	@ Milwaukee	80–92	Arnie Risen (21)	12–16
29	January 5	New York	85–103	Tom Marshall (18)	13–16
30	January 6	N Fort Wayne	83–90	Don Henriksen (13)	13–17
31	January 8	Milwaukee	88–91	Tom Marshall (21)	14–17
32	January 9	@ Boston	92–98	Jack McMahon (22)	14–18
33	January 11	N Milwaukee	90–93	Davies, Wanzer (21)	14–19
34	January 12	Minneapolis	102–88	Davies, McMahon, Wanzer (14)	14–20
35	January 15	Minneapolis	90–93	Odie Spears (25)	15–20
36	January 16	@ Syracuse	85–90	Coleman, Wanzer (18)	15–21
37	January 19	N New York	83–98	Jack McMahon (22)	15–22
38	January 22	Boston	110–121	Bob Davies (25)	16–22
39	January 23	@ Fort Wayne	84–105	Jack Coleman (21)	16–23
40	January 24	N Milwaukee	97–86	Jack Coleman (17)	17–23
41	January 25	N New York	107–104	Bobby Wanzer (25)	18–23
42	January 26	New York	94–96	Tom Marshall (21)	19–23
43	January 27	N Boston	98–92	McMahon, Wanzer (19)	20–23
44	January 29	Philadelphia	85–87	Bob Davies (25)	21–23
45	January 31	@ Milwaukee	80–100	Jack McMahon (15)	21–24
46	February 2	Fort Wayne	74–84	Jack Coleman (18)	22–24
47	February 3	N Milwaukee	88–87	Bobby Wanzer (20)	23–24
48	February 4	@ Philadelphia	101–109	Bob Davies (19)	23–25
49	February 5	Syracuse	94–88	Bob Davies (24)	23–26
50	February 6	@ Fort Wayne	75–92	Bob Davies (14)	23–27
51	February 9	Milwaukee	75–74	Jack Coleman (17)	23–28
52	February 11	N Fort Wayne	91–83	Henriksen, Wanzer (13)	24–28
53	February 12	Minneapolis	96–95	Bob Davies (17)	24–29
54	February 13	@ Syracuse	87–88	Risen, Spoelstra (18)	24–30
55	February 14	N Philadelphia	72–79	Arnie Risen (16)	24–31
56	February 15	N Philadelphia	113–114	Bob Davies (27)	24–32
57	February 16	N Philadelphia	96–98	Bobby Wanzer (23)	24–33
58	February 17	N Philadelphia	73–78	Tom Marshall (22)	24–34
59	February 19	Milwaukee	84–78	Arnie Risen (15)	24–35
60	February 20	@ Minneapolis	92–105	Bobby Wanzer (22)	24–36
61	February 21	N Minneapolis	110–112	Bob Davies (20)	24–37
62	February 22	@ Milwaukee	87–71	Arnie Risen (19)	25–37
63	February 24	@ Syracuse	83–97	Risen, Wanzer (20)	25–38
64	February 26	Philadelphia	80–88	Jack Coleman (22)	26–38
65	February 27	@ Minneapolis	84–93	Arnie Risen (16)	26–39
66	March 3	N Minneapolis	83–76	Bob Davies (17)	27–39
67	March 4	N New York	92–95	Bob Davies (23)	27–40
68	March 5	Minneapolis	107–104 (OT)	Davies, Wanzer (21)	27–41
69	March 6	@ New York	96–101	Bobby Wanzer (18)	27–42
70	March 8	N New York	96–99	Bob Davies (20)	27–43
71	March 9	Syracuse	97–100	Tom Marshall (16)	28–43
72	March 12	Boston	103–105	Jack Coleman (21)	29–43

Playoffs

1955 playoff game log

Division Semifinals: 1–2 (home: 1–0; road: 0–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	Location Attendance	Series
1	March 16	@ Rochester	L 78–82	Bobby Wanzer (30)	St. Paul Auditorium 4,841	0–1
2	March 18	Rochester	W 94–92	Arnie Risen (19)	Edgerton Park Arena	1–1
3	March 19	@ Rochester	L 110–119	Arnie Risen (24)	St. Paul Auditorium 4,219	1–2

1955 schedule

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Cal Christensen
Jack Coleman
Bob Davies
Don Henriksen
Tom Marshall
Jack McMahon
Boris Nachamkin
Arnie Risen
Odie Spears
Art Spoelstra
Bobby Wanzer

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Cal Christensen
Jack Coleman
Bob Davies
Don Henriksen
Tom Marshall
Jack McMahon
Arnie Risen
Odie Spears
Art Spoelstra
Bobby Wanzer

References

1954–55 Rochester Royals

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