The 1953–54 New York Knicks season was the eighth season for the team in the National Basketball Association

National Basketball Association

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 (NBA). New York

New York Knicks

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 won its second straight regular season Eastern Division title with a 44–28 record, which placed them two games ahead of the Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics

The Boston Celtics are a National Basketball Association team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. Founded in 1946, the team is currently owned by Boston Basketball Partners LLC. The Celtics play their home games at the TD Garden, which...

 and Syracuse Nationals

Syracuse Nationals

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. The first round of the 1954 NBA Playoffs

1954 NBA Playoffs

The 1954 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1953-1954 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Minneapolis Lakers defeating the Eastern Conference champion Syracuse Nationals, four games to three in the NBA Finals.For the...

 consisted of round-robin tournament

Round-robin tournament

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s, 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.

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
T	--	Walter Dukes Walter Dukes Walter F. Dukes was a center for the New York Knickerbockers , Minneapolis Lakers and Detroit Pistons ....	C		Seton Hall Seton Hall University Seton Hall University is a private Roman Catholic university in South Orange, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1856 by Archbishop James Roosevelt Bayley, Seton Hall is the oldest diocesan university in the United States. Seton Hall is also the oldest and largest Catholic university in the...
2	9	Dan Ackerman Dan Ackerman Dan Ackerman is a former radio DJ turned technology and video game journalist. Ackerman resides in New York City and has written about video games and gadgets for publications including SPIN, Blender, WWE Magazine, and The Hollywood Reporter.He is currently a Senior Editor at CNET.com and a...	G		Long Island Long Island University Long Island University is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution of higher education in the U.S. state of New York.-History:...
2	15	Neil Gordon	F		Furman Furman University Furman University is a selective, private, coeducational, liberal arts college in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Furman is one of the oldest, and more selective private institutions in South Carolina...
5	--	Bob Santini	F		Iona Iona College (New York) Iona College is located in New Rochelle, New York, 20 miles north of Manhattan in suburban Westchester County. The college occupies 35 acres on North Ave. The college also operates a Graduate Center in Pearl River, Rockland County, New York....
--	--	Richard Atha Richard Atha Richard E. "Dick" Atha is a retired American basketball player.-Basketball career:He played collegiately for the Indiana State University.He was selected by the New York Knicks in the 1953 NBA Draft....	G		Indiana State University Indiana State University Indiana State University is a public university located in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States.The Princeton Review has named Indiana State as one of the "Best in the Midwest" seven years running, and the College of Education's Graduate Program was recently named as a 'Top 100' by U.S...
--	--	Ken Sears Ken Sears Kenneth Robert Sears is a retired American professional basketball player. He holds the distinction of being the first basketball player to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine, appearing on the December 20, 1954 issue.A 6'9" forward from Santa Clara University, Sears played eight...	F		Santa Clara Santa Clara University Santa Clara University is a private, not-for-profit, Jesuit-affiliated university located in Santa Clara, California, United States. Chartered by the state of California and accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, it operates in collaboration with the Society of Jesus , whose...
--	--	Joe Smyth Joe Smyth Joe Smyth is a British Professional boxer who competes in the Light Heavyweight division.As an amateur Smyth was in the English team alongisde other well known boxers such as Amir Khan, James DeGale, Frankie Gavin, Steven Smith and Tony Jeffries....	F		Niagara Niagara University Niagara University is a Catholic university in the Vincentian tradition, located in the Town of Lewiston in Niagara County, New York. Originally founded by the Congregation of the Mission in 1856 as Our Lady of Angels Seminary, it became Niagara University in 1883. The University is still run by...

External links

• 1953–54 New York Knickerbockers Statistics