1953-54 Rochester Royals Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 44-28
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 3-3 Lost division finals
Division Finals - Lost to Minneapolis Lakers 2-1
Coach: Les Harrison (44-28)
Location: Rochester, New York

1953-54 Rochester Royals Roster
1953-54 Rochester Royals Results

The Rochester Royals of the National Basketball Association ended the 1953-54 season with a record of 44 wins and 28 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-3.

The Royals scored 5,742 points and conceded 5,567.

Les Harrison coached the team. The 1953-54 Rochester Royals lost in the division finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bobby Wanzer	G	72	2538	835	322			428	314	392	254	171	958
Arnie Risen	C-F	72	2385	872	321			430	307	728	120	284	949
Bob Davies	G-F	72	2137	777	288			433	311	194	323	224	887
Jack McMahon	G	71	1891	691	250			303	211	211	238	221	711
Jack Coleman	F-C	71	2377	714	289			181	108	589	158	201	686
Odie Spears	G	72	1633	505	184			238	183	310	109	211	551
Alex Hannum	F-C	72	1707	503	175			164	102	350	105	279	452
Cal Christensen	F-C	70	1654	395	137			261	138	395	107	196	412
Norm Swanson	F	63	611	137	31			64	38	110	33	91	100
Al Masino	G	11	50	16	8			12	7	7	7	20	23
Frank Reddout	F	7	18	6	5			4	3	9	0	6	13
Totals		653	17001	5451	2010	0	0	2518	1722	3295	1454	1904	5742

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bobby Wanzer	G	72	35.3	38.6	73.4	5.4	3.5	2.4	13.3
Arnie Risen	C-F	72	33.1	36.8	71.4	10.1	1.7	3.9	13.2
Bob Davies	G-F	72	29.7	37.1	71.8	2.7	4.5	3.1	12.3
Jack McMahon	G	71	26.6	36.2	69.6	3.0	3.4	3.1	10.0
Jack Coleman	F-C	71	33.5	40.5	59.7	8.3	2.2	2.8	9.7
Odie Spears	G	72	22.7	36.4	76.9	4.3	1.5	2.9	7.7
Alex Hannum	F-C	72	23.7	34.8	62.2	4.9	1.5	3.9	6.3
Cal Christensen	F-C	70	23.6	34.7	52.9	5.6	1.5	2.8	5.9
Norm Swanson	F	63	9.7	22.6	59.4	1.7	0.5	1.4	1.6
Al Masino	G	11	4.5	50.0	58.3	0.6	0.6	1.8	2.1
Frank Reddout	F	7	2.6	83.3	75.0	1.3	0.0	0.9	1.9
Averages		653	26.0	36.9	68.4	5.0	2.2	2.9	8.8

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bobby Wanzer	G	6	245	74	30			44	36	35	26	18	96
Arnie Risen	C-F	6	200	67	28			44	33	54	4	25	89
Jack Coleman	F-C	6	238	54	27			18	16	74	12	17	70
Jack McMahon	G	6	197	69	27			25	14	24	24	15	68
Bob Davies	G-F	6	172	52	17			23	17	12	14	16	51
Alex Hannum	F-C	6	107	29	12			24	15	22	5	28	39
Cal Christensen	F-C	6	137	28	10			22	12	35	15	16	32
Odie Spears	G	6	121	28	8			14	12	13	8	17	28
Norm Swanson	F	6	23	7	3			3	2	5	0	5	8
Totals		54	1440	408	162	0	0	217	157	274	108	157	481

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Bobby Wanzer	G	6	40.8	40.5	81.8	5.8	4.3	3.0	16.0
Arnie Risen	C-F	6	33.3	41.8	75.0	9.0	0.7	4.2	14.8
Jack Coleman	F-C	6	39.7	50.0	88.9	12.3	2.0	2.8	11.7
Jack McMahon	G	6	32.8	39.1	56.0	4.0	4.0	2.5	11.3
Bob Davies	G-F	6	28.7	32.7	73.9	2.0	2.3	2.7	8.5
Alex Hannum	F-C	6	17.8	41.4	62.5	3.7	0.8	4.7	6.5
Cal Christensen	F-C	6	22.8	35.7	54.5	5.8	2.5	2.7	5.3
Odie Spears	G	6	20.2	28.6	85.7	2.2	1.3	2.8	4.7
Norm Swanson	F	6	3.8	42.9	66.7	0.8	0.0	0.8	1.3
Averages		653	26.7	39.7	72.4	5.1	2.0	2.9	8.9