1954–55 Milwaukee Hawks season

1954–55 Milwaukee Hawks season
Head coachRed Holzman
ArenaMilwaukee Arena
Results
Record26–46 (.361)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference

The 1954–55 Milwaukee Hawks season was the Hawks' ninth season of existence, their sixth season in the NBA, and the fourth and final season in Milwaukee.[1] During the early part of the season, the Hawks were the only team that played one game against the original Baltimore Bullets to end up losing to that same squad in question, losing that match 99–92 in Milwaukee for what turned out to be the original Bullets' final victory ever done in franchise history on November 20, 1954 (as well as the only NBA game that new Bullets head coach Albert Barthelme would get a win as an NBA head coach in general); that same Bullets franchise would later fold operations a week later on November 27. Thankfully for the Hawks, that loss would end up being wiped out from the official record books for the NBA's history. However, if their loss was officially kept as a part of the season's record for the Hawks, their official record would have had Milwaukee hold an even worse losing record of 26–47 instead of 26–46 as the official worst record of the season.[2] This season was also notable for the Hawks originally having the lowest-scoring effort in one game in the NBA season that debuted the shot clock, with Milwaukee scoring only 57 points in a neutral sited match held in Providence, Rhode Island on February 27, 1955, which resulted in a surprisingly close 62–57 defeat to the Boston Celtics near the end of their season. In the NBA's post-shot clock era, that game by the Hawks would remain the lowest-scoring effort from one team that would be willingly recognized by the league (primarily because of the shot clock's implementation) in over 40 years before it later was tied twice in 1996 by the Philadelphia 76ers (the current rendition of this season's championship winning Syracuse Nationals) and the Orlando Magic before later being broken by the Utah Jazz twice (once in the 1998 NBA Finals and once in the 1999 lockout-shortened regular season period) and then by the Chicago Bulls near the end of that lockout-shortened 1999 season, with Chicago's 49 points in 1999 being the current-day record of infamy to this day.[3] After this season's conclusion, the Hawks would move again, this time to St. Louis, Missouri for the following season. The Hawks would bring a return to NBA basketball in St. Louis after the St. Louis Bombers folded in 1950, staying in St. Louis until 1968.

There would not be another NBA franchise in Milwaukee until the Bucks began play themselves in 1968, coincidentally enough.

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division
 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

Game log

1954–55 Game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 October 30 Fort Wayne 91–72 Bob Pettit (17) 0–1
2 November 2 New York 91–84 Ken McBride (30) 0–2
3 November 6 N Minneapolis 79–67 Bob Pettit (18) 0–3
4 November 7 @ Syracuse 80–97 Bob Pettit (23) 0–4
5 November 10 @ Rochester 86–90 Bob Pettit (25) 0–5
6 November 11 N Boston 95–85 Chuck Share (22) 1–5
7 November 13 Syracuse 72–85 Chuck Cooper (23) 2–5
8 November 14 @ Fort Wayne 91–93 Chuck Cooper (27) 2–6
9 November 24 Rochester 90–87 (OT) Lew Hitch (20) 2–7
10 November 25 @ Syracuse 85–91 Bob Pettit (23) 2–8
11 November 28 @ Fort Wayne 81–96 Bob Pettit (19) 2–9
12 November 30 Boston 118–99 Frank Selvy (35) 2–10
13 December 1 N Boston 90–101 Bob Pettit (29) 2–11
14 December 2 N Minneapolis 108–117 Frank Selvy (42) 3–11
15 December 3 N Philadelphia 110–91 Bob Pettit (23) 3–12
16 December 4 Minneapolis 88–95 Frank Selvy (31) 4–12
17 December 5 @ Minneapolis 102–104 (OT) Bob Pettit (25) 4–13
18 December 7 N Fort Wayne 85–101 Frank Selvy (17) 4–14
19 December 8 N Fort Wayne 68–92 Bob Pettit (24) 4–15
20 December 11 New York 97–87 Bob Pettit (19) 4–16
21 December 12 N Rochester 74–86 Lew Hitch (20) 5–16
22 December 15 @ Boston 106–117 Chuck Share (21) 5–17
23 December 18 New York 91–85 Frank Selvy (23) 5–18
24 December 19 @ Fort Wayne 82–87 Bob Pettit (24) 5–19
25 December 25 Boston 108–99 Chuck Cooper (26) 5–20
26 December 31 N New York 64–89 Hitch, Selvy (16) 6–20
27 January 1 @ New York 91–100 Frank Selvy (31) 6–21
28 January 2 @ Syracuse 91–79 Bob Harrison (30) 7–21
29 January 4 Rochester 80–92 Bob Pettit (36) 8–21
30 January 5 N Fort Wayne 97–92 Bob Pettit (33) 9–21
31 January 6 N Philadelphia 92–79 Bob Pettit (27) 9–22
32 January 7 N New York 75–85 Bob Pettit (30) 10–22
33 January 8 @ Rochester 88–91 Bob Pettit (34) 10–23
34 January 9 Syracuse 72–77 Frank Selvy (26) 11–23
35 January 11 N Rochester 90–93 Bob Pettit (31) 12–23
36 January 14 Philadelphia 84–86 Frank Selvy (22) 13–23
37 January 15 Philadelphia 93–88 Frank Selvy (18) 13–24
38 January 16 @ Fort Wayne 78–89 Frank Selvy (20) 13–25
39 January 19 N Minneapolis 95–81 Frank Selvy (23) 13–26
40 January 20 N Minneapolis 97–90 Frank Selvy (40) 13–27
41 January 21 N Minneapolis 100–92 Frank Selvy (29) 13–28
42 January 22 Fort Wayne 85–83 Frank Selvy (23) 13–29
43 January 23 @ Minneapolis 79–82 Frank Selvy (17) 13–30
44 January 24 N Rochester 97–86 Frank Selvy (21) 13–31
45 January 27 N Minneapolis 79–85 Frank Selvy (23) 14–31
46 January 29 @ New York 93–95 (OT) Chuck Cooper (21) 14–32
47 January 30 @ Boston 88–79 Chuck Share (18) 15–32
48 January 31 Rochester 80–100 Frank Selvy (23) 16–32
49 February 3 N Rochester 88–87 Bob Pettit (32) 16–33
50 February 5 N Minneapolis 103–87 Chuck Share (22) 16–34
51 February 6 @ Minneapolis 101–99 Frank Selvy (23) 17–34
52 February 8 N Philadelphia 95–102 Frank Selvy (30) 18–34
53 February 9 @ Rochester 75–74 Bob Pettit (25) 19–34
54 February 12 @ Syracuse 66–92 Bill Calhoun (13) 19–35
55 February 13 @ Fort Wayne 78–90 Bob Pettit (24) 19–36
56 February 14 N Syracuse 82–81 Chuck Share (19) 19–37
57 February 15 N Boston 103–106 (OT) Chuck Share (28) 19–38
58 February 19 @ Rochester 84–78 Bob Pettit (27) 20–38
59 February 20 @ Fort Wayne 87–96 Bob Pettit (32) 20–39
60 February 22 Rochester 87–71 Chuck Share (24) 20–40
61 February 23 N Boston 120–103 Bob Pettit (32) 21–40
62 February 24 N Fort Wayne 85–95 Bob Pettit (19) 21–41
63 February 26 @ New York 79–72 Bob Pettit (26) 22–41
64 February 27 N Boston 57–62 Chuck Share (19) 22–42
65 February 28 N Philadelphia 101–84 Bob Pettit (35) 22–43
66 March 1 @ Philadelphia 91–88 Bob Pettit (26) 23–43
67 March 2 N Philadelphia 78–75 Bob Pettit (24) 23–44
68 March 3 N New York 103–89 Bob Harrison (18) 23–45
69 March 4 Syracuse 99–96 Bob Pettit (25) 23–46
70 March 6 @ Minneapolis 100–98 Bob Pettit (21) 24–46
71 March 13 @ Syracuse 77–76 Bob Pettit (17) 25–46
72 March 14 N Philadelphia 84–99 Bob Pettit (34) 26–46

Awards and records

References

  1. ^ 1954–55 Milwaukee Hawks
  2. ^ "1954-1955 Baltimore Bullets". Archived from the original on November 18, 2022. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
  3. ^ https://nbahoopsonline.com/History/Records/pointsfew.html
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