1954 Weekly Standings

1954 Weekly Standings

1954 Weekly Standings

Final standings

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	94	68	.580	—		New York	96	66	.593	—
St. Louis	84	78	.519	10		Brooklyn	84	78	.519	12
Cincinnati	82	80	.506	12		Pittsburgh	81	81	.500	15
Chicago	76	86	.469	18		Philadelphia	71	91	.438	25
Cleveland	75	87	.463	19		Buffalo	67	95	.414	29

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	84	78	.519	—		New York	95	67	.586	—
Seattle	81	81	.500	3		Boston	92	70	.568	3
Los Angeles	80	82	.494	4		Toronto	92	70	.568	3
Houston	79	83	.488	5		Baltimore	77	85	.475	18
San Francisco	75	87	.463	9		Montreal	55	107	.340	40

Standings prior to the games of September 27, 1954

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	92	64	.590	—		New York	93	63	.596	—
St. Louis	81	75	.519	11		Brooklyn	81	75	.519	12
Cincinnati	77	79	.494	15		Pittsburgh	77	79	.494	16
Chicago	74	82	.474	18		Philadelphia	69	87	.442	24
Cleveland	72	84	.462	20		Buffalo	64	92	.410	29

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	82	74	.526	—		New York	91	65	.583	—
Los Angeles	78	78	.500	4		Boston	89	67	.571	2
Seattle	78	78	.500	4		Toronto	89	67	.571	2
Houston	75	81	.481	7		Baltimore	75	81	.481	16
San Francisco	72	84	.462	10		Montreal	51	105	.327	40

Standings prior to the games of September 20, 1954

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	87	63	.580	—		New York	91	59	.607	—
St. Louis	80	70	.533	7		Brooklyn	77	73	.513	14
Cincinnati	75	75	.500	12		Pittsburgh	73	77	.487	18
Chicago	70	80	.467	17		Philadelphia	64	86	.427	27
Cleveland	70	80	.467	17		Buffalo	63	87	.420	28

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	79	71	.527	—		New York	89	61	.593	—
Los Angeles	75	75	.500	4		Boston	85	65	.567	4
Houston	73	77	.487	6		Toronto	84	66	.560	5
Seattle	73	77	.487	6		Baltimore	73	77	.487	16
San Francisco	71	79	.473	8		Montreal	48	102	.302	41

Standings prior to the games of September 13, 1954

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	83	61	.576	—		New York	85	59	.590	—
St. Louis	76	68	.528	7		Brooklyn	75	69	.521	10
Cincinnati	71	73	.493	12		Pittsburgh	72	72	.500	13
Chicago	69	75	.479	14		Philadelphia	62	82	.431	23
Cleveland	67	77	.465	16		Buffalo	60	84	.417	25

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	76	68	.528	—		New York	85	59	.590	—
Los Angeles	72	72	.500	4		Boston	82	62	.569	3
Houston	71	73	.493	5		Toronto	80	64	.556	5
Seattle	70	74	.486	6		Baltimore	71	73	.493	14
San Francisco	68	76	.472	8		Montreal	45	99	.312	40

Standings prior to the games of September 6, 1954

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	80	56	.588	—		New York	82	54	.603	—
St. Louis	70	66	.515	10		Brooklyn	70	66	.515	12
Cincinnati	68	68	.500	12		Pittsburgh	66	70	.485	16
Chicago	65	71	.478	15		Philadelphia	59	77	.431	23
Cleveland	64	72	.471	16		Buffalo	56	80	.412	26

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	73	63	.537	—		Boston	79	57	.581	—
Seattle	68	68	.500	5		New York	79	57	.581	—
Houston	67	69	.493	6		Toronto	76	60	.559	3
Los Angeles	67	69	.493	6		Baltimore	64	72	.471	15
San Francisco	65	71	.478	8		Montreal	42	94	.309	37

Standings prior to the games of August 30, 1954

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	77	53	.592	—		New York	79	51	.608	—
St. Louis	65	65	.500	12		Brooklyn	69	61	.531	10
Cincinnati	64	66	.492	13		Pittsburgh	64	66	.492	15
Chicago	62	68	.477	15		Philadelphia	56	74	.431	23
Cleveland	61	69	.469	16		Buffalo	53	77	.408	26

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	71	59	.546	—		Boston	76	54	.585	—
Seattle	67	63	.515	4		New York	75	55	.577	1
Los Angeles	64	66	.492	7		Toronto	70	60	.538	6
Houston	63	67	.485	8		Baltimore	63	67	.485	13
San Francisco	61	69	.469	10		Montreal	40	90	.308	36

Standings prior to the games of August 23, 1954

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	73	51	.589	—		New York	75	49	.605	—
St. Louis	62	62	.500	11		Brooklyn	66	58	.532	9
Cincinnati	61	63	.492	12		Pittsburgh	62	62	.500	13
Chicago	59	65	.476	14		Philadelphia	54	70	.435	21
Cleveland	57	67	.460	16		Buffalo	51	73	.411	24

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	69	55	.556	—		Boston	73	51	.589	—
Seattle	64	60	.516	5		New York	71	53	.573	2
Houston	61	63	.492	8		Toronto	66	58	.532	7
Los Angeles	60	64	.484	9		Baltimore	61	63	.492	12
San Francisco	59	65	.476	10		Montreal	36	88	.290	37

Standings prior to the games of August 16, 1954

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	69	48	.590	—		New York	72	45	.642	—
St. Louis	58	59	.496	11		Brooklyn	64	53	.532	8
Chicago	56	61	.479	13		Pittsburgh	57	60	.486	15
Cincinnati	56	61	.479	13		Philadelphia	52	65	.440	20
Cleveland	52	65	.444	17		Buffalo	49	68	.422	23

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	66	51	.564	—		Boston	67	50	.573	—
Seattle	60	57	.513	6		New York	67	50	.573	—
Houston	58	59	.496	8		Toronto	64	53	.547	3
Los Angeles	56	61	.479	10		Baltimore	57	60	.487	10
San Francisco	56	61	.479	10		Montreal	34	83	.291	33

Standings prior to the games of August 9, 1954

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	64	45	.587	—		New York	70	39	.642	—
St. Louis	56	53	.514	8		Brooklyn	58	51	.532	12
Cincinnati	54	55	.495	10		Pittsburgh	53	56	.486	17
Chicago	51	58	.468	13		Philadelphia	48	61	.440	22
Cleveland	46	63	.422	18		Buffalo	45	64	.422	25

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	60	49	.550	—		New York	64	45	.587	—
Seattle	55	54	.505	5		Boston	62	47	.569	2
Houston	54	55	.495	6		Toronto	60	49	.550	4
San Francisco	54	55	.495	6		Baltimore	53	56	.486	11
Los Angeles	52	57	.477	8		Montreal	31	78	.284	33

Standings prior to the games of August 2, 1954

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	60	43	.583	—		New York	65	38	.631	—
St. Louis	54	49	.524	6		Brooklyn	56	47	.544	9
Chicago	50	53	.485	10		Pittsburgh	49	54	.476	16
Cincinnati	50	53	.485	10		Philadelphia	45	58	.437	20
Cleveland	44	59	.427	16		Buffalo	42	61	.408	23

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	56	47	.544	—		Boston	61	42	.592	—
Houston	52	51	.505	4		New York	60	43	.583	1
San Francisco	51	52	.495	5		Toronto	56	47	.544	5
Seattle	50	53	.485	6		Baltimore	51	52	.495	10
Los Angeles	49	54	.476	7		Montreal	29	74	.282	32

Standings prior to the games of July 26, 1954

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	59	37	.615	—		New York	58	38	.604	—
St. Louis	50	46	.521	9		Brooklyn	52	44	.542	6
Chicago	48	48	.500	11		Pittsburgh	43	53	.448	15
Cincinnati	47	49	.494	13		Buffalo	40	56	.417	18
Cleveland	43	53	.448	16		Philadelphia	40	56	.417	18

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	51	45	.531	—		Boston	59	37	.615	—
Houston	48	48	.500	3		New York	57	39	.594	2
Seattle	48	48	.500	3		Toronto	52	44	.542	7
San Francisco	46	50	.479	5		Baltimore	48	48	.500	11
Los Angeles	45	51	.469	6		Montreal	26	70	.271	33

Standings prior to the games of July 19, 1954

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	57	32	.640	—		New York	54	35	.607	—
Chicago	45	44	.506	12		Brooklyn	48	41	.539	6
St. Louis	45	44	.506	12		Buffalo	39	50	.438	15
Cincinnati	44	45	.494	13		Pittsburgh	37	52	.416	17
Cleveland	41	48	.461	16		Philadelphia	35	54	.393	19

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	47	42	.528	—		Boston	55	34	.618	—
Houston	45	44	.506	2		New York	53	36	.596	2
Seattle	44	45	.494	3		Toronto	48	41	.539	7
San Francisco	43	46	.483	4		Baltimore	45	44	.506	10
Los Angeles	40	49	.449	7		Montreal	25	64	.281	30

Standings prior to the games of July 12, 1954

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	55	29	.655	—		New York	52	32	.619	—
Chicago	44	40	.524	11		Brooklyn	44	40	.524	8
Cincinnati	42	42	.500	13		Buffalo	37	47	.440	15
St. Louis	41	43	.488	14		Philadelphia	34	50	.405	18
Cleveland	37	47	.440	18		Pittsburgh	34	50	.405	18

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	46	38	.548	—		Boston	51	33	.607	—
San Francisco	43	41	.512	3		New York	50	34	.595	1
Houston	41	43	.488	5		Toronto	45	39	.536	6
Seattle	41	43	.488	5		Baltimore	42	42	.500	9
Los Angeles	37	47	.440	9		Montreal	24	60	.286	27

Standings prior to the games of July 5, 1954

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	49	29	.628	—		New York	46	32	.590	—
Chicago	42	36	.538	7		Brooklyn	39	39	.500	7
Cincinnati	42	36	.538	7		Buffalo	36	42	.462	10
St. Louis	38	40	.487	11		Philadelphia	33	45	.423	13
Cleveland	34	44	.436	15		Pittsburgh	31	47	.397	15

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	41	37	.526	—		New York	48	30	.615	—
Chicago	41	37	.526	—		Boston	44	33	.571	3.5
San Francisco	39	39	.500	2		Toronto	43	35	.551	5
Seattle	37	41	.474	4		Baltimore	38	40	.487	10
Los Angeles	36	42	.462	5		Montreal	22	55	.286	25.5

Standings prior to the games of June 28, 1954

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	43	28	.606	—		New York	43	28	.606	—
Chicago	40	31	.563	3		Brooklyn	35	36	.493	8
Cincinnati	36	35	.507	7		Buffalo	33	38	.465	10
St. Louis	35	36	.493	8		Philadelphia	29	42	.408	14
Cleveland	32	39	.451	11		Pittsburgh	29	42	.408	14

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	39	32	.539	—		New York	44	27	.620	—
Chicago	37	34	.521	2		Boston	41	29	.586	2.5
San Francisco	37	34	.521	2		Toronto	36	35	.507	8
Seattle	34	37	.479	5		Baltimore	32	38	.457	11.5
Los Angeles	33	38	.465	6		Montreal	21	50	.296	23

Standings prior to the games of June 21, 1954

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	38	26	.594	—		New York	39	25	.609	—
Chicago	36	28	.562	2		Brooklyn	34	30	.531	5
Cincinnati	31	33	.484	7		Buffalo	30	34	.469	9
Cleveland	30	34	.469	8		Pittsburgh	27	37	.422	12
St. Louis	30	34	.469	9		Philadelphia	25	39	.391	14

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	37	27	.578	—		New York	40	24	.625	—
Chicago	32	32	.500	5		Boston	39	25	.609	1
San Francisco	32	32	.500	5		Toronto	31	33	.484	9
Los Angeles	30	34	.469	7		Baltimore	30	34	.469	10
Seattle	30	34	.469	7		Montreal	19	45	.297	21

Standings prior to the games of June 14, 1954

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	34	23	.596	—		New York	36	21	.632	—
Cincinnati	30	27	.526	4		Brooklyn	30	27	.526	6
Chicago	29	28	.509	5		Buffalo	27	30	.474	9
St. Louis	27	30	.474	7		Pittsburgh	25	32	.439	11
Cleveland	25	32	.439	9		Philadelphia	22	35	.386	14

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	32	25	.561	—		New York	36	21	.632	—
Chicago	30	27	.526	2		Boston	34	23	.596	2
Los Angeles	28	29	.491	4		Baltimore	28	29	.491	8
San Francisco	28	29	.491	4		Toronto	28	29	.491	8
Seattle	25	32	.439	7		Montreal	16	41	.281	20

Standings prior to the games of June 7, 1954

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	29	22	.569	—		New York	32	19	.627	—
Cincinnati	28	23	.549	1		Buffalo	26	25	.510	6
Chicago	25	26	.490	4		Brooklyn	25	26	.490	7
St. Louis	23	28	.451	6		Pittsburgh	24	27	.471	8
Cleveland	23	28	.451	6		Philadelphia	20	31	.392	12

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	28	23	.549	—		Boston	33	18	.647	—
Chicago	26	25	.510	2		New York	30	21	.588	3
San Francisco	26	25	.510	2		Baltimore	27	24	.529	6
Los Angeles	25	26	.490	3		Toronto	24	27	.471	9
Seattle	22	29	.431	6		Montreal	14	37	.275	19

Standings prior to the games of May 31, 1954

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Cincinnati	25	19	.568	—		New York	27	17	.614	—
Detroit	25	19	.568	—		Buffalo	22	22	.500	5
Chicago	22	22	.500	3		Brooklyn	21	23	.477	6
St. Louis	20	24	.455	5		Philadelphia	20	23	.455	7
Cleveland	18	26	.409	7		Pittsburgh	20	24	.455	7

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	26	18	.591	—		Boston	28	16	.636	—
Chicago	24	20	.545	2		New York	24	19	.558	3.5
Los Angeles	22	22	.500	4		Baltimore	22	22	.500	6
San Francisco	21	23	.477	5		Toronto	20	24	.455	8
Seattle	19	25	.432	7		Montreal	13	30	.302	14.5

Standings prior to the games of May 24, 1954

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	21	15	.583	—		Buffalo	20	16	.556	—
Cincinnati	20	16	.556	1		New York	20	16	.556	—
Chicago	17	19	.472	4		Brooklyn	17	19	.472	3
St. Louis	17	19	.472	4		Philadelphia	17	19	.472	3
Cleveland	14	22	.389	7		Pittsburgh	17	19	.472	3

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	20	16	.556	—		Boston	24	12	.667	—
Chicago	20	16	.556	—		New York	21	15	.583	3
Los Angeles	16	20	.444	4		Baltimore	19	17	.528	5
San Francisco	16	20	.444	4		Toronto	16	20	.444	8
Seattle	16	20	.444	4		Montreal	12	24	.333	12

Standings prior to the games of May 17, 1954

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	16	14	.533	—		Buffalo	19	11	.633	—
St. Louis	15	15	.500	1		New York	18	12	.600	1
Chicago	14	16	.467	2		Brooklyn	14	16	.467	5
Cincinnati	14	16	.467	2		Philadelphia	14	16	.467	5
Cleveland	12	18	.400	4		Pittsburgh	14	16	.467	5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	17	13	.567	—		Boston	19	10	.633	—
Chicago	15	15	.500	2		Baltimore	16	11	.533	3
Los Angeles	15	15	.500	2		New York	16	11	.533	3
San Francisco	15	15	.500	2		Toronto	12	13	.400	7
Seattle	14	16	.467	3		Montreal	11	16	.367	8

Standings prior to the games of May 10, 1954

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Detroit	13	11	.542	—		New York	16	8	.667	—
St. Louis	13	11	.542	—		Buffalo	15	9	.625	1
Chicago	10	14	.417	3		Pittsburgh	12	12	.500	4
Cleveland	10	14	.417	3		Brooklyn	11	13	.458	5
Cincinnati	9	15	.375	4		Philadelphia	11	13	.458	5

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Houston	13	11	.542	—		Boston	14	10	.583	—
Chicago	12	12	.500	1		Baltimore	13	11	.542	1
Los Angeles	12	12	.500	1		New York	13	11	.542	1
San Francisco	12	12	.500	1		Toronto	11	13	.458	3
Seattle	12	12	.500	1		Montreal	8	16	.333	6

Standings prior to the games of May 3, 1954

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
St. Louis	11	7	.611	—		New York	13	5	.722	—
Cleveland	8	10	.444	3		Buffalo	10	8	.556	3
Detroit	8	10	.444	3		Brooklyn	9	9	.500	4
Chicago	7	11	.389	4		Philadelphia	9	9	.500	4
Cincinnati	6	12	.333	5		Pittsburgh	9	9	.500	4

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	10	8	.556	—		Baltimore	10	8	.556	—
Los Angeles	10	8	.556	—		Boston	9	9	.500	1
San Francisco	10	8	.556	—		Toronto	9	9	.500	1
Seattle	9	9	.500	1		New York	8	10	.444	2
Houston	8	10	.444	2		Montreal	7	11	.389	3

Standings prior to the games of April 26, 1954

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
St. Louis	8	4	.667	—		New York	8	4	.667	—
Chicago	6	6	.500	2		Brooklyn	6	6	.500	2
Detroit	6	6	.500	2		Philadelphia	6	6	.500	2
Cincinnati	5	7	.417	3		Pittsburgh	6	6	.500	2
Cleveland	4	8	.333	4		Buffalo	5	7	.417	3

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	7	5	.583	—		Toronto	7	5	.583	—
Los Angeles	7	5	.583	—		Baltimore	6	6	.500	1
Seattle	6	6	.500	1		Montreal	6	6	.500	1
Houston	5	7	.417	2		New York	6	6	.500	1
San Francisco	5	7	.417	2		Boston	5	7	.417	2

Standings prior to the games of April 19, 1954

NBL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		NBL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
St. Louis	4	2	.667	—		Brooklyn	4	2	.667	—
Detroit	3	3	.500	1		Buffalo	4	2	.667	—
Cincinnati	2	4	.333	2		New York	4	2	.667	—
Cleveland	2	4	.333	2		Philadelphia	3	3	.500	1
Chicago	1	5	.167	3		Pittsburgh	3	3	.500	1

ABL West	W	L	Pct.	GBL		ABL East	W	L	Pct.	GBL
Chicago	5	1	.833	—		Toronto	4	2	.667	—
Seattle	4	2	.667	1		Baltimore	3	3	.500	1
Los Angeles	3	3	.500	2		Boston	3	3	.500	1
San Francisco	2	4	.333	3		Montreal	3	3	.500	1
Houston	0	6	.000	5		New York	3	3	.500	1

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