1954–55 Milwaukee Hawks season

The 1954–55 NBA season was the Hawks' ninth season of existence, their sixth season in the NBA, and the fourth and final season in Milwaukee. After this season's conclusion, the Hawks would move again, this time to St. Louis, Missouri for the following season.

1954–55 Milwaukee Hawks season
Head coach	Red Holzman
Arena	Milwaukee Arena
Results
Record	26–46 (.361)
Place	Division: 4th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

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

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

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	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

• Bob Pettit, NBA Rookie of the Year Award
• Bob Pettit, All-NBA First Team