| Record: | 42 - 30 Season Stats |
| Coach: | Red Auerbach |
| Finish: | 2nd Eastern Div |
| Playoffs: | Lost in 2nd Round 2-0 to the Syracuse Nationals |
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| Total | Home | Away | Neutral | OT |
| 42 - 30 | 17 - 6 | 10 - 19 | 15 - 5 | 0 - 0 |
| Opponent | Score | W - L | Streak | ||||
| 11/1/1953 | Minneapolis Lakers | 79 - 84 | 0 - 1 | L 1 | |||
| 11/5/1953 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | 79 - 83 | 0 - 2 | L 2 | ||
| 11/7/1953 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | 79 - 77 | 1 - 2 | W 1 | ||
| 11/11/1953 | Philadelphia Warriors | 72 - 78 | 1 - 3 | L 1 | |||
| 11/14/1953 | Syracuse Nationals | 77 - 66 | 2 - 3 | W 1 | |||
| 11/15/1953 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | 74 - 89 | 2 - 4 | L 1 | New York City | |
| 11/17/1953 | N | Rochester Royals | 73 - 92 | 2 - 5 | L 2 | Buffalo | |
| 11/21/1953 | Fort Wayne Pistons | 90 - 68 | 3 - 5 | W 1 | |||
| 11/24/1953 | N | New York Knicks | 92 - 103 | 3 - 6 | L 1 | Philadelphia | |
| 11/25/1953 | New York Knicks | 96 - 84 | 4 - 6 | W 1 | |||
| 11/26/1953 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | 86 - 93 | 4 - 7 | L 1 | ||
| 11/28/1953 | N | Syracuse Nationals | 91 - 80 | 5 - 7 | W 1 | New York City | |
| 11/29/1953 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | 82 - 95 | 5 - 8 | L 1 | ||
| 12/1/1953 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | 89 - 86 | 6 - 8 | W 1 | Milwaukee | |
| 12/3/1953 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | 70 - 76 | 6 - 9 | L 1 | ||
| 12/5/1953 | Milwaukee Hawks | 97 - 79 | 7 - 9 | W 1 | |||
| 12/6/1953 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | 102 - 95 | 8 - 9 | W 2 | ||
| 12/8/1953 | @ | Rochester Royals | 79 - 97 | 8 - 10 | L 1 | ||
| 12/9/1953 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | 103 - 104 | 8 - 11 | L 2 | ||
| 12/10/1953 | @ | New York Knicks | 113 - 108 | 9 - 11 | W 1 | ||
| 12/12/1953 | Baltimore Bullets | 106 - 75 | 10 - 11 | W 2 | |||
| 12/13/1953 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | 74 - 108 | 10 - 12 | L 1 | ||
| 12/15/1953 | N | Fort Wayne Pistons | 82 - 75 | 11 - 12 | W 1 | New York City | |
| 12/16/1953 | Fort Wayne Pistons | 91 - 74 | 12 - 12 | W 2 | |||
| 12/19/1953 | Syracuse Nationals | 83 - 90 | 12 - 13 | L 1 | |||
| 12/20/1953 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | 101 - 89 | 13 - 13 | W 1 | New York City | |
| 12/21/1953 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | 90 - 74 | 14 - 13 | W 2 | Buffalo | |
| 12/23/1953 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | 80 - 74 | 15 - 13 | W 3 | Baltimore | |
| 12/25/1953 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | 79 - 108 | 15 - 14 | L 1 | ||
| 12/26/1953 | @ | Milwaukee Hawks | 67 - 74 | 15 - 15 | L 2 | ||
| 12/27/1953 | Rochester Royals | 98 - 72 | 16 - 15 | W 1 | |||
| 12/30/1953 | N | Syracuse Nationals | 89 - 96 | 16 - 16 | L 1 | Baltimore | |
| 12/31/1953 | @ | New York Knicks | 95 - 74 | 17 - 16 | W 1 | ||
| 1/1/1954 | Syracuse Nationals | 95 - 92 | 18 - 16 | W 2 | |||
| 1/2/1954 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | 92 - 77 | 19 - 16 | W 3 | ||
| 1/3/1954 | Baltimore Bullets | 90 - 72 | 20 - 16 | W 4 | |||
| 1/4/1954 | N | Baltimore Bullets | 77 - 73 | 21 - 16 | W 5 | Worcester, MA | |
| 1/10/1954 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | 85 - 99 | 21 - 17 | L 1 | ||
| 1/13/1954 | Minneapolis Lakers | 88 - 84 | 22 - 17 | W 1 | |||
| 1/14/1954 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | 86 - 74 | 23 - 17 | W 2 | Syracuse | |
| 1/17/1954 | New York Knicks | 84 - 87 | 23 - 18 | L 1 | |||
| 1/19/1954 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | 73 - 89 | 23 - 19 | L 2 | ||
| 1/24/1954 | Rochester Royals | 85 - 93 | 23 - 20 | L 3 | |||
| 1/26/1954 | N | Baltimore Bullets | 94 - 69 | 24 - 20 | W 1 | Milwaukee | |
| 1/28/1954 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | 68 - 80 | 24 - 21 | L 1 | ||
| 1/29/1954 | @ | Milwaukee Hawks | 70 - 82 | 24 - 22 | L 2 | ||
| 1/31/1954 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | 67 - 82 | 24 - 23 | L 3 | ||
| 2/3/1954 | Rochester Royals | 88 - 81 | 25 - 23 | W 1 | |||
| 2/4/1954 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | 78 - 80 | 25 - 24 | L 1 | ||
| 2/6/1954 | @ | Rochester Royals | 104 - 81 | 26 - 24 | W 1 | ||
| 2/7/1954 | New York Knicks | 78 - 87 | 26 - 25 | L 1 | |||
| 2/8/1954 | N | Baltimore Bullets | 87 - 75 | 27 - 25 | W 1 | New London, CT | |
| 2/10/1954 | Syracuse Nationals | 94 - 79 | 28 - 25 | W 2 | |||
| 2/11/1954 | N | New York Knicks | 84 - 81 | 29 - 25 | W 3 | Philadelphia | |
| 2/13/1954 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | 93 - 96 | 29 - 26 | L 1 | ||
| 2/14/1954 | New York Knicks | 103 - 89 | 30 - 26 | W 1 | |||
| 2/16/1954 | @ | New York Knicks | 85 - 87 | 30 - 27 | L 1 | ||
| 2/18/1954 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | 105 - 92 | 31 - 27 | W 1 | ||
| 2/19/1954 | @ | Milwaukee Hawks | 78 - 73 | 32 - 27 | W 2 | ||
| 2/21/1954 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | 95 - 85 | 33 - 27 | W 3 | Providence | |
| 2/22/1954 | N | Baltimore Bullets | 111 - 110 | 34 - 27 | W 4 | Waterville, ME | |
| 2/23/1954 | N | Rochester Royals | 77 - 93 | 34 - 28 | L 1 | New York City | |
| 2/25/1954 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | 101 - 96 | 35 - 28 | W 1 | ||
| 2/27/1954 | @ | Rochester Royals | 75 - 74 | 36 - 28 | W 2 | ||
| 2/28/1954 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | 93 - 74 | 37 - 28 | W 3 | Providence | |
| 3/1/1954 | @ | New York Knicks | 71 - 86 | 37 - 29 | L 1 | ||
| 3/5/1954 | Minneapolis Lakers | 128 - 106 | 38 - 29 | W 1 | |||
| 3/7/1954 | Fort Wayne Pistons | 86 - 80 | 39 - 29 | W 2 | |||
| 3/11/1954 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | 95 - 97 | 39 - 30 | L 1 | ||
| 3/12/1954 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | 97 - 95 | 40 - 30 | W 1 | New Haven, CT | |
| 3/13/1954 | Baltimore Bullets | 97 - 85 | 41 - 30 | W 2 | |||
| 3/14/1954 | Philadelphia Warriors | 97 - 92 | 42 - 30 | W 3 |
| Opponent | Score | W - L | Streak | ||||
| 3/16/1954 | @ | New York Knicks | 93 - 71 | 1 - 0 | W 1 | ||
| 3/17/1954 | Syracuse Nationals | 95 - 96 | OT | 1 - 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3/20/1954 | New York Knicks | 79 - 78 | 2 - 1 | W 1 | |||
| 3/22/1954 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | 85 - 98 | 2 - 2 | L 1 | ||
| 3/25/1954 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | 94 - 109 | 2 - 3 | L 2 | ||
| 3/27/1954 | Syracuse Nationals | 76 - 83 | 2 - 4 | L 3 |