1954–55 Baltimore Bullets season


The Baltimore Bullets season was the Bullets' 8th season in the NBA and eleventh and final overall season of existence. After losing their November 19 game in a 103–92 defeat to the Fort Wayne Pistons for a 2–9 start to the season, the Bullets would fire head coach Clair Bee and replace him with assistant coach Albert Barthelme for what turned out to be the team's final three games ever played in franchise history. The franchise ceased operations after playing 14 total games with a 3–11 record on November 27, 1954. The NBA's official record books for the 1954–55 season do not include the Bullets' games and team statistics, nor do they include the statistics of the opposing players and teams in games played against the Bullets.
Baltimore would go without an NBA team until 1963, when the Chicago Zephyrs moved to Baltimore and became the second incarnation of the Baltimore Bullets. The new team, however, would not claim the old Bullets' history as a part of their own team history following the move from Chicago to Baltimore.

Draft picks

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege
1[List of first overall National Basketball Association|NBA draft picks|1]Frank SelvySG/SFUnited States|1912

Regular season

Game log

Source:
DateOpponentScore
October 30SyracuseL 67–69
October 31vs. PhiladelphiaL 97–102
November 3MinneapolisW 93–92
November 6@ RochesterL 80–128
November 7BostonL 99–101
November 11vs. MinneapolisL 87–97
November 12vs. MinneapolisL 88–126
November 13@ BostonL 113–118
November 14New YorkL 93–95
November 16@ New YorkW 110–107
November 19Fort WayneL 92–103
November 20MilwaukeeW 99–92
November 21@ MinneapolisL 85–116
November 25@ Fort WayneL 89–92

Dispersal Draft

After the original Baltimore Bullets franchise folded operations on November 27, 1954, the NBA would conduct a dispersal draft on the team's players later that same day. As of 2025, this would be the last dispersal draft that the NBA had in regards to their own teams folding operations. As such, the following teams acquired these players from the original Bullets franchise during the dispersal draft period.