1952 �53 New York Knicks Season

1952–53 New York Knicks season
1952–53 New York Knicks season
Division champions
Head coach	Joe Lapchick
General manager	Ned Irish
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Results
Record	47–23 (.671)
Place	Division: 1st ( Eastern)
Playoff finish	NBA Finals; (lost to Lakers 1–4)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WPIX
Radio	WMGM
< 1951–52	1953–54 >

The 1952–53 New York Knicks season was the seventh season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA).^[1] With a 47–23 record, the Knicks won the regular season Eastern Division title by a half-game over the Syracuse Nationals and made the NBA Playoffs for the seventh consecutive year.^[1]^[2]

In the first round of the 1953 NBA Playoffs, the Knicks swept the Baltimore Bullets 2–0 in a best-of-three series to advance to the Eastern Division finals. There, New York defeated the Boston Celtics 3–1 to make the NBA Finals for the third straight year.^[2]^[1] In the Finals, the Knicks lost to the Minneapolis Lakers, four games to one.^[2] The club would wait another 17 years to make an NBA championship final, winning it in 1970.^[1]

NBA draft

Note: This is not an extensive list; it only covers the first and second rounds, and any other players picked by the franchise that played at least one game in the league.^[3]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	5	Ralph Polson	F/C	United States	Whitworth
–	–	Dick Bunt	G	United States	NYU
–	–	Bert Cook	G/F	United States	Utah State
–	–	Dick Surhoff	F	United States	Long Island

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x- New York Knicks	47	23	.671	-	22-4	15-14	10-5	30-10
x- Syracuse Nationals	47	24	.662	0.5	32-2	10-20	5-2	26-15
x- Boston Celtics	46	25	.648	1.5	21-3	11-18	14-4	28-13
x- Baltimore Bullets	16	54	.229	31	11-20	1–19	4-15	10-30
Philadelphia Warriors	12	57	.174	34.5	5-12	1–28	6-17	7-33

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1952–53 NBA records
Team	BAL	BOS	FWP	IND	MIL	MIN	NYK	PHI	ROC	SYR
Baltimore	—	2–8	0–6	2–4	3–3	1–5	0–10	6–4	0–6	2–8
Boston	8–2	—	4–2	4–2	5–1	1–5	6–4	9–1	4–2	5–6
Fort Wayne	6–0	2–4	—	7–3	7–3	1–9	4–2	5–0	3–7	1–5
Indianapolis	4–2	2–4	3–7	—	5–6	4–6	1–5	5–1	3–7	1–5
Milwaukee	3–3	1–5	3–7	6–5	—	3–7	1–5	4–2	3–7	3–3
Minneapolis	5–1	5–1	9–1	6–4	7–3	—	4–2	6–0	4–6	2–4
New York	10–0	4–6	2–4	5–1	5–1	2–4	—	10–0	3–3	6–4
Philadelphia	4–6	1–9	0–5	1–5	2–4	0–6	0–10	—	2–4	2–8
Rochester	6–0	2–4	7–3	7–3	7–3	6–4	3–3	4–2	—	2–4
Syracuse	8–2	6–5	5–1	5–1	3–3	4–2	4–6	8–2	4–2	—

Game log

1952–53 game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	November 1	Baltimore	53–69	Nathaniel Clifton (20)	1–0
2	November 8	@ Baltimore	92–62	Nathaniel Clifton (22)	2–0
3	November 11	@ Rochester	94–104	Carl Braun (19)	2–1
4	November 13	Minneapolis	91–100	Ernie Vandeweghe (21)	3–1
5	November 15	Boston	68–79	Carl Braun (17)	4–1
6	November 16	@ Fort Wayne	83–112	Connie Simmons (17)	4–2
7	November 18	Indianapolis	90–100	Vince Boryla (22)	4–3
8	November 20	N Indianapolis	72–67	Harry Gallatin (16)	5–3
9	November 22	Syracuse	68–98	Max Zaslofsky (22)	6–3
10	November 23	@ Syracuse	73–76	Harry Gallatin (13)	6–4
11	November 26	@ Baltimore	94–92	Connie Simmons (20)	7–4
12	November 27	N Baltimore	104–92	Nathaniel Clifton (19)	8–4
13	November 29	Indianapolis	72–94	Ernie Vandeweghe (16)	9–4
14	December 2	@ Philadelphia	89–82 (OT)	Carl Braun (24)	10–4
15	December 3	N Philadelphia	75–100	Vince Boryla (21)	11–4
16	December 4	Minneapolis	81–71	Connie Simmons (20)	11–5
17	December 6	@ Minneapolis	78–85 (OT)	Carl Braun (25)	11–6
18	December 7	@ Fort Wayne	91–102	Carl Braun (16)	11–7
19	December 9	Rochester	77–75	Max Zaslofsky (21)	11–8
20	December 13	@ Rochester	99–97 (OT)	Carl Braun (25)	12–8
21	December 14	@ Milwaukee	74–69	Gallatin, Simmons (14)	13–8
22	December 16	Syracuse	93–98 (OT)	Max Zaslofsky (22)	14–8
23	December 20	@ Baltimore	102–99 (OT)	Carl Braun (28)	15–8
24	December 21	Baltimore	77–102	Connie Simmons (17)	16–8
25	December 22	N Milwaukee	80–75	Nathaniel Clifton (18)	17–8
26	December 25	Boston	84–97	Ernie Vandeweghe (21)	18–8
27	December 27	N Fort Wayne	91–92	Connie Simmons (20)	18–9
28	December 28	Philadelphia	54–72	Ernie Vandeweghe (15)	19–9
29	January 1	@ Philadelphia	108–82	Ernie Vandeweghe (26)	20–9
30	January 3	Syracuse	77–85 (OT)	Connie Simmons (22)	21–9
31	January 4	@ Boston	100–103	Carl Braun (22)	21–10
32	January 7	N Syracuse	114–93	Carl Braun (25)	21–11
33	January 8	Milwaukee	68–81	Carl Braun (22)	22–11
34	January 9	@ Indianapolis	58–54	Carl Braun (16)	23–11
35	January 11	@ Minneapolis	79–85	Ernie Vandeweghe (21)	23–12
36	January 17	Philadelphia	76–84	Ernie Vandeweghe (20)	24–12
37	January 18	@ Boston	83–99	Harry Gallatin (20)	24–13
38	January 21	N Milwaukee	70–72	Nathaniel Clifton (14)	24–14
39	January 22	N Boston	112–89	Max Zaslofsky (26)	25–14
40	January 24	Fort Wayne	76–82	Carl Braun (20)	26–14
41	January 25	@ Syracuse	97–62	Harry Gallatin (22)	27–14
42	January 27	@ Rochester	74–72	Harry Gallatin (15)	28–14
43	January 29	@ Philadelphia	72–61	Clifton, Gallatin (18)	29–14
44	January 31	Boston	69–76	Braun, Clifton (21)	30–14
45	February 1	N Philadelphia	85–90	Harry Gallatin (21)	31–14
46	February 3	N Milwaukee	76–69	Nathaniel Clifton (18)	32–14
47	February 5	@ Minneapolis	73–81	Connie Simmons (17)	32–15
48	February 6	@ Indianapolis	84–73	Nathaniel Clifton (21)	33–15
49	February 7	Philadelphia	63–86	Harry Gallatin (23)	34–15
50	February 8	@ Boston	79–87	Nathaniel Clifton (15)	34–16
51	February 11	@ Baltimore	86–80	Carl Braun (18)	35–16
52	February 13	N Baltimore	106–96	Vince Boryla (23)	36–16
53	February 14	Indianapolis	79–91	Vince Boryla (22)	37–16
54	February 15	@ Syracuse	85–81	Carl Braun (21)	38–16
55	February 17	Milwaukee	67–86	Harry Gallatin (21)	39–16
56	February 18	N Boston	66–69	Ernie Vandeweghe (18)	39–17
57	February 21	Philadelphia	69–85	Carl Braun (18)	40–17
58	February 22	@ Boston	83–87 (OT)	Connie Simmons (20)	40–18
59	February 24	Minneapolis	63–79	Carl Braun (15)	41–18
60	February 25	N Rochester	79–71 (OT)	Carl Braun (25)	41–19
61	February 28	Fort Wayne	74–85	Ernie Vandeweghe (29)	42–19
62	March 1	@ Syracuse	64–79	Connie Simmons (19)	42–20
63	March 3	Rochester	88–109	Harry Gallatin (25)	43–20
64	March 5	N Baltimore	80–69	Nathaniel Clifton (17)	44–20
65	March 6	Syracuse	66–75	Vince Boryla (22)	45–20
66	March 8	Boston	89–78	Harry Gallatin (17)	45–21
67	March 11	N Baltimore	113–107 (3OT)	Carl Braun (24)	46–21
68	March 12	@ Philadelphia	90–85	Connie Simmons (29)	47–21
69	March 14	Syracuse	95–81	Nathaniel Clifton (18)	47–22
70	March 15	@ Fort Wayne	69–81	Harry Gallatin (30)	47–23

Playoffs

1953 playoff game log

Division semifinals: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	Location	Series
1	March 17	Baltimore	W 80–62	Connie Simmons (25)	Madison Square Garden III	1–0
2	March 20	@ Baltimore	W 90–81	Vince Boryla (20)	Baltimore Coliseum	2–0

Division finals: 3–1 (home: 2–0; road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High assists	Location	Series
1	March 25	Boston	W 95–91	Connie Simmons (18)	Dick McGuire (8)	Madison Square Garden III	1–0
2	March 26	@ Boston	L 70–86	Harry Gallatin (17)	Carl Braun (7)	Boston Garden	1–1
3	March 28	Boston	W 101–82	Harry Gallatin (23)	Dick McGuire (11)	Madison Square Garden III	2–1
4	March 29	@ Boston	W 82–75	Carl Braun (18)	Nat Clifton (9)	Boston Garden	3–1

NBA Finals: 1–4 (home: 0–3; road: 1–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 4	@ Minneapolis	W 96–88	Carl Braun (21)	—	Minneapolis Auditorium 5,000	1–0
2	April 5	@ Minneapolis	L 71–73	Connie Simmons (17)	—	Minneapolis Auditorium 4,848	1–1
3	April 7	Minneapolis	L 75–90	Connie Simmons (18)	—	69th Regiment Armory 5,100	1–2
4	April 8	Minneapolis	L 69–71	Connie Simmons (17)	—	69th Regiment Armory 5,200	1–3
5	April 10	Minneapolis	L 84–91	Carl Braun (19)	Ernie Vandeweghe (4)	69th Regiment Armory 5,200	1–4

1953 schedule

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "New York Knickerbockers". Basketball-Reference. Archived from the original on April 27, 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c "1952–53 NBA Season Summary". Basketball-Reference. Archived from the original on June 21, 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2009.
^ "1952 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2012.

External links

[br-1] "New York Knickerbockers". Basketball-Reference. Archived from the original on April 27, 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2009.

[season-2] "1952–53 NBA Season Summary". Basketball-Reference. Archived from the original on June 21, 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2009.

[3] "1952 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved December 8, 2012.

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Eastern	Baltimore Boston New York Philadelphia Syracuse
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v t e New York Knicks
Founded in 1946 Based in New York City, New York
Franchise	History All-time roster Draft history Head coaches Seasons Current season
Arenas	Madison Square Garden III 69th Regiment Armory Madison Square Garden IV
Personnel	Owner(s) Madison Square Garden Sports ( James Dolan, chairman) President Leon Rose General manager Vacant Head coach Tom Thibodeau
G League affiliate	Westchester Knicks
Retired numbers	10 12 15 15 19 22 24 33 613
NBA championships	1970 1973
Rivalries	Boston Celtics Brooklyn Nets Chicago Bulls Indiana Pacers Miami Heat
Culture and lore	Broadcasters Dancing Harry Eddie Spike Lee Diedrich Knickerbocker Whatever Happened to Micheal Ray? Theme from New York, New York Mike Walczewski George Kalinsky Trent Tucker Rule Disputed foul against Scottie Pippen June 17th, 1994 Knicks–Nuggets brawl Linsanity Sweetwater

NBA draft

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Playoffs

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

References

External links