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16-54, Finished 4th in NBA Eastern Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 84.4 points per game, Allowed 90.9 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 18-52)
Coached by Chick Reiser (0-3) and Clair Bee (16-51)
Arena: Baltimore Coliseum / Attendance: NA
SRS: -5.80 (9th of 10)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-0) versus New York Knickerbockers
1952-53 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 1, 1952 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 53 | 69 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Wed, Nov 5, 1952 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 75 | 97 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | |||
| 3 | Sat, Nov 8, 1952 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 62 | 92 | 0 | 3 | L 3 | |||
| 4 | Wed, Nov 12, 1952 | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 107 | 90 | 1 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 5 | Sat, Nov 15, 1952 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 97 | 91 | 2 | 3 | W 2 | |||
| 6 | Sun, Nov 16, 1952 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 79 | 81 | 2 | 4 | L 1 | at Boston, MA | |
| 7 | Wed, Nov 19, 1952 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 106 | 89 | 3 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 8 | Thu, Nov 20, 1952 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 99 | 106 | 3 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Nov 22, 1952 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 96 | 95 | 4 | 5 | W 1 | at Raleigh, NC | |
| 10 | Sun, Nov 23, 1952 | Indianapolis Olympians | L | 90 | 100 | 4 | 6 | L 1 | |||
| 11 | Tue, Nov 25, 1952 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 89 | 106 | 4 | 7 | L 2 | ||
| 12 | Wed, Nov 26, 1952 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 92 | 94 | 4 | 8 | L 3 | |||
| 13 | Thu, Nov 27, 1952 | N | New York Knickerbockers | L | 92 | 104 | 4 | 9 | L 4 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 14 | Sat, Nov 29, 1952 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 74 | 87 | 4 | 10 | L 5 | |||
| 15 | Sun, Nov 30, 1952 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 95 | 100 | 4 | 11 | L 6 | ||
| 16 | Mon, Dec 1, 1952 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 67 | 89 | 4 | 12 | L 7 | at Saint Paul, MN | |
| 17 | Wed, Dec 3, 1952 | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 98 | 87 | 5 | 12 | W 1 | |||
| 18 | Sat, Dec 6, 1952 | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 91 | 103 | 5 | 13 | L 1 | |||
| 19 | Wed, Dec 10, 1952 | Rochester Royals | L | 97 | 99 | 5 | 14 | L 2 | |||
| 20 | Thu, Dec 11, 1952 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 88 | 94 | 5 | 15 | L 3 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sun, Dec 14, 1952 | Boston Celtics | L | 73 | 83 | 5 | 16 | L 4 | |||
| 22 | Sat, Dec 20, 1952 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 99 | 102 | 5 | 17 | L 5 | |||
| 23 | Sun, Dec 21, 1952 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 77 | 102 | 5 | 18 | L 6 | ||
| 24 | Thu, Dec 25, 1952 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 92 | 102 | 5 | 19 | L 7 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Dec 27, 1952 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 76 | 81 | 5 | 20 | L 8 | |||
| 26 | Wed, Dec 31, 1952 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 56 | 82 | 5 | 21 | L 9 | ||
| 27 | Thu, Jan 1, 1953 | @ | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 83 | 81 | 6 | 21 | W 1 | ||
| 28 | Fri, Jan 2, 1953 | @ | Indianapolis Olympians | L | 66 | 73 | 6 | 22 | L 1 | ||
| 29 | Sat, Jan 3, 1953 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 81 | 77 | 7 | 22 | W 1 | |||
| 30 | Sun, Jan 4, 1953 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 68 | 93 | 7 | 23 | L 1 | ||
| 31 | Fri, Jan 9, 1953 | N | Boston Celtics | W | 94 | 90 | 8 | 23 | W 1 | at Worcester, MA | |
| 32 | Sat, Jan 10, 1953 | Boston Celtics | W | 126 | 105 | 9 | 23 | W 2 | |||
| 33 | Sun, Jan 11, 1953 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 87 | 131 | 9 | 24 | L 1 | ||
| 34 | Wed, Jan 14, 1953 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 104 | 112 | 9 | 25 | L 2 | |||
| 35 | Sat, Jan 17, 1953 | Indianapolis Olympians | W | 82 | 66 | 10 | 25 | W 1 | |||
| 36 | Sun, Jan 18, 1953 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 84 | 103 | 10 | 26 | L 1 | ||
| 37 | Wed, Jan 21, 1953 | Rochester Royals | L | 82 | 89 | 10 | 27 | L 2 | |||
| 38 | Sun, Jan 25, 1953 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 82 | 68 | 11 | 27 | W 1 | |||
| 39 | Wed, Jan 28, 1953 | Milwaukee Hawks | L | 83 | 84 | 11 | 28 | L 1 | |||
| 40 | Thu, Jan 29, 1953 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | L | 67 | 70 | 11 | 29 | L 2 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sat, Jan 31, 1953 | Indianapolis Olympians | W | 97 | 90 | 12 | 29 | W 1 | |||
| 42 | Sun, Feb 1, 1953 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 79 | 94 | 12 | 30 | L 1 | ||
| 43 | Mon, Feb 2, 1953 | N | Syracuse Nationals | L | 77 | 98 | 12 | 31 | L 2 | at Buffalo, NY | |
| 44 | Tue, Feb 3, 1953 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 82 | 109 | 12 | 32 | L 3 | ||
| 45 | Wed, Feb 4, 1953 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 88 | 96 | 12 | 33 | L 4 | at Boston, MA | |
| 46 | Sat, Feb 7, 1953 | Boston Celtics | L | 98 | 101 | 12 | 34 | L 5 | |||
| 47 | Sun, Feb 8, 1953 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 78 | 89 | 12 | 35 | L 6 | ||
| 48 | Tue, Feb 10, 1953 | @ | Indianapolis Olympians | L | 83 | 88 | 12 | 36 | L 7 | ||
| 49 | Wed, Feb 11, 1953 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 80 | 86 | 12 | 37 | L 8 | |||
| 50 | Thu, Feb 12, 1953 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | L | 85 | 92 | 12 | 38 | L 9 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 51 | Fri, Feb 13, 1953 | N | New York Knickerbockers | L | 96 | 106 | 12 | 39 | L 10 | at Boston, MA | |
| 52 | Sat, Feb 14, 1953 | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 88 | 102 | 12 | 40 | L 11 | |||
| 53 | Sun, Feb 15, 1953 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 75 | 95 | 12 | 41 | L 12 | at Milwaukee, WI | |
| 54 | Tue, Feb 17, 1953 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 74 | 70 | 13 | 41 | W 1 | at Saint Paul, MN | |
| 55 | Thu, Feb 19, 1953 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 79 | 83 | 13 | 42 | L 1 | ||
| 56 | Fri, Feb 20, 1953 | @ | Indianapolis Olympians | L | 58 | 59 | 13 | 43 | L 2 | ||
| 57 | Sat, Feb 21, 1953 | Boston Celtics | L | 86 | 90 | 13 | 44 | L 3 | |||
| 58 | Wed, Feb 25, 1953 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 72 | 85 | 13 | 45 | L 4 | |||
| 59 | Thu, Feb 26, 1953 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 81 | 82 | 13 | 46 | L 5 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 60 | Sat, Feb 28, 1953 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 77 | 74 | 14 | 46 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Tue, Mar 3, 1953 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 94 | 95 | 14 | 47 | L 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 62 | Wed, Mar 4, 1953 | Rochester Royals | L | 77 | 81 | 14 | 48 | L 2 | |||
| 63 | Thu, Mar 5, 1953 | N | New York Knickerbockers | L | 69 | 80 | 14 | 49 | L 3 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 64 | Sat, Mar 7, 1953 | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 81 | 83 | 14 | 50 | L 4 | |||
| 65 | Sun, Mar 8, 1953 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 91 | 98 | 14 | 51 | L 5 | ||
| 66 | Wed, Mar 11, 1953 | N | New York Knickerbockers | L | 107 | 113 | 14 | 52 | L 6 | at Boston, MA | |
| 67 | Fri, Mar 13, 1953 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 98 | 72 | 15 | 52 | W 1 | at Washington, DC | |
| 68 | Sat, Mar 14, 1953 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 87 | 85 | 16 | 52 | W 2 | |||
| 69 | Sun, Mar 15, 1953 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 87 | 105 | 16 | 53 | L 1 | ||
| 70 | Mon, Mar 16, 1953 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 78 | 92 | 16 | 54 | L 2 | at Worcester, MA |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Mar 17, 1953 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 62 | 80 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Fri, Mar 20, 1953 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 81 | 90 | 0 | 2 | L 2 |