1951-52 Fort Wayne Pistons Schedule | Basketball-Reference.com

1951-52 Fort Wayne Pistons Schedule and Results

Record: 29-37, Finished 4th in NBA Western Division

Coach: Paul Birch (29-37)

PTS/G: 78.0 (9th of 10) Opp PTS/G: 80.1 (2nd of 10)

SRS: -1.83 (8th of 10) Pace: 90.1 (10th of 10)

Off Rtg: 85.6 (6th of 10) Def Rtg: 87.9 (5th of 10) Net Rtg: -2.2 (8th of 10)

Expected W-L: 27-39 (8th of 10)

Arena: North Side High School Gym

Regular Season Schedule

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Thu, Nov 1, 1951	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		75	90	0	1	L 1
2	Sat, Nov 3, 1951	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		69	70	0	2	L 2
3	Sun, Nov 4, 1951	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		84	75	1	2	W 1
4	Tue, Nov 6, 1951	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	L	OT	62	65	1	3	L 1
5	Fri, Nov 9, 1951	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L		77	92	1	4	L 2
6	Sun, Nov 11, 1951	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		74	59	2	4	W 1
7	Wed, Nov 14, 1951	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	OT	91	98	2	5	L 1
8	Sat, Nov 17, 1951	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L	OT	64	68	2	6	L 2
9	Sun, Nov 18, 1951	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L	OT	71	76	2	7	L 3
10	Thu, Nov 22, 1951	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		72	96	2	8	L 4
11	Sat, Nov 24, 1951	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		63	74	2	9	L 5
12	Sun, Nov 25, 1951	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		83	66	3	9	W 1
13	Thu, Nov 29, 1951	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		78	82	3	10	L 1
14	Sat, Dec 1, 1951	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		69	89	3	11	L 2
15	Sun, Dec 2, 1951	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		63	61	4	11	W 1
16	Wed, Dec 5, 1951	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		91	88	5	11	W 2
17	Sat, Dec 8, 1951	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	L		71	82	5	12	L 1
18	Sun, Dec 9, 1951	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		86	84	6	12	W 1
19	Tue, Dec 11, 1951	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		62	80	6	13	L 1	at New York, NY
20	Fri, Dec 14, 1951	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		62	72	6	14	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Sat, Dec 15, 1951	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		80	90	6	15	L 3
22	Sun, Dec 16, 1951	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		71	80	6	16	L 4
23	Thu, Dec 20, 1951	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L		54	69	6	17	L 5
24	Sun, Dec 23, 1951	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		81	79	7	17	W 1
25	Tue, Dec 25, 1951	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		65	72	7	18	L 1
26	Wed, Dec 26, 1951	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		94	86	8	18	W 1
27	Sat, Dec 29, 1951	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		61	75	8	19	L 1
28	Sun, Dec 30, 1951	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		77	60	9	19	W 1
29	Mon, Dec 31, 1951	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		95	86	10	19	W 2
30	Tue, Jan 1, 1952	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		89	74	11	19	W 3
31	Fri, Jan 4, 1952	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		64	79	11	20	L 1	at Saint Paul, MN
32	Sun, Jan 6, 1952	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W		79	75	12	20	W 1
33	Thu, Jan 10, 1952	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		85	94	12	21	L 1
34	Sat, Jan 12, 1952	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		88	76	13	21	W 1
35	Sun, Jan 13, 1952	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		81	71	14	21	W 2
36	Tue, Jan 15, 1952	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	L		63	76	14	22	L 1
37	Thu, Jan 17, 1952	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		82	78	15	22	W 1
38	Sun, Jan 20, 1952	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		83	76	16	22	W 2
39	Thu, Jan 24, 1952	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		94	90	17	22	W 3
40	Fri, Jan 25, 1952	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L	OT	79	83	17	23	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Sat, Jan 26, 1952	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		71	104	17	24	L 2
42	Sun, Jan 27, 1952	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		100	92	18	24	W 1
43	Wed, Jan 30, 1952	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	W		81	77	19	24	W 2
44	Thu, Jan 31, 1952	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		78	85	19	25	L 1
45	Sat, Feb 2, 1952	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		76	63	20	25	W 1
46	Sun, Feb 3, 1952	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W		85	70	21	25	W 2
47	Tue, Feb 5, 1952	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	L		64	75	21	26	L 1
48	Thu, Feb 7, 1952	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		91	105	21	27	L 2
49	Sat, Feb 9, 1952	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		70	67	22	27	W 1
50	Sun, Feb 10, 1952	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	L		77	82	22	28	L 1
51	Tue, Feb 12, 1952	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L		78	80	22	29	L 2
52	Thu, Feb 14, 1952	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		94	90	23	29	W 1
53	Sun, Feb 17, 1952	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		99	87	24	29	W 2
54	Tue, Feb 19, 1952	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		80	98	24	30	L 1
55	Thu, Feb 21, 1952	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		67	88	24	31	L 2
56	Sat, Feb 23, 1952	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L	OT	77	82	24	32	L 3
57	Sun, Feb 24, 1952	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		83	70	25	32	W 1
58	Thu, Feb 28, 1952	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		83	88	25	33	L 1
59	Sat, Mar 1, 1952	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		66	58	26	33	W 1	at Moline, IL
60	Sun, Mar 2, 1952	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W		101	88	27	33	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Tue, Mar 4, 1952	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L		68	86	27	34	L 1
62	Thu, Mar 6, 1952	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L	2OT	81	83	27	35	L 2
63	Fri, Mar 7, 1952	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	L		74	75	27	36	L 3
64	Sun, Mar 9, 1952	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		80	79	28	36	W 1
65	Thu, Mar 13, 1952	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L		84	86	28	37	L 1
66	Sun, Mar 16, 1952	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W		111	92	29	37	W 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date				Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Tue, Mar 18, 1952		Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		78	95	0	1	L 1
2	Thu, Mar 20, 1952		Box Score		Rochester Royals	L		86	92	0	2	L 2

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