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1952-53 Fort Wayne Pistons

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36-33, Finished 3rd in NBA Western Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 81.0 points per game, Allowed 81.1 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 34-35)
Coached by Paul Birch (36-33)

SRS: 0.17 (6th of 10)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Finals (3-2) versus Minneapolis Lakers
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-1) versus Rochester Royals

1952-53 Statistics / Schedule

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
Team 69 1876 5230 .359 1839 2491 .738 3548 1438 2119 5591
Opponent 69 5599

Player Statistics

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Players who did not spend the entire season with the team may not be included (1961-62 season and before).

Totals

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Larry Foust C-F 6-9 215 24 67 2303 311 865 .360 336 465 .723 769 151 267 958
2 Fred Scolari G 5-10 180 30 62 2123 277 809 .342 276 327 .844 209 233 212 830
3 Frankie Brian G 6-1 180 29 68 1910 245 699 .351 236 297 .795 133 142 205 726
4 Monk Meineke F-C 6-7 208 22 68 2250 240 630 .381 245 313 .783 466 148 334 725
5 Fred Schaus F 6-5 205 27 69 2541 240 719 .334 243 296 .821 413 245 261 723
6 Dike Eddleman F-G 6-3 189 30 69 1571 241 687 .351 133 237 .561 236 104 220 615
7 Don Boven F-G 6-4 210 27 67 1373 153 427 .358 145 209 .694 217 79 227 451
8 Chuck Share C 6-11 235 25 67 1044 91 254 .358 172 234 .735 373 74 213 354
9 Dick Groat G 5-11 180 22 26 663 100 272 .368 109 138 .790 86 69 90 309
10 Jake Fendley G 6-0 180 23 45 380 32 80 .400 40 60 .667 46 36 82 104
11 Ray Corley G 6-0 180 25 8 65 3 24 .125 5 6 .833 5 5 18 11
12 Ralph Johnson G 5-11 170 31 3 30 3 9 .333 2 3 .667 1 5 6 8
13 Jack Kiley G 6-1 170 24 6 27 2 10 .200 2 2 1.000 2 3 7 6

Per Game

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Larry Foust C-F 6-9 215 24 67 34.4 4.6 12.9 .360 5.0 6.9 .723 11.5 2.3 4.0 14.3
2 Fred Scolari G 5-10 180 30 62 34.2 4.5 13.0 .342 4.5 5.3 .844 3.4 3.8 3.4 13.4
3 Dick Groat G 5-11 180 22 26 25.5 3.8 10.5 .368 4.2 5.3 .790 3.3 2.7 3.5 11.9
4 Frankie Brian G 6-1 180 29 68 28.1 3.6 10.3 .351 3.5 4.4 .795 2.0 2.1 3.0 10.7
5 Monk Meineke F-C 6-7 208 22 68 33.1 3.5 9.3 .381 3.6 4.6 .783 6.9 2.2 4.9 10.7
6 Fred Schaus F 6-5 205 27 69 36.8 3.5 10.4 .334 3.5 4.3 .821 6.0 3.6 3.8 10.5
7 Dike Eddleman F-G 6-3 189 30 69 22.8 3.5 10.0 .351 1.9 3.4 .561 3.4 1.5 3.2 8.9
8 Don Boven F-G 6-4 210 27 67 20.5 2.3 6.4 .358 2.2 3.1 .694 3.2 1.2 3.4 6.7
9 Chuck Share C 6-11 235 25 67 15.6 1.4 3.8 .358 2.6 3.5 .735 5.6 1.1 3.2 5.3
10 Ralph Johnson G 5-11 170 31 3 10.0 1.0 3.0 .333 0.7 1.0 .667 0.3 1.7 2.0 2.7
11 Jake Fendley G 6-0 180 23 45 8.4 0.7 1.8 .400 0.9 1.3 .667 1.0 0.8 1.8 2.3
12 Ray Corley G 6-0 180 25 8 8.1 0.4 3.0 .125 0.6 0.8 .833 0.6 0.6 2.3 1.4
13 Jack Kiley G 6-1 170 24 6 4.5 0.3 1.7 .200 0.3 0.3 1.000 0.3 0.5 1.2 1.0

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Dick Groat G 5-11 180 22 26 663 5.4 14.8 .368 5.9 7.5 .790 4.7 3.7 4.9 16.8
2 Larry Foust C-F 6-9 215 24 67 2303 4.9 13.5 .360 5.3 7.3 .723 12.0 2.4 4.2 15.0
3 Fred Scolari G 5-10 180 30 62 2123 4.7 13.7 .342 4.7 5.5 .844 3.5 4.0 3.6 14.1
4 Dike Eddleman F-G 6-3 189 30 69 1571 5.5 15.7 .351 3.0 5.4 .561 5.4 2.4 5.0 14.1
5 Frankie Brian G 6-1 180 29 68 1910 4.6 13.2 .351 4.4 5.6 .795 2.5 2.7 3.9 13.7
6 Chuck Share C 6-11 235 25 67 1044 3.1 8.8 .358 5.9 8.1 .735 12.9 2.6 7.3 12.2
7 Don Boven F-G 6-4 210 27 67 1373 4.0 11.2 .358 3.8 5.5 .694 5.7 2.1 6.0 11.8
8 Monk Meineke F-C 6-7 208 22 68 2250 3.8 10.1 .381 3.9 5.0 .783 7.5 2.4 5.3 11.6
9 Fred Schaus F 6-5 205 27 69 2541 3.4 10.2 .334 3.4 4.2 .821 5.9 3.5 3.7 10.2
10 Jake Fendley G 6-0 180 23 45 380 3.0 7.6 .400 3.8 5.7 .667 4.4 3.4 7.8 9.9
11 Ralph Johnson G 5-11 170 31 3 30 3.6 10.8 .333 2.4 3.6 .667 1.2 6.0 7.2 9.6
12 Jack Kiley G 6-1 170 24 6 27 2.7 13.3 .200 2.7 2.7 1.000 2.7 4.0 9.3 8.0
13 Ray Corley G 6-0 180 25 8 65 1.7 13.3 .125 2.8 3.3 .833 2.8 2.8 10.0 6.1

Advanced

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Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% Usg% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS LS WSAA
1 Don Boven F-G 6-4 210 27 67 1373 11.1 .435 .358
2 Fred Scolari G 5-10 180 30 62 2123 15.0 .436 .342
3 Fred Schaus F 6-5 205 27 69 2541 13.2 .426 .334
4 Monk Meineke F-C 6-7 208 22 68 2250 14.6 .472 .381
5 Jack Kiley G 6-1 170 24 6 27 -0.5 .276 .200
6 Ralph Johnson G 5-11 170 31 3 30 8.4 .388 .333
7 Dick Groat G 5-11 180 22 26 663 18.1 .464 .368
8 Larry Foust C-F 6-9 215 24 67 2303 20.4 .448 .360
9 Jake Fendley G 6-0 180 23 45 380 10.9 .489 .400
10 Dike Eddleman F-G 6-3 189 30 69 1571 10.7 .389 .351
11 Ray Corley G 6-0 180 25 8 65 -6.9 .206 .125
12 Frankie Brian G 6-1 180 29 68 1910 12.2 .438 .351
13 Chuck Share C 6-11 235 25 67 1044 19.1 .496 .358

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Pos Ht Wt Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Larry Foust C-F 6-9 215 24 8 332 48 121 57 68 111 6 34 153 .397 .838 41.5 19.1 13.9 0.8
2 Fred Scolari G 5-10 180 30 8 268 29 90 49 61 25 21 31 107 .322 .803 33.5 13.4 3.1 2.6
3 Andy Phillip G-F 6-2 195 30 8 329 24 71 34 51 32 30 23 82 .338 .667 41.1 10.3 4.0 3.8
4 Fred Schaus F 6-5 205 27 8 244 18 60 35 46 42 12 40 71 .300 .761 30.5 8.9 5.3 1.5
5 Monk Meineke F-C 6-7 208 22 8 227 15 40 30 44 26 10 37 60 .375 .682 28.4 7.5 3.3 1.3
6 Chuck Share C 6-11 235 25 8 198 11 27 26 39 52 12 45 48 .407 .667 24.8 6.0 6.5 1.5
7 Frankie Brian G 6-1 180 29 8 146 13 42 19 25 9 11 23 45 .310 .760 18.3 5.6 1.1 1.4
8 Don Boven F-G 6-4 210 27 8 111 7 28 9 16 16 2 22 23 .250 .563 13.9 2.9 2.0 0.3
9 Dike Eddleman F-G 6-3 189 30 7 63 9 23 4 15 5 2 19 22 .391 .267 9.0 3.1 0.7 0.3
10 Jake Fendley G 6-0 180 23 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2.0 0.0 1.0 0.0