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34-32, Finished 3rd in NBA Western Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 82.9 points per game, Allowed 82.8 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 33-33)
Coached by Herm Schaefer (34-32)
Arena: Hinkle Fieldhouse / Attendance: NA
SRS: 0.08 (6th of 10)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Minneapolis Lakers
1951-52 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 3, 1951 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 90 | 86 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | ||
| 2 | Sun, Nov 4, 1951 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 65 | 97 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Tue, Nov 6, 1951 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 73 | 83 | 1 | 2 | L 2 | |||
| 4 | Fri, Nov 9, 1951 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 92 | 77 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 5 | Sat, Nov 10, 1951 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 89 | 100 | 2 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 6 | Sun, Nov 11, 1951 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 79 | 93 | 2 | 4 | L 2 | ||
| 7 | Tue, Nov 13, 1951 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 71 | 77 | 2 | 5 | L 3 | |||
| 8 | Fri, Nov 16, 1951 | Milwaukee Hawks | L | 68 | 78 | 2 | 6 | L 4 | |||
| 9 | Sat, Nov 17, 1951 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 68 | 58 | 3 | 6 | W 1 | at Moline, IL | |
| 10 | Tue, Nov 20, 1951 | Rochester Royals | W | 69 | 65 | 4 | 6 | W 2 | |||
| 11 | Fri, Nov 23, 1951 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 82 | 68 | 5 | 6 | W 3 | |||
| 12 | Sun, Nov 25, 1951 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 73 | 82 | 5 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 13 | Fri, Nov 30, 1951 | Boston Celtics | W | 92 | 87 | 6 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| 14 | Sun, Dec 2, 1951 | @ | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 80 | 71 | 7 | 7 | W 2 | ||
| 15 | Tue, Dec 4, 1951 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 83 | 77 | 8 | 7 | W 3 | |||
| 16 | Fri, Dec 7, 1951 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 88 | 80 | 9 | 7 | W 4 | |||
| 17 | Sun, Dec 9, 1951 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 85 | 78 | 10 | 7 | W 5 | ||
| 18 | Tue, Dec 11, 1951 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 85 | 69 | 11 | 7 | W 6 | |||
| 19 | Fri, Dec 14, 1951 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 83 | 79 | 12 | 7 | W 7 | |||
| 20 | Sat, Dec 15, 1951 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 66 | 75 | 12 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sun, Dec 16, 1951 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | W | 96 | 92 | 13 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 22 | Fri, Dec 21, 1951 | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 69 | 64 | 14 | 8 | W 2 | |||
| 23 | Sun, Dec 23, 1951 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 88 | 91 | 14 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 24 | Tue, Dec 25, 1951 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 78 | 87 | 14 | 10 | L 2 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Dec 29, 1951 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 65 | 75 | 14 | 11 | L 3 | ||
| 26 | Mon, Dec 31, 1951 | N | Rochester Royals | W | 77 | 73 | 15 | 11 | W 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 27 | Fri, Jan 4, 1952 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 83 | 73 | 16 | 11 | W 2 | |||
| 28 | Sat, Jan 5, 1952 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 65 | 86 | 16 | 12 | L 1 | at Hibbing, MN | |
| 29 | Sun, Jan 6, 1952 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 75 | 79 | 16 | 13 | L 2 | ||
| 30 | Tue, Jan 8, 1952 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 82 | 75 | 17 | 13 | W 1 | |||
| 31 | Wed, Jan 9, 1952 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 74 | 91 | 17 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| 32 | Fri, Jan 11, 1952 | Boston Celtics | W | 100 | 79 | 18 | 14 | W 1 | |||
| 33 | Sat, Jan 12, 1952 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 77 | 86 | 18 | 15 | L 1 | ||
| 34 | Sun, Jan 13, 1952 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 85 | 103 | 18 | 16 | L 2 | ||
| 35 | Tue, Jan 15, 1952 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 101 | 68 | 19 | 16 | W 1 | |||
| 36 | Fri, Jan 18, 1952 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 83 | 98 | 19 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 37 | Sat, Jan 19, 1952 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 78 | 81 | 19 | 18 | L 2 | ||
| 38 | Sun, Jan 20, 1952 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 98 | 117 | 19 | 19 | L 3 | ||
| 39 | Tue, Jan 22, 1952 | Rochester Royals | W | 68 | 65 | 20 | 19 | W 1 | |||
| 40 | Fri, Jan 25, 1952 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 83 | 79 | 21 | 19 | W 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sat, Jan 26, 1952 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 93 | 99 | 21 | 20 | L 1 | ||
| 42 | Sun, Jan 27, 1952 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 95 | 102 | 21 | 21 | L 2 | ||
| 43 | Tue, Jan 29, 1952 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 100 | 72 | 22 | 21 | W 1 | at Louisville, KY | |
| 44 | Wed, Jan 30, 1952 | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 77 | 81 | 22 | 22 | L 1 | |||
| 45 | Fri, Feb 1, 1952 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 85 | 77 | 23 | 22 | W 1 | |||
| 46 | Sun, Feb 3, 1952 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 70 | 85 | 23 | 23 | L 1 | ||
| 47 | Tue, Feb 5, 1952 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 94 | 85 | 24 | 23 | W 1 | |||
| 48 | Fri, Feb 8, 1952 | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 80 | 76 | 25 | 23 | W 2 | |||
| 49 | Sat, Feb 9, 1952 | @ | Milwaukee Hawks | L | 83 | 90 | 25 | 24 | L 1 | ||
| 50 | Tue, Feb 12, 1952 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 80 | 78 | 26 | 24 | W 1 | |||
| 51 | Thu, Feb 14, 1952 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 89 | 66 | 27 | 24 | W 2 | |||
| 52 | Fri, Feb 15, 1952 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 91 | 112 | 27 | 25 | L 1 | ||
| 53 | Sun, Feb 17, 1952 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 92 | 100 | 27 | 26 | L 2 | ||
| 54 | Tue, Feb 19, 1952 | Boston Celtics | W | 82 | 81 | 28 | 26 | W 1 | |||
| 55 | Wed, Feb 20, 1952 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 95 | 80 | 29 | 26 | W 2 | at Louisville, KY | |
| 56 | Fri, Feb 22, 1952 | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 82 | 73 | 30 | 26 | W 3 | |||
| 57 | Sat, Feb 23, 1952 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 86 | 59 | 31 | 26 | W 4 | at Wisconsin Rapids, WI | |
| 58 | Tue, Feb 26, 1952 | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 86 | 88 | 31 | 27 | L 1 | |||
| 59 | Wed, Feb 27, 1952 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 89 | 97 | 31 | 28 | L 2 | ||
| 60 | Sat, Mar 1, 1952 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 88 | 98 | 31 | 29 | L 3 | at Saint Paul, MN | |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sun, Mar 2, 1952 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 88 | 101 | 31 | 30 | L 4 | ||
| 62 | Tue, Mar 4, 1952 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 86 | 68 | 32 | 30 | W 1 | |||
| 63 | Fri, Mar 7, 1952 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 81 | 76 | 33 | 30 | W 2 | |||
| 64 | Tue, Mar 11, 1952 | Rochester Royals | L | 81 | 82 | 33 | 31 | L 1 | |||
| 65 | Fri, Mar 14, 1952 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 103 | 87 | 34 | 31 | W 1 | |||
| 66 | Sun, Mar 16, 1952 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 92 | 111 | 34 | 32 | L 1 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun, Mar 23, 1952 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 70 | 78 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Tue, Mar 25, 1952 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 87 | 94 | 0 | 2 | L 2 |