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27-44, Finished 5th in NBA Western Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 75.9 points per game, Allowed 77.4 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 31-40)
Coached by Andrew Levane (27-44)
Arena: Milwaukee Arena / Attendance: NA
SRS: -2.49 (8th of 10)
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 | Indianapolis Olympians | W | 73 | 71 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Sun, Nov 9, 1952 | Rochester Royals | W | 78 | 75 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Wed, Nov 12, 1952 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 90 | 107 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Thu, Nov 13, 1952 | N | Rochester Royals | L | 79 | 97 | 2 | 2 | L 2 | at New York, NY | |
| 5 | Sat, Nov 15, 1952 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 71 | 68 | 3 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 6 | Sun, Nov 16, 1952 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 51 | 87 | 3 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 7 | Tue, Nov 18, 1952 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 82 | 83 | 3 | 4 | L 2 | at Hershey, PA | |
| 8 | Wed, Nov 19, 1952 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 77 | 91 | 3 | 5 | L 3 | at Baltimore, MD | |
| 9 | Thu, Nov 20, 1952 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 73 | 92 | 3 | 6 | L 4 | ||
| 10 | Sat, Nov 22, 1952 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 65 | 69 | 3 | 7 | L 5 | ||
| 11 | Sun, Nov 23, 1952 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 46 | 62 | 3 | 8 | L 6 | |||
| 12 | Tue, Nov 25, 1952 | @ | Indianapolis Olympians | W | 78 | 66 | 4 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Wed, Nov 26, 1952 | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 72 | 80 | 4 | 9 | L 1 | |||
| 14 | Thu, Nov 27, 1952 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 87 | 95 | 4 | 10 | L 2 | ||
| 15 | Fri, Nov 28, 1952 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 2OT | 78 | 77 | 5 | 10 | W 1 | at Chicago, IL |
| 16 | Sun, Nov 30, 1952 | Rochester Royals | L | 88 | 91 | 5 | 11 | L 1 | |||
| 17 | Wed, Dec 3, 1952 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 87 | 98 | 5 | 12 | L 2 | ||
| 18 | Thu, Dec 4, 1952 | N | Boston Celtics | W | 90 | 73 | 6 | 12 | W 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 19 | Sat, Dec 6, 1952 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 83 | 88 | 6 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 20 | Sun, Dec 7, 1952 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 67 | 71 | 6 | 14 | L 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Mon, Dec 8, 1952 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 101 | 89 | 7 | 14 | W 1 | |||
| 22 | Thu, Dec 11, 1952 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 70 | 71 | 7 | 15 | L 1 | ||
| 23 | Fri, Dec 12, 1952 | @ | Indianapolis Olympians | L | 49 | 63 | 7 | 16 | L 2 | ||
| 24 | Sun, Dec 14, 1952 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 69 | 74 | 7 | 17 | L 3 | |||
| 25 | Sat, Dec 20, 1952 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 86 | 75 | 8 | 17 | W 1 | |||
| 26 | Mon, Dec 22, 1952 | N | New York Knickerbockers | L | 75 | 80 | 8 | 18 | L 1 | at Buffalo, NY | |
| 27 | Thu, Dec 25, 1952 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 69 | 71 | 8 | 19 | L 2 | ||
| 28 | Sun, Dec 28, 1952 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 77 | 86 | 8 | 20 | L 3 | ||
| 29 | Wed, Dec 31, 1952 | N | Rochester Royals | L | 74 | 82 | 8 | 21 | L 4 | at Fort Wayne, IN | |
| 30 | Thu, Jan 1, 1953 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 81 | 83 | 8 | 22 | L 5 | |||
| 31 | Fri, Jan 2, 1953 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 66 | 74 | 8 | 23 | L 6 | at Chicago, IL | |
| 32 | Sat, Jan 3, 1953 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 75 | 79 | 8 | 24 | L 7 | at Hibbing, MN | |
| 33 | Tue, Jan 6, 1953 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 73 | 71 | 9 | 24 | W 1 | |||
| 34 | Thu, Jan 8, 1953 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 68 | 81 | 9 | 25 | L 1 | ||
| 35 | Sat, Jan 10, 1953 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 81 | 89 | 9 | 26 | L 2 | ||
| 36 | Sun, Jan 11, 1953 | Rochester Royals | W | 83 | 79 | 10 | 26 | W 1 | |||
| 37 | Thu, Jan 15, 1953 | N | Indianapolis Olympians | L | 68 | 75 | 10 | 27 | L 1 | at Sheboygan, WI | |
| 38 | Fri, Jan 16, 1953 | Boston Celtics | L | 90 | 100 | 10 | 28 | L 2 | |||
| 39 | Sun, Jan 18, 1953 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 83 | 70 | 11 | 28 | W 1 | ||
| 40 | Wed, Jan 21, 1953 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 72 | 70 | 12 | 28 | W 2 | at Boston, MA | |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Fri, Jan 23, 1953 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 67 | 65 | 13 | 28 | W 3 | at Indianapolis, IN | |
| 42 | Sat, Jan 24, 1953 | Indianapolis Olympians | W | 72 | 64 | 14 | 28 | W 4 | |||
| 43 | Sun, Jan 25, 1953 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 62 | 65 | 14 | 29 | L 1 | ||
| 44 | Tue, Jan 27, 1953 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 58 | 80 | 14 | 30 | L 2 | at Indianapolis, IN | |
| 45 | Wed, Jan 28, 1953 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 84 | 83 | 15 | 30 | W 1 | ||
| 46 | Thu, Jan 29, 1953 | N | Baltimore Bullets | W | 70 | 67 | 16 | 30 | W 2 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 47 | Fri, Jan 30, 1953 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 84 | 68 | 17 | 30 | W 3 | |||
| 48 | Mon, Feb 2, 1953 | N | Rochester Royals | L | 78 | 80 | 17 | 31 | L 1 | at Buffalo, NY | |
| 49 | Tue, Feb 3, 1953 | N | New York Knickerbockers | L | 69 | 76 | 17 | 32 | L 2 | at Indianapolis, IN | |
| 50 | Sun, Feb 8, 1953 | Rochester Royals | W | 85 | 82 | 18 | 32 | W 1 | |||
| 51 | Wed, Feb 11, 1953 | N | Indianapolis Olympians | W | 67 | 65 | 19 | 32 | W 2 | at Fort Wayne, IN | |
| 52 | Thu, Feb 12, 1953 | N | Baltimore Bullets | W | 92 | 85 | 20 | 32 | W 3 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 53 | Fri, Feb 13, 1953 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 74 | 77 | 20 | 33 | L 1 | ||
| 54 | Sat, Feb 14, 1953 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 72 | 81 | 20 | 34 | L 2 | ||
| 55 | Sun, Feb 15, 1953 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 71 | 80 | 20 | 35 | L 3 | |||
| 56 | Tue, Feb 17, 1953 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 67 | 86 | 20 | 36 | L 4 | ||
| 57 | Thu, Feb 19, 1953 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 72 | 82 | 20 | 37 | L 5 | ||
| 58 | Sat, Feb 21, 1953 | N | Indianapolis Olympians | W | 61 | 60 | 21 | 37 | W 1 | at Minneapolis, MN | |
| 59 | Sun, Feb 22, 1953 | Indianapolis Olympians | W | 71 | 64 | 22 | 37 | W 2 | |||
| 60 | Mon, Feb 23, 1953 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 78 | 64 | 23 | 37 | W 3 | at Cincinnati, OH | |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Tue, Feb 24, 1953 | @ | Indianapolis Olympians | L | 69 | 71 | 23 | 38 | L 1 | ||
| 62 | Sat, Feb 28, 1953 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 87 | 73 | 24 | 38 | W 1 | |||
| 63 | Sun, Mar 1, 1953 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 74 | 76 | 24 | 39 | L 1 | ||
| 64 | Tue, Mar 3, 1953 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 75 | 70 | 25 | 39 | W 1 | |||
| 65 | Sun, Mar 8, 1953 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 73 | 100 | 25 | 40 | L 1 | ||
| 66 | Mon, Mar 9, 1953 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 74 | 94 | 25 | 41 | L 2 | ||
| 67 | Tue, Mar 10, 1953 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 77 | 76 | 26 | 41 | W 1 | at Louisville, KY | |
| 68 | Wed, Mar 11, 1953 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | OT | 69 | 72 | 26 | 42 | L 1 | at Pittsburgh, PA |
| 69 | Fri, Mar 13, 1953 | @ | Indianapolis Olympians | L | 50 | 52 | 26 | 43 | L 2 | ||
| 70 | Tue, Mar 17, 1953 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 87 | 61 | 27 | 43 | W 1 | |||
| 71 | Wed, Mar 18, 1953 | Indianapolis Olympians | L | 69 | 74 | 27 | 44 | L 1 |