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1951-52 Minneapolis Lakers

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40-26, Finished 2nd in NBA Western Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

1951-52 NBA Champions

Scored 85.6 points per game, Allowed 79.5 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 49-17)
Coached by John Kundla (40-26)

Arena: Minneapolis Auditorium / Attendance: 172,410 (1st of 5 available)

SRS: 5.28 (1st of 10)

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-3) versus New York Knickerbockers
Won NBA Western Division Finals (3-1) versus Rochester Royals
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Indianapolis Olympians

1951-52 Statistics / Schedule

Click on the Date for game box score, if available.

Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sat, Nov 3, 1951 @ Rochester Royals W 93 74 1 0 W 1
2 Sun, Nov 4, 1951 @ Syracuse Nationals L 67 98 1 1 L 1
3 Fri, Nov 9, 1951 @ Philadelphia Warriors L 86 98 1 2 L 2
4 Sat, Nov 10, 1951 @ New York Knickerbockers W 89 73 2 2 W 1
5 Sun, Nov 11, 1951 @ Boston Celtics L 72 77 2 3 L 1
6 Mon, Nov 12, 1951 @ Baltimore Bullets W 90 80 3 3 W 1
7 Tue, Nov 13, 1951 @ Indianapolis Olympians W 77 71 4 3 W 2
8 Sat, Nov 17, 1951 Fort Wayne Pistons W 68 64 5 3 W 3
9 Thu, Nov 22, 1951 Rochester Royals W 70 65 6 3 W 4
10 Sat, Nov 24, 1951 @ Milwaukee Hawks W 72 59 7 3 W 5
11 Sun, Nov 25, 1951 Indianapolis Olympians W 82 73 8 3 W 6
12 Wed, Nov 28, 1951 Boston Celtics W 90 76 9 3 W 7
13 Sat, Dec 1, 1951 Fort Wayne Pistons W 89 69 10 3 W 8
14 Sun, Dec 2, 1951 @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 61 63 10 4 L 1
15 Wed, Dec 5, 1951 Syracuse Nationals L 81 83 10 5 L 2
16 Sat, Dec 8, 1951 N Baltimore Bullets W 85 64 11 5 W 1 at Saint Paul, MN
17 Sun, Dec 9, 1951 Indianapolis Olympians L 78 85 11 6 L 1
18 Tue, Dec 11, 1951 @ Indianapolis Olympians L 69 85 11 7 L 2
19 Wed, Dec 12, 1951 Baltimore Bullets W 99 79 12 7 W 1
20 Sun, Dec 16, 1951 Milwaukee Hawks W 99 52 13 7 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Tue, Dec 18, 1951 @ New York Knickerbockers L 67 69 13 8 L 1
22 Fri, Dec 21, 1951 @ Philadelphia Warriors L 103 105 13 9 L 2
23 Sat, Dec 22, 1951 @ Baltimore Bullets W 96 90 14 9 W 1
24 Sun, Dec 23, 1951 @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 79 81 14 10 L 1
25 Tue, Dec 25, 1951 Boston Celtics W 100 93 15 10 W 1
26 Sun, Dec 30, 1951 Philadelphia Warriors W 93 64 16 10 W 2
27 Tue, Jan 1, 1952 Syracuse Nationals W 82 80 17 10 W 3
28 Fri, Jan 4, 1952 N Fort Wayne Pistons W 79 64 18 10 W 4 at Saint Paul, MN
29 Sat, Jan 5, 1952 N Indianapolis Olympians W 86 65 19 10 W 5 at Hibbing, MN
30 Sun, Jan 6, 1952 New York Knickerbockers W 107 92 20 10 W 6
31 Tue, Jan 8, 1952 @ Indianapolis Olympians L 75 82 20 11 L 1
32 Wed, Jan 9, 1952 Indianapolis Olympians W 91 74 21 11 W 1
33 Fri, Jan 11, 1952 @ Milwaukee Hawks W 75 63 22 11 W 2
34 Sat, Jan 12, 1952 N Milwaukee Hawks W 96 84 23 11 W 3 at Kansas City, KS
35 Sun, Jan 13, 1952 Philadelphia Warriors L 81 88 23 12 L 1
36 Wed, Jan 16, 1952 @ Boston Celtics W 108 94 24 12 W 1
37 Thu, Jan 17, 1952 @ Syracuse Nationals L 105 110 24 13 L 1
38 Sat, Jan 19, 1952 @ Rochester Royals L 85 96 24 14 L 2
39 Sun, Jan 20, 1952 Rochester Royals W 91 81 25 14 W 1
40 Wed, Jan 23, 1952 Syracuse Nationals L 97 99 25 15 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sat, Jan 26, 1952 @ Milwaukee Hawks W 57 56 26 15 W 1
42 Sun, Jan 27, 1952 Milwaukee Hawks W 91 62 27 15 W 2
43 Wed, Jan 30, 1952 New York Knickerbockers W 77 65 28 15 W 3
44 Thu, Jan 31, 1952 @ Fort Wayne Pistons W 85 78 29 15 W 4
45 Fri, Feb 1, 1952 @ Indianapolis Olympians L 77 85 29 16 L 1
46 Sun, Feb 3, 1952 Rochester Royals W 77 75 30 16 W 1
47 Thu, Feb 7, 1952 Rochester Royals W 86 75 31 16 W 2
48 Sat, Feb 9, 1952 Fort Wayne Pistons L 67 70 31 17 L 1
49 Sun, Feb 10, 1952 @ Milwaukee Hawks L 69 70 31 18 L 2
50 Thu, Feb 14, 1952 N Milwaukee Hawks W 109 74 32 18 W 1 at Grand Forks, ND
51 Sat, Feb 16, 1952 N Boston Celtics L 75 77 32 19 L 1 at Saint Paul, MN
52 Sun, Feb 17, 1952 @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 87 99 32 20 L 2
53 Tue, Feb 19, 1952 @ New York Knickerbockers L 96 98 32 21 L 3
54 Wed, Feb 20, 1952 @ Baltimore Bullets W 93 78 33 21 W 1
55 Thu, Feb 21, 1952 @ Syracuse Nationals L 80 88 33 22 L 1
56 Sat, Feb 23, 1952 @ Rochester Royals W 83 73 34 22 W 1
57 Sun, Feb 24, 1952 @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 70 83 34 23 L 1
58 Mon, Feb 25, 1952 Philadelphia Warriors W 108 95 35 23 W 1
59 Sat, Mar 1, 1952 N Indianapolis Olympians W 98 88 36 23 W 2 at Saint Paul, MN
60 Sun, Mar 2, 1952 @ Milwaukee Hawks W 96 85 37 23 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Tue, Mar 4, 1952 @ Philadelphia Warriors L 81 83 37 24 L 1
62 Wed, Mar 5, 1952 @ Boston Celtics L 74 82 37 25 L 2
63 Sat, Mar 8, 1952 @ Rochester Royals L 92 94 37 26 L 3
64 Sun, Mar 9, 1952 Rochester Royals W 96 90 38 26 W 1
65 Wed, Mar 12, 1952 New York Knickerbockers W 85 83 39 26 W 2
66 Sun, Mar 16, 1952 Baltimore Bullets W 126 82 40 26 W 3

Playoffs

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sun, Mar 23, 1952 Indianapolis Olympians W 78 70 1 0 W 1
2 Tue, Mar 25, 1952 @ Indianapolis Olympians W 94 87 2 0 W 2
3 Sat, Mar 29, 1952 @ Rochester Royals L 78 88 2 1 L 1
4 Sun, Mar 30, 1952 @ Rochester Royals W 83 78 3 1 W 1
5 Sat, Apr 5, 1952 Rochester Royals W 77 67 4 1 W 2
6 Sun, Apr 6, 1952 Rochester Royals W 82 80 5 1 W 3
7 Sat, Apr 12, 1952 New York Knickerbockers W OT 83 79 6 1 W 4
8 Sun, Apr 13, 1952 New York Knickerbockers L 72 80 6 2 L 1
9 Wed, Apr 16, 1952 @ New York Knickerbockers W 83 77 7 2 W 1
10 Fri, Apr 18, 1952 @ New York Knickerbockers L OT 89 90 7 3 L 1
11 Sun, Apr 20, 1952 New York Knickerbockers W 102 89 8 3 W 1
12 Wed, Apr 23, 1952 @ New York Knickerbockers L 68 76 8 4 L 1
13 Fri, Apr 25, 1952 New York Knickerbockers W 82 65 9 4 W 1