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1951-52 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics

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37-29, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Joe Lapchick (37-29)

Points Per Game: 85.0 (6th of 10) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 84.2 (7th of 10)
Pythagorean W-L: 35-31 (5th of 10)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (III) ▪ Attendance: 140,746 (3rd of 5)

SRS: 0.68 (5th of 10)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-3) versus Minneapolis Lakers
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (3-1) versus Syracuse Nationals
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-1) versus Boston Celtics

1951-52 New York Knickerbockers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
12 Vince Boryla F 6-5 210 March 11, 1927 2 University of Denver
8 Nathaniel Clifton C-F 6-6 220 October 13, 1922 1 Xavier University of Louisiana
11 Harry Gallatin F-C 6-6 210 April 26, 1927 3 Truman State University
17-6 George Kaftan F 6-3 190 February 22, 1928 3 College of the Holy Cross
7 Ray Lumpp G 6-1 178 July 11, 1923 3 New York University
16-3 Alfred McGuire G-F 6-2 180 September 7, 1928 R St. John's University
15 Dick McGuire G 6-0 180 January 25, 1926 2 St. John's University
19-22 Herb Scherer C 6-9 212 December 21, 1929 1 Long Island University
18 Connie Simmons C-F 6-8 222 March 15, 1925 5
3 Tom Smith G 6-1 165 July 5, 1927 R Saint Peter's College
9 Ernie Vandeweghe F-G 6-3 195 September 12, 1928 2 Colgate University
10 Max Zaslofsky G-F 6-2 170 December 7, 1925 5 St. John's University

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 PTS
Team 66 2022 5282 .383 1565 2185 .716 3834 1567 1770 5609 85.0
Opponent 66 5560 84.2

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Max Zaslofsky 26 66 2113 322 958 .336 287 380 .755 194 156 183 931
2 Harry Gallatin 24 66 1931 233 527 .442 275 341 .806 661 115 223 741
3 Nathaniel Clifton 29 62 2101 244 729 .335 170 256 .664 731 209 227 658
4 Connie Simmons 26 66 1558 227 600 .378 175 254 .689 471 121 214 629
5 Dick McGuire 26 64 2018 204 474 .430 183 290 .631 332 388 181 591
6 Ernie Vandeweghe 23 57 1507 200 457 .438 124 160 .775 264 164 188 524
7 Vince Boryla 24 42 1440 202 522 .387 96 115 .835 219 90 121 500
8 Ray Lumpp 28 62 1317 184 476 .387 90 119 .756 125 123 165 458
9 George Kaftan 23 52 955 115 307 .375 92 134 .687 196 88 107 322
10 Alfred McGuire 23 59 788 72 167 .431 64 122 .525 121 107 136 208
11 Herb Scherer 22 12 167 19 65 .292 9 14 .643 26 6 25 47
12 Tom Smith 24 1 3 0 6 .000 4 6 .667 0 2 2 4

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Max Zaslofsky 26 66 32.0 4.9 14.5 .336 4.3 5.8 .755 2.9 2.4 2.8 14.1
2 Vince Boryla 24 42 34.3 4.8 12.4 .387 2.3 2.7 .835 5.2 2.1 2.9 11.9
3 Harry Gallatin 24 66 29.3 3.5 8.0 .442 4.2 5.2 .806 10.0 1.7 3.4 11.2
4 Nathaniel Clifton 29 62 33.9 3.9 11.8 .335 2.7 4.1 .664 11.8 3.4 3.7 10.6
5 Connie Simmons 26 66 23.6 3.4 9.1 .378 2.7 3.8 .689 7.1 1.8 3.2 9.5
6 Dick McGuire 26 64 31.5 3.2 7.4 .430 2.9 4.5 .631 5.2 6.1 2.8 9.2
7 Ernie Vandeweghe 23 57 26.4 3.5 8.0 .438 2.2 2.8 .775 4.6 2.9 3.3 9.2
8 Ray Lumpp 28 62 21.2 3.0 7.7 .387 1.5 1.9 .756 2.0 2.0 2.7 7.4
9 George Kaftan 23 52 18.4 2.2 5.9 .375 1.8 2.6 .687 3.8 1.7 2.1 6.2
10 Tom Smith 24 1 3.0 0.0 6.0 .000 4.0 6.0 .667 0.0 2.0 2.0 4.0
11 Herb Scherer 22 12 13.9 1.6 5.4 .292 0.8 1.2 .643 2.2 0.5 2.1 3.9
12 Alfred McGuire 23 59 13.4 1.2 2.8 .431 1.1 2.1 .525 2.1 1.8 2.3 3.5

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Tom Smith 24 1 3 0.0 72.0 .000 48.0 72.0 .667 0.0 24.0 24.0 48.0
2 Max Zaslofsky 26 66 2113 5.5 16.3 .336 4.9 6.5 .755 3.3 2.7 3.1 15.9
3 Connie Simmons 26 66 1558 5.2 13.9 .378 4.0 5.9 .689 10.9 2.8 4.9 14.5
4 Harry Gallatin 24 66 1931 4.3 9.8 .442 5.1 6.4 .806 12.3 2.1 4.2 13.8
5 Ray Lumpp 28 62 1317 5.0 13.0 .387 2.5 3.3 .756 3.4 3.4 4.5 12.5
6 Vince Boryla 24 42 1440 5.0 13.1 .387 2.4 2.9 .835 5.5 2.3 3.0 12.5
7 Ernie Vandeweghe 23 57 1507 4.8 10.9 .438 3.0 3.8 .775 6.3 3.9 4.5 12.5
8 George Kaftan 23 52 955 4.3 11.6 .375 3.5 5.1 .687 7.4 3.3 4.0 12.1
9 Nathaniel Clifton 29 62 2101 4.2 12.5 .335 2.9 4.4 .664 12.5 3.6 3.9 11.3
10 Dick McGuire 26 64 2018 3.6 8.5 .430 3.3 5.2 .631 5.9 6.9 3.2 10.5
11 Herb Scherer 22 12 167 4.1 14.0 .292 1.9 3.0 .643 5.6 1.3 5.4 10.1
12 Alfred McGuire 23 59 788 3.3 7.6 .431 2.9 5.6 .525 5.5 4.9 6.2 9.5

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Harry Gallatin 24 66 1931 21.8 .547 .442 7.0 1.9 8.9
2 Dick McGuire 26 64 2018 18.8 .491 .430 4.7 1.9 6.6
3 Ernie Vandeweghe 23 57 1507 16.5 .497 .438 3.7 1.2 4.8
4 Connie Simmons 26 66 1558 17.6 .442 .378 1.8 1.5 3.3
5 Vince Boryla 24 42 1440 12.7 .437 .387 1.2 0.9 2.1
6 Ray Lumpp 28 62 1317 11.3 .433 .387 1.1 0.8 1.9
7 Alfred McGuire 23 59 788 12.7 .471 .431 1.3 0.6 1.9
8 George Kaftan 23 52 955 14.6 .440 .375 1.0 0.8 1.7
9 Max Zaslofsky 26 66 2113 12.3 .414 .336 0.5 1.1 1.7
10 Nathaniel Clifton 29 62 2101 16.2 .391 .335 -0.7 2.3 1.6
11 Tom Smith 24 1 3 -18.1 .231 .000 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
12 Herb Scherer 22 12 167 3.9 .330 .292 -0.4 0.1 -0.3

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player 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 Max Zaslofsky 26 14 506 69 185 89 110 44 23 51 227 .373 .809 36.1 16.2 3.1 1.6
2 Connie Simmons 26 14 427 77 166 68 89 108 12 55 222 .464 .764 30.5 15.9 7.7 0.9
3 Harry Gallatin 24 14 471 50 122 51 66 134 19 45 151 .410 .773 33.6 10.8 9.6 1.4
4 Ernie Vandeweghe 23 14 414 51 118 49 60 69 27 58 151 .432 .817 29.6 10.8 4.9 1.9
5 Dick McGuire 26 14 546 48 107 49 86 71 90 46 145 .449 .570 39.0 10.4 5.1 6.4
6 Nathaniel Clifton 29 14 462 39 133 54 76 133 34 67 132 .293 .711 33.0 9.4 9.5 2.4
7 George Kaftan 23 13 232 26 66 28 42 30 22 41 80 .394 .667 17.8 6.2 2.3 1.7
8 Alfred McGuire 23 13 208 20 51 20 27 17 14 34 60 .392 .741 16.0 4.6 1.3 1.1
9 Ray Lumpp 28 12 194 13 53 23 25 19 15 35 49 .245 .920 16.2 4.1 1.6 1.3

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Connie Simmons 26 14 427 22.0 .541 .464 7.3 1.4 0.3 1.7
2 Dick McGuire 26 14 546 16.0 .501 .449 34.3 0.7 0.4 1.1
3 Ernie Vandeweghe 23 14 414 15.4 .523 .432 14.7 0.8 0.2 1.1
4 Harry Gallatin 24 14 471 16.4 .500 .410 8.7 0.6 0.3 0.9
5 Max Zaslofsky 26 14 506 14.7 .486 .373 10.5 0.7 0.2 0.9
6 Alfred McGuire 23 13 208 9.1 .477 .392 14.3 0.2 0.1 0.3
7 George Kaftan 23 13 232 12.6 .473 .394 20.8 0.2 0.1 0.3
8 Nathaniel Clifton 29 14 462 12.4 .397 .293 15.2 -0.5 0.4 -0.1
9 Ray Lumpp 28 12 194 5.9 .383 .245 15.4 -0.2 0.1 -0.2