1951-52 New York Knickerbockers Games

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37-29, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 85.0 points per game, Allowed 84.2 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 35-31)
Coached by Joe Lapchick (37-29)

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 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 @ Milwaukee Hawks W 68 66 1 0 W 1
2 Sun, Nov 4, 1951 @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 75 84 1 1 L 1
3 Tue, Nov 6, 1951 @ Indianapolis Olympians W 83 73 2 1 W 1
4 Sat, Nov 10, 1951 Minneapolis Lakers L 73 89 2 2 L 1
5 Sun, Nov 11, 1951 @ Rochester Royals L 78 80 2 3 L 2
6 Tue, Nov 13, 1951 @ Philadelphia Warriors W 85 82 3 3 W 1
7 Sat, Nov 17, 1951 Syracuse Nationals L 72 79 3 4 L 1
8 Sun, Nov 18, 1951 @ Boston Celtics W 93 92 4 4 W 1
9 Tue, Nov 20, 1951 N Baltimore Bullets W 88 86 5 4 W 2 at Philadelphia, PA
10 Thu, Nov 22, 1951 Philadelphia Warriors W 102 88 6 4 W 3
11 Sat, Nov 24, 1951 Boston Celtics L 68 70 6 5 L 1
12 Sun, Nov 25, 1951 @ Syracuse Nationals L 73 100 6 6 L 2
13 Tue, Nov 27, 1951 @ Philadelphia Warriors L 81 83 6 7 L 3
14 Thu, Nov 29, 1951 Rochester Royals L 74 78 6 8 L 4
15 Sat, Dec 1, 1951 @ Baltimore Bullets L 82 84 6 9 L 5
16 Sun, Dec 2, 1951 Philadelphia Warriors W 86 72 7 9 W 1
17 Fri, Dec 7, 1951 @ Philadelphia Warriors L 91 93 7 10 L 1
18 Sun, Dec 9, 1951 @ Boston Celtics L 94 103 7 11 L 2
19 Tue, Dec 11, 1951 Milwaukee Hawks W 88 83 8 11 W 1
20 Fri, Dec 14, 1951 @ Indianapolis Olympians L 79 83 8 12 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sun, Dec 16, 1951 @ Fort Wayne Pistons W 80 71 9 12 W 1
22 Tue, Dec 18, 1951 Minneapolis Lakers W 69 67 10 12 W 2
23 Sat, Dec 22, 1951 Syracuse Nationals W 92 73 11 12 W 3
24 Sun, Dec 23, 1951 @ Syracuse Nationals W 75 72 12 12 W 4
25 Tue, Dec 25, 1951 Fort Wayne Pistons W 72 65 13 12 W 5
26 Wed, Dec 26, 1951 N Milwaukee Hawks L 76 78 13 13 L 1 at Baltimore, MD
27 Thu, Dec 27, 1951 @ Rochester Royals L 85 98 13 14 L 2
28 Sun, Dec 30, 1951 @ Boston Celtics L 90 100 13 15 L 3
29 Mon, Dec 31, 1951 Boston Celtics W OT 87 86 14 15 W 1
30 Tue, Jan 1, 1952 @ Milwaukee Hawks W 68 65 15 15 W 2
31 Wed, Jan 2, 1952 N Milwaukee Hawks W 89 67 16 15 W 3 at Chicago, IL
32 Fri, Jan 4, 1952 @ Indianapolis Olympians L 73 83 16 16 L 1
33 Sun, Jan 6, 1952 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 92 107 16 17 L 2
34 Tue, Jan 8, 1952 Rochester Royals W 107 74 17 17 W 1
35 Thu, Jan 10, 1952 @ Syracuse Nationals L 96 110 17 18 L 1
36 Sat, Jan 12, 1952 Indianapolis Olympians W 86 77 18 18 W 1
37 Sun, Jan 13, 1952 @ Rochester Royals L 70 97 18 19 L 1
38 Sat, Jan 19, 1952 Philadelphia Warriors W 94 88 19 19 W 1
39 Mon, Jan 21, 1952 @ Baltimore Bullets W 99 83 20 19 W 2
40 Tue, Jan 22, 1952 @ Philadelphia Warriors W 82 78 21 19 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sat, Jan 26, 1952 Indianapolis Olympians W 99 93 22 19 W 4
42 Sun, Jan 27, 1952 @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 92 100 22 20 L 1
43 Tue, Jan 29, 1952 N Indianapolis Olympians L 72 100 22 21 L 2 at Louisville, KY
44 Wed, Jan 30, 1952 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 65 77 22 22 L 3
45 Sat, Feb 2, 1952 Boston Celtics W 91 83 23 22 W 1
46 Sun, Feb 3, 1952 @ Boston Celtics L 95 100 23 23 L 1
47 Mon, Feb 4, 1952 @ Baltimore Bullets L 81 82 23 24 L 2
48 Wed, Feb 6, 1952 Baltimore Bullets W 73 70 24 24 W 1
49 Fri, Feb 8, 1952 N Baltimore Bullets W 103 83 25 24 W 2 at Philadelphia, PA
50 Sat, Feb 9, 1952 Philadelphia Warriors W 96 86 26 24 W 3
51 Tue, Feb 12, 1952 Syracuse Nationals W 78 69 27 24 W 4
52 Sat, Feb 16, 1952 Baltimore Bullets W 102 82 28 24 W 5
53 Sun, Feb 17, 1952 @ Syracuse Nationals L 61 66 28 25 L 1
54 Tue, Feb 19, 1952 Minneapolis Lakers W 98 96 29 25 W 1
55 Fri, Feb 22, 1952 @ Philadelphia Warriors L 95 118 29 26 L 1
56 Sat, Feb 23, 1952 Fort Wayne Pistons W 82 77 30 26 W 1
57 Mon, Feb 25, 1952 @ Baltimore Bullets W 89 84 31 26 W 2
58 Sat, Mar 1, 1952 Boston Celtics W 105 86 32 26 W 3
59 Sun, Mar 2, 1952 @ Boston Celtics W 89 87 33 26 W 4
60 Tue, Mar 4, 1952 Rochester Royals W OT 92 90 34 26 W 5
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Wed, Mar 5, 1952 N Baltimore Bullets W 88 82 35 26 W 6 at Boston, MA
62 Sat, Mar 8, 1952 N Milwaukee Hawks L 99 103 35 27 L 1 at Baltimore, MD
63 Sun, Mar 9, 1952 @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 79 80 35 28 L 2
64 Wed, Mar 12, 1952 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 83 85 35 29 L 3
65 Sat, Mar 15, 1952 Syracuse Nationals W 97 90 36 29 W 1
66 Sun, Mar 16, 1952 @ Syracuse Nationals W 90 84 37 29 W 2

Playoffs

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Wed, Mar 19, 1952 @ Boston Celtics L 94 105 0 1 L 1
2 Sun, Mar 23, 1952 Boston Celtics W 101 97 1 1 W 1
3 Wed, Mar 26, 1952 @ Boston Celtics W 2OT 88 87 2 1 W 2
4 Wed, Apr 2, 1952 @ Syracuse Nationals W 87 85 3 1 W 3
5 Thu, Apr 3, 1952 @ Syracuse Nationals L 92 102 3 2 L 1
6 Fri, Apr 4, 1952 Syracuse Nationals W 99 92 4 2 W 1
7 Tue, Apr 8, 1952 Syracuse Nationals W 100 93 5 2 W 2
8 Sat, Apr 12, 1952 @ Minneapolis Lakers L OT 79 83 5 3 L 1
9 Sun, Apr 13, 1952 @ Minneapolis Lakers W 80 72 6 3 W 1
10 Wed, Apr 16, 1952 Minneapolis Lakers L 77 82 6 4 L 1
11 Fri, Apr 18, 1952 Minneapolis Lakers W OT 90 89 7 4 W 1
12 Sun, Apr 20, 1952 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 89 102 7 5 L 1
13 Wed, Apr 23, 1952 Minneapolis Lakers W 76 68 8 5 W 1
14 Fri, Apr 25, 1952 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 65 82 8 6 L 1