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1952-53 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics

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47-23, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 85.5 points per game, Allowed 80.3 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 50-20)
Coached by Joe Lapchick (47-23)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (III) ▪ Attendance: 195,240 (1st of 3)

SRS: 4.39 (2nd of 10)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-1) versus Minneapolis Lakers
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (3-1) versus Boston Celtics
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Baltimore Bullets

1952-53 Roster and Statistics ▪ Schedule

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
12 Vince Boryla F 6-5 210 March 11, 1927 3 University of Denver
4 Carl Braun G-F 6-5 180 September 25, 1927 3 Colgate University
Dick Bunt G 6-0 170 July 13, 1930 R New York University
8 Nathaniel Clifton C-F 6-6 220 October 13, 1922 2 Xavier University of Louisiana
11 Harry Gallatin F-C 6-6 210 April 26, 1927 4 Truman State University
7 Ray Lumpp G 6-1 178 July 11, 1923 4 New York University
16 Alfred McGuire G-F 6-2 180 September 7, 1928 1 St. John's University
15 Dick McGuire G 6-0 180 January 25, 1926 3 St. John's University
6 Ralph Polson F-C 6-7 200 October 26, 1929 R Whitworth
Sherwin Raiken G 6-2 185 October 29, 1928 R Villanova University
18 Connie Simmons C-F 6-8 222 March 15, 1925 6
14-17 Dick Surhoff F 6-4 210 November 16, 1929 R Long Island University
9 Ernie Vandeweghe F-G 6-3 195 September 12, 1928 3 Colgate University
10 Max Zaslofsky G-F 6-2 170 December 7, 1925 6 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 70 2059 5339 .386 1867 2652 .704 4007 1575 2053 5985 85.5
Opponent 70 5619 80.3

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 Carl Braun 25 70 2316 323 807 .400 331 401 .825 233 243 287 977
2 Harry Gallatin 25 70 2333 282 635 .444 301 430 .700 916 126 224 865
3 Nathaniel Clifton 30 70 2496 272 794 .343 200 343 .583 761 231 274 744
4 Ernie Vandeweghe 24 61 1745 272 625 .435 187 244 .766 342 144 242 731
5 Connie Simmons 27 65 1707 240 637 .377 249 340 .732 458 127 252 729
6 Vince Boryla 25 66 2200 254 686 .370 165 201 .821 233 166 226 673
7 Dick McGuire 27 61 1783 142 373 .381 153 269 .569 280 296 172 437
8 Alfred McGuire 24 58 1231 112 287 .390 128 201 .637 167 145 206 352
9 Max Zaslofsky 27 29 722 123 320 .384 98 142 .690 75 55 81 344
10 Dick Surhoff 23 26 187 13 61 .213 19 30 .633 25 9 36 45
11 Ray Lumpp 29 6 99 8 30 .267 12 12 1.000 18 12 18 28
12 Ralph Polson 23 3 37 3 9 .333 4 6 .667 8 2 8 10
13 Sherwin Raiken 24 6 63 3 21 .143 3 8 .375 8 6 10 9
14 Dick Bunt 22

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 Carl Braun 25 70 33.1 4.6 11.5 .400 4.7 5.7 .825 3.3 3.5 4.1 14.0
2 Harry Gallatin 25 70 33.3 4.0 9.1 .444 4.3 6.1 .700 13.1 1.8 3.2 12.4
3 Ernie Vandeweghe 24 61 28.6 4.5 10.2 .435 3.1 4.0 .766 5.6 2.4 4.0 12.0
4 Max Zaslofsky 27 29 24.9 4.2 11.0 .384 3.4 4.9 .690 2.6 1.9 2.8 11.9
5 Connie Simmons 27 65 26.3 3.7 9.8 .377 3.8 5.2 .732 7.0 2.0 3.9 11.2
6 Nathaniel Clifton 30 70 35.7 3.9 11.3 .343 2.9 4.9 .583 10.9 3.3 3.9 10.6
7 Vince Boryla 25 66 33.3 3.8 10.4 .370 2.5 3.0 .821 3.5 2.5 3.4 10.2
8 Dick McGuire 27 61 29.2 2.3 6.1 .381 2.5 4.4 .569 4.6 4.9 2.8 7.2
9 Alfred McGuire 24 58 21.2 1.9 4.9 .390 2.2 3.5 .637 2.9 2.5 3.6 6.1
10 Ray Lumpp 29 6 16.5 1.3 5.0 .267 2.0 2.0 1.000 3.0 2.0 3.0 4.7
11 Ralph Polson 23 3 12.3 1.0 3.0 .333 1.3 2.0 .667 2.7 0.7 2.7 3.3
12 Dick Surhoff 23 26 7.2 0.5 2.3 .213 0.7 1.2 .633 1.0 0.3 1.4 1.7
13 Sherwin Raiken 24 6 10.5 0.5 3.5 .143 0.5 1.3 .375 1.3 1.0 1.7 1.5
14 Dick Bunt 22

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 Max Zaslofsky 27 29 722 6.1 16.0 .384 4.9 7.1 .690 3.7 2.7 4.0 17.2
2 Connie Simmons 27 65 1707 5.1 13.4 .377 5.3 7.2 .732 9.7 2.7 5.3 15.4
3 Carl Braun 25 70 2316 5.0 12.5 .400 5.1 6.2 .825 3.6 3.8 4.5 15.2
4 Ernie Vandeweghe 24 61 1745 5.6 12.9 .435 3.9 5.0 .766 7.1 3.0 5.0 15.1
5 Harry Gallatin 25 70 2333 4.4 9.8 .444 4.6 6.6 .700 14.1 1.9 3.5 13.3
6 Vince Boryla 25 66 2200 4.2 11.2 .370 2.7 3.3 .821 3.8 2.7 3.7 11.0
7 Nathaniel Clifton 30 70 2496 3.9 11.5 .343 2.9 4.9 .583 11.0 3.3 4.0 10.7
8 Alfred McGuire 24 58 1231 3.3 8.4 .390 3.7 5.9 .637 4.9 4.2 6.0 10.3
9 Ray Lumpp 29 6 99 2.9 10.9 .267 4.4 4.4 1.000 6.5 4.4 6.5 10.2
10 Ralph Polson 23 3 37 2.9 8.8 .333 3.9 5.8 .667 7.8 1.9 7.8 9.7
11 Dick McGuire 27 61 1783 2.9 7.5 .381 3.1 5.4 .569 5.7 6.0 3.5 8.8
12 Dick Surhoff 23 26 187 2.5 11.7 .213 3.7 5.8 .633 4.8 1.7 6.9 8.7
13 Sherwin Raiken 24 6 63 1.7 12.0 .143 1.7 4.6 .375 4.6 3.4 5.7 5.1
14 Dick Bunt 22

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 Max Zaslofsky 27 29 722 15.7 .450 .384
2 Carl Braun 25 70 2316 17.4 .497 .400
3 Nathaniel Clifton 30 70 2496 15.3 .394 .343
4 Harry Gallatin 25 70 2333 23.2 .525 .444
5 Ray Lumpp 29 6 99 11.7 .397 .267
6 Dick McGuire 27 61 1783 15.4 .445 .381
7 Alfred McGuire 24 58 1231 12.9 .469 .390
8 Ralph Polson 23 3 37 9.6 .430 .333
9 Sherwin Raiken 24 6 63 -3.2 .184 .143
10 Connie Simmons 27 65 1707 18.8 .463 .377
11 Dick Surhoff 23 26 187 1.5 .303 .213
12 Ernie Vandeweghe 24 61 1745 18.7 .499 .435
13 Vince Boryla 25 66 2200 11.2 .435 .370
14 Dick Bunt 22

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 Carl Braun 25 11 374 47 145 54 67 44 31 46 148 .324 .806 34.0 13.5 4.0 2.8
2 Connie Simmons 27 11 341 47 128 51 70 82 25 48 145 .367 .729 31.0 13.2 7.5 2.3
3 Ernie Vandeweghe 24 11 340 49 112 46 61 64 27 50 144 .438 .754 30.9 13.1 5.8 2.5
4 Nathaniel Clifton 30 11 405 51 129 30 47 140 39 48 132 .395 .638 36.8 12.0 12.7 3.5
5 Vince Boryla 25 11 397 44 116 29 34 35 20 35 117 .379 .853 36.1 10.6 3.2 1.8
6 Harry Gallatin 25 11 303 36 86 44 59 120 15 29 116 .419 .746 27.5 10.5 10.9 1.4
7 Dick McGuire 27 11 360 24 59 35 55 63 70 25 83 .407 .636 32.7 7.5 5.7 6.4
8 Jerry Fleishman 30 2 26 2 3 6 13 5 7 7 10 .667 .462 13.0 5.0 2.5 3.5
9 Sherwin Raiken 24 4 19 4 5 0 1 1 2 3 8 .800 .000 4.8 2.0 0.3 0.5
10 Alfred McGuire 24 7 62 3 14 0 7 7 9 11 6 .214 .000 8.9 0.9 1.0 1.3
11 Dick Surhoff 23 4 13 2 4 0 0 2 2 2 4 .500 3.3 1.0 0.5 0.5

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 Carl Braun 25 11 374 13.2 .424 .324 18.0
2 Connie Simmons 27 11 341 18.1 .457 .367 16.4
3 Ernie Vandeweghe 24 11 340 19.4 .519 .438 18.0
4 Nathaniel Clifton 30 11 405 19.4 .441 .395 21.0
5 Vince Boryla 25 11 397 10.3 .447 .379 10.6
6 Harry Gallatin 25 11 303 23.8 .518 .419 10.6
7 Dick McGuire 27 11 360 19.2 .499 .407 37.5
8 Jerry Fleishman 30 2 26 24.8 .573 .667 53.0
9 Sherwin Raiken 24 4 19 21.9 .735 .800 28.1
10 Alfred McGuire 24 7 62 -0.3 .176 .214 27.0
11 Dick Surhoff 23 4 13 17.3 .500 .500 35.7
12 Dick Bunt 22