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1952-53 New York Knicks Roster and Stats

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Record: 47-23, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Joe Lapchick (47-23)

PTS/G: 85.5 (4th of 10) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 80.3 (4th of 10)
SRS: 4.39 (2nd of 10)
Expected W-L: 50-20 (2nd of 10)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (III) ▪ Attendance: 195,240 (1st of 5)

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

Eastern Div. Champs

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
12 Vince Boryla SF 6-5 210 March 11, 1927 3 University of Denver
4 Carl Braun SG 6-5 180 September 25, 1927 3 Colgate University
Dick Bunt PG 6-0 170 July 13, 1930 R New York University
8 Nathaniel Clifton PF 6-6 220 October 13, 1922 2 Xavier University of Louisiana
11 Harry Gallatin PF 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 PG 6-2 180 September 7, 1928 1 St. John's University
15 Dick McGuire PG 6-0 180 January 25, 1926 3 St. John's University
6 Ralph Polson PF 6-7 200 October 26, 1929 R Whitworth
5 Sherwin Raiken G 6-2 185 October 29, 1928 R Villanova University
18 Connie Simmons C 6-8 222 March 15, 1925 6
14-17 Dick Surhoff SF 6-4 210 November 16, 1929 R Long Island University
9 Ernie Vandeweghe SG 6-3 195 September 12, 1928 3 Colgate University
10 Max Zaslofsky SG 6-2 170 December 7, 1925 6 St. John's University

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 70 2059 5339 .386 1867 2652 .704 4007 1575 2053 5985 85.5
Lg Rank 4 6 3 4 3 7 1 2 6 4 4
Opponent 70 5619 80.3
Lg Rank 5 4

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 50 20 5.23 -0.84 4.39 .386 .350 Madison Square Garden (III) 195,240
Lg Rank 2 2 2 10 2 3 4 1

Totals

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 Dick Bunt 22 14 146 12 53 .226 17 25 .680 13 10 18 41
12 Ray Lumpp 29 6 99 8 30 .267 12 12 1.000 22 15 17 28
13 Ralph Polson 23 3 37 3 9 .333 4 6 .667 8 2 8 10
14 Sherwin Raiken 24 6 63 3 21 .143 3 8 .375 8 6 10 9

Per Game

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 3.7 2.5 2.8 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 Bunt 22 14 10.4 0.9 3.8 .226 1.2 1.8 .680 0.9 0.7 1.3 2.9
13 Dick Surhoff 23 26 7.2 0.5 2.3 .213 0.7 1.2 .633 1.0 0.3 1.4 1.7
14 Sherwin Raiken 24 6 10.5 0.5 3.5 .143 0.5 1.3 .375 1.3 1.0 1.7 1.5

Per 36 Minutes

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 8.0 5.5 6.2 10.2
10 Dick Bunt 22 14 146 3.0 13.1 .226 4.2 6.2 .680 3.2 2.5 4.4 10.1
11 Ralph Polson 23 3 37 2.9 8.8 .333 3.9 5.8 .667 7.8 1.9 7.8 9.7
12 Dick McGuire 27 61 1783 2.9 7.5 .381 3.1 5.4 .569 5.7 6.0 3.5 8.8
13 Dick Surhoff 23 26 187 2.5 11.7 .213 3.7 5.8 .633 4.8 1.7 6.9 8.7
14 Sherwin Raiken 24 6 63 1.7 12.0 .143 1.7 4.6 .375 4.6 3.4 5.7 5.1

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Harry Gallatin 25 70 2333 23.3 .525 .444 6.9 4.4 11.3 .232
2 Carl Braun 25 70 2316 17.5 .497 .400 6.5 2.5 9.0 .186
3 Ernie Vandeweghe 24 61 1745 18.8 .499 .435 4.7 2.3 7.1 .194
4 Connie Simmons 27 65 1707 18.9 .463 .377 3.0 2.7 5.7 .159
5 Dick McGuire 27 61 1783 15.5 .445 .381 1.9 2.7 4.7 .125
6 Vince Boryla 25 66 2200 11.2 .435 .370 1.4 2.2 3.6 .078
7 Alfred McGuire 24 58 1231 13.0 .469 .390 1.9 1.6 3.4 .134
8 Nathaniel Clifton 30 70 2496 15.4 .394 .343 -1.1 4.4 3.3 .064
9 Max Zaslofsky 27 29 722 15.8 .450 .384 1.0 0.7 1.7 .116
10 Ray Lumpp 29 6 99 14.4 .397 .267 0.0 0.2 0.2 .080
11 Ralph Polson 23 3 37 9.6 .430 .333 0.0 0.0 0.1 .084
12 Sherwin Raiken 24 6 63 -3.2 .184 .143 -0.4 0.1 -0.3 -0.253
13 Dick Bunt 22 14 146 3.9 .320 .226 -0.4 0.1 -0.3 -0.096
14 Dick Surhoff 23 26 187 1.5 .303 .213 -0.6 0.2 -0.4 -0.106

Playoffs Totals

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 11 374 47 145 .324 54 67 .806 44 31 46 148
2 Connie Simmons 27 11 341 47 128 .367 51 70 .729 82 25 48 145
3 Ernie Vandeweghe 24 11 340 49 112 .438 46 61 .754 64 27 50 144
4 Nathaniel Clifton 30 11 405 51 129 .395 30 47 .638 140 39 48 132
5 Vince Boryla 25 11 397 44 116 .379 29 34 .853 35 20 35 117
6 Harry Gallatin 25 11 303 36 86 .419 44 59 .746 120 15 29 116
7 Dick McGuire 27 11 360 24 59 .407 35 55 .636 63 70 25 83
8 Jerry Fleishman 30 2 26 2 3 .667 6 13 .462 5 7 7 10
9 Sherwin Raiken 24 4 19 4 5 .800 0 1 .000 1 2 3 8
10 Alfred McGuire 24 7 62 3 14 .214 0 7 .000 7 9 11 6
11 Dick Surhoff 23 4 13 2 4 .500 0 0 2 2 2 4

Playoffs Per Game

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 11 34.0 4.3 13.2 .324 4.9 6.1 .806 4.0 2.8 4.2 13.5
2 Connie Simmons 27 11 31.0 4.3 11.6 .367 4.6 6.4 .729 7.5 2.3 4.4 13.2
3 Ernie Vandeweghe 24 11 30.9 4.5 10.2 .438 4.2 5.5 .754 5.8 2.5 4.5 13.1
4 Nathaniel Clifton 30 11 36.8 4.6 11.7 .395 2.7 4.3 .638 12.7 3.5 4.4 12.0
5 Vince Boryla 25 11 36.1 4.0 10.5 .379 2.6 3.1 .853 3.2 1.8 3.2 10.6
6 Harry Gallatin 25 11 27.5 3.3 7.8 .419 4.0 5.4 .746 10.9 1.4 2.6 10.5
7 Dick McGuire 27 11 32.7 2.2 5.4 .407 3.2 5.0 .636 5.7 6.4 2.3 7.5
8 Jerry Fleishman 30 2 13.0 1.0 1.5 .667 3.0 6.5 .462 2.5 3.5 3.5 5.0
9 Sherwin Raiken 24 4 4.8 1.0 1.3 .800 0.0 0.3 .000 0.3 0.5 0.8 2.0
10 Dick Surhoff 23 4 3.3 0.5 1.0 .500 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0
11 Alfred McGuire 24 7 8.9 0.4 2.0 .214 0.0 1.0 .000 1.0 1.3 1.6 0.9

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

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 Connie Simmons 27 11 341 5.0 13.5 .367 5.4 7.4 .729 8.7 2.6 5.1 15.3
2 Ernie Vandeweghe 24 11 340 5.2 11.9 .438 4.9 6.5 .754 6.8 2.9 5.3 15.2
3 Sherwin Raiken 24 4 19 7.6 9.5 .800 0.0 1.9 .000 1.9 3.8 5.7 15.2
4 Carl Braun 25 11 374 4.5 14.0 .324 5.2 6.4 .806 4.2 3.0 4.4 14.2
5 Jerry Fleishman 30 2 26 2.8 4.2 .667 8.3 18.0 .462 6.9 9.7 9.7 13.8
6 Harry Gallatin 25 11 303 4.3 10.2 .419 5.2 7.0 .746 14.3 1.8 3.4 13.8
7 Nathaniel Clifton 30 11 405 4.5 11.5 .395 2.7 4.2 .638 12.4 3.5 4.3 11.7
8 Dick Surhoff 23 4 13 5.5 11.1 .500 0.0 0.0 5.5 5.5 5.5 11.1
9 Vince Boryla 25 11 397 4.0 10.5 .379 2.6 3.1 .853 3.2 1.8 3.2 10.6
10 Dick McGuire 27 11 360 2.4 5.9 .407 3.5 5.5 .636 6.3 7.0 2.5 8.3
11 Alfred McGuire 24 7 62 1.7 8.1 .214 0.0 4.1 .000 4.1 5.2 6.4 3.5

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Ernie Vandeweghe 24 11 340 19.4 .519 .438 18.0 1.0 0.4 1.4 .192
2 Harry Gallatin 25 11 303 23.8 .518 .419 10.6 0.8 0.5 1.3 .199
3 Dick McGuire 27 11 360 19.2 .499 .407 37.5 0.7 0.5 1.1 .153
4 Connie Simmons 27 11 341 18.1 .457 .367 16.4 0.4 0.4 0.8 .113
5 Nathaniel Clifton 30 11 405 19.4 .441 .395 21.0 0.2 0.6 0.8 .101
6 Vince Boryla 25 11 397 10.3 .447 .379 10.6 0.2 0.3 0.5 .059
7 Carl Braun 25 11 374 13.2 .424 .324 18.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 .046
8 Jerry Fleishman 30 2 26 24.8 .573 .667 53.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 .297
9 Sherwin Raiken 24 4 19 21.9 .735 .800 28.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 .357
10 Dick Surhoff 23 4 13 17.3 .500 .500 35.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 .151
11 Alfred McGuire 24 7 62 -0.3 .176 .214 27.0 -0.3 0.1 -0.2 -0.181