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1951-52 Philadelphia Warriors Roster and Statistics

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33-33, Finished 4th in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Edward Gottlieb (33-33)

Points Per Game: 86.5 (3rd of 10) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 87.8 (9th of 10)
Pythagorean W-L: 30-36 (7th of 10)

Arena: Philadelphia Arena ▪ Attendance: 96,578 (5th of 5)

SRS: -1.07 (7th of 10)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-1) versus Syracuse Nationals

1951-52 Philadelphia Warriors:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
11 Paul Arizin F-G 6-4 190 April 9, 1928 1 Villanova University
5 Nelson Bobb G 6-0 170 February 25, 1924 2 Temple University
14 Stan Brown F 6-3 200 June 27, 1929 1
19 Walt Budko F-C 6-5 220 July 30, 1925 3 Columbia University
16 Ed Dahler F 6-5 190 January 31, 1926 R Duquesne University
10 Joe Fulks F-C 6-5 190 October 26, 1921 5 Murray State University
12 Vern Gardner F-C 6-5 200 May 14, 1925 2 University of Utah
6 Neil Johnston C 6-8 210 February 4, 1929 R Ohio State University
15 Ed Mikan C-F 6-8 230 October 20, 1925 3 DePaul University
18 Mel Payton F-G 6-4 185 July 16, 1926 R Tulane University
7 Andy Phillip G-F 6-2 195 March 7, 1922 4 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
8 George Senesky G 6-2 179 April 4, 1922 5 Saint Joseph'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 2039 5367 .380 1634 2143 .762 3647 1593 1806 5712 86.5
Opponent 66 5795 87.8

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 Paul Arizin 23 66 2939 548 1222 .448 578 707 .818 745 170 250 1674
2 Joe Fulks 30 61 1904 336 1078 .312 250 303 .825 368 123 255 922
3 Andy Phillip 29 66 2933 279 762 .366 232 308 .753 434 539 218 790
4 Ed Mikan 26 66 1781 202 571 .354 116 148 .784 492 87 252 520
5 George Senesky 29 57 1925 164 454 .361 146 194 .753 232 280 123 474
6 Neil Johnston 22 64 993 141 299 .472 100 151 .662 342 39 154 382
7 Nelson Bobb 27 62 1192 110 306 .359 99 167 .593 147 168 182 319
8 Walt Budko 26 63 1126 97 240 .404 60 89 .674 232 91 196 254
9 Vern Gardner 26 27 507 72 194 .371 15 23 .652 112 37 60 159
10 Mel Payton 25 45 471 54 140 .386 21 28 .750 83 45 68 129
11 Stan Brown 22 15 141 22 63 .349 10 18 .556 17 9 32 54
12 Ed Dahler 26 14 112 14 38 .368 7 7 1.000 22 5 16 35

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 Paul Arizin 23 66 44.5 8.3 18.5 .448 8.8 10.7 .818 11.3 2.6 3.8 25.4
2 Joe Fulks 30 61 31.2 5.5 17.7 .312 4.1 5.0 .825 6.0 2.0 4.2 15.1
3 Andy Phillip 29 66 44.4 4.2 11.5 .366 3.5 4.7 .753 6.6 8.2 3.3 12.0
4 George Senesky 29 57 33.8 2.9 8.0 .361 2.6 3.4 .753 4.1 4.9 2.2 8.3
5 Ed Mikan 26 66 27.0 3.1 8.7 .354 1.8 2.2 .784 7.5 1.3 3.8 7.9
6 Neil Johnston 22 64 15.5 2.2 4.7 .472 1.6 2.4 .662 5.3 0.6 2.4 6.0
7 Vern Gardner 26 27 18.8 2.7 7.2 .371 0.6 0.9 .652 4.1 1.4 2.2 5.9
8 Nelson Bobb 27 62 19.2 1.8 4.9 .359 1.6 2.7 .593 2.4 2.7 2.9 5.1
9 Walt Budko 26 63 17.9 1.5 3.8 .404 1.0 1.4 .674 3.7 1.4 3.1 4.0
10 Stan Brown 22 15 9.4 1.5 4.2 .349 0.7 1.2 .556 1.1 0.6 2.1 3.6
11 Mel Payton 25 45 10.5 1.2 3.1 .386 0.5 0.6 .750 1.8 1.0 1.5 2.9
12 Ed Dahler 26 14 8.0 1.0 2.7 .368 0.5 0.5 1.000 1.6 0.4 1.1 2.5

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 Paul Arizin 23 66 2939 6.7 15.0 .448 7.1 8.7 .818 9.1 2.1 3.1 20.5
2 Joe Fulks 30 61 1904 6.4 20.4 .312 4.7 5.7 .825 7.0 2.3 4.8 17.4
3 Stan Brown 22 15 141 5.6 16.1 .349 2.6 4.6 .556 4.3 2.3 8.2 13.8
4 Neil Johnston 22 64 993 5.1 10.8 .472 3.6 5.5 .662 12.4 1.4 5.6 13.8
5 Vern Gardner 26 27 507 5.1 13.8 .371 1.1 1.6 .652 8.0 2.6 4.3 11.3
6 Ed Dahler 26 14 112 4.5 12.2 .368 2.3 2.3 1.000 7.1 1.6 5.1 11.3
7 Ed Mikan 26 66 1781 4.1 11.5 .354 2.3 3.0 .784 9.9 1.8 5.1 10.5
8 Mel Payton 25 45 471 4.1 10.7 .386 1.6 2.1 .750 6.3 3.4 5.2 9.9
9 Andy Phillip 29 66 2933 3.4 9.4 .366 2.8 3.8 .753 5.3 6.6 2.7 9.7
10 Nelson Bobb 27 62 1192 3.3 9.2 .359 3.0 5.0 .593 4.4 5.1 5.5 9.6
11 George Senesky 29 57 1925 3.1 8.5 .361 2.7 3.6 .753 4.3 5.2 2.3 8.9
12 Walt Budko 26 63 1126 3.1 7.7 .404 1.9 2.8 .674 7.4 2.9 6.3 8.1

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 Paul Arizin 23 66 2939 25.3 .546 .448 14.8 1.2 16.0
2 Andy Phillip 29 66 2933 15.8 .440 .366 3.5 1.3 4.8
3 Neil Johnston 22 64 993 18.6 .523 .472 2.9 0.5 3.4
4 George Senesky 29 57 1925 13.2 .439 .361 1.9 0.7 2.6
5 Walt Budko 26 63 1126 10.1 .455 .404 1.1 0.4 1.5
6 Nelson Bobb 27 62 1192 10.8 .420 .359 0.7 0.4 1.2
7 Ed Mikan 26 66 1781 11.4 .409 .354 0.0 0.8 0.8
8 Mel Payton 25 45 471 10.8 .423 .386 0.2 0.2 0.4
9 Ed Dahler 26 14 112 10.2 .426 .368 0.0 0.0 0.1
10 Vern Gardner 26 27 507 11.0 .389 .371 -0.3 0.2 -0.1
11 Stan Brown 22 15 141 6.1 .381 .349 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
12 Joe Fulks 30 61 1904 11.8 .381 .312 -2.5 0.7 -1.8

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 Paul Arizin 23 3 120 24 53 29 33 38 8 17 77 .453 .879 40.0 25.7 12.7 2.7
2 George Senesky 29 3 120 18 33 7 11 12 11 9 43 .545 .636 40.0 14.3 4.0 3.7
3 Andy Phillip 29 3 122 8 19 19 24 14 22 16 35 .421 .792 40.7 11.7 4.7 7.3
4 Vern Gardner 26 3 77 7 19 10 11 14 3 14 24 .368 .909 25.7 8.0 4.7 1.0
5 Ed Mikan 26 3 74 7 22 6 7 20 2 15 20 .318 .857 24.7 6.7 6.7 0.7
6 Joe Fulks 30 3 70 5 33 7 9 12 2 13 17 .152 .778 23.3 5.7 4.0 0.7
7 Neil Johnston 22 3 32 5 10 6 8 10 1 8 16 .500 .750 10.7 5.3 3.3 0.3
8 Walt Budko 26 3 58 6 14 4 7 12 5 11 16 .429 .571 19.3 5.3 4.0 1.7
9 Mel Payton 25 3 18 1 2 2 2 3 1 6 4 .500 1.000 6.0 1.3 1.0 0.3
10 Nelson Bobb 27 3 29 1 3 2 5 2 1 4 4 .333 .400 9.7 1.3 0.7 0.3

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 Paul Arizin 23 3 120 29.5 .570 .453 18.0 0.6 -0.1 0.5
2 George Senesky 29 3 120 16.7 .568 .545 21.9 0.3 -0.1 0.3
3 Andy Phillip 29 3 122 17.4 .592 .421 35.8 0.3 -0.1 0.3
4 Neil Johnston 22 3 32 21.2 .592 .500 7.6 0.1 0.0 0.1
5 Vern Gardner 26 3 77 11.2 .503 .368 8.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
6 Mel Payton 25 3 18 8.1 .694 .500 10.8 0.1 0.0 0.0
7 Walt Budko 26 3 58 11.5 .468 .429 18.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Nelson Bobb 27 3 29 2.0 .385 .333 6.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Ed Mikan 26 3 74 8.3 .399 .318 5.7 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1
10 Joe Fulks 30 3 70 -3.7 .230 .152 5.7 -0.5 0.0 -0.6