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33-33, Finished 4th in NBA Eastern Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 86.5 points per game, Allowed 87.8 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 30-36)
Coached by Edward Gottlieb (33-33)
Arena: Philadelphia Arena / Attendance: 96,578 (5th of 5 available)
SRS: -1.07 (7th of 10)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-1) versus Syracuse Nationals
1951-52 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 3, 1951 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 70 | 69 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Mon, Nov 5, 1951 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 90 | 96 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Fri, Nov 9, 1951 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 98 | 86 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 4 | Sat, Nov 10, 1951 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 69 | 83 | 2 | 2 | L 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 5 | Tue, Nov 13, 1951 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 82 | 85 | 2 | 3 | L 2 | |||
| 6 | Fri, Nov 16, 1951 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 90 | 97 | 2 | 4 | L 3 | |||
| 7 | Sat, Nov 17, 1951 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 72 | 86 | 2 | 5 | L 4 | ||
| 8 | Tue, Nov 20, 1951 | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 80 | 64 | 3 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 9 | Thu, Nov 22, 1951 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 88 | 102 | 3 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 10 | Fri, Nov 23, 1951 | Boston Celtics | L | 100 | 102 | 3 | 7 | L 2 | |||
| 11 | Sat, Nov 24, 1951 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 74 | 81 | 3 | 8 | L 3 | ||
| 12 | Sun, Nov 25, 1951 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 85 | 103 | 3 | 9 | L 4 | ||
| 13 | Tue, Nov 27, 1951 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 83 | 81 | 4 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 14 | Fri, Nov 30, 1951 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 82 | 75 | 5 | 9 | W 2 | |||
| 15 | Sun, Dec 2, 1951 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 72 | 86 | 5 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 16 | Tue, Dec 4, 1951 | Rochester Royals | W | 96 | 80 | 6 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 17 | Fri, Dec 7, 1951 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 93 | 91 | 7 | 10 | W 2 | |||
| 18 | Sun, Dec 9, 1951 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 74 | 93 | 7 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 19 | Tue, Dec 11, 1951 | Boston Celtics | W | 79 | 78 | 8 | 11 | W 1 | |||
| 20 | Fri, Dec 14, 1951 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 72 | 62 | 9 | 11 | W 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sun, Dec 16, 1951 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 90 | 92 | 9 | 12 | L 1 | ||
| 22 | Tue, Dec 18, 1951 | N | Baltimore Bullets | W | 82 | 78 | 10 | 12 | W 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 23 | Fri, Dec 21, 1951 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 105 | 103 | 11 | 12 | W 2 | |||
| 24 | Sat, Dec 22, 1951 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 89 | 105 | 11 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 25 | Wed, Dec 26, 1951 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 99 | 103 | 11 | 14 | L 2 | ||
| 26 | Sat, Dec 29, 1951 | @ | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 68 | 61 | 12 | 14 | W 1 | ||
| 27 | Sun, Dec 30, 1951 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 64 | 93 | 12 | 15 | L 1 | ||
| 28 | Tue, Jan 1, 1952 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 74 | 89 | 12 | 16 | L 2 | ||
| 29 | Fri, Jan 4, 1952 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 92 | 79 | 13 | 16 | W 1 | |||
| 30 | Sat, Jan 5, 1952 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 94 | 103 | 13 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 31 | Sun, Jan 6, 1952 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 93 | 98 | 13 | 18 | L 2 | ||
| 32 | Fri, Jan 11, 1952 | Rochester Royals | W | 85 | 83 | 14 | 18 | W 1 | |||
| 33 | Sun, Jan 13, 1952 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 88 | 81 | 15 | 18 | W 2 | ||
| 34 | Tue, Jan 15, 1952 | @ | Indianapolis Olympians | L | 68 | 101 | 15 | 19 | L 1 | ||
| 35 | Thu, Jan 17, 1952 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 78 | 82 | 15 | 20 | L 2 | ||
| 36 | Fri, Jan 18, 1952 | Indianapolis Olympians | W | 98 | 83 | 16 | 20 | W 1 | |||
| 37 | Sat, Jan 19, 1952 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 88 | 94 | 16 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| 38 | Tue, Jan 22, 1952 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 78 | 82 | 16 | 22 | L 2 | |||
| 39 | Fri, Jan 25, 1952 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 95 | 94 | 17 | 22 | W 1 | |||
| 40 | Sat, Jan 26, 1952 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 89 | 85 | 18 | 22 | W 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Tue, Jan 29, 1952 | Boston Celtics | W | 97 | 96 | 19 | 22 | W 3 | |||
| 42 | Fri, Feb 1, 1952 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 81 | 79 | 20 | 22 | W 4 | |||
| 43 | Sun, Feb 3, 1952 | @ | Milwaukee Hawks | L | 73 | 83 | 20 | 23 | L 1 | ||
| 44 | Tue, Feb 5, 1952 | @ | Indianapolis Olympians | L | 85 | 94 | 20 | 24 | L 2 | ||
| 45 | Thu, Feb 7, 1952 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 105 | 91 | 21 | 24 | W 1 | ||
| 46 | Fri, Feb 8, 1952 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 87 | 96 | 21 | 25 | L 1 | |||
| 47 | Sat, Feb 9, 1952 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 86 | 96 | 21 | 26 | L 2 | ||
| 48 | Sun, Feb 10, 1952 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 84 | 91 | 21 | 27 | L 3 | ||
| 49 | Tue, Feb 12, 1952 | Rochester Royals | L | 75 | 86 | 21 | 28 | L 4 | |||
| 50 | Fri, Feb 15, 1952 | Indianapolis Olympians | W | 112 | 91 | 22 | 28 | W 1 | |||
| 51 | Sun, Feb 17, 1952 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 90 | 83 | 23 | 28 | W 2 | ||
| 52 | Tue, Feb 19, 1952 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 98 | 80 | 24 | 28 | W 3 | |||
| 53 | Fri, Feb 22, 1952 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 118 | 95 | 25 | 28 | W 4 | |||
| 54 | Sun, Feb 24, 1952 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 76 | 71 | 26 | 28 | W 5 | at Moline, IL | |
| 55 | Mon, Feb 25, 1952 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 95 | 108 | 26 | 29 | L 1 | ||
| 56 | Tue, Feb 26, 1952 | @ | Indianapolis Olympians | W | 88 | 86 | 27 | 29 | W 1 | ||
| 57 | Wed, Feb 27, 1952 | Indianapolis Olympians | W | 97 | 89 | 28 | 29 | W 2 | |||
| 58 | Fri, Feb 29, 1952 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 103 | 86 | 29 | 29 | W 3 | |||
| 59 | Sat, Mar 1, 1952 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 77 | 90 | 29 | 30 | L 1 | ||
| 60 | Tue, Mar 4, 1952 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 83 | 81 | 30 | 30 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sun, Mar 9, 1952 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 92 | 83 | 31 | 30 | W 2 | |||
| 62 | Mon, Mar 10, 1952 | Boston Celtics | L | 84 | 88 | 31 | 31 | L 1 | |||
| 63 | Tue, Mar 11, 1952 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 82 | 99 | 31 | 32 | L 2 | ||
| 64 | Fri, Mar 14, 1952 | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 85 | 82 | 32 | 32 | W 1 | |||
| 65 | Sat, Mar 15, 1952 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 105 | 86 | 33 | 32 | W 2 | at New York, NY | |
| 66 | Sun, Mar 16, 1952 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 89 | 96 | 33 | 33 | L 1 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu, Mar 20, 1952 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 83 | 102 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Mar 22, 1952 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 100 | 95 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 3 | Sun, Mar 23, 1952 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 73 | 84 | 1 | 2 | L 1 |