1952-53 Philadelphia Warriors Schedule and Results

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Record: 12-57, Finished 5th in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Eddie Gottlieb (12-57)

Executive: Eddie Gottlieb

PTS/G: 80.2 (8th of 10) Opp PTS/G: 87.4 (9th of 10)

SRS: -7.75 (10th of 10) Pace: 94.7 (2nd of 10)

Off Rtg: 83.9 (10th of 10) Def Rtg: 91.4 (9th of 10) Net Rtg: -7.5 (10th of 10)

Expected W-L: 16-53 (10th of 10)

Arena: Convention Hall

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Sat, Nov 1, 1952	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W	OT	86	84	1	0	W 1
2	Sun, Nov 2, 1952	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		91	117	1	1	L 1
3	Sat, Nov 8, 1952	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		71	93	1	2	L 2
4	Fri, Nov 14, 1952	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	L		71	77	1	3	L 3
5	Sat, Nov 15, 1952	Box Score	N	Indianapolis Olympians	L		76	79	1	4	L 4	at New York, NY
6	Sun, Nov 16, 1952	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		81	79	2	4	W 1	at Boston, MA
7	Tue, Nov 18, 1952	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		83	82	3	4	W 2	at Hershey, PA
8	Wed, Nov 19, 1952	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		89	106	3	5	L 1
9	Thu, Nov 20, 1952	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		106	99	4	5	W 1
10	Sat, Nov 22, 1952	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	L		95	96	4	6	L 1	at Raleigh, NC
11	Sun, Nov 23, 1952	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		80	92	4	7	L 2
12	Wed, Nov 26, 1952	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		92	93	4	8	L 3
13	Thu, Nov 27, 1952	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		70	83	4	9	L 4
14	Fri, Nov 28, 1952	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	L	2OT	77	78				at Chicago, IL; Game protested; replayed 3/11/53; does not count toward team records
15	Sun, Nov 30, 1952	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		66	91	4	10	L 5
16	Tue, Dec 2, 1952	Box Score		New York Knicks	L	OT	82	89	4	11	L 6
17	Wed, Dec 3, 1952	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		75	100	4	12	L 7	at Boston, MA
18	Sat, Dec 6, 1952	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		74	82	4	13	L 8
19	Sun, Dec 7, 1952	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		92	94	4	14	L 9
20	Tue, Dec 9, 1952	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		72	86	4	15	L 10	at New York, NY
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Wed, Dec 10, 1952	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		97	103	4	16	L 11	at Baltimore, MD
22	Thu, Dec 11, 1952	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		98	86	5	16	W 1
23	Sat, Dec 13, 1952	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		78	82	5	17	L 1
24	Sun, Dec 14, 1952	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		83	102	5	18	L 2
25	Tue, Dec 16, 1952	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		64	95	5	19	L 3	at New York, NY
26	Thu, Dec 18, 1952	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	L		79	86	5	20	L 4
27	Sun, Dec 21, 1952	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		71	74	5	21	L 5
28	Thu, Dec 25, 1952	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L		78	93	5	22	L 6
29	Sun, Dec 28, 1952	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		54	72	5	23	L 7
30	Thu, Jan 1, 1953	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		82	108	5	24	L 8
31	Sat, Jan 3, 1953	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		77	81	5	25	L 9
32	Sun, Jan 4, 1953	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		68	79	5	26	L 10
33	Tue, Jan 6, 1953	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	W		76	71	6	26	W 1
34	Wed, Jan 7, 1953	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		82	84	6	27	L 1
35	Sat, Jan 10, 1953	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		77	87	6	28	L 2	at Baltimore, MD
36	Sun, Jan 11, 1953	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		72	76	6	29	L 3
37	Sat, Jan 17, 1953	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		76	84	6	30	L 4
38	Sun, Jan 18, 1953	Box Score	N	Indianapolis Olympians	L	OT	74	76	6	31	L 5	at Boston, MA
39	Thu, Jan 22, 1953	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	L	OT	100	106	6	32	L 6
40	Sun, Jan 25, 1953	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		68	82	6	33	L 7
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Thu, Jan 29, 1953	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		61	72	6	34	L 8
42	Sat, Jan 31, 1953	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		83	103	6	35	L 9
43	Sun, Feb 1, 1953	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		85	90	6	36	L 10	at Boston, MA
44	Wed, Feb 4, 1953	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		96	88	7	36	W 1	at Boston, MA
45	Sat, Feb 7, 1953	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		63	86	7	37	L 1
46	Sun, Feb 8, 1953	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		89	98	7	38	L 2
47	Tue, Feb 10, 1953	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		85	101	7	39	L 3
48	Thu, Feb 12, 1953	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		92	91	8	39	W 1
49	Sat, Feb 14, 1953	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		84	92	8	40	L 1
50	Sun, Feb 15, 1953	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		95	75	9	40	W 1	at Milwaukee, WI
51	Tue, Feb 17, 1953	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L		77	80	9	41	L 1
52	Sat, Feb 21, 1953	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		69	85	9	42	L 2
53	Sun, Feb 22, 1953	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		73	86	9	43	L 3
54	Mon, Feb 23, 1953	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	L		64	78	9	44	L 4	at Cincinnati, OH
55	Tue, Feb 24, 1953	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		63	74	9	45	L 5	at New York, NY
56	Wed, Feb 25, 1953	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		80	87	9	46	L 6
57	Thu, Feb 26, 1953	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		73	85	9	47	L 7
58	Fri, Feb 27, 1953	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		75	98	9	48	L 8	at Cleveland, OH
59	Sat, Feb 28, 1953	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	L		73	87	9	49	L 9
60	Sun, Mar 1, 1953	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		80	102	9	50	L 10	at Saint Paul, MN
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Tue, Mar 3, 1953	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L		73	90	9	51	L 11
62	Wed, Mar 4, 1953	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		75	82	9	52	L 12	at Baltimore, MD
63	Thu, Mar 5, 1953	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		78	69	10	52	W 1	at Trenton, NJ
64	Sat, Mar 7, 1953	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		88	87	11	52	W 2	at Baltimore, MD
65	Tue, Mar 10, 1953	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	L		76	77	11	53	L 1	at Louisville, KY
66	Wed, Mar 11, 1953	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W	OT	72	69	12	53	W 1	at Pittsburgh, PA; Replay of protested 11/28/52 matchup
67	Thu, Mar 12, 1953	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		85	90	12	54	L 1
68	Fri, Mar 13, 1953	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	L		72	98	12	55	L 2	at Washington, DC
69	Sat, Mar 14, 1953	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		85	87	12	56	L 3
70	Sun, Mar 15, 1953	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		87	103	12	57	L 4

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