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12-57, Finished 5th in NBA Eastern Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 80.2 points per game, Allowed 87.4 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 16-53)
Coached by Edward Gottlieb (12-57)
Arena: Philadelphia Civic Center / Attendance: 56,882 (3rd of 3 available)
SRS: -7.75 (10th of 10)
1952-53 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 1, 1952 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 86 | 84 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Sun, Nov 2, 1952 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 91 | 117 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Nov 8, 1952 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 71 | 93 | 1 | 2 | L 2 | |||
| 4 | Fri, Nov 14, 1952 | Indianapolis Olympians | L | 71 | 77 | 1 | 3 | L 3 | |||
| 5 | Sat, Nov 15, 1952 | N | Indianapolis Olympians | L | 76 | 79 | 1 | 4 | L 4 | at New York, NY | |
| 6 | Sun, Nov 16, 1952 | N | Baltimore Bullets | W | 81 | 79 | 2 | 4 | W 1 | at Boston, MA | |
| 7 | Tue, Nov 18, 1952 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 83 | 82 | 3 | 4 | W 2 | at Hershey, PA | |
| 8 | Wed, Nov 19, 1952 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 89 | 106 | 3 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 9 | Thu, Nov 20, 1952 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 106 | 99 | 4 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 10 | Sat, Nov 22, 1952 | N | Baltimore Bullets | L | 95 | 96 | 4 | 6 | L 1 | at Raleigh, NC | |
| 11 | Sun, Nov 23, 1952 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 80 | 92 | 4 | 7 | L 2 | ||
| 12 | Wed, Nov 26, 1952 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 92 | 93 | 4 | 8 | L 3 | ||
| 13 | Thu, Nov 27, 1952 | Boston Celtics | L | 70 | 83 | 4 | 9 | L 4 | |||
| 14 | Fri, Nov 28, 1952 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | L | 2OT | 77 | 78 | 4 | 10 | L 5 | at Chicago, IL |
| 15 | Sun, Nov 30, 1952 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 66 | 91 | 4 | 11 | L 6 | ||
| 16 | Tue, Dec 2, 1952 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 82 | 89 | 4 | 12 | L 7 | |||
| 17 | Wed, Dec 3, 1952 | N | New York Knickerbockers | L | 75 | 100 | 4 | 13 | L 8 | at Boston, MA | |
| 18 | Sat, Dec 6, 1952 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 74 | 82 | 4 | 14 | L 9 | |||
| 19 | Sun, Dec 7, 1952 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 92 | 94 | 4 | 15 | L 10 | ||
| 20 | Tue, Dec 9, 1952 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 72 | 86 | 4 | 16 | L 11 | at New York, NY | |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Wed, Dec 10, 1952 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 97 | 103 | 4 | 17 | L 12 | at Baltimore, MD | |
| 22 | Thu, Dec 11, 1952 | Rochester Royals | W | 98 | 86 | 5 | 17 | W 1 | |||
| 23 | Sat, Dec 13, 1952 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 78 | 82 | 5 | 18 | L 1 | ||
| 24 | Sun, Dec 14, 1952 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 83 | 102 | 5 | 19 | L 2 | ||
| 25 | Tue, Dec 16, 1952 | N | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 64 | 95 | 5 | 20 | L 3 | at New York, NY | |
| 26 | Thu, Dec 18, 1952 | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 79 | 86 | 5 | 21 | L 4 | |||
| 27 | Sun, Dec 21, 1952 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 71 | 74 | 5 | 22 | L 5 | ||
| 28 | Thu, Dec 25, 1952 | Rochester Royals | L | 78 | 93 | 5 | 23 | L 6 | |||
| 29 | Sun, Dec 28, 1952 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 54 | 72 | 5 | 24 | L 7 | ||
| 30 | Thu, Jan 1, 1953 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 82 | 108 | 5 | 25 | L 8 | |||
| 31 | Sat, Jan 3, 1953 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 77 | 81 | 5 | 26 | L 9 | ||
| 32 | Sun, Jan 4, 1953 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 68 | 79 | 5 | 27 | L 10 | ||
| 33 | Tue, Jan 6, 1953 | @ | Indianapolis Olympians | W | 76 | 71 | 6 | 27 | W 1 | ||
| 34 | Wed, Jan 7, 1953 | Boston Celtics | L | 82 | 84 | 6 | 28 | L 1 | |||
| 35 | Sat, Jan 10, 1953 | N | Syracuse Nationals | L | 77 | 87 | 6 | 29 | L 2 | at Baltimore, MD | |
| 36 | Sun, Jan 11, 1953 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 72 | 76 | 6 | 30 | L 3 | ||
| 37 | Sat, Jan 17, 1953 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 76 | 84 | 6 | 31 | L 4 | ||
| 38 | Sun, Jan 18, 1953 | N | Indianapolis Olympians | L | 74 | 76 | 6 | 32 | L 5 | at Boston, MA | |
| 39 | Sun, Jan 25, 1953 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 68 | 82 | 6 | 33 | L 6 | ||
| 40 | Thu, Jan 29, 1953 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 61 | 72 | 6 | 34 | L 7 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sat, Jan 31, 1953 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 83 | 103 | 6 | 35 | L 8 | ||
| 42 | Sun, Feb 1, 1953 | N | New York Knickerbockers | L | 85 | 90 | 6 | 36 | L 9 | at Boston, MA | |
| 43 | Wed, Feb 4, 1953 | N | Baltimore Bullets | W | 96 | 88 | 7 | 36 | W 1 | at Boston, MA | |
| 44 | Sat, Feb 7, 1953 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 63 | 86 | 7 | 37 | L 1 | ||
| 45 | Sun, Feb 8, 1953 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 89 | 98 | 7 | 38 | L 2 | ||
| 46 | Tue, Feb 10, 1953 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 85 | 101 | 7 | 39 | L 3 | ||
| 47 | Thu, Feb 12, 1953 | Boston Celtics | W | 92 | 91 | 8 | 39 | W 1 | |||
| 48 | Sat, Feb 14, 1953 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 84 | 92 | 8 | 40 | L 1 | ||
| 49 | Sun, Feb 15, 1953 | N | Baltimore Bullets | W | 95 | 75 | 9 | 40 | W 1 | at Milwaukee, WI | |
| 50 | Tue, Feb 17, 1953 | @ | Indianapolis Olympians | L | 77 | 80 | 9 | 41 | L 1 | ||
| 51 | Sat, Feb 21, 1953 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 69 | 85 | 9 | 42 | L 2 | ||
| 52 | Sun, Feb 22, 1953 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 73 | 86 | 9 | 43 | L 3 | ||
| 53 | Mon, Feb 23, 1953 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | L | 64 | 78 | 9 | 44 | L 4 | at Cincinnati, OH | |
| 54 | Tue, Feb 24, 1953 | N | Syracuse Nationals | L | 63 | 74 | 9 | 45 | L 5 | at New York, NY | |
| 55 | Wed, Feb 25, 1953 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 80 | 87 | 9 | 46 | L 6 | ||
| 56 | Thu, Feb 26, 1953 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 73 | 85 | 9 | 47 | L 7 | |||
| 57 | Fri, Feb 27, 1953 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 75 | 98 | 9 | 48 | L 8 | at Cleveland, OH | |
| 58 | Sat, Feb 28, 1953 | @ | Milwaukee Hawks | L | 73 | 87 | 9 | 49 | L 9 | ||
| 59 | Sun, Mar 1, 1953 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 80 | 102 | 9 | 50 | L 10 | at Saint Paul, MN | |
| 60 | Tue, Mar 3, 1953 | @ | Indianapolis Olympians | L | 73 | 90 | 9 | 51 | L 11 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Wed, Mar 4, 1953 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 75 | 82 | 9 | 52 | L 12 | at Baltimore, MD | |
| 62 | Thu, Mar 5, 1953 | Rochester Royals | W | 78 | 69 | 10 | 52 | W 1 | |||
| 63 | Sat, Mar 7, 1953 | N | Syracuse Nationals | W | 88 | 87 | 11 | 52 | W 2 | at Baltimore, MD | |
| 64 | Tue, Mar 10, 1953 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | L | 76 | 77 | 11 | 53 | L 1 | at Louisville, KY | |
| 65 | Wed, Mar 11, 1953 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | W | OT | 72 | 69 | 12 | 53 | W 1 | at Pittsburgh, PA |
| 66 | Thu, Mar 12, 1953 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 85 | 90 | 12 | 54 | L 1 | |||
| 67 | Fri, Mar 13, 1953 | N | Baltimore Bullets | L | 72 | 98 | 12 | 55 | L 2 | at Washington, DC | |
| 68 | Sat, Mar 14, 1953 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 85 | 87 | 12 | 56 | L 3 | ||
| 69 | Sun, Mar 15, 1953 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 87 | 103 | 12 | 57 | L 4 |