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1951-52 Rochester Royals Schedule and Results

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Record: 41-25, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Les Harrison (41-25)

PTS/G: 86.2 (4th of 10) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 82.8 (6th of 10)
SRS: 2.92 (4th of 10)
Expected W-L: 42-24 (4th of 10)

Arena: Edgerton Park Arena ▪ Attendance: NA

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Finals (3-1) versus Minneapolis Lakers
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Fort Wayne Pistons

Western Div. Champs

Regular Season

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Thu, Nov 1, 1951 Box Score Baltimore Bullets W 101 97 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Nov 3, 1951 Box Score Minneapolis Lakers L 74 93 1 1 L 1
3 Sat, Nov 10, 1951 Box Score Indianapolis Olympians W 100 89 2 1 W 1
4 Sun, Nov 11, 1951 Box Score New York Knicks W 80 78 3 1 W 2
5 Tue, Nov 13, 1951 Box Score @ Milwaukee Hawks W 91 75 4 1 W 3
6 Sat, Nov 17, 1951 Box Score Philadelphia Warriors W 86 72 5 1 W 4
7 Sun, Nov 18, 1951 Box Score @ Fort Wayne Pistons W OT 76 71 6 1 W 5
8 Tue, Nov 20, 1951 Box Score @ Indianapolis Olympians L 2OT 65 69 6 2 L 1
9 Thu, Nov 22, 1951 Box Score @ Minneapolis Lakers L 2OT 65 70 6 3 L 2
10 Sat, Nov 24, 1951 Box Score Fort Wayne Pistons W 74 63 7 3 W 1
11 Sun, Nov 25, 1951 Box Score @ Milwaukee Hawks L 73 75 7 4 L 1
12 Tue, Nov 27, 1951 Box Score Milwaukee Hawks W 77 73 8 4 W 1
13 Thu, Nov 29, 1951 Box Score @ New York Knicks W 78 74 9 4 W 2
14 Sat, Dec 1, 1951 Box Score Milwaukee Hawks W 71 66 10 4 W 3
15 Sun, Dec 2, 1951 Box Score @ Syracuse Nationals W 81 79 11 4 W 4
16 Mon, Dec 3, 1951 Box Score @ Baltimore Bullets W 77 70 12 4 W 5
17 Tue, Dec 4, 1951 Box Score @ Philadelphia Warriors L 80 96 12 5 L 1
18 Sat, Dec 8, 1951 Box Score Syracuse Nationals L 75 95 12 6 L 2
19 Sun, Dec 9, 1951 Box Score @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 84 86 12 7 L 3
20 Sat, Dec 15, 1951 Box Score Indianapolis Olympians W 75 66 13 7 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sun, Dec 16, 1951 Box Score Baltimore Bullets W 99 95 14 7 W 2
22 Tue, Dec 18, 1951 Box Score @ Milwaukee Hawks W 94 68 15 7 W 3
23 Thu, Dec 20, 1951 Box Score @ Fort Wayne Pistons W 69 54 16 7 W 4
24 Sat, Dec 22, 1951 Box Score Philadelphia Warriors W 105 89 17 7 W 5
25 Tue, Dec 25, 1951 Box Score Indianapolis Olympians W 87 78 18 7 W 6
26 Thu, Dec 27, 1951 Box Score New York Knicks W 98 85 19 7 W 7
27 Sat, Dec 29, 1951 Box Score Fort Wayne Pistons W 75 61 20 7 W 8
28 Mon, Dec 31, 1951 Box Score N Indianapolis Olympians L 73 77 20 8 L 1 at New York, NY
29 Tue, Jan 1, 1952 Box Score Boston Celtics W 106 91 21 8 W 1
30 Sat, Jan 5, 1952 Box Score Philadelphia Warriors W 103 94 22 8 W 2
31 Sun, Jan 6, 1952 Box Score @ Boston Celtics L 80 91 22 9 L 1
32 Tue, Jan 8, 1952 Box Score @ New York Knicks L 74 107 22 10 L 2
33 Fri, Jan 11, 1952 Box Score @ Philadelphia Warriors L 83 85 22 11 L 3
34 Sat, Jan 12, 1952 Box Score Fort Wayne Pistons L 76 88 22 12 L 4
35 Sun, Jan 13, 1952 Box Score New York Knicks W 97 70 23 12 W 1
36 Sat, Jan 19, 1952 Box Score Minneapolis Lakers W 96 85 24 12 W 2
37 Sun, Jan 20, 1952 Box Score @ Minneapolis Lakers L 2OT 81 91 24 13 L 1
38 Mon, Jan 21, 1952 Box Score N Milwaukee Hawks W 78 76 25 13 W 1 at Moline, IL
39 Tue, Jan 22, 1952 Box Score @ Indianapolis Olympians L 65 68 25 14 L 1
40 Thu, Jan 24, 1952 Box Score @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 90 94 25 15 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sat, Jan 26, 1952 Box Score Fort Wayne Pistons W 104 71 26 15 W 1
42 Sun, Jan 27, 1952 Box Score Indianapolis Olympians W 102 95 27 15 W 2
43 Sat, Feb 2, 1952 Box Score Milwaukee Hawks W 100 79 28 15 W 3
44 Sun, Feb 3, 1952 Box Score @ Minneapolis Lakers L 75 77 28 16 L 1
45 Thu, Feb 7, 1952 Box Score @ Minneapolis Lakers L 75 86 28 17 L 2
46 Sat, Feb 9, 1952 Box Score Boston Celtics W 104 100 29 17 W 1
47 Sun, Feb 10, 1952 Box Score @ Boston Celtics W 111 97 30 17 W 2
48 Tue, Feb 12, 1952 Box Score @ Philadelphia Warriors W 86 75 31 17 W 3
49 Wed, Feb 13, 1952 Box Score @ Baltimore Bullets L 91 96 31 18 L 1
50 Thu, Feb 14, 1952 Box Score @ Syracuse Nationals W 78 76 32 18 W 1
51 Sat, Feb 16, 1952 Box Score Syracuse Nationals W 92 84 33 18 W 2
52 Sun, Feb 17, 1952 Box Score Indianapolis Olympians W 100 92 34 18 W 3
53 Sat, Feb 23, 1952 Box Score Minneapolis Lakers L 73 83 34 19 L 1
54 Sun, Feb 24, 1952 Box Score Baltimore Bullets W 124 100 35 19 W 1
55 Tue, Feb 26, 1952 Box Score Milwaukee Hawks W 99 67 36 19 W 2
56 Thu, Feb 28, 1952 Box Score N Boston Celtics L 72 91 36 20 L 1 at Raleigh, NC
57 Sat, Mar 1, 1952 Box Score Syracuse Nationals W 98 83 37 20 W 1
58 Sun, Mar 2, 1952 Box Score @ Syracuse Nationals L 72 76 37 21 L 1
59 Mon, Mar 3, 1952 Box Score @ Baltimore Bullets L 96 99 37 22 L 2
60 Tue, Mar 4, 1952 Box Score @ New York Knicks L OT 90 92 37 23 L 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Thu, Mar 6, 1952 Box Score Milwaukee Hawks W 77 74 38 23 W 1
62 Sat, Mar 8, 1952 Box Score Minneapolis Lakers W OT 94 92 39 23 W 2
63 Sun, Mar 9, 1952 Box Score @ Minneapolis Lakers L 90 96 39 24 L 1
64 Tue, Mar 11, 1952 Box Score @ Indianapolis Olympians W 82 81 40 24 W 1
65 Thu, Mar 13, 1952 Box Score @ Fort Wayne Pistons W 86 84 41 24 W 2
66 Sat, Mar 15, 1952 Box Score Boston Celtics L 106 118 41 25 L 1

Playoffs

G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Tue, Mar 18, 1952 Box Score Fort Wayne Pistons W 95 78 1 0 W 1
2 Thu, Mar 20, 1952 Box Score @ Fort Wayne Pistons W 92 86 2 0 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
3 Sat, Mar 29, 1952 Box Score Minneapolis Lakers W 88 78 3 0 W 3
4 Sun, Mar 30, 1952 Box Score Minneapolis Lakers L OT 78 83 3 1 L 1
5 Sat, Apr 5, 1952 Box Score @ Minneapolis Lakers L 67 77 3 2 L 2
6 Sun, Apr 6, 1952 Box Score @ Minneapolis Lakers L 80 82 3 3 L 3