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47-24, Finished 2nd in NBA Eastern Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 85.6 points per game, Allowed 81.3 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 48-23)
Coached by Al Cervi (47-24)
Arena: Onondaga War Memorial / Attendance: NA
SRS: 3.62 (3rd of 10)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Boston Celtics
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 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 84 | 86 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Sun, Nov 2, 1952 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 117 | 91 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 3 | Sat, Nov 8, 1952 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 83 | 106 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Sun, Nov 9, 1952 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 96 | 89 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 5 | Thu, Nov 13, 1952 | Boston Celtics | W | 96 | 81 | 3 | 2 | W 2 | |||
| 6 | Sat, Nov 15, 1952 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 91 | 97 | 3 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 7 | Sun, Nov 16, 1952 | Indianapolis Olympians | W | 84 | 78 | 4 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 8 | Thu, Nov 20, 1952 | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 92 | 73 | 5 | 3 | W 2 | |||
| 9 | Sat, Nov 22, 1952 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 68 | 98 | 5 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 10 | Sun, Nov 23, 1952 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 76 | 73 | 6 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 11 | Thu, Nov 27, 1952 | Rochester Royals | W | 86 | 79 | 7 | 4 | W 2 | |||
| 12 | Sat, Nov 29, 1952 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 87 | 74 | 8 | 4 | W 3 | ||
| 13 | Sun, Nov 30, 1952 | Boston Celtics | W | 78 | 66 | 9 | 4 | W 4 | |||
| 14 | Thu, Dec 4, 1952 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 78 | 70 | 10 | 4 | W 5 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Dec 6, 1952 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 82 | 74 | 11 | 4 | W 6 | ||
| 16 | Sun, Dec 7, 1952 | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 71 | 67 | 12 | 4 | W 7 | |||
| 17 | Mon, Dec 8, 1952 | @ | Milwaukee Hawks | L | 89 | 101 | 12 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 18 | Tue, Dec 9, 1952 | @ | Indianapolis Olympians | W | 87 | 70 | 13 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 19 | Thu, Dec 11, 1952 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 79 | 82 | 13 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 20 | Sun, Dec 14, 1952 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 102 | 83 | 14 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Tue, Dec 16, 1952 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 93 | 98 | 14 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 22 | Thu, Dec 18, 1952 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 83 | 88 | 14 | 8 | L 2 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 23 | Sat, Dec 20, 1952 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 77 | 91 | 14 | 9 | L 3 | ||
| 24 | Sun, Dec 21, 1952 | Boston Celtics | W | 90 | 86 | 15 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 25 | Thu, Dec 25, 1952 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 102 | 92 | 16 | 9 | W 2 | |||
| 26 | Sat, Dec 27, 1952 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 81 | 76 | 17 | 9 | W 3 | ||
| 27 | Sun, Dec 28, 1952 | Indianapolis Olympians | W | 84 | 73 | 18 | 9 | W 4 | |||
| 28 | Tue, Dec 30, 1952 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 93 | 106 | 18 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 29 | Wed, Dec 31, 1952 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 87 | 97 | 18 | 11 | L 2 | ||
| 30 | Thu, Jan 1, 1953 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 92 | 78 | 19 | 11 | W 1 | |||
| 31 | Sat, Jan 3, 1953 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 77 | 85 | 19 | 12 | L 1 | ||
| 32 | Sun, Jan 4, 1953 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 93 | 68 | 20 | 12 | W 1 | |||
| 33 | Wed, Jan 7, 1953 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 114 | 93 | 21 | 12 | W 2 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 34 | Thu, Jan 8, 1953 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 75 | 67 | 22 | 12 | W 3 | |||
| 35 | Sat, Jan 10, 1953 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 87 | 77 | 23 | 12 | W 4 | at Baltimore, MD | |
| 36 | Sun, Jan 11, 1953 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 76 | 72 | 24 | 12 | W 5 | |||
| 37 | Thu, Jan 15, 1953 | Rochester Royals | W | 109 | 85 | 25 | 12 | W 6 | |||
| 38 | Sun, Jan 18, 1953 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 103 | 84 | 26 | 12 | W 7 | |||
| 39 | Thu, Jan 22, 1953 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 87 | 75 | 27 | 12 | W 8 | |||
| 40 | Sat, Jan 24, 1953 | @ | Rochester Royals | W | 107 | 82 | 28 | 12 | W 9 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sun, Jan 25, 1953 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 62 | 97 | 28 | 13 | L 1 | |||
| 42 | Tue, Jan 27, 1953 | @ | Indianapolis Olympians | L | 72 | 76 | 28 | 14 | L 2 | ||
| 43 | Thu, Jan 29, 1953 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 83 | 65 | 29 | 14 | W 1 | ||
| 44 | Fri, Jan 30, 1953 | @ | Milwaukee Hawks | L | 68 | 84 | 29 | 15 | L 1 | ||
| 45 | Sun, Feb 1, 1953 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 94 | 79 | 30 | 15 | W 1 | |||
| 46 | Mon, Feb 2, 1953 | N | Baltimore Bullets | W | 98 | 77 | 31 | 15 | W 2 | at Buffalo, NY | |
| 47 | Wed, Feb 4, 1953 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 92 | 105 | 31 | 16 | L 1 | ||
| 48 | Thu, Feb 5, 1953 | Rochester Royals | W | 83 | 79 | 32 | 16 | W 1 | |||
| 49 | Sun, Feb 8, 1953 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 98 | 89 | 33 | 16 | W 2 | |||
| 50 | Wed, Feb 11, 1953 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 78 | 96 | 33 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 51 | Thu, Feb 12, 1953 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 81 | 91 | 33 | 18 | L 2 | ||
| 52 | Fri, Feb 13, 1953 | @ | Indianapolis Olympians | W | 89 | 86 | 34 | 18 | W 1 | ||
| 53 | Sun, Feb 15, 1953 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 81 | 85 | 34 | 19 | L 1 | |||
| 54 | Tue, Feb 17, 1953 | N | Boston Celtics | W | 84 | 65 | 35 | 19 | W 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 55 | Thu, Feb 19, 1953 | Milwaukee Hawks | W | 82 | 72 | 36 | 19 | W 2 | |||
| 56 | Sat, Feb 21, 1953 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 73 | 84 | 36 | 20 | L 1 | ||
| 57 | Sun, Feb 22, 1953 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 86 | 73 | 37 | 20 | W 1 | |||
| 58 | Tue, Feb 24, 1953 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 74 | 63 | 38 | 20 | W 2 | at New York, NY | |
| 59 | Thu, Feb 26, 1953 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 89 | 77 | 39 | 20 | W 3 | |||
| 60 | Sat, Feb 28, 1953 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 74 | 77 | 39 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sun, Mar 1, 1953 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 79 | 64 | 40 | 21 | W 1 | |||
| 62 | Tue, Mar 3, 1953 | @ | Milwaukee Hawks | L | 70 | 75 | 40 | 22 | L 1 | ||
| 63 | Wed, Mar 4, 1953 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 75 | 73 | 41 | 22 | W 1 | ||
| 64 | Thu, Mar 5, 1953 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 94 | 91 | 42 | 22 | W 2 | |||
| 65 | Fri, Mar 6, 1953 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 66 | 75 | 42 | 23 | L 1 | ||
| 66 | Sat, Mar 7, 1953 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 87 | 88 | 42 | 24 | L 2 | at Baltimore, MD | |
| 67 | Sun, Mar 8, 1953 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 98 | 91 | 43 | 24 | W 1 | |||
| 68 | Thu, Mar 12, 1953 | Boston Celtics | W | 84 | 70 | 44 | 24 | W 2 | |||
| 69 | Sat, Mar 14, 1953 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 95 | 81 | 45 | 24 | W 3 | ||
| 70 | Sun, Mar 15, 1953 | Indianapolis Olympians | W | 84 | 68 | 46 | 24 | W 4 | |||
| 71 | Tue, Mar 17, 1953 | Boston Celtics | W | 72 | 68 | 47 | 24 | W 5 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu, Mar 19, 1953 | Boston Celtics | L | 81 | 87 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Sat, Mar 21, 1953 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 4OT | 105 | 111 | 0 | 2 | L 2 |