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1952-53 Milwaukee Hawks Schedule and Results

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Record: 27-44, Finished 5th in NBA Western Division

Coach: Andrew Levane (27-44)

PTS/G: 74.8 (9th of 10) Opp PTS/G: 77.7 (2nd of 10)

SRS: -2.49 (8th of 10) Pace: 87.2 (9th of 10)

Off Rtg: 84.0 (9th of 10) Def Rtg: 87.2 (5th of 10) Net Rtg: -3.2 (8th of 10)

Expected W-L: 27-45 (8th of 10)

Arena: Milwaukee Arena

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Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sat, Nov 1, 1952	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W		73	71	1	0	W 1
2	Sun, Nov 9, 1952	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		78	75	2	0	W 2
3	Wed, Nov 12, 1952	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		90	107	2	1	L 1
4	Thu, Nov 13, 1952	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	L		79	97	2	2	L 2			at New York, NY
5	Sat, Nov 15, 1952	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		71	68	3	2	W 1
6	Sun, Nov 16, 1952	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		51	87	3	3	L 1
7	Tue, Nov 18, 1952	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		82	83	3	4	L 2			at Hershey, PA
8	Wed, Nov 19, 1952	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		77	91	3	5	L 3	1,815		at Baltimore, MD
9	Thu, Nov 20, 1952	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		73	92	3	6	L 4
10	Sat, Nov 22, 1952	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		65	69	3	7	L 5
11	Sun, Nov 23, 1952	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		46	62	3	8	L 6
12	Tue, Nov 25, 1952	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	W		78	66	4	8	W 1
13	Wed, Nov 26, 1952	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	L		72	80	4	9	L 1
14	Thu, Nov 27, 1952	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L	OT	87	95	4	10	L 2
15	Fri, Nov 28, 1952	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W	2OT	78	77						at Chicago, IL; Game protested; replayed 3/11/53; does not count toward team records
16	Sun, Nov 30, 1952	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L		88	91	4	11	L 1
17	Wed, Dec 3, 1952	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		87	98	4	12	L 2
18	Thu, Dec 4, 1952	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W		90	73	5	12	W 1	9,000		at New York, NY
19	Sat, Dec 6, 1952	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		83	88	5	13	L 1	4,725
20	Sun, Dec 7, 1952	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		67	71	5	14	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Mon, Dec 8, 1952	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		101	89	6	14	W 1
22	Thu, Dec 11, 1952	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L	OT	70	71	6	15	L 1
23	Fri, Dec 12, 1952	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L		49	63	6	16	L 2
24	Sun, Dec 14, 1952	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		69	74	6	17	L 3
25	Sat, Dec 20, 1952	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		86	75	7	17	W 1
26	Mon, Dec 22, 1952	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		75	80	7	18	L 1			at Buffalo, NY
27	Thu, Dec 25, 1952	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L	2OT	69	71	7	19	L 2
28	Sun, Dec 28, 1952	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		77	86	7	20	L 3
29	Wed, Dec 31, 1952	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	L		74	82	7	21	L 4			at Fort Wayne, IN
30	Thu, Jan 1, 1953	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	L	OT	81	83	7	22	L 5
31	Fri, Jan 2, 1953	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		66	74	7	23	L 6			at Chicago, IL
32	Sat, Jan 3, 1953	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		75	79	7	24	L 7			at Hibbing, MN
33	Tue, Jan 6, 1953	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		73	71	8	24	W 1
34	Thu, Jan 8, 1953	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		68	81	8	25	L 1
35	Sat, Jan 10, 1953	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		81	89	8	26	L 2
36	Sun, Jan 11, 1953	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W	2OT	83	79	9	26	W 1
37	Thu, Jan 15, 1953	Box Score	N	Indianapolis Olympians	L		68	75	9	27	L 1			at Sheboygan, WI
38	Fri, Jan 16, 1953	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		90	100	9	28	L 2	3,340
39	Sun, Jan 18, 1953	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		83	70	10	28	W 1
40	Wed, Jan 21, 1953	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		72	70	11	28	W 2			at Boston, MA
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Thu, Jan 22, 1953	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W	OT	106	100	12	28	W 3
42	Fri, Jan 23, 1953	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		67	65	13	28	W 4			at Indianapolis, IN
43	Sat, Jan 24, 1953	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W		72	64	14	28	W 5
44	Sun, Jan 25, 1953	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		62	65	14	29	L 1
45	Tue, Jan 27, 1953	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		58	80	14	30	L 2	4,024		at Indianapolis, IN
46	Wed, Jan 28, 1953	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		84	83	15	30	W 1
47	Thu, Jan 29, 1953	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		70	67	16	30	W 2			at Philadelphia, PA
48	Fri, Jan 30, 1953	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		84	68	17	30	W 3
49	Mon, Feb 2, 1953	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	L	OT	78	80	17	31	L 1			at Buffalo, NY
50	Tue, Feb 3, 1953	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		69	76	17	32	L 2			at Indianapolis, IN
51	Sun, Feb 8, 1953	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W	OT	85	82	18	32	W 1
52	Wed, Feb 11, 1953	Box Score	N	Indianapolis Olympians	W	OT	67	65	19	32	W 2			at Fort Wayne, IN
53	Thu, Feb 12, 1953	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		92	85	20	32	W 3			at Philadelphia, PA
54	Fri, Feb 13, 1953	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		74	77	20	33	L 1	4,029
55	Sat, Feb 14, 1953	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		72	81	20	34	L 2
56	Sun, Feb 15, 1953	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		71	80	20	35	L 3
57	Tue, Feb 17, 1953	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		67	86	20	36	L 4
58	Thu, Feb 19, 1953	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		72	82	20	37	L 5
59	Sat, Feb 21, 1953	Box Score	N	Indianapolis Olympians	W		61	60	21	37	W 1			at Minneapolis, MN
60	Sun, Feb 22, 1953	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W		71	64	22	37	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Mon, Feb 23, 1953	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		78	64	23	37	W 3			at Cincinnati, OH
62	Tue, Feb 24, 1953	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L	OT	69	71	23	38	L 1
63	Sat, Feb 28, 1953	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		87	73	24	38	W 1
64	Sun, Mar 1, 1953	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		74	76	24	39	L 1
65	Tue, Mar 3, 1953	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		75	70	25	39	W 1
66	Sun, Mar 8, 1953	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		73	100	25	40	L 1
67	Mon, Mar 9, 1953	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		74	94	25	41	L 2
68	Tue, Mar 10, 1953	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		77	76	26	41	W 1			at Louisville, KY
69	Wed, Mar 11, 1953	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L	OT	69	72	26	42	L 1			at Pittsburgh, PA; Replay of protested 11/28/52 matchup
70	Fri, Mar 13, 1953	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L	OT	50	52	26	43	L 2
71	Tue, Mar 17, 1953	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		87	61	27	43	W 1
72	Wed, Mar 18, 1953	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	L		69	74	27	44	L 1

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