1952-53 Baltimore Bullets Schedule and Results

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Record: 16-54, Finished 4th in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Chick Reiser (0-3), Clair Bee (16-51)

PTS/G: 84.4 (6th of 10) Opp PTS/G: 90.9 (10th of 10)

SRS: -5.80 (9th of 10) Pace: 95.2 (1st of 10)

Off Rtg: 86.8 (7th of 10) Def Rtg: 93.4 (10th of 10) Net Rtg: -6.6 (9th of 10)

Expected W-L: 18-52 (9th of 10)

Arena: Baltimore Coliseum

NBA 1953 Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (0-2) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sat, Nov 1, 1952	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		53	69	0	1	L 1
2	Wed, Nov 5, 1952	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		75	97	0	2	L 2
3	Sat, Nov 8, 1952	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		62	92	0	3	L 3
4	Wed, Nov 12, 1952	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		107	90	1	3	W 1
5	Sat, Nov 15, 1952	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W	OT	97	91	2	3	W 2
6	Sun, Nov 16, 1952	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		79	81	2	4	L 1			at Boston, MA
7	Wed, Nov 19, 1952	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		106	89	3	4	W 1
8	Thu, Nov 20, 1952	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		99	106	3	5	L 1
9	Sat, Nov 22, 1952	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		96	95	4	5	W 1			at Raleigh, NC
10	Sun, Nov 23, 1952	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	L		90	100	4	6	L 1
11	Tue, Nov 25, 1952	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		89	106	4	7	L 2
12	Wed, Nov 26, 1952	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		92	94	4	8	L 3
13	Thu, Nov 27, 1952	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		92	104	4	9	L 4			at Philadelphia, PA
14	Sat, Nov 29, 1952	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		74	87	4	10	L 5
15	Sun, Nov 30, 1952	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L	2OT	95	100	4	11	L 6
16	Mon, Dec 1, 1952	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		67	89	4	12	L 7			at Saint Paul, MN
17	Wed, Dec 3, 1952	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		98	87	5	12	W 1
18	Sat, Dec 6, 1952	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	L		91	103	5	13	L 1
19	Wed, Dec 10, 1952	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L	OT	97	99	5	14	L 2
20	Thu, Dec 11, 1952	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		88	94	5	15	L 3			at Philadelphia, PA
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sun, Dec 14, 1952	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		73	83	5	16	L 4
22	Sat, Dec 20, 1952	Box Score		New York Knicks	L	OT	99	102	5	17	L 5
23	Sun, Dec 21, 1952	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		77	102	5	18	L 6
24	Thu, Dec 25, 1952	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		92	102	5	19	L 7
25	Sat, Dec 27, 1952	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L	OT	76	81	5	20	L 8
26	Wed, Dec 31, 1952	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		56	82	5	21	L 9
27	Thu, Jan 1, 1953	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W	OT	83	81	6	21	W 1
28	Fri, Jan 2, 1953	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L		66	73	6	22	L 1
29	Sat, Jan 3, 1953	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		81	77	7	22	W 1
30	Sun, Jan 4, 1953	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		68	93	7	23	L 1
31	Fri, Jan 9, 1953	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W		94	90	8	23	W 1	3,243		at Worcester, MA
32	Sat, Jan 10, 1953	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		126	105	9	23	W 2	3,500
33	Sun, Jan 11, 1953	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		87	131	9	24	L 1	2,805
34	Wed, Jan 14, 1953	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L	2OT	104	112	9	25	L 2
35	Sat, Jan 17, 1953	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W		82	66	10	25	W 1
36	Sun, Jan 18, 1953	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		84	103	10	26	L 1
37	Wed, Jan 21, 1953	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L		82	89	10	27	L 2
38	Sun, Jan 25, 1953	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		82	68	11	27	W 1
39	Wed, Jan 28, 1953	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	L		83	84	11	28	L 1
40	Thu, Jan 29, 1953	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	L		67	70	11	29	L 2			at Philadelphia, PA
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sat, Jan 31, 1953	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W		97	90	12	29	W 1
42	Sun, Feb 1, 1953	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		79	94	12	30	L 1
43	Mon, Feb 2, 1953	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		77	98	12	31	L 2			at Buffalo, NY
44	Tue, Feb 3, 1953	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		82	109	12	32	L 3
45	Wed, Feb 4, 1953	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		88	96	12	33	L 4			at Boston, MA
46	Sat, Feb 7, 1953	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L	OT	98	101	12	34	L 5
47	Sun, Feb 8, 1953	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		78	89	12	35	L 6
48	Tue, Feb 10, 1953	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L		83	88	12	36	L 7
49	Wed, Feb 11, 1953	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		80	86	12	37	L 8
50	Thu, Feb 12, 1953	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	L		85	92	12	38	L 9			at Philadelphia, PA
51	Fri, Feb 13, 1953	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		96	106	12	39	L 10			at Boston, MA
52	Sat, Feb 14, 1953	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	L		88	102	12	40	L 11
53	Sun, Feb 15, 1953	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		75	95	12	41	L 12			at Milwaukee, WI
54	Tue, Feb 17, 1953	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		74	70	13	41	W 1			at Moorhead, MN
55	Thu, Feb 19, 1953	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L	OT	79	83	13	42	L 1
56	Fri, Feb 20, 1953	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L		58	59	13	43	L 2
57	Sat, Feb 21, 1953	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		86	90	13	44	L 3	1,774
58	Wed, Feb 25, 1953	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		72	85	13	45	L 4
59	Thu, Feb 26, 1953	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		81	82	13	46	L 5	3,500		at Philadelphia, PA
60	Sat, Feb 28, 1953	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		77	74	14	46	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Tue, Mar 3, 1953	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L	OT	94	95	14	47	L 1	10,027		at New York, NY
62	Wed, Mar 4, 1953	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L		77	81	14	48	L 2
63	Thu, Mar 5, 1953	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		69	80	14	49	L 3			at Trenton, NJ
64	Sat, Mar 7, 1953	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	L	OT	81	83	14	50	L 4
65	Sun, Mar 8, 1953	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		91	98	14	51	L 5
66	Wed, Mar 11, 1953	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L	3OT	107	113	14	52	L 6			at Boston, MA
67	Fri, Mar 13, 1953	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		98	72	15	52	W 1			at Washington, DC
68	Sat, Mar 14, 1953	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		87	85	16	52	W 2
69	Sun, Mar 15, 1953	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		87	105	16	53	L 1
70	Mon, Mar 16, 1953	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		78	92	16	54	L 2			at Worcester, MA

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date				Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Tue, Mar 17, 1953		Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		62	80	0	1	L 1
2	Fri, Mar 20, 1953		Box Score		New York Knicks	L		81	90	0	2	L 2

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