1952-53 Fort Wayne Pistons Game Log (Advanced)

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Record: 36-33, Finished 3rd in NBA Western Division

Coach: Paul Birch (36-33)

PTS/G: 81.0 (7th of 10) Opp PTS/G: 81.1 (5th of 10)

SRS: 0.17 (6th of 10) Pace: 91.1 (8th of 10)

Off Rtg: 87.6 (6th of 10) Def Rtg: 87.7 (6th of 10) Net Rtg: -0.1 (6th of 10)

Expected W-L: 34-35 (6th of 10)

Arena: War Memorial Coliseum

NBA 1953 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-1) versus Rochester Royals (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Division Finals (2-3) versus Minneapolis Lakers (Series Stats)

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
1	1	1952-11-01	@	ROC	L	82	94
2	2	1952-11-02		MNL	L	69	81				.466		.325		78.9			.216			.352	.368			.456
3	3	1952-11-06		ROC	L	64	84				.457		.381		76.2			.300			.314	.400			.320
4	4	1952-11-09		INO	W	74	71				.387		.422		85.2			.360			.267	.272			.333
5	5	1952-11-11	@	INO	L	63	78
6	6	1952-11-15	@	MLH	L	68	71
7	7	1952-11-16		NYK	W	112	83				.450		.467		79.5			.390			.340	.289			.513
8	8	1952-11-20		MNL	L	81	89				.272		.447		81.3			.395			.210	.369			.321
9	9	1952-11-22	@	MNL	L	89	96				.448		.427					.333			.356	.366			.301
10	10	1952-11-23		PHW	W	92	80				.405		.465		80.0			.417			.262	.306			.500
11	11	1952-11-26	@	MLH	W	80	72				.400		.425					.363			.275	.273			.545
12	12	1952-11-27		MLH	W	95	87				.743		.484		68.0			.338			.608	.417			.375
13	13	1952-11-29	N	BOS	L	71	78
14	14	1952-11-30		BLB	W	100	95				.725		.474		85.2			.338			.575	.359			.500
15	15	1952-12-04		SYR	L	70	78				.473		.391		87.0			.311			.324	.316			.395
16	16	1952-12-05	@	INO	L	74	84				.301		.394		48.1			.325			.241	.405			.253
17	17	1952-12-06	@	BLB	W	103	91
18	18	1952-12-07		NYK	W	102	91				.449		.546		82.9			.449			.410	.366			.378
19	19	1952-12-11		MLH	W	71	70				.487		.385		77.3			.289			.355	.338			.270
20	20	1952-12-14		INO	W	86	71				.402		.446		80.6			.378			.293	.342			.215
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
21	21	1952-12-16	N	PHW	W	95	64				.292		.439		76.3			.396			.198	.284			.297
22	22	1952-12-18	@	PHW	W	86	79				.341		.456	57.4	87.5			.390			.268	.337			.244
23	23	1952-12-20	@	ROC	L	89	92
24	24	1952-12-21		PHW	W	74	71				.190		.432		81.8			.418			.101	.316			.116
25	25	1952-12-23	@	INO	L	59	72				.441		.363					.279			.309	.343			.388
26	26	1952-12-25		MLH	W	71	69				.600		.351		72.7			.275			.338	.260			.425
27	27	1952-12-27	N	NYK	W	92	91
28	28	1952-12-28		BOS	L	66	89				.486		.388		81.0			.300			.343	.350			.413
29	29	1952-12-31		INO	W	91	85				.307		.456		88.9			.409			.216	.366			.305
30	30	1953-01-01	@	SYR	L	78	92				.488		.373					.291			.326	.448			.478
31	31	1953-01-03	@	ROC	L	101	106
32	32	1953-01-04		PHW	W	79	68				.481		.423		89.3			.364			.299	.324			.270
33	33	1953-01-06	@	MLH	L	71	73
34	34	1953-01-10	N	MNL	L	79	84				.481		.413					.367			.266	.361			.444
35	35	1953-01-11		INO	W	72	68				.485		.436		91.7			.353			.353	.431			.471
36	36	1953-01-15		BOS	W	91	85				.614		.512		86.7			.429			.443	.379			.530
37	37	1953-01-16	N	INO	W	75	68
38	38	1953-01-18		ROC	W	90	87				.500		.485		87.1			.408			.368	.392			.316
39	39	1953-01-21	@	BOS	L	84	94				.434		.464		83.3			.395			.316	.432			.405
40	40	1953-01-22	@	SYR	L	75	87
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
41	41	1953-01-24	@	NYK	L	76	82
42	42	1953-01-25		MLH	W	65	62				.515		.390		94.7			.279			.397	.423			.346
43	43	1953-01-27	N	MNL	L	76	96
44	44	1953-01-29		BOS	W	111	98				.884		.579		87.5			.464			.681	.500			.531
45	45	1953-01-30	N	ROC	L	68	70
46	46	1953-01-31	@	MNL	L	80	87				.405		.404					.345			.262	.462			.415
47	47	1953-02-01		MNL	L	76	92				.446		.383		92.0			.301			.313	.536			.571
48	48	1953-02-05		INO	W	68	63				.516		.447		104.8			.339			.419	.362			.362
49	49	1953-02-08		BLB	W	89	78				.264		.458		88.9			.414			.195	.424			.333
50	50	1953-02-11		SYR	W	96	78				.542		.467		86.2			.349			.458	.283			.733
51	51	1953-02-14	@	BLB	W	102	88
52	52	1953-02-15		ROC	L	72	84				.500		.410		78.3			.319			.361	.415			.462
53	53	1953-02-17	@	ROC	W	88	78
54	54	1953-02-19		BLB	W	83	79				.346		.462		90.0			.385			.295	.343			.443
55	55	1953-02-21	@	MNL	L	75	85				.569		.416					.306			.431	.466			.534
56	56	1953-02-22		MNL	W	90	78				.769		.517		88.9			.415			.554	.321			.359
57	57	1953-02-24	@	ROC	W	91	80
58	58	1953-02-26	@	SYR	L	77	89
59	59	1953-02-28	@	NYK	L	74	85
60	60	1953-03-01		MLH	W	76	74				.651		.469		80.0			.317			.571	.321			.238
								Advanced										Offensive Four Factors				Defensive Four Factors
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	ORtg	DRtg	Pace	FTr	3PAr	TS%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	eFG%	TOV%	ORB%	FT/FGA	eFG%	TOV%	DRB%	FT/FGA
61	61	1953-03-03	N	MNL	L	68	86
62	62	1953-03-04		SYR	L	73	75				.556		.407		77.3			.306			.403	.333			.420
63	63	1953-03-06	@	INO	W	73	64
64	64	1953-03-07	@	BLB	W	83	81
65	65	1953-03-08		ROC	L	69	71				.483		.474		79.2			.400			.350	.317			.492
66	66	1953-03-09		MLH	W	94	74
67	67	1953-03-11	@	BOS	L	92	98				.438		.528		88.9			.493			.274	.438			.466
68	68	1953-03-15		NYK	W	81	69				.452		.463		92.9			.384			.342	.242			.242
69	69	1953-03-17	@	MLH	L	61	87
70	70	1953-03-26	@	MNL	L	73	83				.689		.459		31.6			.311			.574	.317			.378

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