1952-53 Fort Wayne Pistons Schedule and Results

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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 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	@	Rochester Royals	L		82	94	0	1	L 1
2	Sun, Nov 2, 1952	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		69	81	0	2	L 2
3	Thu, Nov 6, 1952	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L		64	84	0	3	L 3
4	Sun, Nov 9, 1952	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W		74	71	1	3	W 1
5	Tue, Nov 11, 1952	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L		63	78	1	4	L 1
6	Sat, Nov 15, 1952	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	L		68	71	1	5	L 2
7	Sun, Nov 16, 1952	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		112	83	2	5	W 1
8	Thu, Nov 20, 1952	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		81	89	2	6	L 1
9	Sat, Nov 22, 1952	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		89	96	2	7	L 2
10	Sun, Nov 23, 1952	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		92	80	3	7	W 1
11	Wed, Nov 26, 1952	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W		80	72	4	7	W 2
12	Thu, Nov 27, 1952	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W	OT	95	87	5	7	W 3
13	Sat, Nov 29, 1952	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		71	78	5	8	L 1	14,831		at New York, NY
14	Sun, Nov 30, 1952	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W	2OT	100	95	6	8	W 1
15	Thu, Dec 4, 1952	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		70	78	6	9	L 1
16	Fri, Dec 5, 1952	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L		74	84	6	10	L 2
17	Sat, Dec 6, 1952	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		103	91	7	10	W 1
18	Sun, Dec 7, 1952	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		102	91	8	10	W 2
19	Thu, Dec 11, 1952	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W	OT	71	70	9	10	W 3
20	Sun, Dec 14, 1952	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W		86	71	10	10	W 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Tue, Dec 16, 1952	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		95	64	11	10	W 5			at New York, NY
22	Thu, Dec 18, 1952	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		86	79	12	10	W 6
23	Sat, Dec 20, 1952	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		89	92	12	11	L 1
24	Sun, Dec 21, 1952	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		74	71	13	11	W 1
25	Tue, Dec 23, 1952	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L		59	72	13	12	L 1
26	Thu, Dec 25, 1952	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W	2OT	71	69	14	12	W 1
27	Sat, Dec 27, 1952	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		92	91	15	12	W 2			at Baltimore, MD
28	Sun, Dec 28, 1952	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		66	89	15	13	L 1	7,956
29	Wed, Dec 31, 1952	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W		91	85	16	13	W 1
30	Thu, Jan 1, 1953	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		78	92	16	14	L 1
31	Sat, Jan 3, 1953	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		101	106	16	15	L 2
32	Sun, Jan 4, 1953	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		79	68	17	15	W 1
33	Tue, Jan 6, 1953	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	L		71	73	17	16	L 1
34	Sat, Jan 10, 1953	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		79	84	17	17	L 2			at Saint Paul, MN
35	Sun, Jan 11, 1953	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W		72	68	18	17	W 1
36	Thu, Jan 15, 1953	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		91	85	19	17	W 2
37	Fri, Jan 16, 1953	Box Score	N	Indianapolis Olympians	W		75	68	20	17	W 3			at Milwaukee, WI
38	Sun, Jan 18, 1953	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		90	87	21	17	W 4
39	Wed, Jan 21, 1953	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		84	94	21	18	L 1	8,500
40	Thu, Jan 22, 1953	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		75	87	21	19	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sat, Jan 24, 1953	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		76	82	21	20	L 3
42	Sun, Jan 25, 1953	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		65	62	22	20	W 1
43	Tue, Jan 27, 1953	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		76	96	22	21	L 1			at Grand Forks, ND
44	Thu, Jan 29, 1953	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		111	98	23	21	W 1
45	Fri, Jan 30, 1953	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	L	OT	68	70	23	22	L 1			at Milwaukee, WI
46	Sat, Jan 31, 1953	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		80	87	23	23	L 2
47	Sun, Feb 1, 1953	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		76	92	23	24	L 3
48	Thu, Feb 5, 1953	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W		68	63	24	24	W 1
49	Sun, Feb 8, 1953	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		89	78	25	24	W 2
50	Wed, Feb 11, 1953	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		96	78	26	24	W 3
51	Sat, Feb 14, 1953	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		102	88	27	24	W 4
52	Sun, Feb 15, 1953	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L		72	84	27	25	L 1
53	Tue, Feb 17, 1953	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		88	78	28	25	W 1
54	Thu, Feb 19, 1953	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W	OT	83	79	29	25	W 2
55	Sat, Feb 21, 1953	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		75	85	29	26	L 1
56	Sun, Feb 22, 1953	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		90	78	30	26	W 1
57	Tue, Feb 24, 1953	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		91	80	31	26	W 2
58	Thu, Feb 26, 1953	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		77	89	31	27	L 1
59	Sat, Feb 28, 1953	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		74	85	31	28	L 2
60	Sun, Mar 1, 1953	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		76	74	32	28	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Tue, Mar 3, 1953	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	L		68	86	32	29	L 1			at Milwaukee, WI
62	Wed, Mar 4, 1953	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L	2OT	73	75	32	30	L 2
63	Fri, Mar 6, 1953	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	W		73	64	33	30	W 1
64	Sat, Mar 7, 1953	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W	OT	83	81	34	30	W 2
65	Sun, Mar 8, 1953	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L		69	71	34	31	L 1
66	Mon, Mar 9, 1953	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		94	74	35	31	W 1
67	Wed, Mar 11, 1953	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		92	98	35	32	L 1	5,500
68	Sun, Mar 15, 1953	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		81	69	36	32	W 1
69	Tue, Mar 17, 1953	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	L		61	87	36	33	L 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Fri, Mar 20, 1953	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W	84	77	1	0	W 1
2	Sun, Mar 22, 1953	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L	71	83	1	1	L 1
3	Tue, Mar 24, 1953	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W	67	65	2	1	W 1
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
4	Thu, Mar 26, 1953	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L	73	83	2	2	L 1
5	Sat, Mar 28, 1953	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L	75	82	2	3	L 2
6	Mon, Mar 30, 1953	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W	98	95	3	3	W 1
7	Wed, Apr 1, 1953	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W	85	82	4	3	W 2
8	Thu, Apr 2, 1953	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L	58	74	4	4	L 1

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