1951-52 Minneapolis Lakers Schedule and Results

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Record: 40-26, Finished 2nd in NBA Western Division

Coach: John Kundla (40-26)

PTS/G: 85.6 (5th of 10) Opp PTS/G: 79.5 (1st of 10)

SRS: 5.28 (1st of 10) Pace: 97.2 (3rd of 10)

Off Rtg: 85.3 (7th of 10) Def Rtg: 79.3 (1st of 10) Net Rtg: +6.0 (1st of 10)

Expected W-L: 49-17 (1st of 10)

Arena: Minneapolis Auditorium

NBA 1952 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Indianapolis Olympians (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Division Finals (3-1) versus Rochester Royals (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-3) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)

NBA Champions
Western Div Champs

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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 3, 1951	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		93	74	1	0	W 1
2	Sun, Nov 4, 1951	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		67	98	1	1	L 1
3	Fri, Nov 9, 1951	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		86	98	1	2	L 2
4	Sat, Nov 10, 1951	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		89	73	2	2	W 1
5	Sun, Nov 11, 1951	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		72	77	2	3	L 1	13,909
6	Mon, Nov 12, 1951	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		90	80	3	3	W 1
7	Tue, Nov 13, 1951	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	W		77	71	4	3	W 2
8	Sat, Nov 17, 1951	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	OT	68	64	5	3	W 3
9	Thu, Nov 22, 1951	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W	2OT	70	65	6	3	W 4
10	Sat, Nov 24, 1951	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W		72	59	7	3	W 5
11	Sun, Nov 25, 1951	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W		82	73	8	3	W 6
12	Wed, Nov 28, 1951	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		90	76	9	3	W 7	5,314
13	Sat, Dec 1, 1951	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		89	69	10	3	W 8
14	Sun, Dec 2, 1951	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		61	63	10	4	L 1
15	Wed, Dec 5, 1951	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L	OT	81	83	10	5	L 2
16	Sat, Dec 8, 1951	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		85	64	11	5	W 1			at Saint Paul, MN
17	Sun, Dec 9, 1951	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	L		78	85	11	6	L 1
18	Tue, Dec 11, 1951	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L		69	85	11	7	L 2
19	Wed, Dec 12, 1951	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		99	79	12	7	W 1
20	Sun, Dec 16, 1951	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		99	52	13	7	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Tue, Dec 18, 1951	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		67	69	13	8	L 1
22	Fri, Dec 21, 1951	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L	3OT	103	105	13	9	L 2
23	Sat, Dec 22, 1951	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W	3OT	96	90	14	9	W 1
24	Sun, Dec 23, 1951	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		79	81	14	10	L 1
25	Tue, Dec 25, 1951	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		100	93	15	10	W 1	5,101
26	Sun, Dec 30, 1951	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		93	64	16	10	W 2
27	Tue, Jan 1, 1952	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		82	80	17	10	W 3
28	Fri, Jan 4, 1952	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		79	64	18	10	W 4			at Saint Paul, MN
29	Sat, Jan 5, 1952	Box Score	N	Indianapolis Olympians	W		86	65	19	10	W 5			at Hibbing, MN
30	Sun, Jan 6, 1952	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		107	92	20	10	W 6
31	Tue, Jan 8, 1952	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L		75	82	20	11	L 1
32	Wed, Jan 9, 1952	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W		91	74	21	11	W 1
33	Fri, Jan 11, 1952	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W		75	63	22	11	W 2
34	Sat, Jan 12, 1952	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		96	84	23	11	W 3			at Kansas City, KS
35	Sun, Jan 13, 1952	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		81	88	23	12	L 1
36	Wed, Jan 16, 1952	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		108	94	24	12	W 1	10,084
37	Thu, Jan 17, 1952	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	3OT	105	110	24	13	L 1
38	Sat, Jan 19, 1952	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		85	96	24	14	L 2
39	Sun, Jan 20, 1952	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W	2OT	91	81	25	14	W 1
40	Wed, Jan 23, 1952	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L	OT	97	99	25	15	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sat, Jan 26, 1952	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W		57	56	26	15	W 1
42	Sun, Jan 27, 1952	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		91	62	27	15	W 2
43	Wed, Jan 30, 1952	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		77	65	28	15	W 3
44	Thu, Jan 31, 1952	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		85	78	29	15	W 4
45	Fri, Feb 1, 1952	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L		77	85	29	16	L 1
46	Sun, Feb 3, 1952	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		77	75	30	16	W 1
47	Thu, Feb 7, 1952	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		86	75	31	16	W 2
48	Sat, Feb 9, 1952	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	L		67	70	31	17	L 1
49	Sun, Feb 10, 1952	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	L	2OT	69	70	31	18	L 2
50	Thu, Feb 14, 1952	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		109	74	32	18	W 1			at Grand Forks, ND
51	Sat, Feb 16, 1952	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		75	77	32	19	L 1	8,933		at Saint Paul, MN
52	Sun, Feb 17, 1952	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		87	99	32	20	L 2
53	Tue, Feb 19, 1952	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		96	98	32	21	L 3
54	Wed, Feb 20, 1952	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		93	78	33	21	W 1
55	Thu, Feb 21, 1952	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		80	88	33	22	L 1
56	Sat, Feb 23, 1952	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		83	73	34	22	W 1
57	Sun, Feb 24, 1952	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		70	83	34	23	L 1
58	Mon, Feb 25, 1952	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		108	95	35	23	W 1
59	Sat, Mar 1, 1952	Box Score	N	Indianapolis Olympians	W		98	88	36	23	W 2			at Saint Paul, MN
60	Sun, Mar 2, 1952	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W		96	85	37	23	W 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Tue, Mar 4, 1952	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		81	83	37	24	L 1
62	Wed, Mar 5, 1952	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		74	82	37	25	L 2	4,016
63	Sat, Mar 8, 1952	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L	OT	92	94	37	26	L 3
64	Sun, Mar 9, 1952	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		96	90	38	26	W 1
65	Wed, Mar 12, 1952	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		85	83	39	26	W 2
66	Sun, Mar 16, 1952	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		126	82	40	26	W 3

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sun, Mar 23, 1952	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W		78	70	1	0	W 1
2	Tue, Mar 25, 1952	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	W		94	87	2	0	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
3	Sat, Mar 29, 1952	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		78	88	2	1	L 1
4	Sun, Mar 30, 1952	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W	OT	83	78	3	1	W 1
5	Sat, Apr 5, 1952	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		77	67	4	1	W 2
6	Sun, Apr 6, 1952	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		82	80	5	1	W 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
7	Sat, Apr 12, 1952	Box Score		New York Knicks	W	OT	83	79	6	1	W 4	8,722		at Saint Paul, MN
8	Sun, Apr 13, 1952	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		72	80	6	2	L 1			at Saint Paul, MN
9	Wed, Apr 16, 1952	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		82	77	7	2	W 1	4,500		at 69th Regiment Armory
10	Fri, Apr 18, 1952	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L	OT	89	90	7	3	L 1	5,200		at 69th Regiment Armory
11	Sun, Apr 20, 1952	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		102	89	8	3	W 1	7,244		at Saint Paul, MN
12	Wed, Apr 23, 1952	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		68	76	8	4	L 1	3,000		at 69th Regiment Armory
13	Fri, Apr 25, 1952	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		82	65	9	4	W 1	8,612

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