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1952-53 Minneapolis Lakers Game Log

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Record: 48-22, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division

Coach: John Kundla (48-22)

PTS/G: 85.3 (5th of 10) Opp PTS/G: 79.2 (3rd of 10)

SRS: 5.54 (1st of 10) Pace: 93.7 (5th of 10)

Off Rtg: 90.1 (4th of 10) Def Rtg: 83.6 (1st of 10) Net Rtg: +6.5 (1st of 10)

Expected W-L: 52-18 (1st of 10)

Arena: Minneapolis Auditorium

NBA 1953 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Indianapolis Olympians (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Division Finals (3-2) versus Fort Wayne Pistons (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-1) versus New York Knicks (Series Stats)

NBA Champions
Western Div Champs

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	1	1952-11-01		BOS	W	94	91	33	79	.418				28	39	.718							40	30	74	.405				31	45	.689							34
2	2	1952-11-02	@	FTW	W	81	69	26						29	42	.690							31	19						31	41	.756							35
3	3	1952-11-05	@	BLB	W	97	75	36						25	37	.676							34	24						27	42	.643							28
4	4	1952-11-08	@	PHW	W	93	71	38	85	.447				17	23	.739		54	26				16	27	89	.303				17	21	.810		57	22				20
5	5	1952-11-09	@	SYR	L	89	96	32						25	31	.806							43	30						36	53	.679							28
6	6	1952-11-11	@	BOS	W	101	92	30	82	.366				41	49	.837			24				37	26	84	.310				40	47	.851			23				37
7	7	1952-11-13	@	NYK	L	91	100	34						23	37	.622							28	40						20	34	.588							31
8	8	1952-11-15	@	ROC	L	89	97	30						29	38	.763							29	35						27	36	.750							29
9	9	1952-11-16		MLH	W	87	51	35	84	.417				17	27	.630							23	17	80	.213				17	31	.548							24
10	10	1952-11-20	@	FTW	W	89	81	31						27	33	.818							17	32						17	22	.773							25
11	11	1952-11-22		FTW	W	96	89	34	93	.366				28	40	.700							28	29	87	.333				31	39	.795							27
12	12	1952-11-23	@	MLH	W	62	46	21						20	29	.690							13	17						12	19	.632							22
13	13	1952-11-27		INO	W	90	69	32	75	.427				26	36	.722							24	24	92	.261				21	28	.750							26
14	14	1952-11-28	@	INO	W	97	82	37						23	28	.821							24	30						22	37	.595							25
15	15	1952-11-29	@	ROC	L	71	83	23	67	.343				25	32	.781							28	28	88	.318				27	34	.794							23
16	16	1952-11-30		PHW	W	91	66	39	102	.382				13	15	.867							20	22	73	.301				22	26	.846							14
17	17	1952-12-01	N	BLB	W	89	67	37	91	.407				15	28	.536							25	25	76	.329				17	29	.586							19
18	18	1952-12-03	@	BOS	W	106	102	43	92	.467				20	25	.800			35				26	36	100	.360				30	34	.882			29				19
19	19	1952-12-04	@	NYK	W	81	71	30						21	33	.636							27	23						25	35	.714							32
20	20	1952-12-06		NYK	W	85	78	30	71	.423				25	33	.758							15	32	80	.400				14	19	.737							27
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
21	21	1952-12-08	N	INO	L	76	81	30						16	22	.727							34	23						35	43	.814							18
22	22	1952-12-11		SYR	W	82	79	25	71	.352				32	46	.696							33	23	62	.371				33	42	.786							44
23	23	1952-12-14		ROC	W	95	77	28	82	.341				39	46	.848							34	25	80	.313				27	40	.675							38
24	24	1952-12-19	@	INO	W	87	69	33						21	25	.840							24	24						21	32	.656							22
25	25	1952-12-20	@	MLH	L	75	86	33	108	.306				9	15	.600							22	32	75	.427				22	34	.647							12
26	26	1952-12-25		INO	W	90	73	39	98	.398				12	18	.667							26	27	74	.365				19	31	.613							14
27	27	1952-12-27		BOS	W	94	71	42	98	.429				10	16	.625							18	27	87	.310				17	24	.708							10
28	28	1952-12-28		MLH	W	86	77	36	86	.419				14	18	.778							19	29	83	.349				19	27	.704							17
29	29	1952-12-30	@	INO	L	69	74	26						17	24	.708							27	25						24	32	.750							16
30	30	1952-12-31		BLB	W	82	56	28	75	.373				26	34	.765							24	22	81	.272				12	27	.444							30
31	31	1953-01-02	N	MLH	W	74	66	32						10	14	.714							15	25						16	20	.800							13
32	32	1953-01-03	N	MLH	W	79	75	26						27	39	.692							22	28						19	27	.704							29
33	33	1953-01-04		ROC	W	83	80	31	67	.463				21	31	.677							28	26	63	.413				28	34	.824							25
34	34	1953-01-06	N	ROC	L	69	85	22						25	36	.694							36	27						31	43	.721							29
35	35	1953-01-08	@	SYR	L	67	75	22						23	31	.742							36	19						37	52	.712							21
36	36	1953-01-10	N	FTW	W	84	79	26	72	.361				32	40	.800							26	29	79	.367				21	38	.553							30
37	37	1953-01-11		NYK	W	85	79	27	63	.429				31	42	.738							26	25	78	.321				29	36	.806							35
38	38	1953-01-14	@	BLB	W	112	104	35						42	45	.933							38	36						32	46	.696							36
39	39	1953-01-17	@	ROC	L	101	109	35						31	37	.838							41	34						41	53	.774							32
40	40	1953-01-18		MLH	L	70	83	23	76	.303				24	36	.667							23	32	72	.444				19	29	.655							27
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
41	41	1953-01-23	N	MLH	L	65	67	25						15	22	.682							30	20						27	37	.730							18
42	42	1953-01-25		BOS	W	87	82	34	83	.410				19	29	.655							32	27	76	.355				28	43	.651							27
43	43	1953-01-27	N	FTW	W	96	76	36						24	32	.750							28	24						28	39	.718							25
44	44	1953-01-29		SYR	L	65	83	20	80	.250				25	30	.833							27	29	77	.377				25	31	.806							26
45	45	1953-01-31		FTW	W	87	80	30	65	.462				27	47	.574							26	29	84	.345				22	34	.647							39
46	46	1953-02-01	@	FTW	W	92	76	30						32	40	.800							26	25						26	36	.722							36
47	47	1953-02-03	@	INO	L	93	96	37						19	29	.655							30	33						30	37	.811							25
48	48	1953-02-05		NYK	W	81	73	29	66	.439				23	38	.605							32	24	81	.296				25	37	.676							35
49	49	1953-02-07	@	ROC	L	72	87	23						26	29	.897							26	31						25	37	.676							23
50	50	1953-02-08		INO	W	71	67	24	73	.329				23	31	.742							22	23	71	.324				21	28	.750							22
51	51	1953-02-12		SYR	W	91	81	35	86	.407				21	29	.724							28	23	68	.338				35	39	.897							25
52	52	1953-02-14		PHW	W	92	84	32	87	.368				28	41	.683							29	32	85	.376				20	34	.588							31
53	53	1953-02-15	@	MLH	W	80	71	27						26	32	.813							33	23						25	41	.610							30
54	54	1953-02-17	N	BLB	L	70	74	25	76	.329				20	25	.800							28	28	56	.500				18	32	.563							22
55	55	1953-02-19		ROC	W	107	87	34	66	.515				39	56	.696							27	30	101	.297				27	35	.771							50
56	56	1953-02-21		FTW	W	85	75	27	58	.466				31	38	.816							31	22	72	.306				31	41	.756							33
57	57	1953-02-22	@	FTW	L	78	90	25						28	38	.737							39	27						36	49	.735							30
58	58	1953-02-24	@	NYK	L	63	79	25						13	27	.481							36	26						27	43	.628							22
59	59	1953-02-25	@	BLB	W	85	72	35						15	20	.750							18	28						16	21	.762							15
60	60	1953-02-26	@	PHW	W	85	73	31	77	.403				23	30	.767		47	23				16	28	90	.311				17	24	.708		62	22				22
								Team																Opponent
Rk	G	Date		Opp	W/L	Tm	Opp	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
61	61	1953-02-27	N	PHW	W	98	75	40						18	20	.900							18	29						17	25	.680							11
62	62	1953-03-01	N	PHW	W	102	80	37	83	.446				28	37	.757							20	31	76	.408				18	27	.667							26
63	63	1953-03-03	N	FTW	W	86	68	30						26	29	.897							19	25						18	26	.692							22
64	64	1953-03-05	@	SYR	L	91	94	33	82	.402				25	32	.781							38	28	62	.452				38	48	.792							27
65	65	1953-03-06	@	BOS	L	85	100	33	78	.423				19	25	.760							23	40	93	.430				20	32	.625							20
66	66	1953-03-07	@	ROC	L	82	84	31						20	24	.833							26	31						22	40	.550							17
67	67	1953-03-08		MLH	W	100	73	41	86	.477				18	23	.783							23	28	87	.322				17	34	.500							18
68	68	1953-03-09	N	INO	L	83	95	32						19	25	.760							47	29						37	53	.698							22
69	69	1953-03-12		ROC	W	89	77	29	72	.403				31	39	.795							26	27	75	.360				23	35	.657							30
70	70	1953-03-17	@	INO	W	73	71	26						21	29	.724							29	21						29	37	.784							24

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