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1952-53 Minneapolis Lakers Schedule and Results

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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 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		Boston Celtics	W		94	91	1	0	W 1	5,359
2	Sun, Nov 2, 1952	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		81	69	2	0	W 2
3	Wed, Nov 5, 1952	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		97	75	3	0	W 3
4	Sat, Nov 8, 1952	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		93	71	4	0	W 4
5	Sun, Nov 9, 1952	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		89	96	4	1	L 1
6	Tue, Nov 11, 1952	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		101	92	5	1	W 1	13,909
7	Thu, Nov 13, 1952	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		91	100	5	2	L 1
8	Sat, Nov 15, 1952	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		89	97	5	3	L 2
9	Sun, Nov 16, 1952	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		87	51	6	3	W 1
10	Thu, Nov 20, 1952	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		89	81	7	3	W 2
11	Sat, Nov 22, 1952	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		96	89	8	3	W 3
12	Sun, Nov 23, 1952	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W		62	46	9	3	W 4
13	Thu, Nov 27, 1952	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W		90	69	10	3	W 5
14	Fri, Nov 28, 1952	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	W		97	82	11	3	W 6
15	Sat, Nov 29, 1952	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		71	83	11	4	L 1
16	Sun, Nov 30, 1952	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		91	66	12	4	W 1
17	Mon, Dec 1, 1952	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		89	67	13	4	W 2			at Saint Paul, MN
18	Wed, Dec 3, 1952	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W	OT	106	102	14	4	W 3	7,034
19	Thu, Dec 4, 1952	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		81	71	15	4	W 4
20	Sat, Dec 6, 1952	Box Score		New York Knicks	W	OT	85	78	16	4	W 5
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Mon, Dec 8, 1952	Box Score	N	Indianapolis Olympians	L		76	81	16	5	L 1			at Milwaukee, WI
22	Thu, Dec 11, 1952	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		82	79	17	5	W 1
23	Sun, Dec 14, 1952	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		95	77	18	5	W 2
24	Fri, Dec 19, 1952	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	W		87	69	19	5	W 3
25	Sat, Dec 20, 1952	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	L		75	86	19	6	L 1
26	Thu, Dec 25, 1952	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W		90	73	20	6	W 1
27	Sat, Dec 27, 1952	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		94	71	21	6	W 2
28	Sun, Dec 28, 1952	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		86	77	22	6	W 3
29	Tue, Dec 30, 1952	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L		69	74	22	7	L 1
30	Wed, Dec 31, 1952	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		82	56	23	7	W 1
31	Fri, Jan 2, 1953	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		74	66	24	7	W 2			at Chicago, IL
32	Sat, Jan 3, 1953	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		79	75	25	7	W 3			at Hibbing, MN
33	Sun, Jan 4, 1953	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W	OT	83	80	26	7	W 4
34	Tue, Jan 6, 1953	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	L		69	85	26	8	L 1			at Milwaukee, WI
35	Thu, Jan 8, 1953	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		67	75	26	9	L 2
36	Sat, Jan 10, 1953	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		84	79	27	9	W 1			at Saint Paul, MN
37	Sun, Jan 11, 1953	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		85	79	28	9	W 2
38	Wed, Jan 14, 1953	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W	2OT	112	104	29	9	W 3
39	Sat, Jan 17, 1953	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		101	109	29	10	L 1
40	Sun, Jan 18, 1953	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	L		70	83	29	11	L 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Fri, Jan 23, 1953	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	L		65	67	29	12	L 3			at Indianapolis, IN
42	Sun, Jan 25, 1953	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		87	82	30	12	W 1	6,144
43	Tue, Jan 27, 1953	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		96	76	31	12	W 2			at Grand Forks, ND
44	Thu, Jan 29, 1953	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		65	83	31	13	L 1
45	Sat, Jan 31, 1953	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		87	80	32	13	W 1
46	Sun, Feb 1, 1953	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		92	76	33	13	W 2
47	Tue, Feb 3, 1953	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L	3OT	93	96	33	14	L 1
48	Thu, Feb 5, 1953	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		81	73	34	14	W 1
49	Sat, Feb 7, 1953	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		72	87	34	15	L 1
50	Sun, Feb 8, 1953	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W		71	67	35	15	W 1
51	Thu, Feb 12, 1953	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		91	81	36	15	W 2
52	Sat, Feb 14, 1953	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		92	84	37	15	W 3
53	Sun, Feb 15, 1953	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W		80	71	38	15	W 4
54	Tue, Feb 17, 1953	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	L		70	74	38	16	L 1			at Moorhead, MN
55	Thu, Feb 19, 1953	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		107	87	39	16	W 1
56	Sat, Feb 21, 1953	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		85	75	40	16	W 2
57	Sun, Feb 22, 1953	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		78	90	40	17	L 1
58	Tue, Feb 24, 1953	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		63	79	40	18	L 2
59	Wed, Feb 25, 1953	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		85	72	41	18	W 1
60	Thu, Feb 26, 1953	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		85	73	42	18	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Fri, Feb 27, 1953	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		98	75	43	18	W 3			at Cleveland, OH
62	Sun, Mar 1, 1953	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		102	80	44	18	W 4			at Saint Paul, MN
63	Tue, Mar 3, 1953	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		86	68	45	18	W 5			at Milwaukee, WI
64	Thu, Mar 5, 1953	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		91	94	45	19	L 1
65	Fri, Mar 6, 1953	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		85	100	45	20	L 2	13,909
66	Sat, Mar 7, 1953	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		82	84	45	21	L 3
67	Sun, Mar 8, 1953	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		100	73	46	21	W 1
68	Mon, Mar 9, 1953	Box Score	N	Indianapolis Olympians	L		83	95	46	22	L 1			at Moorhead, MN
69	Thu, Mar 12, 1953	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		89	77	47	22	W 1
70	Tue, Mar 17, 1953	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	W		73	71	48	22	W 2

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sun, Mar 22, 1953	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W	85	69	1	0	W 1
2	Mon, Mar 23, 1953	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	W	81	79	2	0	W 2
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
3	Thu, Mar 26, 1953	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	83	73	3	0	W 3
4	Sat, Mar 28, 1953	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	82	75	4	0	W 4
5	Mon, Mar 30, 1953	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L	95	98	4	1	L 1
6	Wed, Apr 1, 1953	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L	82	85	4	2	L 2
7	Thu, Apr 2, 1953	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	74	58	5	2	W 1
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
8	Sat, Apr 4, 1953	Box Score		New York Knicks	L	88	96	5	3	L 1	5,000
9	Sun, Apr 5, 1953	Box Score		New York Knicks	W	73	71	6	3	W 1	4,848
10	Tue, Apr 7, 1953	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W	90	75	7	3	W 2	5,100		at 69th Regiment Armory
11	Wed, Apr 8, 1953	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W	71	69	8	3	W 3	5,200		at 69th Regiment Armory
12	Fri, Apr 10, 1953	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W	91	84	9	3	W 4	5,200		at 69th Regiment Armory

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