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1951-52 New York Knicks Roster and Stats

Record: 37-29, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Joe Lapchick (37-29)

PTS/G: 85.0 (6th of 10) Opp PTS/G: 84.2 (7th of 10)

SRS: 0.67 (5th of 10) Pace: 94.9 (7th of 10)

Off Rtg: 88.7 (5th of 10) Def Rtg: 87.9 (6th of 10) Net Rtg: +0.8 (5th of 10)

Expected W-L: 35-31 (5th of 10)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (III)

NBA 1952 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-1) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (3-1) versus Syracuse Nationals (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (3-4) versus Minneapolis Lakers (Series Stats)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
12	Vince Boryla	SF	6-5	210	March 11, 1927	us US	2	Notre Dame, Denver
8	Nat Clifton	PF	6-6	220	October 13, 1922	us US	1	Xavier University of Louisiana
11	Harry Gallatin	PF	6-6	210	April 26, 1927	us US	3	Truman State University
6, 17	George Kaftan	SF	6-3	190	February 22, 1928	us US	3	Holy Cross
7	Ray Lumpp	SG	6-1	178	July 11, 1923	us US	3	NYU
3, 16	Al McGuire	PG	6-2	180	September 7, 1928	us US	R	St. John's
15	Dick McGuire	PG	6-0	180	January 25, 1926	us US	2	St. John's, Dartmouth College
19, 22	Herb Scherer	C	6-9	212	December 21, 1928	us US	1	Long Island University
18	Connie Simmons	C	6-8	222	March 15, 1925	us US	5
9	Ernie Vandeweghe	SF	6-3	195	September 12, 1928	ca CA	2	Colgate
10	Max Zaslofsky	SG	6-2	170	December 7, 1925	us US	5	St. John's

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Vince Boryla	24	SF	42	34.3	4.8	12.4	.387	2.3	2.7	.835	5.2	2.1	2.9	11.9
2	Nat Clifton	29	PF	62	33.9	3.9	11.8	.335	2.7	4.1	.664	11.8	3.4	3.7	10.6
3	Max Zaslofsky	26	SG	66	32.0	4.9	14.5	.336	4.3	5.8	.755	2.9	2.4	2.8	14.1	AS
4	Dick McGuire	26	PG	64	31.5	3.2	7.4	.430	2.9	4.5	.631	5.2	6.1	2.8	9.2	AS
5	Harry Gallatin	24	PF	66	29.3	3.5	8.0	.442	4.2	5.2	.806	10.0	1.7	3.4	11.2	AS
6	Ernie Vandeweghe	23	SF	57	26.4	3.5	8.0	.438	2.2	2.8	.775	4.6	2.9	3.3	9.2
7	Connie Simmons	26	C	66	23.6	3.4	9.1	.378	2.7	3.8	.689	7.1	1.8	3.2	9.5
8	Ray Lumpp	28	SG	62	21.2	3.0	7.7	.387	1.5	1.9	.756	2.0	2.0	2.7	7.4
9	George Kaftan	23	SF	52	18.4	2.2	5.9	.375	1.8	2.6	.687	3.8	1.7	2.1	6.2
10	Herb Scherer	23	C	12	13.9	1.6	5.4	.292	0.8	1.2	.643	2.2	0.5	2.1	3.9
11	Al McGuire	23	PG	59	13.4	1.2	2.8	.431	1.1	2.1	.525	2.1	1.8	2.3	3.5
	Team Totals			66	26.1	30.6	80.0	.383	23.7	33.1	.716	58.1	23.7	26.8	85.0

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Dick McGuire	26	PG	14	39.0	3.4	7.6	.449	3.5	6.1	.570	5.1	6.4	3.3	10.4
2	Max Zaslofsky	26	SG	14	36.1	4.9	13.2	.373	6.4	7.9	.809	3.1	1.6	3.6	16.2
3	Harry Gallatin	24	PF	14	33.6	3.6	8.7	.410	3.6	4.7	.773	9.6	1.4	3.2	10.8
4	Nat Clifton	29	PF	14	33.0	2.8	9.5	.293	3.9	5.4	.711	9.5	2.4	4.8	9.4
5	Connie Simmons	26	C	14	30.5	5.5	11.9	.464	4.9	6.4	.764	7.7	0.9	3.9	15.9
6	Ernie Vandeweghe	23	SF	14	29.6	3.6	8.4	.432	3.5	4.3	.817	4.9	1.9	4.1	10.8
7	George Kaftan	23	SF	13	17.8	2.0	5.1	.394	2.2	3.2	.667	2.3	1.7	3.2	6.2
8	Ray Lumpp	28	SG	12	16.2	1.1	4.4	.245	1.9	2.1	.920	1.6	1.3	2.9	4.1
9	Al McGuire	23	PG	13	16.0	1.5	3.9	.392	1.5	2.1	.741	1.3	1.1	2.6	4.6
	Team Totals			14	247.1	28.1	71.5	.393	30.8	41.5	.742	53.1	18.3	30.9	86.9

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Max Zaslofsky	26	SG	66	2113	5.5	16.3	.336	4.9	6.5	.755	3.3	2.7	3.1	15.9	AS
2	Nat Clifton	29	PF	62	2101	4.2	12.5	.335	2.9	4.4	.664	12.5	3.6	3.9	11.3
3	Dick McGuire	26	PG	64	2018	3.6	8.5	.430	3.3	5.2	.631	5.9	6.9	3.2	10.5	AS
4	Harry Gallatin	24	PF	66	1931	4.3	9.8	.442	5.1	6.4	.806	12.3	2.1	4.2	13.8	AS
5	Connie Simmons	26	C	66	1558	5.2	13.9	.378	4.0	5.9	.689	10.9	2.8	4.9	14.5
6	Ernie Vandeweghe	23	SF	57	1507	4.8	10.9	.438	3.0	3.8	.775	6.3	3.9	4.5	12.5
7	Vince Boryla	24	SF	42	1440	5.0	13.1	.387	2.4	2.9	.835	5.5	2.3	3.0	12.5
8	Ray Lumpp	28	SG	62	1317	5.0	13.0	.387	2.5	3.3	.756	3.4	3.4	4.5	12.5
9	George Kaftan	23	SF	52	955	4.3	11.6	.375	3.5	5.1	.687	7.4	3.3	4.0	12.1
10	Al McGuire	23	PG	59	788	3.3	7.6	.431	2.9	5.6	.525	5.5	4.9	6.2	9.5
11	Herb Scherer	23	C	12	167	4.1	14.0	.292	1.9	3.0	.643	5.6	1.3	5.4	10.1

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Dick McGuire	26	PG	14	546	3.2	7.1	.449	3.2	5.7	.570	4.7	5.9	3.0	9.6
2	Max Zaslofsky	26	SG	14	506	4.9	13.2	.373	6.3	7.8	.809	3.1	1.6	3.6	16.2
3	Harry Gallatin	24	PF	14	471	3.8	9.3	.410	3.9	5.0	.773	10.2	1.5	3.4	11.5
4	Nat Clifton	29	PF	14	462	3.0	10.4	.293	4.2	5.9	.711	10.4	2.6	5.2	10.3
5	Connie Simmons	26	C	14	427	6.5	14.0	.464	5.7	7.5	.764	9.1	1.0	4.6	18.7
6	Ernie Vandeweghe	23	SF	14	414	4.4	10.3	.432	4.3	5.2	.817	6.0	2.3	5.0	13.1
7	George Kaftan	23	SF	13	232	4.0	10.2	.394	4.3	6.5	.667	4.7	3.4	6.4	12.4
8	Al McGuire	23	PG	13	208	3.5	8.8	.392	3.5	4.7	.741	2.9	2.4	5.9	10.4
9	Ray Lumpp	28	SG	12	194	2.4	9.8	.245	4.3	4.6	.920	3.5	2.8	6.5	9.1