1951-52 New York Knicks Schedule and Results

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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)

NBA Runners-up
Eastern 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	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W		68	66	1	0	W 1
2	Sun, Nov 4, 1951	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		75	84	1	1	L 1
3	Tue, Nov 6, 1951	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	W		83	73	2	1	W 1
4	Sat, Nov 10, 1951	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		73	89	2	2	L 1
5	Sun, Nov 11, 1951	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		78	80	2	3	L 2
6	Tue, Nov 13, 1951	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		85	82	3	3	W 1
7	Sat, Nov 17, 1951	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		72	79	3	4	L 1
8	Sun, Nov 18, 1951	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		93	92	4	4	W 1	3,106
9	Tue, Nov 20, 1951	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		88	86	5	4	W 2			at Philadelphia, PA
10	Thu, Nov 22, 1951	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		102	88	6	4	W 3
11	Sat, Nov 24, 1951	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		68	70	6	5	L 1	9,639
12	Sun, Nov 25, 1951	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		73	100	6	6	L 2
13	Tue, Nov 27, 1951	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		81	83	6	7	L 3
14	Thu, Nov 29, 1951	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L		74	78	6	8	L 4
15	Sat, Dec 1, 1951	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		82	84	6	9	L 5
16	Sun, Dec 2, 1951	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		86	72	7	9	W 1
17	Fri, Dec 7, 1951	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		91	93	7	10	L 1
18	Sun, Dec 9, 1951	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		94	103	7	11	L 2	10,288
19	Tue, Dec 11, 1951	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		88	83	8	11	W 1
20	Fri, Dec 14, 1951	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L		79	83	8	12	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sun, Dec 16, 1951	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		80	71	9	12	W 1
22	Tue, Dec 18, 1951	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		69	67	10	12	W 2
23	Sat, Dec 22, 1951	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		92	73	11	12	W 3
24	Sun, Dec 23, 1951	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		75	72	12	12	W 4
25	Tue, Dec 25, 1951	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		72	65	13	12	W 5
26	Wed, Dec 26, 1951	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	L		76	78	13	13	L 1			at Baltimore, MD
27	Thu, Dec 27, 1951	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		85	98	13	14	L 2
28	Sun, Dec 30, 1951	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		90	100	13	15	L 3	7,045
29	Mon, Dec 31, 1951	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W	OT	87	86	14	15	W 1	14,189
30	Tue, Jan 1, 1952	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W		68	65	15	15	W 2
31	Wed, Jan 2, 1952	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		89	67	16	15	W 3			at Chicago, IL
32	Fri, Jan 4, 1952	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L		73	83	16	16	L 1
33	Sun, Jan 6, 1952	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		92	107	16	17	L 2
34	Tue, Jan 8, 1952	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		107	74	17	17	W 1
35	Thu, Jan 10, 1952	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		96	110	17	18	L 1
36	Sat, Jan 12, 1952	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W		86	77	18	18	W 1
37	Sun, Jan 13, 1952	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		70	97	18	19	L 1
38	Sat, Jan 19, 1952	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		94	88	19	19	W 1
39	Mon, Jan 21, 1952	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		99	83	20	19	W 2
40	Tue, Jan 22, 1952	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		82	78	21	19	W 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sat, Jan 26, 1952	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W		99	93	22	19	W 4
42	Sun, Jan 27, 1952	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		92	100	22	20	L 1
43	Tue, Jan 29, 1952	Box Score	N	Indianapolis Olympians	L		72	100	22	21	L 2			at Louisville, KY
44	Wed, Jan 30, 1952	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		65	77	22	22	L 3
45	Sat, Feb 2, 1952	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		91	83	23	22	W 1	5,000
46	Sun, Feb 3, 1952	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		95	100	23	23	L 1	5,239
47	Mon, Feb 4, 1952	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		81	82	23	24	L 2
48	Wed, Feb 6, 1952	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		73	70	24	24	W 1
49	Fri, Feb 8, 1952	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		103	83	25	24	W 2			at Philadelphia, PA
50	Sat, Feb 9, 1952	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		96	86	26	24	W 3
51	Tue, Feb 12, 1952	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		78	69	27	24	W 4
52	Sat, Feb 16, 1952	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		102	82	28	24	W 5
53	Sun, Feb 17, 1952	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		61	66	28	25	L 1
54	Tue, Feb 19, 1952	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		98	96	29	25	W 1
55	Fri, Feb 22, 1952	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		95	118	29	26	L 1
56	Sat, Feb 23, 1952	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	OT	82	77	30	26	W 1
57	Mon, Feb 25, 1952	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		89	84	31	26	W 2
58	Sat, Mar 1, 1952	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		105	86	32	26	W 3	4,500
59	Sun, Mar 2, 1952	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		89	87	33	26	W 4	4,503
60	Tue, Mar 4, 1952	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W	OT	92	90	34	26	W 5
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Wed, Mar 5, 1952	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		88	82	35	26	W 6			at Boston, MA
62	Sat, Mar 8, 1952	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	L		99	103	35	27	L 1			at Baltimore, MD
63	Sun, Mar 9, 1952	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		79	80	35	28	L 2
64	Wed, Mar 12, 1952	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		83	85	35	29	L 3
65	Sat, Mar 15, 1952	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		97	90	36	29	W 1
66	Sun, Mar 16, 1952	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		90	84	37	29	W 2

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Wed, Mar 19, 1952	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		94	105	0	1	L 1	4,567
2	Sun, Mar 23, 1952	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		101	97	1	1	W 1	8,329
3	Wed, Mar 26, 1952	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W	2OT	88	87	2	1	W 2	10,018
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
4	Wed, Apr 2, 1952	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		87	85	3	1	W 3
5	Thu, Apr 3, 1952	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		92	102	3	2	L 1
6	Sat, Apr 5, 1952	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		99	92	4	2	W 1
7	Tue, Apr 8, 1952	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		100	93	5	2	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
8	Sat, Apr 12, 1952	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L	OT	79	83	5	3	L 1	8,722		at Saint Paul, MN
9	Sun, Apr 13, 1952	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W		80	72	6	3	W 1			at Saint Paul, MN
10	Wed, Apr 16, 1952	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		77	82	6	4	L 1	4,500		at 69th Regiment Armory
11	Fri, Apr 18, 1952	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W	OT	90	89	7	4	W 1	5,200		at 69th Regiment Armory
12	Sun, Apr 20, 1952	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		89	102	7	5	L 1	7,244		at Saint Paul, MN
13	Wed, Apr 23, 1952	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		76	68	8	5	W 1	3,000		at 69th Regiment Armory
14	Fri, Apr 25, 1952	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		65	82	8	6	L 1	8,612

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