1952-53 New York Knicks Roster and Stats

Record: 47-23, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Joe Lapchick (47-23)

PTS/G: 85.5 (4th of 10) Opp PTS/G: 80.3 (4th of 10)

SRS: 4.39 (2nd of 10) Pace: 93.1 (6th of 10)

Off Rtg: 90.5 (3rd of 10) Def Rtg: 85.0 (2nd of 10) Net Rtg: +5.5 (2nd of 10)

Expected W-L: 50-20 (2nd of 10)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (III)

NBA 1953 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Baltimore Bullets (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (3-1) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (1-4) 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	3	Notre Dame, Denver
4	Carl Braun	SG	6-5	180	September 25, 1927	us US	3	Colgate
3	Dick Bunt	PG	6-0	170	July 13, 1930	us US	R	NYU
8	Nat Clifton	PF	6-6	220	October 13, 1922	us US	2	Xavier University of Louisiana
	Jerry Fleishman	G-F	6-2	190	February 14, 1922	us US	4	NYU
11	Harry Gallatin	PF	6-6	210	April 26, 1927	us US	4	Truman State University
7	Ray Lumpp	G	6-1	178	July 11, 1923	us US	4	NYU
16	Al McGuire	PG	6-2	180	September 7, 1928	us US	1	St. John's
15	Dick McGuire	PG	6-0	180	January 25, 1926	us US	3	St. John's
6	Ralph Polson	PF	6-7	200	October 26, 1929	us US	R	Whitworth
5	Sherwin Raiken	G	6-2	185	October 29, 1928	us US	R	Villanova
18	Connie Simmons	C	6-8	222	March 15, 1925	us US	6
14, 17	Dick Surhoff	SF	6-4	210	November 16, 1929	us US	R	Long Island University
9	Ernie Vandeweghe	SG	6-3	195	September 12, 1928	ca CA	3	Colgate
10	Max Zaslofsky	SG	6-2	170	December 7, 1925	us US	6	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	Nat Clifton	30	PF	70	35.7	3.9	11.3	.343	2.9	4.9	.583	10.9	3.3	3.9	10.6
2	Vince Boryla	25	SF	66	33.3	3.8	10.4	.370	2.5	3.0	.821	3.5	2.5	3.4	10.2
3	Harry Gallatin	25	PF	70	33.3	4.0	9.1	.444	4.3	6.1	.700	13.1	1.8	3.2	12.4	AS
4	Carl Braun	25	SG	70	33.1	4.6	11.5	.400	4.7	5.7	.825	3.3	3.5	4.1	14.0	AS
5	Dick McGuire	27	PG	61	29.2	2.3	6.1	.381	2.5	4.4	.569	4.6	4.9	2.8	7.2
6	Ernie Vandeweghe	24	SG	61	28.6	4.5	10.2	.435	3.1	4.0	.766	5.6	2.4	4.0	12.0
7	Connie Simmons	27	C	65	26.3	3.7	9.8	.377	3.8	5.2	.732	7.0	2.0	3.9	11.2
8	Max Zaslofsky	27	SG	29	24.9	4.2	11.0	.384	3.4	4.9	.690	2.6	1.9	2.8	11.9
9	Al McGuire	24	PG	58	21.2	1.9	4.9	.390	2.2	3.5	.637	2.9	2.5	3.6	6.1
10	Ray Lumpp	29		6	16.5	1.3	5.0	.267	2.0	2.0	1.000	3.7	2.5	2.8	4.7
11	Ralph Polson	23	PF	3	12.3	1.0	3.0	.333	1.3	2.0	.667	2.7	0.7	2.7	3.3
12	Sherwin Raiken	24		6	10.5	0.5	3.5	.143	0.5	1.3	.375	1.3	1.0	1.7	1.5
13	Dick Bunt	22	PG	14	10.4	0.9	3.8	.226	1.2	1.8	.680	0.9	0.7	1.3	2.9
14	Dick Surhoff	23	SF	26	7.2	0.5	2.3	.213	0.7	1.2	.633	1.0	0.3	1.4	1.7
	Team Totals			70	28.2	3.4	8.8	.386	3.1	4.4	.704	5.9	2.6	3.4	9.9

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Nat Clifton	30	PF	11	36.8	4.6	11.7	.395	2.7	4.3	.638	12.7	3.5	4.4	12.0
2	Vince Boryla	25	SF	11	36.1	4.0	10.5	.379	2.6	3.1	.853	3.2	1.8	3.2	10.6
3	Carl Braun	25	SG	11	34.0	4.3	13.2	.324	4.9	6.1	.806	4.0	2.8	4.2	13.5
4	Dick McGuire	27	PG	11	32.7	2.2	5.4	.407	3.2	5.0	.636	5.7	6.4	2.3	7.5
5	Connie Simmons	27	C	11	31.0	4.3	11.6	.367	4.6	6.4	.729	7.5	2.3	4.4	13.2
6	Ernie Vandeweghe	24	SG	11	30.9	4.5	10.2	.438	4.2	5.5	.754	5.8	2.5	4.5	13.1
7	Harry Gallatin	25	PF	11	27.5	3.3	7.8	.419	4.0	5.4	.746	10.9	1.4	2.6	10.5
8	Jerry Fleishman	30		2	13.0	1.0	1.5	.667	3.0	6.5	.462	2.5	3.5	3.5	5.0
9	Al McGuire	24	PG	7	8.9	0.4	2.0	.214	0.0	1.0	.000	1.0	1.3	1.6	0.9
10	Sherwin Raiken	24		4	4.8	1.0	1.3	.800	0.0	0.3	.000	0.3	0.5	0.8	2.0
11	Dick Surhoff	23	SF	4	3.3	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.5	0.5	1.0
	Team Totals			22	28.1	3.3	8.5	.386	3.1	4.4	.713	6.0	2.6	3.2	9.7

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Nat Clifton	30	PF	70	2496	3.9	11.5	.343	2.9	4.9	.583	11.0	3.3	4.0	10.7
2	Harry Gallatin	25	PF	70	2333	4.4	9.8	.444	4.6	6.6	.700	14.1	1.9	3.5	13.3	AS
3	Carl Braun	25	SG	70	2316	5.0	12.5	.400	5.1	6.2	.825	3.6	3.8	4.5	15.2	AS
4	Vince Boryla	25	SF	66	2200	4.2	11.2	.370	2.7	3.3	.821	3.8	2.7	3.7	11.0
5	Dick McGuire	27	PG	61	1783	2.9	7.5	.381	3.1	5.4	.569	5.7	6.0	3.5	8.8
6	Ernie Vandeweghe	24	SG	61	1745	5.6	12.9	.435	3.9	5.0	.766	7.1	3.0	5.0	15.1
7	Connie Simmons	27	C	65	1707	5.1	13.4	.377	5.3	7.2	.732	9.7	2.7	5.3	15.4
8	Al McGuire	24	PG	58	1231	3.3	8.4	.390	3.7	5.9	.637	4.9	4.2	6.0	10.3
9	Max Zaslofsky	27	SG	29	722	6.1	16.0	.384	4.9	7.1	.690	3.7	2.7	4.0	17.2
10	Dick Surhoff	23	SF	26	187	2.5	11.7	.213	3.7	5.8	.633	4.8	1.7	6.9	8.7
11	Dick Bunt	22	PG	14	146	3.0	13.1	.226	4.2	6.2	.680	3.2	2.5	4.4	10.1
12	Ray Lumpp	29		6	99	2.9	10.9	.267	4.4	4.4	1.000	8.0	5.5	6.2	10.2
13	Sherwin Raiken	24		6	63	1.7	12.0	.143	1.7	4.6	.375	4.6	3.4	5.7	5.1
14	Ralph Polson	23	PF	3	37	2.9	8.8	.333	3.9	5.8	.667	7.8	1.9	7.8	9.7

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Nat Clifton	30	PF	11	405	4.5	11.5	.395	2.7	4.2	.638	12.4	3.5	4.3	11.7
2	Vince Boryla	25	SF	11	397	4.0	10.5	.379	2.6	3.1	.853	3.2	1.8	3.2	10.6
3	Carl Braun	25	SG	11	374	4.5	14.0	.324	5.2	6.4	.806	4.2	3.0	4.4	14.2
4	Dick McGuire	27	PG	11	360	2.4	5.9	.407	3.5	5.5	.636	6.3	7.0	2.5	8.3
5	Connie Simmons	27	C	11	341	5.0	13.5	.367	5.4	7.4	.729	8.7	2.6	5.1	15.3
6	Ernie Vandeweghe	24	SG	11	340	5.2	11.9	.438	4.9	6.5	.754	6.8	2.9	5.3	15.2
7	Harry Gallatin	25	PF	11	303	4.3	10.2	.419	5.2	7.0	.746	14.3	1.8	3.4	13.8
8	Al McGuire	24	PG	7	62	1.7	8.1	.214	0.0	4.1	.000	4.1	5.2	6.4	3.5
9	Jerry Fleishman	30		2	26	2.8	4.2	.667	8.3	18.0	.462	6.9	9.7	9.7	13.8
10	Sherwin Raiken	24		4	19	7.6	9.5	.800	0.0	1.9	.000	1.9	3.8	5.7	15.2
11	Dick Surhoff	23	SF	4	13	5.5	11.1	.500	0.0	0.0		5.5	5.5	5.5	11.1