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1952-53 New York Knicks Schedule and Results

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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)

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 1, 1952	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		69	53	1	0	W 1
2	Sat, Nov 8, 1952	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		92	62	2	0	W 2
3	Tue, Nov 11, 1952	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		94	104	2	1	L 1
4	Thu, Nov 13, 1952	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		100	91	3	1	W 1
5	Sat, Nov 15, 1952	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		79	68	4	1	W 2	12,138
6	Sun, Nov 16, 1952	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		83	112	4	2	L 1
7	Tue, Nov 18, 1952	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L		90	100	4	3	L 2
8	Thu, Nov 20, 1952	Box Score	N	Indianapolis Olympians	W		72	67	5	3	W 1			at Philadelphia, PA
9	Sat, Nov 22, 1952	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		98	68	6	3	W 2
10	Sun, Nov 23, 1952	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		73	76	6	4	L 1
11	Wed, Nov 26, 1952	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		94	92	7	4	W 1
12	Thu, Nov 27, 1952	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		104	92	8	4	W 2			at Philadelphia, PA
13	Sat, Nov 29, 1952	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W		94	72	9	4	W 3
14	Tue, Dec 2, 1952	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W	OT	89	82	10	4	W 4
15	Wed, Dec 3, 1952	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		100	75	11	4	W 5			at Boston, MA
16	Thu, Dec 4, 1952	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L		71	81	11	5	L 1
17	Sat, Dec 6, 1952	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L	OT	78	85	11	6	L 2
18	Sun, Dec 7, 1952	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		91	102	11	7	L 3
19	Tue, Dec 9, 1952	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L		75	77	11	8	L 4
20	Sat, Dec 13, 1952	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W	OT	99	97	12	8	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Sun, Dec 14, 1952	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W		74	69	13	8	W 2
22	Tue, Dec 16, 1952	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W	OT	98	93	14	8	W 3
23	Sat, Dec 20, 1952	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W	OT	102	99	15	8	W 4
24	Sun, Dec 21, 1952	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		102	77	16	8	W 5
25	Mon, Dec 22, 1952	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		80	75	17	8	W 6			at Buffalo, NY
26	Thu, Dec 25, 1952	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		97	84	18	8	W 7	13,825
27	Sat, Dec 27, 1952	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		91	92	18	9	L 1			at Baltimore, MD
28	Sun, Dec 28, 1952	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		72	54	19	9	W 1
29	Thu, Jan 1, 1953	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		108	82	20	9	W 2
30	Sat, Jan 3, 1953	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W	OT	85	77	21	9	W 3
31	Sun, Jan 4, 1953	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		100	103	21	10	L 1	3,567
32	Wed, Jan 7, 1953	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	L		93	114	21	11	L 2			at Philadelphia, PA
33	Thu, Jan 8, 1953	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		81	68	22	11	W 1
34	Fri, Jan 9, 1953	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	W		58	54	23	11	W 2
35	Sun, Jan 11, 1953	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		79	85	23	12	L 1
36	Sat, Jan 17, 1953	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		84	76	24	12	W 1
37	Sun, Jan 18, 1953	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		83	99	24	13	L 1	13,909
38	Wed, Jan 21, 1953	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	L		70	72	24	14	L 2			at Boston, MA
39	Thu, Jan 22, 1953	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W		112	89	25	14	W 1	3,500		at Philadelphia, PA
40	Sat, Jan 24, 1953	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		82	76	26	14	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sun, Jan 25, 1953	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		97	62	27	14	W 3
42	Tue, Jan 27, 1953	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		74	72	28	14	W 4
43	Thu, Jan 29, 1953	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		72	61	29	14	W 5
44	Sat, Jan 31, 1953	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		76	69	30	14	W 6	5,200
45	Sun, Feb 1, 1953	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		90	85	31	14	W 7			at Boston, MA
46	Tue, Feb 3, 1953	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		76	69	32	14	W 8			at Indianapolis, IN
47	Thu, Feb 5, 1953	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		73	81	32	15	L 1
48	Fri, Feb 6, 1953	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	W		84	73	33	15	W 1
49	Sat, Feb 7, 1953	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		86	63	34	15	W 2
50	Sun, Feb 8, 1953	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		79	87	34	16	L 1	6,273
51	Wed, Feb 11, 1953	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		86	80	35	16	W 1
52	Fri, Feb 13, 1953	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		106	96	36	16	W 2			at Boston, MA
53	Sat, Feb 14, 1953	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W		91	79	37	16	W 3
54	Sun, Feb 15, 1953	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		85	81	38	16	W 4
55	Tue, Feb 17, 1953	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		86	67	39	16	W 5
56	Wed, Feb 18, 1953	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		66	69	39	17	L 1	5,772		at Providence, RI
57	Sat, Feb 21, 1953	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		85	69	40	17	W 1
58	Sun, Feb 22, 1953	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	OT	83	87	40	18	L 1	6,638
59	Tue, Feb 24, 1953	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		79	63	41	18	W 1
60	Wed, Feb 25, 1953	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	L	OT	71	79	41	19	L 1			at Boston, MA
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sat, Feb 28, 1953	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		85	74	42	19	W 1
62	Sun, Mar 1, 1953	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		64	79	42	20	L 1
63	Tue, Mar 3, 1953	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		109	88	43	20	W 1
64	Thu, Mar 5, 1953	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		80	69	44	20	W 2			at Trenton, NJ
65	Fri, Mar 6, 1953	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		75	66	45	20	W 3
66	Sun, Mar 8, 1953	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		78	89	45	21	L 1	13,743
67	Wed, Mar 11, 1953	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W	3OT	113	107	46	21	W 1			at Boston, MA
68	Thu, Mar 12, 1953	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		90	85	47	21	W 2
69	Sat, Mar 14, 1953	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		81	95	47	22	L 1
70	Sun, Mar 15, 1953	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		69	81	47	23	L 2

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Tue, Mar 17, 1953	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W	80	62	1	0	W 1
2	Fri, Mar 20, 1953	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W	90	81	2	0	W 2
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
3	Wed, Mar 25, 1953	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W	95	91	3	0	W 3	9,243
4	Thu, Mar 26, 1953	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	70	86	3	1	L 1	13,909
5	Sat, Mar 28, 1953	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W	101	82	4	1	W 1	8,133
6	Sun, Mar 29, 1953	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W	82	75	5	1	W 2	13,909
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
7	Sat, Apr 4, 1953	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	W	96	88	6	1	W 3	5,000
8	Sun, Apr 5, 1953	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L	71	73	6	2	L 1	4,848
9	Tue, Apr 7, 1953	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L	75	90	6	3	L 2	5,100		at 69th Regiment Armory
10	Wed, Apr 8, 1953	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L	69	71	6	4	L 3	5,200		at 69th Regiment Armory
11	Fri, Apr 10, 1953	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	L	84	91	6	5	L 4	5,200		at 69th Regiment Armory

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