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1952-53 Rochester Royals Schedule and Results

Record: 44-26, Finished 2nd in NBA Western Division

Coach: Les Harrison (44-26)

PTS/G: 86.3 (2nd of 10) Opp PTS/G: 83.5 (7th of 10)

SRS: 2.62 (4th of 10) Pace: 94.1 (4th of 10)

Off Rtg: 89.8 (5th of 10) Def Rtg: 86.9 (5th of 10) Net Rtg: +2.9 (4th of 10)

Expected W-L: 43-27 (4th of 10)

Arena: Edgerton Park Arena

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		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		94	82	1	0	W 1
2	Thu, Nov 6, 1952	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		84	64	2	0	W 2
3	Fri, Nov 7, 1952	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	W		65	63	3	0	W 3
4	Sat, Nov 8, 1952	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W	4OT	99	96	4	0	W 4
5	Sun, Nov 9, 1952	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	L		75	78	4	1	L 1
6	Tue, Nov 11, 1952	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		104	94	5	1	W 1
7	Thu, Nov 13, 1952	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		97	79	6	1	W 2			at New York, NY
8	Sat, Nov 15, 1952	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		97	89	7	1	W 3
9	Sun, Nov 16, 1952	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		87	96	7	2	L 1	2,723
10	Sat, Nov 22, 1952	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		69	65	8	2	W 1
11	Sun, Nov 23, 1952	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		100	102	8	3	L 1	2,507
12	Tue, Nov 25, 1952	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		106	89	9	3	W 1
13	Thu, Nov 27, 1952	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		79	86	9	4	L 1
14	Sat, Nov 29, 1952	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		83	71	10	4	W 1
15	Sun, Nov 30, 1952	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W		91	88	11	4	W 2
16	Tue, Dec 2, 1952	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L		76	85	11	5	L 1
17	Sat, Dec 6, 1952	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W		82	79	12	5	W 1
18	Sun, Dec 7, 1952	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		94	92	13	5	W 2
19	Tue, Dec 9, 1952	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		77	75	14	5	W 3
20	Wed, Dec 10, 1952	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W	OT	99	97	15	5	W 4
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Thu, Dec 11, 1952	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		86	98	15	6	L 1
22	Sat, Dec 13, 1952	Box Score		New York Knicks	L	OT	97	99	15	7	L 2
23	Sun, Dec 14, 1952	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		77	95	15	8	L 3
24	Tue, Dec 16, 1952	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	W		84	71	16	8	W 1
25	Sat, Dec 20, 1952	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		92	89	17	8	W 2
26	Sun, Dec 21, 1952	Box Score	N	Indianapolis Olympians	W		83	65	18	8	W 3			at New York, NY
27	Thu, Dec 25, 1952	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		93	78	19	8	W 4
28	Sat, Dec 27, 1952	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W		94	73	20	8	W 5
29	Tue, Dec 30, 1952	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		106	93	21	8	W 6
30	Wed, Dec 31, 1952	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		82	74	22	8	W 7			at Fort Wayne, IN
31	Thu, Jan 1, 1953	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L	OT	81	83	22	9	L 1	2,890
32	Sat, Jan 3, 1953	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		106	101	23	9	W 1
33	Sun, Jan 4, 1953	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L	OT	80	83	23	10	L 1
34	Tue, Jan 6, 1953	Box Score	N	Minneapolis Lakers	W		85	69	24	10	W 1			at Milwaukee, WI
35	Thu, Jan 8, 1953	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L	OT	85	88	24	11	L 1	9,000		at New York, NY
36	Sat, Jan 10, 1953	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		89	81	25	11	W 1
37	Sun, Jan 11, 1953	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	L	2OT	79	83	25	12	L 1
38	Thu, Jan 15, 1953	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		85	109	25	13	L 2
39	Sat, Jan 17, 1953	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		109	101	26	13	W 1
40	Sun, Jan 18, 1953	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		87	90	26	14	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Tue, Jan 20, 1953	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L		59	70	26	15	L 2
42	Wed, Jan 21, 1953	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		89	82	27	15	W 1
43	Sat, Jan 24, 1953	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		82	107	27	16	L 1
44	Tue, Jan 27, 1953	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		72	74	27	17	L 2
45	Fri, Jan 30, 1953	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W	OT	70	68	28	17	W 1			at Milwaukee, WI
46	Sat, Jan 31, 1953	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		103	83	29	17	W 2
47	Sun, Feb 1, 1953	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		109	86	30	17	W 3	9,736
48	Mon, Feb 2, 1953	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W	OT	80	78	31	17	W 4			at Buffalo, NY
49	Tue, Feb 3, 1953	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		109	82	32	17	W 5
50	Thu, Feb 5, 1953	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	OT	79	83	32	18	L 1
51	Sat, Feb 7, 1953	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		87	72	33	18	W 1
52	Sun, Feb 8, 1953	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	L	OT	82	85	33	19	L 1
53	Tue, Feb 10, 1953	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		101	85	34	19	W 1
54	Sat, Feb 14, 1953	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		81	72	35	19	W 2
55	Sun, Feb 15, 1953	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		84	72	36	19	W 3
56	Tue, Feb 17, 1953	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	L		78	88	36	20	L 1
57	Thu, Feb 19, 1953	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		87	107	36	21	L 2
58	Sat, Feb 21, 1953	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		84	73	37	21	W 1
59	Tue, Feb 24, 1953	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	L		80	91	37	22	L 1
60	Wed, Feb 25, 1953	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W	OT	79	71	38	22	W 1			at Boston, MA
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Sat, Feb 28, 1953	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		92	85	39	22	W 2	4,061
62	Tue, Mar 3, 1953	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		88	109	39	23	L 1
63	Wed, Mar 4, 1953	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		81	77	40	23	W 1
64	Thu, Mar 5, 1953	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		69	78	40	24	L 1			at Trenton, NJ
65	Sat, Mar 7, 1953	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		84	82	41	24	W 1
66	Sun, Mar 8, 1953	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		71	69	42	24	W 2
67	Tue, Mar 10, 1953	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	W		61	59	43	24	W 3
68	Thu, Mar 12, 1953	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		77	89	43	25	L 1
69	Sat, Mar 14, 1953	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	L		82	90	43	26	L 2
70	Sun, Mar 15, 1953	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		105	87	44	26	W 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak
1	Fri, Mar 20, 1953	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	L	77	84	0	1	L 1
2	Sun, Mar 22, 1953	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W	83	71	1	1	W 1
3	Tue, Mar 24, 1953	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	L	65	67	1	2	L 1

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