1952-53 New York Knicks Game-by-Game Results

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 47-23
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 6-5 Lost finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated Baltimore Bullets 2-0
Division Finals - Defeated Boston Celtics 3-1
Finals - Lost to Minneapolis Lakers 4-1
Coach: Joe Lapchick (47-23)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 195,240, Avg. 7,810 in 25 home dates

1952-53 New York Knicks Statistics
1952-53 New York Knicks Roster

The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association ended the 1952-53 season with a record of 47 wins and 23 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 6-5.

New York tossed in 5,985 points and gave up 5,619. Carl Braun scored a team-leading 977 points for the Knicks, and Harry Gallatin accounted for 916 boards. Dick McGuire dished out 296 assists for the squad.

Joe Lapchick coached the team. The 1952-53 New York Knicks lost in the finals.

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Regular Season Points For: 5985
Regular Season Points Against: 5619

Date	Game	Res	Home	Road	Record
November 1, 1952	Baltimore Bullets 53 at New York Knicks 69	W	1-0	0-0	1-0
November 8, 1952	New York Knicks 92 at Baltimore Bullets 62	W	1-0	1-0	2-0
November 11, 1952	New York Knicks 94 at Rochester Royals 104	L	1-0	1-1	2-1
November 13, 1952	Minneapolis Lakers 91 at New York Knicks 100	W	2-0	1-1	3-1
November 15, 1952	Boston Celtics 68 at New York Knicks 79	W	3-0	1-1	4-1
November 16, 1952	New York Knicks 83 at Fort Wayne Pistons 112	L	3-0	1-2	4-2
November 18, 1952	New York Knicks 90 at Indianapolis Olympians 100	L	3-0	1-3	4-3
November 20, 1952	New York Knicks 72 at Indianapolis Olympians 67	W	3-0	2-3	5-3		at Philadelphia, PA
November 22, 1952	Syracuse Nationals 68 at New York Knicks 98	W	4-0	2-3	6-3
November 23, 1952	New York Knicks 73 at Syracuse Nationals 76	L	4-0	2-4	6-4
November 26, 1952	New York Knicks 94 at Baltimore Bullets 92	W	4-0	3-4	7-4
November 27, 1952	New York Knicks 104 at Baltimore Bullets 92	W	4-0	4-4	8-4		at Philadelphia, PA
November 29, 1952	Indianapolis Olympians 72 at New York Knicks 94	W	5-0	4-4	9-4
December 2, 1952	New York Knicks 89 at Philadelphia Warriors 82	W	5-0	5-4	10-4	OT
December 3, 1952	New York Knicks 100 at Philadelphia Warriors 75	W	5-0	6-4	11-4		at Boston, MA
December 4, 1952	Minneapolis Lakers 81 at New York Knicks 71	L	5-1	6-4	11-5
December 6, 1952	New York Knicks 78 at Minneapolis Lakers 85	L	5-1	6-5	11-6	OT
December 7, 1952	New York Knicks 91 at Fort Wayne Pistons 102	L	5-1	6-6	11-7
December 9, 1952	Rochester Royals 77 at New York Knicks 75	L	5-2	6-6	11-8
December 13, 1952	New York Knicks 99 at Rochester Royals 97	W	5-2	7-6	12-8	OT
December 14, 1952	New York Knicks 74 at Milwaukee Hawks 69	W	5-2	8-6	13-8
December 16, 1952	Syracuse Nationals 93 at New York Knicks 98	W	6-2	8-6	14-8	OT
December 20, 1952	New York Knicks 102 at Baltimore Bullets 99	W	6-2	9-6	15-8	OT
December 21, 1952	Baltimore Bullets 77 at New York Knicks 102	W	7-2	9-6	16-8
December 22, 1952	Milwaukee Hawks 75 at New York Knicks 80	W	8-2	9-6	17-8		at Buffalo, NY
December 25, 1952	Boston Celtics 84 at New York Knicks 97	W	9-2	9-6	18-8
December 27, 1952	Fort Wayne Pistons 92 at New York Knicks 91	L	9-3	9-6	18-9		at Baltimore, MD
December 28, 1952	Philadelphia Warriors 54 at New York Knicks 72	W	10-3	9-6	19-9
January 1, 1953	New York Knicks 108 at Philadelphia Warriors 82	W	10-3	10-6	20-9
January 3, 1953	Syracuse Nationals 77 at New York Knicks 85	W	11-3	10-6	21-9	OT
January 4, 1953	New York Knicks 100 at Boston Celtics 103	L	11-3	10-7	21-10
January 7, 1953	Syracuse Nationals 114 at New York Knicks 93	L	11-4	10-7	21-11		at Philadelphia, PA
January 8, 1953	Milwaukee Hawks 68 at New York Knicks 81	W	12-4	10-7	22-11
January 9, 1953	New York Knicks 58 at Indianapolis Olympians 54	W	12-4	11-7	23-11
January 11, 1953	New York Knicks 79 at Minneapolis Lakers 85	L	12-4	11-8	23-12
January 17, 1953	Philadelphia Warriors 76 at New York Knicks 84	W	13-4	11-8	24-12
January 18, 1953	New York Knicks 83 at Boston Celtics 99	L	13-4	11-9	24-13
January 20, 1953	New York Knicks 112 at Boston Celtics 89	W	13-4	12-9	25-13		at Philadelphia, PA
January 21, 1953	Milwaukee Hawks 72 at New York Knicks 70	L	13-5	12-9	25-14		at Boston, MA
January 24, 1953	Fort Wayne Pistons 76 at New York Knicks 82	W	14-5	12-9	26-14
January 25, 1953	New York Knicks 97 at Syracuse Nationals 62	W	14-5	13-9	27-14
January 27, 1953	New York Knicks 74 at Rochester Royals 72	W	14-5	14-9	28-14
January 29, 1953	New York Knicks 72 at Philadelphia Warriors 61	W	14-5	15-9	29-14
January 31, 1953	Boston Celtics 69 at New York Knicks 76	W	15-5	15-9	30-14
February 1, 1953	New York Knicks 90 at Philadelphia Warriors 85	W	15-5	16-9	31-14		at Boston, MA
February 3, 1953	New York Knicks 76 at Milwaukee Hawks 69	W	15-5	17-9	32-14		at Indianapolis, IN
February 5, 1953	New York Knicks 73 at Minneapolis Lakers 81	L	15-5	17-10	32-15
February 6, 1953	New York Knicks 84 at Indianapolis Olympians 73	W	15-5	18-10	33-15
February 7, 1953	Philadelphia Warriors 63 at New York Knicks 86	W	16-5	18-10	34-15
February 8, 1953	New York Knicks 79 at Boston Celtics 87	L	16-5	18-11	34-16
February 11, 1953	New York Knicks 86 at Baltimore Bullets 80	W	16-5	19-11	35-16
February 13, 1953	New York Knicks 106 at Baltimore Bullets 96	W	16-5	20-11	36-16		at Boston, MA
February 14, 1953	Indianapolis Olympians 79 at New York Knicks 91	W	17-5	20-11	37-16
February 15, 1953	New York Knicks 85 at Syracuse Nationals 81	W	17-5	21-11	38-16
February 17, 1953	Milwaukee Hawks 67 at New York Knicks 86	W	18-5	21-11	39-16
February 18, 1953	Boston Celtics 69 at New York Knicks 66	L	18-6	21-11	39-17		at Providence, RI
February 21, 1953	Philadelphia Warriors 69 at New York Knicks 85	W	19-6	21-11	40-17
February 22, 1953	New York Knicks 83 at Boston Celtics 87	L	19-6	21-12	40-18	OT
February 24, 1953	Minneapolis Lakers 63 at New York Knicks 79	W	20-6	21-12	41-18
February 25, 1953	Rochester Royals 79 at New York Knicks 71	L	20-7	21-12	41-19	OT	at Boston, MA
February 28, 1953	Fort Wayne Pistons 74 at New York Knicks 85	W	21-7	21-12	42-19
March 1, 1953	New York Knicks 64 at Syracuse Nationals 79	L	21-7	21-13	42-20
March 3, 1953	Rochester Royals 88 at New York Knicks 109	W	22-7	21-13	43-20
March 5, 1953	New York Knicks 80 at Baltimore Bullets 69	W	22-7	22-13	44-20		at Philadelphia, PA
March 6, 1953	Syracuse Nationals 66 at New York Knicks 75	W	23-7	22-13	45-20
March 8, 1953	Boston Celtics 89 at New York Knicks 78	L	23-8	22-13	45-21
March 11, 1953	New York Knicks 113 at Baltimore Bullets 107	W	23-8	23-13	46-21	3OT	at Boston, MA
March 12, 1953	New York Knicks 90 at Philadelphia Warriors 85	W	23-8	24-13	47-21
March 14, 1953	Syracuse Nationals 95 at New York Knicks 81	L	23-9	24-13	47-22
March 15, 1953	New York Knicks 69 at Fort Wayne Pistons 81	L	23-9	24-14	47-23
March 17, 1953	Baltimore Bullets 62 at New York Knicks 80	W	1-0	0-0	1-0
March 20, 1953	New York Knicks 90 at Baltimore Bullets 81	W	1-0	1-0	2-0
March 25, 1953	Boston Celtics 91 at New York Knicks 95	W	2-0	1-0	3-0
March 26, 1953	New York Knicks 70 at Boston Celtics 86	L	2-0	1-1	3-1
March 28, 1953	Boston Celtics 82 at New York Knicks 101	W	3-0	1-1	4-1
March 29, 1953	New York Knicks 82 at Boston Celtics 75	W	3-0	2-1	5-1
April 4, 1953	New York Knicks 96 at Minneapolis Lakers 88	W	3-0	3-1	6-1
April 5, 1953	New York Knicks 71 at Minneapolis Lakers 73	L	3-0	3-2	6-2
April 7, 1953	Minneapolis Lakers 90 at New York Knicks 75	L	3-1	3-2	6-3
April 8, 1953	Minneapolis Lakers 71 at New York Knicks 69	L	3-2	3-2	6-4
April 10, 1953	Minneapolis Lakers 91 at New York Knicks 84	L	3-3	3-2	6-5