1951-52 New York Knicks Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 37-29
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 8-6 Lost finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated Boston Celtics 2-1
Division Finals - Defeated Syracuse Nationals 3-1
Finals - Lost to Minneapolis Lakers 4-3
Coach: Joe Lapchick (37-29)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 140,746, Avg. 5,630 in 25 home dates

1951-52 New York Knicks Roster
1951-52 New York Knicks Results

The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association ended the 1951-52 season with a record of 37 wins and 29 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 8-6.

New York poured in 5,609 points and allowed 5,560. Max Zaslofsky tossed in a team-leading 931 points for the Knicks, while Nat Clifton contributed 731 boards. Dick McGuire dished out 388 assists for the squad.

Joe Lapchick coached the team. The 1951-52 New York Knicks lost in the finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Max Zaslofsky	G-F	66	2113	958	322			380	287	194	156	183	931
Harry Gallatin	F-C	66	1931	527	233			341	275	661	115	223	741
Nat Clifton	C-F	62	2101	729	244			256	170	731	209	227	658
Connie Simmons	C-F	66	1558	600	227			254	175	471	121	214	629
Dick McGuire	G	64	2018	474	204			290	183	332	388	181	591
Ernie Vandeweghe	F-G	57	1507	457	200			160	124	264	164	188	524
Vince Boryla	F	42	1440	522	202			115	96	219	90	121	500
Ray Lumpp	G	62	1317	476	184			119	90	125	123	165	458
George Kaftan	F	52	955	307	115			134	92	196	88	107	322
Al McGuire	G-F	59	788	167	72			122	64	121	107	136	208
Herb Scherer	C	12	167	65	19			14	9	26	6	25	47
Tom Smith	G	1	3	6	0			6	4	0	2	2	4
Totals		609	15898	5288	2022	0	0	2191	1569	3340	1569	1772	5613

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Max Zaslofsky	G-F	66	32.0	33.6	75.5	2.9	2.4	2.8	14.1
Harry Gallatin	F-C	66	29.3	44.2	80.6	10.0	1.7	3.4	11.2
Nat Clifton	C-F	62	33.9	33.5	66.4	11.8	3.4	3.7	10.6
Connie Simmons	C-F	66	23.6	37.8	68.9	7.1	1.8	3.2	9.5
Dick McGuire	G	64	31.5	43.0	63.1	5.2	6.1	2.8	9.2
Ernie Vandeweghe	F-G	57	26.4	43.8	77.5	4.6	2.9	3.3	9.2
Vince Boryla	F	42	34.3	38.7	83.5	5.2	2.1	2.9	11.9
Ray Lumpp	G	62	21.2	38.7	75.6	2.0	2.0	2.7	7.4
George Kaftan	F	52	18.4	37.5	68.7	3.8	1.7	2.1	6.2
Al McGuire	G-F	59	13.4	43.1	52.5	2.1	1.8	2.3	3.5
Herb Scherer	C	12	13.9	29.2	64.3	2.2	0.5	2.1	3.9
Tom Smith	G	1	3.0	0.0	66.7	0.0	2.0	2.0	4.0
Averages		609	26.1	38.2	71.6	5.5	2.6	2.9	9.2

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Max Zaslofsky	G-F	14	506	185	69			110	89	44	23	51	227
Connie Simmons	C-F	14	427	166	77			89	68	108	12	55	222
Harry Gallatin	F-C	14	471	122	50			66	51	134	19	45	151
Ernie Vandeweghe	F-G	14	414	118	51			60	49	69	27	58	151
Dick McGuire	G	14	546	107	48			86	49	71	90	46	145
Nat Clifton	C-F	14	462	133	39			76	54	133	34	67	132
George Kaftan	F	13	232	66	26			42	28	30	22	41	80
Al McGuire	G-F	13	208	51	20			27	20	17	14	34	60
Ray Lumpp	G	12	194	53	13			25	23	19	15	35	49
Totals		122	3460	1001	393	0	0	581	431	625	256	432	1217

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Max Zaslofsky	G-F	14	36.1	37.3	80.9	3.1	1.6	3.6	16.2
Connie Simmons	C-F	14	30.5	46.4	76.4	7.7	0.9	3.9	15.9
Harry Gallatin	F-C	14	33.6	41.0	77.3	9.6	1.4	3.2	10.8
Ernie Vandeweghe	F-G	14	29.6	43.2	81.7	4.9	1.9	4.1	10.8
Dick McGuire	G	14	39.0	44.9	57.0	5.1	6.4	3.3	10.4
Nat Clifton	C-F	14	33.0	29.3	71.1	9.5	2.4	4.8	9.4
George Kaftan	F	13	17.8	39.4	66.7	2.3	1.7	3.2	6.2
Al McGuire	G-F	13	16.0	39.2	74.1	1.3	1.1	2.6	4.6
Ray Lumpp	G	12	16.2	24.5	92.0	1.6	1.3	2.9	4.1
Averages		609	28.4	39.3	74.2	5.1	2.1	3.5	10.0