Season of National Basketball Association team the New York Knicks
NBA professional basketball team season
The1951–52 New York Knicks season was the sixth season for the team in theNational Basketball Association (NBA). TheKnicks finished third in the Eastern Division with a 37–29 record, and advanced to theNBA Playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.[ 3]
In the first round of theEastern Division playoffs , the Knicks defeated theBoston Celtics in a best-of-three series, two games to one, to move on to the Eastern Division finals. New York won 3–1 in a best-of-five series with theSyracuse Nationals to reach its second straightNBA Finals .[ 3] [ 4] Minneapolis Lakers in seven games.[ 4] [ 5]
Note: This is not an extensive list; it only covers the first and second rounds, and any other players picked by the franchise that played at least one game in the league.[ 6]
1951-52 New York Knicks roster Players Coaches Head coach
Legend
(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) SuspendedRoster
x = clinched playoff spot1951–52 game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 November 3 @Milwaukee 68–66 Vince Boryla (25)1–0 2 November 4 @Fort Wayne 75–84 Vince Boryla (23) 1–1 3 November 6 @Indianapolis 83–73 Harry Gallatin (19)2–1 4 November 10 Minneapolis 89–73 Nathaniel Clifton (15)2–2 5 November 11 @Rochester 78–80 Ray Lumpp (22)2–3 6 November 13 @Philadelphia 85–82 Max Zaslofsky (19)3–3 7 November 17 Syracuse 79–72 Ernie Vandeweghe (17)3–4 8 November 18 @Boston 93–87 Ernie Vandeweghe (21) 4–4 9 November 20 NBaltimore 88–86 Max Zaslofsky (21) 5–4 10 November 22 Philadelphia 88–102 Nathaniel Clifton (23) 6–4 11 November 24 Boston 70–68 Max Zaslofsky (14) 6–5 12 November 23 @ Syracuse 73–100 Vince Boryla (19)6–6 13 November 27 @ Philadelphia 81–83 Nathaniel Clifton (22) 6–7 14 November 29 Rochester 78–74 Nathaniel Clifton (17) 6–8 15 December 1 @ Baltimore 82–84 Max Zaslofsky (20) 6–9 16 December 2 Philadelphia 72–86 Vince Boryla (30) 7–9 17 December 7 @ Philadelphia 91–93 Boryla, Gallatin (19) 7–10 18 December 9 @ Boston 94–103 Dick McGuire (20)7–11 19 December 11 Milwaukee 83–88 Gallatin, Zaslofsky (19) 8–11 20 December 14 @ Indianapolis 79–83 Max Zaslofsky (21) 8–12 21 December 16 @ Fort Wayne 80–71 Max Zaslofsky (16) 9–12 22 December 18 Minneapolis 86–77 Max Zaslofsky (14) 10–12 23 December 22 Syracuse 73–92 Dick McGuire (21) 11–12 24 December 23 @ Syracuse 75–72 Harry Gallatin (19) 12–12 25 December 25 Fort Wayne 65–72 Max Zaslofsky (23) 13–12 26 December 26 N Milwaukee 76–78 Vince Boryla (16) 13–13 27 December 27 @ Rochester 85–98 Connie Simmons (20)13–14 28 December 30 @ Boston 90–100 Connie Simmons (16) 13–15 29 December 31 Boston 86–87 (OT) Max Zaslofsky (30) 14–15 30 January 1 @ Milwaukee 68–65 Vince Boryla (16) 15–15 31 January 2 N Milwaukee 89–67 Max Zaslofsky (27) 16–15 32 January 4 @ Indianapolis 73–83 Dick McGuire (15) 16–16 33 January 6 @ Minneapolis 92–107 Max Zaslofsky (18) 16–17 34 January 8 Rochester 74–107 Ernie Vandeweghe (18) 17–17 35 January 10 @ Syracuse 96–110 Connie Simmons (15) 17–18 36 January 12 Indianapolis 77–86 Harry Gallatin (23) 18–18 37 January 13 @ Rochester 70–97 Dick McGuire (15) 18–19 38 January 19 Philadelphia 88–94 Vandeweghe, Zaslofsky (20) 19–19 39 January 21 @ Baltimore 99–83 Dick McGuire (22) 20–19 40 January 22 @ Philadelphia 82–78 Simmons, Zaslofsky (17) 21–19 41 January 26 Indianapolis 93–99 Connie Simmons (25) 22–19 42 January 27 @ Fort Wayne 92–100 Max Zaslofsky (25) 22–20 43 January 29 N Indianapolis 72–100 George Kaftan (13)22–21 44 January 30 @ Minneapolis 65–77 Max Zaslofsky (14) 22–22 45 February 2 Boston 83–91 Dick McGuire (21) 23–22 46 February 3 @ Boston 95–100 Harry Gallatin (23) 23–23 47 February 4 @ Baltimore 81–82 Nathaniel Clifton (16) 23–24 48 February 6 Baltimore 70–73 McGuire, Zaslofsky (14) 24–24 49 February 8 N Baltimore 103–83 Ray Lumpp (23) 25–24 50 February 9 Philadelphia 86–96 Connie Simmons (18) 26–24 51 February 12 Syracuse 69–78 Connie Simmons (15) 27–24 52 February 16 Baltimore 82–102 Max Zaslofsky (26) 28–24 53 February 17 @ Syracuse 61–66 Harry Gallatin (11) 28–25 54 February 19 Minneapolis 96–98 Max Zaslofsky (23) 29–25 55 February 22 @ Philadelphia 95–118 Harry Gallatin (22) 29–26 56 February 23 Fort Wayne 77–82 (OT) Max Zaslofsky (24) 30–26 57 February 25 @ Baltimore 89–84 Dick McGuire (17) 31–26 58 March 1 Boston 84–78 Ernie Vandeweghe (22) 32–26 59 March 2 @ Boston 89–87 Harry Gallatin (21) 33–26 60 March 4 Rochester 90–92 (OT) George Kaftan (30) 34–26 61 March 5 N Baltimore 88–82 Simmons, Zaslofsky (19) 35–26 62 March 8 N Milwaukee 99–103 Max Zaslofsky (24) 35–27 63 March 9 @ Fort Wayne 79–80 Harry Gallatin (25) 35–28 64 March 12 @ Minneapolis 83–85 Harry Gallatin (19) 35–29 65 March 15 Syracuse 90–97 Harry Gallatin (24) 36–29 66 March 16 @ Syracuse 90–84 Ernie Vandeweghe (19) 37–29
1952 playoff game log Division semifinals: 2–1 (home: 1–0; road: 1–1)
Division finals: 3–1 (home: 2–0; road: 1–1)
NBA Finals: 3–4 (home: 2–1; road: 1–3)
1952 schedule
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