1952–53 Fort Wayne Pistons season

The 1952–53 NBA season was the Pistons' fifth season in the NBA and 12th season as a franchise.[1]

1952–53 Fort Wayne Pistons season
Head coachPaul Birch
ArenaWar Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record36–33 (.522)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finishWest Division Finals
(eliminated 2–3)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

Offseason

Draft picks
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College

Roster

Regular season

Season standings
Western Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Minneapolis Lakers4822.686-24-216-158-517-13
x-Rochester Royals4426.629424-813-177-127-13
x-Fort Wayne Pistons3633.52211.525-98-193-518-22
x-Indianapolis Olympians2843.39420.519-144-235-615-26
Milwaukee Hawks2744.38021.514-83-2410-1215-26
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1952-53 NBA Records
Team BAL BOS FWP IND MIL MIN NYK PHI ROC SYR
Baltimore —2–80–62–43–31–50–106–40–62–8
Boston 8–2—4–24–25–11–56–49–14–25–6
Fort Wayne 6–02–4—7–37–31–94–25–03–71–5
Indianapolis 4–22–43–7—5–64–61–55–13–71–5
Milwaukee 3–31–53–76–5—3–71–54–23–73–3
Minneapolis 5–15–19–16–47–3—4–26–04–62–4
New York 10–04–62–45–15–12–4—10–03–36–4
Philadelphia 4–61–90–51–52–40–60–10—2–42–8
Rochester 6–02–47–37–37–36–43–34–2—2–4
Syracuse 8–26–55–15–13–34–24–68–24–2—

Game log
1952–53 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1November 1@ Rochester82–94Frank Brian (15)0–1
2November 2Minneapolis81–69Larry Foust (19)0–2
3November 6Rochester84–64Frank Brian (20)0–3
4November 9Indianapolis71–74Frank Brian (18)1–3
5November 11@ Indianapolis63–78Larry Foust (16)1–4
6November 15@ Milwaukee68–71Frank Brian (22)1–5
7November 16New York83–112Dick Groat (25)2–5
8November 20Minneapolis89–81Fred Schaus (24)2–6
9November 22@ Minneapolis89–96Larry Foust (21)2–7
10November 23Philadelphia80–92Fred Schaus (22)3–7
11November 26@ Milwaukee80–72Don Meineke (19)4–7
12November 27Milwaukee87–95 (OT)Dwight Eddleman (24)5–7
13November 29N Boston71–78Frank Brian (17)5–8
14November 30Baltimore95–100 (2OT)Dwight Eddleman (27)6–8
15December 4Syracuse78–70Dwight Eddleman (21)6–9
16December 5@ Indianapolis74–84Larry Foust (27)6–10
17December 6@ Baltimore103–91Fred Schaus (21)7–10
18December 7New York91–102Don Meineke (27)8–10
19December 11Milwaukee70–71 (OT)Larry Foust (22)9–10
20December 14Indianapolis71–86Larry Foust (27)10–10
21December 16N Philadelphia64–95Foust, Groat (18)11–10
22December 18@ Philadelphia86–79Larry Foust (22)12–10
23December 20@ Rochester89–92Larry Foust (23)12–11
24December 21Philadelphia71–74Don Meineke (16)13–11
25December 23@ Indianapolis59–72Fred Schaus (14)13–12
26December 25Milwaukee69–71 (2OT)Larry Foust (14)14–12
27December 27N New York91–92Dick Groat (17)15–12
28December 28Boston89–66Frank Brian (19)15–13
29December 31Indianapolis85–91Larry Foust (25)16–13
30January 1@ Syracuse78–92Larry Foust (22)16–14
31January 3@ Rochester101–106Brian, Eddleman, Foust, Groat (13)16–15
32January 4Philadelphia68–79Andy Phillip (25)17–15
33January 6@ Milwaukee71–73Brian, Foust (17)17–16
34January 10N Minneapolis84–79Fred Schaus (20)17–17
35January 11Indianapolis68–72Larry Foust (17)18–17
36January 15Boston85–91Dwight Eddleman (28)19–17
37January 16N Indianapolis68–75Larry Foust (15)20–17
38January 18Rochester87–90Dick Groat (22)21–17
39January 21@ Boston84–94Frank Brian (21)21–18
40January 22@ Syracuse75–87Larry Foust (15)21–19
41January 24@ New York76–82Larry Foust (22)21–20
42January 25Milwaukee62–65Don Meineke (15)22–20
43January 27N Minneapolis96–76Andy Phillip (17)22–21
44January 29Boston98–111Larry Foust (21)23–21
45January 30N Rochester70–68 (OT)Phillip, Schaus (15)23–22
46January 31@ Minneapolis80–87Dick Groat (19)23–23
47February 1Minneapolis92–76Frank Brian (16)23–24
48February 5Indianapolis63–68Andy Phillip (19)24–24
49February 8Baltimore78–89Andy Phillip (19)25–24
50February 11Syracuse78–96Frank Brian (20)26–24
51February 14@ Baltimore102–88Fred Schaus (20)27–24
52February 15Rochester84–72Chuck Share (17)27–25
53February 17@ Rochester88–78Andy Phillip (19)28–25
54February 19Baltimore79–83 (OT)Fred Scolari (17)29–25
55February 21@ Minneapolis75–85Andy Phillip (15)29–26
56February 22Minneapolis78–90Andy Phillip (20)30–26
57February 24@ Rochester91–80Don Meineke (19)31–26
58February 26@ Syracuse77–89Don Meineke (20)31–27
59February 28@ New York74–85Larry Foust (20)31–28
60March 1Milwaukee74–76Fred Scolari (24)32–28
61March 3N Minneapolis86–68Larry Foust (18)32–29
62March 4Syracuse75–73 (2OT)Larry Foust (20)32–30
63March 6@ Indianapolis73–64Andy Phillip (23)33–30
64March 7@ Baltimore83–81 (OT)Brian, Foust, Schaus (15)34–30
65March 8Rochester71–69Foust, Phillip, Scolari (13)34–31
66March 9Milwaukee74–94Fred Schaus (17)35–31
67March 11@ Boston92–98Fred Scolari (26)35–32
68March 15New York69–81Fred Schaus (18)36–32
69March 17@ Milwaukee61–87Larry Foust (12)36–33

Playoffs

West Division Semifinals

(2) Rochester Royals vs. (3) Fort Wayne Pistons: Pistons win series 2-1

  • Game 1 @ Rochester: Fort Wayne 84, Rochester 77
  • Game 2 @ Fort Wayne: Rochester 83, Fort Wayne 71
  • Game 3 @ Rochester: Fort Wayne 67, Rochester 65

Last Playoff Meeting: 1952 Western Division Semifinals (Rochester won 2–0)

West Division Finals

(1) Minneapolis Lakers vs. (3) Fort Wayne Pistons: Lakers win series 3-2

  • Game 1 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 83, Fort Wayne 73
  • Game 2 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 82, Fort Wayne 75
  • Game 3 @ Fort Wayne: Fort Wayne 98, Minneapolis 95
  • Game 4 @ Fort Wayne: Fort Wayne 85, Minneapolis 82
  • Game 5 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 74, Fort Wayne 58

Last Playoff Meeting: 1950 Central Division Finals (Minneapolis won 2–0)

Player statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

References
  1. 1952–53 Fort Wayne Pistons

See also
  • 1952-53 NBA season
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