1952–53 Rochester Royals season

The 1952–53 NBA season was the Royals fifth season in the NBA.[1]

1952–53 Rochester Royals season
Head coachLes Harrison
ArenaEdgerton Park Arena
Results
Record44–26 (.629)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finishWest Division Semifinals
(eliminated 1–2)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWHAM

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 1Fort Wayne82–94Arnie Risen (15)1–0
2November 6@ Fort Wayne84–64Bobby Wanzer (17)2–0
3November 7@ Indianapolis65–63Bob Davies (14)3–0
4November 8Indianapolis96–99 (4OT)Odie Spears (31)4–0
5November 9@ Milwaukee75–78Bob Davies (23)4–1
6November 11New York94–104Jack Coleman (24)5–1
7November 13N Milwaukee97–79Davies, Wanzer (18)6–1
8November 15Minneapolis89–97Arnie Risen (24)7–1
9November 16@ Boston87–96Bob Davies (20)7–2
10November 22Milwaukee65–69Bob Davies (24)8–2
11November 23Boston102–100Bob Davies (28)8–3
12November 25Baltimore89–106Johnson, Spears (19)9–3
13November 27@ Syracuse79–86Bobby Wanzer (16)9–4
14November 29Minneapolis71–83Arnie Risen (22)10–4
15November 30@ Milwaukee91–88Bob Davies (21)11–4
16December 2@ Indianapolis76–85McMahon, Spears (14)11–5
17December 6Indianapolis79–82Arnie Risen (29)12–5
18December 7Philadelphia92–94Bob Davies (27)13–5
19December 9@ New York77–75Bobby Wanzer (17)14–5
20December 10@ Baltimore99–97 (OT)Arnie Risen (23)15–5
21December 11@ Philadelphia86–98Odie Spears (15)15–6
22December 13New York99–97 (OT)Bob Davies (27)15–7
23December 14@ Minneapolis77–95Jack Coleman (15)15–8
24December 16@ Indianapolis84–71Bobby Wanzer (17)16–8
25December 20Fort Wayne89–92Bobby Wanzer (15)17–8
26December 21N Indianapolis83–65Odie Spears (21)18–8
27December 25@ Philadelphia93–78Coleman, Risen (19)19–8
28December 27Indianapolis73–94Bobby Wanzer (27)20–8
29December 30Syracuse93–106Bob Davies (22)21–8
30December 31N Milwaukee82–74Jack Coleman (22)22–8
31January 1Boston83–81 (OT)Bobby Wanzer (15)22–9
32January 3Fort Wayne101–106Arnie Risen (30)23–9
33January 4@ Minneapolis80–83 (OT)Bobby Wanzer (21)23–10
34January 6N Minneapolis85–69Bobby Wanzer (25)24–10
35January 8N Boston85–88 (OT)Bobby Wanzer (20)24–11
36January 10Milwaukee81–89Odie Spears (21)25–11
37January 11@ Milwaukee79–83 (2OT)Bob Davies (16)25–12
38January 15@ Syracuse85–109Davies, Johnson (15)25–13
39January 17Minneapolis101–109Bob Davies (29)26–13
40January 18@ Fort Wayne87–90Bob Davies (26)26–14
41January 20@ Indianapolis59–70Odie Spears (10)26–15
42January 21@ Baltimore89–82Bob Davies (21)27–15
43January 24Syracuse107–82Arnie Risen (23)27–16
44January 27New York74–72Bobby Wanzer (21)27–17
45January 30N Fort Wayne70–68 (OT)Bobby Wanzer (18)28–17
46January 31Philadelphia83–103Jack Coleman (19)29–17
47February 1@ Boston109–86Bobby Wanzer (30)30–17
48February 2N Milwaukee80–78 (OT)Bob Davies (29)31–17
49February 3Baltimore82–109Bob Davies (20)32–17
50February 5@ Syracuse79–83 (OT)Bob Davies (27)32–18
51February 7Minneapolis72–87Bob Davies (18)33–18
52February 8@ Milwaukee82–85 (OT)Bobby Wanzer (17)33–19
53February 10Philadelphia85–101Bob Davies (19)34–19
54February 14Milwaukee72–81Bob Davies (20)35–19
55February 15@ Fort Wayne84–72Bob Davies (27)36–19
56February 17Fort Wayne88–78Arnie Johnson (16)36–20
57February 19@ Minneapolis87–107Holzman, Johnson, Spears (13)36–21
58February 21Syracuse73–84Bob Davies (18)37–21
59February 24Fort Wayne91–80Bob Davies (25)37–22
60February 25N New York79–71 (OT)Bob Davies (18)38–22
61February 28Boston85–92Arnie Johnson (21)39–22
62March 3@ New York88–109Bob Davies (22)39–23
63March 4@ Baltimore81–77Bob Davies (22)40–23
64March 5N Philadelphia69–78Arnie Risen (15)40–24
65March 7Minneapolis82–84Arnie Risen (21)41–24
66March 8@ Fort Wayne71–69Arnie Risen (22)42–24
67March 10@ Indianapolis61–59Arnie Risen (15)43–24
68March 12@ Minneapolis77–89Jack McMahon (18)43–25
69March 14Indianapolis90–82Bobby Wanzer (17)43–26
70March 15Baltimore87–105Arnie Risen (23)44–26

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)

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
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Cal Christensen
Jack Coleman
Bob Davies
Alex Hannum
Red Holzman
Arnie Johnson
Jack McMahon
Arnie Risen
Odie Spears
Bobby Wanzer

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Cal Christensen
Jack Coleman
Bob Davies
Alex Hannum
Red Holzman
Arnie Johnson
Jack McMahon
Arnie Risen
Odie Spears
Bobby Wanzer

Awards and records

Transactions

References
  1. 1952–53 Rochester Royals
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