1951β52 NBA season | |
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League | National Basketball Association |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration | November 1, 1951 β March 16, 1952 March 18 β April 8, 1952 (Playoffs) April 12β25, 1952 (Finals) |
Number of games | 66 |
Number of teams | 10 |
Draft | |
Top draft pick | Gene Melchiorre |
Picked by | Baltimore Bullets |
Regular season | |
Top seed | Rochester Royals |
Top scorer | Paul Arizin ( Philadelphia) |
Playoffs | |
Eastern champions | New York Knicks |
Eastern runners-up | Syracuse Nationals |
Western champions | Minneapolis Lakers |
Western runners-up | Rochester Royals |
Finals | |
Champions | Minneapolis Lakers |
Runners-up | New York Knicks |
The 1951β52 NBA season was the sixth season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Minneapolis Lakers winning the NBA Championship, beating the New York Knicks 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals.
Offseason | ||
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Team | 1950β51 coach | 1951β52 coach |
Baltimore Bullets | Walt Budko | Fred Scolari |
Fort Wayne Pistons | Murray Mendenhall | Paul Birch |
Indianapolis Olympians | Wally Jones | Herm Schaefer |
In-season | ||
Team | Outgoing coach | Incoming coach |
Baltimore Bullets | Fred Scolari | Chick Reiser |
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x- Syracuse Nationals | 40 | 26 | .606 | β | 26β7 | 12β18 | 2β1 | 21β15 |
x- Boston Celtics | 39 | 27 | .591 | 1 | 22β7 | 10β19 | 7β1 | 22β14 |
x- New York Knicks | 37 | 29 | .561 | 3 | 21β4 | 12β22 | 4β3 | 23β13 |
x- Philadelphia Warriors | 33 | 33 | .500 | 7 | 24β7 | 6β25 | 3β1 | 14β22 |
Baltimore Bullets | 20 | 46 | .303 | 20 | 17β15 | 2β22 | 1β9 | 10β26 |
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x- Rochester Royals | 41 | 25 | .621 | β | 28β5 | 12β18 | 1β2 | 22β14 |
x- Minneapolis Lakers | 40 | 26 | .606 | 1 | 21β5 | 13β20 | 6β1 | 24β12 |
x- Indianapolis Olympians | 34 | 32 | .515 | 7 | 25β6 | 4β24 | 5β2 | 18β18 |
x- Fort Wayne Pistons | 29 | 37 | .439 | 12 | 22β11 | 6β24 | 1β2 | 17β19 |
Milwaukee Hawks | 17 | 49 | .258 | 24 | 8β13 | 3β22 | 6β14 | 9β27 |
Division Semifinals | Division Finals | NBA Finals | ||||||||||||
E1 | Syracuse* | 2 | ||||||||||||
E4 | Philadelphia | 1 | ||||||||||||
E1 | Syracuse* | 1 | ||||||||||||
Eastern Division | ||||||||||||||
E3 | New York | 3 | ||||||||||||
E3 | New York | 2 | ||||||||||||
E2 | Boston | 1 | ||||||||||||
E3 | New York | 3 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Minneapolis | 4 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Rochester* | 2 | ||||||||||||
W4 | Fort Wayne | 0 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Rochester* | 1 | ||||||||||||
Western Division | ||||||||||||||
W2 | Minneapolis | 3 | ||||||||||||
W3 | Indianapolis | 0 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Minneapolis | 2 |
Category | Player | Team | Stat |
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Points | Paul Arizin | Philadelphia Warriors | 1,674 |
Rebounds |
Larry Foust Mel Hutchins |
Fort Wayne Pistons Milwaukee Hawks |
880 |
Assists | Andy Phillip | Philadelphia Warriors | 539 |
FG% | Paul Arizin | Philadelphia Warriors | .448 |
FT% | Bobby Wanzer | Rochester Royals | .904 |
Note: Prior to the 1969β70 season, league leaders in points, rebounds, and assists were determined by totals rather than averages.
1951β52 NBA season | |
---|---|
League | National Basketball Association |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration | November 1, 1951 β March 16, 1952 March 18 β April 8, 1952 (Playoffs) April 12β25, 1952 (Finals) |
Number of games | 66 |
Number of teams | 10 |
Draft | |
Top draft pick | Gene Melchiorre |
Picked by | Baltimore Bullets |
Regular season | |
Top seed | Rochester Royals |
Top scorer | Paul Arizin ( Philadelphia) |
Playoffs | |
Eastern champions | New York Knicks |
Eastern runners-up | Syracuse Nationals |
Western champions | Minneapolis Lakers |
Western runners-up | Rochester Royals |
Finals | |
Champions | Minneapolis Lakers |
Runners-up | New York Knicks |
The 1951β52 NBA season was the sixth season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Minneapolis Lakers winning the NBA Championship, beating the New York Knicks 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals.
Offseason | ||
---|---|---|
Team | 1950β51 coach | 1951β52 coach |
Baltimore Bullets | Walt Budko | Fred Scolari |
Fort Wayne Pistons | Murray Mendenhall | Paul Birch |
Indianapolis Olympians | Wally Jones | Herm Schaefer |
In-season | ||
Team | Outgoing coach | Incoming coach |
Baltimore Bullets | Fred Scolari | Chick Reiser |
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
x- Syracuse Nationals | 40 | 26 | .606 | β | 26β7 | 12β18 | 2β1 | 21β15 |
x- Boston Celtics | 39 | 27 | .591 | 1 | 22β7 | 10β19 | 7β1 | 22β14 |
x- New York Knicks | 37 | 29 | .561 | 3 | 21β4 | 12β22 | 4β3 | 23β13 |
x- Philadelphia Warriors | 33 | 33 | .500 | 7 | 24β7 | 6β25 | 3β1 | 14β22 |
Baltimore Bullets | 20 | 46 | .303 | 20 | 17β15 | 2β22 | 1β9 | 10β26 |
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
x- Rochester Royals | 41 | 25 | .621 | β | 28β5 | 12β18 | 1β2 | 22β14 |
x- Minneapolis Lakers | 40 | 26 | .606 | 1 | 21β5 | 13β20 | 6β1 | 24β12 |
x- Indianapolis Olympians | 34 | 32 | .515 | 7 | 25β6 | 4β24 | 5β2 | 18β18 |
x- Fort Wayne Pistons | 29 | 37 | .439 | 12 | 22β11 | 6β24 | 1β2 | 17β19 |
Milwaukee Hawks | 17 | 49 | .258 | 24 | 8β13 | 3β22 | 6β14 | 9β27 |
Division Semifinals | Division Finals | NBA Finals | ||||||||||||
E1 | Syracuse* | 2 | ||||||||||||
E4 | Philadelphia | 1 | ||||||||||||
E1 | Syracuse* | 1 | ||||||||||||
Eastern Division | ||||||||||||||
E3 | New York | 3 | ||||||||||||
E3 | New York | 2 | ||||||||||||
E2 | Boston | 1 | ||||||||||||
E3 | New York | 3 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Minneapolis | 4 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Rochester* | 2 | ||||||||||||
W4 | Fort Wayne | 0 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Rochester* | 1 | ||||||||||||
Western Division | ||||||||||||||
W2 | Minneapolis | 3 | ||||||||||||
W3 | Indianapolis | 0 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Minneapolis | 2 |
Category | Player | Team | Stat |
---|---|---|---|
Points | Paul Arizin | Philadelphia Warriors | 1,674 |
Rebounds |
Larry Foust Mel Hutchins |
Fort Wayne Pistons Milwaukee Hawks |
880 |
Assists | Andy Phillip | Philadelphia Warriors | 539 |
FG% | Paul Arizin | Philadelphia Warriors | .448 |
FT% | Bobby Wanzer | Rochester Royals | .904 |
Note: Prior to the 1969β70 season, league leaders in points, rebounds, and assists were determined by totals rather than averages.