1951β52 New York Knicks season | |
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Head coach | Joe Lapchick [1] |
General manager | Ned Irish |
Arena | Madison Square Garden [1] |
Results | |
Record | 37–29 (.561) |
Place | Division: 3rd ( Eastern) |
Playoff finish |
NBA Finals (lost to Lakers 3β4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | WPIX |
Radio | WMGM [2] |
The 1951β52 New York Knicks season was the sixth season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Knicks finished third in the Eastern Division with a 37β29 record, and advanced to the NBA Playoffs for the sixth consecutive season. [3]
In the first round of the Eastern Division playoffs, the Knicks defeated the Boston Celtics in a best-of-three series, two games to one, to move on to the Eastern Division finals. New York won 3β1 in a best-of-five series with the Syracuse Nationals to reach its second straight NBA Finals. [3] [4] In the Finals, the Knicks lost to the Minneapolis Lakers in seven games. [4] The Knicks became the first NBA team to erase a 3β0 deficit in a best-of-seven series and force a deciding game 7. [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]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club Team |
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1 | 6 | Ed Smith | F | ![]() |
Harvard |
2 | 15 | Roland Minson | G | ![]() |
Brigham Young |
6 | 55 | Al McGuire | G/F | ![]() |
St. John's |
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 |
1951β52 NBA records | ||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | FWP | IND | MIL | MIN | NYK | PHI | ROC | SYR |
Baltimore | β | 1β8 | 2β4 | 2β4 | 4β2 | 0β6 | 2β7 | 4β5 | 2β4 | 3β6 |
Boston | 8β1 | β | 3β3 | 3β3 | 5β1 | 3β3 | 4β5 | 6β3 | 3β3 | 4β5 |
Fort Wayne | 4β2 | 3β3 | β | 5β4 | 4β5 | 5β4 | 3β3 | 2β4 | 3β6 | 0β6 |
Indianapolis | 4β2 | 3β3 | 4β5 | β | 7β2 | 4β5 | 3β3 | 2β4 | 3β6 | 4β2 |
Milwaukee | 2β4 | 1β5 | 5β4 | 2β7 | β | 1β8 | 2β4 | 1β5 | 1β8 | 2β4 |
Minneapolis | 6β0 | 3β3 | 4β5 | 5β4 | 8β1 | β | 4β2 | 2β4 | 7β2 | 1β5 |
New York | 7β2 | 5β4 | 3β3 | 3β3 | 4β2 | 2β4 | β | 6β3 | 2β4 | 5β4 |
Philadelphia | 5β4 | 3β6 | 4β2 | 4β2 | 5β1 | 4β2 | 3β6 | β | 2β4 | 3β6 |
Rochester | 4β2 | 3β3 | 6β3 | 6β3 | 8β1 | 2β7 | 4β2 | 4β2 | β | 4β2 |
Syracuse | 6β3 | 5β4 | 6β0 | 2β4 | 4β2 | 5β1 | 4β5 | 6β3 | 2β4 | β |
1951β52 game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | November 3 | @ Milwaukee | 68β66 | Vince Boryla (25) | 1β0 | |||||
2 | November 4 | @ Fort Wayne | 75β84 | Vince Boryla (23) | 1β1 | |||||
3 | November 6 | @ Indianapolis | 83β73 | Harry Gallatin (19) | 2β1 | |||||
4 | November 10 | Minneapolis | 89β73 | Nathaniel Clifton (15) | 2β2 | |||||
5 | November 11 | @ Rochester | 78β80 | Ray Lumpp (22) | 2β3 | |||||
6 | November 13 | @ Philadelphia | 85β82 | Max Zaslofsky (19) | 3β3 | |||||
7 | November 17 | Syracuse | 79β72 | Ernie Vandeweghe (17) | 3β4 | |||||
8 | November 18 | @ Boston | 93β87 | Ernie Vandeweghe (21) | 4β4 | |||||
9 | November 20 | N Baltimore | 88β86 | Max Zaslofsky (21) | 5β4 | |||||
10 | November 22 | Philadelphia | 88β102 | Nathaniel Clifton (23) | 6β4 | |||||
11 | November 24 | Boston | 70β68 | Max Zaslofsky (14) | 6β5 | |||||
12 | November 23 | @ Syracuse | 73β100 | Vince Boryla (19) | 6β6 | |||||
13 | November 27 | @ Philadelphia | 81β83 | Nathaniel Clifton (22) | 6β7 | |||||
14 | November 29 | Rochester | 78β74 | Nathaniel Clifton (17) | 6β8 | |||||
15 | December 1 | @ Baltimore | 82β84 | Max Zaslofsky (20) | 6β9 | |||||
16 | December 2 | Philadelphia | 72β86 | Vince Boryla (30) | 7β9 | |||||
17 | December 7 | @ Philadelphia | 91β93 | Boryla, Gallatin (19) | 7β10 | |||||
18 | December 9 | @ Boston | 94β103 | Dick McGuire (20) | 7β11 | |||||
19 | December 11 | Milwaukee | 83β88 | Gallatin, Zaslofsky (19) | 8β11 | |||||
20 | December 14 | @ Indianapolis | 79β83 | Max Zaslofsky (21) | 8β12 | |||||
21 | December 16 | @ Fort Wayne | 80β71 | Max Zaslofsky (16) | 9β12 | |||||
22 | December 18 | Minneapolis | 86β77 | Max Zaslofsky (14) | 10β12 | |||||
23 | December 22 | Syracuse | 73β92 | Dick McGuire (21) | 11β12 | |||||
24 | December 23 | @ Syracuse | 75β72 | Harry Gallatin (19) | 12β12 | |||||
25 | December 25 | Fort Wayne | 65β72 | Max Zaslofsky (23) | 13β12 | |||||
26 | December 26 | N Milwaukee | 76β78 | Vince Boryla (16) | 13β13 | |||||
27 | December 27 | @ Rochester | 85β98 | Connie Simmons (20) | 13β14 | |||||
28 | December 30 | @ Boston | 90β100 | Connie Simmons (16) | 13β15 | |||||
29 | December 31 | Boston | 86β87 (OT) | Max Zaslofsky (30) | 14β15 | |||||
30 | January 1 | @ Milwaukee | 68β65 | Vince Boryla (16) | 15β15 | |||||
31 | January 2 | N Milwaukee | 89β67 | Max Zaslofsky (27) | 16β15 | |||||
32 | January 4 | @ Indianapolis | 73β83 | Dick McGuire (15) | 16β16 | |||||
33 | January 6 | @ Minneapolis | 92β107 | Max Zaslofsky (18) | 16β17 | |||||
34 | January 8 | Rochester | 74β107 | Ernie Vandeweghe (18) | 17β17 | |||||
35 | January 10 | @ Syracuse | 96β110 | Connie Simmons (15) | 17β18 | |||||
36 | January 12 | Indianapolis | 77β86 | Harry Gallatin (23) | 18β18 | |||||
37 | January 13 | @ Rochester | 70β97 | Dick McGuire (15) | 18β19 | |||||
38 | January 19 | Philadelphia | 88β94 | Vandeweghe, Zaslofsky (20) | 19β19 | |||||
39 | January 21 | @ Baltimore | 99β83 | Dick McGuire (22) | 20β19 | |||||
40 | January 22 | @ Philadelphia | 82β78 | Simmons, Zaslofsky (17) | 21β19 | |||||
41 | January 26 | Indianapolis | 93β99 | Connie Simmons (25) | 22β19 | |||||
42 | January 27 | @ Fort Wayne | 92β100 | Max Zaslofsky (25) | 22β20 | |||||
43 | January 29 | N Indianapolis | 72β100 | George Kaftan (13) | 22β21 | |||||
44 | January 30 | @ Minneapolis | 65β77 | Max Zaslofsky (14) | 22β22 | |||||
45 | February 2 | Boston | 83β91 | Dick McGuire (21) | 23β22 | |||||
46 | February 3 | @ Boston | 95β100 | Harry Gallatin (23) | 23β23 | |||||
47 | February 4 | @ Baltimore | 81β82 | Nathaniel Clifton (16) | 23β24 | |||||
48 | February 6 | Baltimore | 70β73 | McGuire, Zaslofsky (14) | 24β24 | |||||
49 | February 8 | N Baltimore | 103β83 | Ray Lumpp (23) | 25β24 | |||||
50 | February 9 | Philadelphia | 86β96 | Connie Simmons (18) | 26β24 | |||||
51 | February 12 | Syracuse | 69β78 | Connie Simmons (15) | 27β24 | |||||
52 | February 16 | Baltimore | 82β102 | Max Zaslofsky (26) | 28β24 | |||||
53 | February 17 | @ Syracuse | 61β66 | Harry Gallatin (11) | 28β25 | |||||
54 | February 19 | Minneapolis | 96β98 | Max Zaslofsky (23) | 29β25 | |||||
55 | February 22 | @ Philadelphia | 95β118 | Harry Gallatin (22) | 29β26 | |||||
56 | February 23 | Fort Wayne | 77β82 (OT) | Max Zaslofsky (24) | 30β26 | |||||
57 | February 25 | @ Baltimore | 89β84 | Dick McGuire (17) | 31β26 | |||||
58 | March 1 | Boston | 84β78 | Ernie Vandeweghe (22) | 32β26 | |||||
59 | March 2 | @ Boston | 89β87 | Harry Gallatin (21) | 33β26 | |||||
60 | March 4 | Rochester | 90β92 (OT) | George Kaftan (30) | 34β26 | |||||
61 | March 5 | N Baltimore | 88β82 | Simmons, Zaslofsky (19) | 35β26 | |||||
62 | March 8 | N Milwaukee | 99β103 | Max Zaslofsky (24) | 35β27 | |||||
63 | March 9 | @ Fort Wayne | 79β80 | Harry Gallatin (25) | 35β28 | |||||
64 | March 12 | @ Minneapolis | 83β85 | Harry Gallatin (19) | 35β29 | |||||
65 | March 15 | Syracuse | 90β97 | Harry Gallatin (24) | 36β29 | |||||
66 | March 16 | @ Syracuse | 90β84 | Ernie Vandeweghe (19) | 37β29 |
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 |
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1951β52 New York Knicks season | |
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Head coach | Joe Lapchick [1] |
General manager | Ned Irish |
Arena | Madison Square Garden [1] |
Results | |
Record | 37–29 (.561) |
Place | Division: 3rd ( Eastern) |
Playoff finish |
NBA Finals (lost to Lakers 3β4) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | WPIX |
Radio | WMGM [2] |
The 1951β52 New York Knicks season was the sixth season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Knicks finished third in the Eastern Division with a 37β29 record, and advanced to the NBA Playoffs for the sixth consecutive season. [3]
In the first round of the Eastern Division playoffs, the Knicks defeated the Boston Celtics in a best-of-three series, two games to one, to move on to the Eastern Division finals. New York won 3β1 in a best-of-five series with the Syracuse Nationals to reach its second straight NBA Finals. [3] [4] In the Finals, the Knicks lost to the Minneapolis Lakers in seven games. [4] The Knicks became the first NBA team to erase a 3β0 deficit in a best-of-seven series and force a deciding game 7. [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]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club Team |
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1 | 6 | Ed Smith | F | ![]() |
Harvard |
2 | 15 | Roland Minson | G | ![]() |
Brigham Young |
6 | 55 | Al McGuire | G/F | ![]() |
St. John's |
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 |
1951β52 NBA records | ||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | FWP | IND | MIL | MIN | NYK | PHI | ROC | SYR |
Baltimore | β | 1β8 | 2β4 | 2β4 | 4β2 | 0β6 | 2β7 | 4β5 | 2β4 | 3β6 |
Boston | 8β1 | β | 3β3 | 3β3 | 5β1 | 3β3 | 4β5 | 6β3 | 3β3 | 4β5 |
Fort Wayne | 4β2 | 3β3 | β | 5β4 | 4β5 | 5β4 | 3β3 | 2β4 | 3β6 | 0β6 |
Indianapolis | 4β2 | 3β3 | 4β5 | β | 7β2 | 4β5 | 3β3 | 2β4 | 3β6 | 4β2 |
Milwaukee | 2β4 | 1β5 | 5β4 | 2β7 | β | 1β8 | 2β4 | 1β5 | 1β8 | 2β4 |
Minneapolis | 6β0 | 3β3 | 4β5 | 5β4 | 8β1 | β | 4β2 | 2β4 | 7β2 | 1β5 |
New York | 7β2 | 5β4 | 3β3 | 3β3 | 4β2 | 2β4 | β | 6β3 | 2β4 | 5β4 |
Philadelphia | 5β4 | 3β6 | 4β2 | 4β2 | 5β1 | 4β2 | 3β6 | β | 2β4 | 3β6 |
Rochester | 4β2 | 3β3 | 6β3 | 6β3 | 8β1 | 2β7 | 4β2 | 4β2 | β | 4β2 |
Syracuse | 6β3 | 5β4 | 6β0 | 2β4 | 4β2 | 5β1 | 4β5 | 6β3 | 2β4 | β |
1951β52 game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | November 3 | @ Milwaukee | 68β66 | Vince Boryla (25) | 1β0 | |||||
2 | November 4 | @ Fort Wayne | 75β84 | Vince Boryla (23) | 1β1 | |||||
3 | November 6 | @ Indianapolis | 83β73 | Harry Gallatin (19) | 2β1 | |||||
4 | November 10 | Minneapolis | 89β73 | Nathaniel Clifton (15) | 2β2 | |||||
5 | November 11 | @ Rochester | 78β80 | Ray Lumpp (22) | 2β3 | |||||
6 | November 13 | @ Philadelphia | 85β82 | Max Zaslofsky (19) | 3β3 | |||||
7 | November 17 | Syracuse | 79β72 | Ernie Vandeweghe (17) | 3β4 | |||||
8 | November 18 | @ Boston | 93β87 | Ernie Vandeweghe (21) | 4β4 | |||||
9 | November 20 | N Baltimore | 88β86 | Max Zaslofsky (21) | 5β4 | |||||
10 | November 22 | Philadelphia | 88β102 | Nathaniel Clifton (23) | 6β4 | |||||
11 | November 24 | Boston | 70β68 | Max Zaslofsky (14) | 6β5 | |||||
12 | November 23 | @ Syracuse | 73β100 | Vince Boryla (19) | 6β6 | |||||
13 | November 27 | @ Philadelphia | 81β83 | Nathaniel Clifton (22) | 6β7 | |||||
14 | November 29 | Rochester | 78β74 | Nathaniel Clifton (17) | 6β8 | |||||
15 | December 1 | @ Baltimore | 82β84 | Max Zaslofsky (20) | 6β9 | |||||
16 | December 2 | Philadelphia | 72β86 | Vince Boryla (30) | 7β9 | |||||
17 | December 7 | @ Philadelphia | 91β93 | Boryla, Gallatin (19) | 7β10 | |||||
18 | December 9 | @ Boston | 94β103 | Dick McGuire (20) | 7β11 | |||||
19 | December 11 | Milwaukee | 83β88 | Gallatin, Zaslofsky (19) | 8β11 | |||||
20 | December 14 | @ Indianapolis | 79β83 | Max Zaslofsky (21) | 8β12 | |||||
21 | December 16 | @ Fort Wayne | 80β71 | Max Zaslofsky (16) | 9β12 | |||||
22 | December 18 | Minneapolis | 86β77 | Max Zaslofsky (14) | 10β12 | |||||
23 | December 22 | Syracuse | 73β92 | Dick McGuire (21) | 11β12 | |||||
24 | December 23 | @ Syracuse | 75β72 | Harry Gallatin (19) | 12β12 | |||||
25 | December 25 | Fort Wayne | 65β72 | Max Zaslofsky (23) | 13β12 | |||||
26 | December 26 | N Milwaukee | 76β78 | Vince Boryla (16) | 13β13 | |||||
27 | December 27 | @ Rochester | 85β98 | Connie Simmons (20) | 13β14 | |||||
28 | December 30 | @ Boston | 90β100 | Connie Simmons (16) | 13β15 | |||||
29 | December 31 | Boston | 86β87 (OT) | Max Zaslofsky (30) | 14β15 | |||||
30 | January 1 | @ Milwaukee | 68β65 | Vince Boryla (16) | 15β15 | |||||
31 | January 2 | N Milwaukee | 89β67 | Max Zaslofsky (27) | 16β15 | |||||
32 | January 4 | @ Indianapolis | 73β83 | Dick McGuire (15) | 16β16 | |||||
33 | January 6 | @ Minneapolis | 92β107 | Max Zaslofsky (18) | 16β17 | |||||
34 | January 8 | Rochester | 74β107 | Ernie Vandeweghe (18) | 17β17 | |||||
35 | January 10 | @ Syracuse | 96β110 | Connie Simmons (15) | 17β18 | |||||
36 | January 12 | Indianapolis | 77β86 | Harry Gallatin (23) | 18β18 | |||||
37 | January 13 | @ Rochester | 70β97 | Dick McGuire (15) | 18β19 | |||||
38 | January 19 | Philadelphia | 88β94 | Vandeweghe, Zaslofsky (20) | 19β19 | |||||
39 | January 21 | @ Baltimore | 99β83 | Dick McGuire (22) | 20β19 | |||||
40 | January 22 | @ Philadelphia | 82β78 | Simmons, Zaslofsky (17) | 21β19 | |||||
41 | January 26 | Indianapolis | 93β99 | Connie Simmons (25) | 22β19 | |||||
42 | January 27 | @ Fort Wayne | 92β100 | Max Zaslofsky (25) | 22β20 | |||||
43 | January 29 | N Indianapolis | 72β100 | George Kaftan (13) | 22β21 | |||||
44 | January 30 | @ Minneapolis | 65β77 | Max Zaslofsky (14) | 22β22 | |||||
45 | February 2 | Boston | 83β91 | Dick McGuire (21) | 23β22 | |||||
46 | February 3 | @ Boston | 95β100 | Harry Gallatin (23) | 23β23 | |||||
47 | February 4 | @ Baltimore | 81β82 | Nathaniel Clifton (16) | 23β24 | |||||
48 | February 6 | Baltimore | 70β73 | McGuire, Zaslofsky (14) | 24β24 | |||||
49 | February 8 | N Baltimore | 103β83 | Ray Lumpp (23) | 25β24 | |||||
50 | February 9 | Philadelphia | 86β96 | Connie Simmons (18) | 26β24 | |||||
51 | February 12 | Syracuse | 69β78 | Connie Simmons (15) | 27β24 | |||||
52 | February 16 | Baltimore | 82β102 | Max Zaslofsky (26) | 28β24 | |||||
53 | February 17 | @ Syracuse | 61β66 | Harry Gallatin (11) | 28β25 | |||||
54 | February 19 | Minneapolis | 96β98 | Max Zaslofsky (23) | 29β25 | |||||
55 | February 22 | @ Philadelphia | 95β118 | Harry Gallatin (22) | 29β26 | |||||
56 | February 23 | Fort Wayne | 77β82 (OT) | Max Zaslofsky (24) | 30β26 | |||||
57 | February 25 | @ Baltimore | 89β84 | Dick McGuire (17) | 31β26 | |||||
58 | March 1 | Boston | 84β78 | Ernie Vandeweghe (22) | 32β26 | |||||
59 | March 2 | @ Boston | 89β87 | Harry Gallatin (21) | 33β26 | |||||
60 | March 4 | Rochester | 90β92 (OT) | George Kaftan (30) | 34β26 | |||||
61 | March 5 | N Baltimore | 88β82 | Simmons, Zaslofsky (19) | 35β26 | |||||
62 | March 8 | N Milwaukee | 99β103 | Max Zaslofsky (24) | 35β27 | |||||
63 | March 9 | @ Fort Wayne | 79β80 | Harry Gallatin (25) | 35β28 | |||||
64 | March 12 | @ Minneapolis | 83β85 | Harry Gallatin (19) | 35β29 | |||||
65 | March 15 | Syracuse | 90β97 | Harry Gallatin (24) | 36β29 | |||||
66 | March 16 | @ Syracuse | 90β84 | Ernie Vandeweghe (19) | 37β29 |
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NBA Finals: 3β4 (home: 2β1; road: 1β3)
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1952 schedule |
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 |
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