1952β53 Fort Wayne Pistons season | |
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Head coach | Paul Birch |
Arena | War Memorial Coliseum |
Results | |
Record | 36–33 (.522) |
Place | Division: 3rd ( Western) |
Playoff finish |
West Division Finals (eliminated 2β3) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
The 1952β53 NBA season was the Pistons' fifth season in the NBA and 12th season as a franchise. [1]
The Pistons finished the season above .500 at 36-33 (.522), 3rd in the Western Division. The team advanced to the playoffs, defeating the Rochester Royals 2-1 in the opening series, including a 67-65 home nail-biter to take the series, but lost in the division finals 3-2 to the Minneapolis Lakers as each team won at home in the 5-game series. The Pistons were led on the season by center-forward Larry Foust (14.3 ppg, 11.5 rpg, NBA All-Star), guard Andy Phillip (10.0 ppg, 5.0 apg, NBA All-Star) and Don Meineke (10.7 ppg, 6.9 rpg), who would win the inaugural NBA Rookie of the Year Award. [2] First round draft choice Dick Groat (11.9 ppg) would play for the Pistons while finishing his degree at Duke University, left the team in February 1953 to serve in the United States Army and returned to sports in 1955 to pursue a baseball career. Groat became one of 13 players to play in both the NBA and Major League Baseball. [3] [4]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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1 | 3 | Dick Groat | G | United States | Duke |
2 | 12 | Monk Meineke | F | United States | Dayton |
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x- Minneapolis Lakers | 48 | 22 | .686 | - | 24-2 | 16-15 | 8-5 | 17-13 |
x- Rochester Royals | 44 | 26 | .629 | 4 | 24-8 | 13-17 | 7-1 | 27-13 |
x- Fort Wayne Pistons | 36 | 33 | .522 | 11.5 | 25-9 | 8-19 | 3-5 | 18-22 |
x- Indianapolis Olympians | 28 | 43 | .394 | 20.5 | 19-14 | 4-23 | 5-6 | 15-26 |
Milwaukee Hawks | 27 | 44 | .380 | 21.5 | 14-8 | 3-24 | 10-12 | 15-26 |
1952-53 NBA Records | ||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | FWP | IND | MIL | MIN | NYK | PHI | ROC | SYR |
Baltimore | β | 2β8 | 0β6 | 2β4 | 3β3 | 1β5 | 0β10 | 6β4 | 0β6 | 2β8 |
Boston | 8β2 | β | 4β2 | 4β2 | 5β1 | 1β5 | 6β4 | 9β1 | 4β2 | 5β6 |
Fort Wayne | 6β0 | 2β4 | β | 7β3 | 7β3 | 1β9 | 4β2 | 5β0 | 3β7 | 1β5 |
Indianapolis | 4β2 | 2β4 | 3β7 | β | 5β6 | 4β6 | 1β5 | 5β1 | 3β7 | 1β5 |
Milwaukee | 3β3 | 1β5 | 3β7 | 6β5 | β | 3β7 | 1β5 | 4β2 | 3β7 | 3β3 |
Minneapolis | 5β1 | 5β1 | 9β1 | 6β4 | 7β3 | β | 4β2 | 6β0 | 4β6 | 2β4 |
New York | 10β0 | 4β6 | 2β4 | 5β1 | 5β1 | 2β4 | β | 10β0 | 3β3 | 6β4 |
Philadelphia | 4β6 | 1β9 | 0β5 | 1β5 | 2β4 | 0β6 | 0β10 | β | 2β4 | 2β8 |
Rochester | 6β0 | 2β4 | 7β3 | 7β3 | 7β3 | 6β4 | 3β3 | 4β2 | β | 2β4 |
Syracuse | 8β2 | 6β5 | 5β1 | 5β1 | 3β3 | 4β2 | 4β6 | 8β2 | 4β2 | β |
1952β53 Game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | November 1 | @ Rochester | 82β94 | Frank Brian (15) | 0β1 | |||||
2 | November 2 | Minneapolis | 81β69 | Larry Foust (19) | 0β2 | |||||
3 | November 6 | Rochester | 84β64 | Frank Brian (20) | 0β3 | |||||
4 | November 9 | Indianapolis | 71β74 | Frank Brian (18) | 1β3 | |||||
5 | November 11 | @ Indianapolis | 63β78 | Larry Foust (16) | 1β4 | |||||
6 | November 15 | @ Milwaukee | 68β71 | Frank Brian (22) | 1β5 | |||||
7 | November 16 | New York | 83β112 | Dick Groat (25) | 2β5 | |||||
8 | November 20 | Minneapolis | 89β81 | Fred Schaus (24) | 2β6 | |||||
9 | November 22 | @ Minneapolis | 89β96 | Larry Foust (21) | 2β7 | |||||
10 | November 23 | Philadelphia | 80β92 | Fred Schaus (22) | 3β7 | |||||
11 | November 26 | @ Milwaukee | 80β72 | Don Meineke (19) | 4β7 | |||||
12 | November 27 | Milwaukee | 87β95 (OT) | Dwight Eddleman (24) | 5β7 | |||||
13 | November 29 | N Boston | 71β78 | Frank Brian (17) | 5β8 | |||||
14 | November 30 | Baltimore | 95β100 (2OT) | Dwight Eddleman (27) | 6β8 | |||||
15 | December 4 | Syracuse | 78β70 | Dwight Eddleman (21) | 6β9 | |||||
16 | December 5 | @ Indianapolis | 74β84 | Larry Foust (27) | 6β10 | |||||
17 | December 6 | @ Baltimore | 103β91 | Fred Schaus (21) | 7β10 | |||||
18 | December 7 | New York | 91β102 | Don Meineke (27) | 8β10 | |||||
19 | December 11 | Milwaukee | 70β71 (OT) | Larry Foust (22) | 9β10 | |||||
20 | December 14 | Indianapolis | 71β86 | Larry Foust (27) | 10β10 | |||||
21 | December 16 | N Philadelphia | 64β95 | Foust, Groat (18) | 11β10 | |||||
22 | December 18 | @ Philadelphia | 86β79 | Larry Foust (22) | 12β10 | |||||
23 | December 20 | @ Rochester | 89β92 | Larry Foust (23) | 12β11 | |||||
24 | December 21 | Philadelphia | 71β74 | Don Meineke (16) | 13β11 | |||||
25 | December 23 | @ Indianapolis | 59β72 | Fred Schaus (14) | 13β12 | |||||
26 | December 25 | Milwaukee | 69β71 (2OT) | Larry Foust (14) | 14β12 | |||||
27 | December 27 | N New York | 91β92 | Dick Groat (17) | 15β12 | |||||
28 | December 28 | Boston | 89β66 | Frank Brian (19) | 15β13 | |||||
29 | December 31 | Indianapolis | 85β91 | Larry Foust (25) | 16β13 | |||||
30 | January 1 | @ Syracuse | 78β92 | Larry Foust (22) | 16β14 | |||||
31 | January 3 | @ Rochester | 101β106 | Brian, Eddleman, Foust, Groat (13) | 16β15 | |||||
32 | January 4 | Philadelphia | 68β79 | Andy Phillip (25) | 17β15 | |||||
33 | January 6 | @ Milwaukee | 71β73 | Brian, Foust (17) | 17β16 | |||||
34 | January 10 | N Minneapolis | 84β79 | Fred Schaus (20) | 17β17 | |||||
35 | January 11 | Indianapolis | 68β72 | Larry Foust (17) | 18β17 | |||||
36 | January 15 | Boston | 85β91 | Dwight Eddleman (28) | 19β17 | |||||
37 | January 16 | N Indianapolis | 68β75 | Larry Foust (15) | 20β17 | |||||
38 | January 18 | Rochester | 87β90 | Dick Groat (22) | 21β17 | |||||
39 | January 21 | @ Boston | 84β94 | Frank Brian (21) | 21β18 | |||||
40 | January 22 | @ Syracuse | 75β87 | Larry Foust (15) | 21β19 | |||||
41 | January 24 | @ New York | 76β82 | Larry Foust (22) | 21β20 | |||||
42 | January 25 | Milwaukee | 62β65 | Don Meineke (15) | 22β20 | |||||
43 | January 27 | N Minneapolis | 96β76 | Andy Phillip (17) | 22β21 | |||||
44 | January 29 | Boston | 98β111 | Larry Foust (21) | 23β21 | |||||
45 | January 30 | N Rochester | 70β68 (OT) | Phillip, Schaus (15) | 23β22 | |||||
46 | January 31 | @ Minneapolis | 80β87 | Dick Groat (19) | 23β23 | |||||
47 | February 1 | Minneapolis | 92β76 | Frank Brian (16) | 23β24 | |||||
48 | February 5 | Indianapolis | 63β68 | Andy Phillip (19) | 24β24 | |||||
49 | February 8 | Baltimore | 78β89 | Andy Phillip (19) | 25β24 | |||||
50 | February 11 | Syracuse | 78β96 | Frank Brian (20) | 26β24 | |||||
51 | February 14 | @ Baltimore | 102β88 | Fred Schaus (20) | 27β24 | |||||
52 | February 15 | Rochester | 84β72 | Chuck Share (17) | 27β25 | |||||
53 | February 17 | @ Rochester | 88β78 | Andy Phillip (19) | 28β25 | |||||
54 | February 19 | Baltimore | 79β83 (OT) | Fred Scolari (17) | 29β25 | |||||
55 | February 21 | @ Minneapolis | 75β85 | Andy Phillip (15) | 29β26 | |||||
56 | February 22 | Minneapolis | 78β90 | Andy Phillip (20) | 30β26 | |||||
57 | February 24 | @ Rochester | 91β80 | Don Meineke (19) | 31β26 | |||||
58 | February 26 | @ Syracuse | 77β89 | Don Meineke (20) | 31β27 | |||||
59 | February 28 | @ New York | 74β85 | Larry Foust (20) | 31β28 | |||||
60 | March 1 | Milwaukee | 74β76 | Fred Scolari (24) | 32β28 | |||||
61 | March 3 | N Minneapolis | 86β68 | Larry Foust (18) | 32β29 | |||||
62 | March 4 | Syracuse | 75β73 (2OT) | Larry Foust (20) | 32β30 | |||||
63 | March 6 | @ Indianapolis | 73β64 | Andy Phillip (23) | 33β30 | |||||
64 | March 7 | @ Baltimore | 83β81 (OT) | Brian, Foust, Schaus (15) | 34β30 | |||||
65 | March 8 | Rochester | 71β69 | Foust, Phillip, Scolari (13) | 34β31 | |||||
66 | March 9 | Milwaukee | 74β94 | Fred Schaus (17) | 35β31 | |||||
67 | March 11 | @ Boston | 92β98 | Fred Scolari (26) | 35β32 | |||||
68 | March 15 | New York | 69β81 | Fred Schaus (18) | 36β32 | |||||
69 | March 17 | @ Milwaukee | 61β87 | Larry Foust (12) | 36β33 |
1953 playoff game log | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Division Semifinals: 2β1 (home: 0β1; road: 2β0)
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Division Finals: 2β3 (home: 2β0; road: 0β3)
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1953 schedule |
1952β53 Fort Wayne Pistons season | |
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Head coach | Paul Birch |
Arena | War Memorial Coliseum |
Results | |
Record | 36–33 (.522) |
Place | Division: 3rd ( Western) |
Playoff finish |
West Division Finals (eliminated 2β3) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
The 1952β53 NBA season was the Pistons' fifth season in the NBA and 12th season as a franchise. [1]
The Pistons finished the season above .500 at 36-33 (.522), 3rd in the Western Division. The team advanced to the playoffs, defeating the Rochester Royals 2-1 in the opening series, including a 67-65 home nail-biter to take the series, but lost in the division finals 3-2 to the Minneapolis Lakers as each team won at home in the 5-game series. The Pistons were led on the season by center-forward Larry Foust (14.3 ppg, 11.5 rpg, NBA All-Star), guard Andy Phillip (10.0 ppg, 5.0 apg, NBA All-Star) and Don Meineke (10.7 ppg, 6.9 rpg), who would win the inaugural NBA Rookie of the Year Award. [2] First round draft choice Dick Groat (11.9 ppg) would play for the Pistons while finishing his degree at Duke University, left the team in February 1953 to serve in the United States Army and returned to sports in 1955 to pursue a baseball career. Groat became one of 13 players to play in both the NBA and Major League Baseball. [3] [4]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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1 | 3 | Dick Groat | G | United States | Duke |
2 | 12 | Monk Meineke | F | United States | Dayton |
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x- Minneapolis Lakers | 48 | 22 | .686 | - | 24-2 | 16-15 | 8-5 | 17-13 |
x- Rochester Royals | 44 | 26 | .629 | 4 | 24-8 | 13-17 | 7-1 | 27-13 |
x- Fort Wayne Pistons | 36 | 33 | .522 | 11.5 | 25-9 | 8-19 | 3-5 | 18-22 |
x- Indianapolis Olympians | 28 | 43 | .394 | 20.5 | 19-14 | 4-23 | 5-6 | 15-26 |
Milwaukee Hawks | 27 | 44 | .380 | 21.5 | 14-8 | 3-24 | 10-12 | 15-26 |
1952-53 NBA Records | ||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | FWP | IND | MIL | MIN | NYK | PHI | ROC | SYR |
Baltimore | β | 2β8 | 0β6 | 2β4 | 3β3 | 1β5 | 0β10 | 6β4 | 0β6 | 2β8 |
Boston | 8β2 | β | 4β2 | 4β2 | 5β1 | 1β5 | 6β4 | 9β1 | 4β2 | 5β6 |
Fort Wayne | 6β0 | 2β4 | β | 7β3 | 7β3 | 1β9 | 4β2 | 5β0 | 3β7 | 1β5 |
Indianapolis | 4β2 | 2β4 | 3β7 | β | 5β6 | 4β6 | 1β5 | 5β1 | 3β7 | 1β5 |
Milwaukee | 3β3 | 1β5 | 3β7 | 6β5 | β | 3β7 | 1β5 | 4β2 | 3β7 | 3β3 |
Minneapolis | 5β1 | 5β1 | 9β1 | 6β4 | 7β3 | β | 4β2 | 6β0 | 4β6 | 2β4 |
New York | 10β0 | 4β6 | 2β4 | 5β1 | 5β1 | 2β4 | β | 10β0 | 3β3 | 6β4 |
Philadelphia | 4β6 | 1β9 | 0β5 | 1β5 | 2β4 | 0β6 | 0β10 | β | 2β4 | 2β8 |
Rochester | 6β0 | 2β4 | 7β3 | 7β3 | 7β3 | 6β4 | 3β3 | 4β2 | β | 2β4 |
Syracuse | 8β2 | 6β5 | 5β1 | 5β1 | 3β3 | 4β2 | 4β6 | 8β2 | 4β2 | β |
1952β53 Game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | November 1 | @ Rochester | 82β94 | Frank Brian (15) | 0β1 | |||||
2 | November 2 | Minneapolis | 81β69 | Larry Foust (19) | 0β2 | |||||
3 | November 6 | Rochester | 84β64 | Frank Brian (20) | 0β3 | |||||
4 | November 9 | Indianapolis | 71β74 | Frank Brian (18) | 1β3 | |||||
5 | November 11 | @ Indianapolis | 63β78 | Larry Foust (16) | 1β4 | |||||
6 | November 15 | @ Milwaukee | 68β71 | Frank Brian (22) | 1β5 | |||||
7 | November 16 | New York | 83β112 | Dick Groat (25) | 2β5 | |||||
8 | November 20 | Minneapolis | 89β81 | Fred Schaus (24) | 2β6 | |||||
9 | November 22 | @ Minneapolis | 89β96 | Larry Foust (21) | 2β7 | |||||
10 | November 23 | Philadelphia | 80β92 | Fred Schaus (22) | 3β7 | |||||
11 | November 26 | @ Milwaukee | 80β72 | Don Meineke (19) | 4β7 | |||||
12 | November 27 | Milwaukee | 87β95 (OT) | Dwight Eddleman (24) | 5β7 | |||||
13 | November 29 | N Boston | 71β78 | Frank Brian (17) | 5β8 | |||||
14 | November 30 | Baltimore | 95β100 (2OT) | Dwight Eddleman (27) | 6β8 | |||||
15 | December 4 | Syracuse | 78β70 | Dwight Eddleman (21) | 6β9 | |||||
16 | December 5 | @ Indianapolis | 74β84 | Larry Foust (27) | 6β10 | |||||
17 | December 6 | @ Baltimore | 103β91 | Fred Schaus (21) | 7β10 | |||||
18 | December 7 | New York | 91β102 | Don Meineke (27) | 8β10 | |||||
19 | December 11 | Milwaukee | 70β71 (OT) | Larry Foust (22) | 9β10 | |||||
20 | December 14 | Indianapolis | 71β86 | Larry Foust (27) | 10β10 | |||||
21 | December 16 | N Philadelphia | 64β95 | Foust, Groat (18) | 11β10 | |||||
22 | December 18 | @ Philadelphia | 86β79 | Larry Foust (22) | 12β10 | |||||
23 | December 20 | @ Rochester | 89β92 | Larry Foust (23) | 12β11 | |||||
24 | December 21 | Philadelphia | 71β74 | Don Meineke (16) | 13β11 | |||||
25 | December 23 | @ Indianapolis | 59β72 | Fred Schaus (14) | 13β12 | |||||
26 | December 25 | Milwaukee | 69β71 (2OT) | Larry Foust (14) | 14β12 | |||||
27 | December 27 | N New York | 91β92 | Dick Groat (17) | 15β12 | |||||
28 | December 28 | Boston | 89β66 | Frank Brian (19) | 15β13 | |||||
29 | December 31 | Indianapolis | 85β91 | Larry Foust (25) | 16β13 | |||||
30 | January 1 | @ Syracuse | 78β92 | Larry Foust (22) | 16β14 | |||||
31 | January 3 | @ Rochester | 101β106 | Brian, Eddleman, Foust, Groat (13) | 16β15 | |||||
32 | January 4 | Philadelphia | 68β79 | Andy Phillip (25) | 17β15 | |||||
33 | January 6 | @ Milwaukee | 71β73 | Brian, Foust (17) | 17β16 | |||||
34 | January 10 | N Minneapolis | 84β79 | Fred Schaus (20) | 17β17 | |||||
35 | January 11 | Indianapolis | 68β72 | Larry Foust (17) | 18β17 | |||||
36 | January 15 | Boston | 85β91 | Dwight Eddleman (28) | 19β17 | |||||
37 | January 16 | N Indianapolis | 68β75 | Larry Foust (15) | 20β17 | |||||
38 | January 18 | Rochester | 87β90 | Dick Groat (22) | 21β17 | |||||
39 | January 21 | @ Boston | 84β94 | Frank Brian (21) | 21β18 | |||||
40 | January 22 | @ Syracuse | 75β87 | Larry Foust (15) | 21β19 | |||||
41 | January 24 | @ New York | 76β82 | Larry Foust (22) | 21β20 | |||||
42 | January 25 | Milwaukee | 62β65 | Don Meineke (15) | 22β20 | |||||
43 | January 27 | N Minneapolis | 96β76 | Andy Phillip (17) | 22β21 | |||||
44 | January 29 | Boston | 98β111 | Larry Foust (21) | 23β21 | |||||
45 | January 30 | N Rochester | 70β68 (OT) | Phillip, Schaus (15) | 23β22 | |||||
46 | January 31 | @ Minneapolis | 80β87 | Dick Groat (19) | 23β23 | |||||
47 | February 1 | Minneapolis | 92β76 | Frank Brian (16) | 23β24 | |||||
48 | February 5 | Indianapolis | 63β68 | Andy Phillip (19) | 24β24 | |||||
49 | February 8 | Baltimore | 78β89 | Andy Phillip (19) | 25β24 | |||||
50 | February 11 | Syracuse | 78β96 | Frank Brian (20) | 26β24 | |||||
51 | February 14 | @ Baltimore | 102β88 | Fred Schaus (20) | 27β24 | |||||
52 | February 15 | Rochester | 84β72 | Chuck Share (17) | 27β25 | |||||
53 | February 17 | @ Rochester | 88β78 | Andy Phillip (19) | 28β25 | |||||
54 | February 19 | Baltimore | 79β83 (OT) | Fred Scolari (17) | 29β25 | |||||
55 | February 21 | @ Minneapolis | 75β85 | Andy Phillip (15) | 29β26 | |||||
56 | February 22 | Minneapolis | 78β90 | Andy Phillip (20) | 30β26 | |||||
57 | February 24 | @ Rochester | 91β80 | Don Meineke (19) | 31β26 | |||||
58 | February 26 | @ Syracuse | 77β89 | Don Meineke (20) | 31β27 | |||||
59 | February 28 | @ New York | 74β85 | Larry Foust (20) | 31β28 | |||||
60 | March 1 | Milwaukee | 74β76 | Fred Scolari (24) | 32β28 | |||||
61 | March 3 | N Minneapolis | 86β68 | Larry Foust (18) | 32β29 | |||||
62 | March 4 | Syracuse | 75β73 (2OT) | Larry Foust (20) | 32β30 | |||||
63 | March 6 | @ Indianapolis | 73β64 | Andy Phillip (23) | 33β30 | |||||
64 | March 7 | @ Baltimore | 83β81 (OT) | Brian, Foust, Schaus (15) | 34β30 | |||||
65 | March 8 | Rochester | 71β69 | Foust, Phillip, Scolari (13) | 34β31 | |||||
66 | March 9 | Milwaukee | 74β94 | Fred Schaus (17) | 35β31 | |||||
67 | March 11 | @ Boston | 92β98 | Fred Scolari (26) | 35β32 | |||||
68 | March 15 | New York | 69β81 | Fred Schaus (18) | 36β32 | |||||
69 | March 17 | @ Milwaukee | 61β87 | Larry Foust (12) | 36β33 |
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Division Semifinals: 2β1 (home: 0β1; road: 2β0)
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Division Finals: 2β3 (home: 2β0; road: 0β3)
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1953 schedule |