1952–53 Baltimore Bullets season

August 2023 March 2026 Baltimore Bullets (1944–54)Baltimore Bullets 1953 16 54 Eastern 4 Chick Reiser Clair Bee Baltimore Coliseum WAAM WITH East Division Semifinals(eliminated 0-2) BLB Baltimore Bullets Baltimore Bullets The 1952-53 Baltimore Bullets season was the Bullets' 6th season in the NBA and 9th overall season of existence.1952-53 Baltimore Bullets The team featured Hall of Fame center Don Barksdale.http://www.hoophall.com/news/2012/2/24/five-direct-elects-for-the-class-of-2012-announced-by-the-na.html Five Direct-Elects for the Class of 2012 Announced By the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame February 24, 2012 February 24, 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120314083208/http://www.hoophall.com/news/2012/2/24/five-direct-elects-for-the-class-of-2012-announced-by-the-na.html March 14, 2012 After coach Chick Reiser's firing on November 12, 1952 following his compilation of an overall 8–22 for his time coaching the Bullets, Baltimore replaced him with Clair Bee, who himself was a Hall of Fame head coach who was best known for his time coaching the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds men's basketball team up until the aftermath of the CCNY point-shaving scandal caused Long Island University as a whole to rethink their own sports programs as a whole by this point in time. Bee would later become the final long-term head coach of the original Bullets franchise's history, including for most of the final season they'd ever play in the NBA. Their .229 winning percentage is the lowest of any team in the four major North American sports leagues to ever qualify for the playoffs, with Baltimore winning four more games than the Philadelphia Warriors to earn the final playoff spot in the Eastern Division this season. Despite that interesting factoid, the original Bullets franchise would never again make it to the NBA Playoffs, as the franchise folded early on into what would have been their 1954–55 season. Draft picks 1952 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 2 Jim Baechtold G/F USA United States Eastern Kentucky Roster Baltimore Bullets 1952–53 |- 18 Jim Baechtold SF 6 4 190 Eastern Kentucky 17 Don Barksdale PF 6 6 200 Temple Don Boven F/G 6 4 210 Western Michigan 9 Dick Bunt SF 6 0 170 NYU Blaine Denning G 6 2 175 Lawrence Technological 16 Don Henriksen C 6 7 225 California 11 Paul Hoffman basketball SG 6 2 195 Purdue 9 George Kaftan SF 6 3 190 Holy Cross 12 Jack Kerris PF 6 6 215 Loyola Chicago Frank Kudelka basketball G/F 6 2 193 St. Mary's 8 Ray Lumpp PG 6 1 178 NYU 10 George McLeod basketball F 6 5 200 TCU Stan Miasek C/F 6 5 210 15 Eddie Miller basketball C 6 8 210 Syracuse Dave Minor G/F 6 2 185 UCLA 20 Ralph O'Brien PG 5 9 160 Butler 7 Kevin O'Shea SG 6 2 175 Notre Dame 9, 10 Bob Priddy basketball F 6 3 190 New Mexico State George Ratkovicz PF 6 6 220 Lindblom Technical High School Fred Scolari PG 5 10 180 San Francisco Chick ReiserClair Bee Game log 1952–53 Game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 November 1 @ New York 53–69 Fred Scolari (11) 0–1 2 November 5 Minneapolis 97–75 Don Barksdale (19) 0–2 3 November 8 New York 92–62 Stan Miasek (14) 0–3 4 November 12 Milwaukee 90–107 Hoffman, Ratkovicz (18) 1–3 5 November 15 Syracuse 91–97 (OT) Fred Scolari (18) 2–3 6 November 16 vs. Philadelphia 81–79 Fred Scolari (17) 2–4 7 November 19 Philadelphia 89–106 Fred Scolari (24) 3–4 8 November 20 @ Philadelphia 99–106 Don Barksdale (18) 3–5 9 November 22 vs. Philadelphia 95–96 George Kaftan (29) 4–5 10 November 23 Indianapolis 100–90 George Kaftan (19) 4–6 11 November 25 @ Rochester 89–106 Stan Miasek (16) 4–7 12 November 26 New York 94–92 Fred Scolari (22) 4–8 13 November 27 vs. New York 104–92 Stan Miasek (22) 4–9 14 November 29 Syracuse 87–74 Don Barksdale (23) 4–10 15 November 30 @ Fort Wayne 95–100 (2OT) Fred Scolari (22) 4–11 16 December 1 vs. Minneapolis 89–67 Fred Scolari (13) 4–12 17 December 3 Milwaukee 87–98 Fred Scolari (26) 5–12 18 December 6 Fort Wayne 103–91 Stan Miasek (20) 5–13 19 December 10 Rochester 99–97 (OT) Fred Scolari (23) 5–14 20 December 11 vs. Boston 94–88 Don Barksdale (24) 5–15 21 December 14 Boston 83–73 Jim Baechtold (19) 5–16 22 December 20 New York 102–99 (OT) Eddie Miller (25) 5–17 23 December 21 @ New York 77–102 Fred Scolari (14) 5–18 24 December 25 @ Syracuse 92–102 Fred Scolari (19) 5–19 25 December 27 Syracuse 81–76 (OT) Fred Scolari (25) 5–20 26 December 31 @ Minneapolis 56–82 Eddie Miller (18) 5–21 27 January 1 @ Milwaukee 83–81 (OT) Don Barksdale (19) 6–21 28 January 2 @ Indianapolis 66–73 Ray Lumpp (15) 6–22 29 January 3 Philadelphia 77–81 Fred Scolari (25) 7–22 30 January 4 @ Syracuse 68–93 Barksdale, Miller (17) 7–23 31 January 9 vs. Boston 90–94 Paul Hoffman (32) 8–23 32 January 10 Boston 105–126 Baechtold, Henriksen (23) 9–23 33 January 11 @ Boston 87–131 Paul Hoffman (18) 9–24 34 January 14 Minneapolis 112–104 (2OT) Eddie Miller (24) 9–25 35 January 17 Indianapolis 66–82 Don Barksdale (27) 10–25 36 January 18 @ Syracuse 84–103 Fred Scolari (17) 10–26 37 January 21 Rochester 89–82 Miller, Scolari (14) 10–27 38 January 25 Philadelphia 68–82 Eddie Miller (15) 11–27 39 January 28 Milwaukee 84–83 Fred Scolari (21) 11–28 40 January 29 vs. Milwaukee 70–67 Eddie Miller (12) 11–29 41 January 31 Indianapolis 90–97 Don Henriksen (18) 12–29 42 February 1 @ Syracuse 79–94 Eddie Miller (27) 12–30 43 February 2 vs. Syracuse 98–77 Jim Baechtold (16) 12–31 44 February 3 @ Rochester 82–109 Ray Lumpp (21) 12–32 45 February 4 vs. Philadelphia 96–88 Eddie Miller (27) 12–33 46 February 7 Boston 101–98 (OT) Ray Lumpp (25) 12–34 47 February 8 @ Fort Wayne 78–89 Don Barksdale (19) 12–35 48 February 10 @ Indianapolis 83–88 Eddie Miller (20) 12–36 49 February 11 New York 86–80 Eddie Miller (22) 12–37 50 February 12 vs. Milwaukee 92–85 Don Barksdale (19) 12–38 51 February 13 vs. New York 106–96 Eddie Miller (22) 12–39 52 February 14 Fort Wayne 102–88 Don Barksdale (18) 12–40 53 February 15 vs. Philadelphia 95–75 Don Barksdale (22) 12–41 54 February 17 vs. Minneapolis 74–70 Baechtold, Barksdale (16) 13–41 55 February 19 @ Fort Wayne 79–83 Jack Kerris (23) 13–42 56 February 20 @ Indianapolis 58–59 Don Henriksen (15) 13–43 57 February 21 Boston 90–86 Jim Baechtold (21) 13–44 58 February 25 Minneapolis 85–72 Ray Lumpp (17) 13–45 59 February 26 vs. Boston 82–81 Don Henriksen (19) 13–46 60 February 28 Syracuse 74–77 Barksdale, Hoffman (22) 14–46 61 March 3 vs. Boston 95–94 (OT) Eddie Miller (25) 14–47 62 March 4 Rochester 81–77 Baechtold, Barksdale (17) 14–48 63 March 5 vs. New York 80–69 Ray Lumpp (26) 14–49 64 March 7 Fort Wayne 83–81 (OT) Ray Lumpp (22) 14–50 65 March 8 @ Syracuse 91–98 Jim Baechtold (17) 14–51 66 March 11 vs. New York 113–107 (3OT) Jim Baechtold (30) 14–52 67 March 13 vs. Philadelphia 72–98 Paul Hoffman (17) 15–52 68 March 14 Philadelphia 85–87 Baechtold, Henriksen, Lumpp (19) 16–52 69 March 15 @ Rochester 87–105 Eddie Miller (20) 16–53 70 March 16 vs. Boston 92–78 Jack Kerris (17) 16–54 NBA Playoffs NBA East Division Semifinals (1) New York Knicks vs. (4) Baltimore Bullets: Knicks win series 2-0 Game 1 @ New York: New York 80, Baltimore 62 Game 2 @ Baltimore: New York 90, Baltimore 81 Last Playoff Meeting: 1949 BAA Eastern Division Semifinals (New York won 2–1) References Category:Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954) seasons Baltimore Baltimore Bullets Baltimore Bullets