1952–53 New York Knicks season

Season of National Basketball Association team the New York Knicks March 2026 August 2023 New York Knicks 1953 yes 47 23 Eastern 1 Joe Lapchick Ned Irish Madison Square Garden WPIX WMGM NBA Finals(lost to Lakers 1–4) NYK The 1952–53 New York Knickerbockers season was the seventh season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). With a 47–23 record, the Knickerbockers won the regular season Eastern Division title by a half-game over the Syracuse Nationals and made the NBA Playoffs for the seventh consecutive year. New York Knickerbockers Basketball-Reference https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/ May 26, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090427054633/http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/ April 27, 2009 live 1952–53 NBA Season Summary Basketball-Reference https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_1953.html May 26, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090621083359/http://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_1953.html June 21, 2009 live In the first round of the 1953 NBA Playoffs, the Knickerbockers swept the Baltimore Bullets 2–0 in a best-of-three series to advance to the Eastern Division finals. There, New York defeated the Boston Celtics 3–1 to make the NBA Finals for the third straight year. In the Finals, the Knickerbockers lost to the Minneapolis Lakers, four games to one. The club would wait another 17 years to make an NBA championship final, winning it in 1970. NBA draft 1952 NBA draft 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. 1952 NBA Draft Basketball-Reference https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1952.html December 8, 2012 Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team 1 5 Ralph Polson F/C United States Whitworth – – Dick Bunt G United States NYU – – Bert Cook G/F United States Utah State – – Dick Surhoff F United States Long Island Roster New York Knicks 1952–53 12 Vince Boryla SF 6 5 210 1927-03-11 Denver 4 Carl Braun basketball SG 6 5 180 1927-09-25 Colgate 3 Dick Bunt PG 6 0 170 1930-07-13 NYU 8 Nat Clifton PF 6 6 220 1922-10-13 Xavier University of Louisiana Jerry Fleishman G-F 6 2 190 1922-02-14 NYU 11 Harry Gallatin PF 6 6 210 1927-04-26 Truman State 7 Ray Lumpp SG 6 1 178 1923-07-11 NYU 3, 16 Al McGuire PG 6 2 180 1928-09-07 St. John's 15 Dick McGuire PG 6 0 180 1926-01-25 St. John's 6 Ralph Polson PF 6 7 200 1929-10-26 Whitworth 5 Sherwin Raiken G 6 2 185 1928-10-29 Villanova 18 Connie Simmons C 6 8 222 1925-03-15 Flushing High School 14, 17 Dick Surhoff SF 6 4 210 1929-11-16 Long Island University 9 Ernie Vandeweghe SF 6 3 195 1928-09-12 Colgate 10 Max Zaslofsky SG 6 2 170 1925-12-07 St. John's Joe Lapchick https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/1953.html Regular season Season standings NYK x – clinched playoff spot Game log 1952–53 game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 November 1 Baltimore 53–69 Nathaniel Clifton (20) 1–0 2 November 8 @ Baltimore 92–62 Nathaniel Clifton (22) 2–0 3 November 11 @ Rochester 94–104 Carl Braun (19) 2–1 4 November 13 Minneapolis 91–100 Ernie Vandeweghe (21) 3–1 5 November 15 Boston 68–79 Carl Braun (17) 4–1 6 November 16 @ Fort Wayne 83–112 Connie Simmons (17) 4–2 7 November 18 Indianapolis 90–100 Vince Boryla (22) 4–3 8 November 20 N Indianapolis 72–67 Harry Gallatin (16) 5–3 9 November 22 Syracuse 68–98 Max Zaslofsky (22) 6–3 10 November 23 @ Syracuse 73–76 Harry Gallatin (13) 6–4 11 November 26 @ Baltimore 94–92 Connie Simmons (20) 7–4 12 November 27 N Baltimore 104–92 Nathaniel Clifton (19) 8–4 13 November 29 Indianapolis 72–94 Ernie Vandeweghe (16) 9–4 14 December 2 @ Philadelphia 89–82 (OT) Carl Braun (24) 10–4 15 December 3 N Philadelphia 75–100 Vince Boryla (21) 11–4 16 December 4 Minneapolis 81–71 Connie Simmons (20) 11–5 17 December 6 @ Minneapolis 78–85 (OT) Carl Braun (25) 11–6 18 December 7 @ Fort Wayne 91–102 Carl Braun (16) 11–7 19 December 9 Rochester 77–75 Max Zaslofsky (21) 11–8 20 December 13 @ Rochester 99–97 (OT) Carl Braun (25) 12–8 21 December 14 @ Milwaukee 74–69 Gallatin, Simmons (14) 13–8 22 December 16 Syracuse 93–98 (OT) Max Zaslofsky (22) 14–8 23 December 20 @ Baltimore 102–99 (OT) Carl Braun (28) 15–8 24 December 21 Baltimore 77–102 Connie Simmons (17) 16–8 25 December 22 N Milwaukee 80–75 Nathaniel Clifton (18) 17–8 26 December 25 Boston 84–97 Ernie Vandeweghe (21) 18–8 27 December 27 N Fort Wayne 91–92 Connie Simmons (20) 18–9 28 December 28 Philadelphia 54–72 Ernie Vandeweghe (15) 19–9 29 January 1 @ Philadelphia 108–82 Ernie Vandeweghe (26) 20–9 30 January 3 Syracuse 77–85 (OT) Connie Simmons (22) 21–9 31 January 4 @ Boston 100–103 Carl Braun (22) 21–10 32 January 7 N Syracuse 114–93 Carl Braun (25) 21–11 33 January 8 Milwaukee 68–81 Carl Braun (22) 22–11 34 January 9 @ Indianapolis 58–54 Carl Braun (16) 23–11 35 January 11 @ Minneapolis 79–85 Ernie Vandeweghe (21) 23–12 36 January 17 Philadelphia 76–84 Ernie Vandeweghe (20) 24–12 37 January 18 @ Boston 83–99 Harry Gallatin (20) 24–13 38 January 21 N Milwaukee 70–72 Nathaniel Clifton (14) 24–14 39 January 22 N Boston 112–89 Max Zaslofsky (26) 25–14 40 January 24 Fort Wayne 76–82 Carl Braun (20) 26–14 41 January 25 @ Syracuse 97–62 Harry Gallatin (22) 27–14 42 January 27 @ Rochester 74–72 Harry Gallatin (15) 28–14 43 January 29 @ Philadelphia 72–61 Clifton, Gallatin (18) 29–14 44 January 31 Boston 69–76 Braun, Clifton (21) 30–14 45 February 1 N Philadelphia 85–90 Harry Gallatin (21) 31–14 46 February 3 N Milwaukee 76–69 Nathaniel Clifton (18) 32–14 47 February 5 @ Minneapolis 73–81 Connie Simmons (17) 32–15 48 February 6 @ Indianapolis 84–73 Nathaniel Clifton (21) 33–15 49 February 7 Philadelphia 63–86 Harry Gallatin (23) 34–15 50 February 8 @ Boston 79–87 Nathaniel Clifton (15) 34–16 51 February 11 @ Baltimore 86–80 Carl Braun (18) 35–16 52 February 13 N Baltimore 106–96 Vince Boryla (23) 36–16 53 February 14 Indianapolis 79–91 Vince Boryla (22) 37–16 54 February 15 @ Syracuse 85–81 Carl Braun (21) 38–16 55 February 17 Milwaukee 67–86 Harry Gallatin (21) 39–16 56 February 18 N Boston 66–69 Ernie Vandeweghe (18) 39–17 57 February 21 Philadelphia 69–85 Carl Braun (18) 40–17 58 February 22 @ Boston 83–87 (OT) Connie Simmons (20) 40–18 59 February 24 Minneapolis 63–79 Carl Braun (15) 41–18 60 February 25 N Rochester 79–71 (OT) Carl Braun (25) 41–19 61 February 28 Fort Wayne 74–85 Ernie Vandeweghe (29) 42–19 62 March 1 @ Syracuse 64–79 Connie Simmons (19) 42–20 63 March 3 Rochester 88–109 Harry Gallatin (25) 43–20 64 March 5 N Baltimore 80–69 Nathaniel Clifton (17) 44–20 65 March 6 Syracuse 66–75 Vince Boryla (22) 45–20 66 March 8 Boston 89–78 Harry Gallatin (17) 45–21 67 March 11 N Baltimore 113–107 (3OT) Carl Braun (24) 46–21 68 March 12 @ Philadelphia 90–85 Connie Simmons (29) 47–21 69 March 14 Syracuse 95–81 Nathaniel Clifton (18) 47–22 70 March 15 @ Fort Wayne 69–81 Harry Gallatin (30) 47–23 Playoffs New York Knicks 1953 yes New York Knicks Division semifinals yes yes no 1 0 1 0 yes yes yes |- | 1 | March 17 | Baltimore | W 80–62 | Connie Simmons (25) | Madison Square Garden III | 1–0 |- | 2 | March 20 | @ Baltimore | W 90–81 | Vince Boryla (20) | Baltimore Coliseum | 2–0 |- New York Knicks Division finals yes no 2 0 1 1 yes yes |- | 1 | March 25 | Boston | W 95–91 | Connie Simmons (18) | Dick McGuire (8) | Madison Square Garden III | 1–0 |- | 2 | March 26 | @ Boston | L 70–86 | Harry Gallatin (17) | Carl Braun (7) | Boston Garden | 1–1 |- | 3 | March 28 | Boston | W 101–82 | Harry Gallatin (23) | Dick McGuire (11) | Madison Square Garden III | 2–1 |- | 4 | March 29 | @ Boston | W 82–75 | Carl Braun (18) | Nat Clifton (9) | Boston Garden | 3–1 |- New York Knicks NBA Finals yes no 0 3 1 1 yes |- | 1 | April 4 | @ Minneapolis | W 96–88 | Carl Braun (21) | — | Minneapolis Auditorium5,000 | 1–0 |- | 2 | April 5 | @ Minneapolis | L 71–73 | Connie Simmons (17) | — | Minneapolis Auditorium4,848 | 1–1 |- | 3 | April 7 | Minneapolis | L 75–90 | Connie Simmons (18) | — | 69th Regiment Armory5,100 | 1–2 |- | 4 | April 8 | Minneapolis | L 69–71 | Connie Simmons (17) | — | 69th Regiment Armory5,200 | 1–3 |- | 5 | April 10 | Minneapolis | L 84–91 | Carl Braun (19) | Ernie Vandeweghe (4) | 69th Regiment Armory5,200 | 1–4 |- NYK 1953 yes See also 1952–53 NBA season References External links 1952–53 New York Knickerbockers Statistics 1953 NBA 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