1951–52 New York Knicks season

Season of National Basketball Association team the New York Knicks March 2026 August 2023 New York Knicks 1952 37 29 Eastern 3 Joe Lapchick1951–52 New York Knicks Roster and Statistics Basketball-Reference https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/1952.html September 17, 2011 Ned Irish Madison Square Garden WPIX WMGMJaker Bill Sulek Frank Kanze Peter The Airwaves of New York: Illustrated Histories of 156 AM Stations in the Metropolitan Area, 1921–1996 McFarland & Company 2008 194 https://books.google.com/books?id=pLTB4E5wVBAC&pg=PA194 978-0-7864-3872-3 September 17, 2011 NBA Finals(lost to Lakers 3–4) NYK The 1951–52 New York Knickerbockers season was the sixth season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Knickerbockers finished third in the Eastern Division with a 37–29 record, and advanced to the NBA Playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.New York Knickerbockers Franchise Index Basketball-Reference https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/ January 2, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100106014855/http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/ 6 January 2010 live In the first round of the Eastern Division playoffs, the Knickerbockers 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 3–1 in a best-of-five series with the Syracuse Nationals to reach its second straight NBA Finals.1952 NBA Playoff Summary Basketball-Reference https://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_1952.html January 2, 2010 In the Finals, the Knickerbockers lost to the Minneapolis Lakers in seven games. The Knickerbockers became the first NBA team to erase a 3–0 deficit in a best-of-seven series and force a deciding game 7.Celtics–Heat Game 7 by the numbers: Can Boston complete NBA's first 3–0 comeback? WBZ-TV May 29, 2023 https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/celtics-heat-game-7-eastern-conference-finals-nba-comeback-sports-history-tatum-brown-smart/ June 19, 2023 NBA draft 1951 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.1951 NBA Draft Basketball-Reference https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1951.html September 17, 2011 Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team 1 6 Ed Smith F United States Harvard 2 15 Roland Minson G United States Brigham Young 6 55 Al McGuire G/F United States St. John's Roster New York Knicks 1951-52 12 Vince Boryla SF 6 5 210 1927-03-11 Denver 8 Nat Clifton PF 6 6 220 1922-10-13 Xavier University of Louisiana 11 Harry Gallatin PF 6 6 210 1927-04-26 Truman State 6, 17 George Kaftan SF 6 3 190 1928-02-22 Holy Cross 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 19, 22 Herb Scherer C 6 9 212 1928-12-21 Long Island University 18 Connie Simmons C 6 8 222 1925-03-15 Flushing High School 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/1952.html Regular season Season standings NYK x = clinched playoff spot Game log 1951–52 game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 November 3 @ Milwaukee 68–66 Vince Boryla (25) 1–0 2 November 4 @ Fort Wayne 75–84 Vince Boryla (23) 1–1 3 November 6 @ Indianapolis 83–73 Harry Gallatin (19) 2–1 4 November 10 Minneapolis 89–73 Nathaniel Clifton (15) 2–2 5 November 11 @ Rochester 78–80 Ray Lumpp (22) 2–3 6 November 13 @ Philadelphia 85–82 Max Zaslofsky (19) 3–3 7 November 17 Syracuse 79–72 Ernie Vandeweghe (17) 3–4 8 November 18 @ Boston 93–87 Ernie Vandeweghe (21) 4–4 9 November 20 N Baltimore 88–86 Max Zaslofsky (21) 5–4 10 November 22 Philadelphia 88–102 Nathaniel Clifton (23) 6–4 11 November 24 Boston 70–68 Max Zaslofsky (14) 6–5 12 November 23 @ Syracuse 73–100 Vince Boryla (19) 6–6 13 November 27 @ Philadelphia 81–83 Nathaniel Clifton (22) 6–7 14 November 29 Rochester 78–74 Nathaniel Clifton (17) 6–8 15 December 1 @ Baltimore 82–84 Max Zaslofsky (20) 6–9 16 December 2 Philadelphia 72–86 Vince Boryla (30) 7–9 17 December 7 @ Philadelphia 91–93 Boryla, Gallatin (19) 7–10 18 December 9 @ Boston 94–103 Dick McGuire (20) 7–11 19 December 11 Milwaukee 83–88 Gallatin, Zaslofsky (19) 8–11 20 December 14 @ Indianapolis 79–83 Max Zaslofsky (21) 8–12 21 December 16 @ Fort Wayne 80–71 Max Zaslofsky (16) 9–12 22 December 18 Minneapolis 86–77 Max Zaslofsky (14) 10–12 23 December 22 Syracuse 73–92 Dick McGuire (21) 11–12 24 December 23 @ Syracuse 75–72 Harry Gallatin (19) 12–12 25 December 25 Fort Wayne 65–72 Max Zaslofsky (23) 13–12 26 December 26 N Milwaukee 76–78 Vince Boryla (16) 13–13 27 December 27 @ Rochester 85–98 Connie Simmons (20) 13–14 28 December 30 @ Boston 90–100 Connie Simmons (16) 13–15 29 December 31 Boston 86–87 (OT) Max Zaslofsky (30) 14–15 30 January 1 @ Milwaukee 68–65 Vince Boryla (16) 15–15 31 January 2 N Milwaukee 89–67 Max Zaslofsky (27) 16–15 32 January 4 @ Indianapolis 73–83 Dick McGuire (15) 16–16 33 January 6 @ Minneapolis 92–107 Max Zaslofsky (18) 16–17 34 January 8 Rochester 74–107 Ernie Vandeweghe (18) 17–17 35 January 10 @ Syracuse 96–110 Connie Simmons (15) 17–18 36 January 12 Indianapolis 77–86 Harry Gallatin (23) 18–18 37 January 13 @ Rochester 70–97 Dick McGuire (15) 18–19 38 January 19 Philadelphia 88–94 Vandeweghe, Zaslofsky (20) 19–19 39 January 21 @ Baltimore 99–83 Dick McGuire (22) 20–19 40 January 22 @ Philadelphia 82–78 Simmons, Zaslofsky (17) 21–19 41 January 26 Indianapolis 93–99 Connie Simmons (25) 22–19 42 January 27 @ Fort Wayne 92–100 Max Zaslofsky (25) 22–20 43 January 29 N Indianapolis 72–100 George Kaftan (13) 22–21 44 January 30 @ Minneapolis 65–77 Max Zaslofsky (14) 22–22 45 February 2 Boston 83–91 Dick McGuire (21) 23–22 46 February 3 @ Boston 95–100 Harry Gallatin (23) 23–23 47 February 4 @ Baltimore 81–82 Nathaniel Clifton (16) 23–24 48 February 6 Baltimore 70–73 McGuire, Zaslofsky (14) 24–24 49 February 8 N Baltimore 103–83 Ray Lumpp (23) 25–24 50 February 9 Philadelphia 86–96 Connie Simmons (18) 26–24 51 February 12 Syracuse 69–78 Connie Simmons (15) 27–24 52 February 16 Baltimore 82–102 Max Zaslofsky (26) 28–24 53 February 17 @ Syracuse 61–66 Harry Gallatin (11) 28–25 54 February 19 Minneapolis 96–98 Max Zaslofsky (23) 29–25 55 February 22 @ Philadelphia 95–118 Harry Gallatin (22) 29–26 56 February 23 Fort Wayne 77–82 (OT) Max Zaslofsky (24) 30–26 57 February 25 @ Baltimore 89–84 Dick McGuire (17) 31–26 58 March 1 Boston 84–78 Ernie Vandeweghe (22) 32–26 59 March 2 @ Boston 89–87 Harry Gallatin (21) 33–26 60 March 4 Rochester 90–92 (OT) George Kaftan (30) 34–26 61 March 5 N Baltimore 88–82 Simmons, Zaslofsky (19) 35–26 62 March 8 N Milwaukee 99–103 Max Zaslofsky (24) 35–27 63 March 9 @ Fort Wayne 79–80 Harry Gallatin (25) 35–28 64 March 12 @ Minneapolis 83–85 Harry Gallatin (19) 35–29 65 March 15 Syracuse 90–97 Harry Gallatin (24) 36–29 66 March 16 @ Syracuse 90–84 Ernie Vandeweghe (19) 37–29 Playoffs New York Knicks 1952 yes New York Knicks Division semifinals yes yes no 1 0 1 1 yes yes |- | 1 | March 19 | @ Boston | L 94–105 | Max Zaslofsky (20) | Dick McGuire (7) | Boston Garden | 0–1 |- | 2 | March 23 | Boston | W 101–97 | Connie Simmons (22) | Dick McGuire (7) | Madison Square Garden III | 1–1 |- | 3 | March 26 | @ Boston | W 88–87 (2OT) | Max Zaslofsky (21) | Dick McGuire (9) | Boston Garden | 2–1 |- New York Knicks Division finals yes no 2 0 1 1 yes yes yes |- | 1 | April 2 | @ Syracuse | W 87–85 | Max Zaslofsky (26) | Onondaga War Memorial | 1–0 |- | 2 | April 3 | @ Syracuse | L 92–102 | Harry Gallatin (16) | Onondaga War Memorial | 1–1 |- | 3 | April 5 | Syracuse | W 99–92 | Max Zaslofsky (20) | Madison Square Garden III | 2–1 |- | 4 | April 6 | Syracuse | W 100–93 | Max Zaslofsky (20) | Madison Square Garden III | 3–1 |- New York Knicks NBA Finals yes no 2 1 1 3 |- | 1 | April 12 | @ Minneapolis | L 79–83 (OT) | Simmons, McGuire (15) | Nat Clifton (12) | Dick McGuire (5) | St. Paul Auditorium8,722 | 0–1 |- | 2 | April 13 | @ Minneapolis | W 80–72 | Harry Gallatin (18) | Harry Gallatin (11) | Dick McGuire (5) | St. Paul Auditorium | 1–1 |- | 3 | April 16 | Minneapolis | L 77–82 | Max Zaslofsky (17) | Nat Clifton (10) | Dick McGuire (10) | 69th Regiment Armory4,500 | 1–2 |- | 4 | April 18 | Minneapolis | W 90–89 (OT) | Connie Simmons (30) | Nat Clifton (12) | Dick McGuire (6) | 69th Regiment Armory5,200 | 2–2 |- | 5 | April 20 | @ Minneapolis | L 89–102 | Nat Clifton (17) | Clifton, Gallatin (8) | six players tied (1) | St. Paul Auditorium7,244 | 2–3 |- | 6 | April 23 | Minneapolis | W 76–68 | Max Zaslofsky (23) | Harry Gallatin (13) | Ernie Vandeweghe (7) | 69th Regiment Armory3,000 | 3–3 |- | 7 | April 25 | @ Minneapolis | L 65–82 | Max Zaslofsky (21) | Nat Clifton (10) | Nat Clifton (3) | Minneapolis Auditorium8,612 | 3–4 |- NYK 1952 yes See also 1951–52 NBA season References External links 1951–52 New York Knickerbockers Statistics New York Knicks New York Knicks season New York Knicks Category:New York Knicks seasons Category:1950s in Manhattan