1951–52 Rochester Royals season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Rochester Royals Sacramento Kings 1952 yes 41 25 Western 1 Les Harrison Jack Harrison Les Harrison Edgerton Park Arena WHAM West Division Finals(eliminated 1–3) ROC The 1951–52 Rochester Royals season was the Royals fourth season in the NBA.1951–52 Rochester Royals They entered the season as the defending champions, and finished matching their 41 wins from the year prior, though had a better winning percentage due to having two fewer games. Draft picks 1951 NBA draft Regular season Season standings ROC x – clinched playoff spot Game log 1951–52 Game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 November 1 Baltimore 97–101 Bob Davies (20) 1–0 2 November 3 Minneapolis 93–74 Bob Davies (16) 1–1 3 November 10 Indianapolis 89–100 Bobby Wanzer (22) 2–1 4 November 11 New York 78–80 Arnie Risen (20) 3–1 5 November 13 @ Milwaukee 91–75 Bob Davies (26) 4–1 6 November 17 Philadelphia 72–86 Bob Davies (23) 5–1 7 November 18 @ Fort Wayne 76–71 (OT) Arnie Risen (17) 6–1 8 November 20 @ Indianapolis 65–69 (2OT) Davies, Risen (14) 6–2 9 November 22 @ Minneapolis 65–70 (2OT) Arnie Johnson (16) 6–3 10 November 24 Fort Wayne 63–74 Bobby Wanzer (19) 7–3 11 November 25 @ Milwaukee 73–75 Bobby Wanzer (16) 7–4 12 November 27 Milwaukee 73–77 Jack Coleman (17) 8–4 13 November 29 @ New York 78–74 Bobby Wanzer (25) 9–4 14 December 1 Milwaukee 66–71 Davies, Wanzer (15) 10–4 15 December 2 @ Syracuse 81–79 Bob Davies (24) 11–4 16 December 3 @ Baltimore 77–70 Bob Davies (25) 12–4 17 December 4 @ Philadelphia 80–96 Jack Coleman (15) 12–5 18 December 8 Syracuse 95–75 Arnie Risen (17) 12–6 19 December 9 @ Fort Wayne 84–86 Arnie Risen (25) 12–7 20 December 15 Indianapolis 66–75 Bobby Wanzer (18) 13–7 21 December 16 Baltimore 95–99 Bob Davies (22) 14–7 22 December 18 @ Milwaukee 94–68 Jack Coleman (18) 15–7 23 December 20 @ Fort Wayne 69–54 Davies, Wanzer (15) 16–7 24 December 22 Philadelphia 89–105 Arnie Risen (25) 17–7 25 December 25 Indianapolis 78–87 Jack Coleman (25) 18–7 26 December 27 New York 85–98 Bobby Wanzer (25) 19–7 27 December 29 Fort Wayne 61–75 Jack Coleman (18) 20–7 28 December 31 N Indianapolis 73–77 Bobby Wanzer (17) 20–8 29 January 1 Boston 91–106 Bob Davies (27) 21–8 30 January 5 Philadelphia 94–103 Bob Davies (22) 22–8 31 January 6 @ Boston 80–91 Arnie Johnson (17) 22–9 32 January 8 @ New York 74–107 Arnie Johnson (13) 22–10 33 January 11 @ Philadelphia 83–85 Bob Davies (17) 22–11 34 January 12 Fort Wayne 88–76 Arnie Risen (14) 22–12 35 January 13 New York 70–97 Bob Davies (19) 23–12 36 January 19 Minneapolis 85–96 Bob Davies (28) 24–12 37 January 20 @ Minneapolis 81–91 (2OT) Bob Davies (21) 24–13 38 January 21 N Milwaukee 78–76 Arnie Risen (23) 25–13 39 January 22 @ Indianapolis 65–68 Bobby Wanzer (18) 25–14 40 January 24 @ Fort Wayne 90–94 Arnie Risen (26) 25–15 41 January 26 Fort Wayne 71–104 Bobby Wanzer (25) 26–15 42 January 27 Indianapolis 95–102 Arnie Risen (28) 27–15 43 February 2 Milwaukee 79–100 Bobby Wanzer (26) 28–15 44 February 3 @ Minneapolis 75–77 Arnie Risen (19) 28–16 45 February 7 @ Minneapolis 75–86 Bobby Wanzer (16) 28–17 46 February 9 Boston 100–104 Bob Davies (22) 29–17 47 February 10 @ Boston 111–97 Bobby Wanzer (26) 30–17 48 February 12 @ Philadelphia 86–75 Bob Davies (22) 31–17 49 February 13 @ Baltimore 91–96 Bob Davies (17) 31–18 50 February 14 @ Syracuse 78–76 Bob Davies (17) 32–18 51 February 16 Syracuse 84–92 Arnie Risen (28) 33–18 52 February 17 Indianapolis 92–100 Arnie Risen (23) 34–18 53 February 23 Minneapolis 83–73 Arnie Risen (24) 34–19 54 February 24 Baltimore 100–124 Jack Coleman (27) 35–19 55 February 26 Milwaukee 67–99 Bobby Wanzer (19) 36–19 56 February 28 N Boston 72–91 Arnie Risen (17) 36–20 57 March 1 Syracuse 83–98 Bobby Wanzer (22) 37–20 58 March 2 @ Syracuse 72–76 Bob Davies (18) 37–21 59 March 3 @ Baltimore 96–99 Bob Davies (33) 37–22 60 March 4 @ New York 90–92 (OT) Bob Davies (26) 37–23 61 March 6 Milwaukee 74–77 Arnie Risen (24) 38–23 62 March 8 Minneapolis 92–94 (OT) Bob Davies (18) 39–23 63 March 9 @ Minneapolis 90–96 Arnie Risen (28) 39–24 64 March 11 @ Indianapolis 82–81 Arnie Risen (30) 40–24 65 March 13 @ Fort Wayne 86–84 Bobby Wanzer (17) 41–24 66 March 15 Boston 118–106 Bobby Wanzer (24) 41–25 Playoffs Rochester Royals 1952 yes Rochester Royals Division Semifinals yes yes no 1 0 1 0 yes yes yes |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | March 18 | Fort Wayne | W 95–78 | Bobby Wanzer (26) | Edgerton Park Arena | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | March 20 | @ Fort Wayne | W 92–86 | Bob Davies (29) | North Side High School Gym | 2–0 |- Rochester Royals Division Finals yes no 1 1 0 2 yes yes yes |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | March 29 | Minneapolis | W 88–78 | Bob Davies (26) | Edgerton Park Arena | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | March 30 | Minneapolis | L 78–83 (OT) | Vern Mikkelsen (19) | Edgerton Park Arena | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 5 | @ Minneapolis | L 67–77 | Jim Pollard (22) | Minneapolis Auditorium | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | April 6 | @ Minneapolis | L 80–82 | Bob Davies (21) | Minneapolis Auditorium | 1–3 |- ROC yes 1952 Awards and records Bob Davies, All-NBA First Team Bobby Wanzer, All-NBA Second Team References Category:Sacramento Kings seasons Roc Rochester Royals Rochester Royals