1952–53 Rochester Royals season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Rochester Royals Sacramento Kings 1953 44 26 Western 2 Les Harrison Jack Harrison Les Harrison Edgerton Park Arena WHAM West Division Semi-finals(eliminated 1–2) ROC The 1952–53 Rochester Royals season was the Royals fifth season in the NBA.1952–53 Rochester Royals Draft picks 1952 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College Roster February 2013 Regular season Season standings ROC x – clinched playoff spot Game log 1952–53 Game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 November 1 Fort Wayne 82–94 Arnie Risen (15) 1–0 2 November 6 @ Fort Wayne 84–64 Bobby Wanzer (17) 2–0 3 November 7 @ Indianapolis 65–63 Bob Davies (14) 3–0 4 November 8 Indianapolis 96–99 (4OT) Odie Spears (31) 4–0 5 November 9 @ Milwaukee 75–78 Bob Davies (23) 4–1 6 November 11 New York 94–104 Jack Coleman (24) 5–1 7 November 13 N Milwaukee 97–79 Davies, Wanzer (18) 6–1 8 November 15 Minneapolis 89–97 Arnie Risen (24) 7–1 9 November 16 @ Boston 87–96 Bob Davies (20) 7–2 10 November 22 Milwaukee 65–69 Bob Davies (24) 8–2 11 November 23 Boston 102–100 Bob Davies (28) 8–3 12 November 25 Baltimore 89–106 Johnson, Spears (19) 9–3 13 November 27 @ Syracuse 79–86 Bobby Wanzer (16) 9–4 14 November 29 Minneapolis 71–83 Arnie Risen (22) 10–4 15 November 30 @ Milwaukee 91–88 Bob Davies (21) 11–4 16 December 2 @ Indianapolis 76–85 McMahon, Spears (14) 11–5 17 December 6 Indianapolis 79–82 Arnie Risen (29) 12–5 18 December 7 Philadelphia 92–94 Bob Davies (27) 13–5 19 December 9 @ New York 77–75 Bobby Wanzer (17) 14–5 20 December 10 @ Baltimore 99–97 (OT) Arnie Risen (23) 15–5 21 December 11 @ Philadelphia 86–98 Odie Spears (15) 15–6 22 December 13 New York 99–97 (OT) Bob Davies (27) 15–7 23 December 14 @ Minneapolis 77–95 Jack Coleman (15) 15–8 24 December 16 @ Indianapolis 84–71 Bobby Wanzer (17) 16–8 25 December 20 Fort Wayne 89–92 Bobby Wanzer (15) 17–8 26 December 21 N Indianapolis 83–65 Odie Spears (21) 18–8 27 December 25 @ Philadelphia 93–78 Coleman, Risen (19) 19–8 28 December 27 Indianapolis 73–94 Bobby Wanzer (27) 20–8 29 December 30 Syracuse 93–106 Bob Davies (22) 21–8 30 December 31 N Milwaukee 82–74 Jack Coleman (22) 22–8 31 January 1 Boston 83–81 (OT) Bobby Wanzer (15) 22–9 32 January 3 Fort Wayne 101–106 Arnie Risen (30) 23–9 33 January 4 @ Minneapolis 80–83 (OT) Bobby Wanzer (21) 23–10 34 January 6 N Minneapolis 85–69 Bobby Wanzer (25) 24–10 35 January 8 N Boston 85–88 (OT) Bobby Wanzer (20) 24–11 36 January 10 Milwaukee 81–89 Odie Spears (21) 25–11 37 January 11 @ Milwaukee 79–83 (2OT) Bob Davies (16) 25–12 38 January 15 @ Syracuse 85–109 Davies, Johnson (15) 25–13 39 January 17 Minneapolis 101–109 Bob Davies (29) 26–13 40 January 18 @ Fort Wayne 87–90 Bob Davies (26) 26–14 41 January 20 @ Indianapolis 59–70 Odie Spears (10) 26–15 42 January 21 @ Baltimore 89–82 Bob Davies (21) 27–15 43 January 24 Syracuse 107–82 Arnie Risen (23) 27–16 44 January 27 New York 74–72 Bobby Wanzer (21) 27–17 45 January 30 N Fort Wayne 70–68 (OT) Bobby Wanzer (18) 28–17 46 January 31 Philadelphia 83–103 Jack Coleman (19) 29–17 47 February 1 @ Boston 109–86 Bobby Wanzer (30) 30–17 48 February 2 N Milwaukee 80–78 (OT) Bob Davies (29) 31–17 49 February 3 Baltimore 82–109 Bob Davies (20) 32–17 50 February 5 @ Syracuse 79–83 (OT) Bob Davies (27) 32–18 51 February 7 Minneapolis 72–87 Bob Davies (18) 33–18 52 February 8 @ Milwaukee 82–85 (OT) Bobby Wanzer (17) 33–19 53 February 10 Philadelphia 85–101 Bob Davies (19) 34–19 54 February 14 Milwaukee 72–81 Bob Davies (20) 35–19 55 February 15 @ Fort Wayne 84–72 Bob Davies (27) 36–19 56 February 17 Fort Wayne 88–78 Arnie Johnson (16) 36–20 57 February 19 @ Minneapolis 87–107 Holzman, Johnson, Spears (13) 36–21 58 February 21 Syracuse 73–84 Bob Davies (18) 37–21 59 February 24 Fort Wayne 91–80 Bob Davies (25) 37–22 60 February 25 N New York 79–71 (OT) Bob Davies (18) 38–22 61 February 28 Boston 85–92 Arnie Johnson (21) 39–22 62 March 3 @ New York 88–109 Bob Davies (22) 39–23 63 March 4 @ Baltimore 81–77 Bob Davies (22) 40–23 64 March 5 N Philadelphia 69–78 Arnie Risen (15) 40–24 65 March 7 Minneapolis 82–84 Arnie Risen (21) 41–24 66 March 8 @ Fort Wayne 71–69 Arnie Risen (22) 42–24 67 March 10 @ Indianapolis 61–59 Arnie Risen (15) 43–24 68 March 12 @ Minneapolis 77–89 Jack McMahon (18) 43–25 69 March 14 Indianapolis 90–82 Bobby Wanzer (17) 43–26 70 March 15 Baltimore 87–105 Arnie Risen (23) 44–26 Playoffs Rochester Royals 1953 yes Rochester Royals Division Semi-finals yes yes no 0 2 1 0 yes yes yes |- | 1 | March 20 | Fort Wayne | L 77–84 | Arnie Risen (17) | Edgerton Park Arena | 0–1 |- | 2 | March 22 | @ Fort Wayne | W 83–71 | Bobby Wanzer (19) | War Memorial Coliseum | 1–1 |- | 3 | March 24 | Fort Wayne | L 65–67 | Bobby Wanzer (17) | Edgerton Park Arena | 1–2 |- ROC yes 1953 Player statistics Season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Christensen, Cal Cal Christensen Coleman, Jack Jack Coleman Davies, Bob Bob Davies Hannum, Alex Alex Hannum Holzman, Red Red Holzman Johnson, Arnie Arnie Johnson McMahon, Jack Jack McMahon Risen, Arnie Arnie Risen Spears, Odie Odie Spears Wanzer, Bobby Bobby Wanzer Playoffs Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Christensen, Cal Cal Christensen Coleman, Jack Jack Coleman Davies, Bob Bob Davies Hannum, Alex Alex Hannum Holzman, Red Red Holzman Johnson, Arnie Arnie Johnson McMahon, Jack Jack McMahon Risen, Arnie Arnie Risen Spears, Odie Odie Spears Wanzer, Bobby Bobby Wanzer Awards and records Bob Davies, All-NBA Second Team Bobby Wanzer, All-NBA Second Team Transactions January 2011 References Category:Sacramento Kings seasons Roc Rochester Royals Rochester Royals