1952–53 Philadelphia Warriors season

1952–53 Philadelphia Warriors season
Head coach	Edward Gottlieb
Arena	Philadelphia Civic Center
Results
Record	12–57 (.174)
Place	Division: 5th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	WCAU

The 1952–53 NBA season was the Warriors' 7th season in the NBA.

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 1952 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-New York Knicks	47	23	.671	-	22-4	15-14	10-5	30-10
x-Syracuse Nationals	47	24	.662	0.5	32-2	10-20	5-2	26-15
x-Boston Celtics	46	25	.648	1.5	21-3	11-18	14-4	28-13
x-Baltimore Bullets	16	54	.229	31	11-20	1–19	4-15	10-30
Philadelphia Warriors	12	57	.174	34.5	5-12	1–28	6-17	7-33

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1952-53 NBA Records
Team	BAL	BOS	FWP	IND	MIL	MIN	NYK	PHI	ROC	SYR
Baltimore	—	2–8	0–6	2–4	3–3	1–5	0–10	6–4	0–6	2–8
Boston	8–2	—	4–2	4–2	5–1	1–5	6–4	9–1	4–2	5–6
Fort Wayne	6–0	2–4	—	7–3	7–3	1–9	4–2	5–0	3–7	1–5
Indianapolis	4–2	2–4	3–7	—	5–6	4–6	1–5	5–1	3–7	1–5
Milwaukee	3–3	1–5	3–7	6–5	—	3–7	1–5	4–2	3–7	3–3
Minneapolis	5–1	5–1	9–1	6–4	7–3	—	4–2	6–0	4–6	2–4
New York	10–0	4–6	2–4	5–1	5–1	2–4	—	10–0	3–3	6–4
Philadelphia	4–6	1–9	0–5	1–5	2–4	0–6	0–10	—	2–4	2–8
Rochester	6–0	2–4	7–3	7–3	7–3	6–4	3–3	4–2	—	2–4
Syracuse	8–2	6–5	5–1	5–1	3–3	4–2	4–6	8–2	4–2	—

Game log

1952–53 Game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	November 1	Syracuse	86–84 (OT)	Andy Phillip (21)	1–0
2	November 2	@ Syracuse	91–117	Claude Overton (25)	1–1
3	November 8	Minneapolis	71–93	Neil Johnston (21)	1–2
4	November 14	Indianapolis	71–77	Neil Johnston (13)	1–3
5	November 15	N Indianapolis	76–79	Neil Johnston (20)	1–4
6	November 16	N Baltimore	81–79	Don Lofgran (20)	2–4
7	November 18	N Milwaukee	83–82	Neil Johnston (23)	3–4
8	November 19	@ Baltimore	89–106	Don Lofgran (23)	3–5
9	November 20	Baltimore	106–99	Neil Johnston (31)	4–5
10	November 22	N Baltimore	95–96	Neil Johnston (21)	4–6
11	November 23	@ Fort Wayne	80–92	Johnston, Phillip (21)	4–7
12	November 26	@ Boston	92–93	Neil Johnston (29)	4–8
13	November 27	Boston	70–83	Andy Phillip (15)	4–9
14	November 28	N Milwaukee	77–78 (2OT)	Neil Johnston (21)	4–10
15	November 30	@ Minneapolis	66–91	Neil Johnston (30)	4–11
16	December 2	New York	82–89 (OT)	Neil Johnston (25)	4–12
17	December 3	N New York	75–100	Neil Johnston (22)	4–13
18	December 6	Syracuse	74–82	Neil Johnston (31)	4–14
19	December 7	@ Rochester	92–94	Neil Johnston (24)	4–15
20	December 9	N Boston	72–86	Jerry Fleishman (18)	4–16
21	December 10	N Boston	97–103	Neil Johnston (32)	4–17
22	December 11	Rochester	98–86	Neil Johnston (20)	5–17
23	December 13	@ Boston	78–82	Fulks, Johnston, Lofgran (15)	5–18
24	December 14	@ Syracuse	83–102	Neil Johnston (26)	5–19
25	December 16	N Fort Wayne	64–95	Neil Johnston (18)	5–20
26	December 18	Fort Wayne	79–86	Neil Johnston (17)	5–21
27	December 21	@ Fort Wayne	71–74	Neil Johnston (23)	5–22
28	December 25	Rochester	78–93	Jerry Fleishman (21)	5–23
29	December 28	@ New York	54–72	Neil Johnston (16)	5–24
30	January 1	New York	82–108	Neil Johnston (28)	5–25
31	January 3	@ Baltimore	77–81	Neil Johnston (26)	5–26
32	January 4	@ Fort Wayne	68–79	Joe Fulks (23)	5–27
33	January 6	@ Indianapolis	76–71	Neil Johnston (26)	6–27
34	January 7	Boston	82–84	Neil Johnston (20)	6–28
35	January 10	N Syracuse	77–87	Neil Johnston (34)	6–29
36	January 11	@ Syracuse	72–76	Neil Johnston (32)	6–30
37	January 17	@ New York	76–84	Neil Johnston (27)	6–31
38	January 18	N Indianapolis	74–76 (OT)	Neil Johnston (23)	6–32
39	January 25	@ Baltimore	68–82	Joe Fulks (19)	6–33
40	January 29	New York	61–72	Neil Johnston (21)	6–34
41	January 31	@ Rochester	83–103	Joe Fulks (19)	6–35
42	February 1	N New York	85–90	Neil Johnston (22)	6–36
43	February 4	N Baltimore	96–88	Danny Finn (30)	7–36
44	February 7	@ New York	63–86	Neil Johnston (30)	7–37
45	February 8	@ Syracuse	89–98	Neil Johnston (28)	7–38
46	February 10	@ Rochester	85–101	Neil Johnston (26)	7–39
47	February 12	Boston	92–91	Danny Finn (27)	8–39
48	February 14	@ Minneapolis	84–92	Neil Johnston (24)	8–40
49	February 15	N Baltimore	95–75	Neil Johnston (32)	9–40
50	February 17	@ Indianapolis	77–80	Neil Johnston (32)	9–41
51	February 21	@ New York	69–85	Neil Johnston (23)	9–42
52	February 22	@ Syracuse	73–86	Neil Johnston (26)	9–43
53	February 23	N Milwaukee	64–78	Danny Finn (25)	9–44
54	February 24	N Syracuse	63–74	Neil Johnston (21)	9–45
55	February 25	@ Boston	80–87	Joe Fulks (21)	9–46
56	February 26	Minneapolis	73–85	Neil Johnston (24)	9–47
57	February 27	N Minneapolis	75–98	Joe Fulks (23)	9–48
58	February 28	@ Milwaukee	73–87	Neil Johnston (28)	9–49
59	March 1	N Minneapolis	80–102	Neil Johnston (28)	9–50
60	March 3	@ Indianapolis	73–90	Neil Johnston (23)	9–51
61	March 4	N Boston	75–82	Neil Johnston (30)	9–52
62	March 5	N Rochester	78–69	Neil Johnston (21)	10–52
63	March 7	N Syracuse	88–87	Neil Johnston (25)	11–52
64	March 10	N Milwaukee	76–77	Neil Johnston (19)	11–53
65	March 11	N Milwaukee	72–69 (OT)	Neil Johnston (26)	12–53
66	March 12	New York	85–90	Joe Fulks (29)	12–54
67	March 13	N Baltimore	72–98	Neil Johnston (20)	12–55
68	March 14	@ Baltimore	85–87	Neil Johnston (27)	12–56
69	March 15	@ Boston	87–103	Neil Johnston (33)	12–57

Player statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Awards and records

• Neil Johnston, NBA All-Star Game
• Neil Johnston, NBA Scoring Champion
• Neil Johnston, All-NBA First Team
• Andy Phillip, All-NBA Second Team

See also

• 1952-53 NBA season