The 1951–52 New York Knicks season was the sixth season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Knicks finished third in the Eastern Division with a 37–29 record, and advanced to the NBA Playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.[3]
In the first round of the Eastern Division playoffs , the Knicks 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 .[3] [4] In the Finals, the Knicks lost to the Minneapolis Lakers in seven games.[4]
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.[5]
Regular season
Season standings
x = clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponents
1951–52 NBA records
Team
BAL
BOS
FWP
IND
MIL
MIN
NYK
PHI
ROC
SYR
Baltimore
—
1–8
2–4
2–4
4–2
0–6
2–7
4–5
2–4
3–6
Boston
8–1
—
3–3
3–3
5–1
3–3
4–5
6–3
3–3
4–5
Fort Wayne
4–2
3–3
—
5–4
4–5
5–4
3–3
2–4
3–6
0–6
Indianapolis
4–2
3–3
4–5
—
7–2
4–5
3–3
2–4
3–6
4–2
Milwaukee
2–4
1–5
5–4
2–7
—
1–8
2–4
1–5
1–8
2–4
Minneapolis
6–0
3–3
4–5
5–4
8–1
—
4–2
2–4
7–2
1–5
New York
7–2
5–4
3–3
3–3
4–2
2–4
—
6–3
2–4
5–4
Philadelphia
5–4
3–6
4–2
4–2
5–1
4–2
3–6
—
2–4
3–6
Rochester
4–2
3–3
6–3
6–3
8–1
2–7
4–2
4–2
—
4–2
Syracuse
6–3
5–4
6–0
2–4
4–2
5–1
4–5
6–3
2–4
—
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
1952 playoff game log
Division Semifinals: 2–1 (home: 1–0; road: 1–1)
Division Finals: 3–1 (home: 2–0; road: 1–1)
NBA Finals: 3–4 (home: 2–1; road: 1–3)
1952 schedule
Player statistics
Awards and records
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