1951–52 Rochester Royals season

The 1951–52 NBA season was the Royals fourth season in the NBA.[1] 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.

1951–52 Rochester Royals season
Division champions
Head coachLes Harrison
OwnersJack Harrison
Les Harrison
ArenaEdgerton Park Arena
Results
Record41–25 (.621)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Western)
Playoff finishWest Division Finals
(eliminated 1–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWHAM

Draft picks
Main article: 1951 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College

Roster

Jack Coleman

Regular season

Season standings
Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Rochester Royals4125.621–28–512–181–222–14
x-Minneapolis Lakers4026.606121–513–206–124–12
x-Indianapolis Olympians3432.515725–64–245–218–18
x-Fort Wayne Pistons2937.4391222–116–241–217–19
Milwaukee Hawks1749.258248–133–226–149–27
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1951-52 NBA Records
Team BAL BOS FWP IND MIL MIN NYK PHI ROC SYR
Baltimore —1–82–42–44–20–62–74–52–43–6
Boston 8–1—3–33–35–13–34–56–33–34–5
Fort Wayne 4–23–3—5–44–55–43–32–43–60–6
Indianapolis 4–23–34–5—7–24–53–32–43–64–2
Milwaukee 2–41–55–42–7—1–82–41–51–82–4
Minneapolis 6–03–34–55–48–1—4–22–47–21–5
New York 7–25–43–33–34–22–4—6–32–45–4
Philadelphia 5–43–64–24–25–14–23–6—2–43–6
Rochester 4–23–36–36–38–12–74–24–2—4–2
Syracuse 6–35–46–02–44–25–14–56–32–4—

Game log
1951–52 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1November 1Baltimore97–101Bob Davies (20)1–0
2November 3Minneapolis93–74Bob Davies (16)1–1
3November 10Indianapolis89–100Bobby Wanzer (22)2–1
4November 11New York78–80Arnie Risen (20)3–1
5November 13@ Milwaukee91–75Bob Davies (26)4–1
6November 17Philadelphia72–86Bob Davies (23)5–1
7November 18@ Fort Wayne76–71 (OT)Arnie Risen (17)6–1
8November 20@ Indianapolis65–69 (2OT)Davies, Risen (14)6–2
9November 22@ Minneapolis65–70 (2OT)Arnie Johnson (16)6–3
10November 24Fort Wayne63–74Bobby Wanzer (19)7–3
11November 25@ Milwaukee73–75Bobby Wanzer (16)7–4
12November 27Milwaukee73–77Jack Coleman (17)8–4
13November 29@ New York78–74Bobby Wanzer (25)9–4
14December 1Milwaukee66–71Davies, Wanzer (15)10–4
15December 2@ Syracuse81–79Bob Davies (24)11–4
16December 3@ Baltimore77–70Bob Davies (25)12–4
17December 4@ Philadelphia80–96Jack Coleman (15)12–5
18December 8Syracuse95–75Arnie Risen (17)12–6
19December 9@ Fort Wayne84–86Arnie Risen (25)12–7
20December 15Indianapolis66–75Bobby Wanzer (18)13–7
21December 16Baltimore95–99Bob Davies (22)14–7
22December 18@ Milwaukee94–68Jack Coleman (18)15–7
23December 20@ Fort Wayne69–54Davies, Wanzer (15)16–7
24December 22Philadelphia89–105Arnie Risen (25)17–7
25December 25Indianapolis78–87Jack Coleman (25)18–7
26December 27New York85–98Bobby Wanzer (25)19–7
27December 29Fort Wayne61–75Jack Coleman (18)20–7
28December 31N Indianapolis73–77Bobby Wanzer (17)20–8
29January 1Boston91–106Bob Davies (27)21–8
30January 5Philadelphia94–103Bob Davies (22)22–8
31January 6@ Boston80–91Arnie Johnson (17)22–9
32January 8@ New York74–107Arnie Johnson (13)22–10
33January 11@ Philadelphia83–85Bob Davies (17)22–11
34January 12Fort Wayne88–76Arnie Risen (14)22–12
35January 13New York70–97Bob Davies (19)23–12
36January 19Minneapolis85–96Bob Davies (28)24–12
37January 20@ Minneapolis81–91 (2OT)Bob Davies (21)24–13
38January 21N Milwaukee78–76Arnie Risen (23)25–13
39January 22@ Indianapolis65–68Bobby Wanzer (18)25–14
40January 24@ Fort Wayne90–94Arnie Risen (26)25–15
41January 26Fort Wayne71–104Bobby Wanzer (25)26–15
42January 27Indianapolis95–102Arnie Risen (28)27–15
43February 2Milwaukee79–100Bobby Wanzer (26)28–15
44February 3@ Minneapolis75–77Arnie Risen (19)28–16
45February 7@ Minneapolis75–86Bobby Wanzer (16)28–17
46February 9Boston100–104Bob Davies (22)29–17
47February 10@ Boston111–97Bobby Wanzer (26)30–17
48February 12@ Philadelphia86–75Bob Davies (22)31–17
49February 13@ Baltimore91–96Bob Davies (17)31–18
50February 14@ Syracuse78–76Bob Davies (17)32–18
51February 16Syracuse84–92Arnie Risen (28)33–18
52February 17Indianapolis92–100Arnie Risen (23)34–18
53February 23Minneapolis83–73Arnie Risen (24)34–19
54February 24Baltimore100–124Jack Coleman (27)35–19
55February 26Milwaukee67–99Bobby Wanzer (19)36–19
56February 28N Boston72–91Arnie Risen (17)36–20
57March 1Syracuse83–98Bobby Wanzer (22)37–20
58March 2@ Syracuse72–76Bob Davies (18)37–21
59March 3@ Baltimore96–99Bob Davies (33)37–22
60March 4@ New York90–92 (OT)Bob Davies (26)37–23
61March 6Milwaukee74–77Arnie Risen (24)38–23
62March 8Minneapolis92–94 (OT)Bob Davies (18)39–23
63March 9@ Minneapolis90–96Arnie Risen (28)39–24
64March 11@ Indianapolis82–81Arnie Risen (30)40–24
65March 13@ Fort Wayne86–84Bobby Wanzer (17)41–24
66March 15Boston118–106Bobby Wanzer (24)41–25

Playoffs
1952 playoff game log
Division Semifinals: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocationSeries
1 March 18 Fort Wayne W 95–78 Bobby Wanzer (26) Edgerton Park Arena 1–0
2 March 20 @ Fort Wayne W 92–86 Bob Davies (29) North Side High School Gym 2–0
Division Finals: 1–3 (home: 1–1; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocationSeries
1 March 29 Minneapolis W 88–78 Bob Davies (26) Edgerton Park Arena 1–0
2 March 30 Minneapolis L 78–83 (OT) Vern Mikkelsen (19) Edgerton Park Arena 1–1
3 April 5 @ Minneapolis L 67–77 Jim Pollard (22) Minneapolis Auditorium 1–2
4 April 6 @ Minneapolis L 80–82 Bob Davies (21) Minneapolis Auditorium 1–3
1952 schedule

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

Season
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Jack Coleman
Bob Davies
Alex Hannum
Red Holzman
Arnie Johnson
Joe McNamee
Paul Noel
Ray Ragelis
Sam Ranzino
Arnie Risen
Odie Spears
Bobby Wanzer

Playoffs
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Jack Coleman
Bob Davies
Alex Hannum
Red Holzman
Arnie Johnson
Ray Ragelis
Arnie Risen
Odie Spears
Bobby Wanzer

Awards and records

References
  1. 1951–52 Rochester Royals
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