1952–53 Philadelphia Warriors season

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

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

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