1952–53 Rochester Royals season

The 1952–53 NBA season was the Royals fifth season in the NBA.[1]

1952–53 Rochester Royals season
Head coach	Les Harrison
Arena	Edgerton Park Arena
Results
Record	44–26 (.629)
Place	Division: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finish	West Division Semifinals (eliminated 1–2)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	WHAM

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Minneapolis Lakers	48	22	.686	-	24-2	16-15	8-5	17-13
x-Rochester Royals	44	26	.629	4	24-8	13-17	7-1	27-13
x-Fort Wayne Pistons	36	33	.522	11.5	25-9	8-19	3-5	18-22
x-Indianapolis Olympians	28	43	.394	20.5	19-14	4-23	5-6	15-26
Milwaukee Hawks	27	44	.380	21.5	14-8	3-24	10-12	15-26

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	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

West Division Semifinals

(2) Rochester Royals vs. (3) Fort Wayne Pistons: Pistons win series 2-1

• Game 1 @ Rochester: Fort Wayne 84, Rochester 77
• Game 2 @ Fort Wayne: Rochester 83, Fort Wayne 71
• Game 3 @ Rochester: Fort Wayne 67, Rochester 65

Last Playoff Meeting: 1952 Western Division Semifinals (Rochester won 2–0)

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
Cal Christensen
Jack Coleman
Bob Davies
Alex Hannum
Red Holzman
Arnie Johnson
Jack McMahon
Arnie Risen
Odie Spears
Bobby Wanzer

Playoffs

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

Awards and records

• Bob Davies, All-NBA Second Team
• Bobby Wanzer, All-NBA Second Team

References

1. 1952–53 Rochester Royals