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1951–52 New York Knicks season

Season of National Basketball Association team the New York Knicks

(lost to Lakers 3–4)

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.

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. In the Finals, the Knicks lost to the Minneapolis Lakers in seven games. The Knicks became the first NBA team to erase a 3–0 deficit in a best-of-seven series and force a deciding game 7.

NBA draft

Main article: 1951 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.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club team
1	6	Ed Smith	F	United States	Harvard
2	15	Roland Minson	G	United States	Brigham Young
6	55	Al McGuire	G/F	United States	St. John's

Roster

Joe Lapchick

Regular season

Season standings

:x = clinched playoff spot

Game log

1951–52 game log
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Playoffs

2–1
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1
April 2
@ Syracuse
W 87–85
Max Zaslofsky (26)
Onondaga War Memorial
1–0
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2
April 3
@ Syracuse
L 92–102
Harry Gallatin (16)
Onondaga War Memorial
1–1
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3
April 5
Syracuse
W 99–92
Max Zaslofsky (20)
Madison Square Garden III
2–1
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4
April 6
Syracuse
W 100–93
Max Zaslofsky (20)
Madison Square Garden III
3–1
-
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1
April 12
@ Minneapolis
L 79–83 (OT)
Simmons, McGuire (15)
Nat Clifton (12)
Dick McGuire (5)
St. Paul Auditorium
8,722
0–1
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2
April 13
@ Minneapolis
W 80–72
Harry Gallatin (18)
Harry Gallatin (11)
Dick McGuire (5)
St. Paul Auditorium
1–1
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3
April 16
Minneapolis
L 77–82
Max Zaslofsky (17)
Nat Clifton (10)
Dick McGuire (10)
69th Regiment Armory
4,500
1–2
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4
April 18
Minneapolis
W 90–89 (OT)
Connie Simmons (30)
Nat Clifton (12)
Dick McGuire (6)
69th Regiment Armory
5,200
2–2
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5
April 20
@ Minneapolis
L 89–102
Nat Clifton (17)
Clifton, Gallatin (8)
six players tied (1)
St. Paul Auditorium
7,244
2–3
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6
April 23
Minneapolis
W 76–68
Max Zaslofsky (23)
Harry Gallatin (13)
Ernie Vandeweghe (7)
69th Regiment Armory
3,000
3–3
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7
April 25
@ Minneapolis
L 65–82
Max Zaslofsky (21)
Nat Clifton (10)
Nat Clifton (3)
Minneapolis Auditorium
8,612
3–4
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References

"1951–52 New York Knicks Roster and Statistics". Basketball-Reference.
Jaker, Bill. (2008). "The Airwaves of New York: Illustrated Histories of 156 AM Stations in the Metropolitan Area, 1921–1996". McFarland & Company.
"New York Knickerbockers Franchise Index". Basketball-Reference.
"1952 NBA Playoff Summary". Basketball-Reference.
(May 29, 2023). "Celtics–Heat Game 7 by the numbers: Can Boston complete NBA's first 3–0 comeback?". WBZ-TV.
"1951 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference.

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