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1952–53 Baltimore Bullets season

Clair Bee (eliminated 0-2)

The 1952-53 Baltimore Bullets season was the Bullets' 6th season in the NBA and 9th overall season of existence. The team featured Hall of Fame center Don Barksdale. After coach Chick Reiser's firing on November 12, 1952 following his compilation of an overall 8–22 for his time coaching the Bullets, Baltimore replaced him with Clair Bee, who himself was a Hall of Fame head coach who was best known for his time coaching the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds men's basketball team up until the aftermath of the CCNY point-shaving scandal caused Long Island University as a whole to rethink their own sports programs as a whole by this point in time. Bee would later become the final long-term head coach of the original Bullets franchise's history, including for most of the final season they'd ever play in the NBA. Their .229 winning percentage is the lowest of any team in the four major North American sports leagues to ever qualify for the playoffs, with Baltimore winning four more games than the Philadelphia Warriors to earn the final playoff spot in the Eastern Division this season. Despite that interesting factoid, the original Bullets franchise would never again make it to the NBA Playoffs, as the franchise folded early on into what would have been their 1954–55 season.

Draft picks

Main article: 1952 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	2	Jim Baechtold	G/F	USA United States	Eastern Kentucky

Roster

Chick Reiser Clair Bee

Game log

1952–53 Game log
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Playoffs

East Division Semifinals

(1) New York Knicks vs. (4) Baltimore Bullets: Knicks win series 2-0

Game 1 @ New York: New York 80, Baltimore 62
Game 2 @ Baltimore: New York 90, Baltimore 81

Last Playoff Meeting: 1949 Eastern Division Semifinals (New York won 2–1)

References

[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/BLB/1953.html 1952-53 Baltimore Bullets]
(February 24, 2012). "Five Direct-Elects for the Class of 2012 Announced By the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame". Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

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