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1952–53 Fort Wayne Pistons season

NBA team season

Field	Value
team	Fort Wayne Pistons
team_link	Detroit Pistons
end_year	1953
wins	36
losses	33
division	Western
division_place	3
coach	Paul Birch
owner	Fred Zollner
arena	War Memorial Coliseum
playoffs	[West Division Finals](1953-nba-playoffs-bracket)
(eliminated 2–3)
bbr_team	FTW

(eliminated 2–3)

The 1952–53 Fort Wayne Pistons season was the Pistons' fifth season in the NBA and 12th season as a franchise.

The Pistons finished the season above .500 at 36-33 (.522), 3rd in the Western Division. The team advanced to the playoffs, defeating the Rochester Royals 2–1 in the opening series, including a 67–65 home nail-biter to take the series, but lost in the division finals 3–2 to the Minneapolis Lakers as each team won at home in the 5-game series. The Pistons were led on the season by center-forward Larry Foust (14.3 ppg, 11.5 rpg, NBA All-Star), guard Andy Phillip (10.0 ppg, 5.0 apg, NBA All-Star) and Don Meineke (10.7 ppg, 6.9 rpg), who would win the inaugural NBA Rookie of the Year Award. First round draft choice Dick Groat (11.9 ppg) would play for the Pistons while finishing his degree at Duke University, left the team in February 1953 to serve in the United States Army and returned to sports in 1955 to pursue a baseball career. Groat became one of 13 players to play in both the NBA and Major League Baseball.

Draft picks

Main article: 1952 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	3	Dick Groat	G		Duke
2	12	Monk Meineke	F		Dayton

Regular season

Season standings

:x – clinched playoff spot

Game log

1952–53 Game log
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Playoffs

2–1
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1
March 26
@ Minneapolis
L 73–83
Larry Foust (16)
Minneapolis Auditorium
0–1
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2
March 28
@ Minneapolis
L 75–82
Larry Foust (21)
Minneapolis Auditorium
0–2
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3
March 30
Minneapolis
W 98–95
Fred Scolari (27)
War Memorial Coliseum
1–2
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4
April 1
Minneapolis
W 85–82
Larry Foust (20)
War Memorial Coliseum
2–2
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5
April 2
@ Minneapolis
L 58–74
Larry Foust (16)
Minneapolis Auditorium
2–3
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Awards and records

Don Meineke, NBA Rookie of the Year Award

References

[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/FTW/1953.html 1952–53 Fort Wayne Pistons]
"1952-53 Fort Wayne Pistons Roster and Stats".
"Baseball (MLB) and Basketball (NBA) Players | Baseball Almanac".
(8 November 2011). "Chevette to Corvette No. 26: The 1952-53 Detroit Pistons".

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