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1952–53 New York Knicks season

Season of National Basketball Association team the New York Knicks

(lost to Lakers 1–4)

The 1952–53 New York Knicks season was the seventh season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). With a 47–23 record, the Knicks won the regular season Eastern Division title by a half-game over the Syracuse Nationals and made the NBA Playoffs for the seventh consecutive year.

In the first round of the 1953 NBA Playoffs, the Knicks swept the Baltimore Bullets 2–0 in a best-of-three series to advance to the Eastern Division finals. There, New York defeated the Boston Celtics 3–1 to make the NBA Finals for the third straight year. In the Finals, the Knicks lost to the Minneapolis Lakers, four games to one. The club would wait another 17 years to make an NBA championship final, winning it in 1970.

NBA draft

Main article: 1952 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	5	Ralph Polson	F/C	United States	Whitworth
–	–	Dick Bunt	G	United States	NYU
–	–	Bert Cook	G/F	United States	Utah State
–	–	Dick Surhoff	F	United States	Long Island

Roster

Joe Lapchick

Regular season

Season standings

:x – clinched playoff spot

Game log

1952–53 game log
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Playoffs

2–0
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1
March 25
Boston
W 95–91
Connie Simmons (18)
Dick McGuire (8)
Madison Square Garden III
1–0
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2
March 26
@ Boston
L 70–86
Harry Gallatin (17)
Carl Braun (7)
Boston Garden
1–1
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3
March 28
Boston
W 101–82
Harry Gallatin (23)
Dick McGuire (11)
Madison Square Garden III
2–1
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4
March 29
@ Boston
W 82–75
Carl Braun (18)
Nat Clifton (9)
Boston Garden
3–1
-
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1
April 4
@ Minneapolis
W 96–88
Carl Braun (21)
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Minneapolis Auditorium
5,000
1–0
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2
April 5
@ Minneapolis
L 71–73
Connie Simmons (17)
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Minneapolis Auditorium
4,848
1–1
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3
April 7
Minneapolis
L 75–90
Connie Simmons (18)
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69th Regiment Armory
5,100
1–2
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4
April 8
Minneapolis
L 69–71
Connie Simmons (17)
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69th Regiment Armory
5,200
1–3
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5
April 10
Minneapolis
L 84–91
Carl Braun (19)
Ernie Vandeweghe (4)
69th Regiment Armory
5,200
1–4
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References

"New York Knickerbockers". Basketball-Reference.
"1952–53 NBA Season Summary". Basketball-Reference.
"1952 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference.

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