1951–52 Fort Wayne Pistons season

The 1951–52 NBA season was the Pistons' fourth season in the NBA and 11th season as a franchise.[1]

1951–52 Fort Wayne Pistons season
Head coachPaul Birch
ArenaNorth Side High School Gym
Results
Record29–37 (.439)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Western)
Playoff finishWest Division Semifinals
(eliminated 0–2)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

Offseason

Draft picks
Main article: 1951 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College

Regular season

Season standings
Western Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Rochester Royals4125.621–28–512–181–222–14
x-Minneapolis Lakers4026.606121–513–206–124–12
x-Indianapolis Olympians3432.515725–64–245–218–18
x-Fort Wayne Pistons2937.4391222–116–241–217–19
Milwaukee Hawks1749.258248–133–226–149–27
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1951-52 NBA Records
Team BAL BOS FWP IND MIL MIN NYK PHI ROC SYR
Baltimore —1–82–42–44–20–62–74–52–43–6
Boston 8–1—3–33–35–13–34–56–33–34–5
Fort Wayne 4–23–3—5–44–55–43–32–43–60–6
Indianapolis 4–23–34–5—7–24–53–32–43–64–2
Milwaukee 2–41–55–42–7—1–82–41–51–82–4
Minneapolis 6–03–34–55–48–1—4–22–47–21–5
New York 7–25–43–33–34–22–4—6–32–45–4
Philadelphia 5–43–64–24–25–14–23–6—2–43–6
Rochester 4–23–36–36–38–12–74–24–2—4–2
Syracuse 6–35–46–02–44–25–14–56–32–4—

Game log
1951–52 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1November 1@ Syracuse75–90Chuck Share (21)0–1
2November 3@ Philadelphia69–70Boag Johnson (22)0–2
3November 4New York75–84Frank Brian (28)1–2
4November 6@ Milwaukee62–65 (OT)Frank Brian (23)1–3
5November 9@ Indianapolis77–92Larry Foust (18)1–4
6November 11Milwaukee59–74Frank Brian (15)2–4
7November 14@ Boston91–98 (OT)Frank Brian (21)2–5
8November 17@ Minneapolis64–68 (OT)Frank Brian (23)2–6
9November 18@ Rochester76–71 (OT)Larry Foust (25)2–7
10November 22Syracuse96–72Frank Brian (15)2–8
11November 24@ Rochester63–74Fred Schaus (14)2–9
12November 25Baltimore66–83Larry Foust (16)3–9
13November 29@ Syracuse78–82Fred Schaus (19)3–10
14December 1@ Minneapolis69–89Fred Schaus (16)3–11
15December 2Minneapolis61–63Larry Foust (23)4–11
16December 5@ Boston91–88Frank Brian (29)5–11
17December 8@ Milwaukee71–82Larry Foust (26)5–12
18December 9Rochester84–86Frank Brian (25)6–12
19December 11N Syracuse80–62Frank Brian (12)6–13
20December 14@ Philadelphia62–72Larry Foust (21)6–14
21December 15@ Baltimore80–90Ralph Johnson (18)6–15
22December 16New York80–71Fred Schaus (25)6–16
23December 20Rochester69–54Frank Brian (11)6–17
24December 23Minneapolis79–81Fred Schaus (22)7–17
25December 25@ New York65–72Frank Brian (14)7–18
26December 26Boston86–94Fred Schaus (23)8–18
27December 29@ Rochester61–75Frank Brian (13)8–19
28December 30Milwaukee60–77Larry Foust (23)9–19
29December 31@ Baltimore95–86Larry Foust (28)10–19
30January 1Philadelphia74–89Jack Kerris (27)11–19
31January 4N Minneapolis79–64Larry Foust (15)11–20
32January 6Indianapolis75–79Frank Brian (23)12–20
33January 10Boston94–85Larry Foust (19)12–21
34January 12@ Rochester88–76Larry Foust (23)13–21
35January 13Baltimore71–81Frank Brian (22)14–21
36January 15@ Milwaukee63–76Larry Foust (22)14–22
37January 17Philadelphia78–82Frank Brian (22)15–22
38January 20Milwaukee76–83Larry Foust (18)16–22
39January 24Rochester90–94Fred Schaus (23)17–22
40January 25@ Indianapolis79–83 (OT)Fred Schaus (22)17–23
41January 26@ Rochester71–104Fred Schaus (17)17–24
42January 27New York92–100Larry Foust (29)18–24
43January 30@ Indianapolis81–77Brian, Foust (18)19–24
44January 31Minneapolis85–78Larry Foust (25)19–25
45February 2@ Baltimore76–63Frank Brian (30)20–25
46February 3Indianapolis70–85Fred Schaus (21)21–25
47February 5Milwaukee75–64Foust, Schaus (15)21–26
48February 7Philadlephia105–91Fred Schaus (27)21–27
49February 9@ Minneapolis70–67Fred Schaus (22)22–27
50February 10Baltimore82–77Fred Schaus (17)22–28
51February 12@ Indianapolis78–80Larry Foust (21)22–29
52February 14Boston90–94Jack Kerris (20)23–29
53February 17Minneapolis87–99Larry Foust (25)24–29
54February 19@ Philadelphia80–98Larry Foust (23)24–30
55February 21@ Boston67–88Frank Brian (21)24–31
56February 23@ New York77–82 (OT)Frank Brian (17)24–32
57February 24Minneapolis70–83Frank Brian (20)25–32
58February 28@ Syracuse83–88Fred Schaus (17)25–33
59March 1N Milwaukee58–66Larry Foust (29)26–33
60March 2Indianapolis88–101Larry Foust (31)27–33
61March 4@ Indianapolis68–86Larry Foust (19)27–34
62March 6Syracuse83–81 (2OT)Frank Brian (22)27–35
63March 7@ Milwaukee74–75Brian, Schaus (20)27–36
64March 9New York79–80Frank Brian (24)28–36
65March 13Rochester86–84Chuck Share (18)28–37
66March 16Indianapolis92–111Brian, Eddleman, Foust (19)29–37

Playoffs

West Division Semifinals

(1) Rochester Royals vs. (4) Fort Wayne Pistons: Royals win series 2-0

  • Game 1 @ Rochester: Rochester 95, Fort Wayne 78
  • Game 2 @ Fort Wayne: Rochester 92, Fort Wayne 86

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

Awards and records

References
  1. 1951–52 Fort Wayne Pistons

See also
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