1952–53 Milwaukee Hawks season

The 1952–53 NBA season was the Hawks' fourth season in the NBA and second season in Milwaukee.[1]

1952–53 Milwaukee Hawks season
Head coachAndrew Levane
ArenaMilwaukee Arena
Results
Record27–44 (.380)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Western)
Playoff finishDid Not Qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWTMJ

Offseason

Draft picks
Main article: 1952 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College

Regular season

Season standings
Western Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Minneapolis Lakers4822.686-24-216-158-517-13
x-Rochester Royals4426.629424-813-177-127-13
x-Fort Wayne Pistons3633.52211.525-98-193-518-22
x-Indianapolis Olympians2843.39420.519-144-235-615-26
Milwaukee Hawks2744.38021.514-83-2410-1215-26
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1952-53 NBA Records
Team BAL BOS FWP IND MIL MIN NYK PHI ROC SYR
Baltimore —2–80–62–43–31–50–106–40–62–8
Boston 8–2—4–24–25–11–56–49–14–25–6
Fort Wayne 6–02–4—7–37–31–94–25–03–71–5
Indianapolis 4–22–43–7—5–64–61–55–13–71–5
Milwaukee 3–31–53–76–5—3–71–54–23–73–3
Minneapolis 5–15–19–16–47–3—4–26–04–62–4
New York 10–04–62–45–15–12–4—10–03–36–4
Philadelphia 4–61–90–51–52–40–60–10—2–42–8
Rochester 6–02–47–37–37–36–43–34–2—2–4
Syracuse 8–26–55–15–13–34–24–68–24–2—

Game log
1952–53 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1November 1Indianapolis71–73Hutchins, Nichols (17)1–0
2November 9Rochester75–78John Payak (14)2–0
3November 12@ Baltimore90–107Jack Nichols (24)2–1
4November 13N Rochester97–79John Payak (19)2–2
5November 15Fort Wayne68–71John Payak (16)3–2
6November 16@ Minneapolis51–87Jack Nichols (17)3–3
7November 18N Philadelphia83–82Mel Hutchins (23)3–4
8November 19N Boston77–91Don Boven (19)3–5
9November 20@ Syracuse73–92Jack Nichols (18)3–6
10November 22@ Rochester65–69Don Otten (15)3–7
11November 23Minneapolis62–46Don Boven (10)3–8
12November 25@ Indianapolis78–66George Ratkovicz (15)4–8
13November 26Fort Wayne80–72John Payak (16)4–9
14November 27@ Fort Wayne87–95 (OT)Mel Hutchins (19)4–10
15November 28N Philadelphia77–78 (2OT)Don Boven (20)5–10
16November 30Rochester91–88Hutchins, Masino, Nichols (15)5–11
17December 3@ Baltimore87–98Bill Calhoun (18)5–12
18December 4N Boston90–73Bill Calhoun (26)6–12
19December 6@ Boston83–88Jim Brasco (11)6–13
20December 7@ Syracuse67–71Bill Calhoun (21)6–14
21December 8Syracuse89–101Bill Calhoun (26)7–14
22December 11@ Fort Wayne70–71 (OT)Jack Nichols (23)7–15
23December 12@ Indianapolis49–63Calhoun, Nichols (10)7–16
24December 14New York74–69Mel Hutchins (18)7–17
25December 20Minneapolis75–86John Payak (21)8–17
26December 22N New York80–75George Ratkovicz (14)8–18
27December 25@ Fort Wayne69–71 (2OT)Don Boven (14)8–19
28December 28@ Minneapolis77–86George Ratkovicz (24)8–20
29December 31N Rochester82–74Mel Hutchins (20)8–21
30January 1Baltimore83–81 (OT)Al Masino (19)8–22
31January 2N Minneapolis74–66Mel Hutchins (20)8–23
32January 3N Minneapolis79–75Jack Nichols (18)8–24
33January 6Fort Wayne71–73Stan Miasek (14)9–24
34January 8@ New York68–81Stan Miasek (14)9–25
35January 10@ Rochester81–89Mel Hutchins (22)9–26
36January 11Rochester79–83 (2OT)George Ratkovicz (16)10–26
37January 15N Indianapolis68–75Jack Nichols (22)10–27
38January 16Boston100–90Jack Nichols (23)10–28
39January 18@ Minneapolis83–70Jack Nichols (34)11–28
40January 21N New York70–72John Payak (17)12–28
41January 23N Minneapolis65–67Mel Hutchins (17)13–28
42January 24Indianapolis64–72Jack Nichols (27)14–28
43January 25@ Fort Wayne62–65John Payak (21)14–29
44January 27N Boston58–80Jack Nichols (15)14–30
45January 28@ Baltimore84–83Jack Nichols (27)15–30
46January 29N Baltimore70–67Jack Nichols (24)16–30
47January 30Syracuse68–84Mel Hutchins (23)17–30
48February 2N Rochester80–78 (OT)Bill Calhoun (23)17–31
49February 3N New York76–69Jack Nichols (23)17–32
50February 8Rochester82–85 (OT)Mel Hutchins (18)18–32
51February 11N Indianapolis67–65 (OT)Dave Minor (17)19–32
52February 12N Baltimore92–85Jack Nichols (21)20–32
53February 13@ Boston74–77Jack Nichols (23)20–33
54February 14@ Rochester72–81Jack Nichols (26)20–34
55February 15Minneapolis80–71Jack Nichols (21)20–35
56February 17@ New York67–86George Ratkovicz (12)20–36
57February 19@ Syracuse72–82Jack Nichols (22)20–37
58February 21N Indianapolis61–60Mel Hutchins (26)21–37
59February 22Indianapolis64–71Jack Nichols (15)22–37
60February 23N Philadelphia64–78Jack Nichols (15)23–37
61February 24@ Indianapolis69–71 (OT)Jack Nichols (19)23–38
62February 28Philadelphia73–87George Ratkovicz (19)24–38
63March 1@ Fort Wayne74–76Jack Nichols (16)24–39
64March 3Syracuse70–75Dave Minor (21)25–39
65March 8@ Minneapolis73–100Jack Nichols (19)25–40
66March 9@ Fort Wayne74–94George Ratkovicz (19)25–41
67March 10N Philadelphia76–77Bill Calhoun (17)26–41
68March 11N Philadelphia72–69 (OT)Mel Hutchins (20)26–42
69March 13@ Indianapolis50–52Bill Calhoun (14)26–43
70March 17Fort Wayne61–87Jack Nichols (17)27–43
71March 18Indianapolis74–69George Ratkovicz (14)27–44

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

References
  1. 1952–53 Milwaukee Hawks

See also
  • 1952-53 NBA season
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