Minneapolis Lakers 1952-53 Season Review (NBA/BAA)

Minneapolis Lakers 1952-53 Season Review

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Minneapolis Lakers 1952-53 Season Review

Regular Season Record: 48-22

	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Points	OReb	DReb	Assists	Steals	TO	Blocks	Fouls
Team Stats	5559	2166	2221	1641	0	0	5973	0	0	1351	0	0	0	1917
Opponents Stats	0	0	0	0	0	0	5544	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1952-53 Regular Season Scoring

Name	Games	Minutes	Pts	Reb	Asst	Steals	TO	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Fouls
Bob Harrison	70	1643	497	153	160	0	0	518	195	165	107	0	0	264
Lew Hitch	70	1027	261	275	66	0	0	255	89	136	83	0	0	122
Jim Holstein	66	989	266	173	74	0	0	274	98	105	70	0	0	128
Slater Martin	70	2556	744	186	250	0	0	634	260	287	224	0	0	246
George Mikan	70	2651	1442	1007	201	0	0	1252	500	567	442	0	0	290
Vern Mikkelsen	70	2465	1047	654	148	0	0	868	378	387	291	0	0	289
Jim Pollard	66	2403	859	452	231	0	0	933	333	251	193	0	0	194
Pep Saul	70	1796	516	141	110	0	0	471	187	200	142	0	0	174
Howie Schultz	40	474	91	80	29	0	0	90	24	62	43	0	0	73
Whitey Skoog	68	996	250	121	82	0	0	264	102	61	46	0	0	137

1952-53 Playoffs Scoring

Name	Games	Minutes	Pts	Reb	Asst	Steals	TO	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Fouls
Bob Harrison	12	204	60	22	14			65	25	20	10			32
Lew Hitch	12	189	49	64	11			46	16	32	17			32
Jim Holstein	12	192	52	30	11			42	20	23	12			30
Slater Martin	12	453	121	31	43			103	41	51	39			49
George Mikan	12	463	238	185	23			213	78	112	82			56
Vern Mikkelsen	12	400	144	104	24			133	44	66	56			59
Jim Pollard	12	455	172	86	49			167	62	62	48			37
Pep Saul	12	297	86	28	18			74	31	33	24			40
Dick Schnittker	7	29	9	4	0			8	1	11	7			8
Whitey Skoog	11	198	64	23	13			56	24	20	16			29

Minneapolis Lakers 1952 - 53 Games

Game	Date	Location	Opponent	Outcome	Points For	Points Against
1	Sat, Nov 1, 1952		Boston Celtics	W	94	91
2	Sun, Nov 2, 1952	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W	81	69
3	Wed, Nov 5, 1952	@	Baltimore Bullets	W	97	75
4	Sat, Nov 8, 1952	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W	93	71
5	Sun, Nov 9, 1952	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	89	96
6	Tue, Nov 11, 1952	@	Boston Celtics	W	101	92
7	Thu, Nov 13, 1952	@	New York Knicks	L	91	100
8	Sat, Nov 15, 1952	@	Rochester Royals	L	89	97
9	Sun, Nov 16, 1952		Milwaukee Hawks	W	87	51
10	Thu, Nov 20, 1952	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W	89	81
11	Sat, Nov 22, 1952		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	96	89
12	Sun, Nov 23, 1952	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W	62	46
13	Thu, Nov 27, 1952		Indianapolis Olympians	W	90	69
14	Fri, Nov 28, 1952	@	Indianapolis Olympians	W	97	82
15	Sat, Nov 29, 1952	@	Rochester Royals	L	71	83
16	Sun, Nov 30, 1952		Philadelphia Warriors	W	91	66
17	Mon, Dec 1, 1952	N	Baltimore Bullets	W	89	67
18	Wed, Dec 3, 1952	@	Boston Celtics	W	106	102
19	Thu, Dec 4, 1952	@	New York Knicks	W	81	71
20	Sat, Dec 6, 1952		New York Knicks	W	85	78
21	Mon, Dec 8, 1952	N	Indianapolis Olympians	L	76	81
22	Thu, Dec 11, 1952		Syracuse Nationals	W	82	79
23	Sun, Dec 14, 1952		Rochester Royals	W	95	77
24	Fri, Dec 19, 1952	@	Indianapolis Olympians	W	87	69
25	Sat, Dec 20, 1952	@	Milwaukee Hawks	L	75	86
26	Thu, Dec 25, 1952		Indianapolis Olympians	W	90	73
27	Sat, Dec 27, 1952		Boston Celtics	W	94	71
28	Sun, Dec 28, 1952		Milwaukee Hawks	W	86	77
29	Tue, Dec 30, 1952	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L	69	74
30	Wed, Dec 31, 1952		Baltimore Bullets	W	82	56
31	Fri, Jan 2, 1953	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W	74	66
32	Sat, Jan 3, 1953	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W	79	75
33	Sun, Jan 4, 1953		Rochester Royals	W	83	80
34	Tue, Jan 6, 1953	N	Rochester Royals	L	69	85
35	Thu, Jan 8, 1953	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	67	75
36	Sat, Jan 10, 1953	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W	84	79
37	Sun, Jan 11, 1953		New York Knicks	W	85	79
38	Wed, Jan 14, 1953	@	Baltimore Bullets	W	112	104
39	Sat, Jan 17, 1953	@	Rochester Royals	L	101	109
40	Sun, Jan 18, 1953		Milwaukee Hawks	L	70	83
41	Fri, Jan 23, 1953	N	Milwaukee Hawks	L	65	67
42	Sun, Jan 25, 1953		Boston Celtics	W	87	82
43	Tue, Jan 27, 1953	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W	96	76
44	Thu, Jan 29, 1953		Syracuse Nationals	L	65	83
45	Sat, Jan 31, 1953		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	87	80
46	Sun, Feb 1, 1953	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W	92	76
47	Tue, Feb 3, 1953	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L	93	96
48	Thu, Feb 5, 1953		New York Knicks	W	81	73
49	Sat, Feb 7, 1953	@	Rochester Royals	L	72	87
50	Sun, Feb 8, 1953		Indianapolis Olympians	W	71	67
51	Thu, Feb 12, 1953		Syracuse Nationals	W	91	81
52	Sat, Feb 14, 1953		Philadelphia Warriors	W	92	84
53	Sun, Feb 15, 1953	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W	80	71
54	Tue, Feb 17, 1953	N	Baltimore Bullets	L	70	74
55	Thu, Feb 19, 1953		Rochester Royals	W	107	87
56	Sat, Feb 21, 1953		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	85	75
57	Sun, Feb 22, 1953	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L	78	90
58	Tue, Feb 24, 1953	@	New York Knicks	L	63	79
59	Wed, Feb 25, 1953	@	Baltimore Bullets	W	85	72
60	Thu, Feb 26, 1953	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W	85	73
61	Fri, Feb 27, 1953	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W	98	75
62	Sun, Mar 1, 1953	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W	102	80
63	Tue, Mar 3, 1953	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W	86	68
64	Thu, Mar 5, 1953	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	91	94
65	Fri, Mar 6, 1953	@	Boston Celtics	L	85	100
66	Sat, Mar 7, 1953	@	Rochester Royals	L	82	84
67	Sun, Mar 8, 1953		Milwaukee Hawks	W	100	73
68	Mon, Mar 9, 1953	N	Indianapolis Olympians	L	83	95
69	Thu, Mar 12, 1953		Rochester Royals	W	89	77
70	Tue, Mar 17, 1953	@	Indianapolis Olympians	W	73	71