1952–53 Rochester Royals season explained

Team:	Rochester Royals
Team Link:	Sacramento Kings
End Year:	1953
Wins:	44
Losses:	26
Division:	Western
Division Place:	2
Coach:	Les Harrison
Owners:	Jack Harrison Les Harrison
Arena:	Edgerton Park Arena
Radio:	WHAM
Playoffs:	West Division Semi-finals (eliminated 1–2)
Bbr Team:	ROC

The 1952–53 NBA season was the Royals fifth season in the NBA.^[1]

Draft picks

See main article: 1952 NBA draft.

Regular season

Season standings

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1952-53 NBA Records
width=100	Team	BAL	BOS	FWP	IND	MIL	MIN	NYK	PHI	ROC	SYR
Baltimore	–	2–8	0–6	2–4	3–3	1–5	0–10	6–4	0–6	2–8
Boston	8–2	–	4–2	4–2	5–1	1–5	6–4	9–1	4–2	5–6
Fort Wayne	6–0	2–4	–	7–3	7–3	1–9	4–2	5–0	3–7	1–5
Indianapolis	4–2	2–4	3–7	–	5–6	4–6	1–5	5–1	3–7	1–5
Milwaukee	3–3	1–5	3–7	6–5	–	3–7	1–5	4–2	3–7	3–3
Minneapolis	5–1	5–1	9–1	6–4	7–3	–	4–2	6–0	4–6	2–4
New York	10–0	4–6	2–4	5–1	5–1	2–4	–	10–0	3–3	6–4
Philadelphia	4–6	1–9	0–5	1–5	2–4	0–6	0–10	–	2–4	2–8
Rochester	6–0	2–4	7–3	7–3	7–3	6–4	3–3	4–2	–	2–4
Syracuse	8–2	6–5	5–1	5–1	3–3	4–2	4–6	8–2	4–2	—

Game log

1952–53 Game log
	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	November 1		82–94	Arnie Risen (15)	1–0
2	November 6	@ Fort Wayne	84–64	Bobby Wanzer (17)	2–0
3	November 7		65–63	Bob Davies (14)	3–0
4	November 8	Indianapolis	96–99 (4OT)	Odie Spears (31)	4–0
5	November 9		75–78	Bob Davies (23)	4–1
6	November 11		94–104	Jack Coleman (24)	5–1
7	November 13	N Milwaukee	97–79	Davies, Wanzer (18)	6–1
8	November 15		89–97	Arnie Risen (24)	7–1
9	November 16		87–96	Bob Davies (20)	7–2
10	November 22	Milwaukee	65–69	Bob Davies (24)	8–2
11	November 23	Boston	102–100	Bob Davies (28)	8–3
12	November 25		89–106	Johnson, Spears (19)	9–3
13	November 27		79–86	Bobby Wanzer (16)	9–4
14	November 29	Minneapolis	71–83	Arnie Risen (22)	10–4
15	November 30	@ Milwaukee	91–88	Bob Davies (21)	11–4
16	December 2	@ Indianapolis	76–85	McMahon, Spears (14)	11–5
17	December 6	Indianapolis	79–82	Arnie Risen (29)	12–5
18	December 7		92–94	Bob Davies (27)	13–5
19	December 9	@ New York	77–75	Bobby Wanzer (17)	14–5
20	December 10	@ Baltimore	99–97 (OT)	Arnie Risen (23)	15–5
21	December 11	@ Philadelphia	86–98	Odie Spears (15)	15–6
22	December 13	New York	99–97 (OT)	Bob Davies (27)	15–7
23	December 14	@ Minneapolis	77–95	Jack Coleman (15)	15–8
24	December 16	@ Indianapolis	84–71	Bobby Wanzer (17)	16–8
25	December 20	Fort Wayne	89–92	Bobby Wanzer (15)	17–8
26	December 21	N Indianapolis	83–65	Odie Spears (21)	18–8
27	December 25	@ Philadelphia	93–78	Coleman, Risen (19)	19–8
28	December 27	Indianapolis	73–94	Bobby Wanzer (27)	20–8
29	December 30	Syracuse	93–106	Bob Davies (22)	21–8
30	December 31	N Milwaukee	82–74	Jack Coleman (22)	22–8
31	January 1	Boston	83–81 (OT)	Bobby Wanzer (15)	22–9
32	January 3	Fort Wayne	101–106	Arnie Risen (30)	23–9
33	January 4	@ Minneapolis	80–83 (OT)	Bobby Wanzer (21)	23–10
34	January 6	N Minneapolis	85–69	Bobby Wanzer (25)	24–10
35	January 8	N Boston	85–88 (OT)	Bobby Wanzer (20)	24–11
36	January 10	Milwaukee	81–89	Odie Spears (21)	25–11
37	January 11	@ Milwaukee	79–83 (2OT)	Bob Davies (16)	25–12
38	January 15	@ Syracuse	85–109	Davies, Johnson (15)	25–13
39	January 17	Minneapolis	101–109	Bob Davies (29)	26–13
40	January 18	@ Fort Wayne	87–90	Bob Davies (26)	26–14
41	January 20	@ Indianapolis	59–70	Odie Spears (10)	26–15
42	January 21	@ Baltimore	89–82	Bob Davies (21)	27–15
43	January 24	Syracuse	107–82	Arnie Risen (23)	27–16
44	January 27	New York	74–72	Bobby Wanzer (21)	27–17
45	January 30	N Fort Wayne	70–68 (OT)	Bobby Wanzer (18)	28–17
46	January 31	Philadelphia	83–103	Jack Coleman (19)	29–17
47	February 1	@ Boston	109–86	Bobby Wanzer (30)	30–17
48	February 2	N Milwaukee	80–78 (OT)	Bob Davies (29)	31–17
49	February 3	Baltimore	82–109	Bob Davies (20)	32–17
50	February 5	@ Syracuse	79–83 (OT)	Bob Davies (27)	32–18
51	February 7	Minneapolis	72–87	Bob Davies (18)	33–18
52	February 8	@ Milwaukee	82–85 (OT)	Bobby Wanzer (17)	33–19
53	February 10	Philadelphia	85–101	Bob Davies (19)	34–19
54	February 14	Milwaukee	72–81	Bob Davies (20)	35–19
55	February 15	@ Fort Wayne	84–72	Bob Davies (27)	36–19
56	February 17	Fort Wayne	88–78	Arnie Johnson (16)	36–20
57	February 19	@ Minneapolis	87–107	Holzman, Johnson, Spears (13)	36–21
58	February 21	Syracuse	73–84	Bob Davies (18)	37–21
59	February 24	Fort Wayne	91–80	Bob Davies (25)	37–22
60	February 25	N New York	79–71 (OT)	Bob Davies (18)	38–22
61	February 28	Boston	85–92	Arnie Johnson (21)	39–22
62	March 3	@ New York	88–109	Bob Davies (22)	39–23
63	March 4	@ Baltimore	81–77	Bob Davies (22)	40–23
64	March 5	N Philadelphia	69–78	Arnie Risen (15)	40–24
65	March 7	Minneapolis	82–84	Arnie Risen (21)	41–24
66	March 8	@ Fort Wayne	71–69	Arnie Risen (22)	42–24
67	March 10	@ Indianapolis	61–59	Arnie Risen (15)	43–24
68	March 12	@ Minneapolis	77–89	Jack McMahon (18)	43–25
69	March 14	Indianapolis	90–82	Bobby Wanzer (17)	43–26
70	March 15	Baltimore	87–105	Arnie Risen (23)	44–26

Playoffs

Player statistics

Playoffs

Awards and records

Notes and References

https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/ROC/1953.html 1952–53 Rochester Royals