1951–52 Philadelphia Warriors season

The 1951–52 Philadelphia Warriors season was the Warriors' 6th season in the NBA.

1951–52 Philadelphia Warriors season
Head coach	Edward Gottlieb
Arena	Philadelphia Arena
Results
Record	33–33 (.500)
Place	Division: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	East Division Semifinals (eliminated 1–2)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Radio	WCAU

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 1951 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Syracuse Nationals	40	26	.606	–	26–7	12–18	2–1	21–15
x-Boston Celtics	39	27	.591	1	22–7	10–19	7–1	22–14
x-New York Knicks	37	29	.561	3	21–4	12–22	4–3	23–13
x-Philadelphia Warriors	33	33	.500	7	24–7	6–25	3–1	14–22
Baltimore Bullets	20	46	.303	20	17–15	2–22	1–9	10–26

x – clinched playoff spot

Game log

1951–52 Game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	November 3	Fort Wayne	70–69	Paul Arizin (22)	1–0
2	November 5	@ Baltimore	90–96	Paul Arizin (23)	1–1
3	November 9	Minneapolis	98–86	Paul Arizin (29)	2–1
4	November 10	vs. Boston	69–83	Paul Arizin (29)	2–2
5	November 13	New York	82–85	Arizin, Fulks (28)	2–3
6	November 16	Syracuse	90–97	Paul Arizin (26)	2–4
7	November 17	@ Rochester	72–86	Paul Arizin (19)	2–5
8	November 20	Milwaukee	80–64	Paul Arizin (18)	3–5
9	November 22	@ New York	88–102	Paul Arizin (32)	3–6
10	November 23	Boston	100–102 (OT)	Paul Arizin (28)	3–7
11	November 24	@ Baltimore	74–81	Ed Mikan (18)	3–8
12	November 25	@ Boston	85–103	Neil Johnston (18)	3–9
13	November 27	New York	83–81	Ed Mikan (20)	4–9
14	November 30	Syracuse	82–75	Paul Arizin (30)	5–9
15	December 2	@ New York	72–86	Joe Fulks (27)	5–10
16	December 4	Rochester	96–80	Joe Fulks (26)	6–10
17	December 7	@ New York	93–91	Paul Arizin (23)	7–10
18	December 9	@ Syracuse	74–93	Paul Arizin (15)	7–11
19	December 11	Boston	79–78	Paul Arizin (28)	8–11
20	December 14	Fort Wayne	72–62	Paul Arizin (35)	9–11
21	December 16	@ Boston	79–83 (OT)	Joe Fulks (29)	9–12
22	December 18	vs. Baltimore	82–78	Andy Phillip (23)	10–12
23	December 21	Minneapolis	105–103 (3OT)	Paul Arizin (34)	11–12
24	December 22	@ Rochester	89–105	Joe Fulks (30)	11–13
25	December 26	@ Baltimore	99–103 (3OT)	Paul Arizin (22)	11–14
26	December 29	@ Milwaukee	68–61	Paul Arizin (25)	12–14
27	December 30	@ Minneapolis	64–93	Paul Arizin (24)	12–15
28	January 1	@ Fort Wayne	74–89	Paul Arizin (19)	12–16
29	January 4	Baltimore	92–79	Paul Arizin (23)	13–16
30	January 5	@ Rochester	94–103	Paul Arizin (26)	13–17
31	January 6	@ Syracuse	93–98	Nelson Bobb (22)	13–18
32	January 11	Rochester	85–83	Paul Arizin (27)	14–18
33	January 13	@ Minneapolis	98–73	Arizin, Fulks (27)	15–18
34	January 15	@ Indianapolis	68–101	Paul Arizin (22)	15–19
35	January 17	@ Fort Wayne	78–82	Paul Arizin (20)	15–20
36	January 18	Indianapolis	98–83	Paul Arizin (20)	16–20
37	January 19	@ New York	88–94	Paul Arizin (29)	16–21
38	January 22	New York	78–82	Joe Fulks (33)	16–22
39	January 25	Syracuse	95–94 (OT)	Paul Arizin (22)	17–22
40	January 26	@ Boston	89–85	Paul Arizin (30)	18–22
41	January 29	Boston	97–96	Paul Arizin (32)	19–22
42	February 1	Baltimore	81–79	Paul Arizin (25)	20–22
43	February 3	@ Milwaukee	73–83	Paul Arizin (19)	20–23
44	February 5	@ Indianapolis	85–94	Paul Arizin (32)	20–24
45	February 7	@ Fort Wayne	105–91	Joe Fulks (36)	21–24
46	February 8	Syracuse	87–96	Paul Arizin (31)	21–25
47	February 9	@ New York	86–96	Paul Arizin (31)	21–26
48	February 10	@ Syracuse	84–91	Paul Arizin (20)	21–27
49	February 12	Rochester	75–86	Paul Arizin (26)	21–28
50	February 15	Indianapolis	112–91	Paul Arizin (26)	22–28
51	February 17	@ Baltimore	90–83	Paul Arizin (29)	23–28
52	February 19	Fort Wayne	98–80	Paul Arizin (28)	24–28
53	February 22	New York	118–95	Paul Arizin (36)	25–28
54	February 24	vs. Milwaukee	76–71	Paul Arizin (21)	26–28
55	February 25	@ Minneapolis	95–108	Paul Arizin (36)	26–29
56	February 26	@ Indianapolis	88–86	Paul Arizin (31)	27–29
57	February 27	Indianapolis	97–89	Paul Arizin (25)	28–29
58	February 29	Baltimore	103–86	Paul Arizin (40)	29–29
59	March 1	@ Baltimore	77–90	Paul Arizin (28)	29–30
60	March 4	Minneapolis	83–81	Paul Arizin (27)	30–30
61	March 8	Syracuse	92–83	Paul Arizin (31)	31–30
62	March 9	@ Syracuse	82–99	Paul Arizin (30)	31–31
63	March 11	Boston	84–88	Paul Arizin (27)	31–32
64	March 14	Milwaukee	85–82	Paul Arizin (22)	32–32
65	March 15	vs. Milwaukee	105–86	Paul Arizin (38)	33–32
66	March 16	@ Boston	89–96	Paul Arizin (21)	33–33

Playoffs

1952 playoff game log
Division Semifinals: 1–2 (home: 1–0; road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Series 1 March 20 @ Syracuse L 83–102 Paul Arizin (22) Paul Arizin (13) Andy Phillip (6) Onondaga War Memorial 0–1 2 March 22 Syracuse W 100–95 Paul Arizin (29) Paul Arizin (10) Andy Phillip (9) Philadelphia Arena 1–1 3 March 23 @ Syracuse L 73–84 Paul Arizin (26) Paul Arizin (15) Andy Phillip (7) Onondaga War Memorial 1–2
1952 schedule

Awards and records

• Paul Arizin, NBA All-Star Game
• Joe Fulks, NBA All-Star Game
• Andy Phillip, NBA All-Star Game
• Paul Arizin, NBA Scoring Champion
• Paul Arizin, All-NBA First Team
• Andy Phillip, All-NBA Second Team

See also

• 1951–52 NBA season