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1951–52 Philadelphia Warriors season
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.com
Radio	WCAU
< 1950–51	1952–53 >

The 1951–52 NBA season was the Warriors' 6th season in the NBA.^[1]

Offseason

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division v t e	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

Record vs. opponents

1951-52 NBA Records
Team	BAL	BOS	FWP	IND	MIL	MIN	NYK	PHI	ROC	SYR
Baltimore	—	1–8	2–4	2–4	4–2	0–6	2–7	4–5	2–4	3–6
Boston	8–1	—	3–3	3–3	5–1	3–3	4–5	6–3	3–3	4–5
Fort Wayne	4–2	3–3	—	5–4	4–5	5–4	3–3	2–4	3–6	0–6
Indianapolis	4–2	3–3	4–5	—	7–2	4–5	3–3	2–4	3–6	4–2
Milwaukee	2–4	1–5	5–4	2–7	—	1–8	2–4	1–5	1–8	2–4
Minneapolis	6–0	3–3	4–5	5–4	8–1	—	4–2	2–4	7–2	1–5
New York	7–2	5–4	3–3	3–3	4–2	2–4	—	6–3	2–4	5–4
Philadelphia	5–4	3–6	4–2	4–2	5–1	4–2	3–6	—	2–4	3–6
Rochester	4–2	3–3	6–3	6–3	8–1	2–7	4–2	4–2	—	4–2
Syracuse	6–3	5–4	6–0	2–4	4–2	5–1	4–5	6–3	2–4	—

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	N 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	N 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	N 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	N 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

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