1952-53 NBA Standings, Stats and Awards

Champ: Minneapolis Lakers
Rookie of the Year: Don Meineke

Eastern Team W L Pct GB PF PA HW HL AW AL OEFF DEFF PACE New York Knicks 47 23 .671 0 5985 5621 21 4 15 14 .0 .0 .0 Syracuse Nationals 47 24 .662 0 6081 5772 32 2 10 19 .0 .0 .0 Boston Celtics 46 25 .648 2 6258 6092 21 3 11 18 .0 .0 .0 Baltimore Bullets 16 54 .229 31 5911 6307 11 20 1 19 .0 .0 .0 Philadelphia Warriors 12 57 .174 34 5534 6134 4 13 1 28 .0 .0 .0

Western Team W L Pct GB PF PA HW HL AW AL OEFF DEFF PACE Minneapolis Lakers 48 22 .686 0 5943 5544 24 2 16 15 .0 .0 .0 Rochester Royals 44 26 .629 4 6043 5845 24 8 13 16 .0 .0 .0 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons 36 33 .522 12 5591 5596 25 9 8 19 .0 .0 .0 Indianapolis Olympians 28 43 .394 20 5295 5495 19 14 4 23 .0 .0 .0 Milwaukee Hawks 27 44 .380 22 5389 5595 14 8 4 24 .0 .0 .0

Offense

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Team	OEFF	PPG	Pts	FGM	FGA	FGP	FTM	FTA	FTP	3PM	3PA	3PP	ORB	REB	RPG	AST	APG	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PACE
BOS	0.0	88.1	6258	2177	5555	.392	1904	2617	.728	0	0	.000	0	3865	54.4	1666	23.5	0	0	0	1911	0.0
ROC	0.0	86.3	6043	2019	5432	.372	2005	2747	.730	0	0	.000	0	3625	51.8	1520	21.7	0	0	0	2210	0.0
SYR	0.0	85.6	6081	1942	5329	.364	2197	2950	.745	0	0	.000	0	3472	48.9	1459	20.5	0	0	0	2132	0.0
NYK	0.0	85.5	5985	2059	5339	.386	1867	2652	.704	0	0	.000	0	4007	57.2	1575	22.5	0	0	0	2053	0.0
MIE	0.0	84.9	5943	2166	5559	.390	1611	2221	.725	0	0	.000	0	3406	48.7	1351	19.3	0	0	0	1917	0.0
BA1	0.0	84.4	5911	2083	5615	.371	1745	2542	.686	0	0	.000	0	3727	53.2	1514	21.6	0	0	0	2141	0.0
FTW	0.0	81.0	5591	1876	5230	.359	1839	2491	.738	0	0	.000	0	3548	51.4	1438	20.8	0	0	0	2119	0.0
PH1	0.0	80.2	5534	1987	5546	.358	1560	2298	.679	0	0	.000	0	3763	54.5	1513	21.9	0	0	0	1860	0.0
MI1	0.0	75.9	5389	1873	5320	.352	1643	2400	.685	0	0	.000	0	3429	48.3	1427	20.1	0	0	0	2120	0.0
INI	0.0	74.6	5295	1829	5204	.351	1637	2277	.719	0	0	.000	0	3326	46.8	1281	18.0	0	0	0	1765	0.0

Defense

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Team	DEFF	PPG	Pts	FGM	FGA	FGP	FTM	FTA	FTP	3PM	3PA	3PP	ORB	REB	RPG	AST	APG	STL	BLK	TO	PF
INI	0.0	77.4	5495	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
MI1	0.0	78.8	5595	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
MIE	0.0	79.2	5544	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
NYK	0.0	80.3	5621	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
FTW	0.0	81.1	5596	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
SYR	0.0	81.3	5772	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
ROC	0.0	83.5	5845	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
BOS	0.0	85.8	6092	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
PH1	0.0	88.9	6134	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
BA1	0.0	90.1	6307	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	.000	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

League Leaders

Minutes 1. Neil Johnston - PH1 3166 2. Bob Cousy - BOS 2945 3. Ed Macauley - BOS 2902 4. Mel Hutchins - MI1 2891 5. Leo Barnhorst - INI 2871 6. Joe Graboski - INI 2769 7. Andy Phillip - FTW 2690 8. Paul Seymour - SYR 2684 9. Dolph Schayes - SYR 2668 10. George Mikan - MIE 2651	Total Points 1. Neil Johnston - PH1 1564 2. George Mikan - MIE 1442 3. Bob Cousy - BOS 1407 4. Ed Macauley - BOS 1402 5. Dolph Schayes - SYR 1262 6. Bill Sharman - BOS 1147 7. Jack Nichols - MI1 1090 8. Vern Mikkelsen - MIE 1047 9. Bob Davies - ROC 1029 10. Bobby Wanzer - ROC 1020	Points per Game 1. Neil Johnston - PH1 22.3 2. George Mikan - MIE 20.6 3. Ed Macauley - BOS 20.3 4. Bob Cousy - BOS 19.8 5. Dolph Schayes - SYR 17.8 6. Bill Sharman - BOS 16.2 7. Jack Nichols - MI1 15.8 8. Bob Davies - ROC 15.6 9. Vern Mikkelsen - MIE 15.0 10. Bobby Wanzer - ROC 14.6	Field Goals 1. Neil Johnston - PH1 504 2. George Mikan - MIE 500 3. Bob Cousy - BOS 464 4. Ed Macauley - BOS 451 5. Jack Nichols - MI1 425 6. Bill Sharman - BOS 403 7. Leo Barnhorst - INI 402 8. Vern Mikkelsen - MIE 378 9. Dolph Schayes - SYR 375 10. Bob Davies - ROC 339	Field Goal Attempts 1. Bob Cousy - BOS 1320 2. George Mikan - MIE 1252 3. Jack Nichols - MI1 1170 4. Neil Johnston - PH1 1114 5. Leo Barnhorst - INI 1034 6. Dolph Schayes - SYR 1002 7. Ed Macauley - BOS 997 8. Joe Fulks - PH1 960 9. Jim Pollard - MIE 933 10. Bill Sharman - BOS 925
Field Goal Percentage 1. Neil Johnston - PH1 0.452 Ed Macauley - BOS 0.452 3. Harry Gallatin - NYK 0.444 4. Bill Sharman - BOS 0.436 5. Vern Mikkelsen - MIE 0.435 Ernie Vandeweghe - NYK 0.435 7. Jack Coleman - ROC 0.420 8. Slater Martin - MIE 0.410 9. George King - SYR 0.402 Bob Lavoy - INI 0.402	Free Throws 1. Neil Johnston - PH1 556 2. Dolph Schayes - SYR 512 3. Ed Macauley - BOS 500 4. Bob Cousy - BOS 479 5. George Mikan - MIE 442 6. Bobby Wanzer - ROC 384 7. Bob Davies - ROC 351 8. Joe Graboski - INI 350 9. Bill Sharman - BOS 341 10. Paul Seymour - SYR 340	Free Throw Attempts 1. Neil Johnston - PH1 794 2. Ed Macauley - BOS 667 3. Dolph Schayes - SYR 619 4. Bob Cousy - BOS 587 5. George Mikan - MIE 567 6. Joe Graboski - INI 513 7. Bobby Wanzer - ROC 473 8. Bob Davies - ROC 466 9. Larry Foust - FTW 465 10. George King - SYR 442	Free Throw Percentage 1. Bill Sharman - BOS 0.850 2. Freddie Scolari - FTW 0.844 3. Dolph Schayes - SYR 0.827 4. Carl Braun - NYK 0.825 5. Fred Schaus - FTW 0.821 6. Odie Spears - ROC 0.819 7. Paul Seymour - SYR 0.817 8. Bob Cousy - BOS 0.816 9. Bobby Wanzer - ROC 0.812 10. Bill Tosheff - INI 0.806	Total Rebounds 1. George Mikan - MIE 1007 2. Neil Johnston - PH1 976 3. Dolph Schayes - SYR 920 4. Harry Gallatin - NYK 916 5. Mel Hutchins - MI1 793 6. Jack Coleman - ROC 774 7. Larry Foust - FTW 769 8. Nat Clifton - NYK 761 9. Arnie Risen - ROC 745 10. Joe Graboski - INI 687
Rebounds per Game 1. George Mikan - MIE 14.4 2. Neil Johnston - PH1 13.9 3. Harry Gallatin - NYK 13.1 4. Dolph Schayes - SYR 13.0 5. Larry Foust - FTW 11.5 6. Mel Hutchins - MI1 11.2 7. Jack Coleman - ROC 11.1 8. Arnie Risen - ROC 11.0 9. Nat Clifton - NYK 10.9 10. Joe Graboski - INI 10.0	Assists 1. Bob Cousy - BOS 547 2. Andy Phillip - FTW 397 3. George King - SYR 364 4. Dick Mcguire - NYK 296 5. Paul Seymour - SYR 294 6. Bob Davies - ROC 280 Ed Macauley - BOS 280 8. Leo Barnhorst - INI 277 9. George Senesky - PH1 264 10. Bobby Wanzer - ROC 252	Assists per Game 1. Bob Cousy - BOS 7.7 2. Andy Phillip - FTW 5.7 3. George King - SYR 5.1 4. Dick Mcguire - NYK 4.9 5. Paul Seymour - SYR 4.4 6. Bob Davies - ROC 4.2 7. Ed Macauley - BOS 4.1 8. Leo Barnhorst - INI 3.9 9. Freddie Scolari - FTW 3.8 George Senesky - PH1 3.8	Personal Fouls 1. Don Meineke - FTW 334 2. Joe Fulks - PH1 319 3. Joe Graboski - INI 303 4. George Mikan - MIE 290 5. Vern Mikkelsen - MIE 289 6. Bob Brannum - BOS 287 Carl Braun - NYK 287 George Ratkovicz - MI1 287 9. Paul Hoffman - BA1 282 Arnie Johnson - ROC 282

All-Stars

East	West
Don Barksdale Carl Braun Bob Cousy Billy Gabor Harry Gallatin Neil Johnston Ed Macauley Dolph Schayes Fred Scolari Paul Seymour Bill Sharman	Leo Barnhorst Bob Davies Larry Foust Mel Hutchins Slater Martin George Mikan Vern Mikkelsen Andy Phillip Arnie Risen Bob Wanzer

All-NBA Team

1st Team

Bob Cousy - BOS
Neil Johnston - PH1
Ed Macauley - BOS
George Mikan - MIE
Dolph Schayes - SYR

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