1951–52 Indianapolis Olympians season

1951–52 Indianapolis Olympians season
Head coach	Herm Schaefer
Arena	Hinkle Fieldhouse
Results
Record	34–32 (.515)
Place	Division: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finish	West Division Semifinals (eliminated 0-2)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	WXLW

The 1951–52 NBA season was the Olympians' 3rd season in the NBA.

Draft picks

Main article: 1951 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Rochester Royals	41	25	.621	–	28–5	12–18	1–2	22–14
x-Minneapolis Lakers	40	26	.606	1	21–5	13–20	6–1	24–12
x-Indianapolis Olympians	34	32	.515	7	25–6	4–24	5–2	18–18
x-Fort Wayne Pistons	29	37	.439	12	22–11	6–24	1–2	17–19
Milwaukee Hawks	17	49	.258	24	8–13	3–22	6–14	9–27

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	@ Baltimore	90–86	Bill Tosheff (23)	1–0
2	November 4	@ Boston	65–97	Bill Tosheff (16)	1–1
3	November 6	New York	83–73	Ralph O'Brien (23)	1–2
4	November 9	Fort Wayne	77–92	Ralph O'Brien (15)	2–2
5	November 10	@ Rochester	89–100	Paul Walther (16)	2–3
6	November 11	@ Syracuse	79–93	Joe Graboski (15)	2–4
7	November 13	Minneapolis	77–71	Leo Barnhorst (18)	2–5
8	November 16	Milwaukee	78–68	Joe Graboski (22)	2–6
9	November 17	N Milwaukee	58–68	Paul Walther (20)	3–6
10	November 20	Rochester	65–69	Lavoy, Walther (15)	4–6
11	November 23	Syracuse	68–82	Leo Barnhorst (17)	5–6
12	November 25	@ Minneapolis	73–82	Leo Barnhorst (15)	5–7
13	November 30	Boston	87–92	Paul Walther (26)	6–7
14	December 2	@ Milwaukee	80–71	Paul Walther (15)	7–7
15	December 4	Syracuse	77–83	Joe Graboski (21)	8–7
16	December 7	Baltimore	80–88	Joe Graboski (18)	9–7
17	December 9	@ Minneapolis	85–78	Tosheff, Walther (19)	10–7
18	December 11	Minneapolis	69–85	Leo Barnhorst (25)	11–7
19	December 14	New York	79–83	Joe Graboski (18)	12–7
20	December 15	@ Rochester	66–75	Paul Walther (14)	12–8
21	December 16	@ Syracuse	96–92	Paul Walther (23)	13–8
22	December 21	Milwaukee	64–69	Leo Barnhorst (16)	14–8
23	December 23	@ Boston	88–91 (OT)	Paul Walther (22)	14–9
24	December 25	@ Rochester	78–87	Bill Tosheff (16)	14–10
25	December 29	@ Baltimore	65–75	Bill Tosheff (14)	14–11
26	December 31	N Rochester	73–77	Bill Tosheff (17)	15–11
27	January 4	New York	73–83	Joe Graboski (21)	16–11
28	January 5	N Minneapolis	86–65	Joe Graboski (13)	16–12
29	January 6	@ Fort Wayne	75–79	Leo Barnhorst (16)	16–13
30	January 8	Minneapolis	75–82	Joe Graboski (23)	17–13
31	January 9	@ Minneapolis	74–91	Don Lofgran (17)	17–14
32	January 11	Boston	79–100	Leo Barnhorst (28)	18–14
33	January 12	@ New York	77–86	Ralph O'Brien (17)	18–15
34	January 13	@ Syracuse	85–103	Leo Barnhorst (17)	18–16
35	January 15	Philadelphia	68–101	Ralph O'Brien (26)	19–16
36	January 18	@ Philadelphia	83–98	Don Lofgran (16)	19–17
37	January 19	@ Baltimore	78–81	Don Lofgran (15)	19–18
38	January 20	@ Boston	98–117	Wallace Jones (22)	19–19
39	January 22	Rochester	65–68	Joe Graboski (25)	20–19
40	January 25	Fort Wayne	79–83 (OT)	Bob Lavoy (22)	21–19
41	January 26	@ New York	93–99	Don Lofgran (21)	21–20
42	January 27	@ Rochester	95–102	Ralph O'Brien (22)	21–21
43	January 29	N New York	72–100	Joe Graboski (33)	22–21
44	January 30	Fort Wayne	81–77	Graboski, Lofgran (16)	22–22
45	February 1	Minneapolis	77–85	Leo Barnhorst (20)	23–22
46	February 3	@ Fort Wayne	70–85	Ralph O'Brien (14)	23–23
47	February 5	Philadelphia	85–94	Bob Lavoy (31)	24–23
48	February 8	Milwaukee	76–80	Leo Barnhorst (20)	25–23
49	February 9	@ Milwaukee	83–90	Bill Tosheff (18)	25–24
50	February 12	Fort Wayne	78–80	Bob Lavoy (18)	26–24
51	February 14	Baltimore	66–89	Bob Lavoy (13)	27–24
52	February 15	@ Philadelphia	91–112	Joe Graboski (15)	27–25
53	February 17	@ Rochester	92–100	Graboski, Lavoy (17)	27–26
54	February 19	Boston	81–82	Joe Graboski (27)	28–26
55	February 20	N Milwaukee	80–95	Joe Graboski (27)	29–26
56	February 22	Milwaukee	73–82	Don Lofgran (20)	30–26
57	February 23	N Milwaukee	59–86	Paul Walther (19)	31–26
58	February 26	Philadelphia	88–86	Leo Barnhorst (24)	31–27
59	February 27	@ Philadelphia	89–97	Leo Barnhorst (21)	31–28
60	March 1	N Minneapolis	98–88	Paul Walther (16)	31–29
61	March 2	@ Fort Wayne	88–101	Joe Graboski (27)	31–30
62	March 4	Fort Wayne	68–86	Paul Walther (21)	32–30
63	March 7	Syracuse	76–81	Joe Graboski (16)	33–30
64	March 11	Rochester	82–81	Joe Graboski (18)	33–31
65	March 14	Baltimore	87–103	Paul Walther (18)	34–31
66	March 16	@ Fort Wayne	92–111	Don Lofgran (21)	34–32