1952–53 Milwaukee Hawks season

1952–53 Milwaukee Hawks season
Head coach	Andrew Levane
Arena	Milwaukee Arena
Results
Record	27–44 (.380)
Place	Division: 5th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did Not Qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	WTMJ

The 1952–53 NBA season was the Hawks' fourth season in the NBA and second season in Milwaukee.

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 1952 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Minneapolis Lakers	48	22	.686	-	24-2	16-15	8-5	17-13
x-Rochester Royals	44	26	.629	4	24-8	13-17	7-1	27-13
x-Fort Wayne Pistons	36	33	.522	11.5	25-9	8-19	3-5	18-22
x-Indianapolis Olympians	28	43	.394	20.5	19-14	4-23	5-6	15-26
Milwaukee Hawks	27	44	.380	21.5	14-8	3-24	10-12	15-26

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1952-53 NBA Records
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	Indianapolis	71–73	Hutchins, Nichols (17)	1–0
2	November 9	Rochester	75–78	John Payak (14)	2–0
3	November 12	@ Baltimore	90–107	Jack Nichols (24)	2–1
4	November 13	N Rochester	97–79	John Payak (19)	2–2
5	November 15	Fort Wayne	68–71	John Payak (16)	3–2
6	November 16	@ Minneapolis	51–87	Jack Nichols (17)	3–3
7	November 18	N Philadelphia	83–82	Mel Hutchins (23)	3–4
8	November 19	N Boston	77–91	Don Boven (19)	3–5
9	November 20	@ Syracuse	73–92	Jack Nichols (18)	3–6
10	November 22	@ Rochester	65–69	Don Otten (15)	3–7
11	November 23	Minneapolis	62–46	Don Boven (10)	3–8
12	November 25	@ Indianapolis	78–66	George Ratkovicz (15)	4–8
13	November 26	Fort Wayne	80–72	John Payak (16)	4–9
14	November 27	@ Fort Wayne	87–95 (OT)	Mel Hutchins (19)	4–10
15	November 28	N Philadelphia	77–78 (2OT)	Don Boven (20)	5–10
16	November 30	Rochester	91–88	Hutchins, Masino, Nichols (15)	5–11
17	December 3	@ Baltimore	87–98	Bill Calhoun (18)	5–12
18	December 4	N Boston	90–73	Bill Calhoun (26)	6–12
19	December 6	@ Boston	83–88	Jim Brasco (11)	6–13
20	December 7	@ Syracuse	67–71	Bill Calhoun (21)	6–14
21	December 8	Syracuse	89–101	Bill Calhoun (26)	7–14
22	December 11	@ Fort Wayne	70–71 (OT)	Jack Nichols (23)	7–15
23	December 12	@ Indianapolis	49–63	Calhoun, Nichols (10)	7–16
24	December 14	New York	74–69	Mel Hutchins (18)	7–17
25	December 20	Minneapolis	75–86	John Payak (21)	8–17
26	December 22	N New York	80–75	George Ratkovicz (14)	8–18
27	December 25	@ Fort Wayne	69–71 (2OT)	Don Boven (14)	8–19
28	December 28	@ Minneapolis	77–86	George Ratkovicz (24)	8–20
29	December 31	N Rochester	82–74	Mel Hutchins (20)	8–21
30	January 1	Baltimore	83–81 (OT)	Al Masino (19)	8–22
31	January 2	N Minneapolis	74–66	Mel Hutchins (20)	8–23
32	January 3	N Minneapolis	79–75	Jack Nichols (18)	8–24
33	January 6	Fort Wayne	71–73	Stan Miasek (14)	9–24
34	January 8	@ New York	68–81	Stan Miasek (14)	9–25
35	January 10	@ Rochester	81–89	Mel Hutchins (22)	9–26
36	January 11	Rochester	79–83 (2OT)	George Ratkovicz (16)	10–26
37	January 15	N Indianapolis	68–75	Jack Nichols (22)	10–27
38	January 16	Boston	100–90	Jack Nichols (23)	10–28
39	January 18	@ Minneapolis	83–70	Jack Nichols (34)	11–28
40	January 21	N New York	70–72	John Payak (17)	12–28
41	January 23	N Minneapolis	65–67	Mel Hutchins (17)	13–28
42	January 24	Indianapolis	64–72	Jack Nichols (27)	14–28
43	January 25	@ Fort Wayne	62–65	John Payak (21)	14–29
44	January 27	N Boston	58–80	Jack Nichols (15)	14–30
45	January 28	@ Baltimore	84–83	Jack Nichols (27)	15–30
46	January 29	N Baltimore	70–67	Jack Nichols (24)	16–30
47	January 30	Syracuse	68–84	Mel Hutchins (23)	17–30
48	February 2	N Rochester	80–78 (OT)	Bill Calhoun (23)	17–31
49	February 3	N New York	76–69	Jack Nichols (23)	17–32
50	February 8	Rochester	82–85 (OT)	Mel Hutchins (18)	18–32
51	February 11	N Indianapolis	67–65 (OT)	Dave Minor (17)	19–32
52	February 12	N Baltimore	92–85	Jack Nichols (21)	20–32
53	February 13	@ Boston	74–77	Jack Nichols (23)	20–33
54	February 14	@ Rochester	72–81	Jack Nichols (26)	20–34
55	February 15	Minneapolis	80–71	Jack Nichols (21)	20–35
56	February 17	@ New York	67–86	George Ratkovicz (12)	20–36
57	February 19	@ Syracuse	72–82	Jack Nichols (22)	20–37
58	February 21	N Indianapolis	61–60	Mel Hutchins (26)	21–37
59	February 22	Indianapolis	64–71	Jack Nichols (15)	22–37
60	February 23	N Philadelphia	64–78	Jack Nichols (15)	23–37
61	February 24	@ Indianapolis	69–71 (OT)	Jack Nichols (19)	23–38
62	February 28	Philadelphia	73–87	George Ratkovicz (19)	24–38
63	March 1	@ Fort Wayne	74–76	Jack Nichols (16)	24–39
64	March 3	Syracuse	70–75	Dave Minor (21)	25–39
65	March 8	@ Minneapolis	73–100	Jack Nichols (19)	25–40
66	March 9	@ Fort Wayne	74–94	George Ratkovicz (19)	25–41
67	March 10	N Philadelphia	76–77	Bill Calhoun (17)	26–41
68	March 11	N Philadelphia	72–69 (OT)	Mel Hutchins (20)	26–42
69	March 13	@ Indianapolis	50–52	Bill Calhoun (14)	26–43
70	March 17	Fort Wayne	61–87	Jack Nichols (17)	27–43
71	March 18	Indianapolis	74–69	George Ratkovicz (14)	27–44

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

See also

• 1952-53 NBA season