1952–53 Indianapolis Olympians season

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1952–53   Indianapolis Olympians season
Head coach Herm Schaefer
Arena Hinkle Fieldhouse
Results
Record28–43 (.394)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Western)
Playoff finish West Division Semifinals
(eliminated 0-2)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Radio WXLW
< 1951–52

The 1952-53 NBA season was the Olympians' 4th and final season in the NBA. [1] Leo Barnhorst and Joe Graboski led the team in scoring; while Graborski dominated on the boards.

Contents

Draft picks

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division
W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x- Minneapolis Lakers 4822.686-24-216-158-517-13
x- Rochester Royals 4426.629424-813-177-127-13
x- Fort Wayne Pistons 3633.52211.525-98-193-518-22
x- Indianapolis Olympians 2843.39420.519-144-235-615-26
Milwaukee Hawks 2744.38021.514-83-2410-1215-26

Record vs. opponents

1952-53 NBA Records
TeamBALBOSFWPINDMILMINNYKPHIROCSYR
Baltimore —2–80–62–43–31–50–106–40–62–8
Boston 8–2—4–24–25–11–56–49–14–25–6
Fort Wayne 6–02–4—7–37–31–94–25–03–71–5
Indianapolis4–22–43–7—5–64–61–55–13–71–5
Milwaukee 3–31–53–76–5—3–71–54–23–73–3
Minneapolis 5–15–19–16–47–3—4–26–04–62–4
New York 10–04–62–45–15–12–4—10–03–36–4
Philadelphia 4–61–90–51–52–40–60–10—2–42–8
Rochester 6–02–47–37–37–36–43–34–2—2–4
Syracuse 8–26–55–15–13–34–24–68–24–2—

Game log

1952–53 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 31 Boston 83–68 Bob Lavoy (20)0–1
2November 1@ Milwaukee 71–73 Leo Barnhorst (20)0–2
3November 7 Rochester 65–63Leo Barnhorst (22)0–3
4November 8@ Rochester96–99 (4OT)Leo Barnhorst (22)0–4
5November 9@ Fort Wayne 71–74 Graboski, Walther (16)0–5
6November 11Fort Wayne63–78Joe Graboski (23)1–5
7November 14@ Philadelphia 77–71Bob Lavoy (17)2–5
8November 15N Philadelphia76–79Joe Graboski (18)3–5
9November 16@ Syracuse 78–84Barnhorst, Tosheff (15)3–6
10November 18 New York 90–100Joe Graboski (23)4–6
11November 20N New York72–67Joe Graboski (21)4–7
12November 22@ Boston91–96 (OT)Leo Barnhorst (24)4–8
13November 23@ Baltimore 100–90Barnhorst, Tosheff (23)5–8
14November 25Milwaukee78–66Leo Barnhorst (14)5–9
15November 27@ Minneapolis 69–90Leo Barnhorst (19)5–10
16November 28Minneapolis97–82Joe Graboski (22)5–11
17November 29@ New York72–94Bill Tosheff (15)5–12
18December 2Rochester76–85Barnhorst, Graboski (19)6–12
19December 5Fort Wayne74–84Barnhorst, Walther (17)7–12
20December 6@ Rochester79–82Bill Tosheff (18)7–13
21December 8N Minneapolis76–81Joe Graboski (20)8–13
22December 9Syracuse87–70Leo Barnhorst (20)8–14
23December 12Milwaukee49–63Paul Walther (19)9–14
24December 14@ Fort Wayne71–86Barnhorst, Graboski (14)9–15
25December 16Rochester84–71Graboski, Lavoy (15)9–16
26December 19Minneapolis87–69Bob Lavoy (14)9–17
27December 21N Rochester83–65 Mel Payton (16)9–18
28December 23Fort Wayne59–72Bill Tosheff (19)10–18
29December 25@ Minneapolis73–90Mel Payton (16)10–19
30December 26Boston74–85Joe Graboski (25)11–19
31December 27@ Rochester73–94Bill Tosheff (22)11–20
32December 28@ Syracuse73–84Joe Graboski (12)11–21
33December 30Minneapolis69–74Joe Graboski (19)12–21
34December 31@ Fort Wayne85–91Mel Payton (22)12–22
35January 2Baltimore66–73Joe Graboski (24)13–22
36January 3N Boston63–78Joe Graboski (17)13–23
37January 6Philadelphia76–71Joe Graboski (15)13–24
38January 9New York58–54 Gene Rhodes (15)13–25
39January 11@ Fort Wayne68–72Gene Rhodes (16)13–26
40January 15N Milwaukee68–75Leo Barnhorst (22)14–26
41January 16N Fort Wayne68–75Joe Graboski (15)14–27
42January 17@ Baltimore66–82Mel Payton (17)14–28
43January 18N Philadelphia74–76 (OT)Paul Walther (16)15–28
44January 20Rochester59–70Joe Graboski (15)16–28
45January 23Boston85–90Joe Graboski (20)17–28
46January 24@ Milwaukee64–72Leo Barnhorst (22)17–29
47January 27Syracuse72–76Bob Lavoy (18)18–29
48January 31@ Baltimore90–97Leo Barnhorst (24)18–30
49February 3Minneapolis93–96 (3OT)Leo Barnhorst (27)19–30
50February 5@ Fort Wayne63–68Bill Tosheff (21)19–31
51February 6New York84–73Leo Barnhorst (14)19–32
52February 8@ Minneapolis67–71Paul Walther (20)19–33
53February 10Baltimore83–88Leo Barnhorst (19)20–33
54February 11N Milwaukee67–65 (OT)Lavoy, Tosheff (10)20–34
55February 13Syracuse89–86 (2OT)Leo Barnhorst (19)20–35
56February 14@ New York79–91 Zeke Zawoluk (22)20–36
57February 15@ Boston76–89Leo Barnhorst (26)20–37
58February 17Philadelphia77–80Leo Barnhorst (23)21–37
59February 20Baltimore58–59Mel Payton (17)22–37
60February 21N Milwaukee61–60Leo Barnhorst (22)22–38
61February 22@ Milwaukee64–71Gene Rhodes (18)22–39
62February 24Milwaukee69–71 (OT)Zeke Zawoluk (16)23–39
63March 3Philadelphia73–90Leo Barnhorst (26)24–39
64March 6Fort Wayne73–64Leo Barnhorst (20)24–40
65March 9N Minneapolis83–95Mel Payton (19)25–40
66March 10Rochester61–59Joe Graboski (16)25–41
67March 13Milwaukee50–52 (OT)Leo Barnhorst (12)26–41
68March 14@ Rochester90–82Joe Graboski (25)27–41
69March 15@ Syracuse68–84Joe Graboski (19)27–42
70March 17Minneapolis73–71Joe Graboski (23)27–43
71March 18@ Milwaukee74–69Bill Tosheff (18)28–43

Playoffs

West Division Semifinals

(1) Minneapolis Lakers vs. (4) Indianapolis Olympians: Lakers win series 2-0

Last Playoff Meeting: 1952 Western Division Semifinals (Minneapolis won 2–0)

This was the third and final playoff meeting between the Lakers and the Olympians.

Player statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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

Dispersal Draft

After the Olympians franchise folded operations on April 23, 1953, a few of their players were dispersed to other teams throughout the 1953 free agency period. Joe Graboski and Paul Walther were sent off to the Philadelphia Warriors during the month of May 1953, while Bob Lavoy and Bill Tosheff went to the Milwaukee Hawks on August 22 that year and Leo Barnhorst went to the Baltimore Bullets on September 2, 1953.

References

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