1952–53 New York Knicks season

The 1952–53 New York Knicks season was the seventh season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). With a 47–23 record, the Knicks won the regular season Eastern Division title by a half-game over the Syracuse Nationals and made the NBA Playoffs for the seventh consecutive year.

In the first round of the 1953 NBA Playoffs, the Knicks swept the Baltimore Bullets 2–0 in a best-of-three series to advance to the Eastern Division finals. There, New York defeated the Boston Celtics 3–1 to make the NBA Finals for the third straight year. In the Finals, the Knicks lost to the Minneapolis Lakers, four games to one. The club would wait another 17 years to make an NBA championship final, winning it in 1970.

NBA draft
Note: This is not an extensive list; it only covers the first and second rounds, and any other players picked by the franchise that played at least one game in the league.

Season standings

 * x – clinched playoff spot

Playoffs

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 * 1
 * March 17
 * Baltimore
 * W 80–62
 * Connie Simmons (25)
 * Madison Square Garden III
 * 1–0
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 * 2
 * March 20
 * @ Baltimore
 * W 90–81
 * Vince Boryla (20)
 * Baltimore Coliseum
 * 2–0


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 * 1
 * March 25
 * Boston
 * W 95–91
 * Connie Simmons (18)
 * Dick McGuire (8)
 * Madison Square Garden III
 * 1–0
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 * 2
 * March 26
 * @ Boston
 * L 70–86
 * Harry Gallatin (17)
 * Carl Braun (7)
 * Boston Garden
 * 1–1
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 * 3
 * March 28
 * Boston
 * W 101–82
 * Harry Gallatin (23)
 * Dick McGuire (11)
 * Madison Square Garden III
 * 2–1
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 * 4
 * March 29
 * @ Boston
 * W 82–75
 * Carl Braun (18)
 * Nat Clifton (9)
 * Boston Garden
 * 3–1


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 * 1
 * April 4
 * @ Minneapolis
 * W 96–88
 * Carl Braun (21)
 * Minneapolis Auditorium 5,000
 * 1–0
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 * 2
 * April 5
 * @ Minneapolis
 * L 71–73
 * Connie Simmons (17)
 * Minneapolis Auditorium 4,848
 * 1–1
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 * 3
 * April 7
 * Minneapolis
 * L 75–90
 * Connie Simmons (18)
 * 69th Regiment Armory 5,100
 * 1–2
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 * 4
 * April 8
 * Minneapolis
 * L 69–71
 * Connie Simmons (17)
 * 69th Regiment Armory 5,200
 * 1–3
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 * 5
 * April 10
 * Minneapolis
 * L 84–91
 * Carl Braun (19)
 * Ernie Vandeweghe (4)
 * 69th Regiment Armory 5,200
 * 1–4
 * Carl Braun (19)
 * Ernie Vandeweghe (4)
 * 69th Regiment Armory 5,200
 * 1–4