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.

1952–53 New York Knicks season
Division champions
Head coachJoe Lapchick
General managerNed Irish
ArenaMadison Square Garden
Results
Record4723 (.671)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishNBA Finals
(lost to Lakers 1–4)

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionWPIX
RadioWMGM

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.

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