The 1951–52 New York Knicks season was the sixth season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Knicks finished third in the Eastern Division with a 37–29 record, and advanced to the NBA Playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.

In the first round of the Eastern Division playoffs, the Knicks defeated the Boston Celtics in a best-of-three series, two games to one, to move on to the Eastern Division finals. New York won 3–1 in a best-of-five series with the Syracuse Nationals to reach its second straight NBA Finals. In the Finals, the Knicks lost to the Minneapolis Lakers in seven games. The Knicks became the first NBA team to erase a 3–0 deficit in a best-of-seven series and force a deciding game 7.

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.

Roster


Regular season

Season standings

x = clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Playoffs

Player statistics

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

  • 1951–52 NBA season

References

External links

  • 1951–52 New York Knickerbockers Statistics

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