1951–52 Milwaukee Hawks season

1951–52 Milwaukee Hawks season
1951–52 Milwaukee Hawks season
Head coach	Doxie Moore
Arena	Milwaukee Arena
Results
Record	17–49 (.258)
Place	Division: 5th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
< 1950–51	1952–53 >

The 1951–52 NBA season was the Hawks' sixth season of existence, their third season in the NBA, and first season in Milwaukee as the Hawks after previously going by the Tri-Cities Blackhawks for most of their existence up until this point in time.^[1]

Offseason

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Rochester Royals	41	25	.621	–	28–5	12–18	1–2	22–14
x-Minneapolis Lakers	40	26	.606	1	21–5	13–20	6–1	24–12
x-Indianapolis Olympians	34	32	.515	7	25–6	4–24	5–2	18–18
x-Fort Wayne Pistons	29	37	.439	12	22–11	6–24	1–2	17–19
Milwaukee Hawks	17	49	.258	24	8–13	3–22	6–14	9–27

x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1951-52 NBA Records
Team	BAL	BOS	FWP	IND	MIL	MIN	NYK	PHI	ROC	SYR
Baltimore	—	1–8	2–4	2–4	4–2	0–6	2–7	4–5	2–4	3–6
Boston	8–1	—	3–3	3–3	5–1	3–3	4–5	6–3	3–3	4–5
Fort Wayne	4–2	3–3	—	5–4	4–5	5–4	3–3	2–4	3–6	0–6
Indianapolis	4–2	3–3	4–5	—	7–2	4–5	3–3	2–4	3–6	4–2
Milwaukee	2–4	1–5	5–4	2–7	—	1–8	2–4	1–5	1–8	2–4
Minneapolis	6–0	3–3	4–5	5–4	8–1	—	4–2	2–4	7–2	1–5
New York	7–2	5–4	3–3	3–3	4–2	2–4	—	6–3	2–4	5–4
Philadelphia	5–4	3–6	4–2	4–2	5–1	4–2	3–6	—	2–4	3–6
Rochester	4–2	3–3	6–3	6–3	8–1	2–7	4–2	4–2	—	4–2
Syracuse	6–3	5–4	6–0	2–4	4–2	5–1	4–5	6–3	2–4	—

Game log

1950–51 Game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	November 3	New York	68–66	Elmer Behnke (14)	0–1
2	November 6	Fort Wayne	62–65 (OT)	Dwight Eddleman (17)	1–1
3	November 11	@ Fort Wayne	59–74	Dwight Eddleman (12)	1–2
4	November 13	Rochester	91–75	Dwight Eddleman (20)	1–3
5	November 16	@ Indianapolis	78–68	Boven, Eddleman (18)	2–3
6	November 17	N Indianapolis	58–68	Kevin O'Shea (14)	2–4
7	November 19	@ Baltimore	70–71	Dwight Eddleman (15)	2–5
8	November 20	@ Philadelphia	64–80	Dwight Eddleman (18)	2–6
9	November 22	@ Boston	72–103	Dwight Eddleman (19)	2–7
10	November 24	Minneapolis	72–59	Dwight Eddleman (15)	2–8
11	November 25	Rochester	73–75	Mel Hutchins (16)	3–8
12	November 27	@ Rochester	73–77	Dwight Eddleman (31)	3–9
13	November 29	N Baltimore	64–77	Dwight Eddleman (24)	3–10
14	December 1	@ Rochester	66–71	Dwight Eddleman (15)	3–11
15	December 2	Indianapolis	80–71	Dwight Eddleman (19)	3–12
16	December 6	N Syracuse	70–73	Dick Mehen (17)	4–12
17	December 8	Fort Wayne	71–82	Dwight Eddleman (27)	5–12
18	December 9	Baltimore	73–71	Don Rehfeldt (15)	5–13
19	December 11	@ New York	83–88	Dick Mehen (26)	5–14
20	December 12	@ Boston	84–89	Dick Mehen (15)	5–15
21	December 13	@ Syracuse	82–89	Don Otten (21)	5–16
22	December 16	@ Minneapolis	52–99	Dwight Eddleman (18)	5–17
23	December 18	Rochester	94–68	Dwight Eddleman (14)	5–18
24	December 21	@ Indianapolis	64–69	Dwight Eddleman (17)	5–19
25	December 25	N Syracuse	70–65	Don Rehfeldt (15)	5–20
26	December 26	N New York	76–78	Don Boven (19)	6–20
27	December 27	@ Syracuse	69–68	Mel Hutchins (15)	7–20
28	December 29	Philadelphia	68–61	Don Otten (22)	7–21
29	December 30	at Fort Wayne	60–77	Eddleman, Hutchins (12)	7–22
30	January 1	New York	68–65	Boven, Rehfeldt (16)	7–23
31	January 2	N New York	89–67	Dwight Eddleman (18)	7–24
32	January 8	Boston	83–76	Dick Mehen (19)	7–25
33	January 11	Minneapolis	75–63	Dwight Eddleman (17)	7–26
34	January 12	N Minneapolis	96–84	Dan Boven (18)	7–27
35	January 15	Fort Wayne	63–76	Dwight Eddleman (22)	8–27
36	January 16	N Baltimore	77–71	Dwight Eddleman (18)	9–27
37	January 17	N Baltimore	87–76	Dick Mehen (17)	10–27
38	January 20	@ Fort Wayne	76–83	Don Otten (23)	10–28
39	January 21	N Rochester	78–76	Boven, Otten (18)	10–29
40	January 22	Syracuse	93–82	Dwight Eddleman (16)	10–30
41	January 26	Minneapolis	57–56	Don Otten (18)	10–31
42	January 27	@ Minneapolis	62–91	Dick Mehen (19)	10–32
43	January 31	@ Syracuse	79–88	Don Otten (26)	10–33
44	February 1	N Boston	77–100	Bob Wilson (16)	10–34
45	February 22	@ Rochester	79–100	Dillard Crocker (17)	10–35
46	February 3	Philadelphia	73–83	Dick Mehen (21)	11–35
47	February 5	@ Fort Wayne	75–64	Don Otten (24)	12–35
48	February 8	@ Indianapolis	76–80	Don Otten (28)	12–36
49	February 9	Indianapolis	83–90	Don Otten (27)	13–36
50	February 10	Minneapolis	69–70 (2OT)	Don Boven (16)	14–36
51	February 14	N Minneapolis	109–74	Don Otten (16)	14–37
52	February 17	N Boston	97–95	Don Boven (28)	15–37
53	February 18	N Boston	84–106	Dick Mehen (19)	15–38
54	February 20	N Indianapolis	80–95	Don Boven (18)	15–39
55	February 22	@ Indianapolis	73–82	Dick Mehen (15)	15–40
56	February 23	N Indianapolis	59–86	Don Otten (14)	15–41
57	February 24	N Philadelphia	76–71	Don Boven (19)	15–42
58	February 26	@ Rochester	67–99	Don Boven (17)	15–43
59	March 1	N Fort Wayne	58–66	Don Boven (16)	15–44
60	March 2	Minneapolis	96–85	Hutchins, Mehen (20)	15–45
61	March 6	@ Rochester	74–77	Dillard Crocker (23)	15–46
62	March 7	Fort Wayne	74–75	Don Otten (27)	16–46
63	March 8	N New York	99–103	Don Otten (27)	17–46
64	March 10	@ Baltimore	80–91	Don Otten (26)	17–47
65	March 14	@ Philadelphia	82–85	Nate DeLong (19)	17–48
66	March 15	N Philadelphia	105–86	Dillard Crocker (19)	17–49

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