Temporada 1952-53 de los Indianapolis Olympians
# Temporada 1952-53 de los Indianapolis Olympians

La Temporada 1952-53 fue la cuarta y última de los Indianapolis Olympians en la NBA. La temporada regular acabó con 28 victorias y 43 derrotas, ocupando el cuarto puesto de la División Oeste, clasificándose para los playoffs, en los que perdieron en las semifinales de división ante los Minneapolis Lakers.

## Elecciones en el Draft

| Ronda | Puesto | Jugador | Posición | Nacionalidad | Universidad |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Joe Dean | Base | Estados Unidos | Louisiana State |
| 2 | 14 | Bob Zawoluk | Ala-Pívot | Estados Unidos | St. John's |
| - | - | Gene Rhodes | Base | Estados Unidos | Western Kentucky |

## Temporada regular

División Central :

| Equipo | G | P | % | PD | Casa | Fuera | Neutral | Div |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| x-Minneapolis Lakers | 48 | 22 | .686 | - | 24-2 | 16-15 | 8-5 | 17-13 |
| x-Rochester Royals | 44 | 26 | .629 | 4 | 24-8 | 13-17 | 7-1 | 27-13 |
| x-Fort Wayne Pistons | 36 | 33 | .522 | 11.5 | 25-9 | 8-19 | 3-5 | 18-22 |
| x-Indianapolis Olympians | 28 | 43 | .394 | 20.5 | 19-14 | 4-23 | 5-6 | 15-26 |
| Milwaukee Hawks | 27 | 44 | .380 | 21.5 | 14-8 | 3-24 | 10-12 | 15-26 |

## Playoffs

### Semifinales de División

Minneapolis Lakers - Indianapolis Olympians

| Fecha | Partido | Ciudad |
| - | - | - |
| 22 de marzo | Minneapolis Lakers 85, Indianapolis Olympians 69 | Minneapolis |
| 23 de marzo | Indianapolis Olympians 79, Minneapolis Lakers 81 | Indianapolis |
| | Minneapolis gana las series 2-0 | |

## Estadísticas

| Rk | Jugador | Edad | P | MP | TC | TCI | %TC | TL | TLI | %TL | RT | AS | FP | PTS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Leo Barnhorst | 28 | 71 | 40.4 | 5.7 | 14.6 | .389 | 2.3 | 3.6 | .629 | 6.8 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 13.6 |
| 2 | Joe Graboski | 23 | 69 | 40.1 | 3.9 | 11.6 | .340 | 5.1 | 7.4 | .682 | 10.0 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 13.0 |
| 3 | Bill Tosheff | 26 | 67 | 36.7 | 3.8 | 11.7 | .323 | 3.8 | 4.7 | .806 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 11.3 |
| 4 | Paul Walther | 25 | 67 | 36.8 | 3.4 | 9.6 | .352 | 3.9 | 5.3 | .746 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 10.7 |
| 5 | Bob Lavoy | 26 | 70 | 33.2 | 3.2 | 8.0 | .402 | 2.4 | 3.5 | .694 | 7.5 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 8.8 |
| 6 | Mel Payton | 26 | 66 | 21.6 | 2.6 | 7.3 | .357 | 1.8 | 2.4 | .745 | 4.7 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 7.1 |
| 7 | Gene Rhodes | 25 | 65 | 17.9 | 1.7 | 5.3 | .319 | 1.8 | 2.6 | .704 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 5.2 |
| 8 | Ralph O'Brien | 24 | 34 | 15.5 | 1.7 | 5.6 | .311 | 1.7 | 1.9 | .877 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 5.1 |
| 9 | Zeke Zawoluk | 22 | 41 | 15.2 | 1.3 | 3.7 | .367 | 1.9 | 2.8 | .664 | 3.6 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 4.6 |
| 10 | Ed Mikan | 27 | 43 | 13.2 | 0.9 | 3.7 | .247 | 1.2 | 1.5 | .813 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| 11 | Don Hanrahan | 23 | 18 | 6.7 | 0.6 | 1.8 | .344 | 0.6 | 0.8 | .733 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.8 |
| 12 | Kleggie Hermsen | 29 | 6 | 6.7 | 0.7 | 3.7 | .182 | 0.3 | 0.5 | .667 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 1.7 |
| 13 | Bob Naber | 23 | 4 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 1.0 | .000 | 0.3 | 0.5 | .500 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0.3 |
