San Francisco Warriors Playoff Rosters

1951-1952 San Francisco Warriors Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Paul Arizin GF 6-4 190 Apr 9, 1928 23 Villanova 1 1950 NBA Draft, Rnd 1, Pick 3, Philadelphia Warriors
Nelson Bobb PG 6-0 170 Feb 25, 1924 28 Temple 2 1949 NBA Draft, Rnd 3, Pick 6, Philadelphia Warriors
Stan Brown GF 6-3 200 Jun 27, 1929 22   1 1947 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Walt Budko GF 6-5 220 Jul 30, 1925 26 Columbia 3 1948 NBA Draft, Rnd 1, Pick 6, Baltimore Bullets (BAA)
Joe Fulks SF 6-5 190 Oct 26, 1921 30 Murray State 5 N/A
Vern Gardner GF 6-5 200 Mar 14, 1925 27 Utah 2 1949 NBA Draft, Rnd 1, Pick 6, Philadelphia Warriors
Neil Johnston C 6-8 210 Feb 4, 1929 23 Ohio State 0 1948 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Ed Mikan FC 6-8 229 Oct 20, 1925 26 DePaul 3 1948 NBA Draft, Rnd 1, Pick 5, Chicago Stags
Mel Payton GF 6-4 185 Jul 16, 1926 25 Tulane 0 1951 NBA Draft, Rnd 2, Pick 9, Philadelphia Warriors
Andy Phillip GF 6-2 195 Mar 7, 1922 30 Illinois 4 1947 NBA Draft, Rnd 5, Pick 7, Chicago Stags
1950 Chicago Stags Dispersal Draft, Philadelphia Warriors
George Senesky PG 6-2 179 Apr 4, 1922 29 Saint Joseph's 5 N/A

1951-1952 Playoff Matchups

DescriptionHomeAwayResult
Second Round #1 Syracuse Nationals #4 San Francisco Warriors SYR in 3
Second Round #2 Boston Celtics #3 New York Knicks NYK in 3
Second Round W1 Rochester Royals W4 Fort Wayne Pistons ROR in 2
Second Round W2 Minneapolis Lakers W3 Indianapolis Olympians MIN in 2
Conference Finals #1 Syracuse Nationals #3 New York Knicks NYK in 4
Conference Finals W1 Rochester Royals W2 Minneapolis Lakers MIN in 4
NBA Finals W2 Minneapolis Lakers #3 New York Knicks MIN in 7

1951-1952 Philadelphia Playoff Stats

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST
Paul Arizin 3 40.0 25.7 12.7 2.7
George Senesky 3 40.0 14.3 4.0 3.7
Andy Phillip 3 40.7 11.7 4.7 7.3
Vern Gardner 3 25.7 8.0 4.7 1.0
Ed Mikan 3 24.7 6.7 6.7 0.7
Joe Fulks 3 23.3 5.7 4.0 0.7
Walt Budko 3 19.3 5.3 4.0 1.7
Neil Johnston 3 10.7 5.3 3.3 0.3
Nelson Bobb 3 9.7 1.3 0.7 0.3
Mel Payton 3 6.0 1.3 1.0 0.3

1951-1952 San Francisco Warriors Conference Semi Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Philadelphia Leaders Syracuse Leaders
Mar 20, 1952
@
Syracuse
L, 102-83 Oncenter War Memorial Arena
Conference Semi Finals
0-1 PTS: 22. Paul Arizin
PTS: 31. D. Schayes
Mar 22, 1952
v.
Syracuse
W, 100-95 Philadelphia Arena
Conference Semi Finals
1-1 PTS: 29. Paul Arizin
PTS: 16. Paul Seymour
Mar 23, 1952
@
Syracuse
L, 84-73 Oncenter War Memorial Arena
Conference Semi Finals
1-2 PTS: 26. Paul Arizin
PTS: 20. Red Rocha