The 1951–52 Baltimore Bullets season was the Bullets' 5th season in the NBA and eighth overall season of existence.1951-52 Baltimore Bullets

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position(s) Nationality College 1 1 Gene Melchiorre PG Bradley 2 10 Jack Stone SG/SF Kansas State 3 20 Billy Mann F Bradley 4 30 Billy Hagler F California 5 40 Leroy Ishman F American 6 50 Glenn Duggins G Utah 7 60 Tom Riach G USC 8 70 Bill Harper PG Oregon State 9 78 Bobby Crowe PG San Jose State 10 82 Dan Torrey G Oregon State 11 85 Clem Pavilonis PF/C DePaul 12 86 John Burke G International YMCA College The Bullets were the only team to use all twelve rounds of this year's draft. Despite that, none of the players they drafted would end up playing for them, though the Bullets would at least acquire Jim Slaughter and James Luisi by trades with the Tri-Cities Blackhawks turned Milwaukee Hawks and New York Knicks respectively. Rather infamously, the #1 pick they had in this year's draft, Gene Melchiorre, would later be revealed to be involved in the CCNY point-shaving scandal of 1951 alongside fellow Bullets draft pick Billy Mann, leaving Melchiorre with the notable distinction of being the only #1 draft pick to ever be permanently banned by the NBA, though he wouldn't be the only #1 draft pick to never play in the NBA at all.

Roster

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Regular season

Season standings

Game log 1951–52 Game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 November 1 @ Rochester 97–101 Fred Scolari (26) 0–1 2 November 3 Indianapolis 90–86 Minor, Scolari (15) 0–2 3 November 5 Philadelphia 90–96 Frank Saul (18) 1–2 4 November 10 Syracuse 82–91 Hannum, Minor, Scolari (12) 2–2 5 November 12 Minneapolis 90–80 Fred Scolari (16) 2–3 6 November 17 Boston 88–75 Stan Miasek (18) 2–4 7 November 18 @ Syracuse 68–71 Stan Miasek (13) 2–5 8 November 19 Milwaukee 70–71 Frank Kudelka (16) 3–5 9 November 20 N New York 88–86 Barksdale, Scolari (23) 3–6 10 November 24 Philadelphia 74–81 Don Barksdale (20) 4–6 11 November 25 @ Fort Wayne 66–83 Don Barksdale (14) 4–7 12 November 29 N Milwaukee 64–77 Don Barksdale (15) 5–7 13 December 1 New York 82–84 Stan Miasek (20) 6–7 14 December 2 @ Boston 82–103 Stan Miasek (14) 6–8 15 December 3 Rochester 77–70 Don Barksdale (18) 6–9 16 December 7 @ Indianapolis 80–88 Red Owens (20) 6–10 17 December 8 N Minneapolis 85–64 Don Barksdale (13) 6–11 18 December 9 @ Milwaukee 73–71 Frank Kudelka (22) 7–11 19 December 12 @ Minneapolis 79–99 Frank Kudelka (14) 7–12 20 December 15 Fort Wayne 80–90 Stan Miasek (25) 8–12 21 December 16 @ Rochester 95–99 Hannum, Miasek (26) 8–13 22 December 17 Boston 80–92 Fred Scolari (22) 9–13 23 December 18 N Philadelphia 82–78 Stan Miasek (17) 9–14 24 December 21 N Boston 106–89 Alex Hannum (25) 9–15 25 December 22 Minneapolis 96–90 (3OT) Stan Miasek (29) 9–16 26 December 26 Philadelphia 99–103 (3OT) Miasek, Scolari (18) 10–16 27 December 29 Indianapolis 65–75 Stan Miasek (24) 11–16 28 December 30 @ Syracuse 91–108 Stan Miasek (22) 11–17 29 December 31 Fort Wayne 95–86 Fred Scolari (27) 11–18 30 January 4 @ Philadelphia 79–92 Fred Scolari (17) 11–19 31 January 5 Boston 94–73 Stan Miasek (20) 11–20 32 January 12 Syracuse 92–88 Don Barksdale (20) 11–21 33 January 13 @ Fort Wayne 71–81 Fred Scolari (26) 11–22 34 January 16 N Milwaukee 77–71 Don Barksdale (24) 11–23 35 January 17 N Milwaukee 87–76 Fred Scolari (15) 11–24 36 January 19 Indianapolis 78–81 Stan Miasek (27) 12–24 37 January 20 @ Syracuse 80–99 Miasek, Scolari (17) 12–25 38 January 21 New York 99–83 Stan Miasek (19) 12–26 39 January 23 @ Boston 75–117 Calhoun, Minor (13) 12–27 40 January 26 Syracuse 78–73 Don Barksdale (18) 12–28 41 February 1 @ Philadelphia 79–81 Fred Scolari (16) 12–29 42 February 2 Fort Wayne 76–63 Don Barksdale (21) 12–30 43 February 3 @ Syracuse 73–95 Dave Minor (15) 12–31 44 February 4 New York 81–82 Don Barksdale (22) 13–31 45 February 6 @ New York 70–73 Don Barksdale (20) 13–32 46 February 8 N New York 103–83 Don Barksdale (19) 13–33 47 February 9 Syracuse 76–84 Fred Scolari (21) 14–33 48 February 10 @ Fort Wayne 82–77 Frank Kudelka (23) 15–33 49 February 13 Rochester 91–96 Fred Scolari (29) 16–33 50 February 14 @ Indianapolis 66–89 Miasek, Minor (17) 16–34 51 February 16 @ New York 82–102 Fred Scolari (19) 16–35 52 February 17 Philadelphia 90–83 Don Barksdale (24) 16–36 53 February 20 Minneapolis 93–78 Kevin O'Shea (16) 16–37 54 February 23 Syracuse 80–81 Fred Scolari (18) 17–37 55 February 24 @ Rochester 100–124 Dave Minor (21) 17–38 56 February 25 New York 69–72 Fred Scolari (25) 17–39 57 February 29 @ Philadelphia 86–103 Don Barksdale (20) 17–40 58 March 1 Philadelphia 77–90 Frank Kudelka (19) 18–40 59 March 3 Rochester 96–99 Don Barksdale (25) 19–40 60 March 4 N Boston 91–80 Frank Kudelka (16) 19–41 61 March 5 N New York 88–82 Don Barksdale (21) 19–42 62 March 8 Boston 100–77 Don Barksdale (18) 19–43 63 March 9 @ Boston 72–89 Joe McNamee (16) 19–44 64 March 10 Milwaukee 80–91 Fred Scolari (25) 20–44 65 March 14 @ Indianapolis 87–103 Fred Scolari (18) 20–45 66 March 16 Minneapolis 82–126 Don Barksdale (18) 20–46

Player statistics

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