1951-52 NBA West standings

The Rochester Royals won the 1951-52 NBA West division race at 41-25, 1 game ahead of the Minneapolis Lakers.

NBA.com files the Syracuse Nationals in the West this season. They played in the East, which is where the same feed puts them in every other season they played, so this chart shows the East race as it was.

How the 1951-52 playoffs went

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West standings, 1951-52

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	L10	Streak
Rochester Royals (ROC)	41	25	.621	-	5-5	L1
Minneapolis Lakers (MNL)	40	26	.606	1	6-4	W3
Indianapolis Olympians (INO)	34	32	.515	7	4-6	L1
Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons (FTW)	29	37	.439	12	5-5	W1
Milwaukee Hawks (MIH)	17	49	.258	24	2-8	L3

Final standings.

Turning points

The lead changed hands 14 times.
The Rochester Royals trailed by as many as 2 games on February 7, 1952.
The Rochester Royals took first place for good on February 16, 1952.
The Rochester Royals won 8 games in a row from December 15, 1951 to December 29, 1951, the longest run of the race.
The Minneapolis Lakers led by 2 games as late as February 8, 1952.
The Rochester Royals went 12-3 from November 28, 1951 to December 29, 1951, turning a deficit of 1 game into a lead of 4 games.
The top two ended the day within one game of each other on 72 of the 117 days played.
Four teams held first place.
The Rochester Royals spent 113 of the season's 137 charted days in first place.