| Record: | 46 - 25 Season Stats |
| Coach: | Red Auerbach |
| Finish: | 3rd Eastern Div |
| Playoffs: | Lost in 2nd Round 3-1 to the New York Knicks |
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| Total | Home | Away | Neutral | OT |
| 46 - 25 | 21 - 3 | 11 - 18 | 14 - 4 | 2 - 0 |
| Opponent | Score | W - L | Streak | ||||
| 10/31/1952 | @ | Indianapolis Olympians | 83 - 68 | 1 - 0 | W 1 | ||
| 11/1/1952 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | 91 - 94 | 1 - 1 | L 1 | ||
| 11/8/1952 | Syracuse Nationals | 106 - 83 | 2 - 1 | W 1 | |||
| 11/11/1952 | Minneapolis Lakers | 92 - 101 | 2 - 2 | L 1 | |||
| 11/13/1952 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | 81 - 96 | 2 - 3 | L 2 | ||
| 11/15/1952 | @ | New York Knicks | 68 - 79 | 2 - 4 | L 3 | ||
| 11/16/1952 | Rochester Royals | 96 - 87 | 3 - 4 | W 1 | |||
| 11/19/1952 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | 91 - 77 | 4 - 4 | W 2 | Baltimore | |
| 11/22/1952 | Indianapolis Olympians | 96 - 91 | 5 - 4 | W 3 | |||
| 11/23/1952 | @ | Rochester Royals | 102 - 100 | 6 - 4 | W 4 | ||
| 11/26/1952 | Philadelphia Warriors | 93 - 92 | 7 - 4 | W 5 | |||
| 11/27/1952 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | 83 - 70 | 8 - 4 | W 6 | ||
| 11/29/1952 | N | Fort Wayne Pistons | 78 - 71 | 9 - 4 | W 7 | New York City | |
| 11/30/1952 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | 66 - 78 | 9 - 5 | L 1 | ||
| 12/3/1952 | Minneapolis Lakers | 102 - 106 | 9 - 6 | L 2 | |||
| 12/4/1952 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | 73 - 90 | 9 - 7 | L 3 | New York City | |
| 12/6/1952 | Milwaukee Hawks | 88 - 83 | 10 - 7 | W 1 | |||
| 12/9/1952 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | 86 - 72 | 11 - 7 | W 2 | New York City | |
| 12/10/1952 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | 103 - 97 | 12 - 7 | W 3 | Baltimore | |
| 12/11/1952 | N | Baltimore Bullets | 94 - 88 | 13 - 7 | W 4 | Philadelphia | |
| 12/13/1952 | Philadelphia Warriors | 82 - 78 | 14 - 7 | W 5 | |||
| 12/14/1952 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | 83 - 73 | 15 - 7 | W 6 | ||
| 12/18/1952 | N | Syracuse Nationals | 88 - 83 | 16 - 7 | W 7 | Philadelphia | |
| 12/20/1952 | Syracuse Nationals | 91 - 77 | 17 - 7 | W 8 | |||
| 12/21/1952 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | 86 - 90 | 17 - 8 | L 1 | ||
| 12/25/1952 | @ | New York Knicks | 84 - 97 | 17 - 9 | L 2 | ||
| 12/26/1952 | @ | Indianapolis Olympians | 74 - 85 | 17 - 10 | L 3 | ||
| 12/27/1952 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | 71 - 94 | 17 - 11 | L 4 | ||
| 12/28/1952 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | 89 - 66 | 18 - 11 | W 1 | ||
| 12/31/1952 | Syracuse Nationals | 97 - 87 | 19 - 11 | W 2 | |||
| 1/1/1953 | @ | Rochester Royals | 83 - 81 | OT | 20 - 11 | W 3 | |
| 1/3/1953 | N | Indianapolis Olympians | 78 - 63 | 21 - 11 | W 4 | New York City | |
| 1/4/1953 | New York Knicks | 103 - 100 | 22 - 11 | W 5 | |||
| 1/7/1953 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | 84 - 82 | 23 - 11 | W 6 | ||
| 1/8/1953 | N | Rochester Royals | 88 - 85 | OT | 24 - 11 | W 7 | New York City |
| 1/9/1953 | N | Baltimore Bullets | 90 - 94 | 24 - 12 | L 1 | Worcester, MA | |
| 1/10/1953 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | 105 - 126 | 24 - 13 | L 2 | ||
| 1/11/1953 | Baltimore Bullets | 131 - 87 | 25 - 13 | W 1 | |||
| 1/15/1953 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | 85 - 91 | 25 - 14 | L 1 | ||
| 1/16/1953 | @ | Milwaukee Hawks | 100 - 90 | 26 - 14 | W 1 | ||
| 1/18/1953 | New York Knicks | 99 - 83 | 27 - 14 | W 2 | |||
| 1/20/1953 | N | New York Knicks | 89 - 112 | 27 - 15 | L 1 | Philadelphia | |
| 1/21/1953 | Fort Wayne Pistons | 94 - 84 | 28 - 15 | W 1 | |||
| 1/23/1953 | @ | Indianapolis Olympians | 85 - 90 | 28 - 16 | L 1 | ||
| 1/25/1953 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | 82 - 87 | 28 - 17 | L 2 | ||
| 1/27/1953 | N | Milwaukee Hawks | 80 - 58 | 29 - 17 | W 1 | Indianapolis | |
| 1/29/1953 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | 98 - 111 | 29 - 18 | L 1 | ||
| 1/31/1953 | @ | New York Knicks | 69 - 76 | 29 - 19 | L 2 | ||
| 2/1/1953 | Rochester Royals | 86 - 109 | 29 - 20 | L 3 | |||
| 2/4/1953 | Syracuse Nationals | 105 - 92 | 30 - 20 | W 1 | |||
| 2/7/1953 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | 101 - 98 | 31 - 20 | W 2 | ||
| 2/8/1953 | New York Knicks | 87 - 79 | 32 - 20 | W 3 | |||
| 2/12/1953 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | 91 - 92 | 32 - 21 | L 1 | ||
| 2/13/1953 | Milwaukee Hawks | 77 - 74 | 33 - 21 | W 1 | |||
| 2/15/1953 | Indianapolis Olympians | 89 - 76 | 34 - 21 | W 2 | |||
| 2/17/1953 | N | Syracuse Nationals | 65 - 84 | 34 - 22 | L 1 | New York City | |
| 2/18/1953 | N | New York Knicks | 69 - 66 | 35 - 22 | W 1 | Providence | |
| 2/21/1953 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | 90 - 86 | 36 - 22 | W 2 | ||
| 2/22/1953 | New York Knicks | 87 - 83 | 37 - 22 | W 3 | |||
| 2/25/1953 | Philadelphia Warriors | 87 - 80 | 38 - 22 | W 4 | |||
| 2/26/1953 | N | Baltimore Bullets | 82 - 81 | 39 - 22 | W 5 | Philadelphia | |
| 2/28/1953 | @ | Rochester Royals | 85 - 92 | 39 - 23 | L 1 | ||
| 3/3/1953 | N | Baltimore Bullets | 95 - 94 | 40 - 23 | W 1 | New York City | |
| 3/4/1953 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | 82 - 75 | 41 - 23 | W 2 | Baltimore | |
| 3/6/1953 | Minneapolis Lakers | 100 - 85 | 42 - 23 | W 3 | |||
| 3/8/1953 | @ | New York Knicks | 89 - 78 | 43 - 23 | W 4 | ||
| 3/11/1953 | Fort Wayne Pistons | 98 - 92 | 44 - 23 | W 5 | |||
| 3/12/1953 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | 70 - 84 | 44 - 24 | L 1 | ||
| 3/15/1953 | Philadelphia Warriors | 103 - 87 | 45 - 24 | W 1 | |||
| 3/16/1953 | N | Baltimore Bullets | 92 - 78 | 46 - 24 | W 2 | Worcester, MA | |
| 3/17/1953 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | 68 - 72 | 46 - 25 | L 1 |
| Opponent | Score | W - L | Streak | ||||
| 3/19/1953 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | 87 - 81 | 1 - 0 | W 1 | ||
| 3/21/1953 | Syracuse Nationals | 111 - 105 | 4OT | 2 - 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3/25/1953 | @ | New York Knicks | 91 - 95 | 2 - 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3/26/1953 | New York Knicks | 86 - 70 | 3 - 1 | W 1 | |||
| 3/28/1953 | @ | New York Knicks | 82 - 101 | 3 - 2 | L 1 | ||
| 3/29/1953 | New York Knicks | 75 - 82 | 3 - 3 | L 2 |