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The 1950–51 NBA season was the fifth season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Rochester Royals winning the NBA Championship, beating the New York Knicks 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals.
1950–51 NBA season | |
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League | National Basketball Association |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration | October 31, 1950 – March 18, 1951 March 20 – April 4, 1951 (Playoffs) April 7–21, 1951 (Finals) |
Number of games | 65-68 |
Number of teams | 11 (10 midway through the season) |
Draft | |
Top draft pick | Chuck Share |
Picked by | Boston Celtics |
Regular season | |
Top seed | Minneapolis Lakers |
Top scorer | George Mikan (Minneapolis) |
Playoffs | |
Eastern champions | New York Knicks |
Eastern runners-up | Syracuse Nationals |
Western champions | Rochester Royals |
Western runners-up | Minneapolis Lakers |
Finals | |
Champions | Rochester Royals |
Runners-up | New York Knicks |
Offseason | ||
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Team | 1949–50 coach | 1950–51 coach |
Boston Celtics | Doggie Julian | Red Auerbach |
Tri-Cities Blackhawks | Red Auerbach | Dave MacMillan |
Washington Capitols | Bob Feerick | Bones McKinney |
In-season | ||
Team | Outgoing coach | Incoming coach |
Baltimore Bullets | Buddy Jeannette | Walt Budko |
Indianapolis Olympians | Cliff Barker | Wally Jones |
Tri-Cities Blackhawks | Dave MacMillan | Johnny Logan Mike Todorovich |
1950-51 National Basketball Association | ||||
Division | Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
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Eastern | Baltimore Bullets | Baltimore, Maryland | Baltimore Coliseum | 4,500 |
Boston Celtics | Boston, Massachusetts | Boston Garden | 13,909 | |
New York Knicks | New York, New York | Madison Square Garden | 18,496 | |
Philadelphia Warriors | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Philadelphia Arena | 5,526 | |
Syracuse Nationals | Syracuse, New York | State Fair Coliseum | 7,500 | |
Washington Capitols | Washington, D.C. | Uline Arena | 8,000 | |
Western | Fort Wayne Pistons | Fort Wayne, Indiana | North Side High School Gym | 3,000 |
Indianapolis Olympians | Indianapolis, Indiana | Hinkle Fieldhouse | 15,000 | |
Minneapolis Lakers | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Minneapolis Auditorium | 10,000 | |
Rochester Royals | Rochester, New York | Edgerton Park Arena | 4,200 | |
Tri-Cities Blackhawks | Moline, Illinois | Wharton Field House | 6,000 |
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x-Philadelphia Warriors | 40 | 26 | .606 | – | 28–4 | 11–21 | 1–1 | 22–14 |
x-Boston Celtics | 39 | 30 | .565 | 1 | 25–5 | 10–23 | 4–2 | 21–19 |
x-New York Knicks | 36 | 30 | .545 | 4 | 22–5 | 10–25 | 4–0 | 21–15 |
x-Syracuse Nationals | 32 | 34 | .485 | 8 | 23–10 | 9–24 | – | 19–17 |
Baltimore Bullets | 24 | 42 | .364 | 16 | 20–12 | 4–24 | 0–6 | 12–24 |
Washington Capitols | 10 | 25 | .286 | 30 | 7–12 | 3–12 | 0–1 | 6–12 |
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x-Minneapolis Lakers | 44 | 24 | .647 | – | 29–3 | 12–21 | 3–0 | 24–12 |
x-Rochester Royals | 41 | 27 | .603 | 3 | 29–5 | 12–22 | – | 18–15 |
x-Fort Wayne Pistons | 32 | 36 | .471 | 12 | 27–7 | 5–27 | 0–2 | 18–6 |
x-Indianapolis Olympians | 31 | 37 | .456 | 13 | 19–12 | 10–24 | 2–1 | 15–20 |
Tri-Cities Blackhawks | 25 | 43 | .368 | 19 | 22–13 | 2–28 | 1–2 | 12–24 |
Division Semifinals | Division Finals | NBA Finals | ||||||||||||
E1 | Philadelphia* | 0 | ||||||||||||
E4 | Syracuse | 2 | ||||||||||||
E4 | Syracuse | 2 | ||||||||||||
Eastern Division | ||||||||||||||
E3 | New York | 3 | ||||||||||||
E3 | New York | 2 | ||||||||||||
E2 | Boston | 0 | ||||||||||||
E3 | New York | 3 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Rochester | 4 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Minneapolis* | 2 | ||||||||||||
W4 | Indianapolis | 1 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Minneapolis* | 1 | ||||||||||||
Western Division | ||||||||||||||
W2 | Rochester | 3 | ||||||||||||
W3 | Fort Wayne | 0 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Rochester | 2 |
Category | Player | Team | Stat |
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Points | George Mikan | Minneapolis Lakers | 1,932 |
Rebounds | Dolph Schayes | Syracuse Nationals | 1,080 |
Assists | Andy Phillip | Philadelphia Warriors | 414 |
FG% | Alex Groza | Indianapolis Olympians | .470 |
FT% | Joe Fulks | Philadelphia Warriors | .855 |
Note: Prior to the 1969–70 season, league leaders in points, rebounds, and assists were determined by totals rather than averages.
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