The 1950–51 New York Knicks season was the fifth season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the regular season, the Knicks finished in third place in the Eastern Division, and their 36–30 record gave them a berth in the NBA Playoffs for the fifth consecutive year.[1]
New York faced the Boston Celtics in the first round of the Eastern Division playoffs, and won the best-of-three series 2–0 to advance to the division finals. In that series, the Knicks defeated the Syracuse Nationals 3–2 in a best-of-five series, earning the franchise's first trip to the NBA Finals. The Rochester Royals faced the Knicks in the Finals, and won the first three games of the best-of-seven series. New York won the next three games to even up the series, but Rochester won the seventh game by a score of 79–75.[2]
Note: This is not an extensive list; it only covers the first and second rounds, and any other players picked by the franchise that played at least one game in the league.[3]
^"New York Knickerbockers Franchise Index". Basketball-Reference. from the original on January 6, 2010. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
^"1951 NBA Playoff Summary". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
^"1950 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
^"All-NBA & All-ABA Teams". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
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The 1950 51 New York Knicks season was the fifth season for the team in the National Basketball Association NBA In the regular season the Knicks finished in third place in the Eastern Division and their 36 30 record gave them a berth in the NBA Playoffs for the fifth consecutive year 1 1950 51 New York Knicks seasonHead coachJoe LapchickGeneral managerNed IrishArenaMadison Square GardenResultsRecord36 30 545 PlaceDivision 3rd Eastern Playoff finishNBA Finals lost to Royals 3 4 Stats at Basketball Reference comLocal mediaTelevisionWPIXRadioWMGM lt 1949 50 1951 52 gt New York faced the Boston Celtics in the first round of the Eastern Division playoffs and won the best of three series 2 0 to advance to the division finals In that series the Knicks defeated the Syracuse Nationals 3 2 in a best of five series earning the franchise s first trip to the NBA Finals The Rochester Royals faced the Knicks in the Finals and won the first three games of the best of seven series New York won the next three games to even up the series but Rochester won the seventh game by a score of 79 75 2 Contents 1 NBA draft 2 Roster 3 Regular season 3 1 Season standings 3 2 Record vs opponents 3 3 Game log 4 Playoffs 5 Player statistics 5 1 Season 5 2 Playoffs 6 Awards and records 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksNBA draft editMain article 1950 NBA draft Note This is not an extensive list it only covers the first and second rounds and any other players picked by the franchise that played at least one game in the league 3 Round Pick Player Position Nationality School Club Team1 6 Irwin Dambrot F nbsp United States CCNY2 18 Herb Scherer C nbsp United States Long IslandRoster editNew York Knicks 1950 51 rosterPlayers CoachesPos Nat Name Ht Wt FromSF 12 nbsp Boryla Vince 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m 210 lb 95 kg DenverPF 19 nbsp Clifton Nathaniel 6 ft 6 in 1 98 m 220 lb 100 kg Xavier LA C nbsp Ellefson Ray 6 ft 8 in 2 03 m 230 lb 104 kg West Texas A amp MF C 11 nbsp Gallatin Harry 6 ft 6 in 1 98 m 210 lb 95 kg Truman StateF 14 nbsp James Gene 6 ft 4 in 1 93 m 180 lb 82 kg MarshallSF 17 nbsp Kaftan George 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m 190 lb 86 kg Holy CrossF 6 16 nbsp Lavelli Tony 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m 185 lb 84 kg YaleG 7 nbsp Lumpp Ray 6 ft 1 in 1 85 m 178 lb 81 kg NYUPG 15 nbsp McGuire Dick 6 ft 0 in 1 83 m 180 lb 82 kg St John sG F 10 nbsp Ritter Tex 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m 185 lb 84 kg Eastern KentuckyF C 18 nbsp Simmons Connie 6 ft 8 in 2 03 m 222 lb 101 kg G F 9 nbsp Vandeweghe Ernie 6 ft 3 in 1 91 m 195 lb 88 kg ColgateSG 5 nbsp Zaslofsky Max 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m 170 lb 77 kg St John s Head coachJoe LapchickLegend C Team captain DP Unsigned draft pick FA Free agent S Suspended nbsp InjuredRegular season editSeason standings edit Eastern Divisionvte W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Divx Philadelphia Warriors 40 26 606 28 4 11 21 1 1 22 14x Boston Celtics 39 30 565 1 25 5 10 23 4 2 21 19x New York Knicks 36 30 545 4 22 5 10 25 4 0 21 15x Syracuse Nationals 32 34 485 8 23 10 9 24 19 17Baltimore Bullets 24 42 364 16 20 12 4 24 0 6 12 24Washington Capitols 10 25 286 30 7 12 3 12 0 1 6 12x clinched playoff spotRecord vs opponents edit 1950 51 NBA recordsTeam BAL BOS FWP IND MIN NYK PHI ROC SYR TCB WASBaltimore 3 6 4 2 2 4 2 4 2 5 3 6 1 5 3 5 3 3 1 2Boston 6 3 5 1 4 1 3 3 4 4 4 4 2 4 2 5 4 2 4 3Fort Wayne 2 4 1 5 5 3 5 3 2 4 3 3 3 5 3 3 5 5 3 1Indianapolis 4 2 1 4 3 5 3 7 5 1 1 5 5 4 3 3 4 4 2 2Minneapolis 4 2 3 3 3 5 7 3 3 3 4 2 4 4 4 2 10 0 2 0New York 5 2 4 4 4 2 1 5 3 3 5 3 3 3 5 5 4 2 2 1Philadelphia 6 3 4 4 3 3 5 1 2 4 3 5 4 2 6 2 4 2 3 0Rochester 5 3 5 2 3 3 3 3 2 4 5 5 2 6 4 2 5 3 5 0Syracuse 5 3 5 2 3 3 3 3 2 4 5 5 2 6 2 4 3 3 2 0Tri Cities 3 3 2 4 5 5 4 4 0 10 2 4 2 4 3 5 3 3 1 1Washington 2 1 3 4 1 3 2 2 0 2 1 2 0 3 0 5 0 2 1 1 Game log edit 1950 51 game log Date Opponent Score High points Record1 November 4 at Tri Cities 76 87 Max Zaslofsky 17 0 12 November 5 at Tri Cities 95 98 OT Vince Boryla 35 0 23 November 7 at Indianapolis 73 86 Vince Boryla 18 0 34 November 9 Indianapolis 73 85 Ernie Vandeweghe 14 0 45 November 11 Syracuse 74 72 OT Vince Boryla 19 1 46 November 14 at Washington 92 87 Vince Boryla 21 2 47 November 16 Minneapolis 71 69 Vince Boryla 25 3 48 November 18 Philadelphia 93 87 Max Zaslofsky 21 4 49 November 19 at Syracuse 83 96 Vince Boryla 22 4 510 November 21 Boston 83 89 Max Zaslofsky 17 4 611 November 22 at Baltimore 87 73 Vince Boryla 21 5 612 November 23 Washington 109 78 Max Zaslofsky 20 6 613 November 26 at Boston 90 93 2OT Max Zaslofsky 17 6 714 November 28 Syracuse 108 84 Max Zaslofsky 17 7 715 November 30 Rochester 79 74 Harry Gallatin 13 8 716 December 3 at Tri Cities 100 92 Vince Boryla 27 9 717 December 5 at Indianapolis 89 95 Nathaniel Clifton 16 9 818 December 6 at Minneapolis 62 84 Max Zaslofsky 15 9 919 December 9 at Washington 84 91 Ray Lumpp 18 9 1020 December 10 Indianapolis 106 84 Harry Gallatin 25 10 1021 December 12 at Philadelphia 91 101 Vince Boryla 26 10 1122 December 16 Fort Wayne 86 77 Vince Boryla 19 11 1123 December 17 at Syracuse 86 95 Nathaniel Clifton 20 11 1224 December 19 vs Boston 86 80 Vince Boryla 23 12 1225 December 23 Philadelphia 83 79 2OT Boryla Zaslofsky 15 13 1226 December 25 at Philadelphia 86 84 OT Harry Gallatin 25 14 1227 December 27 at Philadelphia 79 74 Vince Boryla 18 15 1228 December 30 Boston 77 60 Vince Boryla 20 16 1229 December 31 at Boston 90 100 Max Zaslofsky 19 16 1330 January 1 at Rochester 88 91 OT Connie Simmons 20 16 1431 January 6 Syracuse 85 87 OT Max Zaslofsky 22 16 1532 January 7 at Fort Wayne 79 76 Boryla Lavelli 14 17 1533 January 8 vs Fort Wayne 75 70 OT Harry Gallatin 17 18 1534 January 10 at Minneapolis 65 70 Vince Boryla 17 18 1635 January 13 Baltimore 92 79 Harry Gallatin 20 19 1636 January 14 at Baltimore 91 93 2OT Harry Gallatin 25 19 1737 January 18 Minneapolis 95 78 Vince Boryla 30 20 1738 January 21 Rochester 88 83 OT Max Zaslofsky 27 21 1739 January 23 at Rochester 92 102 4OT Vince Boryla 24 21 1840 January 24 Tri Cities 95 85 Max Zaslofsky 22 22 1841 January 27 Boston 76 75 Max Zaslofsky 15 23 1842 January 31 Baltimore 89 77 Harry Gallatin 23 24 1843 February 1 at Syracuse 93 90 Boryla Gallatin 21 25 1844 February 3 at Baltimore 83 72 Harry Gallatin 19 26 1845 February 4 Indianapolis 83 105 Boryla Gallatin 17 26 1946 February 6 vs Baltimore 91 82 Harry Gallatin 29 27 1947 February 8 at Syracuse 83 96 Harry Gallatin 13 27 2048 February 10 Fort Wayne 73 62 Vince Boryla 18 28 2049 February 11 at Fort Wayne 96 120 Connie Simmons 21 28 2150 February 14 Rochester 81 65 Max Zaslofsky 17 29 2151 February 15 at Philadelphia 98 93 Harry Gallatin 22 30 2152 February 17 Syracuse 88 75 Max Zaslofsky 13 31 2153 February 21 at Boston 85 87 OT Dick McGuire 16 31 2254 February 22 Tri Cities 94 90 Connie Simmons 24 32 2255 February 24 Philadelphia 64 70 Clifton Gallatin 13 32 2356 February 25 at Syracuse 93 98 Vince Boryla 21 32 2457 February 27 at Rochester 90 100 Max Zaslofsky 18 32 2558 March 1 at Boston 84 78 Max Zaslofsky 18 33 2559 March 3 Syracuse 97 78 Max Zaslofsky 22 34 2560 March 4 at Fort Wayne 98 105 Vince Boryla 29 34 2661 March 6 at Philadelphia 76 96 Vince Boryla 19 34 2762 March 8 Minneapolis 97 94 OT Vince Boryla 18 35 2763 March 11 at Baltimore 89 112 Max Zaslofsky 18 35 2864 March 14 at Tri Cities 92 91 Harry Gallatin 24 36 2865 March 15 at Indianapolis 70 74 Gallatin Zaslofsky 14 36 2966 March 18 at Minneapolis 68 86 George Kaftan 16 36 30Playoffs edit1951 playoff game logDivision semifinals 2 0 home 1 0 road 1 0 Game Date Team Score High points High assists Location Series1 March 20 Boston W 83 69 Vince Boryla 20 Boston Garden 1 02 March 22 Boston W 92 78 Max Zaslofsky 27 Dick McGuire 9 Madison Square Garden III 2 0Division finals 3 2 home 3 0 road 0 2 Game Date Team Score High points High assists Location Series1 March 28 Syracuse W 103 92 Vince Boryla 30 Dick McGuire 13 Madison Square Garden III 1 02 March 29 Syracuse L 80 102 Ray Lumpp 16 Vandeweghe McGuire 5 State Fair Coliseum 1 13 March 31 Syracuse W 77 75 OT Harry Gallatin 18 Madison Square Garden III 2 14 April 1 Syracuse L 83 90 Max Zaslofsky 20 Dick McGuire 9 State Fair Coliseum 2 25 April 4 Syracuse W 83 81 Vince Boryla 23 Ernie Vandeweghe 5 Madison Square Garden III 3 2NBA Finals 3 4 home 2 1 road 1 3 Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists LocationAttendance Series1 April 7 Rochester L 65 92 Vince Boryla 13 Simmons Clifton 10 Ernie Vandeweghe 4 Edgerton Park Arena4 200 0 12 April 8 Rochester L 84 99 Max Zaslofsky 28 Harry Gallatin 17 Vince Boryla 7 Edgerton Park Arena4 200 0 23 April 11 Rochester L 71 78 Vince Boryla 20 Nat Clifton 11 Dick McGuire 7 69th Regiment Armory5 000 0 34 April 13 Rochester W 79 73 Harry Gallatin 22 Nat Clifton 17 Zaslofsky Clifton 6 69th Regiment Armory4 000 1 35 April 15 Rochester W 92 89 Connie Simmons 26 Nat Clifton 10 Nat Clifton 7 Edgerton Park Arena4 200 2 36 April 18 Rochester W 80 73 Max Zaslofsky 23 Ernie Vandeweghe 8 Dick McGuire 6 69th Regiment Armory4 500 3 37 April 21 Rochester L 75 79 Zaslofsky Boryla 16 Harry Gallatin 10 Ernie Vandeweghe 5 Edgerton Park Arena4 200 3 41951 schedulePlayer statistics editLegend GP Games played GS Games started MPG Minutes per game FG Field goal percentage 3P 3 point field goal percentage FT Free throw percentage RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per gameSeason edit Playoffs editAwards and records editDick McGuire All NBA Second Team 4 See also edit1950 51 NBA seasonReferences edit New York Knickerbockers Franchise Index Basketball Reference Archived from the original on January 6 2010 Retrieved January 12 2010 1951 NBA Playoff Summary Basketball Reference Retrieved January 12 2010 1950 NBA Draft Basketball Reference Retrieved December 1 2012 All NBA amp All ABA Teams Basketball Reference Retrieved May 18 2013 External links edit1950 51 New York Knickerbockers Statistics Royals Reign Despite Knicks Unlikely Comeback Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w 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