1950–51 New York Knicks season

1950–51 New York Knicks season
Head coach Joe Lapchick
General manager Ned Irish
Arena Madison Square Garden
Results
Record 36–30 (.545)
Place Division: 3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finish NBA Finals
(Lost to Royals 3–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television WPIX
Radio WMGM

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]

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 Team
1 6 Irwin Dambrot F  United States CCNY
2 18 Herb Scherer C  United States Long Island

Roster

New York Knicks 1950–51 roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.From
SF 12 United States Boryla, Vince 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Denver
PF 19 United States Clifton, Nathaniel 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Xavier (Louisiana)
C United States Ellefson, Ray 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) West Texas State
F/C 11 United States Gallatin, Harry 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Truman State
F 14 United States James, Gene 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Marshall
SF 17 United States Kaftan, George 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Holy Cross
F 6⁄16 United States Lavelli, Tony 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Yale
G 7 United States Lumpp, Ray 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 178 lb (81 kg) NYU
PG 15 United States McGuire, Dick 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) St. John's
G/F 10 United States Ritter, Tex 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Eastern Kentucky
F/C 18 United States Simmons, Connie 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 222 lb (101 kg)
G/F 9 United States Vandeweghe, Ernie 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Colgate
SG 5 United States Zaslofsky, Max 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) St. John's
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Philadelphia Warriors4026.606–28–411–211–122–14
x-Boston Celtics3930.565125–510–234–221–19
x-New York Knicks3630.545422–510–254–021–15
x-Syracuse Nationals3234.485823–109–24–19–17
Baltimore Bullets2442.3641620–124–240–612–24
Washington Capitols1025.286307–123–120–16–12
x = clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1950–51 NBA records
Team BAL BOS FWP IND MIN NYK PHI ROC SYR TCB WAS
Baltimore —3–64–22–42–42–53–61–53–53–31–2
Boston 6–3—5–14–13–34–44–42–42–54–24–3
Fort Wayne 2–41–5—5–35–32–43–33–53–35–53–1
Indianapolis 4–21–43–5—3–75–11–55–43–34–42–2
Minneapolis 4–23–33–57–3—3–34–24–44–210–02–0
New York 5–24–44–21–53–3—5–33–35–54–22–1
Philadelphia 6–34–43–35–12–43–5—4–26–24–23–0
Rochester 5–35–23–33–32–45–52–6—4–25–35–0
Syracuse 5–35–23–33–32–45–52–62–4—3–32–0
Tri-Cities 3–32–45–54–40–102–42–43–53–3—1–1
Washington 2–13–41–32–20–21–20–30–50–21–1—

Game log

1950–51 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreRecord
1November 4at Tri-Cities76–870–1
2November 5at Tri-Cities95–98 (OT)0–2
3November 7at Indianapolis73–860–3
4November 9Indianapolis73–850–4
5November 11Syracuse74–72 (OT)1–4
6November 14at Washington92–872–4
7November 16Minneapolis71–693–4
8November 18Philadelphia93–874–4
9November 19at Syracuse83–964–5
10November 21Boston83–894–6
11November 22at Baltimore87–735–6
12November 23Washington109–786–6
13November 26at Boston90–93 (2OT)6–7
14November 28Syracuse108–847–7
15November 30Rochester79–748–7
16December 3at Tri-Cities100–929–7
17December 5at Indianapolis89–959–8
18December 6at Minneapolis62–849–9
19December 9at Washington84–919–10
20December 10Indianapolis106–8410–10
21December 12at Philadelphia91–10110–11
22December 16Fort Wayne86–7711–11
23December 17at Syracuse86–9511–12
24December 19vs Boston86–8012–12
25December 23Philadelphia83–79 (2OT)13–12
26December 25at Philadelphia86–84 (OT)14–12
27December 27at Philadelphia79–7415–12
28December 30Boston77–6016–12
29December 31at Boston90–10016–13
30January 1at Rochester88–91 (OT)16–14
31January 6Syracuse85–87 (OT)16–15
32January 7at Fort Wayne79–7617–15
33January 8vs Fort Wayne75–70 (OT)18–15
34January 10at Minneapolis65–7018–16
35January 13Baltimore92–7919–16
36January 14at Baltimore91–93 (2OT)19–17
37January 18Minneapolis95–7820–17
38January 21Rochester88–83 (OT)21–17
39January 23at Rochester92–102 (4OT)21–18
40January 24Tri-Cities95–8522–18
41January 27Boston76–7523–18
42January 31Baltimore89–7724–18
43February 1at Syracuse93–9025–18
44February 3at Baltimore83–7226–18
45February 4Indianapolis83–10526–19
46February 6vs Baltimore91–8227–19
47February 8at Syracuse83–9627–20
48February 10Fort Wayne73–6228–20
49February 11at Fort Wayne96–12028–21
50February 14Rochester81–6529–21
51February 15at Philadelphia98–9330–21
52February 17Syracuse88–7531–21
53February 21at Boston85–87 (OT)31–22
54February 22Tri-Cities94–9032–22
55February 24Philadelphia64–7032–23
56February 25at Syracuse93–9832–24
57February 27at Rochester90–10032–25
58March 1at Boston84–7833–25
59March 3Syracuse97–7834–25
60March 4at Fort Wayne98–10534–26
61March 6at Philadelphia76–9634–27
62March 8Minneapolis97–94 (OT)35–27
63March 11at Baltimore89–11235–28
64March 14at Tri-Cities92–9136–28
65March 15at Indianapolis70–7436–29
66March 18at Minneapolis68–8636–30

Playoffs

East Division Semifinals

(2) Boston Celtics vs. (3) New York Knicks: Knicks win series 2–0

  • Game 1 @ Boston: New York 83, Boston 69
  • Game 2 @ New York: New York 92, Boston 78

East Division Finals

(3) New York Knicks vs. (4) Syracuse Nationals: Knicks win series 3–2

  • Game 1 @ New York: New York 103, Syracuse 92
  • Game 2 @ Syracuse: Syracuse 102, New York 80
  • Game 3 @ New York: New York 77, Syracuse 75 (OT)
  • Game 4 @ Syracuse: Syracuse 90, New York 83
  • Game 5 @ New York: New York 83, Syracuse 81

NBA Finals

(W2) Rochester Royals vs. (E3) New York Knicks: Royals win series 4–3

  • Game 1 @ Rochester: Rochester 92, New York 65
  • Game 2 @ Rochester: Rochester 99, New York 84
  • Game 3 @ New York: Rochester 78, New York 71
  • Game 4 @ New York: New York 79, Rochester 73
  • Game 5 @ Rochester: New York 92, Rochester 89
  • Game 6 @ New York: New York 80, Rochester 73
  • Game 7 @ Rochester: Rochester 79, New York 75

Player statistics

Legend
  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 game

Awards and records

See also

References

  1. ↑ "New York Knickerbockers Franchise Index". Basketball-Reference. Archived from the original on 6 January 2010. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
  2. ↑ "1951 NBA Playoff Summary". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
  3. ↑ "1950 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
  4. ↑ "All-NBA & All-ABA Teams". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
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