1950–51 Washington Capitols season

1950–51 Washington Capitols season
Head coach Bones McKinney
Arena Washington Coliseum
Results
Record 10–25 (.286)
Place Division: 6th (Eastern)
Playoff finish DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Radio WTOP

The 1950–51 NBA season was the Capitols' fifth and final season in the NBA.[1] Midway through the season, the franchise ceased operations.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
14Dick SchnittkerF United StatesOhio State
216Bill SharmanG United StatesUSC
328Alan SawyerF United StatesUCLA
440Tommy O'KeefeG United StatesGeorgetown
552Claude OvertonG United StatesEast Central State
9100Earl LloydF/C United StatesWest Virginia State

Roster

Washington Capitols 1950–51 roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.From
F 17 United States Bartels, Edward 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) North Carolina State
G/F United States Byrnes, Tommy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Seton Hall
F/C 11 United States Gilmur, Chuck 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Washington
C 14 United States Halbert, Chick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) West Texas State
G/F 18⁄23 United States Kudelka, Frank 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 193 lb (88 kg) Saint Mary's
SF United States Lloyd, Earl 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) West Virginia State
F 12 United States Maughan, Ariel 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Utah State
SF 29 United States McKinney, Bones 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) North Carolina
C 15 United States Mikan, Ed 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) DePaul
F 16 United States Norlander, Johnny 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Hamline
G/F 13 United States O'Keefe, Dick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Santa Clara
G United States O'Keefe, Tommy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Georgetown
C 15 United States Otten, Don 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Bowling Green
F 17⁄29 United States Sawyer, Alan 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) UCLA
SF 22 United States Schnittker, Dick 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Ohio State
PG 20 United States Scolari, Fred 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) San Francisco
SG 10 United States Sharman, Bill 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Southern California
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

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
1October 31@ Rochester70–780–1
2November 1Indianapolis100–841–1
3November 4Minneapolis85–911–2
4November 8Baltimore86–812–2
5November 11Boston77–782–3
6November 12@ Fort Wayne73–872–4
7November 14New York87–922–5
8November 15vs Boston74–792–6
9November 18Fort Wayne118–753–6
10November 19@ Boston81–754–6
11November 21@ Philadelphia78–834–7
12November 22Tri-Cities65–605–7
13November 23@ New York78–1095–8
14November 25Syracuse67–775–9
15November 26@ Syracuse76–905–10
16November 28@ Rochester71–875–11
17November 29Rochester71–725–12
18November 30@ Boston85–816–12
19December 2Boston75–836–13
20December 6Indianapolis79–1016–14
21December 9New York91–847–14
22December 10@ Fort Wayne81–977–15
23December 13Boston110–798–15
24December 16Philadelphia88–968–16
25December 20Rochester76–948–17
26December 23Indianapolis79–87 (OT)8–18
27December 25@ Minneapolis79–938–19
28December 26@ Indianapolis88–819–19
29December 28@ Tri-Cities80–979–20
30December 30@ Rochester77–919–21
31January 1@ Baltimore71–839–22
32January 3Baltimore92–8210–22
33January 6Fort Wayne76–9110–23
34January 7@ Boston86–91 (OT)10–24
35January 9@ Philadelphia74–10210–25

References

  1. ↑ 1950–51 Washington Capitols
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