1950–51 Philadelphia Warriors season
The 1950–51 NBA season was the Warriors' 5th season in the NBA.[1]
1950–51 Philadelphia Warriors season | |
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Division champions | |
Head coach | Edward Gottlieb |
Arena | Philadelphia Arena |
Results | |
Record | 40–26 (.606) |
Place | Division: 1st (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | East Division Semifinals (eliminated 0–2) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Radio | WCAU |
NBA draft
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club Team |
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T | – | Paul Arizin | G/F | United States | Villanova |
2 | 14 | Ed Dahler | F | United States | Duquesne |
5 | 50 | Ike Borsavage | F/C | United States | Temple |
Roster
|- ! colspan="2" style="background-color: #0000FF; color: #FFD700; text-align: center;" | Philadelphia Warriors 1950–51 roster |- style="background-color: #FFD700; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" ! Players !! Coaches |- | valign="top" |
! Pos. !! # !! Nat. !! Name !! Ht. !! Wt. !! From |- |- | SF | 11 | | Arizin, Paul | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | | Villanova |- |- | PG | 5 | | Bobb, Nelson | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | | Temple |- |- | F/C | 19 | | Borsavage, Ike | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | | Temple |- |- | SF | 16 | | Closs, Bill | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | | Rice |- |- | PF | 10 | | Fulks, Joe | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | | Murray State |- |- | SG | 12 | | Gardner, Vern | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | | Utah |- |- | C | 6 | | Livingstone, Ron | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | | Wyoming |- |- | C | 15 | | Mikan, Ed | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 230 lb (104 kg) | | DePaul |- |- | F/C | 18 | | Mogus, Leo | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | | Youngstown State |- |- | G/F | 14 | | Parham, Easy | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | | Texas Wesleyan |- |- | G/F | 7 | | Phillip, Andy | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | | Illinois |- |- | PG | 8 | | Senesky, George | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 179 lb (81 kg) | | Saint Joseph's |- |} |
- Head coach
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (DP) Unsigned draft pick
- (FA) Free agent
- (S) Suspended
- Injured
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Regular season
Season standings
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 |
- x – clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponents
1950–51 NBA records | |||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | FWP | IND | MIN | NYK | PHI | ROC | SYR | TCB | WAS |
Baltimore | — | 3–6 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 3–6 | 1–5 | 3–5 | 3–3 | 1–2 |
Boston | 6–3 | — | 5–1 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 4–4 | 4–4 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 4–3 |
Fort Wayne | 2–4 | 1–5 | — | 5–3 | 5–3 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 3–5 | 3–3 | 5–5 | 3–1 |
Indianapolis | 4–2 | 1–4 | 3–5 | — | 3–7 | 5–1 | 1–5 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 4–4 | 2–2 |
Minneapolis | 4–2 | 3–3 | 3–5 | 7–3 | — | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–4 | 4–2 | 10–0 | 2–0 |
New York | 5–2 | 4–4 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 3–3 | — | 5–3 | 3–3 | 5–5 | 4–2 | 2–1 |
Philadelphia | 6–3 | 4–4 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 3–5 | — | 4–2 | 6–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 |
Rochester | 5–3 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 5–5 | 2–6 | — | 4–2 | 5–3 | 5–0 |
Syracuse | 5–3 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 5–5 | 2–6 | 2–4 | — | 3–3 | 2–0 |
Tri-Cities | 3–3 | 2–4 | 5–5 | 4–4 | 0–10 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–5 | 3–3 | — | 1–1 |
Washington | 2–1 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — |
Game log
1950–51 Game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | November 4 | Boston | 77–68 | Joe Fulks (17) | 1–0 | |||||
2 | November 9 | Fort Wayne | 87–72 | Paul Arizin (26) | 2–0 | |||||
3 | November 12 | at Minneapolis | 70–83 | Joe Fulks (22) | 2–1 | |||||
4 | November 14 | Baltimore | 84–72 | Paul Arizin (24) | 3–1 | |||||
5 | November 15 | at Baltimore | 72–80 | Joe Fulks (20) | 3–2 | |||||
6 | November 16 | Indianapolis | 84–67 | Paul Arizin (20) | 4–2 | |||||
7 | November 18 | at New York | 87–93 | Joe Fulks (22) | 4–3 | |||||
8 | November 21 | Washington | 83–78 | Paul Arizin (16) | 5–3 | |||||
9 | November 23 | Rochester | 89–71 | Joe Fulks (24) | 6–3 | |||||
10 | November 28 | vs Boston | 76–74 | Paul Arizin (23) | 7–3 | |||||
11 | November 30 | Syracuse | 81–78 | Paul Arizin (28) | 8–3 | |||||
12 | December 3 | at Minneapolis | 83–95 | Joe Fulks (26) | 8–4 | |||||
13 | December 6 | at Fort Wayne | 73–92 | Paul Arizin (16) | 8–5 | |||||
14 | December 7 | Indianapolis | 102–73 | Paul Arizin (26) | 9–5 | |||||
15 | December 9 | at Baltimore | 75–76 | Joe Fulks (15) | 9–6 | |||||
16 | December 10 | at Rochester | 84–99 | Paul Arizin (19) | 9–7 | |||||
17 | December 12 | New York | 101–91 | Andy Phillip (24) | 10–7 | |||||
18 | December 14 | Fort Wayne | 94–82 | Joe Fulks (27) | 11–7 | |||||
19 | December 16 | at Washington | 96–88 | Joe Fulks (22) | 12–7 | |||||
20 | December 19 | Minneapolis | 71–67 | Joe Fulks (23) | 13–7 | |||||
21 | December 23 | at New York | 79–83 (2OT) | Paul Arizin (22) | 13–8 | |||||
22 | December 25 | New York | 84–86 (OT) | Paul Arizin (24) | 13–9 | |||||
23 | December 27 | New York | 74–79 | Arizin, Phillip (16) | 13–10 | |||||
24 | December 28 | Syracuse | 91–88 (OT) | Joe Fulks (37) | 14–10 | |||||
25 | December 31 | at Minneapolis | 73–83 | Paul Arizin (20) | 14–11 | |||||
26 | January 1 | at Tri-Cities | 92–109 | Paul Arizin (19) | 14–12 | |||||
27 | January 2 | at Indianapolis | 87–86 (OT) | Paul Arizin (23) | 15–12 | |||||
28 | January 4 | Baltimore | 92–69 | Joe Fulks (20) | 16–12 | |||||
29 | January 6 | at Baltimore | 57–64 | Joe Fulks (23) | 16–13 | |||||
30 | January 9 | Washington | 102–74 | Joe Fulks (23) | 17–13 | |||||
31 | January 11 | Rochester | 82–79 | Joe Fulks (30) | 18–13 | |||||
32 | January 13 | Boston | 87–97 | Joe Fulks (25) | 18–14 | |||||
33 | January 14 | at Boston | 73–98 | Arizin, Fulks, Senesky (16) | 18–15 | |||||
34 | January 18 | Indianapolis | 114–80 | Paul Arizin (26) | 19–15 | |||||
35 | January 20 | at Rochester | 101–87 | Paul Arizin (26) | 20–15 | |||||
36 | January 21 | at Syracuse | 96–86 | Bill Closs (18) | 21–15 | |||||
37 | January 23 | Tri-Cities | 88–77 | Joe Fulks (29) | 22–15 | |||||
38 | January 25 | Minneapolis | 71–90 | Joe Fulks (22) | 22–16 | |||||
39 | January 26 | at Indianapolis | 75–78 | Joe Fulks (19) | 22–17 | |||||
40 | January 28 | at Tri-Cities | 96–86 | Joe Fulks (25) | 23–17 | |||||
41 | January 31 | at Fort Wayne | 84–91 | George Senesky (20) | 23–18 | |||||
42 | February 1 | Boston | 82–80 (2OT) | Joe Fulks (19) | 24–18 | |||||
43 | February 3 | at Rochester | 61–65 | Paul Arizin (21) | 24–19 | |||||
44 | February 4 | at Syracuse | 75–78 | Joe Fulks (24) | 24–20 | |||||
45 | February 6 | Tri-Cities | 97–77 | Joe Fulks (16) | 25–20 | |||||
46 | February 8 | Baltimore | 86–75 | Joe Fulks (22) | 26–20 | |||||
47 | February 10 | at Indianapolis | 88–78 | Arizin, Mikan (24) | 27–20 | |||||
48 | February 11 | at Tri-Cities | 72–76 | Paul Arizin (17) | 27–21 | |||||
49 | February 13 | Boston | 104–98 | Joe Fulks (30) | 28–21 | |||||
50 | February 15 | New York | 93–98 | Arizin, Fulks (26) | 28–22 | |||||
51 | February 16 | at Boston | 76–81 | Joe Fulks (18) | 28–23 | |||||
52 | February 18 | at Fort Wayne | 70–75 | Closs, Gardner (13) | 28–24 | |||||
53 | February 20 | Tri-Cities | 99–69 | Joe Fulks (19) | 29–24 | |||||
54 | February 21 | at Baltimore | 83–81 | George Senesky (23) | 30–24 | |||||
55 | February 22 | Rochester | 98–90 | Paul Arizin (25) | 31–24 | |||||
56 | February 24 | at New York | 70–64 | Joe Fulks (28) | 32–24 | |||||
57 | February 25 | at Boston | 83–93 | Arizin, Phillip (20) | 32–25 | |||||
58 | February 27 | Syracuse | 86–72 | Joe Fulks (28) | 33–25 | |||||
59 | March 1 | Minneapolis | 97–77 | Paul Arizin (22) | 34–25 | |||||
60 | March 4 | at Syracuse | 79–85 | Paul Arizin (21) | 34–26 | |||||
61 | March 6 | New York | 96–76 | Joe Fulks (23) | 35–26 | |||||
62 | March 7 | at Baltimore | 95–84 | Paul Arizin (20) | 36–26 | |||||
63 | March 8 | Baltimore | 94–90 (2OT) | Joe Fulks (34) | 37–26 | |||||
64 | March 11 | at Syracuse | 95–91 | Joe Fulks (26) | 38–26 | |||||
65 | March 15 | Fort Wayne | 88–78 | Joe Fulks (31) | 39–26 | |||||
66 | March 17 | Syracuse | 100–86 | Paul Arizin (21) | 40–26 |
Playoffs
1951 playoff game log | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Division Semifinals: 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1)
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1951 schedule |