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1950–51 Boston Celtics season

NBA basketball team season

Boston Garden (lost to Knicks 0–2) The 1950–51 Boston Celtics season was the fifth season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). It was Red Auerbach's first season as head coach. This was also the first winning season in franchise history, finishing 9 games above .500, beginning a streak of 19 consecutive winning seasons. They also qualified for the playoffs for the second time in franchise history, starting a streak of 19 consecutive postseason appearances as well. One lesser known aspect that's not mentioned during this season was how two out of three games successfully rigged by NBA referee Sol Levy involved the Celtics winning two matches against the Washington Capitols (who would become defunct later in the season) and Indianapolis Olympians on November 11 & 12 respectively, with the latter game in particular catching Levy in the act and later resulting in his arrest as an accomplice in the CCNY point-shaving scandal of 1951.

Draft picks

Main article: 1950 NBA draft

Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	1	Chuck Share	C	United States	Bowling Green
2	12	Chuck Cooper	F	United States	Duquesne
3	24	Bob Donham	G/F	United States	Ohio State
6	60	Francis Mahoney	F	United States	Brown

Roster

Red Auerbach
Harry Cohen

Pre-season

1950 Pre-season game log: 5–0 (home: 5–0)
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Season standings

Game log

1950–51 game log
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Playoffs

0–2

Awards and records

Ed Macauley, All-NBA First Team

References

Goldstein, Joe, [https://www.espn.com/classic/s/basketball_scandals_explosion.html "Explosion: 1951 scandals threaten college hoops"] - [[ESPN]] - November 19, 2003
(24 July 2007). "When an NBA Referee Was Convicted of Shaving Points".
(October 19, 1950). "Boston Conquers Bullets, 102 To 92". The Baltimore Sun.
(October 20, 1950). "Celtics Win Again". Associated Press.
(October 22, 1950). "Boston Conquers Bullets, 72 To 60". The Baltimore Sun.
(October 24, 1950). "Boston Trounces Bullets, 86 To 66". The Baltimore Sun.
(October 30, 1950). "Boston Beats Baltimore, 98–85; Cousy Scores 20". Chicago Daily Tribune.

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