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1950–51 New York Knicks season

Season of National Basketball Association team the New York Knicks

Season of National Basketball Association team the New York Knicks

(lost to Royals 3–4)

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.

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.

NBA draft

Main 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.

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalitySchool/Club team
16Irwin DambrotFUnited StatesCCNY
218Herb SchererCUnited StatesLong Island

Roster

  • Joe Lapchick

Regular season

Season standings

:x = clinched playoff spot

Game log

1950–51 game log
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Playoffs

|- | 1 | March 20 | @ Boston | W 83–69 | Vince Boryla (20) | — | Boston Garden

1–0
2
March 22
Boston
W 92–78
Max Zaslofsky (27)
Dick McGuire (9)
Madison Square Garden III
2–0
-
-
1
March 28
Syracuse
W 103–92
Vince Boryla (30)
Dick McGuire (13)
Madison Square Garden III
1–0
-
2
March 29
@ Syracuse
L 80–102
Ray Lumpp (16)
Vandeweghe, McGuire (5)
State Fair Coliseum
1–1
-
3
March 31
Syracuse
W 77–75 (OT)
Harry Gallatin (18)
—
Madison Square Garden III
2–1
-
4
April 1
@ Syracuse
L 83–90
Max Zaslofsky (20)
Dick McGuire (9)
State Fair Coliseum
2–2
-
5
April 4
Syracuse
W 83–81
Vince Boryla (23)
Ernie Vandeweghe (5)
Madison Square Garden III
3–2
-
-
1
April 7
@ Rochester
L 65–92
Vince Boryla (13)
Simmons, Clifton (10)
Ernie Vandeweghe (4)
Edgerton Park Arena
4,200
0–1
-
2
April 8
@ Rochester
L 84–99
Max Zaslofsky (28)
Harry Gallatin (17)
Vince Boryla (7)
Edgerton Park Arena
4,200
0–2
-
3
April 11
Rochester
L 71–78
Vince Boryla (20)
Nat Clifton (11)
Dick McGuire (7)
69th Regiment Armory
5,000
0–3
-
4
April 13
Rochester
W 79–73
Harry Gallatin (22)
Nat Clifton (17)
Zaslofsky, Clifton (6)
69th Regiment Armory
4,000
1–3
-
5
April 15
@ Rochester
W 92–89
Connie Simmons (26)
Nat Clifton (10)
Nat Clifton (7)
Edgerton Park Arena
4,200
2–3
-
6
April 18
Rochester
W 80–73
Max Zaslofsky (23)
Ernie Vandeweghe (8)
Dick McGuire (6)
69th Regiment Armory
4,500
3–3
-
7
April 21
@ Rochester
L 75–79
Zaslofsky, Boryla (16)
Harry Gallatin (10)
Ernie Vandeweghe (5)
Edgerton Park Arena
4,200
3–4
-

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Awards and records

  • Dick McGuire, All-NBA Second Team

References

References

  1. "New York Knickerbockers Franchise Index". Basketball-Reference.
  2. "1951 NBA Playoff Summary". Basketball-Reference.
  3. "1950 NBA Draft". Basketball-Reference.
  4. "All-NBA & All-ABA Teams". Basketball-Reference.
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