From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

1950–51 Syracuse Nationals season

NBA professional basketball team season

Field	Value
team	Syracuse Nationals
end_year	1951
wins	32
losses	34
division	atlantic
division_place	4
coach	Al Cervi
arena	State Fair Coliseum
radio	WNDR
playoffs	[East Division Finals](1951-nba-playoffs) (Eliminated 2–3)
bbr_team	SYR

The 1950–51 Syracuse Nationals season was the 5th season of the franchise and their second in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the regular season, the Nationals finished in fourth place in the Eastern Division and their 32–34 record gave them an NBA playoffs berth. One match on November 19 against the New York Knicks had them inadvertently successfully rig a match against the Knicks by NBA referee Sol Levy's favor, which later led to his arrest for his crime alongside being an accomplice in the CCNY point-shaving scandal of 1951. Syracuse faced the Philadelphia Warriors 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 Nationals lost to the New York Knicks, 2–3, in a best-of-five series.

NBA draft

Main article: 1950 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club team
1	11	Don Lofgran	F/C		San Francisco
2	23	Gerald Calabrese	G		St. John's

Roster

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".
. ["1950-51 Syracuse Nationals Schedule and Results"](https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SYR/1951_games.html).
. ["1951 NBA Eastern Division Semifinals Game 1: Syracuse Nationals at Philadelphia Warriors Box Score, March 20, 1951"](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/195103200PHW.html).
. ["1951 NBA Eastern Division Semifinals Game 2: Philadelphia Warriors at Syracuse Nationals Box Score, March 22, 1951"](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/195103220SYR.html).
. ["1951 NBA Eastern Division Finals Game 1: Syracuse Nationals at New York Knicks Box Score, March 28, 1951"](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/195103280NYK.html).
. ["1951 NBA Eastern Division Finals Game 2: New York Knicks at Syracuse Nationals Box Score, March 29, 1951"](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/195103290SYR.html).
. ["1951 NBA Eastern Division Finals Game 3: Syracuse Nationals at New York Knicks Box Score, March 31, 1951"](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/195103310NYK.html).
. ["1951 NBA Eastern Division Finals Game 4: New York Knicks at Syracuse Nationals Box Score, April 1, 1951"](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/195104010SYR.html).
. ["1951 NBA Eastern Division Finals Game 5: Syracuse Nationals at New York Knicks Box Score, April 4, 1951"](https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/195104040NYK.html).

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

1950–51-nba-season-by-team philadelphia-76ers-seasons 1950-in-sports-in-new-york-(state) 1951-in-sports-in-new-york-(state)

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 1950–51 Syracuse Nationals season — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report