1950–51 New York Knicks season

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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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.^[3]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	6	Irwin Dambrot	F	United States	CCNY
2	18	Herb Scherer	C	United States	Long Island

Eastern Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
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

1950–51 NBA records
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	—

1950–51 game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	November 4	at Tri-Cities	76–87	Max Zaslofsky (17)	0–1
2	November 5	at Tri-Cities	95–98 (OT)	Vince Boryla (35)	0–2
3	November 7	at Indianapolis	73–86	Vince Boryla (18)	0–3
4	November 9	Indianapolis	73–85	Ernie Vandeweghe (14)	0–4
5	November 11	Syracuse	74–72 (OT)	Vince Boryla (19)	1–4
6	November 14	at Washington	92–87	Vince Boryla (21)	2–4
7	November 16	Minneapolis	71–69	Vince Boryla (25)	3–4
8	November 18	Philadelphia	93–87	Max Zaslofsky (21)	4–4
9	November 19	at Syracuse	83–96	Vince Boryla (22)	4–5
10	November 21	Boston	83–89	Max Zaslofsky (17)	4–6
11	November 22	at Baltimore	87–73	Vince Boryla (21)	5–6
12	November 23	Washington	109–78	Max Zaslofsky (20)	6–6
13	November 26	at Boston	90–93 (2OT)	Max Zaslofsky (17)	6–7
14	November 28	Syracuse	108–84	Max Zaslofsky (17)	7–7
15	November 30	Rochester	79–74	Harry Gallatin (13)	8–7
16	December 3	at Tri-Cities	100–92	Vince Boryla (27)	9–7
17	December 5	at Indianapolis	89–95	Nathaniel Clifton (16)	9–8
18	December 6	at Minneapolis	62–84	Max Zaslofsky (15)	9–9
19	December 9	at Washington	84–91	Ray Lumpp (18)	9–10
20	December 10	Indianapolis	106–84	Harry Gallatin (25)	10–10
21	December 12	at Philadelphia	91–101	Vince Boryla (26)	10–11
22	December 16	Fort Wayne	86–77	Vince Boryla (19)	11–11
23	December 17	at Syracuse	86–95	Nathaniel Clifton (20)	11–12
24	December 19	vs Boston	86–80	Vince Boryla (23)	12–12
25	December 23	Philadelphia	83–79 (2OT)	Boryla, Zaslofsky (15)	13–12
26	December 25	at Philadelphia	86–84 (OT)	Harry Gallatin (25)	14–12
27	December 27	at Philadelphia	79–74	Vince Boryla (18)	15–12
28	December 30	Boston	77–60	Vince Boryla (20)	16–12
29	December 31	at Boston	90–100	Max Zaslofsky (19)	16–13
30	January 1	at Rochester	88–91 (OT)	Connie Simmons (20)	16–14
31	January 6	Syracuse	85–87 (OT)	Max Zaslofsky (22)	16–15
32	January 7	at Fort Wayne	79–76	Boryla, Lavelli (14)	17–15
33	January 8	vs Fort Wayne	75–70 (OT)	Harry Gallatin (17)	18–15
34	January 10	at Minneapolis	65–70	Vince Boryla (17)	18–16
35	January 13	Baltimore	92–79	Harry Gallatin (20)	19–16
36	January 14	at Baltimore	91–93 (2OT)	Harry Gallatin (25)	19–17
37	January 18	Minneapolis	95–78	Vince Boryla (30)	20–17
38	January 21	Rochester	88–83 (OT)	Max Zaslofsky (27)	21–17
39	January 23	at Rochester	92–102 (4OT)	Vince Boryla (24)	21–18
40	January 24	Tri-Cities	95–85	Max Zaslofsky (22)	22–18
41	January 27	Boston	76–75	Max Zaslofsky (15)	23–18
42	January 31	Baltimore	89–77	Harry Gallatin (23)	24–18
43	February 1	at Syracuse	93–90	Boryla, Gallatin (21)	25–18
44	February 3	at Baltimore	83–72	Harry Gallatin (19)	26–18
45	February 4	Indianapolis	83–105	Boryla, Gallatin (17)	26–19
46	February 6	vs Baltimore	91–82	Harry Gallatin (29)	27–19
47	February 8	at Syracuse	83–96	Harry Gallatin (13)	27–20
48	February 10	Fort Wayne	73–62	Vince Boryla (18)	28–20
49	February 11	at Fort Wayne	96–120	Connie Simmons (21)	28–21
50	February 14	Rochester	81–65	Max Zaslofsky (17)	29–21
51	February 15	at Philadelphia	98–93	Harry Gallatin (22)	30–21
52	February 17	Syracuse	88–75	Max Zaslofsky (13)	31–21
53	February 21	at Boston	85–87 (OT)	Dick McGuire (16)	31–22
54	February 22	Tri-Cities	94–90	Connie Simmons (24)	32–22
55	February 24	Philadelphia	64–70	Clifton, Gallatin (13)	32–23
56	February 25	at Syracuse	93–98	Vince Boryla (21)	32–24
57	February 27	at Rochester	90–100	Max Zaslofsky (18)	32–25
58	March 1	at Boston	84–78	Max Zaslofsky (18)	33–25
59	March 3	Syracuse	97–78	Max Zaslofsky (22)	34–25
60	March 4	at Fort Wayne	98–105	Vince Boryla (29)	34–26
61	March 6	at Philadelphia	76–96	Vince Boryla (19)	34–27
62	March 8	Minneapolis	97–94 (OT)	Vince Boryla (18)	35–27
63	March 11	at Baltimore	89–112	Max Zaslofsky (18)	35–28
64	March 14	at Tri-Cities	92–91	Harry Gallatin (24)	36–28
65	March 15	at Indianapolis	70–74	Gallatin, Zaslofsky (14)	36–29
66	March 18	at Minneapolis	68–86	George Kaftan (16)	36–30

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

v t e 1950–51 NBA season
NBA draft All-Star Game Playoffs Finals Transactions
Eastern	Baltimore Boston New York Philadelphia Syracuse Washington
Western	Fort Wayne Indianapolis Minneapolis Rochester Tri-Cities

v t e New York Knicks
Founded in 1946 Based in New York City, New York
Franchise	History All-time roster Draft history Head coaches Seasons Current season
Arenas	Madison Square Garden III 69th Regiment Armory Madison Square Garden IV
Personnel	Owner(s) Madison Square Garden Sports (James Dolan, chairman) President Leon Rose General manager Vacant Head coach Tom Thibodeau
G League affiliate	Westchester Knicks
Retired numbers	10 12 15 15 19 22 24 33 613
NBA Championships	1970 1973
Rivalries	Boston Celtics Brooklyn Nets Chicago Bulls Indiana Pacers Miami Heat
Culture and lore	Broadcasters Dancing Harry Eddie Spike Lee Diedrich Knickerbocker Whatever Happened to Micheal Ray? Theme from New York, New York Mike Walczewski George Kalinsky Trent Tucker Rule Disputed foul against Scottie Pippen June 17th, 1994 Knicks–Nuggets brawl Linsanity Sweetwater

1950–51 New York Knicks season

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NBA draft

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Playoffs

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Awards and records

See also

References

External links