1950–51 New York Knicks season

{{short description|Season of National Basketball Association team the New York Knicks}}

{{NBA season

| team = New York Knicks

| end_year = 1951

| wins = 36

| losses = 30

| division = Eastern

| division_place = 3

| coach = Joe Lapchick

| gm = Ned Irish

| arena = Madison Square Garden

| television = WPIX

| radio = WMGM

| playoffs = NBA Finals
(lost to Royals 3–4)

| bbr_team = NYK

}}

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.{{cite web|title=New York Knickerbockers Franchise Index|publisher=Basketball-Reference|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/|accessdate=January 12, 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100106014855/http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/| archivedate= 6 January 2010 | url-status= live}}

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.{{cite web|title=1951 NBA Playoff Summary|publisher=Basketball-Reference|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_1951.html|accessdate=January 12, 2010}}

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.{{cite web|title=1950 NBA Draft|publisher=Basketball-Reference|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1950.html|accessdate=December 1, 2012}}

class="wikitable sortable sortable"

! style="background:#FF7518;color:#FFFFFF;" width="7%"| Round

! style="background:#FF7518;color:#FFFFFF;" width="7%"| Pick

! style="background:#FF7518;color:#FFFFFF;" width="20%"| Player

! style="background:#FF7518;color:#FFFFFF;" width="15%"| Position

! style="background:#FF7518;color:#FFFFFF;" width="15%"| Nationality

! style="background:#FF7518;color:#FFFFFF;" width="20%"| School/Club Team

| 6

| Irwin Dambrot

| F

| {{flagu|United States}}

| CCNY

| 18

| Herb Scherer

| C

| {{flagu|United States}}

| Long Island

Roster

{{player2 | num = 12 | first = Vince | last = Boryla | pos = SF | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = 210 | college = Denver }}

{{player2 | num = 19 | first = Nathaniel | last = Clifton | pos = PF | ft = 6 | in = 6 | lbs = 220 | college = Xavier (Louisiana) }}

{{player2 | num = | first = Ray | last = Ellefson | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 8 | lbs = 230 | college = West Texas A&M University }}

{{player2 | num = 11 | first = Harry | last = Gallatin | pos = F/C | ft = 6 | in = 6 | lbs = 210 | college = Truman State }}

{{player2 | num = 14 | first = Gene | last = James | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 180 | college = Marshall }}

{{player2 | num = 17 | first = George | last = Kaftan | pos = SF | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 190 | college = Holy Cross }}

{{player2 | num = 6, 16 | first = Tony | last = Lavelli | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 185 | college = Yale }}

{{player2 | num = 7 | first = Ray | last = Lumpp | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = 178 | college = NYU }}

{{player2 | num = 15 | first = Dick | last = McGuire | pos = PG | ft = 6 | in = 0 | lbs = 180 | college = St. John's }}

{{player2 | num = 10 | first = Tex | last = Ritter | dab = basketball | pos = G/F | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = 185 | college = Eastern Kentucky }}

{{player2 | num = 18 | first = Connie | last = Simmons | pos = C/F | ft = 6 | in = 8 | lbs = 222 | college = }}

{{player2 | num = 9 | first = Ernie | last = Vandeweghe | pos = F/G | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 195 | college = Colgate }}

{{player2 | num = 5 | first = Max | last = Zaslofsky | pos = SG | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = 170 | college = St. John's }}

{{NBA roster footer

| head_coach =

Joe Lapchick

| asst_coach =

| roster_url = https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/1951.html

}}

Regular season

=Season standings=

:x = clinched playoff spot

=Record vs. opponents=

colspan=12\|1950–51 NBA records
class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
width=100\|Team !style="background:#003EA4;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"\|BAL !style="background:#006400;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"\|BOS !style="background:#012F6B;color:#D40032;width=35"\|FWP !style="background:#012F6B;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"\|IND !style="background:#7BA4DB;color:#FBE122;width=35"\|MIN !style="background:#003EA4;color:#E85109;width=35"\|NYK !style="background:#002F6C;color:#FFC72C;width=35"\|PHI !style="background:#0050B0;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"\|ROC !style="background:#012F6B;color:#D50033;width=35"\|SYR !style="background:#000000;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"\|TCB !style="background:#046B38;color:#FECD2A;width=35"\|WAS
style="text-align:left;" \| Baltimore	—	3–6	4–2	2–4	2–4	2–5	3–6	1–5	3–5	3–3	1–2
style="text-align:left;" \| Boston	6–3	—	5–1	4–1	3–3	4–4	4–4	2–4	2–5	4–2	4–3
style="text-align:left;" \| Fort Wayne	2–4	1–5	—	5–3	5–3	2–4	3–3	3–5	3–3	5–5	3–1
style="text-align:left;" \| Indianapolis	4–2	1–4	3–5	—	3–7	5–1	1–5	5–4	3–3	4–4	2–2
style="text-align:left;" \| Minneapolis	4–2	3–3	3–5	7–3	—	3–3	4–2	4–4	4–2	10–0	2–0
style="text-align:left;" \| New York	5–2	4–4	4–2	1–5	3–3	—	5–3	3–3	5–5	4–2	2–1
style="text-align:left;" \| Philadelphia	6–3	4–4	3–3	5–1	2–4	3–5	—	4–2	6–2	4–2	3–0
style="text-align:left;" \| Rochester	5–3	5–2	3–3	3–3	2–4	5–5	2–6	—	4–2	5–3	5–0
style="text-align:left;" \| Syracuse	5–3	5–2	3–3	3–3	2–4	5–5	2–6	2–4	—	3–3	2–0
style="text-align:left;" \| Tri-Cities	3–3	2–4	5–5	4–4	0–10	2–4	2–4	3–5	3–3	—	1–1
style="text-align:left;" \| Washington	2–1	3–4	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–2	0–3	0–5	0–2	1–1	—

=Game log=

colspan=11 style="background:#FF7518; color:white;" \| 1950–51 game log
class="toccolours collapsible" width=50% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center"
align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd" \| #	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 1	November 4	at Tri-Cities	76–87	Max Zaslofsky (17)	0–1
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 2	November 5	at Tri-Cities	95–98 (OT)	Vince Boryla (35)	0–2
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 3	November 7	at Indianapolis	73–86	Vince Boryla (18)	0–3
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 4	November 9	Indianapolis	73–85	Ernie Vandeweghe (14)	0–4
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 5	November 11	Syracuse	74–72 (OT)	Vince Boryla (19)	1–4
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 6	November 14	at Washington	92–87	Vince Boryla (21)	2–4
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 7	November 16	Minneapolis	71–69	Vince Boryla (25)	3–4
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 8	November 18	Philadelphia	93–87	Max Zaslofsky (21)	4–4
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 9	November 19	at Syracuse	83–96	Vince Boryla (22)	4–5
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 10	November 21	Boston	83–89	Max Zaslofsky (17)	4–6
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 11	November 22	at Baltimore	87–73	Vince Boryla (21)	5–6
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 12	November 23	Washington	109–78	Max Zaslofsky (20)	6–6
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 13	November 26	at Boston	90–93 (2OT)	Max Zaslofsky (17)	6–7
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 14	November 28	Syracuse	108–84	Max Zaslofsky (17)	7–7
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 15	November 30	Rochester	79–74	Harry Gallatin (13)	8–7
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 16	December 3	at Tri-Cities	100–92	Vince Boryla (27)	9–7
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 17	December 5	at Indianapolis	89–95	Nathaniel Clifton (16)	9–8
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 18	December 6	at Minneapolis	62–84	Max Zaslofsky (15)	9–9
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 19	December 9	at Washington	84–91	Ray Lumpp (18)	9–10
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 20	December 10	Indianapolis	106–84	Harry Gallatin (25)	10–10
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 21	December 12	at Philadelphia	91–101	Vince Boryla (26)	10–11
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 22	December 16	Fort Wayne	86–77	Vince Boryla (19)	11–11
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 23	December 17	at Syracuse	86–95	Nathaniel Clifton (20)	11–12
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 24	December 19	vs Boston	86–80	Vince Boryla (23)	12–12
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 25	December 23	Philadelphia	83–79 (2OT)	Boryla, Zaslofsky (15)	13–12
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 26	December 25	at Philadelphia	86–84 (OT)	Harry Gallatin (25)	14–12
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 27	December 27	at Philadelphia	79–74	Vince Boryla (18)	15–12
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 28	December 30	Boston	77–60	Vince Boryla (20)	16–12
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 29	December 31	at Boston	90–100	Max Zaslofsky (19)	16–13
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 30	January 1	at Rochester	88–91 (OT)	Connie Simmons (20)	16–14
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 31	January 6	Syracuse	85–87 (OT)	Max Zaslofsky (22)	16–15
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 32	January 7	at Fort Wayne	79–76	Boryla, Lavelli (14)	17–15
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 33	January 8	vs Fort Wayne	75–70 (OT)	Harry Gallatin (17)	18–15
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 34	January 10	at Minneapolis	65–70	Vince Boryla (17)	18–16
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 35	January 13	Baltimore	92–79	Harry Gallatin (20)	19–16
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 36	January 14	at Baltimore	91–93 (2OT)	Harry Gallatin (25)	19–17
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 37	January 18	Minneapolis	95–78	Vince Boryla (30)	20–17
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 38	January 21	Rochester	88–83 (OT)	Max Zaslofsky (27)	21–17
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 39	January 23	at Rochester	92–102 (4OT)	Vince Boryla (24)	21–18
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 40	January 24	Tri-Cities	95–85	Max Zaslofsky (22)	22–18
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 41	January 27	Boston	76–75	Max Zaslofsky (15)	23–18
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 42	January 31	Baltimore	89–77	Harry Gallatin (23)	24–18
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 43	February 1	at Syracuse	93–90	Boryla, Gallatin (21)	25–18
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 44	February 3	at Baltimore	83–72	Harry Gallatin (19)	26–18
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 45	February 4	Indianapolis	83–105	Boryla, Gallatin (17)	26–19
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 46	February 6	vs Baltimore	91–82	Harry Gallatin (29)	27–19
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 47	February 8	at Syracuse	83–96	Harry Gallatin (13)	27–20
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 48	February 10	Fort Wayne	73–62	Vince Boryla (18)	28–20
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 49	February 11	at Fort Wayne	96–120	Connie Simmons (21)	28–21
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 50	February 14	Rochester	81–65	Max Zaslofsky (17)	29–21
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 51	February 15	at Philadelphia	98–93	Harry Gallatin (22)	30–21
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 52	February 17	Syracuse	88–75	Max Zaslofsky (13)	31–21
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 53	February 21	at Boston	85–87 (OT)	Dick McGuire (16)	31–22
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 54	February 22	Tri-Cities	94–90	Connie Simmons (24)	32–22
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 55	February 24	Philadelphia	64–70	Clifton, Gallatin (13)	32–23
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 56	February 25	at Syracuse	93–98	Vince Boryla (21)	32–24
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 57	February 27	at Rochester	90–100	Max Zaslofsky (18)	32–25
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 58	March 1	at Boston	84–78	Max Zaslofsky (18)	33–25
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 59	March 3	Syracuse	97–78	Max Zaslofsky (22)	34–25
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 60	March 4	at Fort Wayne	98–105	Vince Boryla (29)	34–26
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 61	March 6	at Philadelphia	76–96	Vince Boryla (19)	34–27
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 62	March 8	Minneapolis	97–94 (OT)	Vince Boryla (18)	35–27
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 63	March 11	at Baltimore	89–112	Max Zaslofsky (18)	35–28
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 64	March 14	at Tri-Cities	92–91	Harry Gallatin (24)	36–28
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 65	March 15	at Indianapolis	70–74	Gallatin, Zaslofsky (14)	36–29
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 66	March 18	at Minneapolis	68–86	George Kaftan (16)	36–30

Playoffs

{{NBA game log start|New York Knicks|end_year=1951|playoffs=yes}}

{{NBA game log section|New York Knicks|Division semifinals|first=yes|playoffs=yes|show=no

| home_wins = 1

| home_losses = 0

| road_wins = 1

| road_losses = 0

| hide_rebounds = yes

| hide_attendance = yes

}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 1

| March 20

| @ Boston

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/195103200BOS.html W 83–69]

| Vince Boryla (20)

| —

| Boston Garden

| 1–0

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 2

| March 22

| Boston

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/195103220NYK.html W 92–78]

| Max Zaslofsky (27)

| Dick McGuire (9)

| Madison Square Garden III

| 2–0

{{NBA game log section|New York Knicks|Division finals|playoffs=yes|show=no

| home_wins = 3

| home_losses = 0

| road_wins = 0

| road_losses = 2

| hide_rebounds = yes

| hide_attendance = yes

}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 1

| March 28

| Syracuse

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/195103280NYK.html W 103–92]

| Vince Boryla (30)

| Dick McGuire (13)

| Madison Square Garden III

| 1–0

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 2

| March 29

| @ Syracuse

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/195103290SYR.html L 80–102]

| Ray Lumpp (16)

| Vandeweghe, McGuire (5)

| State Fair Coliseum

| 1–1

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 3

| March 31

| Syracuse

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/195103310NYK.html W 77–75 (OT)]

| Harry Gallatin (18)

| —

| Madison Square Garden III

| 2–1

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 4

| April 1

| @ Syracuse

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/195104010SYR.html L 83–90]

| Max Zaslofsky (20)

| Dick McGuire (9)

| State Fair Coliseum

| 2–2

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 5

| April 4

| Syracuse

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/195104040NYK.html W 83–81]

| Vince Boryla (23)

| Ernie Vandeweghe (5)

| Madison Square Garden III

| 3–2

{{NBA game log section|New York Knicks|NBA Finals|playoffs=yes|show=no

| home_wins = 2

| home_losses = 1

| road_wins = 1

| road_losses = 3

}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 1

| April 7

| @ Rochester

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/195104070ROC.html L 65–92]

| Vince Boryla (13)

| Simmons, Clifton (10)

| Ernie Vandeweghe (4)

| Edgerton Park Arena
4,200

| 0–1

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 2

| April 8

| @ Rochester

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/195104080ROC.html L 84–99]

| Max Zaslofsky (28)

| Harry Gallatin (17)

| Vince Boryla (7)

| Edgerton Park Arena
4,200

| 0–2

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 3

| April 11

| Rochester

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/195104110NYK.html L 71–78]

| Vince Boryla (20)

| Nat Clifton (11)

| Dick McGuire (7)

| 69th Regiment Armory
5,000

| 0–3

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 4

| April 13

| Rochester

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/195104130NYK.html W 79–73]

| Harry Gallatin (22)

| Nat Clifton (17)

| Zaslofsky, Clifton (6)

| 69th Regiment Armory
4,000

| 1–3

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 5

| April 15

| @ Rochester

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/195104150ROC.html W 92–89]

| Connie Simmons (26)

| Nat Clifton (10)

| Nat Clifton (7)

| Edgerton Park Arena
4,200

| 2–3

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 6

| April 18

| Rochester

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/195104180NYK.html W 80–73]

| Max Zaslofsky (23)

| Ernie Vandeweghe (8)

| Dick McGuire (6)

| 69th Regiment Armory
4,500

| 3–3

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 7

| April 21

| @ Rochester

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/195104210ROC.html 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{{cite web|title=All-NBA & All-ABA Teams|publisher=Basketball-Reference|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/all_league.html|accessdate=May 18, 2013}}

References

External links

[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/1951.html 1950–51 New York Knickerbockers Statistics]
[http://www.nba.com/history/finals/19501951.html Royals Reign, Despite Knicks' Unlikely Comeback]

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