1950–51 Philadelphia Warriors season
Division champions
Head coachEdward Gottlieb
ArenaPhiladelphia Arena
Results
Record40–26 (.606)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishEast Division Semifinals
(eliminated 0–2)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWCAU

The 1950–51 NBA season was the Warriors' 5th season in the NBA.[1]

NBA draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
T–Paul ArizinG/F United StatesVillanova
214Ed DahlerF United StatesDuquesne
550Ike BorsavageF/C United StatesTemple

Roster

Philadelphia Warriors 1950–51 roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.From
SF 11 United States Arizin, Paul 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Villanova
PG 5 United States Bobb, Nelson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Temple
F/C 19 United States Borsavage, Ike 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Temple
SF 16 United States Closs, Bill 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Rice
PF 10 United States Fulks, Joe 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Murray State
SG 12 United States Gardner, Vern 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Utah
C 6 United States Livingstone, Ron 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Wyoming
C 15 United States Mikan, Ed 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) DePaul
F/C 18 United States Mogus, Leo 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Youngstown State
G/F 14 United States Parham, Easy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Texas Wesleyan
G/F 7 United States Phillip, Andy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Illinois
PG 8 United States Senesky, George 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 179 lb (81 kg) Saint Joseph's
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Philadelphia Warriors4026.606–28–411–211–122–14
x-Boston Celtics3930.565125–510–234–221–19
x-New York Knicks3630.545422–510–254–021–15
x-Syracuse Nationals3234.485823–109–24–19–17
Baltimore Bullets2442.3641620–124–240–612–24
Washington Capitols1025.286307–123–120–16–12
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1950–51 NBA records
Team BAL BOS FWP IND MIN NYK PHI ROC SYR TCB WAS
Baltimore —3–64–22–42–42–53–61–53–53–31–2
Boston 6–3—5–14–13–34–44–42–42–54–24–3
Fort Wayne 2–41–5—5–35–32–43–33–53–35–53–1
Indianapolis 4–21–43–5—3–75–11–55–43–34–42–2
Minneapolis 4–23–33–57–3—3–34–24–44–210–02–0
New York 5–24–44–21–53–3—5–33–35–54–22–1
Philadelphia 6–34–43–35–12–43–5—4–26–24–23–0
Rochester 5–35–23–33–32–45–52–6—4–25–35–0
Syracuse 5–35–23–33–32–45–52–62–4—3–32–0
Tri-Cities 3–32–45–54–40–102–42–43–53–3—1–1
Washington 2–13–41–32–20–21–20–30–50–21–1—

Game log

1950–51 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1November 4Boston77–68Joe Fulks (17)1–0
2November 9Fort Wayne87–72Paul Arizin (26)2–0
3November 12at Minneapolis70–83Joe Fulks (22)2–1
4November 14Baltimore84–72Paul Arizin (24)3–1
5November 15at Baltimore72–80Joe Fulks (20)3–2
6November 16Indianapolis84–67Paul Arizin (20)4–2
7November 18at New York87–93Joe Fulks (22)4–3
8November 21Washington83–78Paul Arizin (16)5–3
9November 23Rochester89–71Joe Fulks (24)6–3
10November 28vs Boston76–74Paul Arizin (23)7–3
11November 30Syracuse81–78Paul Arizin (28)8–3
12December 3at Minneapolis83–95Joe Fulks (26)8–4
13December 6at Fort Wayne73–92Paul Arizin (16)8–5
14December 7Indianapolis102–73Paul Arizin (26)9–5
15December 9at Baltimore75–76Joe Fulks (15)9–6
16December 10at Rochester84–99Paul Arizin (19)9–7
17December 12New York101–91Andy Phillip (24)10–7
18December 14Fort Wayne94–82Joe Fulks (27)11–7
19December 16at Washington96–88Joe Fulks (22)12–7
20December 19Minneapolis71–67Joe Fulks (23)13–7
21December 23at New York79–83 (2OT)Paul Arizin (22)13–8
22December 25New York84–86 (OT)Paul Arizin (24)13–9
23December 27New York74–79Arizin, Phillip (16)13–10
24December 28Syracuse91–88 (OT)Joe Fulks (37)14–10
25December 31at Minneapolis73–83Paul Arizin (20)14–11
26January 1at Tri-Cities92–109Paul Arizin (19)14–12
27January 2at Indianapolis87–86 (OT)Paul Arizin (23)15–12
28January 4Baltimore92–69Joe Fulks (20)16–12
29January 6at Baltimore57–64Joe Fulks (23)16–13
30January 9Washington102–74Joe Fulks (23)17–13
31January 11Rochester82–79Joe Fulks (30)18–13
32January 13Boston87–97Joe Fulks (25)18–14
33January 14at Boston73–98Arizin, Fulks, Senesky (16)18–15
34January 18Indianapolis114–80Paul Arizin (26)19–15
35January 20at Rochester101–87Paul Arizin (26)20–15
36January 21at Syracuse96–86Bill Closs (18)21–15
37January 23Tri-Cities88–77Joe Fulks (29)22–15
38January 25Minneapolis71–90Joe Fulks (22)22–16
39January 26at Indianapolis75–78Joe Fulks (19)22–17
40January 28at Tri-Cities96–86Joe Fulks (25)23–17
41January 31at Fort Wayne84–91George Senesky (20)23–18
42February 1Boston82–80 (2OT)Joe Fulks (19)24–18
43February 3at Rochester61–65Paul Arizin (21)24–19
44February 4at Syracuse75–78Joe Fulks (24)24–20
45February 6Tri-Cities97–77Joe Fulks (16)25–20
46February 8Baltimore86–75Joe Fulks (22)26–20
47February 10at Indianapolis88–78Arizin, Mikan (24)27–20
48February 11at Tri-Cities72–76Paul Arizin (17)27–21
49February 13Boston104–98Joe Fulks (30)28–21
50February 15New York93–98Arizin, Fulks (26)28–22
51February 16at Boston76–81Joe Fulks (18)28–23
52February 18at Fort Wayne70–75Closs, Gardner (13)28–24
53February 20Tri-Cities99–69Joe Fulks (19)29–24
54February 21at Baltimore83–81George Senesky (23)30–24
55February 22Rochester98–90Paul Arizin (25)31–24
56February 24at New York70–64Joe Fulks (28)32–24
57February 25at Boston83–93Arizin, Phillip (20)32–25
58February 27Syracuse86–72Joe Fulks (28)33–25
59March 1Minneapolis97–77Paul Arizin (22)34–25
60March 4at Syracuse79–85Paul Arizin (21)34–26
61March 6New York96–76Joe Fulks (23)35–26
62March 7at Baltimore95–84Paul Arizin (20)36–26
63March 8Baltimore94–90 (2OT)Joe Fulks (34)37–26
64March 11at Syracuse95–91Joe Fulks (26)38–26
65March 15Fort Wayne88–78Joe Fulks (31)39–26
66March 17Syracuse100–86Paul Arizin (21)40–26

Playoffs

1951 playoff game log
Division Semifinals: 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocationSeries
1 March 20 Syracuse L 89–91 (OT) Joe Fulks (30) Ed Mikan (16) George Senesky (10) Philadelphia Arena 0–1
2 March 22 @ Syracuse L 78–90 Joe Fulks (22) Arizin, Phillip (8) Andy Phillip (9) State Fair Coliseum 0–2
1951 schedule

Awards and records

References

See also

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