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1950–51 Philadelphia Warriors season

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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
RadioWCAU
< 1949–50 1951–52 >

The 1950–51 NBA season was the Warriors' 5th season in the NBA.[1] One lesser known aspect of this season involved the fact that the Warriors had been involved with two failed rigged NBA games orchestrated by NBA referee Sol Levy, with Levy failing to help the Warriors win over the Baltimore Bullets on November 15 and against the New York Knicks on November 18. His failures in those matches (with him successfully rigging three out of six total games planned) later led to Levy being arrested for his crime and later be tried as an accomplice for his role in the CCNY point-shaving scandal in 1951.[2][3]

NBA draft

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Main article: 1950 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
T – Paul Arizin G/F  United States Villanova
2 14 Ed Dahler F  United States Duquesne
5 50 Ike Borsavage F/C  United States Temple

Roster

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

Regular season

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Season standings

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Eastern Division
 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
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

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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 —

Game log

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1950–51 Game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 November 4 Boston 77–68 Joe Fulks (17) 1–0
2 November 9 Fort Wayne 87–72 Paul Arizin (26) 2–0
3 November 12 at Minneapolis 70–83 Joe Fulks (22) 2–1
4 November 14 Baltimore 84–72 Paul Arizin (24) 3–1
5 November 15 at Baltimore 72–80 Joe Fulks (20) 3–2
6 November 16 Indianapolis 84–67 Paul Arizin (20) 4–2
7 November 18 at New York 87–93 Joe Fulks (22) 4–3
8 November 21 Washington 83–78 Paul Arizin (16) 5–3
9 November 23 Rochester 89–71 Joe Fulks (24) 6–3
10 November 28 vs Boston 76–74 Paul Arizin (23) 7–3
11 November 30 Syracuse 81–78 Paul Arizin (28) 8–3
12 December 3 at Minneapolis 83–95 Joe Fulks (26) 8–4
13 December 6 at Fort Wayne 73–92 Paul Arizin (16) 8–5
14 December 7 Indianapolis 102–73 Paul Arizin (26) 9–5
15 December 9 at Baltimore 75–76 Joe Fulks (15) 9–6
16 December 10 at Rochester 84–99 Paul Arizin (19) 9–7
17 December 12 New York 101–91 Andy Phillip (24) 10–7
18 December 14 Fort Wayne 94–82 Joe Fulks (27) 11–7
19 December 16 at Washington 96–88 Joe Fulks (22) 12–7
20 December 19 Minneapolis 71–67 Joe Fulks (23) 13–7
21 December 23 at New York 79–83 (2OT) Paul Arizin (22) 13–8
22 December 25 New York 84–86 (OT) Paul Arizin (24) 13–9
23 December 27 New York 74–79 Arizin, Phillip (16) 13–10
24 December 28 Syracuse 91–88 (OT) Joe Fulks (37) 14–10
25 December 31 at Minneapolis 73–83 Paul Arizin (20) 14–11
26 January 1 at Tri-Cities 92–109 Paul Arizin (19) 14–12
27 January 2 at Indianapolis 87–86 (OT) Paul Arizin (23) 15–12
28 January 4 Baltimore 92–69 Joe Fulks (20) 16–12
29 January 6 at Baltimore 57–64 Joe Fulks (23) 16–13
30 January 9 Washington 102–74 Joe Fulks (23) 17–13
31 January 11 Rochester 82–79 Joe Fulks (30) 18–13
32 January 13 Boston 87–97 Joe Fulks (25) 18–14
33 January 14 at Boston 73–98 Arizin, Fulks, Senesky (16) 18–15
34 January 18 Indianapolis 114–80 Paul Arizin (26) 19–15
35 January 20 at Rochester 101–87 Paul Arizin (26) 20–15
36 January 21 at Syracuse 96–86 Bill Closs (18) 21–15
37 January 23 Tri-Cities 88–77 Joe Fulks (29) 22–15
38 January 25 Minneapolis 71–90 Joe Fulks (22) 22–16
39 January 26 at Indianapolis 75–78 Joe Fulks (19) 22–17
40 January 28 at Tri-Cities 96–86 Joe Fulks (25) 23–17
41 January 31 at Fort Wayne 84–91 George Senesky (20) 23–18
42 February 1 Boston 82–80 (2OT) Joe Fulks (19) 24–18
43 February 3 at Rochester 61–65 Paul Arizin (21) 24–19
44 February 4 at Syracuse 75–78 Joe Fulks (24) 24–20
45 February 6 Tri-Cities 97–77 Joe Fulks (16) 25–20
46 February 8 Baltimore 86–75 Joe Fulks (22) 26–20
47 February 10 at Indianapolis 88–78 Arizin, Mikan (24) 27–20
48 February 11 at Tri-Cities 72–76 Paul Arizin (17) 27–21
49 February 13 Boston 104–98 Joe Fulks (30) 28–21
50 February 15 New York 93–98 Arizin, Fulks (26) 28–22
51 February 16 at Boston 76–81 Joe Fulks (18) 28–23
52 February 18 at Fort Wayne 70–75 Closs, Gardner (13) 28–24
53 February 20 Tri-Cities 99–69 Joe Fulks (19) 29–24
54 February 21 at Baltimore 83–81 George Senesky (23) 30–24
55 February 22 Rochester 98–90 Paul Arizin (25) 31–24
56 February 24 at New York 70–64 Joe Fulks (28) 32–24
57 February 25 at Boston 83–93 Arizin, Phillip (20) 32–25
58 February 27 Syracuse 86–72 Joe Fulks (28) 33–25
59 March 1 Minneapolis 97–77 Paul Arizin (22) 34–25
60 March 4 at Syracuse 79–85 Paul Arizin (21) 34–26
61 March 6 New York 96–76 Joe Fulks (23) 35–26
62 March 7 at Baltimore 95–84 Paul Arizin (20) 36–26
63 March 8 Baltimore 94–90 (2OT) Joe Fulks (34) 37–26
64 March 11 at Syracuse 95–91 Joe Fulks (26) 38–26
65 March 15 Fort Wayne 88–78 Joe Fulks (31) 39–26
66 March 17 Syracuse 100–86 Paul Arizin (21) 40–26

Playoffs

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1951 playoff game log
Division Semifinals: 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1)
Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Series
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

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References

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  1. ^ 1950–51 Philadelphia Warriors
  2. ^ Goldstein, Joe, "Explosion: 1951 scandals threaten college hoops" - ESPN - November 19, 2003
  3. ^ "When an NBA Referee Was Convicted of Shaving Points". July 24, 2007.

See also

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