1950–51 Boston Celtics season
Appearance
1950–51 Boston Celtics season | |
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Head coach | Red Auerbach |
Arena | Boston Arena Boston Garden |
Results | |
Record | 39–30 (.565) |
Place | Division: 2nd (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | East Division Semi-finals (lost to Knicks 0–2) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Radio | WHDH |
The 1950–51 Boston Celtics season was the fifth season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). It was Red Auerbach's first season as head coach. This was the first winning season in franchise history, finishing 9 games above .500, beginning a streak of 19 consecutive winning seasons. They also qualified for the playoffs for the second time in franchise history, starting a streak of 19 consecutive postseason appearances.
Draft picks
[edit]Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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1 | 1 | Chuck Share | C | ![]() |
Bowling Green |
2 | 12 | Chuck Cooper | F | ![]() |
Duquesne |
3 | 24 | Bob Donham | G/F | ![]() |
Ohio State |
6 | 60 | Francis Mahoney | F | ![]() |
Brown |
Roster
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Roster |
Pre-season
[edit]1950 Pre-season Game Log: 5–0 (home: 5–0) | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Attendance | Record | Recap | ||
1 | October 18 (in Bangor, Maine) | Baltimore Bullets | 92–102 | Boston Celtics | 1–0 | [1] | ||||
2 | October 19 (in Houlton, Maine) | Baltimore Bullets | 90–100 | Boston Celtics | 1,900 | 2–0 | [2] | |||
3 | October 22 (in Burlington, Vermont) | Baltimore Bullets | 60–72 | Boston Celtics | 3–0 | [3] | ||||
4 | October 23 (in Newport, New Hampshire) | Baltimore Bullets | 66–86 | Boston Celtics | 4–0 | [4] | ||||
5 | October 30 | Baltimore Bullets | 83–98 | Boston Celtics | 5–0 | [5] |
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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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 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]1950–51 NBA records | |||||||||||
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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
[edit]1950–51 game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | November 1 | at Fort Wayne | 84–107 | Bob Cousy (16) | 0–1 | |||||
2 | November 2 | at Tri-Cities | 65–79 | Ed Macauley (22) | 0–2 | |||||
3 | November 4 | at Philadelphia | 68–77 | Ed Macauley (19) | 0–3 | |||||
4 | November 7 | vs Baltimore | 83–64 | Bob Donham (15) | 1–3 | |||||
5 | November 9 | Minneapolis | 76–71 | Ed Macauley (22) | 2–3 | |||||
6 | November 11 | at Washington | 78–77 | Ed Macauley (24) | 3–3 | |||||
7 | November 12 | Indianapolis | 78–75 | Ed Macauley (19) | 4–3 | |||||
8 | November 15 | vs Washington | 79–74 | Chuck Cooper (15) | 5–3 | |||||
9 | November 16 | Baltimore | 82–73 | Ed Macauley (26) | 6–3 | |||||
10 | November 18 | at Baltimore | 80–76 | Ed Macauley (16) | 7–3 | |||||
11 | November 19 | Washington | 75–81 | Cousy, Macauley (23) | 7–4 | |||||
12 | November 21 | at New York | 89–83 | Cooper, Macauley (18) | 8–4 | |||||
13 | November 23 | Tri-Cities | 94–78 | Ed Macauley (23) | 9–4 | |||||
14 | November 25 | at Rochester | 82–90 | Ed Leede (19) | 9–5 | |||||
15 | November 26 | New York | 93–90 (2OT) | Ed Macauley (26) | 10–5 | |||||
16 | November 28 | vs Philadelphia | 74–76 | Sidney Hertzberg (19) | 10–6 | |||||
17 | November 30 | Washington | 81–85 | Sidney Hertzberg (22) | 10–7 | |||||
18 | December 2 | at Washington | 83–75 | Ed Macauley (22) | 11–7 | |||||
19 | December 3 | Baltimore | 97–85 | Bob Cousy (22) | 12–7 | |||||
20 | December 9 | Syracuse | 85–86 | Cousy, Macauley (19) | 12–8 | |||||
21 | December 12 | Fort Wayne | 87–81 | Ed Macauley (25) | 13–8 | |||||
22 | December 13 | at Washington | 79–110 | Ed Macauley (19) | 13–9 | |||||
23 | December 16 | at Baltimore | 88–119 | Bob Cousy (28) | 13–10 | |||||
24 | December 17 | Rochester | 88–75 | Bob Cousy (25) | 14–10 | |||||
25 | December 19 | vs New York | 80–86 | Ed Macauley (23) | 14–11 | |||||
26 | December 23 | Minneapolis | 87–81 | Ed Macauley (23) | 15–11 | |||||
27 | December 25 | at Rochester | 77–90 | Ed Macauley (23) | 15–12 | |||||
28 | December 26 | Syracuse | 102–100 | Ed Macauley (24) | 16–12 | |||||
29 | December 30 | at New York | 60–77 | Bob Cousy (19) | 16–13 | |||||
30 | December 31 | New York | 100–90 | Ed Macauley (33) | 17–13 | |||||
31 | January 1 | at Syracuse | 89–106 | Ed Macauley (14) | 17–14 | |||||
32 | January 3 | at Tri-Cities | 84–82 | Ed Macauley (28) | 18–14 | |||||
33 | January 5 | at Minneapolis | 54–69 | Cousy, Hertzberg, Macauley (13) | 18–15 | |||||
34 | January 7 | Washington | 91–86 (OT) | Ed Macauley (25) | 19–15 | |||||
35 | January 13 | at Philadelphia | 97–87 | Bob Cousy (34) | 20–15 | |||||
36 | January 14 | Philadelphia | 98–73 | Macauley, Mahnken (18) | 21–15 | |||||
37 | January 18 | Tri-Cities | 105–85 | Ed Macauley (25) | 22–15 | |||||
38 | January 20 | at Tri-Cities | 85–91 | Bob Cousy (16) | 22–16 | |||||
39 | January 21 | at Fort Wayne | 112–106 (OT) | Ed Macauley (22) | 23–16 | |||||
40 | January 23 | at Indianapolis | 83–79 (OT) | Ed Macauley (21) | 24–16 | |||||
41 | January 25 | Fort Wayne | 99–97 | Leede, Macauley (19) | 25–16 | |||||
42 | January 27 | at New York | 75–76 | Bob Cousy (17) | 25–17 | |||||
43 | January 28 | at Syracuse | 83–104 | Bob Cousy (20) | 25–18 | |||||
44 | January 30 | Syracuse | 96–87 | Cousy, Macauley (23) | 26–18 | |||||
45 | February 1 | at Philadelphia | 80–82 (2OT) | Ed Macauley (26) | 26–19 | |||||
46 | February 2 | Syracuse | 96–90 (OT) | Ed Macauley (22) | 27–19 | |||||
47 | February 4 | at Minneapolis | 84–98 | Kleggie Hermsen (23) | 27–20 | |||||
48 | February 5 | vs Indianapolis | 70–57 | Kleggie Hermsen (16) | 28–20 | |||||
49 | February 8 | Tri-Cities | 85–70 | Bob Cousy (19) | 29–20 | |||||
50 | February 10 | at Baltimore | 76–81 | Ed Macauley (21) | 29–21 | |||||
51 | February 11 | Rochester | 93–77 | Ed Macauley (29) | 30–21 | |||||
52 | February 13 | at Philadelphia | 98–104 | Ed Macauley (32) | 30–22 | |||||
53 | February 15 | at Syracuse | 80–94 | Bob Cousy (19) | 30–23 | |||||
54 | February 16 | Philadelphia | 81–76 | Ed Macauley (26) | 31–23 | |||||
55 | February 18 | Indianapolis | 78–75 | Ed Macauley (24) | 32–23 | |||||
56 | February 21 | New York | 87–85 (OT) | Ed Macauley (36) | 33–23 | |||||
57 | February 22 | vs Baltimore | 72–69 | Ed Macauley (17) | 34–23 | |||||
58 | February 24 | at Baltimore | 75–84 | Sidney Hertzberg (18) | 34–24 | |||||
59 | February 25 | Philadelphia | 93–83 | Bob Cousy (39) | 35–24 | |||||
60 | March 1 | New York | 78–84 | Ed Macauley (24) | 35–25 | |||||
61 | March 3 | at Baltimore | 95–87 | Ed Macauley (21) | 36–25 | |||||
62 | March 4 | Minneapolis | 92–86 | Bob Cousy (19) | 37–25 | |||||
63 | March 6 | at Indianapolis | 73–75 | Bob Cousy (19) | 37–26 | |||||
64 | March 7 | at Fort Wayne | 99–95 | Ed Macauley (26) | 38–26 | |||||
65 | March 11 | at Minneapolis | 96–98 (2OT) | Ed Macauley (26) | 38–27 | |||||
66 | March 13 | Rochester | 107–111 (2OT) | Bob Cousy (32) | 38–28 | |||||
67 | March 16 | Fort Wayne | 90–88 | Ed Macauley (27) | 39–28 | |||||
68 | March 17 | at Rochester | 89–114 | Ed Macauley (16) | 39–29 | |||||
69 | March 18 | at Syracuse | 89–97 | Bob Cousy (28) | 39–30 |
Playoffs
[edit]1951 playoff game log | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Division Semi-finals: 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1)
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1951 schedule |
Player statistics
[edit]Season
[edit]Playoffs
[edit]Awards and records
[edit]Transactions
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References
[edit]- ^ "Boston Conquers Bullets, 102 To 92". The Baltimore Sun. October 19, 1950.
- ^ "Celtics Win Again". Associated Press. October 20, 1950. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
- ^ "Boston Conquers Bullets, 72 To 60". The Baltimore Sun. October 22, 1950.
- ^ "Boston Trounces Bullets, 86 To 66". The Baltimore Sun. October 24, 1950.
- ^ "Boston Beats Baltimore, 98–85; Cousy Scores 20". Chicago Daily Tribune. October 30, 1950.