1950–51 Philadelphia Warriors season

1950–51 Philadelphia Warriors season
Division champions
Head coach	Edward Gottlieb
Arena	Philadelphia Arena
Results
Record	40–26 (.606)
Place	Division: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finish	East Division Semifinals (eliminated 0–2)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	WCAU

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

NBA draft

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

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

Regular season

Season standings

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

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

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

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

• Paul Arizin, NBA All-Star Game
• Joe Fulks, NBA All-Star Game
• Andy Phillip, NBA All-Star Game
• Joe Fulks, All-NBA Second Team

See also

• 1950–51 NBA season