1950–51 Syracuse Nationals season

1950–51 Syracuse Nationals season
Head coach	Al Cervi
Arena	State Fair Coliseum
Results
Record	32–34 (.485)
Place	Division: 4th (Atlantic)
Playoff finish	East Division Finals (Eliminated 2–3)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	WNDR

The 1950–51 Syracuse Nationals season was the fifth season of the franchise and the second in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the regular season, the Nationals finished in fourth place in the Eastern Division and their 32–34 record gave them a berth in the NBA Playoffs. Syracuse faced the Philadelphia Warriors 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 Nationals lost to the New York Knicks 2–3 in a best-of-five series.

Regular 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

Game log

1950–51 Game Log Total: 32–34 (Home: 23–10 ; Road: 9–24)
November: 7–7 (Home: 6–2 ; Road: 1–5) Game Date Opponent Score Location Record 1 November 2 Fort Wayne Pistons 92–77 State Fair Coliseum 1–0 2 November 5 Minneapolis Lakers 90–87 State Fair Coliseum 2–0 3 November 9 Tri-Cities Blackhawks 89–70 State Fair Coliseum 3–0 4 November 11 @ New York Knicks 72–74 Madison Square Garden 3–1 5 November 12 Baltimore Bullets 83–57 State Fair Coliseum 4–1 6 November 14 @ Indianapolis Olympians 78–108 Hinkle Fieldhouse 4–2 7 November 15 @ Minneapolis Lakers 71–72 Minneapolis Auditorium 4–3 8 November 16 @ Tri-Cities Blackhawks 75–79 Wharton Field House 4–4 9 November 19 New York Knicks 96–83 State Fair Coliseum 5–4 10 November 23 Indianapolis Olympians 85–92 State Fair Coliseum 5–5 11 November 25 @ Washington Capitols 77–67 Uline Arena 6–5 12 November 26 Washington Capitols 90–76 State Fair Coliseum 7–5 13 November 28 New York Knicks 84–108 State Fair Coliseum 7–6 14 November 30 @ Philadelphia Warriors 78–81 Philadelphia Arena 7–7
December: 7–7 (Home: 3–3 ; Road: 4–4) Game Date Opponent Score Location Record
January: 7–7 (Home: 5–3 ; Road: 2–4) Game Date Opponent Score Location Record
February: 7–7 (Home: 5–2 ; Road: 2–5) Game Date Opponent Score Location Record
March: 4–6 (Home: 4–1 ; Road: 0–5) Game Date Opponent Score Location Record
1950–51 Schedule

Playoffs

East Division Semifinals

(1) Philadelphia Warriors vs. (4) Syracuse Nationals: Nationals win series 2–0

• Game 1 @ Philadelphia: Syracuse 91, Philadelphia 89 (OT)
• Game 2 @ Syracuse: Syracuse 90, Philadelphia 78

East Division Finals

(3) New York Knicks vs. (4) Syracuse Nationals: Knicks win series 3–2

• Game 1 @ New York: New York 103, Syracuse 92
• Game 2 @ Syracuse: Syracuse 102, New York 80
• Game 3 @ New York: New York 77, Syracuse 75 (OT)
• Game 4 @ Syracuse: Syracuse 90, New York 83
• Game 5 @ New York: New York 83, Syracuse 81

Awards and records

• Dolph Schayes, All-NBA Second Team

External links

• Nationals on Basketball Reference