1950–51 Indianapolis Olympians season

March 2026 August 2023 Indianapolis Olympians 1951 31 37 Western 4 Cliff Barker (24–32) Wally Jones (7–5) Butler Fieldhouse WXLW West Division Semifinals(eliminated 1–2) INO The 1950–51 Indianapolis Olympians season was the Olympians' 2nd season in the NBA.1950–51 Indianapolis Olympians One lesser known aspect regarding this season involves how an NBA referee named Sol Levy would successfully rig a game involving the Olympians on November 12, 1950, to have them lose their match to the Boston Celtics instead, which later led to him being caught in the act and arrested as an eventual accomplice in the CCNY point-shaving scandal of 1951.Goldstein, Joe, "Explosion: 1951 scandals threaten college hoops" - ESPN - November 19, 200324 July 2007 When an NBA Referee Was Convicted of Shaving Points https://www.espn.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/3690/when-an-nba-referee-was-convicted-of-shaving-points Despite finishing this season with a worse 31–37 record in a newly realigned Western Division, the Olympians would qualify for the NBA playoffs once again for the revised formatting for the 1951 NBA playoffs due to their record being much better than that of the Tri-Cities Blackhawks (who would later move to Milwaukee to become the Milwaukee Hawks for the following season of play), though they would lose in the Western Division Semifinals in a close 2–1 series defeat to the three-time defending NBL/BAA/NBA champion Minneapolis Lakers, who later on lost to the eventual new champions of the NBA this season in the Rochester Royals. NBA draft 1950 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 8 Bob Lavoy F/C Western Kentucky 2 20 Paul Unruh F Bradley 3 32 Chuck Mrazovich F Eastern Kentucky 6 68 Ralph O'Brien G Butler 7 80 Leon Blevins G Arizona Roster Indianapolis Olympians 1950–51 |- 10 Cliff Barker SG 6 2 185 Kentucky 20 Leo Barnhorst SF 6 4 190 Notre Dame 12 Ralph Beard G 5 10 175 Kentucky 9 Leon Blevins G 6 2 160 Arizona 15 Alex Groza C 6 7 218 Kentucky 7 Bruce Hale G/F 6 1 170 Santa Clara 14 Joe Holland basketball SF 6 4 185 Kentucky 17 Wallace Jones PF 6 4 225 Kentucky 8 Bob Lavoy PF 6 7 185 Western Kentucky 18 Don Lofgran F/C 6 5 200 San Francisco 19 John Mahnken C 6 8 220 Georgetown 16 Mal McMullen F/C 6 5 210 Xavier 19 Chuck Mrazovich F 6 5 185 Eastern Kentucky 18 Carl Shaeffer F/G 6 3 185 Alabama 5 Paul Walther SG 6 2 160 Tennessee Cliff Barker Wally Jones Regular season Season standings INO Game log 1950–51 Game log # Date Opponent Score High points Location Record 1 November 1 @ Washington L 84–100 Alex Groza (23) 0–1 2 November 4 @ Baltimore L 86–102 Alex Groza (26) 0–2 3 November 5 @ Fort Wayne L 63–68 Alex Groza (31) 0–3 4 November 7 New York W 86–73 Alex Groza (18) 1–3 5 November 9 @ New York W 85–73 Bob Lavoy (23) 2–3 6 November 12 @ Boston L 75–78 Ralph Beard (22) 2–4 7 November 14 Syracuse W 108–78 Bob Lavoy (21) 3–4 8 November 16 @ Philadelphia L 67–85 Alex Groza (23) 3–5 9 November 18 Tri-Cities W 74–67 Alex Groza (17) 4–5 10 November 19 @ Tri-Cities L 81–104 Alex Groza (16) 4–6 11 November 21 Rochester W 91–79 Alex Groza (32) 5–6 12 November 23 @ Syracuse W 92–85 Ralph Beard (25) 6–6 13 November 25 Baltimore W 92–81 Alex Groza (23) 7–6 14 November 26 @ Fort Wayne L 70–79 Alex Groza (21) 7–7 15 November 28 Fort Wayne W 90–66 Alex Groza (25) 8–7 16 December 1 Minneapolis W 66–65 Ralph Beard (18) 9–7 17 December 2 @ Rochester L 72–94 Bob Lavoy (15) 9–8 18 December 3 @ Syracuse L 81–84 Alex Groza (18) 9–9 19 December 5 New York W 95–89 Ralph Beard (20) 10–9 20 December 6 @ Washington W 101–79 Wallace Jones (34) 11–9 21 December 7 @ Philadelphia L 73–102 Alex Groza (18) 11–10 22 December 10 @ New York L 84–106 Alex Groza (33) 11–11 23 December 12 Tri-Cities W 75–74 Ralph Beard (21) 12–11 24 December 15 Minneapolis L 71–82 Alex Groza (19) 12–12 25 December 17 @ Minneapolis L 60–79 Alex Groza (20) 12–13 26 December 19 Fort Wayne L 92–93 Alex Groza (34) 12–14 27 December 23 @ Washington W 87–79 (OT) Paul Walther (17) 13–14 28 December 26 Washington L 81–88 Alex Groza (27) 13–15 29 December 29 Tri-Cities W 112–81 Ralph Beard (28) 14–15 30 January 2 Philadelphia L 86–87 (OT) Beard, Groza (19) 14–16 31 January 4 @ Fort Wayne W 94–83 Ralph Beard (28) 15–16 32 January 6 @ Rochester W 75–73 (6OT) Beard, Groza (17) 16–16 33 January 7 @ Tri-Cities L 79–83 Alex Groza (20) 16–17 34 January 9 Rochester L 59–77 Alex Groza (19) 16–18 35 January 12 Fort Wayne L 81–89 Bob Lavoy (18) 16–19 36 January 14 @ Minneapolis L 84–86 (OT) Ralph Beard (22) 16–20 37 January 16 Minneapolis W 82–68 Alex Groza (19) 17–20 38 January 18 @ Philadelphia L 80–114 Alex Groza (24) 17–21 39 January 20 @ Baltimore L 63–102 Alex Groza (24) 17–22 40 January 23 Boston L 79–83 (OT) Ralph Beard (27) 17–23 41 January 26 Philadelphia W 78–75 Alex Groza (27) 18–23 42 January 28 @ Minneapolis L 75–101 Alex Groza (24) 18–24 43 January 29 Tri-Cities W 87–85 Alex Groza (30) 19–24 44 January 31 Rochester W 68–63 Alex Groza (28) 20–24 45 February 3 Minneapolis L 84–89 Alex Groza (21) 20–25 46 February 4 @ New York W 105–83 Ralph Beard (31) 21–25 47 February 5 vs. Boston L 57–70 Ralph Beard (24) 21–26 48 February 6 Rochester W 78–76 Ralph Beard (24) 22–26 49 February 10 Philadelphia L 78–88 Alex Groza (25) 22–27 50 February 11 @ Minneapolis L 78–91 Alex Groza (21) 22–28 51 February 13 Fort Wayne W 80–78 Beard, Groza (21) 23–28 52 February 14 @ Tri-Cities L 91–98 Alex Groza (24) 23–29 53 February 15 vs. Baltimore W 69–60 Alex Groza (24) 24–29 54 February 16 Minneapolis L 71–76 Ralph Beard (24) 24–30 55 February 18 @ Boston L 75–78 Beard, Groza (17) 24–31 56 February 20 Syracuse L 79–81 Alex Groza (29) 24–32 57 February 25 @ Minneapolis W 75–73 Alex Groza (19) 25–32 58 February 27 Baltimore W 96–74 Ralph Beard (32) 26–32 59 March 4 @ Tri-Cities L 72–87 Ralph Beard (20) 26–33 60 March 6 Boston W 75–73 Alex Groza (20) 27–33 61 March 8 @ Syracuse L 97–121 Alex Groza (27) 27–34 62 March 9 Rochester L 84–91 Alex Groza (23) 27–35 63 March 11 @ Rochester W 95–88 Ralph Beard (35) 28–35 64 March 13 Syracuse W 98–93 Alex Groza (28) 29–35 65 March 14 @ Fort Wayne L 109–115 Alex Groza (35) 29–36 66 March 15 New York W 74–70 Alex Groza (26) 30–36 67 March 17 @ Baltimore W 92–91 Alex Groza (37) 31–36 68 March 18 @ Rochester L 79–91 Ralph Beard (22) 31–37 Playoffs West Division Semifinals (1) Minneapolis Lakers vs. (4) Indianapolis Olympians: Lakers win series 2-1 Game 1 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 95, Indianapolis 81 Game 2 @ Indianapolis: Indianapolis 108, Minneapolis 88 Game 3 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 85, Indianapolis 80 Awards and records Alex Groza, All-NBA First Team Ralph Beard, All-NBA First Team References Category:Indianapolis Olympians seasons Indianapolis Indianapolis Olympians Indianapolis Olympians