1950–51 New York Knicks season

Season of National Basketball Association team the New York Knicks March 2026 August 2023 New York Knicks 1951 36 30 Eastern 3 Joe Lapchick Ned Irish Madison Square Garden WPIX WMGM NBA Finals(lost to Royals 3–4) NYK The 1950–51 New York Knickerbockers season was the fifth season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the regular season, the Knickerbockers finished in third place in the Eastern Division, and their 36–30 record gave them a berth in the NBA Playoffs for the fifth consecutive year.New York Knickerbockers Franchise Index Basketball-Reference https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/ January 12, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100106014855/http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/ 6 January 2010 live New York faced the Boston Celtics 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 Knickerbockers defeated the Syracuse Nationals 3–2 in a best-of-five series, earning the franchise's first trip to the NBA Finals. The Rochester Royals faced the Knickerbockers in the Finals, and won the first three games of the best-of-seven series. New York won the next three games to even up the series, but Rochester won the seventh game by a score of 79–75.1951 NBA Playoff Summary Basketball-Reference https://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_1951.html January 12, 2010 It was the first of four times in NBA history when a team came within one game of a reverse-sweep in a best of seven series.Mader Daniel How Lakers can be first team in NBA history to blow a 3–0 series lead in embarrassing collapse Yahoo Sports Sporting News May 1, 2026 https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/lakers-first-team-nba-history-093001690.html October 14, 2026 NBA draft 1950 NBA draft Note: This is not an extensive list; it only covers the first and second rounds, and any other players picked by the franchise that played at least one game in the league.1950 NBA Draft Basketball-Reference https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1950.html December 1, 2012 Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team 1 6 Irwin Dambrot F United States CCNY 2 18 Herb Scherer C United States Long Island Roster New York Knicks 1950-51 12 Vince Boryla SF 6 5 210 Denver 19 Nathaniel Clifton PF 6 6 220 Xavier (Louisiana) Ray Ellefson C 6 8 230 West Texas A&M University 11 Harry Gallatin F/C 6 6 210 Truman State 14 Gene James F 6 4 180 Marshall 17 George Kaftan SF 6 3 190 Holy Cross 6, 16 Tony Lavelli F 6 3 185 Yale 7 Ray Lumpp G 6 1 178 NYU 15 Dick McGuire PG 6 0 180 St. John's 10 Tex Ritter basketball G/F 6 2 185 Eastern Kentucky 18 Connie Simmons C/F 6 8 222 9 Ernie Vandeweghe F/G 6 3 195 Colgate 5 Max Zaslofsky SG 6 2 170 St. John's Joe Lapchick https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/1951.html Regular season Season standings NYK x = clinched playoff spot Game log 1950–51 game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 November 4 at Tri-Cities 76–87 Max Zaslofsky (17) 0–1 2 November 5 at Tri-Cities 95–98 (OT) Vince Boryla (35) 0–2 3 November 7 at Indianapolis 73–86 Vince Boryla (18) 0–3 4 November 9 Indianapolis 73–85 Ernie Vandeweghe (14) 0–4 5 November 11 Syracuse 74–72 (OT) Vince Boryla (19) 1–4 6 November 14 at Washington 92–87 Vince Boryla (21) 2–4 7 November 16 Minneapolis 71–69 Vince Boryla (25) 3–4 8 November 18 Philadelphia 93–87 Max Zaslofsky (21) 4–4 9 November 19 at Syracuse 83–96 Vince Boryla (22) 4–5 10 November 21 Boston 83–89 Max Zaslofsky (17) 4–6 11 November 22 at Baltimore 87–73 Vince Boryla (21) 5–6 12 November 23 Washington 109–78 Max Zaslofsky (20) 6–6 13 November 26 at Boston 90–93 (2OT) Max Zaslofsky (17) 6–7 14 November 28 Syracuse 108–84 Max Zaslofsky (17) 7–7 15 November 30 Rochester 79–74 Harry Gallatin (13) 8–7 16 December 3 at Tri-Cities 100–92 Vince Boryla (27) 9–7 17 December 5 at Indianapolis 89–95 Nathaniel Clifton (16) 9–8 18 December 6 at Minneapolis 62–84 Max Zaslofsky (15) 9–9 19 December 9 at Washington 84–91 Ray Lumpp (18) 9–10 20 December 10 Indianapolis 106–84 Harry Gallatin (25) 10–10 21 December 12 at Philadelphia 91–101 Vince Boryla (26) 10–11 22 December 16 Fort Wayne 86–77 Vince Boryla (19) 11–11 23 December 17 at Syracuse 86–95 Nathaniel Clifton (20) 11–12 24 December 19 vs Boston 86–80 Vince Boryla (23) 12–12 25 December 23 Philadelphia 83–79 (2OT) Boryla, Zaslofsky (15) 13–12 26 December 25 at Philadelphia 86–84 (OT) Harry Gallatin (25) 14–12 27 December 27 at Philadelphia 79–74 Vince Boryla (18) 15–12 28 December 30 Boston 77–60 Vince Boryla (20) 16–12 29 December 31 at Boston 90–100 Max Zaslofsky (19) 16–13 30 January 1 at Rochester 88–91 (OT) Connie Simmons (20) 16–14 31 January 6 Syracuse 85–87 (OT) Max Zaslofsky (22) 16–15 32 January 7 at Fort Wayne 79–76 Boryla, Lavelli (14) 17–15 33 January 8 vs Fort Wayne 75–70 (OT) Harry Gallatin (17) 18–15 34 January 10 at Minneapolis 65–70 Vince Boryla (17) 18–16 35 January 13 Baltimore 92–79 Harry Gallatin (20) 19–16 36 January 14 at Baltimore 91–93 (2OT) Harry Gallatin (25) 19–17 37 January 18 Minneapolis 95–78 Vince Boryla (30) 20–17 38 January 21 Rochester 88–83 (OT) Max Zaslofsky (27) 21–17 39 January 23 at Rochester 92–102 (4OT) Vince Boryla (24) 21–18 40 January 24 Tri-Cities 95–85 Max Zaslofsky (22) 22–18 41 January 27 Boston 76–75 Max Zaslofsky (15) 23–18 42 January 31 Baltimore 89–77 Harry Gallatin (23) 24–18 43 February 1 at Syracuse 93–90 Boryla, Gallatin (21) 25–18 44 February 3 at Baltimore 83–72 Harry Gallatin (19) 26–18 45 February 4 Indianapolis 83–105 Boryla, Gallatin (17) 26–19 46 February 6 vs Baltimore 91–82 Harry Gallatin (29) 27–19 47 February 8 at Syracuse 83–96 Harry Gallatin (13) 27–20 48 February 10 Fort Wayne 73–62 Vince Boryla (18) 28–20 49 February 11 at Fort Wayne 96–120 Connie Simmons (21) 28–21 50 February 14 Rochester 81–65 Max Zaslofsky (17) 29–21 51 February 15 at Philadelphia 98–93 Harry Gallatin (22) 30–21 52 February 17 Syracuse 88–75 Max Zaslofsky (13) 31–21 53 February 21 at Boston 85–87 (OT) Dick McGuire (16) 31–22 54 February 22 Tri-Cities 94–90 Connie Simmons (24) 32–22 55 February 24 Philadelphia 64–70 Clifton, Gallatin (13) 32–23 56 February 25 at Syracuse 93–98 Vince Boryla (21) 32–24 57 February 27 at Rochester 90–100 Max Zaslofsky (18) 32–25 58 March 1 at Boston 84–78 Max Zaslofsky (18) 33–25 59 March 3 Syracuse 97–78 Max Zaslofsky (22) 34–25 60 March 4 at Fort Wayne 98–105 Vince Boryla (29) 34–26 61 March 6 at Philadelphia 76–96 Vince Boryla (19) 34–27 62 March 8 Minneapolis 97–94 (OT) Vince Boryla (18) 35–27 63 March 11 at Baltimore 89–112 Max Zaslofsky (18) 35–28 64 March 14 at Tri-Cities 92–91 Harry Gallatin (24) 36–28 65 March 15 at Indianapolis 70–74 Gallatin, Zaslofsky (14) 36–29 66 March 18 at Minneapolis 68–86 George Kaftan (16) 36–30 Playoffs New York Knicks 1951 yes New York Knicks Division semifinals yes yes no 1 0 1 0 yes yes |- | 1 | March 20 | @ Boston | W 83–69 | Vince Boryla (20) | — | Boston Garden | 1–0 |- | 2 | March 22 | Boston | W 92–78 | Max Zaslofsky (27) | Dick McGuire (9) | Madison Square Garden III | 2–0 |- New York Knicks Division finals yes no 3 0 0 2 yes yes |- | 1 | March 28 | Syracuse | W 103–92 | Vince Boryla (30) | Dick McGuire (13) | Madison Square Garden III | 1–0 |- | 2 | March 29 | @ Syracuse | L 80–102 | Ray Lumpp (16) | Vandeweghe, McGuire (5) | State Fair Coliseum | 1–1 |- | 3 | March 31 | Syracuse | W 77–75 (OT) | Harry Gallatin (18) | — | Madison Square Garden III | 2–1 |- | 4 | April 1 | @ Syracuse | L 83–90 | Max Zaslofsky (20) | Dick McGuire (9) | State Fair Coliseum | 2–2 |- | 5 | April 4 | Syracuse | W 83–81 | Vince Boryla (23) | Ernie Vandeweghe (5) | Madison Square Garden III | 3–2 |- New York Knicks NBA Finals yes no 2 1 1 3 |- | 1 | April 7 | @ Rochester | L 65–92 | Vince Boryla (13) | Simmons, Clifton (10) | Ernie Vandeweghe (4) | Edgerton Park Arena4,200 | 0–1 |- | 2 | April 8 | @ Rochester | L 84–99 | Max Zaslofsky (28) | Harry Gallatin (17) | Vince Boryla (7) | Edgerton Park Arena4,200 | 0–2 |- | 3 | April 11 | Rochester | L 71–78 | Vince Boryla (20) | Nat Clifton (11) | Dick McGuire (7) | 69th Regiment Armory5,000 | 0–3 |- | 4 | April 13 | Rochester | W 79–73 | Harry Gallatin (22) | Nat Clifton (17) | Zaslofsky, Clifton (6) | 69th Regiment Armory4,000 | 1–3 |- | 5 | April 15 | @ Rochester | W 92–89 | Connie Simmons (26) | Nat Clifton (10) | Nat Clifton (7) | Edgerton Park Arena4,200 | 2–3 |- | 6 | April 18 | Rochester | W 80–73 | Max Zaslofsky (23) | Ernie Vandeweghe (8) | Dick McGuire (6) | 69th Regiment Armory4,500 | 3–3 |- | 7 | April 21 | @ Rochester | L 75–79 | Zaslofsky, Boryla (16) | Harry Gallatin (10) | Ernie Vandeweghe (5) | Edgerton Park Arena4,200 | 3–4 |- NYK 1951 yes Player statistics Season Playoffs Awards and records Dick McGuire, All-NBA Second TeamAll-NBA & All-ABA Teams Basketball-Reference https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/all_league.html May 18, 2013 See also 1950–51 NBA season References External links 1950–51 New York Knickerbockers Statistics Royals Reign, Despite Knicks' Unlikely Comeback New York Knicks New York Knicks seasons New York Knicks Category:New York Knicks 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