1950-51 New York Knicks Schedule and Results

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Record: 36-30, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division

Coach: Joe Lapchick (36-30)

PTS/G: 85.8 (2nd of 11) Opp PTS/G: 85.4 (6th of 11)

SRS: 0.49 (5th of 11) Pace: 94.8 (10th of 11)

Off Rtg: 88.0 (2nd of 11) Def Rtg: 87.6 (9th of 11) Net Rtg: +0.4 (5th of 11)

Expected W-L: 34-32 (5th of 11)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (III)

NBA 1951 Playoffs:
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Boston Celtics (Series Stats)
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (3-2) versus Syracuse Nationals (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Finals (3-4) versus Rochester Royals (Series Stats)

NBA Runners-up
Eastern Div Champs

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Sat, Nov 4, 1950	Box Score	@	Tri-Cities Blackhawks	L		76	87	0	1	L 1
2	Sun, Nov 5, 1950	Box Score	@	Tri-Cities Blackhawks	L	OT	95	98	0	2	L 2
3	Tue, Nov 7, 1950	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L		73	86	0	3	L 3
4	Thu, Nov 9, 1950	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	L		73	85	0	4	L 4
5	Sat, Nov 11, 1950	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W	OT	74	72	1	4	W 1
6	Tue, Nov 14, 1950	Box Score	@	Washington Capitols	W		92	87	2	4	W 2
7	Thu, Nov 16, 1950	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		71	69	3	4	W 3
8	Sat, Nov 18, 1950	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		93	87	4	4	W 4
9	Sun, Nov 19, 1950	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		83	96	4	5	L 1
10	Tue, Nov 21, 1950	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		83	89	4	6	L 2	9,500
11	Wed, Nov 22, 1950	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		87	73	5	6	W 1
12	Thu, Nov 23, 1950	Box Score		Washington Capitols	W		109	78	6	6	W 2
13	Sun, Nov 26, 1950	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	2OT	90	93	6	7	L 1	8,332
14	Tue, Nov 28, 1950	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		108	84	7	7	W 1
15	Thu, Nov 30, 1950	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		79	74	8	7	W 2
16	Sun, Dec 3, 1950	Box Score	@	Tri-Cities Blackhawks	W		100	92	9	7	W 3
17	Tue, Dec 5, 1950	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L		89	95	9	8	L 1
18	Wed, Dec 6, 1950	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		62	84	9	9	L 2
19	Sat, Dec 9, 1950	Box Score	@	Washington Capitols	L		84	91	9	10	L 3
20	Sun, Dec 10, 1950	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W		106	84	10	10	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Tue, Dec 12, 1950	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		91	101	10	11	L 1
22	Sat, Dec 16, 1950	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		86	77	11	11	W 1
23	Sun, Dec 17, 1950	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		86	95	11	12	L 1
24	Tue, Dec 19, 1950	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W		86	80	12	12	W 1	6,396		at Providence, RI
25	Sat, Dec 23, 1950	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W	2OT	83	79	13	12	W 2
26	Mon, Dec 25, 1950	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W	OT	86	84	14	12	W 3
27	Wed, Dec 27, 1950	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		79	74	15	12	W 4			at Hershey, PA
28	Sat, Dec 30, 1950	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		77	60	16	12	W 5	11,695
29	Sun, Dec 31, 1950	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		90	100	16	13	L 1	5,456
30	Mon, Jan 1, 1951	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L	OT	88	91	16	14	L 2
31	Sat, Jan 6, 1951	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L	OT	85	87	16	15	L 3
32	Sun, Jan 7, 1951	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		79	76	17	15	W 1
33	Mon, Jan 8, 1951	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W	OT	75	70	18	15	W 2			at Chicago, IL
34	Wed, Jan 10, 1951	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		65	70	18	16	L 1
35	Sat, Jan 13, 1951	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		92	79	19	16	W 1
36	Sun, Jan 14, 1951	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L	2OT	91	93	19	17	L 1
37	Thu, Jan 18, 1951	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W		95	78	20	17	W 1
38	Sun, Jan 21, 1951	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W	OT	88	83	21	17	W 2
39	Tue, Jan 23, 1951	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L	4OT	92	102	21	18	L 1
40	Wed, Jan 24, 1951	Box Score		Tri-Cities Blackhawks	W		95	85	22	18	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Sat, Jan 27, 1951	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		76	75	23	18	W 2	5,200
42	Wed, Jan 31, 1951	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		89	77	24	18	W 3
43	Thu, Feb 1, 1951	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		93	90	25	18	W 4
44	Sat, Feb 3, 1951	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		83	72	26	18	W 5
45	Sun, Feb 4, 1951	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	L		83	105	26	19	L 1
46	Tue, Feb 6, 1951	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		91	82	27	19	W 1			at Philadelphia, PA
47	Thu, Feb 8, 1951	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		83	96	27	20	L 1
48	Sat, Feb 10, 1951	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		73	62	28	20	W 1
49	Sun, Feb 11, 1951	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		96	120	28	21	L 1
50	Wed, Feb 14, 1951	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		81	65	29	21	W 1
51	Thu, Feb 15, 1951	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		98	93	30	21	W 2
52	Sat, Feb 17, 1951	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		88	75	31	21	W 3
53	Wed, Feb 21, 1951	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L	OT	85	87	31	22	L 1	4,529
54	Thu, Feb 22, 1951	Box Score		Tri-Cities Blackhawks	W		94	90	32	22	W 1
55	Sat, Feb 24, 1951	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	L		64	70	32	23	L 1
56	Sun, Feb 25, 1951	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		93	98	32	24	L 2
57	Tue, Feb 27, 1951	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		90	100	32	25	L 3
58	Thu, Mar 1, 1951	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		84	78	33	25	W 1	13,909
59	Sat, Mar 3, 1951	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		97	78	34	25	W 2
60	Sun, Mar 4, 1951	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		98	105	34	26	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Tue, Mar 6, 1951	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		76	96	34	27	L 2
62	Thu, Mar 8, 1951	Box Score		Minneapolis Lakers	W	OT	97	94	35	27	W 1
63	Sun, Mar 11, 1951	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		89	112	35	28	L 1
64	Wed, Mar 14, 1951	Box Score	@	Tri-Cities Blackhawks	W		92	91	36	28	W 1
65	Thu, Mar 15, 1951	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L		70	74	36	29	L 1
66	Sun, Mar 18, 1951	Box Score	@	Minneapolis Lakers	L		68	86	36	30	L 2

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Tue, Mar 20, 1951	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		83	69	1	0	W 1	5,428
2	Sat, Mar 24, 1951	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		92	78	2	0	W 2	5,014
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
3	Wed, Mar 28, 1951	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		103	92	3	0	W 3
4	Thu, Mar 29, 1951	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		80	102	3	1	L 1
5	Sat, Mar 31, 1951	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W	OT	77	75	4	1	W 1
6	Sun, Apr 1, 1951	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		83	90	4	2	L 1
7	Wed, Apr 4, 1951	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		83	81	5	2	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
8	Sat, Apr 7, 1951	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		65	92	5	3	L 1	4,200
9	Sun, Apr 8, 1951	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		84	99	5	4	L 2	4,200
10	Wed, Apr 11, 1951	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L		71	78	5	5	L 3	5,000		at 69th Regiment Armory
11	Fri, Apr 13, 1951	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		79	73	6	5	W 1	4,000		at 69th Regiment Armory
12	Sun, Apr 15, 1951	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		92	89	7	5	W 2	4,200
13	Wed, Apr 18, 1951	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		80	73	8	5	W 3	4,500		at 69th Regiment Armory
14	Sat, Apr 21, 1951	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		75	79	8	6	L 1	4,200

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