Season NBA 1950-1951

The season NBA 1950-1951 is the 2nd season of NBA (5th by counting the three seasons of BAA). The season finishes on the victory of the Rochester Royals vis-a-vis the New York Knickerbockers 4 victories with 3.

Notable facts

NBA decides to reorganize the league before the beginning of the season: 6 teams are thanked (the Anderson Packers, the Chicago Stags, the Denver Nuggets, the St Louis Bombers, the Sheboygan Redskins and the Waterloo Hawks). The number of teams falls to 10 when, in the middle of the season, the Washington Capitols disappear.
first NBA AlStar Range, an annual match of exhibition gathering the best players, is organized with Boston, Massachusetts. ED Macauley, of the Boston Celtics, takes along Is with victory 111-94 vis-a-vis the West, and becomes the first MVP AlStar Range .

Final classification

V = many victories, D = many defeats, PCt: percentage of victories, GB = delay (of number of matches.

Eastern Division

Western Division

Leaders of the regular season

Results of the playoffs

Semi-finals of Division

Eastern Division

Syracuse Nationals - Philadelphia Warriors 2-0
New York Knickerbockers - Boston Celtics 2-0

Western Division

Mineapolis Lakers - Indianapolis Olympians 2-1
Rochester Royals - Strong Wayne Pistons 2-1

Finales of Division

Eastern Division

New York Knickerbockers - Syracuse Nationals 3-2

Western Division

Rochester Royals - Mineapolis Lakers 3-1

Finales NBA

Rochester Royals - New York Knickerbockers 4-3

Individual rewards

AlNBA First TEAM :

Alex Groza, Indianapolis Olympians
Ralph Beard, Indianapolis Olympians
Bob Davies, Rochester Royals
George Mikan, Mineapolis Lakers
ED Macauley, Boston Celtics

AlNBA Second TEAM :

Dick McGuire, New York Knickerbockers
Joe Fulks, Philadelphia Warriors
Frank Brian, Tri-Cities Blackhawks
Vern Mikkelsen, Mineapolis Lakers
Dolph Schayes, Syracuse Nationals

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