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NBA professional basketball team season
The
1950β51 NBA season was the Olympians' 2nd season in the
NBA.
[1]
NBA draft
Roster
Indianapolis Olympians 1950β51 roster
|
Players |
Coaches
|
Pos. |
# |
Name |
Ht. |
Wt. |
From
|
SG
|
10
|
Barker, Cliff
|
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
|
185 lb (84 kg)
|
|
Kentucky
|
SF
|
20
|
Barnhorst, Leo
|
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
|
190 lb (86 kg)
|
|
Notre Dame
|
G
|
12
|
Beard, Ralph
|
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
|
175 lb (79 kg)
|
|
Kentucky
|
G
|
9
|
Blevins, Leon
|
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
|
160 lb (73 kg)
|
|
Arizona
|
C
|
15
|
Groza, Alex
|
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
|
218 lb (99 kg)
|
|
Kentucky
|
G/F
|
7
|
Hale, Bruce
|
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
|
170 lb (77 kg)
|
|
Santa Clara
|
SF
|
14
|
Holland, Joe
|
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
|
185 lb (84 kg)
|
|
Kentucky
|
PF
|
17
|
Jones, Wallace
|
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
|
225 lb (102 kg)
|
|
Kentucky
|
PF
|
8
|
Lavoy, Bob
|
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
|
185 lb (84 kg)
|
|
Western Kentucky
|
F/C
|
18
|
Lofgran, Don
|
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
|
200 lb (91 kg)
|
|
San Francisco
|
C
|
19
|
Mahnken, John
|
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
|
220 lb (100 kg)
|
|
Georgetown
|
F/C
|
16
|
McMullen, Mal
|
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
|
210 lb (95 kg)
|
|
Xavier
|
F
|
19
|
Mrazovich, Chuck
|
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
|
185 lb (84 kg)
|
|
Eastern Kentucky
|
G/F
|
18
|
Shaeffer, Carl
|
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
|
185 lb (84 kg)
|
|
Alabama
|
SG
|
5
|
Walther, Paul
|
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
|
160 lb (73 kg)
|
|
Tennessee
|
|
- Head coach
- Legend
- (DP) Unsigned draft pick
- (FA) Free agent
- (S) Suspended
Injured
|
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
1950β51 NBA records
|
Team
|
BAL
|
BOS
|
FWP
|
IND
|
MIN
|
NYK
|
PHI
|
ROC
|
SYR
|
TCB
|
WAS
|
Baltimore
|
β |
3β6 |
4β2 |
2β4 |
2β4 |
2β5 |
3β6 |
1β5 |
3β5 |
3β3 |
1β2
|
Boston
|
6β3 |
β |
5β1 |
4β1 |
3β3 |
4β4 |
4β4 |
2β4 |
2β5 |
4β2 |
4β3
|
Fort Wayne
|
2β4 |
1β5 |
β |
5β3 |
5β3 |
2β4 |
3β3 |
3β5 |
3β3 |
5β5 |
3β1
|
Indianapolis
|
4β2 |
1β4 |
3β5 |
β |
3β7 |
5β1 |
1β5 |
5β4 |
3β3 |
4β4 |
2β2
|
Minneapolis
|
4β2 |
3β3 |
3β5 |
7β3 |
β |
3β3 |
4β2 |
4β4 |
4β2 |
10β0 |
2β0
|
New York
|
5β2 |
4β4 |
4β2 |
1β5 |
3β3 |
β |
5β3 |
3β3 |
5β5 |
4β2 |
2β1
|
Philadelphia
|
6β3 |
4β4 |
3β3 |
5β1 |
2β4 |
3β5 |
β |
4β2 |
6β2 |
4β2 |
3β0
|
Rochester
|
5β3 |
5β2 |
3β3 |
3β3 |
2β4 |
5β5 |
2β6 |
β |
4β2 |
5β3 |
5β0
|
Syracuse
|
5β3 |
5β2 |
3β3 |
3β3 |
2β4 |
5β5 |
2β6 |
2β4 |
β |
3β3 |
2β0
|
Tri-Cities
|
3β3 |
2β4 |
5β5 |
4β4 |
0β10 |
2β4 |
2β4 |
3β5 |
3β3 |
β |
1β1
|
Washington
|
2β1 |
3β4 |
1β3 |
2β2 |
0β2 |
1β2 |
0β3 |
0β5 |
0β2 |
1β1 |
β
|
Game log
1950β51 Game log
|
# |
Date |
Opponent |
Score |
High points |
Record
|
1 |
November 1 |
@
Washington |
84β100 |
Alex Groza (23) |
0β1
|
2 |
November 4 |
@
Baltimore |
86β102 |
Alex Groza (26) |
0β2
|
3 |
November 5 |
@
Fort Wayne |
63β68 |
Alex Groza (31) |
0β3
|
4 |
November 7 |
New York |
86β73 |
Alex Groza (18) |
1β3
|
5 |
November 9 |
@ New York |
85β73 |
Bob Lavoy (23) |
2β3
|
6 |
November 12 |
@
Boston |
75β78 |
Ralph Beard (22) |
2β4
|
7 |
November 14 |
Syracuse |
108β78 |
Bob Lavoy (21) |
3β4
|
8 |
November 16 |
@
Philadelphia |
67β85 |
Alex Groza (23) |
3β5
|
9 |
November 18 |
Tri-Cities |
74β67 |
Alex Groza (17) |
4β5
|
10 |
November 19 |
@ Tri-Cities |
81β104 |
Alex Groza (16) |
4β6
|
11 |
November 21 |
Rochester |
91β79 |
Alex Groza (32) |
5β6
|
12 |
November 23 |
@ Syracuse |
92β85 |
Ralph Beard (25) |
6β6
|
13 |
November 25 |
Baltimore |
92β81 |
Alex Groza (23) |
7β6
|
14 |
November 26 |
@ Fort Wayne |
70β79 |
Alex Groza (21) |
7β7
|
15 |
November 28 |
Fort Wayne |
90β66 |
Alex Groza (25) |
8β7
|
16 |
December 1 |
Minneapolis |
66β65 |
Ralph Beard (18) |
9β7
|
17 |
December 2 |
@ Rochester |
72β94 |
Bob Lavoy (15) |
9β8
|
18 |
December 3 |
@ Syracuse |
81β84 |
Alex Groza (18) |
9β9
|
19 |
December 5 |
New York |
95β89 |
Ralph Beard (20) |
10β9
|
20 |
December 6 |
@ Washington |
101β79 |
Wallace Jones (34) |
11β9
|
21 |
December 7 |
@ Philadelphia |
73β102 |
Alex Groza (18) |
11β10
|
22 |
December 10 |
@ New York |
84β106 |
Alex Groza (33) |
11β11
|
23 |
December 12 |
Tri-Cities |
75β74 |
Ralph Beard (21) |
12β11
|
24 |
December 15 |
Minneapolis |
71β82 |
Alex Groza (19) |
12β12
|
25 |
December 17 |
@ Minneapolis |
60β79 |
Alex Groza (20) |
12β13
|
26 |
December 19 |
Fort Wayne |
92β93 |
Alex Groza (34) |
12β14
|
27 |
December 23 |
@ Washington |
87β79 (OT) |
Paul Walther (17) |
13β14
|
28 |
December 26 |
Washington |
81β88 |
Alex Groza (27) |
13β15
|
29 |
December 29 |
Tri-Cities |
112β81 |
Ralph Beard (28) |
14β15
|
30 |
January 2 |
Philadelphia |
86β87 (OT) |
Beard,
Groza (19) |
14β16
|
31 |
January 4 |
@ Fort Wayne |
94β83 |
Ralph Beard (28) |
15β16
|
32 |
January 6 |
@ Rochester |
75β73 (6OT) |
Beard,
Groza (17) |
16β16
|
33 |
January 7 |
@ Tri-Cities |
79β83 |
Alex Groza (20) |
16β17
|
34 |
January 9 |
Rochester |
59β77 |
Alex Groza (19) |
16β18
|
35 |
January 12 |
Fort Wayne |
81β89 |
Bob Lavoy (18) |
16β19
|
36 |
January 14 |
@ Minneapolis |
84β86 (OT) |
Ralph Beard (22) |
16β20
|
37 |
January 16 |
Minneapolis |
82β68 |
Alex Groza (19) |
17β20
|
38 |
January 18 |
@ Philadelphia |
80β114 |
Alex Groza (24) |
17β21
|
39 |
January 20 |
@ Baltimore |
63β102 |
Alex Groza (24) |
17β22
|
40 |
January 23 |
Boston |
79β83 (OT) |
Ralph Beard (27) |
17β23
|
41 |
January 26 |
Philadelphia |
78β75 |
Alex Groza (27) |
18β23
|
42 |
January 28 |
@ Minneapolis |
75β101 |
Alex Groza (24) |
18β24
|
43 |
January 29 |
Tri-Cities |
87β85 |
Alex Groza (30) |
19β24
|
44 |
January 31 |
Rochester |
68β63 |
Alex Groza (28) |
20β24
|
45 |
February 3 |
Minneapolis |
84β89 |
Alex Groza (21) |
20β25
|
46 |
February 4 |
@ New York |
105β83 |
Ralph Beard (31) |
21β25
|
47 |
February 5 |
vs Boston |
57β70 |
Ralph Beard (24) |
21β26
|
48 |
February 6 |
Rochester |
78β76 |
Ralph Beard (24) |
22β26
|
49 |
February 10 |
Philadelphia |
78β88 |
Alex Groza (25) |
22β27
|
50 |
February 11 |
@ Minneapolis |
78β91 |
Alex Groza (21) |
22β28
|
51 |
February 13 |
Fort Wayne |
80β78 |
Beard,
Groza (21) |
23β28
|
52 |
February 14 |
@ Tri-Cities |
91β98 |
Alex Groza (24) |
23β29
|
53 |
February 15 |
vs Baltimore |
69β60 |
Alex Groza (24) |
24β29
|
54 |
February 16 |
Minneapolis |
71β76 |
Ralph Beard (24) |
24β30
|
55 |
February 18 |
@ Boston |
75β78 |
Beard,
Groza (17) |
24β31
|
56 |
February 20 |
Syracuse |
79β81 |
Alex Groza (29) |
24β32
|
57 |
February 25 |
@ Minneapolis |
75β73 |
Alex Groza (19) |
25β32
|
58 |
February 27 |
Baltimore |
96β74 |
Ralph Beard (32) |
26β32
|
59 |
March 4 |
@ Tri-Cities |
72β87 |
Ralph Beard (20) |
26β33
|
60 |
March 6 |
Boston |
75β73 |
Alex Groza (20) |
27β33
|
61 |
March 8 |
@ Syracuse |
97β121 |
Alex Groza (27) |
27β34
|
62 |
March 9 |
Rochester |
84β91 |
Alex Groza (23) |
27β35
|
63 |
March 11 |
@ Rochester |
95β88 |
Ralph Beard (35) |
28β35
|
64 |
March 13 |
Syracuse |
98β93 |
Alex Groza (28) |
29β35
|
65 |
March 14 |
@ Fort Wayne |
109β115 |
Alex Groza (35) |
29β36
|
66 |
March 15 |
New York |
74β70 |
Alex Groza (26) |
30β36
|
67 |
March 17 |
@ Baltimore |
92β91 |
Alex Groza (37) |
31β36
|
68 |
March 18 |
@ Rochester |
79β91 |
Ralph Beard (22) |
31β37
|
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
References