1950β51 Minneapolis Lakers season | |
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Division champions | |
Head coach | John Kundla |
Arena | Minneapolis Auditorium |
Results | |
Record | 44–24 (.647) |
Place | Division: 1st ( Western) |
Playoff finish |
Division finals (lost to Royals 1β3) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Radio | WLOL |
The 1950β51 Minneapolis Lakers season was the franchise's third season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). [1] In 1950β51, the NBA reduced the number of teams to 11. The two-time defending champion Lakers continued to dominate by winning the Western Division with a 44β24 record. In the playoffs, the Lakers needed three games to eliminate the Indianapolis Olympians in the first round. In the Western Finals, the Lakers took Game 1, but were ultimately defeated for the championship by the Rochester Royals, who came back to win the next three games. [2]
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x- Minneapolis Lakers | 44 | 24 | .647 | β | 29β3 | 12β21 | 3β0 | 24β12 |
x- Rochester Royals | 41 | 27 | .603 | 3 | 29β5 | 12β22 | β | 18β15 |
x- Fort Wayne Pistons | 32 | 36 | .471 | 12 | 27β7 | 5β27 | 0β2 | 18β6 |
x- Indianapolis Olympians | 31 | 37 | .456 | 13 | 19β12 | 10β24 | 2β1 | 15β20 |
Tri-Cities Blackhawks | 25 | 43 | .368 | 19 | 22β13 | 2β28 | 1β2 | 12β24 |
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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 |
# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record |
1 | November 1 | at Baltimore | 71β81 | George Mikan (34) | 0β1 |
2 | November 4 | at Washington | 91β85 | George Mikan (27) | 1β1 |
3 | November 5 | at Syracuse | 87β90 | George Mikan (29) | 1β2 |
4 | November 9 | at Boston | 71β76 | George Mikan (24) | 1β3 |
5 | November 12 | Philadelphia | 70β83 | George Mikan (25) | 2β3 |
6 | November 15 | Syracuse | 71β72 (OT) | George Mikan (28) | 3β3 |
7 | November 16 | at New York | 69β71 | George Mikan (27) | 3β4 |
8 | November 18 | at Rochester | 86β77 (2OT) | George Mikan (47) | 4β4 |
9 | November 19 | Rochester | 77β90 | George Mikan (23) | 5β4 |
10 | November 22 | Fort Wayne | 18β19 | George Mikan (15) | 5β5 |
11 | November 23 | at Fort Wayne | 63β73 | George Mikan (32) | 5β6 |
12 | November 26 | Baltimore | 71β85 | George Mikan (23) | 6β6 |
13 | November 29 | Tri-Cities | 66β85 | Slater Martin (19) | 7β6 |
14 | December 1 | at Indianapolis | 65β66 | George Mikan (22) | 7β7 |
15 | December 3 | Philadelphia | 83β95 | George Mikan (38) | 8β7 |
16 | December 6 | New York | 62β84 | Jim Pollard (17) | 9β7 |
17 | December 9 | at Tri-Cities | 88β79 | George Mikan (37) | 10β7 |
18 | December 10 | Tri-Cities | 101β114 | George Mikan (29) | 11β7 |
19 | December 13 | Rochester | 82β72 | George Mikan (43) | 11β8 |
20 | December 15 | at Indianapolis | 82β71 | George Mikan (32) | 12β8 |
21 | December 16 | at Tri-Cities | 86β71 | George Mikan (21) | 13β8 |
22 | December 17 | Indianapolis | 60β79 | George Mikan (29) | 14β8 |
23 | December 19 | at Philadelphia | 67β71 | George Mikan (25) | 14β9 |
24 | December 20 | at Baltimore | 84β91 | George Mikan (39) | 14β10 |
25 | December 23 | at Boston | 81β87 | George Mikan (31) | 14β11 |
26 | December 25 | Washington | 79β93 | George Mikan (35) | 15β11 |
27 | December 27 | Baltimore | 63β81 | George Mikan (19) | 16β11 |
28 | December 28 | at Rochester | 67β75 | George Mikan (41) | 16β12 |
29 | December 31 | Philadelphia | 73β83 | George Mikan (24) | 17β12 |
30 | January 1 | at Fort Wayne | 70β83 | Vern Mikkelsen (20) | 17β13 |
31 | January 3 | Fort Wayne | 64β86 | Vern Mikkelsen (23) | 18β13 |
32 | January 4 | at Syracuse | 80β77 | George Mikan (27) | 19β13 |
33 | January 5 | Boston | 54β69 | Vern Mikkelsen (17) | 20β13 |
34 | January 7 | Rochester | 57β69 | Vern Mikkelsen (26) | 21β13 |
35 | January 10 | New York | 65β70 | George Mikan (21) | 22β13 |
36 | January 11 | at Tri-Cities | 113β109 | George Mikan (34) | 23β13 |
37 | January 14 | Indianapolis | 84β86 (OT) | George Mikan (28) | 24β13 |
38 | January 16 | at Indianapolis | 68β82 | George Mikan (21) | 24β14 |
39 | January 18 | at New York | 78β95 | George Mikan (27) | 24β15 |
40 | January 20 | N Fort Wayne | 89β70 | George Mikan (27) | 25β15 |
41 | January 21 | Tri-Cities | 82β89 | George Mikan (31) | 26β15 |
42 | January 23 | N Baltimore | 89β79 | Vern Mikkelsen (20) | 27β15 |
43 | January 25 | at Philadelphia | 90β71 | George Mikan (24) | 28β15 |
44 | January 28 | Indianapolis | 75β101 | George Mikan (34) | 29β15 |
45 | January 31 | Tri-Cities | 78β106 | George Mikan (35) | 30β15 |
46 | February 3 | at Indianapolis | 89β84 | George Mikan (29) | 31β15 |
47 | February 4 | Boston | 84β98 | George Mikan (29) | 32β15 |
48 | February 7 | at Fort Wayne | 86β96 | George Mikan (20) | 32β16 |
49 | February 8 | Rochester | 58β69 | George Mikan (37) | 33β16 |
50 | February 11 | Indianapolis | 78β91 | George Mikan (27) | 34β16 |
51 | February 14 | Baltimore | 71β99 | George Mikan (28) | 35β16 |
52 | February 16 | at Indianapolis | 76β71 | George Mikan (32) | 36β16 |
53 | February 17 | at Rochester | 82β87 | George Mikan (30) | 36β17 |
54 | February 18 | at Syracuse | 80β91 | George Mikan (25) | 36β18 |
55 | February 21 | Syracuse | 76β82 | George Mikan (36) | 37β18 |
56 | February 24 | Fort Wayne | 78β95 | George Mikan (32) | 38β18 |
57 | February 25 | Indianapolis | 75β73 | Mikan, Pollard (20) | 38β19 |
58 | February 27 | N Tri-Cities | 77β83 | George Mikan (33) | 39β19 |
59 | February 28 | at Fort Wayne | 73β77 | George Mikan (39) | 39β20 |
60 | March 1 | at Philadelphia | 77β97 | Jim Pollard (26) | 39β21 |
61 | March 4 | at Boston | 86β92 | George Mikan (44) | 39β22 |
62 | March 6 | at Rochester | 79β90 | George Mikan (18) | 39β23 |
63 | March 8 | at New York | 94β97 (OT) | George Mikan (40) | 39β24 |
64 | March 10 | at Tri-Cities | 99β88 | George Mikan (46) | 40β24 |
65 | March 11 | Boston | 96β98 (2OT) | George Mikan (40) | 41β24 |
66 | March 14 | Syracuse | 76β100 | George Mikan (40) | 42β24 |
67 | March 17 | at Tri-Cities | 92β91 (OT) | George Mikan (38) | 43β24 |
68 | March 18 | New York | 68β86 | Vern Mikkelsen (19) | 44β24 |
Note: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average
Player | GP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | AVG |
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1950β51 Minneapolis Lakers season | |
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Division champions | |
Head coach | John Kundla |
Arena | Minneapolis Auditorium |
Results | |
Record | 44–24 (.647) |
Place | Division: 1st ( Western) |
Playoff finish |
Division finals (lost to Royals 1β3) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Radio | WLOL |
The 1950β51 Minneapolis Lakers season was the franchise's third season in the National Basketball Association (NBA). [1] In 1950β51, the NBA reduced the number of teams to 11. The two-time defending champion Lakers continued to dominate by winning the Western Division with a 44β24 record. In the playoffs, the Lakers needed three games to eliminate the Indianapolis Olympians in the first round. In the Western Finals, the Lakers took Game 1, but were ultimately defeated for the championship by the Rochester Royals, who came back to win the next three games. [2]
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x- Minneapolis Lakers | 44 | 24 | .647 | β | 29β3 | 12β21 | 3β0 | 24β12 |
x- Rochester Royals | 41 | 27 | .603 | 3 | 29β5 | 12β22 | β | 18β15 |
x- Fort Wayne Pistons | 32 | 36 | .471 | 12 | 27β7 | 5β27 | 0β2 | 18β6 |
x- Indianapolis Olympians | 31 | 37 | .456 | 13 | 19β12 | 10β24 | 2β1 | 15β20 |
Tri-Cities Blackhawks | 25 | 43 | .368 | 19 | 22β13 | 2β28 | 1β2 | 12β24 |
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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 |
# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record |
1 | November 1 | at Baltimore | 71β81 | George Mikan (34) | 0β1 |
2 | November 4 | at Washington | 91β85 | George Mikan (27) | 1β1 |
3 | November 5 | at Syracuse | 87β90 | George Mikan (29) | 1β2 |
4 | November 9 | at Boston | 71β76 | George Mikan (24) | 1β3 |
5 | November 12 | Philadelphia | 70β83 | George Mikan (25) | 2β3 |
6 | November 15 | Syracuse | 71β72 (OT) | George Mikan (28) | 3β3 |
7 | November 16 | at New York | 69β71 | George Mikan (27) | 3β4 |
8 | November 18 | at Rochester | 86β77 (2OT) | George Mikan (47) | 4β4 |
9 | November 19 | Rochester | 77β90 | George Mikan (23) | 5β4 |
10 | November 22 | Fort Wayne | 18β19 | George Mikan (15) | 5β5 |
11 | November 23 | at Fort Wayne | 63β73 | George Mikan (32) | 5β6 |
12 | November 26 | Baltimore | 71β85 | George Mikan (23) | 6β6 |
13 | November 29 | Tri-Cities | 66β85 | Slater Martin (19) | 7β6 |
14 | December 1 | at Indianapolis | 65β66 | George Mikan (22) | 7β7 |
15 | December 3 | Philadelphia | 83β95 | George Mikan (38) | 8β7 |
16 | December 6 | New York | 62β84 | Jim Pollard (17) | 9β7 |
17 | December 9 | at Tri-Cities | 88β79 | George Mikan (37) | 10β7 |
18 | December 10 | Tri-Cities | 101β114 | George Mikan (29) | 11β7 |
19 | December 13 | Rochester | 82β72 | George Mikan (43) | 11β8 |
20 | December 15 | at Indianapolis | 82β71 | George Mikan (32) | 12β8 |
21 | December 16 | at Tri-Cities | 86β71 | George Mikan (21) | 13β8 |
22 | December 17 | Indianapolis | 60β79 | George Mikan (29) | 14β8 |
23 | December 19 | at Philadelphia | 67β71 | George Mikan (25) | 14β9 |
24 | December 20 | at Baltimore | 84β91 | George Mikan (39) | 14β10 |
25 | December 23 | at Boston | 81β87 | George Mikan (31) | 14β11 |
26 | December 25 | Washington | 79β93 | George Mikan (35) | 15β11 |
27 | December 27 | Baltimore | 63β81 | George Mikan (19) | 16β11 |
28 | December 28 | at Rochester | 67β75 | George Mikan (41) | 16β12 |
29 | December 31 | Philadelphia | 73β83 | George Mikan (24) | 17β12 |
30 | January 1 | at Fort Wayne | 70β83 | Vern Mikkelsen (20) | 17β13 |
31 | January 3 | Fort Wayne | 64β86 | Vern Mikkelsen (23) | 18β13 |
32 | January 4 | at Syracuse | 80β77 | George Mikan (27) | 19β13 |
33 | January 5 | Boston | 54β69 | Vern Mikkelsen (17) | 20β13 |
34 | January 7 | Rochester | 57β69 | Vern Mikkelsen (26) | 21β13 |
35 | January 10 | New York | 65β70 | George Mikan (21) | 22β13 |
36 | January 11 | at Tri-Cities | 113β109 | George Mikan (34) | 23β13 |
37 | January 14 | Indianapolis | 84β86 (OT) | George Mikan (28) | 24β13 |
38 | January 16 | at Indianapolis | 68β82 | George Mikan (21) | 24β14 |
39 | January 18 | at New York | 78β95 | George Mikan (27) | 24β15 |
40 | January 20 | N Fort Wayne | 89β70 | George Mikan (27) | 25β15 |
41 | January 21 | Tri-Cities | 82β89 | George Mikan (31) | 26β15 |
42 | January 23 | N Baltimore | 89β79 | Vern Mikkelsen (20) | 27β15 |
43 | January 25 | at Philadelphia | 90β71 | George Mikan (24) | 28β15 |
44 | January 28 | Indianapolis | 75β101 | George Mikan (34) | 29β15 |
45 | January 31 | Tri-Cities | 78β106 | George Mikan (35) | 30β15 |
46 | February 3 | at Indianapolis | 89β84 | George Mikan (29) | 31β15 |
47 | February 4 | Boston | 84β98 | George Mikan (29) | 32β15 |
48 | February 7 | at Fort Wayne | 86β96 | George Mikan (20) | 32β16 |
49 | February 8 | Rochester | 58β69 | George Mikan (37) | 33β16 |
50 | February 11 | Indianapolis | 78β91 | George Mikan (27) | 34β16 |
51 | February 14 | Baltimore | 71β99 | George Mikan (28) | 35β16 |
52 | February 16 | at Indianapolis | 76β71 | George Mikan (32) | 36β16 |
53 | February 17 | at Rochester | 82β87 | George Mikan (30) | 36β17 |
54 | February 18 | at Syracuse | 80β91 | George Mikan (25) | 36β18 |
55 | February 21 | Syracuse | 76β82 | George Mikan (36) | 37β18 |
56 | February 24 | Fort Wayne | 78β95 | George Mikan (32) | 38β18 |
57 | February 25 | Indianapolis | 75β73 | Mikan, Pollard (20) | 38β19 |
58 | February 27 | N Tri-Cities | 77β83 | George Mikan (33) | 39β19 |
59 | February 28 | at Fort Wayne | 73β77 | George Mikan (39) | 39β20 |
60 | March 1 | at Philadelphia | 77β97 | Jim Pollard (26) | 39β21 |
61 | March 4 | at Boston | 86β92 | George Mikan (44) | 39β22 |
62 | March 6 | at Rochester | 79β90 | George Mikan (18) | 39β23 |
63 | March 8 | at New York | 94β97 (OT) | George Mikan (40) | 39β24 |
64 | March 10 | at Tri-Cities | 99β88 | George Mikan (46) | 40β24 |
65 | March 11 | Boston | 96β98 (2OT) | George Mikan (40) | 41β24 |
66 | March 14 | Syracuse | 76β100 | George Mikan (40) | 42β24 |
67 | March 17 | at Tri-Cities | 92β91 (OT) | George Mikan (38) | 43β24 |
68 | March 18 | New York | 68β86 | Vern Mikkelsen (19) | 44β24 |
Note: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average
Player | GP | REB | AST | STL | BLK | PTS | AVG |
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Division finals: 1β3 (home: 1β1; road: 0β2)
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