1950–51 Fort Wayne Pistons season

1950–51 Fort Wayne Pistons season
Head coach Murray Mendenhall
Arena North Side High School Gym
Results
Record 32–36 (.471)
Place Division: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finish West Division Semifinals
(eliminated 1–2)

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

The 1950–51 NBA season was the Pistons' third season in the NBA and tenth season as a franchise.[1]

NBA draft

Main article: 1950 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 7 George Yardley G/F  United States Stanford
2 19 Jim Riffey F  United States Tulane
3 31 Art Burris F  United States Tennessee

Roster

Fort Wayne Pistons 1950–51 roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From
G/F 3 United States Armstrong, Curly 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Indiana
SF 12 United States Burris, Art 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Tennessee
F/C 10 United States Carpenter, Bob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) East Texas State
C 16 United States Foust, Larry 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) La Salle
G/F 14 United States Hargis, John 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Texas
F/C 9 United States Harris, Bob 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Oklahoma State
PG 5 United States Johnson, Boag 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Huntington
PF 15 United States Kerris, Jack 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Loyola
G 6 United States Klueh, Duane 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Indiana State
PF 10 United States Mehen, Dick 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Tennessee
SG 9 United States Murray, Ken 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) St. Bonaventure
G 4 United States Oldham, John 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Western Kentucky
C 17 United States Otten, Don 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Bowling Green
F 9/17 United States Riffey, Jim 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Tulane
F 8 United States Schaus, Fred 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) West Virginia
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Minneapolis Lakers 44 24 .647 – 29–3 12–21 3–0 24–12
x-Rochester Royals 41 27 .603 3 29–5 12–22 – 18–15
x-Fort Wayne Pistons 32 36 .471 12 27–7 5–27 0–2 18–6
x-Indianapolis Olympians 31 37 .456 13 19–12 10–24 2–1 15–20
Tri-Cities Blackhawks 25 43 .368 19 22–13 2–28 1–2 12–24
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1950–51 NBA records
Team BAL BOS FWP IND MIN NYK PHI ROC SYR TCB WAS
Baltimore — 3–6 4–2 2–4 2–4 2–5 3–6 1–5 3–5 3–3 1–2
Boston 6–3 — 5–1 4–1 3–3 4–4 4–4 2–4 2–5 4–2 4–3
Fort Wayne 2–4 1–5 — 5–3 5–3 2–4 3–3 3–5 3–3 5–5 3–1
Indianapolis 4–2 1–4 3–5 — 3–7 5–1 1–5 5–4 3–3 4–4 2–2
Minneapolis 4–2 3–3 3–5 7–3 — 3–3 4–2 4–4 4–2 10–0 2–0
New York 5–2 4–4 4–2 1–5 3–3 — 5–3 3–3 5–5 4–2 2–1
Philadelphia 6–3 4–4 3–3 5–1 2–4 3–5 — 4–2 6–2 4–2 3–0
Rochester 5–3 5–2 3–3 3–3 2–4 5–5 2–6 — 4–2 5–3 5–0
Syracuse 5–3 5–2 3–3 3–3 2–4 5–5 2–6 2–4 — 3–3 2–0
Tri-Cities 3–3 2–4 5–5 4–4 0–10 2–4 2–4 3–5 3–3 — 1–1
Washington 2–1 3–4 1–3 2–2 0–2 1–2 0–3 0–5 0–2 1–1 —

Game log

1950–51 Game log
# Date Opponent Score Record
1 November 1 Boston 107–84 1–0
2 November 2 @ Syracuse 77–92 1–1
3 November 4 @ Rochester 71–95 1–2
4 November 5 Indianapolis 68–63 2–2
5 November 8 Tri-Cities 87–79 3–2
6 November 9 @ Philadelphia 72–87 3–3
7 November 11 @ Baltimore 77–85 3–4
8 November 12 Washington 87–73 4–4
9 November 15 Rochester 89–85 5–4
10 November 18 @ Washington 75–118 5–5
11 November 19 Baltimore 84–80 6–5
12 November 22 @ Minneapolis 19–18 7–5
13 November 23 Minneapolis 73–63 8–5
14 November 25 @ Tri-Cities 71–85 8–6
15 November 26 Indianapolis 79–70 9–6
16 November 28 @ Indianapolis 66–90 9–7
17 December 3 Rochester 80–79 10–7
18 December 6 Philadelphia 92–73 11–7
19 December 7 @ Tri-Cities 77–76 12–7
20 December 10 Washington 97–81 13–7
21 December 12 @ Boston 81–87 13–8
22 December 14 @ Philadelphia 82–94 13–9
23 December 16 @ New York 77–86 13–10
24 December 17 Tri-Cities 99–103 13–11
25 December 19 @ Indianapolis 93–92 14–11
26 December 21 Syracuse 97–72 15–11
27 December 23 @ Rochester 65–77 15–12
28 December 25 @ Syracuse 69–81 15–13
29 December 27 Rochester 68–74 15–14
30 December 31 @ Tri-Cities 100–110 15–15
31 January 1 Minneapolis 83–70 16–15
32 January 3 @ Minneapolis 64–86 16–16
33 January 4 Indianapolis 83–94 16–17
34 January 6 @ Washington 91–76 17–17
35 January 7 New York 76–79 17–18
36 January 8 vs New York 70–75 (OT) 17–19
37 January 11 Syracuse 84–76 18–19
38 January 12 @ Indianapolis 89–81 19–19
39 January 13 @ Rochester 78–99 19–20
40 January 14 Tri-Cities 94–85 20–20
41 January 20 vs Minneapolis 70–89 20–21
42 January 21 Boston 106–112 (OT) 20–22
43 January 25 @ Boston 97–99 20–23
44 January 27 @ Baltimore 91–97 20–24
45 January 28 Rochester 93–88 21–24
46 January 31 Philadelphia 91–84 22–24
47 February 1 @ Tri-Cities 102–109 22–25
48 February 4 Baltimore 95–108 22–26
49 February 7 Minneapolis 96–86 23–26
50 February 10 @ New York 62–73 23–27
51 February 11 New York 120–96 24–27
52 February 13 @ Indianapolis 78–80 24–28
53 February 14 Syracuse 77–75 25–28
54 February 17 @ Baltimore 91–112 25–29
55 February 18 Philadelphia 75–70 26–29
56 February 24 @ Minneapolis 78–95 26–30
57 February 25 Baltimore 102–92 27–30
58 February 28 Minneapolis 77–73 28–30
59 March 1 @ Syracuse 86–108 28–31
60 March 3 @ Rochester 79–89 28–32
61 March 4 New York 105–98 29–32
62 March 6 @ Tri-Cities 86–88 29–33
63 March 7 Boston 95–99 29–34
64 March 11 Tri-Cities 102–87 30–34
65 March 14 Indianapolis 115–109 31–34
66 March 15 @ Philadelphia 78–88 31–35
67 March 16 @ Boston 88–90 31–36
68 March 18 Tri-Cities 95–82 32–36

Playoffs

West Division Semifinals

(2) Rochester Royals vs. (3) Fort Wayne Pistons: Royals win series 2-1

References

  1. ↑ 1950–51 Fort Wayne Pistons

See also

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