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1950-51 NBA Standings

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League Champion: Rochester Royals

PPG Leader: George Mikan (28.4)
RPG Leader: Dolph Schayes (16.4)
APG Leader: Andy Phillip (6.3)
WS Leader: George Mikan (23.4)

League Standings

Playoff teams are marked with an asterisk (*)
Team W L W-L% GB PS/G PA/G SRS
Eastern Division              
Philadelphia Warriors* 40 26 .606 — 85.4 81.6 3.40
Boston Celtics* 39 30 .565 2.5 85.2 85.5 -0.41
New York Knicks* 36 30 .545 4.0 85.8 85.4 0.49
Syracuse Nationals* 32 34 .485 8.0 86.1 85.5 0.62
Baltimore Bullets 24 42 .364 16.0 82.0 84.3 -1.94
Washington Capitols 10 25 .286 14.5 81.3 86.0 -4.63
Western Division              
Minneapolis Lakers* 44 24 .647 — 82.8 77.4 4.79
Rochester Royals* 41 27 .603 3.0 84.6 81.7 2.54
Fort Wayne Pistons* 32 36 .471 12.0 84.1 86.0 -1.81
Indianapolis Olympians* 31 37 .456 13.0 81.7 84.1 -2.00
Tri-Cities Blackhawks 25 43 .368 19.0 84.3 88.1 -3.22

Expanded Standings

Place Division All-Star Margin Month
Rk Team Overall Home Road Neutral E W Pre Post ≤3 ≥10 Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
1 Minneapolis Lakers 44-24 29-3 12-21 3-0 20-12 24-12 39-21 5-3 5-6 29-10 7-6 10-6 13-3 9-5 5-4
2 Rochester Royals 41-27 29-5 12-22 23-12 18-15 34-25 7-2 4-6 21-10 1-0 5-7 12-3 9-8 7-7 7-2
3 Philadelphia Warriors 40-26 28-4 11-21 1-1 22-14 18-12 34-25 6-1 7-4 24-10 8-3 6-8 9-7 10-7 7-1
4 Boston Celtics 39-30 25-5 10-23 4-2 21-19 18-11 35-25 4-5 10-6 12-12 10-7 7-6 9-5 9-6 4-6
5 New York Knicks 36-30 22-5 10-25 4-0 21-15 15-15 33-25 3-5 8-6 14-15 8-7 8-6 8-5 8-7 4-5
6 Fort Wayne Pistons 32-36 27-7 5-27 0-2 14-20 18-16 28-31 4-5 5-5 13-21 9-7 6-8 7-9 6-6 4-6
7 Syracuse Nationals 32-34 23-10 9-24 19-17 13-17 29-28 3-6 8-10 17-12 7-7 7-7 7-7 7-7 4-6
8 Indianapolis Olympians 31-37 19-12 10-24 2-1 16-17 15-20 26-32 5-5 10-7 12-19 8-7 6-8 6-9 6-8 5-5
9 Tri-Cities Blackhawks 25-43 22-13 2-28 1-2 13-19 12-24 23-38 2-5 5-7 11-21 8-8 6-8 3-14 6-8 2-5
10 Baltimore Bullets 24-42 20-12 4-24 0-6 12-24 12-18 22-38 2-4 2-5 12-25 5-11 5-7 7-8 5-12 2-4
11 Washington Capitols 10-25 7-12 3-12 0-1 6-12 4-13 10-25 0-2 4-14 0-1 6-11 3-9 1-4

Team vs. Team

Rk Team BLB BOS FTW INO MNL NYK PHW ROC SYR TRI WSC
1 Baltimore Bullets 3-6 4-2 2-4 2-4 2-5 3-6 1-5 3-5 3-3 1-2
2 Boston Celtics 6-3 5-1 4-1 3-3 4-4 4-4 2-4 3-5 4-2 4-3
3 Fort Wayne Pistons 2-4 1-5 5-3 5-3 2-4 3-3 3-5 3-3 5-5 3-1
4 Indianapolis Olympians 4-2 1-4 3-5 3-7 5-1 1-5 5-4 3-3 4-4 2-2
5 Minneapolis Lakers 4-2 3-3 3-5 7-3 3-3 4-2 4-4 4-2 10-0 2-0
6 New York Knicks 5-2 4-4 4-2 1-5 3-3 5-3 3-3 5-5 4-2 2-1
7 Philadelphia Warriors 6-3 4-4 3-3 5-1 2-4 3-5 4-2 6-2 4-2 3-0
8 Rochester Royals 5-1 4-2 5-3 4-5 4-4 3-3 2-4 4-2 5-3 5-0
9 Syracuse Nationals 5-3 5-3 3-3 3-3 2-4 5-5 2-6 2-4 3-3 2-0
10 Tri-Cities Blackhawks 3-3 2-4 5-5 4-4 0-10 2-4 2-4 3-5 3-3 1-1
11 Washington Capitols 2-1 3-4 1-3 2-2 0-2 1-2 0-3 0-5 0-2 1-1