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1950-51 Boston Celtics Schedule and Results

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39-30, Finished 2nd in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Red Auerbach (39-30)

Points Per Game: 85.2 (4th of 11) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 85.5 (7th of 11)
Pythagorean W-L: 34-35 (6th of 11)

Arena: Boston Garden ▪ Attendance: 197,888 (1st of 4)

SRS: -0.41 (6th of 11)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-0) versus New York Knickerbockers

1950-51 Boston Celtics:

Click on the Date for game box score, if available.

Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Wed, Nov 1, 1950 @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 84 107 0 1 L 1
2 Thu, Nov 2, 1950 @ Tri-Cities Blackhawks L 65 79 0 2 L 2
3 Sat, Nov 4, 1950 @ Philadelphia Warriors L 68 77 0 3 L 3
4 Tue, Nov 7, 1950 N Baltimore Bullets W 83 64 1 3 W 1 at Providence, RI
5 Thu, Nov 9, 1950 Minneapolis Lakers W 76 71 2 3 W 2
6 Sat, Nov 11, 1950 @ Washington Capitols W 78 77 3 3 W 3
7 Sun, Nov 12, 1950 Indianapolis Olympians W 78 75 4 3 W 4
8 Wed, Nov 15, 1950 N Washington Capitols W 79 74 5 3 W 5 at Providence, RI
9 Thu, Nov 16, 1950 Baltimore Bullets W 82 73 6 3 W 6
10 Sat, Nov 18, 1950 @ Baltimore Bullets W 80 76 7 3 W 7
11 Sun, Nov 19, 1950 Washington Capitols L 75 81 7 4 L 1
12 Tue, Nov 21, 1950 @ New York Knickerbockers W 89 83 8 4 W 1
13 Thu, Nov 23, 1950 Tri-Cities Blackhawks W 94 78 9 4 W 2
14 Sat, Nov 25, 1950 @ Rochester Royals L 82 90 9 5 L 1
15 Sun, Nov 26, 1950 New York Knickerbockers W 93 90 10 5 W 1
16 Tue, Nov 28, 1950 N Philadelphia Warriors L 74 76 10 6 L 1 at New York, NY
17 Thu, Nov 30, 1950 Washington Capitols L 81 85 10 7 L 2
18 Sat, Dec 2, 1950 @ Washington Capitols W 83 75 11 7 W 1
19 Sun, Dec 3, 1950 Baltimore Bullets W 97 85 12 7 W 2
20 Sat, Dec 9, 1950 Syracuse Nationals L 85 86 12 8 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Tue, Dec 12, 1950 Fort Wayne Pistons W 87 81 13 8 W 1
22 Wed, Dec 13, 1950 @ Washington Capitols L 79 110 13 9 L 1
23 Sat, Dec 16, 1950 @ Baltimore Bullets L 88 119 13 10 L 2
24 Sun, Dec 17, 1950 Rochester Royals W 88 75 14 10 W 1
25 Tue, Dec 19, 1950 N New York Knickerbockers L 80 86 14 11 L 1 at Providence, RI
26 Sat, Dec 23, 1950 Minneapolis Lakers W 87 81 15 11 W 1
27 Mon, Dec 25, 1950 @ Rochester Royals L 77 90 15 12 L 1
28 Tue, Dec 26, 1950 Syracuse Nationals W 102 100 16 12 W 1
29 Sat, Dec 30, 1950 @ New York Knickerbockers L 60 77 16 13 L 1
30 Sun, Dec 31, 1950 New York Knickerbockers W 100 90 17 13 W 1
31 Mon, Jan 1, 1951 @ Syracuse Nationals L 89 106 17 14 L 1
32 Wed, Jan 3, 1951 @ Tri-Cities Blackhawks W 84 82 18 14 W 1
33 Fri, Jan 5, 1951 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 54 69 18 15 L 1
34 Sun, Jan 7, 1951 Washington Capitols W 91 86 19 15 W 1
35 Sat, Jan 13, 1951 @ Philadelphia Warriors W 97 87 20 15 W 2
36 Sun, Jan 14, 1951 Philadelphia Warriors W 98 73 21 15 W 3
37 Thu, Jan 18, 1951 Tri-Cities Blackhawks W 105 85 22 15 W 4
38 Sat, Jan 20, 1951 @ Tri-Cities Blackhawks L 85 91 22 16 L 1
39 Sun, Jan 21, 1951 @ Fort Wayne Pistons W 112 106 23 16 W 1
40 Tue, Jan 23, 1951 @ Indianapolis Olympians W 83 79 24 16 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Thu, Jan 25, 1951 Fort Wayne Pistons W 99 97 25 16 W 3
42 Sat, Jan 27, 1951 @ New York Knickerbockers L 75 76 25 17 L 1
43 Sun, Jan 28, 1951 @ Syracuse Nationals L 83 104 25 18 L 2
44 Tue, Jan 30, 1951 Syracuse Nationals W 96 87 26 18 W 1
45 Thu, Feb 1, 1951 @ Philadelphia Warriors L 80 82 26 19 L 1
46 Fri, Feb 2, 1951 Syracuse Nationals W 96 90 27 19 W 1
47 Sun, Feb 4, 1951 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 84 98 27 20 L 1
48 Mon, Feb 5, 1951 N Indianapolis Olympians W 70 57 28 20 W 1 at Cincinnati, OH
49 Thu, Feb 8, 1951 Tri-Cities Blackhawks W 85 70 29 20 W 2
50 Sat, Feb 10, 1951 @ Baltimore Bullets L 76 81 29 21 L 1
51 Sun, Feb 11, 1951 Rochester Royals W 93 77 30 21 W 1
52 Tue, Feb 13, 1951 @ Philadelphia Warriors L 98 104 30 22 L 1
53 Thu, Feb 15, 1951 @ Syracuse Nationals L 80 94 30 23 L 2
54 Fri, Feb 16, 1951 Philadelphia Warriors W 81 76 31 23 W 1
55 Sun, Feb 18, 1951 Indianapolis Olympians W 78 75 32 23 W 2
56 Wed, Feb 21, 1951 New York Knickerbockers W 87 85 33 23 W 3
57 Thu, Feb 22, 1951 N Baltimore Bullets W 72 69 34 23 W 4 at New York, NY
58 Sat, Feb 24, 1951 @ Baltimore Bullets L 75 84 34 24 L 1
59 Sun, Feb 25, 1951 Philadelphia Warriors W 93 83 35 24 W 1
60 Thu, Mar 1, 1951 New York Knickerbockers L 78 84 35 25 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Sat, Mar 3, 1951 @ Baltimore Bullets W 95 87 36 25 W 1
62 Sun, Mar 4, 1951 Minneapolis Lakers W 92 86 37 25 W 2
63 Tue, Mar 6, 1951 @ Indianapolis Olympians L 73 75 37 26 L 1
64 Wed, Mar 7, 1951 @ Fort Wayne Pistons W 99 95 38 26 W 1
65 Sun, Mar 11, 1951 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 96 98 38 27 L 1
66 Tue, Mar 13, 1951 Rochester Royals L 107 111 38 28 L 2
67 Fri, Mar 16, 1951 Fort Wayne Pistons W 90 88 39 28 W 1
68 Sat, Mar 17, 1951 @ Rochester Royals L 89 114 39 29 L 1
69 Sun, Mar 18, 1951 @ Syracuse Nationals L 89 97 39 30 L 2

Playoffs

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Tue, Mar 20, 1951 New York Knickerbockers L 69 83 0 1 L 1
2 Thu, Mar 22, 1951 @ New York Knickerbockers L 78 92 0 2 L 2