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