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1950-51 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics

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36-30, Finished 3rd in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Joe Lapchick (36-30)

Points Per Game: 85.8 (2nd of 11) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 85.4 (6th of 11)
Pythagorean W-L: 34-32 (5th of 11)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (III) ▪ Attendance: 151,742 (3rd of 4)

SRS: 0.49 (5th of 11)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-3) versus Rochester Royals
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (3-2) versus Syracuse Nationals
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Boston Celtics

1950-51 New York Knickerbockers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
12 Vince Boryla F 6-5 210 March 11, 1927 1 University of Denver
19 Nathaniel Clifton C-F 6-6 220 October 13, 1922 R Xavier University of Louisiana
11 Harry Gallatin F-C 6-6 210 April 26, 1927 2 Truman State University
14 Gene James F 6-4 180 February 15, 1925 2 Marshall University
17 George Kaftan F 6-3 190 February 22, 1928 2 College of the Holy Cross
16-6 Tony Lavelli F 6-3 185 July 11, 1926 1 Yale University
7 Ray Lumpp G 6-1 178 July 11, 1923 2 New York University
15 Dick McGuire G 6-0 180 January 25, 1926 1 St. John's University
10 Tex Ritter G-F 6-2 185 February 26, 1924 2 Eastern Kentucky University
18 Connie Simmons C-F 6-8 222 March 15, 1925 4
9 Ernie Vandeweghe F-G 6-3 195 September 12, 1928 1 Colgate University
5 Max Zaslofsky G-F 6-2 170 December 7, 1925 4 St. John's University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 66 2037 5380 .379 1592 2231 .714 3421 1551 1810 5666 85.8
Opponent 66 5639 85.4

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Vince Boryla 23 66 352 867 .406 278 332 .837 249 182 244 982
2 Harry Gallatin 23 66 293 705 .416 259 354 .732 800 180 244 845
3 Max Zaslofsky 25 66 302 853 .354 231 298 .775 228 136 150 835
4 Connie Simmons 25 66 229 613 .374 146 208 .702 426 117 222 604
5 Nathaniel Clifton 28 65 211 656 .322 140 263 .532 491 162 269 562
6 Dick McGuire 25 64 179 482 .371 179 276 .649 334 400 154 537
7 Ray Lumpp 27 64 153 379 .404 124 160 .775 125 115 160 430
8 Ernie Vandeweghe 22 44 135 336 .402 68 97 .701 195 121 144 338
9 George Kaftan 22 61 111 286 .388 78 125 .624 153 74 102 300
10 Tex Ritter 26 34 39 103 .379 49 71 .690 65 37 52 127
11 Tony Lavelli 24 30 32 93 .344 35 41 .854 59 23 56 99
12 Gene James 25 6 1 3 .333 1 1 1.000 4 4 11 3

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Vince Boryla 23 66 5.3 13.1 .406 4.2 5.0 .837 3.8 2.8 3.7 14.9
2 Harry Gallatin 23 66 4.4 10.7 .416 3.9 5.4 .732 12.1 2.7 3.7 12.8
3 Max Zaslofsky 25 66 4.6 12.9 .354 3.5 4.5 .775 3.5 2.1 2.3 12.7
4 Connie Simmons 25 66 3.5 9.3 .374 2.2 3.2 .702 6.5 1.8 3.4 9.2
5 Nathaniel Clifton 28 65 3.2 10.1 .322 2.2 4.0 .532 7.6 2.5 4.1 8.6
6 Dick McGuire 25 64 2.8 7.5 .371 2.8 4.3 .649 5.2 6.3 2.4 8.4
7 Ernie Vandeweghe 22 44 3.1 7.6 .402 1.5 2.2 .701 4.4 2.8 3.3 7.7
8 Ray Lumpp 27 64 2.4 5.9 .404 1.9 2.5 .775 2.0 1.8 2.5 6.7
9 George Kaftan 22 61 1.8 4.7 .388 1.3 2.0 .624 2.5 1.2 1.7 4.9
10 Tex Ritter 26 34 1.1 3.0 .379 1.4 2.1 .690 1.9 1.1 1.5 3.7
11 Tony Lavelli 24 30 1.1 3.1 .344 1.2 1.4 .854 2.0 0.8 1.9 3.3
12 Gene James 25 6 0.2 0.5 .333 0.2 0.2 1.000 0.7 0.7 1.8 0.5

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Max Zaslofsky 25 66 .354 .775
2 Nathaniel Clifton 28 65 .322 .532
3 Harry Gallatin 23 66 .416 .732
4 Gene James 25 6 .333 1.000
5 George Kaftan 22 61 .388 .624
6 Tony Lavelli 24 30 .344 .854
7 Ray Lumpp 27 64 .404 .775
8 Dick McGuire 25 64 .371 .649
9 Tex Ritter 26 34 .379 .690
10 Connie Simmons 25 66 .374 .702
11 Ernie Vandeweghe 22 44 .402 .701
12 Vince Boryla 23 66 .406 .837

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Max Zaslofsky 25 66 .424 .354
2 Nathaniel Clifton 28 65 .364 .322
3 Harry Gallatin 23 66 .491 .416
4 Gene James 25 6 .436 .333
5 George Kaftan 22 61 .440 .388
6 Tony Lavelli 24 30 .446 .344
7 Ray Lumpp 27 64 .478 .404
8 Dick McGuire 25 64 .445 .371
9 Tex Ritter 26 34 .473 .379
10 Connie Simmons 25 66 .429 .374
11 Ernie Vandeweghe 22 44 .446 .402
12 Vince Boryla 23 66 .485 .406

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Max Zaslofsky 25 14 88 217 74 100 58 38 43 250 .406 .740 17.9 4.1 2.7
2 Vince Boryla 23 14 83 193 51 56 52 37 42 217 .430 .911 15.5 3.7 2.6
3 Harry Gallatin 23 14 49 140 67 87 163 26 57 165 .350 .770 11.8 11.6 1.9
4 Connie Simmons 25 14 55 151 42 68 94 24 61 152 .364 .618 10.9 6.7 1.7
5 Ernie Vandeweghe 22 14 37 91 27 37 66 34 55 101 .407 .730 7.2 4.7 2.4
6 Nathaniel Clifton 28 14 41 118 18 46 137 46 62 100 .347 .391 7.1 9.8 3.3
7 Dick McGuire 25 14 25 80 24 53 83 78 50 74 .313 .453 5.3 5.9 5.6
8 Ray Lumpp 27 13 24 67 20 23 20 23 40 68 .358 .870 5.2 1.5 1.8
9 George Kaftan 22 8 6 18 1 3 6 2 7 13 .333 .333 1.6 0.8 0.3
10 Tony Lavelli 24 2 1 5 2 2 1 1 2 4 .200 1.000 2.0 0.5 0.5
11 Tex Ritter 26 3 1 5 1 1 2 0 5 3 .200 1.000 1.0 0.7 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Ernie Vandeweghe 22 14 .471 .407
2 Vince Boryla 23 14 .499 .430
3 Nathaniel Clifton 28 14 .362 .347
4 Harry Gallatin 23 14 .463 .350
5 George Kaftan 22 8 .336 .333
6 Tony Lavelli 24 2 .340 .200
7 Ray Lumpp 27 13 .441 .358
8 Dick McGuire 25 14 .358 .313
9 Tex Ritter 26 3 .276 .200
10 Connie Simmons 25 14 .420 .364
11 Max Zaslofsky 25 14 .479 .406