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40-26, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 85.4 points per game, Allowed 81.6 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 43-23)
Coached by Edward Gottlieb (40-26)
Arena: Philadelphia Arena ▪ Attendance: 105,108 (4th of 4)
SRS: 3.40 (2nd of 11)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Syracuse Nationals
1950-51 Statistics ▪ Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 4, 1950 | Boston Celtics | W | 77 | 68 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Thu, Nov 9, 1950 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 87 | 72 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Sun, Nov 12, 1950 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 70 | 83 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Tue, Nov 14, 1950 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 84 | 72 | 3 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 5 | Wed, Nov 15, 1950 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 72 | 80 | 3 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 6 | Thu, Nov 16, 1950 | Indianapolis Olympians | W | 84 | 67 | 4 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 7 | Sat, Nov 18, 1950 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 87 | 93 | 4 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 8 | Tue, Nov 21, 1950 | Washington Capitols | W | 83 | 78 | 5 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 9 | Thu, Nov 23, 1950 | Rochester Royals | W | 89 | 71 | 6 | 3 | W 2 | |||
| 10 | Tue, Nov 28, 1950 | N | Boston Celtics | W | 76 | 74 | 7 | 3 | W 3 | at New York, NY | |
| 11 | Thu, Nov 30, 1950 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 81 | 78 | 8 | 3 | W 4 | |||
| 12 | Sun, Dec 3, 1950 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 83 | 95 | 8 | 4 | L 1 | ||
| 13 | Wed, Dec 6, 1950 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 73 | 92 | 8 | 5 | L 2 | ||
| 14 | Thu, Dec 7, 1950 | Indianapolis Olympians | W | 102 | 73 | 9 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 15 | Sat, Dec 9, 1950 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 75 | 76 | 9 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 16 | Sun, Dec 10, 1950 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 84 | 99 | 9 | 7 | L 2 | ||
| 17 | Tue, Dec 12, 1950 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 101 | 91 | 10 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| 18 | Thu, Dec 14, 1950 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 94 | 82 | 11 | 7 | W 2 | |||
| 19 | Sat, Dec 16, 1950 | @ | Washington Capitols | W | 96 | 88 | 12 | 7 | W 3 | ||
| 20 | Tue, Dec 19, 1950 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 71 | 67 | 13 | 7 | W 4 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sat, Dec 23, 1950 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 79 | 83 | 13 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 22 | Mon, Dec 25, 1950 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 84 | 86 | 13 | 9 | L 2 | |||
| 23 | Wed, Dec 27, 1950 | N | New York Knickerbockers | L | 74 | 79 | 13 | 10 | L 3 | at Hershey, PA | |
| 24 | Thu, Dec 28, 1950 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 91 | 88 | 14 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 25 | Sun, Dec 31, 1950 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 73 | 83 | 14 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 26 | Mon, Jan 1, 1951 | @ | Tri-Cities Blackhawks | L | 92 | 109 | 14 | 12 | L 2 | ||
| 27 | Tue, Jan 2, 1951 | @ | Indianapolis Olympians | W | 87 | 86 | 15 | 12 | W 1 | ||
| 28 | Thu, Jan 4, 1951 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 92 | 69 | 16 | 12 | W 2 | |||
| 29 | Sat, Jan 6, 1951 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 57 | 64 | 16 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 30 | Tue, Jan 9, 1951 | @ | Washington Capitols | W | 102 | 74 | 17 | 13 | W 1 | ||
| 31 | Thu, Jan 11, 1951 | Rochester Royals | W | 82 | 79 | 18 | 13 | W 2 | |||
| 32 | Sat, Jan 13, 1951 | Boston Celtics | L | 87 | 97 | 18 | 14 | L 1 | |||
| 33 | Sun, Jan 14, 1951 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 73 | 98 | 18 | 15 | L 2 | ||
| 34 | Thu, Jan 18, 1951 | Indianapolis Olympians | W | 114 | 80 | 19 | 15 | W 1 | |||
| 35 | Sat, Jan 20, 1951 | @ | Rochester Royals | W | 101 | 87 | 20 | 15 | W 2 | ||
| 36 | Sun, Jan 21, 1951 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | W | 96 | 86 | 21 | 15 | W 3 | ||
| 37 | Tue, Jan 23, 1951 | Tri-Cities Blackhawks | W | 88 | 77 | 22 | 15 | W 4 | |||
| 38 | Thu, Jan 25, 1951 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 71 | 90 | 22 | 16 | L 1 | |||
| 39 | Fri, Jan 26, 1951 | @ | Indianapolis Olympians | L | 75 | 78 | 22 | 17 | L 2 | ||
| 40 | Sat, Jan 27, 1951 | @ | Tri-Cities Blackhawks | W | 96 | 86 | 23 | 17 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Wed, Jan 31, 1951 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 84 | 91 | 23 | 18 | L 1 | ||
| 42 | Thu, Feb 1, 1951 | Boston Celtics | W | 82 | 80 | 24 | 18 | W 1 | |||
| 43 | Sat, Feb 3, 1951 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 61 | 65 | 24 | 19 | L 1 | ||
| 44 | Sun, Feb 4, 1951 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 75 | 78 | 24 | 20 | L 2 | ||
| 45 | Tue, Feb 6, 1951 | Tri-Cities Blackhawks | W | 97 | 77 | 25 | 20 | W 1 | |||
| 46 | Thu, Feb 8, 1951 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 86 | 75 | 26 | 20 | W 2 | |||
| 47 | Sat, Feb 10, 1951 | @ | Indianapolis Olympians | W | 88 | 78 | 27 | 20 | W 3 | ||
| 48 | Sun, Feb 11, 1951 | @ | Tri-Cities Blackhawks | L | 72 | 76 | 27 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| 49 | Tue, Feb 13, 1951 | Boston Celtics | W | 104 | 98 | 28 | 21 | W 1 | |||
| 50 | Thu, Feb 15, 1951 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 93 | 98 | 28 | 22 | L 1 | |||
| 51 | Fri, Feb 16, 1951 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 76 | 81 | 28 | 23 | L 2 | ||
| 52 | Sun, Feb 18, 1951 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 70 | 75 | 28 | 24 | L 3 | ||
| 53 | Tue, Feb 20, 1951 | Tri-Cities Blackhawks | W | 99 | 69 | 29 | 24 | W 1 | |||
| 54 | Wed, Feb 21, 1951 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 83 | 81 | 30 | 24 | W 2 | ||
| 55 | Thu, Feb 22, 1951 | Rochester Royals | W | 98 | 90 | 31 | 24 | W 3 | |||
| 56 | Sat, Feb 24, 1951 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 70 | 64 | 32 | 24 | W 4 | ||
| 57 | Sun, Feb 25, 1951 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 83 | 93 | 32 | 25 | L 1 | ||
| 58 | Tue, Feb 27, 1951 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 86 | 72 | 33 | 25 | W 1 | |||
| 59 | Thu, Mar 1, 1951 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 97 | 77 | 34 | 25 | W 2 | |||
| 60 | Sun, Mar 4, 1951 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 79 | 85 | 34 | 26 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Tue, Mar 6, 1951 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 96 | 76 | 35 | 26 | W 1 | |||
| 62 | Wed, Mar 7, 1951 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 95 | 84 | 36 | 26 | W 2 | ||
| 63 | Thu, Mar 8, 1951 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 94 | 90 | 37 | 26 | W 3 | |||
| 64 | Sun, Mar 11, 1951 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | W | 95 | 91 | 38 | 26 | W 4 | ||
| 65 | Thu, Mar 15, 1951 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 88 | 78 | 39 | 26 | W 5 | |||
| 66 | Sat, Mar 17, 1951 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 100 | 86 | 40 | 26 | W 6 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Mar 20, 1951 | Syracuse Nationals | L | OT | 89 | 91 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Thu, Mar 22, 1951 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 78 | 90 | 0 | 2 | L 2 |