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1950-51 Syracuse Nationals Schedule and Results

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32-34, Finished 4th in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Al Cervi (32-34)

Points Per Game: 86.1 (1st of 11) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 85.5 (8th of 11)
Pythagorean W-L: 34-32 (4th of 11)

Arena: State Fair Coliseum ▪ Attendance: 174,094 (2nd of 4)

SRS: 0.62 (4th of 11)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Finals (3-2) versus New York Knickerbockers
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Philadelphia Warriors

1950-51 Syracuse Nationals:

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 Thu, Nov 2, 1950 Fort Wayne Pistons W 92 77 1 0 W 1
2 Sun, Nov 5, 1950 Minneapolis Lakers W 90 87 2 0 W 2
3 Thu, Nov 9, 1950 Tri-Cities Blackhawks W 89 70 3 0 W 3
4 Sat, Nov 11, 1950 @ New York Knickerbockers L 72 74 3 1 L 1
5 Sun, Nov 12, 1950 Baltimore Bullets W 83 57 4 1 W 1
6 Tue, Nov 14, 1950 @ Indianapolis Olympians L 78 108 4 2 L 1
7 Wed, Nov 15, 1950 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 71 72 4 3 L 2
8 Thu, Nov 16, 1950 @ Tri-Cities Blackhawks L 75 79 4 4 L 3
9 Sun, Nov 19, 1950 New York Knickerbockers W 96 83 5 4 W 1
10 Thu, Nov 23, 1950 Indianapolis Olympians L 85 92 5 5 L 1
11 Sat, Nov 25, 1950 @ Washington Capitols W 77 67 6 5 W 1
12 Sun, Nov 26, 1950 Washington Capitols W 90 76 7 5 W 2
13 Tue, Nov 28, 1950 @ New York Knickerbockers L 84 108 7 6 L 1
14 Thu, Nov 30, 1950 @ Philadelphia Warriors L 78 81 7 7 L 2
15 Sat, Dec 2, 1950 @ Baltimore Bullets W 99 96 8 7 W 1
16 Sun, Dec 3, 1950 Indianapolis Olympians W 84 81 9 7 W 2
17 Thu, Dec 7, 1950 Rochester Royals L 69 76 9 8 L 1
18 Sat, Dec 9, 1950 @ Boston Celtics W 86 85 10 8 W 1
19 Sun, Dec 10, 1950 Baltimore Bullets L 76 86 10 9 L 1
20 Thu, Dec 14, 1950 Tri-Cities Blackhawks L 69 78 10 10 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sat, Dec 16, 1950 @ Rochester Royals W 79 75 11 10 W 1
22 Sun, Dec 17, 1950 New York Knickerbockers W 95 86 12 10 W 2
23 Wed, Dec 20, 1950 @ Tri-Cities Blackhawks L 83 86 12 11 L 1
24 Thu, Dec 21, 1950 @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 72 97 12 12 L 2
25 Mon, Dec 25, 1950 Fort Wayne Pistons W 81 69 13 12 W 1
26 Tue, Dec 26, 1950 @ Boston Celtics L 100 102 13 13 L 1
27 Thu, Dec 28, 1950 @ Philadelphia Warriors L 88 91 13 14 L 2
28 Sat, Dec 30, 1950 @ Baltimore Bullets W 90 80 14 14 W 1
29 Mon, Jan 1, 1951 Boston Celtics W 106 89 15 14 W 2
30 Thu, Jan 4, 1951 Minneapolis Lakers L 77 80 15 15 L 1
31 Sat, Jan 6, 1951 @ New York Knickerbockers W 87 85 16 15 W 1
32 Sun, Jan 7, 1951 Baltimore Bullets W 73 65 17 15 W 2
33 Wed, Jan 10, 1951 @ Tri-Cities Blackhawks W 97 96 18 15 W 3
34 Thu, Jan 11, 1951 @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 76 84 18 16 L 1
35 Sun, Jan 14, 1951 Rochester Royals W 92 63 19 16 W 1
36 Thu, Jan 18, 1951 Rochester Royals L 87 96 19 17 L 1
37 Sun, Jan 21, 1951 Philadelphia Warriors L 86 96 19 18 L 2
38 Wed, Jan 24, 1951 @ Baltimore Bullets L 82 87 19 19 L 3
39 Thu, Jan 25, 1951 Tri-Cities Blackhawks W 113 87 20 19 W 1
40 Sat, Jan 27, 1951 @ Rochester Royals L 83 85 20 20 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Sun, Jan 28, 1951 Boston Celtics W 104 83 21 20 W 1
42 Tue, Jan 30, 1951 @ Boston Celtics L 87 96 21 21 L 1
43 Thu, Feb 1, 1951 New York Knickerbockers L 90 93 21 22 L 2
44 Fri, Feb 2, 1951 @ Boston Celtics L 90 96 21 23 L 3
45 Sun, Feb 4, 1951 Philadelphia Warriors W 78 75 22 23 W 1
46 Wed, Feb 7, 1951 Baltimore Bullets L 82 102 22 24 L 1
47 Thu, Feb 8, 1951 New York Knickerbockers W 96 83 23 24 W 1
48 Sun, Feb 11, 1951 @ Baltimore Bullets W 80 72 24 24 W 2
49 Wed, Feb 14, 1951 @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 75 77 24 25 L 1
50 Thu, Feb 15, 1951 Boston Celtics W 94 80 25 25 W 1
51 Sat, Feb 17, 1951 @ New York Knickerbockers L 75 88 25 26 L 1
52 Sun, Feb 18, 1951 Minneapolis Lakers W 91 80 26 26 W 1
53 Tue, Feb 20, 1951 @ Indianapolis Olympians W 81 79 27 26 W 2
54 Wed, Feb 21, 1951 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 76 82 27 27 L 1
55 Sun, Feb 25, 1951 New York Knickerbockers W 98 93 28 27 W 1
56 Tue, Feb 27, 1951 @ Philadelphia Warriors L 72 86 28 28 L 1
57 Thu, Mar 1, 1951 Fort Wayne Pistons W 108 86 29 28 W 1
58 Sat, Mar 3, 1951 @ New York Knickerbockers L 78 97 29 29 L 1
59 Sun, Mar 4, 1951 Philadelphia Warriors W 85 79 30 29 W 1
60 Wed, Mar 7, 1951 @ Rochester Royals L 86 107 30 30 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Thu, Mar 8, 1951 Indianapolis Olympians W 121 97 31 30 W 1
62 Sun, Mar 11, 1951 Philadelphia Warriors L 91 95 31 31 L 1
63 Tue, Mar 13, 1951 @ Indianapolis Olympians L 93 98 31 32 L 2
64 Wed, Mar 14, 1951 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 76 100 31 33 L 3
65 Sat, Mar 17, 1951 @ Philadelphia Warriors L 86 100 31 34 L 4
66 Sun, Mar 18, 1951 Boston Celtics W 97 89 32 34 W 1

Playoffs

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Tue, Mar 20, 1951 @ Philadelphia Warriors W OT 91 89 1 0 W 1
2 Thu, Mar 22, 1951 Philadelphia Warriors W 90 78 2 0 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
3 Wed, Mar 28, 1951 @ New York Knickerbockers L 92 103 2 1 L 1
4 Thu, Mar 29, 1951 New York Knickerbockers W 102 80 3 1 W 1
5 Sat, Mar 31, 1951 @ New York Knickerbockers L 75 77 3 2 L 1
6 Sun, Apr 1, 1951 New York Knickerbockers W 90 83 4 2 W 1
7 Wed, Apr 4, 1951 @ New York Knickerbockers L 81 83 4 3 L 1