1950–51 Baltimore Bullets season

The 1950–51 NBA season was the Bullets' 4th season in the NBA and seventh overall season of existence.[1]

1950–51 Baltimore Bullets season
Head coachBuddy Jeannette (14–23)
Walt Budko (10–19)
ArenaBaltimore Coliseum
Results
Record24–42 (.364)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWBAL

Draft picks
Main article: 1950 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
12Don RehfeldtF United StatesWisconsin
213John PilchF United StatesWyoming
325Dick DickeyG United StatesNC State
549Norm MagerF United StatesCCNY

Roster
Baltimore Bullets 1950–51 roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.From
PF 12 United States Budko, Walt 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Columbia
G/F 5 United States Byrnes, Tommy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Seton Hall
G/F United States Carlson, Don 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Minnesota
G United States Corley, Ray 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Georgetown
G 4 United States Dolhon, Joe 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) NYU
C 13 United States Halbert, Chick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) West Texas A&M
G 8 United States Hassett, Billy 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Notre Dame
G/F 11 United States Hoffman, Paul 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Purdue
F 5 United States James, Gene 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Marshall
F 33 United States Mager, Norm 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) CCNY
PF 7 United States Mehen, Dick 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Tennessee
SG 9 United States Murray, Ken 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) St. Bonaventure
G United States O'Keefe, Tommy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Georgetown
C 13 United States Otten, Don 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Bowling Green
SF United States Rehfeldt, Don 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Wisconsin
C 6 United States Rocha, Red 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Oregon State
G 4 United States Sailors, Ken 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Wyoming
SG 8 United States Smawley, Belus 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Appalachian State
PF 7 United States Walker, Brady 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) BYU
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Philadelphia Warriors4026.606–28–411–211–122–14
x-Boston Celtics3930.565125–510–234–221–19
x-New York Knicks3630.545422–510–254–021–15
x-Syracuse Nationals3234.485823–109–24–19–17
Baltimore Bullets2442.3641620–124–240–612–24
Washington Capitols1025.286307–123–120–16–12

Record vs. opponents
1950–51 NBA records
Team BAL BOS FWP IND MIN NYK PHI ROC SYR TCB WAS
Baltimore —3–64–22–42–42–53–61–53–53–31–2
Boston 6–3—5–14–13–34–44–42–42–54–24–3
Fort Wayne 2–41–5—5–35–32–43–33–53–35–53–1
Indianapolis 4–21–43–5—3–75–11–55–43–34–42–2
Minneapolis 4–23–33–57–3—3–34–24–44–210–02–0
New York 5–24–44–21–53–3—5–33–35–54–22–1
Philadelphia 6–34–43–35–12–43–5—4–26–24–23–0
Rochester 5–35–23–33–32–45–52–6—4–25–35–0
Syracuse 5–35–23–33–32–45–52–62–4—3–32–0
Tri-Cities 3–32–45–54–40–102–42–43–53–3—1–1
Washington 2–13–41–32–20–21–20–30–50–21–1—

Game log
1950–51 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1November 1Minneapolis81–71Paul Hoffman (15)1–0
2November 4Indianapolis102–86Dick Mehen (20)2–0
3November 7vs Boston64–83Ken Murray (22)2–1
4November 8at Washington81–86Don Rehfeldt (23)2–2
5November 11Fort Wayne85–77Mehen, Murray (16)3–2
6November 12at Syracuse57–83Ken Murray (16)3–3
7November 14at Philadelphia72–84Dick Mehen (18)3–4
8November 15Philadelphia80–72Ken Murray (19)4–4
9November 16at Boston73–82Ken Murray (22)4–5
10November 18Boston76–80Dick Mehen (15)4–6
11November 19at Fort Wayne80–84Red Rocha (14)4–7
12November 21vs Tri-Cities65–76Walt Budko (13)4–8
13November 22New York73–87Red Rocha (21)4–9
14November 25at Indianapolis81–92Ken Murray (25)4–10
15November 26at Minneapolis71–85Ken Murray (20)4–11
16November 28at Tri-Cities73–65Walt Budko (20)5–11
17December 2Syracuse96–99 (OT)Red Rocha (21)5–12
18December 3at Boston85–97Brady Walker (17)5–13
19December 6Rochester70–74Rocha, Sailors (14)5–14
20December 9Philadelphia76–75Walt Budko (21)6–14
21December 10at Syracuse86–76Red Rocha (18)7–14
22December 12at Rochester87–102Red Rocha (21)7–15
23December 13Tri-Cities83–55Ken Murray (22)8–15
24December 16Boston119–88Belus Smawley (28)9–15
25December 20Minneapolis91–84Belus Smawley (18)10–15
26December 25at Tri-Cities72–87Ken Murray (18)10–16
27December 27at Minneapolis63–81Red Rocha (11)10–17
28December 30Syracuse80–90 (OT)Ken Murray (21)10–18
29January 1Washington83–71Hoffman, Murray, Rocha (15)11–18
30January 3at Washington82–92Walt Budko (14)11–19
31January 4at Philadelphia69–92Brady Walker (14)11–20
32January 6Philadelphia64–57Walt Budko (18)12–20
33January 7at Syracuse65–73Walt Budko (16)12–21
34January 10Rochester78–80 (OT)Ken Murray (23)12–22
35January 13at New York79–92Belus Smawley (23)12–23
36January 14New York93–91 (2OT)Belus Smawley (30)13–23
37January 17Tri-Cities81–70Red Rocha (17)14–23
38January 20Indianapolis102–63Red Rocha (20)15–23
39January 23vs Minneapolis79–89Ken Murray (15)15–24
40January 24Syracuse87–82Ken Murray (19)16–24
41January 27Fort Wayne97–91Red Rocha (26)17–24
42January 30at Rochester90–95Belus Smawley (19)17–25
43January 31at New York77–89Red Rocha (14)17–26
44February 3New York72–83Ken Murray (22)17–27
45February 4at Fort Wayne108–95Paul Hoffman (20)18–27
46February 6vs New York82–91Ken Murray (19)18–28
47February 7Syracuse102–82Murray, Smawley (20)19–28
48February 8at Philadelphia75–86Red Rocha (21)19–29
49February 10Boston81–76Sailors, Smawley (22)20–29
50February 11at Syracuse72–80Red Rocha (17)20–30
51February 14at Minneapolis71–99Paul Hoffman (14)20–31
52February 15vs Indianapolis60–69Red Rocha (15)20–32
53February 17Fort Wayne112–91Hoffman, Smawley (19)21–32
54February 20at Rochester89–105Belus Smawley (21)21–33
55February 21Philadelphia81–83Belus Smawley (18)21–34
56February 22vs Boston69–72Hoffman, Rocha (14)21–35
57February 24Boston84–75Red Rocha (17)22–35
58February 25at Fort Wayne92–102Don Rehfeldt (16)22–36
59February 27at Indianapolis74–96Don Rehfeldt (21)22–37
60February 28at Tri-Cities85–100Ken Sailors (20)22–38
61March 3Boston87–95Ken Sailors (19)22–39
62March 7Philadelphia84–95Belus Smawley (15)22–40
63March 8at Philadelphia90–94 (2OT)Belus Smawley (23)22–41
64March 11New York112–89Belus Smawley (23)23–41
65March 15Rochester93–87Brady Walker (19)24–41
66March 17Indianapolis91–92Belus Smawley (21)24–42

References
  1. 1950-51 Baltimore Bullets
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