1950–51 Boston Celtics season

The 1950–51 Boston Celtics season was the fifth season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). It was Red Auerbach's first season as head coach. This was the first winning season in franchise history, finishing 9 games above .500, beginning a streak of 19 consecutive winning seasons. They also qualified for the playoffs for the second time in franchise history, starting a streak of 19 consecutive postseason appearances.

1950–51 Boston Celtics season
Head coachRed Auerbach
ArenaBoston Arena
Boston Garden
Results
Record39–30 (.565)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishEast Division Semi-finals
(lost to Knicks 0–2)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWHDH

Draft picks
Main article: 1950 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
11Chuck ShareC United StatesBowling Green
212Chuck CooperF United StatesDuquesne
324Bob DonhamG/F United StatesOhio State
660Francis MahoneyF United StatesBrown

Roster
Boston Celtics roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
C 24 United States Boykoff, Harry 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) St. John's
F 11 United States Cooper, Chuck 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Duquesne
G 14 United States Cousy, Bob 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Holy Cross
G/F 12 United States Donham, Bob 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Ohio State
F/C 21 United States Duncan, Andy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) William & Mary
F/C 13−18 United States Harris, Bob 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Oklahoma State
F/C 10 United States Hermsen, Kleggie 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Minnesota
G 4 United States Hertzberg, Sonny 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) CCNY
G/F 21 United States Kudelka, Frank 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 193 lb (88 kg) Saint Mary's
G/F 5 United States Leede, Ed 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Dartmouth
F/C 22 United States Macauley, Ed 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Saint Louis
C 16 United States Mahnken, John 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Georgetown
F/C 17 United States McKinney, Bones 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) North Carolina
F/C United States Mehen, Dick 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Tennessee
G 13 United States Sailors, Kenny 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Wyoming
F 19−21 United States Stanczak, Ed 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) No college
F/C 13 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

Roster
Last transaction: 2011-03-14

Pre-season
1950 Pre-season Game Log: 5–0 (home: 5–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTAttendanceRecordRecap
1October 18 (in Bangor, Maine)Baltimore Bullets92–102Boston Celtics1–0[1]
2October 19 (in Houlton, Maine)Baltimore Bullets90–100Boston Celtics1,9002–0[2]
3October 22 (in Burlington, Vermont)Baltimore Bullets60–72Boston Celtics3–0[3]
4October 23 (in Newport, New Hampshire)Baltimore Bullets66–86Boston Celtics4–0[4]
5October 30Baltimore Bullets83–98Boston Celtics5–0[5]

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 1at Fort Wayne84–107Bob Cousy (16)0–1
2November 2at Tri-Cities65–79Ed Macauley (22)0–2
3November 4at Philadelphia68–77Ed Macauley (19)0–3
4November 7vs Baltimore83–64Bob Donham (15)1–3
5November 9Minneapolis76–71Ed Macauley (22)2–3
6November 11at Washington78–77Ed Macauley (24)3–3
7November 12Indianapolis78–75Ed Macauley (19)4–3
8November 15vs Washington79–74Chuck Cooper (15)5–3
9November 16Baltimore82–73Ed Macauley (26)6–3
10November 18at Baltimore80–76Ed Macauley (16)7–3
11November 19Washington75–81Cousy, Macauley (23)7–4
12November 21at New York89–83Cooper, Macauley (18)8–4
13November 23Tri-Cities94–78Ed Macauley (23)9–4
14November 25at Rochester82–90Ed Leede (19)9–5
15November 26New York93–90 (2OT)Ed Macauley (26)10–5
16November 28vs Philadelphia74–76Sidney Hertzberg (19)10–6
17November 30Washington81–85Sidney Hertzberg (22)10–7
18December 2at Washington83–75Ed Macauley (22)11–7
19December 3Baltimore97–85Bob Cousy (22)12–7
20December 9Syracuse85–86Cousy, Macauley (19)12–8
21December 12Fort Wayne87–81Ed Macauley (25)13–8
22December 13at Washington79–110Ed Macauley (19)13–9
23December 16at Baltimore88–119Bob Cousy (28)13–10
24December 17Rochester88–75Bob Cousy (25)14–10
25December 19vs New York80–86Ed Macauley (23)14–11
26December 23Minneapolis87–81Ed Macauley (23)15–11
27December 25at Rochester77–90Ed Macauley (23)15–12
28December 26Syracuse102–100Ed Macauley (24)16–12
29December 30at New York60–77Bob Cousy (19)16–13
30December 31New York100–90Ed Macauley (33)17–13
31January 1at Syracuse89–106Ed Macauley (14)17–14
32January 3at Tri-Cities84–82Ed Macauley (28)18–14
33January 5at Minneapolis54–69Cousy, Hertzberg, Macauley (13)18–15
34January 7Washington91–86 (OT)Ed Macauley (25)19–15
35January 13at Philadelphia97–87Bob Cousy (34)20–15
36January 14Philadelphia98–73Macauley, Mahnken (18)21–15
37January 18Tri-Cities105–85Ed Macauley (25)22–15
38January 20at Tri-Cities85–91Bob Cousy (16)22–16
39January 21at Fort Wayne112–106 (OT)Ed Macauley (22)23–16
40January 23at Indianapolis83–79 (OT)Ed Macauley (21)24–16
41January 25Fort Wayne99–97Leede, Macauley (19)25–16
42January 27at New York75–76Bob Cousy (17)25–17
43January 28at Syracuse83–104Bob Cousy (20)25–18
44January 30Syracuse96–87Cousy, Macauley (23)26–18
45February 1at Philadelphia80–82 (2OT)Ed Macauley (26)26–19
46February 2Syracuse96–90 (OT)Ed Macauley (22)27–19
47February 4at Minneapolis84–98Kleggie Hermsen (23)27–20
48February 5vs Indianapolis70–57Kleggie Hermsen (16)28–20
49February 8Tri-Cities85–70Bob Cousy (19)29–20
50February 10at Baltimore76–81Ed Macauley (21)29–21
51February 11Rochester93–77Ed Macauley (29)30–21
52February 13at Philadelphia98–104Ed Macauley (32)30–22
53February 15at Syracuse80–94Bob Cousy (19)30–23
54February 16Philadelphia81–76Ed Macauley (26)31–23
55February 18Indianapolis78–75Ed Macauley (24)32–23
56February 21New York87–85 (OT)Ed Macauley (36)33–23
57February 22vs Baltimore72–69Ed Macauley (17)34–23
58February 24at Baltimore75–84Sidney Hertzberg (18)34–24
59February 25Philadelphia93–83Bob Cousy (39)35–24
60March 1New York78–84Ed Macauley (24)35–25
61March 3at Baltimore95–87Ed Macauley (21)36–25
62March 4Minneapolis92–86Bob Cousy (19)37–25
63March 6at Indianapolis73–75Bob Cousy (19)37–26
64March 7at Fort Wayne99–95Ed Macauley (26)38–26
65March 11at Minneapolis96–98 (2OT)Ed Macauley (26)38–27
66March 13Rochester107–111 (2OT)Bob Cousy (32)38–28
67March 16Fort Wayne90–88Ed Macauley (27)39–28
68March 17at Rochester89–114Ed Macauley (16)39–29
69March 18at Syracuse89–97Bob Cousy (28)39–30

Playoffs
1951 playoff game log
Division Semi-finals: 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh assistsLocationSeries
1 March 20 New York L 69–83 Ed Macauley (23) — Boston Garden 0–1
2 March 22 @ New York L 78–92 Ed Macauley (21) Bob Cousy (6) Madison Square Garden III 0–2
1951 schedule

Player statistics

Awards and records

Transactions

References
  1. "Boston Conquers Bullets, 102 To 92". The Baltimore Sun. October 19, 1950.
  2. "Celtics Win Again". Associated Press. October 20, 1950. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
  3. "Boston Conquers Bullets, 72 To 60". The Baltimore Sun. October 22, 1950.
  4. "Boston Trounces Bullets, 86 To 66". The Baltimore Sun. October 24, 1950.
  5. "Boston Beats Baltimore, 98–85; Cousy Scores 20". Chicago Daily Tribune. October 30, 1950.

See also
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