1950–51 Indianapolis Olympians season

The 1950–51 NBA season was the Olympians' 2nd season in the NBA.[1]

1950–51 Indianapolis Olympians season
Head coachCliff Barker (24–32)
Wally Jones (7–5)
ArenaButler Fieldhouse
Results
Record31–37 (.456)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Western)
Playoff finishWest Division Semifinals
(eliminated 1–2)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWXLW

NBA draft
Main article: 1950 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
18Bob LavoyF/C United StatesWestern Kentucky
220Paul UnruhF United StatesBradley
332Chuck MrazovichF United StatesEastern Kentucky
668Ralph O'BrienG United StatesButler
780Leon BlevinsG United StatesArizona

Roster

|- ! colspan="2" style="background-color: #89CFF0; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" | Indianapolis Olympians 1950–51 roster |- style="background-color: #FF0000; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" ! Players !! Coaches |- | valign="top" |

! Pos. !! # !! Nat. !! Name !! Ht. !! Wt. !! From |- |- | SG | 10 | United States | Barker, Cliff | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | | Kentucky |- |- | SF | 20 | United States | Barnhorst, Leo | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | | Notre Dame |- |- | G | 12 | United States | Beard, Ralph | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | | Kentucky |- |- | G | 9 | United States | Blevins, Leon | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 160 lb (73 kg) | | Arizona |- |- | C | 15 | United States | Groza, Alex | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 218 lb (99 kg) | | Kentucky |- |- | G/F | 7 | United States | Hale, Bruce | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | | Santa Clara |- |- | SF | 14 | United States | Holland, Joe | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | | Kentucky |- |- | PF | 17 | United States | Jones, Wallace | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 225 lb (102 kg) | | Kentucky |- |- | PF | 8 | United States | Lavoy, Bob | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | | Western Kentucky |- |- | F/C | 18 | United States | Lofgran, Don | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | | San Francisco |- |- | C | 19 | United States | Mahnken, John | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | | Georgetown |- |- | F/C | 16 | United States | McMullen, Mal | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | | Xavier |- |- | F | 19 | United States | Mrazovich, Chuck | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | | Eastern Kentucky |- |- | G/F | 18 | United States | Shaeffer, Carl | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | | Alabama |- |- | SG | 5 | United States | Walther, Paul | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 160 lb (73 kg) | | Tennessee |- |} |

Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

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Regular season

Season standings
Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Minneapolis Lakers4424.647–29–312–213–024–12
x-Rochester Royals4127.603329–512–22–18–15
x-Fort Wayne Pistons3236.4711227–75–270–218–6
x-Indianapolis Olympians3137.4561319–1210–242–115–20
Tri-Cities Blackhawks2543.3681922–132–281–212–24

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 1@ Washington84–100Alex Groza (23)0–1
2November 4@ Baltimore86–102Alex Groza (26)0–2
3November 5@ Fort Wayne63–68Alex Groza (31)0–3
4November 7New York86–73Alex Groza (18)1–3
5November 9@ New York85–73Bob Lavoy (23)2–3
6November 12@ Boston75–78Ralph Beard (22)2–4
7November 14Syracuse108–78Bob Lavoy (21)3–4
8November 16@ Philadelphia67–85Alex Groza (23)3–5
9November 18Tri-Cities74–67Alex Groza (17)4–5
10November 19@ Tri-Cities81–104Alex Groza (16)4–6
11November 21Rochester91–79Alex Groza (32)5–6
12November 23@ Syracuse92–85Ralph Beard (25)6–6
13November 25Baltimore92–81Alex Groza (23)7–6
14November 26@ Fort Wayne70–79Alex Groza (21)7–7
15November 28Fort Wayne90–66Alex Groza (25)8–7
16December 1Minneapolis66–65Ralph Beard (18)9–7
17December 2@ Rochester72–94Bob Lavoy (15)9–8
18December 3@ Syracuse81–84Alex Groza (18)9–9
19December 5New York95–89Ralph Beard (20)10–9
20December 6@ Washington101–79Wallace Jones (34)11–9
21December 7@ Philadelphia73–102Alex Groza (18)11–10
22December 10@ New York84–106Alex Groza (33)11–11
23December 12Tri-Cities75–74Ralph Beard (21)12–11
24December 15Minneapolis71–82Alex Groza (19)12–12
25December 17@ Minneapolis60–79Alex Groza (20)12–13
26December 19Fort Wayne92–93Alex Groza (34)12–14
27December 23@ Washington87–79 (OT)Paul Walther (17)13–14
28December 26Washington81–88Alex Groza (27)13–15
29December 29Tri-Cities112–81Ralph Beard (28)14–15
30January 2Philadelphia86–87 (OT)Beard, Groza (19)14–16
31January 4@ Fort Wayne94–83Ralph Beard (28)15–16
32January 6@ Rochester75–73 (6OT)Beard, Groza (17)16–16
33January 7@ Tri-Cities79–83Alex Groza (20)16–17
34January 9Rochester59–77Alex Groza (19)16–18
35January 12Fort Wayne81–89Bob Lavoy (18)16–19
36January 14@ Minneapolis84–86 (OT)Ralph Beard (22)16–20
37January 16Minneapolis82–68Alex Groza (19)17–20
38January 18@ Philadelphia80–114Alex Groza (24)17–21
39January 20@ Baltimore63–102Alex Groza (24)17–22
40January 23Boston79–83 (OT)Ralph Beard (27)17–23
41January 26Philadelphia78–75Alex Groza (27)18–23
42January 28@ Minneapolis75–101Alex Groza (24)18–24
43January 29Tri-Cities87–85Alex Groza (30)19–24
44January 31Rochester68–63Alex Groza (28)20–24
45February 3Minneapolis84–89Alex Groza (21)20–25
46February 4@ New York105–83Ralph Beard (31)21–25
47February 5vs Boston57–70Ralph Beard (24)21–26
48February 6Rochester78–76Ralph Beard (24)22–26
49February 10Philadelphia78–88Alex Groza (25)22–27
50February 11@ Minneapolis78–91Alex Groza (21)22–28
51February 13Fort Wayne80–78Beard, Groza (21)23–28
52February 14@ Tri-Cities91–98Alex Groza (24)23–29
53February 15vs Baltimore69–60Alex Groza (24)24–29
54February 16Minneapolis71–76Ralph Beard (24)24–30
55February 18@ Boston75–78Beard, Groza (17)24–31
56February 20Syracuse79–81Alex Groza (29)24–32
57February 25@ Minneapolis75–73Alex Groza (19)25–32
58February 27Baltimore96–74Ralph Beard (32)26–32
59March 4@ Tri-Cities72–87Ralph Beard (20)26–33
60March 6Boston75–73Alex Groza (20)27–33
61March 8@ Syracuse97–121Alex Groza (27)27–34
62March 9Rochester84–91Alex Groza (23)27–35
63March 11@ Rochester95–88Ralph Beard (35)28–35
64March 13Syracuse98–93Alex Groza (28)29–35
65March 14@ Fort Wayne109–115Alex Groza (35)29–36
66March 15New York74–70Alex Groza (26)30–36
67March 17@ Baltimore92–91Alex Groza (37)31–36
68March 18@ Rochester79–91Ralph Beard (22)31–37

Playoffs

West Division Semifinals

(1) Minneapolis Lakers vs. (4) Indianapolis Olympians: Lakers win series 2-1

  • Game 1 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 95, Indianapolis 81
  • Game 2 @ Indianapolis: Indianapolis 108, Minneapolis 88
  • Game 3 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 85, Indianapolis 80

Awards and records

References
  1. 1950–51 Indianapolis Olympians
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