1950–51 New York Knicks season
Head coach	Joe Lapchick
General manager	Ned Irish
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Results
Record	36–30 (.545)
Place	Division: 3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	NBA Finals (lost to Royals 3–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WPIX
Radio	WMGM
< 1949–50 1951–52 >

The 1950–51 New York Knicks season was the fifth season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the regular season, the Knicks finished in third place in the Eastern Division, and their 36–30 record gave them a berth in the NBA Playoffs for the fifth consecutive year.^[1]

New York faced the Boston Celtics in the first round of the Eastern Division playoffs, and won the best-of-three series 2–0 to advance to the division finals. In that series, the Knicks defeated the Syracuse Nationals 3–2 in a best-of-five series, earning the franchise's first trip to the NBA Finals. The Rochester Royals faced the Knicks in the Finals, and won the first three games of the best-of-seven series. New York won the next three games to even up the series, but Rochester won the seventh game by a score of 79–75.^[2]

NBA draft

Note: This is not an extensive list; it only covers the first and second rounds, and any other players picked by the franchise that played at least one game in the league.^[3]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	6	Irwin Dambrot	F	United States	CCNY
2	18	Herb Scherer	C	United States	Long Island

Roster

New York Knicks 1950–51 roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Ht. Wt. From SF 12 Boryla, Vince 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Denver PF 19 Clifton, Nathaniel 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Xavier (LA) C Ellefson, Ray 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) West Texas A&M F/C 11 Gallatin, Harry 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Truman State F 14 James, Gene 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Marshall SF 17 Kaftan, George 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Holy Cross F 6, 16 Lavelli, Tony 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Yale G 7 Lumpp, Ray 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 178 lb (81 kg) NYU PG 15 McGuire, Dick 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) St. John's G/F 10 Ritter, Tex 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Eastern Kentucky F/C 18 Simmons, Connie 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 222 lb (101 kg) G/F 9 Vandeweghe, Ernie 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Colgate SG 5 Zaslofsky, Max 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) St. John's	Head coach Joe Lapchick Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Philadelphia Warriors	40	26	.606	–	28–4	11–21	1–1	22–14
x-Boston Celtics	39	30	.565	1	25–5	10–23	4–2	21–19
x-New York Knicks	36	30	.545	4	22–5	10–25	4–0	21–15
x-Syracuse Nationals	32	34	.485	8	23–10	9–24	–	19–17
Baltimore Bullets	24	42	.364	16	20–12	4–24	0–6	12–24
Washington Capitols	10	25	.286	30	7–12	3–12	0–1	6–12

x = clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents

1950–51 NBA records
Team	BAL	BOS	FWP	IND	MIN	NYK	PHI	ROC	SYR	TCB	WAS
Baltimore	—	3–6	4–2	2–4	2–4	2–5	3–6	1–5	3–5	3–3	1–2
Boston	6–3	—	5–1	4–1	3–3	4–4	4–4	2–4	2–5	4–2	4–3
Fort Wayne	2–4	1–5	—	5–3	5–3	2–4	3–3	3–5	3–3	5–5	3–1
Indianapolis	4–2	1–4	3–5	—	3–7	5–1	1–5	5–4	3–3	4–4	2–2
Minneapolis	4–2	3–3	3–5	7–3	—	3–3	4–2	4–4	4–2	10–0	2–0
New York	5–2	4–4	4–2	1–5	3–3	—	5–3	3–3	5–5	4–2	2–1
Philadelphia	6–3	4–4	3–3	5–1	2–4	3–5	—	4–2	6–2	4–2	3–0
Rochester	5–3	5–2	3–3	3–3	2–4	5–5	2–6	—	4–2	5–3	5–0
Syracuse	5–3	5–2	3–3	3–3	2–4	5–5	2–6	2–4	—	3–3	2–0
Tri-Cities	3–3	2–4	5–5	4–4	0–10	2–4	2–4	3–5	3–3	—	1–1
Washington	2–1	3–4	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–2	0–3	0–5	0–2	1–1	—

Game log

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1950–51 game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	November 4	at Tri-Cities	76–87	Max Zaslofsky (17)	0–1
2	November 5	at Tri-Cities	95–98 (OT)	Vince Boryla (35)	0–2
3	November 7	at Indianapolis	73–86	Vince Boryla (18)	0–3
4	November 9	Indianapolis	73–85	Ernie Vandeweghe (14)	0–4
5	November 11	Syracuse	74–72 (OT)	Vince Boryla (19)	1–4
6	November 14	at Washington	92–87	Vince Boryla (21)	2–4
7	November 16	Minneapolis	71–69	Vince Boryla (25)	3–4
8	November 18	Philadelphia	93–87	Max Zaslofsky (21)	4–4
9	November 19	at Syracuse	83–96	Vince Boryla (22)	4–5
10	November 21	Boston	83–89	Max Zaslofsky (17)	4–6
11	November 22	at Baltimore	87–73	Vince Boryla (21)	5–6
12	November 23	Washington	109–78	Max Zaslofsky (20)	6–6
13	November 26	at Boston	90–93 (2OT)	Max Zaslofsky (17)	6–7
14	November 28	Syracuse	108–84	Max Zaslofsky (17)	7–7
15	November 30	Rochester	79–74	Harry Gallatin (13)	8–7
16	December 3	at Tri-Cities	100–92	Vince Boryla (27)	9–7
17	December 5	at Indianapolis	89–95	Nathaniel Clifton (16)	9–8
18	December 6	at Minneapolis	62–84	Max Zaslofsky (15)	9–9
19	December 9	at Washington	84–91	Ray Lumpp (18)