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1950-51 Rochester Royals season
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| 1950–51 Rochester Royals season | |
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NBA champions | |
| Head coach | Les Harrison |
| Owners | Jack Harrison Les Harrison |
| Arena | Edgerton Park Arena |
| Results | |
| Record | 41–27 (.603) |
| Place | Division: 2nd (Western) |
| Playoff finish | NBA Champions (Defeated Knicks 4–3) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
| Local media | |
| Television | WHAM 8 |
| Radio | WHAM |
The 1950–51 Rochester Royals season was the third season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Royals finished the season by winning their first NBA Championship. The Royals scored 84.6 points per game and allowed 81.7 points per game.[1] Rochester was led up front by Arnie Risen, a 6–9, 200-pound center nicknamed "Stilts", along with 6–5 Arnie Johnson and 6–7 Jack Coleman. The backcourt was manned by Bob Davies and Bobby Wanzer. Among the key reserves was a guard from City College of New York named William "Red" Holzman.[2] HoopsHype would later rank this squad as the team with the ninth-easiest route to win the NBA Finals due to the records of both their first round opponent and their championship opponent in the Fort Wayne Pistons and New York Knicks respectively.[3] The Royals (now currently going by the Sacramento Kings) would since have the longest NBA drought between championship teams following their sole NBA Finals championship this season.
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
| 1950–51 Game log | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
| 1 | October 31 | Washington | 70–78 | Arnie Risen (20) | 1–0 | |||||
| 2 | November 4 | Fort Wayne | 71–95 | Bobby Wanzer (18) | 2–0 | |||||
| 3 | November 11 | Tri-Cities | 77–86 | Davies, Risen (18) | 3–0 | |||||
| 4 | November 12 | at Tri-Cities | 79–82 (OT) | Bobby Wanzer (17) | 3–1 | |||||
| 5 | November 15 | at Fort Wayne | 85–89 | Jack Coleman (22) | 3–2 | |||||
| 6 | November 18 | Minneapolis | 86–77 (2OT) | Bob Davies (21) | 3–3 | |||||
| 7 | November 19 | at Minneapolis | 77–90 | Coleman, Davies (15) | 3–4 | |||||
| 8 | November 21 | at Indianapolis | 79–91 | Arnie Risen (16) | 3–5 | |||||
| 9 | November 23 | at Philadelphia | 71–89 | Jack Coleman (15) | 3–6 | |||||
| 10 | November 25 | Boston | 82–90 | Risen, Saul (17) | 4–6 | |||||
| 11 | November 28 | Washington | 71–87 | Davies, Johnson (15) | 5–6 | |||||
| 12 | November 29 | at Washington | 72–71 | Bob Davies (14) | 6–6 | |||||
| 13 | November 30 | at New York | 74–79 | Davies, Risen (14) | 6–7 | |||||
| 14 | December 2 | Indianapolis | 72–94 | Arnie Risen (22) | 7–7 | |||||
| 15 | December 3 | at Fort Wayne | 79–80 | Arnie Risen (16) | 7–8 | |||||
| 16 | December 6 | at Baltimore | 74–70 | Bob Davies (18) | 8–8 | |||||
| 17 | December 7 | at Syracuse | 76–69 | Bob Davies (18) | 9–8 | |||||
| 18 | December 10 | Philadelphia | 84–99 | Jack Coleman (23) | 10–8 | |||||
| 19 | December 12 | Baltimore | 87–102 | Bobby Wanzer (24) | 11–8 | |||||
| 20 | December 13 | at Minneapolis | 82–72 | Bob Davies (28) | 12–8 | |||||
| 21 | December 16 | Syracuse | 79–75 (OT) | Arnie Risen (19) | 12–9 | |||||
| 22 | December 17 | at Boston | 75–88 | Bob Davies (17) | 12–10 | |||||
| 23 | December 20 | at Washington | 94–76 | Arnie Risen (23) | 13–10 | |||||
| 24 | December 23 | Fort Wayne | 65–77 | Bill Calhoun (15) | 14–10 | |||||
| 25 | December 25 | Boston | 77–90 | Bobby Wanzer (25) | 15–10 | |||||
| 26 | December 27 | at Fort Wayne | 74–68 | Red Holzman (18) | 16–10 | |||||
| 27 | December 28 | Minneapolis | 67–75 | Arnie Risen (17) | 17–10 | |||||
| 28 | December 30 | Washington | 77–91 | Bobby Wanzer (21) | 18–10 | |||||
| 29 | January 1 | New York | 88–91 (OT) | Arnie Risen (28) | 19–10 | |||||
| 30 | January 6 | Indianapolis | 75–73 (6OT) | Arnie Risen (26) | 19–11 | |||||
| 31 | January 7 | at Minneapolis | 57–69 | Jack Coleman (16) | 19–12 | |||||
| 32 | January 9 | at Indianapolis | 77–59 | Arnie Risen (19) | 20–12 | |||||
| 33 | January 10 | at Baltimore | 80–78 (OT) | Arnie Johnson (17) | 21–12 | |||||
| 34 | January 11 | at Philadelphia | 79–82 | Jack Coleman (24) | 21–13 | |||||
| 35 | January 13 | Fort Wayne | 78–99 | Frank Saul (14) | 22–13 | |||||
| 36 | January 14 | at Syracuse | 63–92 | Jack Coleman (14) | 22–14 | |||||
| 37 | January 16 | Tri-Cities | 89–97 | Arnie Risen (20) | 23–14 | |||||
| 38 | January 18 | at Syracuse | 96–87 | Johnson, Risen (16) | 24–14 | |||||
| 39 | January 20 | Philadelphia | 101–87 | Davies, Risen (19) | 24–15 | |||||
| 40 | January 21 | at New York | 83–88 (OT) | Arnie Risen (20) | 24–16 | |||||
| 41 | January 23 | New York | 92–102 (4OT) | Arnie Risen (26) | 25–16 | |||||
| 42 | January 27 | Syracuse | 83–85 | Arnie Risen (20) | 26–16 | |||||
| 43 | January 28 | at Fort Wayne | 88–93 | Arnie Risen (22) | 26–17 | |||||
| 44 | January 30 | Baltimore | 90–95 | Bob Davies (28) | 27–17 | |||||
| 45 | January 31 | at Indianapolis | 63–68 | Arnie Risen (21) | 27–18 | |||||
| 46 | February 3 | Philadelphia | 61–65 | Arnie Risen (24) | 28–18 | |||||
| 47 | February 4 | at Tri-Cities | 81–84 | Arnie Risen (24) | 28–19 | |||||
| 48 | February 6 | at Indianapolis | 76–78 | Arnie Risen (24) | 28–20 | |||||
| 49 | February 8 | at Minneapolis | 58–69 | Calhoun, Davies, Risen (11) | 28–21 | |||||
| 50 | February 10 | Tri-Cities | 90–98 | Bob Davies (25) | 29–21 | |||||
| 51 | February 11 | at Boston | 77–93 | Bob Davies (24) | 29–22 | |||||
| 52 | February 14 | at New York | 65–81 | Red Holzman (13) | 29–23 | |||||
| 53 | February 17 | Minneapolis | 82–87 | Bob Davies (28) | 30–23 | |||||
| 54 | February 18 | at Tri-Cities | 83–89 | Bob Davies (18) | 30–24 | |||||
| 55 | February 20 | Baltimore | 89–105 | Bobby Wanzer (27) | 31–24 | |||||
| 56 | February 22 | at Philadelphia | 90–98 | Arnie Risen (23) | 31–25 | |||||
| 57 | February 24 | Tri-Cities | 89–99 | Bob Davies (17) | 32–25 | |||||
| 58 | February 25 | at Tri-Cities | 82–78 | Bob Davies (14) | 33–25 | |||||
| 59 | February 27 | New York | 90–100 | Bob Davies (19) | 34–25 | |||||
| 60 | March 3 | Fort Wayne | 79–89 | Arnie Risen (24) | 35–25 | |||||
| 61 | March 6 | Minneapolis | 79–90 | Arnie Risen (23) | 36–25 | |||||
| 62 | March 9 | at Indianapolis | 91–84 | Bobby Wanzer (22) | 37–25 | |||||
| 63 | March 10 | Syracuse | 86–107 | Bob Davies (25) | 38–25 | |||||
| 64 | March 11 | Indianapolis | 95–88 | Jack Coleman (23) | 38–26 | |||||
| 65 | March 13 | at Boston | 111–107 (2OT) | Jack Coleman (25) | 39–26 | |||||
| 66 | March 15 | at Baltimore | 87–93 | Arnie Risen (26) | 39–27 | |||||
| 67 | March 17 | Boston | 89–114 | Bobby Wanzer (29) | 40–27 | |||||
| 68 | March 18 | Indianapolis | 79–91 | Arnie Risen (25) | 41–27 | |||||