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1950–51 NBA season

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Sport
  
Basketball

Eastern runners-up
  
Syracuse Nationals

Western runners-up
  
Minneapolis Lakers

Start date
  
1950

Number of teams
  
11

Eastern champions
  
New York Knicks

Western champions
  
Rochester Royals

Champion
  
Rochester Royals

Number of games
  
68

Finals champion
  
Sacramento Kings

League
  
National Basketball Association

Top scorer
  
George Mikan (Los Angeles Lakers)

Similar
  
1965–66 NBA season, 1946‑47 BAA season, 1968–69 NBA season

The 1950–51 NBA season was the fifth season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Rochester Royals winning the NBA Championship, beating the New York Knicks 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals.

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Notable occurrences

  • The NBA contracts, losing six teams (Anderson Packers, Sheboygan Red Skins and Waterloo Hawks jump to the NPBL, while the Chicago Stags, Denver Nuggets and St. Louis Bombers fold) and shrinks from 17 teams to 11 before the season starts. Midway through the season, the Washington Capitols fold, bringing the number of teams in the league down to ten. The Nation's Capital would not have another NBA team until the Baltimore Bullets relocate from nearby Baltimore in 1973.
  • The first annual NBA All-Star Game, a showcase of the league's top players, was played in Boston, Massachusetts, with the East beating the West 111-94. Ed Macauley of the Boston Celtics receives the first NBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award.

    • Final standings

    x – Clinched playoff spot

    Statistics leaders

    Note: Prior to the 1969–70 season, league leaders in points, rebounds, and assists were determined by totals rather than averages.

    References

    1950–51 NBA season Wikipedia
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