1950–51 Fort Wayne Pistons season

The 1950–51 NBA season was the Pistons' third season in the NBA and tenth season as a franchise.[1]

1950–51 Fort Wayne Pistons season
Head coachMurray Mendenhall
ArenaNorth Side High School Gym
Results
Record32–36 (.471)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finishWest Division Semifinals
(eliminated 1–2)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

NBA draft
Main article: 1950 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
17George YardleyG/F United StatesStanford
219Jim RiffeyF United StatesTulane
331Art BurrisF United StatesTennessee

Roster
Fort Wayne Pistons 1950–51 roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.From
G/F 3 Armstrong, Curly 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Indiana
SF 12 Burris, Art 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Tennessee
F/C 10 Carpenter, Bob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) East Texas State
C 16 Foust, Larry 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) La Salle
G/F 14 Hargis, John 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Texas
F/C 9 Harris, Bob 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Oklahoma State
PG 5 Johnson, Boag 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Huntington
PF 15 Kerris, Jack 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Loyola
G 6 Klueh, Duane 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Indiana State
PF 10 Mehen, Dick 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Tennessee
SG 9 Murray, Ken 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) St. Bonaventure
G 4 Oldham, John 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Western Kentucky
C 17 Otten, Don 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Bowling Green
F Error in Template:Nts: Fractions are not supported Riffey, Jim 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Tulane
F 8 Schaus, Fred 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) West Virginia
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

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
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1950–51 NBA records
Team BAL BOS FWP IND MIN NYK PHI ROC SYR TCB WAS
Baltimore —3–64–22–42–42–53–61–53–53–31–2
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 1Boston107–84Larry Foust (21)1–0
2November 2@ Syracuse77–92Boag Johnson (21)1–1
3November 4@ Rochester71–95John Hargis (16)1–2
4November 5Indianapolis68–63Larry Foust (20)2–2
5November 8Tri-Cities87–79Boag Johnson (18)3–2
6November 9@ Philadelphia72–87Fred Schaus (20)3–3
7November 11@ Baltimore77–85Boag Johnson (13)3–4
8November 12Washington87–73Fred Schaus (18)4–4
9November 15Rochester89–85John Oldham (23)5–4
10November 18@ Washington75–118Boag Johnson (14)5–5
11November 19Baltimore84–80Jack Kerris (17)6–5
12November 22@ Minneapolis19–18John Oldham (5)7–5
13November 23Minneapolis73–63Larry Foust (19)8–5
14November 25@ Tri-Cities71–85Fred Schaus (20)8–6
15November 26Indianapolis79–70Larry Foust (22)9–6
16November 28@ Indianapolis66–90John Oldham (12)9–7
17December 3Rochester80–79Larry Foust (22)10–7
18December 6Philadelphia92–73Fred Schaus (17)11–7
19December 7@ Tri-Cities77–76Fred Schaus (22)12–7
20December 10Washington97–81Boag Johnson (20)13–7
21December 12@ Boston81–87Fred Schaus (20)13–8
22December 14@ Philadelphia82–94Fred Schaus (17)13–9
23December 16@ New York77–86Fred Schaus (19)13–10
24December 17Tri-Cities99–103Fred Schaus (26)13–11
25December 19@ Indianapolis93–92Fred Schaus (26)14–11
26December 21Syracuse97–72Jack Kerris (26)15–11
27December 23@ Rochester65–77Larry Foust (15)15–12
28December 25@ Syracuse69–81Boag Johnson (14)15–13
29December 27Rochester68–74Boag Johnson (13)15–14
30December 31@ Tri-Cities100–110Fred Schaus (33)15–15
31January 1Minneapolis83–70Larry Foust (17)16–15
32January 3@ Minneapolis64–86Fred Schaus (21)16–16
33January 4Indianapolis83–94Fred Schaus (23)16–17
34January 6@ Washington91–76Boag Johnson (20)17–17
35January 7New York76–79Fred Schaus (21)17–18
36January 8vs New York70–75 (OT)Fred Schaus (19)17–19
37January 11Syracuse84–76Fred Schaus (16)18–19
38January 12@ Indianapolis89–81Larry Foust (24)19–19
39January 13@ Rochester78–99Fred Schaus (20)19–20
40January 14Tri-Cities94–85Johnson, Schaus (19)20–20
41January 20vs Minneapolis70–89Jack Kerris (19)20–21
42January 21Boston106–112 (OT)Fred Schaus (25)20–22
43January 25@ Boston97–99Fred Schaus (18)20–23
44January 27@ Baltimore91–97Kerris, Schaus (22)20–24
45January 28Rochester93–88Fred Schaus (16)21–24
46January 31Philadelphia91–84Jack Kerris (18)22–24
47February 1@ Tri-Cities102–109Larry Foust (24)22–25
48February 4Baltimore95–108John Oldham (20)22–26
49February 7Minneapolis96–86Kerris, Oldham (20)23–26
50February 10@ New York62–73Fred Schaus (16)23–27
51February 11New York120–96Fred Schaus (22)24–27
52February 13@ Indianapolis78–80Larry Foust (16)24–28
53February 14Syracuse77–75Fred Schaus (19)25–28
54February 17@ Baltimore91–112Oldham, Schaus (18)25–29
55February 18Philadelphia75–70Jack Kerris (18)26–29
56February 24@ Minneapolis78–95Jack Kerris (18)26–30
57February 25Baltimore102–92Larry Foust (27)27–30
58February 28Minneapolis77–73Larry Foust (22)28–30
59March 1@ Syracuse86–108Foust, Oldham (15)28–31
60March 3@ Rochester79–89Fred Schaus (17)28–32
61March 4New York105–98Jack Kerris (26)29–32
62March 6@ Tri-Cities86–88John Oldham (19)29–33
63March 7Boston95–99Jack Kerris (20)29–34
64March 11Tri-Cities102–87Larry Foust (19)30–34
65March 14Indianapolis115–109Jack Kerris (24)31–34
66March 15@ Philadelphia78–88Larry Foust (14)31–35
67March 16@ Boston88–90Fred Schaus (22)31–36
68March 18Tri-Cities95–82Don Otten (18)32–36

Playoffs

West Division Semifinals

(2) Rochester Royals vs. (3) Fort Wayne Pistons: Royals win series 2-1

  • Game 1 @ Rochester: Rochester 110, Fort Wayne 81
  • Game 2 @ Fort Wayne: Fort Wayne 83, Rochester 78
  • Game 3 @ Rochester: Rochester 97, Fort Wayne 78

References
  1. 1950–51 Fort Wayne Pistons

See also
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