1950β51 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: 2 place ( Western) |
Playoff finish |
NBA Champions (Defeated Knicks 4β3) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Local media | |
Television | WHAM 8 |
Radio | WHAM |
The 1950β51 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 6β9, 200-pound center nicknamed "Stilts", along with 6β5 Arnie Johnson and 6β7 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]
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x- Minneapolis Lakers | 44 | 24 | .647 | β | 29β3 | 12β21 | 3β0 | 24β12 |
x- Rochester Royals | 41 | 27 | .603 | 3 | 29β5 | 12β22 | β | 18β15 |
x- Fort Wayne Pistons | 32 | 36 | .471 | 12 | 27β7 | 5β27 | 0β2 | 18β6 |
x- Indianapolis Olympians | 31 | 37 | .456 | 13 | 19β12 | 10β24 | 2β1 | 15β20 |
Tri-Cities Blackhawks | 25 | 43 | .368 | 19 | 22β13 | 2β28 | 1β2 | 12β24 |
1950-51 NBA Records | |||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | FWP | IND | MIN | NYK | PHI | ROC | SYR | TCB | WAS |
Baltimore | β | 3β6 | 4β2 | 2β4 | 2β4 | 2β5 | 3β6 | 1β5 | 3β5 | 3β3 | 1β2 |
Boston | 6β3 | β | 5β1 | 4β1 | 3β3 | 4β4 | 4β4 | 2β4 | 2β5 | 4β2 | 4β3 |
Fort Wayne | 2β4 | 1β5 | β | 5β3 | 5β3 | 2β4 | 3β3 | 3β5 | 3β3 | 5β5 | 3β1 |
Indianapolis | 4β2 | 1β4 | 3β5 | β | 3β7 | 5β1 | 1β5 | 5β4 | 3β3 | 4β4 | 2β2 |
Minneapolis | 4β2 | 3β3 | 3β5 | 7β3 | β | 3β3 | 4β2 | 4β4 | 4β2 | 10β0 | 2β0 |
New York | 5β2 | 4β4 | 4β2 | 1β5 | 3β3 | β | 5β3 | 3β3 | 5β5 | 4β2 | 2β1 |
Philadelphia | 6β3 | 4β4 | 3β3 | 5β1 | 2β4 | 3β5 | β | 4β2 | 6β2 | 4β2 | 3β0 |
Rochester | 5β3 | 5β2 | 3β3 | 3β3 | 2β4 | 5β5 | 2β6 | β | 4β2 | 5β3 | 5β0 |
Syracuse | 5β3 | 5β2 | 3β3 | 3β3 | 2β4 | 5β5 | 2β6 | 2β4 | β | 3β3 | 2β0 |
Tri-Cities | 3β3 | 2β4 | 5β5 | 4β4 | 0β10 | 2β4 | 2β4 | 3β5 | 3β3 | β | 1β1 |
Washington | 2β1 | 3β4 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 0β2 | 1β2 | 0β3 | 0β5 | 0β2 | 1β1 | β |
1950β51 Game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | October 31 | Washington | 70β78 | Arnie Risen (20) | 1β0 | |||||
2 | November 4 | Fort Wayne | 71β95 | Bobby Wanzer (18) | 2β0 | |||||
3 | November 11 | Tri-Cities | 77β86 | Davies, Risen (18) | 3β0 | |||||
4 | November 12 | at Tri-Cities | 79β82 (OT) | Bobby Wanzer (17) | 3β1 | |||||
5 | November 15 | at Fort Wayne | 85β89 | Jack Coleman (22) | 3β2 | |||||
6 | November 18 | Minneapolis | 86β77 (2OT) | Bob Davies (21) | 3β3 | |||||
7 | November 19 | at Minneapolis | 77β90 | Coleman, Davies (15) | 3β4 | |||||
8 | November 21 | at Indianapolis | 79β91 | Arnie Risen (16) | 3β5 | |||||
9 | November 23 | at Philadelphia | 71β89 | Jack Coleman (15) | 3β6 | |||||
10 | November 25 | Boston | 82β90 | Risen, Saul (17) | 4β6 | |||||
11 | November 28 | Washington | 71β87 | Davies, Johnson (15) | 5β6 | |||||
12 | November 29 | at Washington | 72β71 | Bob Davies (14) | 6β6 | |||||
13 | November 30 | at New York | 74β79 | Davies, Risen (14) | 6β7 | |||||
14 | December 2 | Indianapolis | 72β94 | Arnie Risen (22) | 7β7 | |||||
15 | December 3 | at Fort Wayne | 79β80 | Arnie Risen (16) | 7β8 | |||||
16 | December 6 | at Baltimore | 74β70 | Bob Davies (18) | 8β8 | |||||
17 | December 7 | at Syracuse | 76β69 | Bob Davies (18) | 9β8 | |||||
18 | December 10 | Philadelphia | 84β99 | Jack Coleman (23) | 10β8 | |||||
19 | December 12 | Baltimore | 87β102 | Bobby Wanzer (24) | 11β8 | |||||
20 | December 13 | at Minneapolis | 82β72 | Bob Davies (28) | 12β8 | |||||
21 | December 16 | Syracuse | 79β75 (OT) | Arnie Risen (19) | 12β9 | |||||
22 | December 17 | at Boston | 75β88 | Bob Davies (17) | 12β10 | |||||
23 | December 20 | at Washington | 94β76 | Arnie Risen (23) | 13β10 | |||||
24 | December 23 | Fort Wayne | 65β77 | Bill Calhoun (15) | 14β10 | |||||
25 | December 25 | Boston | 77β90 | Bobby Wanzer (25) | 15β10 | |||||
26 | December 27 | at Fort Wayne | 74β68 | Red Holzman (18) | 16β10 | |||||
27 | December 28 | Minneapolis | 67β75 | Arnie Risen (17) | 17β10 | |||||
28 | December 30 | Washington | 77β91 | Bobby Wanzer (21) | 18β10 | |||||
29 | January 1 | New York | 88β91 (OT) | Arnie Risen (28) | 19β10 | |||||
30 | January 6 | Indianapolis | 75β73 (6OT) | Arnie Risen (26) | 19β11 | |||||
31 | January 7 | at Minneapolis | 57β69 | Jack Coleman (16) | 19β12 | |||||
32 | January 9 | at Indianapolis | 77β59 | Arnie Risen (19) | 20β12 | |||||
33 | January 10 | at Baltimore | 80β78 (OT) | Arnie Johnson (17) | 21β12 | |||||
34 | January 11 | at Philadelphia | 79β82 | Jack Coleman (24) | 21β13 | |||||
35 | January 13 | Fort Wayne | 78β99 | Frank Saul (14) | 22β13 | |||||
36 | January 14 | at Syracuse | 63β92 | Jack Coleman (14) | 22β14 | |||||
37 | January 16 | Tri-Cities | 89β97 | Arnie Risen (20) | 23β14 | |||||
38 | January 18 | at Syracuse | 96β87 | Johnson, Risen (16) | 24β14 | |||||
39 | January 20 | Philadelphia | 101β87 | Davies, Risen (19) | 24β15 | |||||
40 | January 21 | at New York | 83β88 (OT) | Arnie Risen (20) | 24β16 | |||||
41 | January 23 | New York | 92β102 (4OT) | Arnie Risen (26) | 25β16 | |||||
42 | January 27 | Syracuse | 83β85 | Arnie Risen (20) | 26β16 | |||||
43 | January 28 | at Fort Wayne | 88β93 | Arnie Risen (22) | 26β17 | |||||
44 | January 30 | Baltimore | 90β95 | Bob Davies (28) | 27β17 | |||||
45 | January 31 | at Indianapolis | 63β68 | Arnie Risen (21) | 27β18 | |||||
46 | February 3 | Philadelphia | 61β65 | Arnie Risen (24) | 28β18 | |||||
47 | February 4 | at Tri-Cities | 81β84 | Arnie Risen (24) | 28β19 | |||||
48 | February 6 | at Indianapolis | 76β78 | Arnie Risen (24) | 28β20 | |||||
49 | February 8 | at Minneapolis | 58β69 | Calhoun, Davies, Risen (11) | 28β21 | |||||
50 | February 10 | Tri-Cities | 90β98 | Bob Davies (25) | 29β21 | |||||
51 | February 11 | at Boston | 77β93 | Bob Davies (24) | 29β22 | |||||
52 | February 14 | at New York | 65β81 | Red Holzman (13) | 29β23 | |||||
53 | February 17 | Minneapolis | 82β87 | Bob Davies (28) | 30β23 | |||||
54 | February 18 | at Tri-Cities | 83β89 | Bob Davies (18) | 30β24 | |||||
55 | February 20 | Baltimore | 89β105 | Bobby Wanzer (27) | 31β24 | |||||
56 | February 22 | at Philadelphia | 90β98 | Arnie Risen (23) | 31β25 | |||||
57 | February 24 | Tri-Cities | 89β99 | Bob Davies (17) | 32β25 | |||||
58 | February 25 | at Tri-Cities | 82β78 | Bob Davies (14) | 33β25 | |||||
59 | February 27 | New York | 90β100 | Bob Davies (19) | 34β25 | |||||
60 | March 3 | Fort Wayne | 79β89 | Arnie Risen (24) | 35β25 | |||||
61 | March 6 | Minneapolis | 79β90 | Arnie Risen (23) | 36β25 | |||||
62 | March 9 | at Indianapolis | 91β84 | Bobby Wanzer (22) | 37β25 | |||||
63 | March 10 | Syracuse | 86β107 | Bob Davies (25) | 38β25 | |||||
64 | March 11 | Indianapolis | 95β88 | Jack Coleman (23) | 38β26 | |||||
65 | March 13 | at Boston | 111β107 (2OT) | Jack Coleman (25) | 39β26 | |||||
66 | March 15 | at Baltimore | 87β93 | Arnie Risen (26) | 39β27 | |||||
67 | March 17 | Boston | 89β114 | Bobby Wanzer (29) | 40β27 | |||||
68 | March 18 | Indianapolis | 79β91 | Arnie Risen (25) | 41β27 |
The Royals took Game 1 easily, 92β65, as Risen and Wanzer recorded 24 and 19 points. Rochester won Game 2 99β84, behind 24 points from Davies and 28 rebounds from Coleman. [2] Three nights later, the finals shifted to the 69th Regiment Armory in New York, but the result was no different. The Royals defeated the Knicks 78β71 and took a 3β0 series lead, thanks to 27 points and 18 rebounds from Risen. The Knicks rebounded in Game 4 by a score of 79β73. The Knicks key player was Harry Gallatin who scored 22 points and 14 rebounds. Game 5 took place in Rochester and the Knicks won 92β89. Connie Simmons had 26 points; and then tied the series by taking Game 6 back in New York 80β73. Max Zaslofsky led the way with 23 points. [2] The seventh and deciding game was held on April 21 back in Rochester. The Royals jumped to an early 14-point lead, but the Knicks came back. With 44 seconds left and the score tied at 75, Davies was fouled by the Knicksβ Dick McGuire and sunk two free throws. Rochester would go on to win the seventh game and the NBA Championship. Davies finished the game with 20 points, and Risen scored 24 points and 13 rebounds in the deciding game. [2] Risen finished the series with averages of 21.7 points and 14.3 rebounds, Davies averaged 17 points and 5.3 assists, Wanzer 12.4 points and Coleman 13.1 rebounds. The Knicks remain the only time in NBA Finals history a team has bounced back from a 3β0 deficit to force a Game 7. [2]