1950-51 New York Knicks Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 36-30
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 8-6 Lost finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated Boston Celtics 2-0
Division Finals - Defeated Syracuse Nationals 3-2
Finals - Lost to Rochester Royals 4-3
Coach: Joe Lapchick (36-30)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 146,347, Avg. 5,420 in 27 home dates

1950-51 New York Knicks Roster
1950-51 New York Knicks Results

The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association ended the 1950-51 season with a record of 36 wins and 30 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 8-6.

New York racked up 5,666 points and gave up 5,639. Vince Boryla tossed in a team-leading 982 points for the Knicks, while Harry Gallatin accounted for 800 boards. Dick McGuire dished out 400 assists for the squad.

Joe Lapchick coached the team. The 1950-51 New York Knicks lost in the finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Vince Boryla	F	66	867	352			332	278	249	182	244	982
Harry Gallatin	F-C	66	705	293			354	259	800	180	244	845
Max Zaslofsky	G-F	66	853	302			298	231	228	136	150	835
Connie Simmons	C-F	66	613	229			208	146	426	117	222	604
Nat Clifton	C-F	65	656	211			263	140	491	162	269	562
Dick McGuire	G	64	482	179			276	179	334	400	154	537
Ray Lumpp	G	64	379	153			160	124	125	115	160	430
Ernie Vandeweghe	F-G	44	336	135			97	68	195	121	144	338
George Kaftan	F	61	286	111			125	78	153	74	102	300
Tex Ritter	G-F	34	103	39			71	49	65	37	52	127
Tony Lavelli	F	30	93	32			41	35	59	23	56	99
Gene James	F	6	3	1			1	1	4	4	11	3
Totals		632	5376	2037	0	0	2226	1588	3129	1551	1808	5662

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Vince Boryla	F	66	40.6	83.7	3.8	2.8	3.7	14.9
Harry Gallatin	F-C	66	41.6	73.2	12.1	2.7	3.7	12.8
Max Zaslofsky	G-F	66	35.4	77.5	3.5	2.1	2.3	12.7
Connie Simmons	C-F	66	37.4	70.2	6.5	1.8	3.4	9.2
Nat Clifton	C-F	65	32.2	53.2	7.6	2.5	4.1	8.6
Dick McGuire	G	64	37.1	64.9	5.2	6.3	2.4	8.4
Ray Lumpp	G	64	40.4	77.5	2.0	1.8	2.5	6.7
Ernie Vandeweghe	F-G	44	40.2	70.1	4.4	2.8	3.3	7.7
George Kaftan	F	61	38.8	62.4	2.5	1.2	1.7	4.9
Tex Ritter	G-F	34	37.9	69.0	1.9	1.1	1.5	3.7
Tony Lavelli	F	30	34.4	85.4	2.0	0.8	1.9	3.3
Gene James	F	6	33.3	100.0	0.7	0.7	1.8	0.5
Averages		632	37.9	71.3	5.0	2.5	2.9	9.0

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Max Zaslofsky	G-F	14	217	88			100	74	58	38	43	250
Vince Boryla	F	14	193	83			56	51	52	37	42	217
Harry Gallatin	F-C	14	140	49			87	67	163	26	57	165
Connie Simmons	C-F	14	151	55			68	42	94	24	61	152
Ernie Vandeweghe	F-G	14	91	37			37	27	66	34	55	101
Nat Clifton	C-F	14	118	41			46	18	137	46	62	100
Dick McGuire	G	14	80	25			53	24	83	78	50	74
Ray Lumpp	G	13	67	24			23	20	20	23	40	68
George Kaftan	F	8	18	6			3	1	6	2	7	13
Tony Lavelli	F	2	5	1			2	2	1	1	2	4
Tex Ritter	G-F	3	5	1			1	1	2	0	5	3
Totals		124	1085	410	0	0	476	327	682	309	424	1147

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Reb	Ast	PF	Pts
Max Zaslofsky	G-F	14	40.6	74.0	4.1	2.7	3.1	17.9
Vince Boryla	F	14	43.0	91.1	3.7	2.6	3.0	15.5
Harry Gallatin	F-C	14	35.0	77.0	11.6	1.9	4.1	11.8
Connie Simmons	C-F	14	36.4	61.8	6.7	1.7	4.4	10.9
Ernie Vandeweghe	F-G	14	40.7	73.0	4.7	2.4	3.9	7.2
Nat Clifton	C-F	14	34.7	39.1	9.8	3.3	4.4	7.1
Dick McGuire	G	14	31.3	45.3	5.9	5.6	3.6	5.3
Ray Lumpp	G	13	35.8	87.0	1.5	1.8	3.1	5.2
George Kaftan	F	8	33.3	33.3	0.8	0.3	0.9	1.6
Tony Lavelli	F	2	20.0	100.0	0.5	0.5	1.0	2.0
Tex Ritter	G-F	3	20.0	100.0	0.7	0.0	1.7	1.0
Averages		632	37.8	68.7	5.5	2.5	3.4	9.3