1950–51 Indianapolis Olympians season

1950–51 Indianapolis Olympians season
1950–51 Indianapolis Olympians season
Head coach	Cliff Barker (24–32); Wally Jones (7–5)
Arena	Butler Fieldhouse
Results
Record	31–37 (.456)
Place	Division: 4th (Western)
Playoff finish	West Division Semifinals; (eliminated 1–2)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	WXLW
< 1949–50	1951–52 >

The 1950–51 NBA season was the Olympians' 2nd season in the NBA.^[1]

NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	8	Bob Lavoy	F/C	United States	Western Kentucky
2	20	Paul Unruh	F	United States	Bradley
3	32	Chuck Mrazovich	F	United States	Eastern Kentucky
6	68	Ralph O'Brien	G	United States	Butler
7	80	Leon Blevins	G	United States	Arizona

Roster

Indianapolis Olympians 1950–51 roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Ht.	Wt.
SG	10	Barker, Cliff	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Kentucky
SF	20	Barnhorst, Leo	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Notre Dame
G	12	Beard, Ralph	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Kentucky
G	9	Blevins, Leon	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Arizona
C	15	Groza, Alex	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	Kentucky
G/F	7	Hale, Bruce	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Santa Clara
SF	14	Holland, Joe	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Kentucky
PF	17	Jones, Wallace	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Kentucky
PF	8	Lavoy, Bob	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Western Kentucky
F/C	18	Lofgran, Don	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	San Francisco
C	19	Mahnken, John	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Georgetown
F/C	16	McMullen, Mal	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Xavier
F	19	Mrazovich, Chuck	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Eastern Kentucky
G/F	18	Shaeffer, Carl	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Alabama
SG	5	Walther, Paul	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Tennessee

Head coach

Cliff Barker
Wally Jones

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Minneapolis Lakers	44	24	.647	–	29–3	12–21	3–0	24–12
x-Rochester Royals	41	27	.603	3	29–5	12–22	–	18–15
x-Fort Wayne Pistons	32	36	.471	12	27–7	5–27	0–2	18–6
x-Indianapolis Olympians	31	37	.456	13	19–12	10–24	2–1	15–20
Tri-Cities Blackhawks	25	43	.368	19	22–13	2–28	1–2	12–24

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	November 1	@ Washington	84–100	Alex Groza (23)	0–1
2	November 4	@ Baltimore	86–102	Alex Groza (26)	0–2
3	November 5	@ Fort Wayne	63–68	Alex Groza (31)	0–3
4	November 7	New York	86–73	Alex Groza (18)	1–3
5	November 9	@ New York	85–73	Bob Lavoy (23)	2–3
6	November 12	@ Boston	75–78	Ralph Beard (22)	2–4
7	November 14	Syracuse	108–78	Bob Lavoy (21)	3–4
8	November 16	@ Philadelphia	67–85	Alex Groza (23)	3–5
9	November 18	Tri-Cities	74–67	Alex Groza (17)	4–5
10	November 19	@ Tri-Cities	81–104	Alex Groza (16)	4–6
11	November 21	Rochester	91–79	Alex Groza (32)	5–6
12	November 23	@ Syracuse	92–85	Ralph Beard (25)	6–6
13	November 25	Baltimore	92–81	Alex Groza (23)	7–6
14	November 26	@ Fort Wayne	70–79	Alex Groza (21)	7–7
15	November 28	Fort Wayne	90–66	Alex Groza (25)	8–7
16	December 1	Minneapolis	66–65	Ralph Beard (18)	9–7
17	December 2	@ Rochester	72–94	Bob Lavoy (15)	9–8
18	December 3	@ Syracuse	81–84	Alex Groza (18)	9–9
19	December 5	New York	95–89	Ralph Beard (20)	10–9
20	December 6	@ Washington	101–79	Wallace Jones (34)	11–9
21	December 7	@ Philadelphia	73–102	Alex Groza (18)	11–10
22	December 10	@ New York	84–106	Alex Groza (33)	11–11
23	December 12	Tri-Cities	75–74	Ralph Beard (21)	12–11
24	December 15	Minneapolis	71–82	Alex Groza (19)	12–12
25	December 17	@ Minneapolis	60–79	Alex Groza (20)	12–13
26	December 19	Fort Wayne	92–93	Alex Groza (34)	12–14
27	December 23	@ Washington	87–79 (OT)	Paul Walther (17)	13–14
28	December 26	Washington	81–88	Alex Groza (27)	13–15
29	December 29	Tri-Cities	112–81	Ralph Beard (28)	14–15
30	January 2	Philadelphia	86–87 (OT)	Beard, Groza (19)	14–16
31	January 4	@ Fort Wayne	94–83	Ralph Beard (28)	15–16
32	January 6	@ Rochester	75–73 (6OT)	Beard, Groza (17)	16–16
33	January 7	@ Tri-Cities	79–83	Alex Groza (20)	16–17
34	January 9	Rochester	59–77	Alex Groza (19)	16–18
35	January 12	Fort Wayne	81–89	Bob Lavoy (18)	16–19
36	January 14	@ Minneapolis	84–86 (OT)	Ralph Beard (22)	16–20
37	January 16	Minneapolis	82–68	Alex Groza (19)	17–20
38	January 18	@ Philadelphia	80–114	Alex Groza (24)	17–21
39	January 20	@ Baltimore	63–102	Alex Groza (24)	17–22
40	January 23	Boston	79–83 (OT)	Ralph Beard (27)	17–23
41	January 26	Philadelphia	78–75	Alex Groza (27)	18–23
42	January 28	@ Minneapolis	75–101	Alex Groza (24)	18–24
43	January 29	Tri-Cities	87–85	Alex Groza (30)	19–24
44	January 31	Rochester	68–63	Alex Groza (28)	20–24
45	February 3	Minneapolis	84–89	Alex Groza (21)	20–25
46	February 4	@ New York	105–83	Ralph Beard (31)	21–25
47	February 5	vs Boston	57–70	Ralph Beard (24)	21–26
48	February 6	Rochester	78–76	Ralph Beard (24)	22–26
49	February 10	Philadelphia	78–88	Alex Groza (25)	22–27
50	February 11	@ Minneapolis	78–91	Alex Groza (21)	22–28
51	February 13	Fort Wayne	80–78	Beard, Groza (21)	23–28
52	February 14	@ Tri-Cities	91–98	Alex Groza (24)	23–29
53	February 15	vs Baltimore	69–60	Alex Groza (24)	24–29
54	February 16	Minneapolis	71–76	Ralph Beard (24)	24–30
55	February 18	@ Boston	75–78	Beard, Groza (17)	24–31
56	February 20	Syracuse	79–81	Alex Groza (29)	24–32
57	February 25	@ Minneapolis	75–73	Alex Groza (19)	25–32
58	February 27	Baltimore	96–74	Ralph Beard (32)	26–32
59	March 4	@ Tri-Cities	72–87	Ralph Beard (20)	26–33
60	March 6	Boston	75–73	Alex Groza (20)	27–33
61	March 8	@ Syracuse	97–121	Alex Groza (27)	27–34
62	March 9	Rochester	84–91	Alex Groza (23)	27–35
63	March 11	@ Rochester	95–88	Ralph Beard (35)	28–35
64	March 13	Syracuse	98–93	Alex Groza (28)	29–35
65	March 14	@ Fort Wayne	109–115	Alex Groza (35)	29–36
66	March 15	New York	74–70	Alex Groza (26)	30–36
67	March 17	@ Baltimore	92–91	Alex Groza (37)	31–36
68	March 18	@ Rochester	79–91	Ralph Beard (22)	31–37

Playoffs

West Division Semifinals

(1) Minneapolis Lakers vs. (4) Indianapolis Olympians: Lakers win series 2-1

Game 1 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 95, Indianapolis 81
Game 2 @ Indianapolis: Indianapolis 108, Minneapolis 88
Game 3 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 85, Indianapolis 80

Awards and records

References

^ 1950–51 Indianapolis Olympians

[1] 1950–51 Indianapolis Olympians

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