1950–51 Baltimore Bullets season

1950–51 Baltimore Bullets season
Head coach	Buddy Jeannette (14–23) Walt Budko (10–19)
Arena	Baltimore Coliseum
Results
Record	24–42 (.364)
Place	Division: 5th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

The 1950–51 NBA season was the Bullets' 4th season in the NBA.^[1]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	2	Don Rehfeldt	F	United States	Wisconsin
2	13	John Pilch	F	United States	Wyoming
3	25	Dick Dickey	G	United States	NC State
5	49	Norm Mager	F	United States	CCNY

Roster

Baltimore Bullets 1950–51 roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From PF 12 Budko, Walt 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Columbia G/F 5 Byrnes, Tommy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Seton Hall G/F Carlson, Don 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Minnesota G Corley, Ray 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Georgetown G 4 Dolhon, Joe 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) NYU C 13 Halbert, Chick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) West Texas State G 8 Hassett, Billy 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Notre Dame G/F 11 Hoffman, Paul 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Purdue F 5 James, Gene 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Marshall F 33 Mager, Norm 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) CCNY PF 7 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 O'Keefe, Tommy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Georgetown C 13 Otten, Don 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Bowling Green SF Rehfeldt, Don 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Wisconsin C 6 Rocha, Red 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Oregon State G 4 Sailors, Ken 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Wyoming SG 8 Smawley, Belus 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Appalachian State PF 7 Walker, Brady 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Brigham Young	Head coach Buddy Jeannette Walt Budko Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Philadelphia Warriors	40	26	.606	–	28–4	11–21	1–1	22–14
x-Boston Celtics	39	30	.565	1	25–5	10–23	4–2	21–19
x-New York Knicks	36	30	.545	4	22–5	10–25	4–0	21–15
x-Syracuse Nationals	32	34	.485	8	23–10	9–24	–	19–17
Baltimore Bullets	24	42	.364	16	20–12	4–24	0–6	12–24
Washington Capitols	10	25	.286	30	7–12	3–12	0–1	6–12

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	Record
1	November 1	Minneapolis	81–71	1–0
2	November 4	Indianapolis	102–86	2–0
3	November 7	vs Boston	64–83	2–1
4	November 8	at Washington	81–86	2–2
5	November 11	Fort Wayne	85–77	3–2
6	November 12	at Syracuse	57–83	3–3
7	November 14	at Philadelphia	72–84	3–4
8	November 15	Philadelphia	80–72	4–4
9	November 16	at Boston	73–82	4–5
10	November 18	Boston	76–80	4–6
11	November 19	at Fort Wayne	80–84	4–7
12	November 21	vs Tri-Cities	65–76	4–8
13	November 22	New York	73–87	4–9
14	November 25	at Indianapolis	81–92	4–10
15	November 26	at Minneapolis	71–85	4–11
16	November 28	at Tri-Cities	73–65	5–11
17	December 2	Syracuse	96–99 (OT)	5–12
18	December 3	at Boston	85–97	5–13
19	December 6	Rochester	70–74	5–14
20	December 9	Philadelphia	76–75	6–14
21	December 10	at Syracuse	86–76	7–14
22	December 12	at Rochester	87–102	7–15
23	December 13	Tri-Cities	83–55	8–15
24	December 16	Boston	119–88	9–15
25	December 20	Minneapolis	91–84	10–15
26	December 25	at Tri-Cities	72–87	10–16
27	December 27	at Minneapolis	63–81	10–17
28	December 30	Syracuse	80–90 (OT)	10–18
29	January 1	Washington	83–71	11–18
30	January 3	at Washington	82–92	11–19
31	January 4	at Philadelphia	69–92	11–20
32	January 6	Philadelphia	64–57	12–20
33	January 7	at Syracuse	65–73	12–21
34	January 10	Rochester	78–80 (OT)	12–22
35	January 13	at New York	79–92	12–23
36	January 14	New York	93–91 (2OT)	13–23
37	January 17	Tri-Cities	81–70	14–23
38	January 20	Indianapolis	102–63	15–23
39	January 23	vs Minneapolis	79–89	15–24
40	January 24	Syracuse	87–82	16–24
41	January 27	Fort Wayne	97–91	17–24
42	January 30	at Rochester	90–95	17–25
43	January 31	at New York	77–89	17–26
44	February 3	New York	72–83	17–27
45	February 4	at Fort Wayne	108–95	18–27
46	February 6	vs New York	82–91	18–28
47	February 7	Syracuse	102–82	19–28
48	February 8	at Philadelphia	75–86	19–29
49	February 10	Boston	81–76	20–29
50	February 11	at Syracuse	72–80	20–30
51	February 14	at Minneapolis	71–99	20–31
52	February 15	vs Indianapolis	60–69	20–32
53	February 17	Fort Wayne	112–91	21–32
54	February 20	at Rochester	89–105	21–33
55	February 21	Philadelphia	81–83	21–34
56	February 22	vs Boston	69–72	21–35
57	February 24	Boston	84–75	22–35
58	February 25	at Fort Wayne	92–102	22–36
59	February 27	at Indianapolis	74–96	22–37
60	February 28	at Tri-Cities	85–100	22–38
61	March 3	Boston	87–95	22–39
62	March 7	Philadelphia	84–95	22–40
63	March 8	at Philadelphia	90–94 (2OT)	22–41
64	March 11	New York	112–89	23–41
65	March 15	Rochester	93–87	24–41
66	March 17	Indianapolis	91–92	24–42

References

1. 1950-51 Baltimore Bullets