1950–51 Washington Capitols season

1950–51 Washington Capitols season
Head coach	Bones McKinney
Arena	Washington Coliseum
Results
Record	10–25 (.286)
Place	Division: 6th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

The 1950–51 NBA season was the Capitols' fifth season in the NBA.^[1] Midway through the season, the franchise ceased operations.

Draft picks

Main article: 1950 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	4	Dick Schnittker	F	United States	Ohio State
2	16	Bill Sharman	G	United States	USC
3	28	Alan Sawyer	F	United States	UCLA
4	40	Tommy O'Keefe	G	United States	Georgetown
5	52	Claude Overton	G	United States	East Central State
9	100	Earl Lloyd	F/C	United States	West Virginia State

Roster

Washington Capitols 1950–51 roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Wt.
4.0 !F	17	USA !	Bartels, Edward	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	North Carolina State
2.5 !G/F		USA !	Byrnes, Tommy	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Seton Hall
5.5 !F/C	11	USA !	Gilmur, Chuck	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Washington
6.0 !C	14	USA !	Halbert, Chick	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	West Texas State
2.5 !G/F	18/23	USA !	Kudelka, Frank	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	Saint Mary's
3.0 !SF		USA !	Lloyd, Earl	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	West Virginia State
4.0 !F	12	USA !	Maughan, Ariel	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Utah State
3.0 !SF	29	USA !	McKinney, Bones	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	North Carolina
6.0 !C	15	USA !	Mikan, Ed	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	DePaul
4.0 !F	16	USA !	Norlander, Johnny	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Hamline
2.5 !G/F	13	USA !	O'Keefe, Dick	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Santa Clara
1.5 !G		USA !	O'Keefe, Tommy	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Georgetown
6.0 !C	15	USA !	Otten, Don	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Bowling Green
4.0 !F	17/29	USA !	Sawyer, Alan	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	UCLA
3.0 !SF	22	USA !	Schnittker, Dick	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Ohio State
1.0 !PG	20	USA !	Scolari, Fred	7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	San Francisco
2.0 !SG	10	USA !	Sharman, Bill	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Southern California

Head coach

Bones McKinney

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	October 31	@ Rochester	70–78	0–1
2	November 1	Indianapolis	100–84	1–1
3	November 4	Minneapolis	85–91	1–2
4	November 8	Baltimore	86–81	2–2
5	November 11	Boston	77–78	2–3
6	November 12	@ Fort Wayne	73–87	2–4
7	November 14	New York	87–92	2–5
8	November 15	vs Boston	74–79	2–6
9	November 18	Fort Wayne	118–75	3–6
10	November 19	@ Boston	81–75	4–6
11	November 21	@ Philadelphia	78–83	4–7
12	November 22	Tri-Cities	65–60	5–7
13	November 23	@ New York	78–109	5–8
14	November 25	Syracuse	67–77	5–9
15	November 26	@ Syracuse	76–90	5–10
16	November 28	@ Rochester	71–87	5–11
17	November 29	Rochester	71–72	5–12
18	November 30	@ Boston	85–81	6–12
19	December 2	Boston	75–83	6–13
20	December 6	Indianapolis	79–101	6–14
21	December 9	New York	91–84	7–14
22	December 10	@ Fort Wayne	81–97	7–15
23	December 13	Boston	110–79	8–15
24	December 16	Philadelphia	88–96	8–16
25	December 20	Rochester	76–94	8–17
26	December 23	Indianapolis	79–87 (OT)	8–18
27	December 25	@ Minneapolis	79–93	8–19
28	December 26	@ Indianapolis	88–81	9–19
29	December 28	@ Tri-Cities	80–97	9–20
30	December 30	@ Rochester	77–91	9–21
31	January 1	@ Baltimore	71–83	9–22
32	January 3	Baltimore	92–82	10–22
33	January 6	Fort Wayne	76–91	10–23
34	January 7	@ Boston	86–91 (OT)	10–24
35	January 9	@ Philadelphia	74–102	10–25

References

↑ 1950–51 Washington Capitols

1950–51 NBA season by team

1950 NBA draft All-Star Game Playoffs Finals Transactions

Eastern	Baltimore Boston New York Philadelphia Syracuse Washington

Western	Fort Wayne Indianapolis Minneapolis Rochester Tri-Cities

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