1950–51 Indianapolis Olympians season

The 1950–51 NBA season was the Olympians' 2nd season in the NBA.

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

NBA draft

Main article: 1950 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. From 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 (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division	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

• Alex Groza, All-NBA First Team
• Ralph Beard, All-NBA First Team