Rochester Royals Playoff Rosters

1950-1951 Rochester Royals Playoff Roster

Player Pos HT WT Birth Date Age Pre-Draft Team YOS Draft Status
Bill Calhoun GF 6-3 180 Nov 4, 1927 23 City College of San Francisco 2 1947 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Jack Coleman PF 6-7 195 May 23, 1924 26 Louisville 1 1948 NBA Draft, Rnd 3, Pick 1, Providence Steamrollers
Bob Davies PG 6-1 175 Jan 15, 1920 31 Seton Hall 2 N/A
Red Holzman PG 5-10 175 Aug 10, 1920 30 City College of New York 2 1947 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Arnie Johnson SF 6-5 236 May 16, 1920 30 Bemidji State 2 1947 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Joe McNamee SF 6-6 210 Sep 24, 1926 24 San Francisco 0 1950 NBA Draft, Rnd 1, Pick 10, Rochester Royals
Paul Noel GF 6-4 185 Aug 17, 1924 26 Kentucky 3 1947 NBA Draft, Undrafted
Arnie Risen C 6-9 200 Oct 9, 1924 26 Ohio State 2 N/A
Pep Saul GF 6-2 185 Feb 16, 1924 27 Seton Hall 1 1949 NBA Draft, Rnd 1, Pick 12, Rochester Royals
Bobby Wanzer PG 6-0 170 Jun 4, 1921 29 Seton Hall 2 1948 NBA Draft, Rnd 1, Pick 10, Rochester Royals

1950-1951 Playoff Matchups

DescriptionHomeAwayResult
Second Round #1 San Francisco Warriors #4 Syracuse Nationals SYR in 2
Second Round #2 Boston Celtics #3 New York Knicks NYK in 2
Second Round W1 Minneapolis Lakers W4 Indianapolis Olympians MIN in 3
Second Round W2 Rochester Royals W3 Fort Wayne Pistons ROR in 3
Conference Finals #3 New York Knicks #4 Syracuse Nationals NYK in 5
Conference Finals W1 Minneapolis Lakers W2 Rochester Royals ROR in 4
NBA Finals W2 Rochester Royals #3 New York Knicks ROR in 7

1950-1951 Rochester Playoff Stats

Player GP PTS REB AST
Arnie Risen 14 19.5 14.0 2.4
Bob Davies 14 15.9 3.1 5.4
Bobby Wanzer 14 12.5 5.1 4.2
Arnie Johnson 14 11.2 9.0 2.9
Jack Coleman 14 10.0 12.8 4.7
Red Holzman 14 6.1 1.4 1.4
Bill Calhoun 14 4.4 2.9 1.4
Joe McNamee 13 2.5 2.7 0.7
Paul Noel 9 2.1 1.0 0.1
Pep Saul 9 1.0 0.3 0.7

1950-1951 Rochester Royals Conference Semi Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Rochester Leaders Fort Wayne Leaders
Mar 20, 1951
v.
Fort Wayne
W, 110-81 Edgerton Park Arena
Conference Semi Finals
1-0 PTS: 21. Bob Davies
PTS: 19. Dick Mehen
Mar 22, 1951
@
Fort Wayne
L, 83-78 North Side High School Gym
Conference Semi Finals
1-1 PTS: 16. Bob Davies
PTS: 21. Fred Schaus
Mar 24, 1951
v.
Fort Wayne
W, 97-78 Edgerton Park Arena
Conference Semi Finals
2-1 PTS: 20. Bobby Wanzer
PTS: 12. Fred Schaus

1950-1951 Rochester Royals Conference Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Rochester Leaders Minneapolis Leaders
Mar 29, 1951
@
Minneapolis
L, 76-73 Minneapolis Auditorium
Conference Finals
0-1 PTS: 24. Arnie Risen
PTS: 23. V. Mikkelsen
Mar 31, 1951
@
Minneapolis
W, 66-70 Minneapolis Auditorium
Conference Finals
1-1 PTS: 23. Red Holzman
PTS: 20. Jim Pollard
Apr 1, 1951
v.
Minneapolis
W, 83-70 Edgerton Park Arena
Conference Finals
2-1 PTS: 20. Bobby Wanzer
PTS: 23. George Mikan
Apr 3, 1951
v.
Minneapolis
W, 80-75 Edgerton Park Arena
Conference Finals
3-1 PTS: 26. Arnie Risen
PTS: 32. George Mikan

1950-1951 Rochester Royals NBA Finals Schedule

Date Opponent Result Venue Record Rochester Leaders New York Leaders
Apr 7, 1951
v.
New York
W, 92-65 Edgerton Park Arena
NBA Finals
1-0 PTS: 24. Arnie Risen
PTS: 13. Vince Boryla
Apr 8, 1951
v.
New York
W, 99-84 Edgerton Park Arena
NBA Finals
2-0 PTS: 24. Bob Davies
PTS: 28. M. Zaslofsky
Apr 11, 1951
@
New York
W, 71-78 Madison Square Garden
NBA Finals
3-0 PTS: 27. Arnie Risen
PTS: 20. Vince Boryla
Apr 13, 1951
@
New York
L, 79-73 Madison Square Garden
NBA Finals
3-1 PTS: 26. Arnie Risen
PTS: 22. H. Gallatin
Apr 15, 1951
v.
New York
L, 89-92 Edgerton Park Arena
NBA Finals
3-2 PTS: 21. Bobby Wanzer
PTS: 26. C. Simmons
Apr 18, 1951
@
New York
L, 80-73 Madison Square Garden
NBA Finals
3-3 PTS: 27. A. Johnson
PTS: 23. M. Zaslofsky
Apr 21, 1951
v.
New York
W, 79-75 Edgerton Park Arena
NBA Finals
4-3 PTS: 24. Arnie Risen
PTS: 16. M. Zaslofsky