The 1950–51 Syracuse Nationals season was the 5th season of the franchise and the second in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the regular season, the Nationals finished in fourth place in the Eastern Division & their 32–34 record gave them an NBA Playoffs berth. Syracuse faced the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1st round of the Eastern Division playoffs and won the best-of-three series 2–0 to advance to the division finals. In that series, the Nationals lost to the New York Knicks 2–3 in a best-of-five series. NBA Draft Roster {| class="toccolours" style="font-size: 95%; width: 100%;"|} |- ! colspan="2" style="background-color: #D0103A; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" | Syracuse Nationals 1950–51 roster |- style="background-color: #0046AD; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" ! Players !! Coaches |- | valign="top" | {| class="sortable" style="background:transparent; margin:0px; width:100%;"|} ! Pos. !! # !! Nat. !! Name !! Ht. !! Wt. !! From |- Regular season Standings Record vs. opponents Game log |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 || November 2 || Fort Wayne Pistons || 92–77 || State Fair Coliseum || George Ratkovicz (23) || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 || November 5 || Minneapolis Lakers || 90–87 || State Fair Coliseum || Paul Seymour (18) || 2–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 || November 9 || Tri-Cities Blackhawks || 89–70 || State Fair Coliseum || Dolph Schayes (15) || 3–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 || November 11 || @ New York Knicks || 72–74 (OT) || Madison Square Garden || Dolph Schayes (20) || 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 || November 12 || Baltimore Bullets || 83–57 || State Fair Coliseum || Paul Seymour (16) || 4–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 || November 14 || @ Indianapolis Olympians || 78–108 || Butler Fieldhouse || Belus Smawley (15) || 4–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 7 || November 15 || @ Minneapolis Lakers || 71–72 (OT) || Minneapolis Auditorium || Belus Smawley (16) || 4–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 8 || November 16 || @ Tri-Cities Blackhawks || 75–79 || Wharton Field House || Ed Peterson (19) || 4–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 9 || November 19 || New York Knicks || 96–83 || State Fair Coliseum || Belus Smawley (14) || 5–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 10 || November 23 || Indianapolis Olympians || 85–92 || State Fair Coliseum || Gabor, Hannum (17) || 5–5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 11 || November 25 || @