NBA basketball (USA-1)

Standings for 1950-1951 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 Los Angeles Lakers Los Angeles Lakers 64.7 68 44 24 5632 5264 82.8 77.4 5.4 71.9
2 Golden State Warriors Golden State Warriors 60.6 66 40 26 5634 5386 85.4 81.6 3.8 65.2
3 Sacramento Kings Sacramento Kings 60.3 68 41 27 5756 5553 84.6 81.7 2.9 62.2
4 Boston Celtics Boston Celtics 56.5 69 39 30 5881 5899 85.2 85.5 -0.3 48.9
5 New York Knicks New York Knicks 54.6 66 36 30 5667 5639 85.9 85.4 0.5 51.7
6 Philadelphia 76ers Philadelphia 76ers 48.5 66 32 34 5680 5645 86.1 85.5 0.6 52.1
7 Detroit Pistons Detroit Pistons 47.1 68 32 36 5721 5849 84.1 86.0 -1.9 42.4
8 Indiana Olympians Indiana Olympians 45.6 68 31 37 5555 5716 81.7 84.1 -2.4 40.2
9 Atlanta Hawks Atlanta Hawks 36.8 68 25 43 5731 5988 84.3 88.1 -3.8 35.2
10 Baltimore Bullets Baltimore Bullets 36.4 66 24 42 5414 5565 82.0 84.3 -2.3 40.5
11 Washington Capitols Washington Capitols 28.6 35 10 25 2844 3011 81.3 86.0 -4.7 31.1

Standings glossary

Stats abbreviations

  • Rk: rank
  • % Victory: number of win / number of games played
  • Gp: number of games played
  • Gw: number of games won
  • GL: number of games lost
  • Pts+: total number of points scored by the team
  • Pts-: total number of points scored by opposing teams
  • Pts+ /g: total number of points scored by the team per game
  • Pts- /g: total number of points scored by opposing teams per game
  • Diff: difference between points scored and received per game
  • Expected Winning %: through our basketball statistical database and the use of advanced stats, we are able to project a team’s win percentage which then allows us to project how many wins a team is expected to have. These projections are a unique way to understand whether a team has played better or worse than their record indicates.