1949–50 Boston Celtics season

The 1949–50 Boston Celtics season was the fourth season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA).[1]

1949–50 Boston Celtics season
Head coachDoggie Julian
ArenaBoston Arena
Boston Garden
Results
Record22–46 (.324)
PlaceDivision: 6th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid Not Qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWMEX

Draft
Main article: 1949 BAA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
14Tony LavelliF United StatesYale
2–George KaftanF United StatesHoly Cross
3–Joe MullaneyG United StatesHoly Cross
8–Duane KluehG United StatesIndiana State
––Ed Little– United StatesDenver JC
––Jim Simpson– United StatesBates
––Emerson Speicher– United StatesBowling Green
––Bill Tom– United StatesRice
––Bill Vandenburgh– United StatesWashington
––Russ Washburn– United StatesColby
––Bill Weight– United StatesBYU

Roster
Boston Celtics 1949–50 roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.From
F/C 19 Doll, Bob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Colorado
F/C 10 Englund, Gene 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Wisconsin
G/F 16 Ezersky, Johnny 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Rhode Island
F/C 10 Gibson, Ward 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Creighton
G 4 Hertzberg, Sidney 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) City College of New York
F 9 Kaftan, George 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Holy Cross
F/C 22 Kinney, Bob 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Rice
F 4−11 Lavelli, Tony 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Yale
G/F 5 Leede, Ed 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Dartmouth College
C 16 Mahnken, John 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Georgetown
G 17 Mullaney, Joe 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Holy Cross
F/C 3 Nostrand, George 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Wyoming
G 7 O'Connell, Dermie 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 174 lb (79 kg) Holy Cross
G/F 15 Seminoff, Jim 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Southern California
G/F 8 Shannon, Howie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Kansas State
F 12 Spector, Art 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Villanova
F/C 13 Walker, Brady 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) BYU
Head coach
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-Syracuse Nationals5113.797–31–115–125–09–1
x-New York Knicks4028.5881319–1018–163–220–6
x-Washington Capitols3236.4712121–1310–201–313–13
x-Philadelphia Warriors2642.3822515–158–233–49–17
Baltimore Bullets2543.3682616–158–251–38–18
Boston Celtics2246.3242912–145–285–411–15

Record vs. opponents
1949–50 NBA records
Team AND BAL BOS CHI DEN FWP IND MIN NYK PHI ROC SHE STL SYR TCB WAS WAT
Anderson —1–10–21–14–31–12–51–11–11–10–25–22–03–47–21–17–0
Baltimore 1–1—2–41–51–13–31–11–51–53–33–32–03–30–20–22–41–1
Boston 2–04–2—0–61–12–41–11–51–53–30–61–12–40–20–23–31–1
Chicago 1–15–16–0—2–02–41–12–42–44–22–42–05–10–21–13–32–0
Denver 3–41–11–10–2—0–20–70–20–20–20–23–40–21–60–70–22–5
Fort Wayne 1–13–34–24–22–0—1–12–44–24–23–32–05–10–22–02–41–1
Indianapolis 5–21–11–11–17–01–1—1–11–12–01–15–21–12–74–31–15–2
Minneapolis 1–15–15–14–22–04–21–1—5–14–23–31–15–11–12–06–02–0
New York 1–15–15–14–22–02–41–11–5—1–51–51–14–20–21–15–12–0
Philadelphia 1–13–33–32–42–02–40–22–41–5—1–52–02–40–21–12–42–0
Rochester 2–03–36–04–22–03–31–13–35–15–1—1–15–11–12–06–02–0
Sheboygan 2–50–21–10–24–30–22–51–11–10–21–1—0–21–63–42–04–3
St. Louis 0–23–34–21–52–01–51–11–52–44–21–52–0—1–12–00–61–1
Syracuse 4–32–02–02–06–12–07–21–12–02–01–16–11–1—6–11–16–1
Tri-Cities 2–72–02–01–17–00–23–40–21–11–10–24–30–21–6—1–14–3
Washington 1–14–23–33–32–04–21–10–61–54–20–60–26–01–11–1—1–1
Waterloo 0–71–11–10–25–21–12–50–20–20–20–23–41–11–63–41–1—

Game log
1949–50 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1November 3at Sheboygan83–98Hertzberg, Leede (13)0–1
2November 5at Chicago70–86Sidney Hertzberg (13)0–2
3November 6at Waterloo66–80Bob Kinney (12)0–3
4November 10Minneapolis84–98George Kaftan (18)0–4
5November 12at Washington76–68Brady Walker (20)1–4
6November 15Baltimore76–81Sidney Hertzberg (20)1–5
7November 16at Philadelphia80–93Johnny Ezersky (15)1–6
8November 17Indianapolis90–68Sidney Hertzberg (16)2–6
9November 19at Baltimore91–82Sidney Hertzberg (22)3–6
10November 20at Fort Wayne89–99Bob Kinney (14)3–7
11November 21at Anderson99–85Sidney Hertzberg (23)4–7
12November 22at Tri-Cities72–80Sidney Hertzberg (19)4–8
13November 24Fort Wayne85–99Tony Lavelli (20)4–9
14November 26at New York84–96George Kaftan (34)4–10
15November 30Syracuse71–87Lavelli, Walker (17)4–11
16December 3at Tri-Cities82–87Ed Leede (20)4–12
17December 4at St. Louis76–85Bob Kinney (18)4–13
18December 6at Indianapolis82–93Bob Kinney (24)4–14
19December 8Philadelphia91–87George Kaftan (16)5–14
20December 10vs Sheboygan83–78Brady Walker (15)6–14
21December 15St. Louis83–81Ed Leede (21)7–14
22December 18at Minneapolis72–77Sidney Hertzberg (18)7–15
23December 22Minneapolis87–69Tony Lavelli (26)8–15
24December 23at Washington73–86Englund, Lavelli (11)8–16
25December 25at Rochester79–88Gene Englund (13)8–17
26December 26vs Baltimore82–57Tony Lavelli (15)9–17
27December 27New York97–78Bob Doll (18)10–17
28December 30Fort Wayne92–73Bob Kinney (18)11–17
29January 1at Fort Wayne72–80Howie Shannon (12)11–18
30January 4at St. Louis68–72Hertzberg, Kaftan (17)11–19
31January 6Baltimore74–53Gene Englund (17)12–19
32January 8at Minneapolis80–85 (OT)Bob Kinney (18)12–20
33January 10at Denver97–84George Kaftan (17)13–20
34January 13Chicago76–77Bob Kinney (14)13–21
35January 14at New York80–82Sidney Hertzberg (15)13–22
36January 17Minneapolis79–105George Kaftan (16)13–23
37January 18at Philadelphia86–94Bob Kinney (16)13–24
38January 19Philadelphia86–63Howie Shannon (17)14–24
39January 22at St. Louis47–71Tony Lavelli (11)14–25
40January 26Fort Wayne89–68Sidney Hertzberg (21)15–25
41January 28at Rochester75–82Ed Leede (14)15–26
42January 31Rochester72–85Ed Leede (14)15–27
43February 1vs Chicago76–78Ed Leede (21)15–28
44February 3Anderson106–98Ed Leede (24)16–28
45February 4vs Waterloo100–82Howie Shannon (22)17–28
46February 5vs Chicago70–77Hertzberg, Kaftan (16)17–29
47February 7Chicago86–91Ed Leede (21)17–30
48February 10St. Louis89–79Ed Leede (24)18–30
49February 12at Minneapolis70–88Sidney Hertzberg (22)18–31
50February 14vs Denver78–84Ed Leede (21)18–32
51February 15at Fort Wayne78–84George Kaftan (19)18–33
52February 17Rochester73–81Bob Kinney (19)18–34
53February 18vs Rochester73–94Sidney Hertzberg (16)18–35
54February 23vs Philadelphia82–77Ed Leede (24)19–35
55February 24Washington89–74Tony Lavelli (19)20–35
56February 25at Baltimore82–66Ed Leede (22)21–35
57February 27Chicago77–79Bob Kinney (16)21–36
58March 1at Philadelphia64–77Kinney, Lavelli (12)21–37
59March 2New York72–81Tony Lavelli (28)21–38
60March 4at Washington75–95Hertzberg, Lavelli (15)21–39
61March 7vs Washington75–64Tony Lavelli (19)22–39
62March 9at Rochester59–78John Mahnken (12)22–40
63March 10Washington66–76Tony Lavelli (22)22–41
64March 11at Baltimore75–79Tony Lavelli (23)22–42
65March 12at Syracuse72–96Howie Shannon (21)22–43
66March 14St. Louis76–86Ed Leede (25)22–44
67March 15at New York84–88 (OT)Tony Lavelli (28)22–45
68March 17New York96–98 (2OT)Doll, Leede (22)22–46

References
  1. 1949–50 Boston Celtics
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.