1949–50 Boston Celtics season | |
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Head coach | Doggie Julian |
Arena | Boston Arena Boston Garden |
Results | |
Record | 22–46 (.324) |
Place | Division: 6th (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Radio | WMEX |
The 1949–50 Boston Celtics season was the fourth season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA).[1] This was the last time the Celtics both finished below .500, and missed the playoffs until the 1969–70 season.
Draft
[edit]Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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1 | 4 | Tony Lavelli | F | ![]() |
Yale |
2 | – | George Kaftan | F | ![]() |
Holy Cross |
3 | – | Joe Mullaney | G | ![]() |
Holy Cross |
8 | – | Duane Klueh | G | ![]() |
Indiana State |
– | – | Ed Little | – | ![]() |
Denver JC |
– | – | Jim Simpson | – | ![]() |
Bates |
– | – | Emerson Speicher | – | ![]() |
Bowling Green |
– | – | Bill Tom | – | ![]() |
Rice |
– | – | Bill Vandenburgh | – | ![]() |
Washington |
– | – | Russ Washburn | – | ![]() |
Colby |
– | – | Bill Weight | – | ![]() |
BYU |
Roster
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Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x-Syracuse Nationals | 51 | 13 | .797 | – | 31–1 | 15–12 | 5–0 | 9–1 |
x-New York Knicks | 40 | 28 | .588 | 13 | 19–10 | 18–16 | 3–2 | 20–6 |
x-Washington Capitols | 32 | 36 | .471 | 21 | 21–13 | 10–20 | 1–3 | 13–13 |
x-Philadelphia Warriors | 26 | 42 | .382 | 25 | 15–15 | 8–23 | 3–4 | 9–17 |
Baltimore Bullets | 25 | 43 | .368 | 26 | 16–15 | 8–25 | 1–3 | 8–18 |
Boston Celtics | 22 | 46 | .324 | 29 | 12–14 | 5–28 | 5–4 | 11–15 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]1949–50 NBA records | |||||||||||||||||
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Team | AND | BAL | BOS | CHI | DEN | FWP | IND | MIN | NYK | PHI | ROC | SHE | STL | SYR | TCB | WAS | WAT |
Anderson | – | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 3–4 | 7–2 | 1–1 | 7–0 |
Baltimore | 1–1 | – | 2–4 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 |
Boston | 2–0 | 4–2 | – | 0–6 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 |
Chicago | 1–1 | 5–1 | 6–0 | – | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 |
Denver | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | – | 0–2 | 0–7 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 1–6 | 0–7 | 0–2 | 2–5 |
Fort Wayne | 1–1 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | – | 1–1 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 |
Indianapolis | 5–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 1–1 | – | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–7 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 5–2 |
Minneapolis | 1–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | – | 5–1 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 |
New York | 1–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–5 | – | 1–5 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 |
Philadelphia | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–5 | – | 1–5 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 |
Rochester | 2–0 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 5–1 | – | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 |
Sheboygan | 2–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | – | 0–2 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 2–0 | 4–3 |
St. Louis | 0–2 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 2–0 | – | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–6 | 1–1 |
Syracuse | 4–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 7–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | – | 6–1 | 1–1 | 6–1 |
Tri-Cities | 2–7 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 1–6 | – | 1–1 | 4–3 |
Washington | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | – | 1–1 |
Waterloo | 0–7 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 1–1 | — |
Game log
[edit]1949–50 Game log | ||||||||||
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# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | |||||
1 | November 3 | at Sheboygan | 83–98 | Hertzberg, Leede (13) | 0–1 | |||||
2 | November 5 | at Chicago | 70–86 | Sidney Hertzberg (13) | 0–2 | |||||
3 | November 6 | at Waterloo | 66–80 | Bob Kinney (12) | 0–3 | |||||
4 | November 10 | Minneapolis | 84–98 | George Kaftan (18) | 0–4 | |||||
5 | November 12 | at Washington | 76–68 | Brady Walker (20) | 1–4 | |||||
6 | November 15 | Baltimore | 76–81 | Sidney Hertzberg (20) | 1–5 | |||||
7 | November 16 | at Philadelphia | 80–93 | Johnny Ezersky (15) | 1–6 | |||||
8 | November 17 | Indianapolis | 90–68 | Sidney Hertzberg (16) | 2–6 | |||||
9 | November 19 | at Baltimore | 91–82 | Sidney Hertzberg (22) | 3–6 | |||||
10 | November 20 | at Fort Wayne | 89–99 | Bob Kinney (14) | 3–7 | |||||
11 | November 21 | at Anderson | 99–85 | Sidney Hertzberg (23) | 4–7 | |||||
12 | November 22 | at Tri-Cities | 72–80 | Sidney Hertzberg (19) | 4–8 | |||||
13 | November 24 | Fort Wayne | 85–99 | Tony Lavelli (20) | 4–9 | |||||
14 | November 26 | at New York | 84–96 | George Kaftan (34) | 4–10 | |||||
15 | November 30 | Syracuse | 71–87 | Lavelli, Walker (17) | 4–11 | |||||
16 | December 3 | at Tri-Cities | 82–87 | Ed Leede (20) | 4–12 | |||||
17 | December 4 | at St. Louis | 76–85 | Bob Kinney (18) | 4–13 | |||||
18 | December 6 | at Indianapolis | 82–93 | Bob Kinney (24) | 4–14 | |||||
19 | December 8 | Philadelphia | 91–87 | George Kaftan (16) | 5–14 | |||||
20 | December 10 | vs Sheboygan | 83–78 | Brady Walker (15) | 6–14 | |||||
21 | December 15 | St. Louis | 83–81 | Ed Leede (21) | 7–14 | |||||
22 | December 18 | at Minneapolis | 72–77 | Sidney Hertzberg (18) | 7–15 | |||||
23 | December 22 | Minneapolis | 87–69 | Tony Lavelli (26) | 8–15 | |||||
24 | December 23 | at Washington | 73–86 | Englund, Lavelli (11) | 8–16 | |||||
25 | December 25 | at Rochester | 79–88 | Gene Englund (13) | 8–17 | |||||
26 | December 26 | vs Baltimore | 82–57 | Tony Lavelli (15) | 9–17 | |||||
27 | December 27 | New York | 97–78 | Bob Doll (18) | 10–17 | |||||
28 | December 30 | Fort Wayne | 92–73 | Bob Kinney (18) | 11–17 | |||||
29 | January 1 | at Fort Wayne | 72–80 | Howie Shannon (12) | 11–18 | |||||
30 | January 4 | at St. Louis | 68–72 | Hertzberg, Kaftan (17) | 11–19 | |||||
31 | January 6 | Baltimore | 74–53 | Gene Englund (17) | 12–19 | |||||
32 | January 8 | at Minneapolis | 80–85 (OT) | Bob Kinney (18) | 12–20 | |||||
33 | January 10 | at Denver | 97–84 | George Kaftan (17) | 13–20 | |||||
34 | January 13 | Chicago | 76–77 | Bob Kinney (14) | 13–21 | |||||
35 | January 14 | at New York | 80–82 | Sidney Hertzberg (15) | 13–22 | |||||
36 | January 17 | Minneapolis | 79–105 | George Kaftan (16) | 13–23 | |||||
37 | January 18 | at Philadelphia | 86–94 | Bob Kinney (16) | 13–24 | |||||
38 | January 19 | Philadelphia | 86–63 | Howie Shannon (17) | 14–24 | |||||
39 | January 22 | at St. Louis | 47–71 | Tony Lavelli (11) | 14–25 | |||||
40 | January 26 | Fort Wayne | 89–68 | Sidney Hertzberg (21) | 15–25 | |||||
41 | January 28 | at Rochester | 75–82 | Ed Leede (14) | 15–26 | |||||
42 | January 31 | Rochester | 72–85 | Ed Leede (14) | 15–27 | |||||
43 | February 1 | vs Chicago | 76–78 | Ed Leede (21) | 15–28 | |||||
44 | February 3 | Anderson | 106–98 | Ed Leede (24) | 16–28 | |||||
45 | February 4 | vs Waterloo | 100–82 | Howie Shannon (22) | 17–28 | |||||
46 | February 5 | vs Chicago | 70–77 | Hertzberg, Kaftan (16) | 17–29 | |||||
47 | February 7 | Chicago | 86–91 | Ed Leede (21) | 17–30 | |||||
48 | February 10 | St. Louis | 89–79 | Ed Leede (24) | 18–30 | |||||
49 | February 12 | at Minneapolis | 70–88 | Sidney Hertzberg (22) | 18–31 | |||||
50 | February 14 | vs Denver | 78–84 | Ed Leede (21) | 18–32 | |||||
51 | February 15 | at Fort Wayne | 78–84 | George Kaftan (19) | 18–33 | |||||
52 | February 17 | Rochester | 73–81 | Bob Kinney (19) | 18–34 | |||||
53 | February 18 | vs Rochester | 73–94 | Sidney Hertzberg (16) | 18–35 | |||||
54 | February 23 | vs Philadelphia | 82–77 | Ed Leede (24) | 19–35 | |||||
55 | February 24 | Washington | 89–74 | Tony Lavelli (19) | 20–35 | |||||
56 | February 25 | at Baltimore | 82–66 | Ed Leede (22) | 21–35 | |||||
57 | February 27 | Chicago | 77–79 | Bob Kinney (16) | 21–36 | |||||
58 | March 1 | at Philadelphia | 64–77 | Kinney, Lavelli (12) | 21–37 | |||||
59 | March 2 | New York | 72–81 | Tony Lavelli (28) | 21–38 | |||||
60 | March 4 | at Washington | 75–95 | Hertzberg, Lavelli (15) | 21–39 | |||||
61 | March 7 | vs Washington | 75–64 | Tony Lavelli (19) | 22–39 | |||||
62 | March 9 | at Rochester | 59–78 | John Mahnken (12) | 22–40 | |||||
63 | March 10 | Washington | 66–76 | Tony Lavelli (22) | 22–41 | |||||
64 | March 11 | at Baltimore | 75–79 | Tony Lavelli (23) | 22–42 | |||||
65 | March 12 | at Syracuse | 72–96 | Howie Shannon (21) | 22–43 | |||||
66 | March 14 | St. Louis | 76–86 | Ed Leede (25) | 22–44 | |||||
67 | March 15 | at New York | 84–88 (OT) | Tony Lavelli (28) | 22–45 | |||||
68 | March 17 | New York | 96–98 (2OT) | Doll, Leede (22) | 22–46 |