1949–50 New York Knicks season

1949–50 New York Knicks season
Head coach Joe Lapchick
General manager Ned Irish
Arena Madison Square Garden
Results
Record 40–28 (.588)
Place Division: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish East Division Finals
(Lost to Nationals 1–2)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television WABD/WPIX
Radio WMGM[1]

The 1949–50 New York Knicks season was the fourth season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the regular season, the Knicks finished in second place in the Eastern Division, posting a 40–28 record and advancing to the NBA Playoffs. New York won its first round series against the Washington Capitols, 2–0, to make it to the Eastern Division Finals. There, the team was defeated two games to one by the Syracuse Nationals.[2]

NBA Draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
17Dick McGuireG United StatesSt. John's
2–Harry DonovanG United StatesMuhlenberg College
3–Ernie VandewegheF/G United StatesColgate

Roster

New York Knicks 1949–50 roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.From
F 19 United States Bartels, Edward 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) North Carolina State
F 12⁄19 United States Boryla, Vince 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Denver
G/F 4 United States Braun, Carl 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Colgate
G 16 United States Donovan, Harry 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Muhlenberg College
F/C 11 United States Gallatin, Harry 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Truman State
F 14 United States James, Gene 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Marshall
G 7 United States Lumpp, Ray 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 178 lb (81 kg) New York
G 15 United States McGuire, Dick 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) St. John's
F 5 United States Noel, Paul 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Kentucky
G/F 10 United States Ritter, Tex 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Eastern Kentucky
F/C 6 United States Simmons, Connie 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 222 lb (101 kg)
G/F 17 United States van Breda Kolff, Butch 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) New York
G/F 9 United States Vandeweghe, Ernie 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Colgate
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 1at Chicago89–87 (OT)Gallatin, McGuire (18)1–0
2November 2at Waterloo68–60Vince Boryla (19)2–0
3November 3at Fort Wayne72–87Harry Gallatin (13)2–1
4November 5at Tri-Cities76–72Carl Braun (19)3–1
5November 6at Sheboygan93–99Carl Braun (22)3–2
6November 8at Indianapolis79–64Paul Noel (15)4–2
7November 10Indianapolis79–83Connie Simmons (18)4–3
8November 12at Rochester73–94Tex Ritter (14)4–4
9November 13at Philadelphia66–80Harry Gallatin (18)4–5
10November 15Syracuse74–77Vince Boryla (19)4–6
11November 18vs Denver85–78Connie Simmons (15)5–6
12November 19Philadelphia85–69Harry Gallatin (16)6–6
13November 22at Washington89–74Carl Braun (19)7–6
14November 23Washington87–67Carl Braun (17)8–6
15November 24at Philadelphia75–70Donovan, McGuire (14)9–6
16November 26Boston96–84Vince Boryla (20)10–6
17November 27at Fort Wayne77–72Harry Gallatin (19)11–6
18November 30at Minneapolis92–102Harry Gallatin (20)11–7
19December 1at St. Louis85–68Tex Ritter (26)12–7
20December 3Baltimore85–55Harry Gallatin (16)13–7
21December 8at Baltimore82–60Vince Boryla (23)14–7
22December 10Chicago93–91 (OT)Connie Simmons (21)15–7
23December 14Minneapolis94–84Carl Braun (26)16–7
24December 17St. Louis81–76 (2OT)Carl Braun (23)17–7
25December 19at Anderson86–83Harry Gallatin (17)18–7
26December 20at Chicago77–79Carl Braun (23)18–8
27December 21at St. Louis52–75Carl Braun (11)18–9
28December 23at Denver83–72Ernie Vandeweghe (19)19–9
29December 26Rochester80–83 (OT)Connie Simmons (31)19–10
30December 27at Boston78–97Carl Braun (15)19–11
31December 28at Philadelphia79–72Braun, Gallatin (19)20–11
32December 31at Washington64–70Carl Braun (17)20–12
33January 1Philadelphia81–59Ernie Vandeweghe (16)21–12
34January 5vs Waterloo82–70Connie Simmons (21)22–12
35January 7Fort Wayne80–88Ernie Vandeweghe (20)22–13
36January 11Washington73–72Harry Gallatin (18)23–13
37January 14Boston82–80Carl Braun (21)24–13
38January 19Minneapolis83–94Carl Braun (18)24–14
39January 22Rochester81–71Carl Braun (23)25–14
40January 24vs Sheboygan101–68Connie Simmons (19)26–14
41January 25Fort Wayne96–66Harry Gallatin (22)27–14
42January 26at Baltimore79–77 (2OT)Carl Braun (19)28–14
43January 28Philadelphia55–58Dick McGuire (14)28–15
44January 29at Fort Wayne70–92Ray Lumpp (16)28–16
45January 31vs Tri-Cities77–83Carl Braun (16)28–17
46February 1at Minneapolis81–96Harry Donovan (19)28–18
47February 2at St. Louis87–73Carl Braun (18)29–18
48February 4at Washington76–71Carl Braun (24)30–18
49February 5Rochester65–73Braun, Simmons (13)30–19
50February 8St. Louis82–84 (2OT)Ernie Vandeweghe (22)30–20
51February 11Chicago85–75Vince Boryla (19)31–20
52February 15Baltimore80–67Carl Braun (20)32–20
53February 18Fort Wayne80–84Tex Ritter (16)32–21
54February 19at Rochester92–105Connie Simmons (30)32–22
55February 21at Philadelphia84–73Vince Boryla (16)33–22
56February 22Washington89–81Carl Braun (38)34–22
57February 25Chicago86–79Tex Ritter (13)35–22
58March 1Baltimore82–76Harry Gallatin (16)36–22
59March 2at Boston81–72Carl Braun (21)37–22
60March 4Minneapolis75–84Carl Braun (22)37–23
61March 8St. Louis80–78 (OT)Braun, Gallatin (20)38–23
62March 9at Baltimore79–91Ray Lumpp (17)38–24
63March 11vs Anderson89–91Carl Braun (36)38–25
64March 12at Minneapolis66–87Carl Braun (17)38–26
65March 14at Chicago75–85Carl Braun (24)38–27
66March 15Boston88–84 (OT)Harry Gallatin (26)39–27
67March 17at Boston98–96 (2OT)Carl Braun (20)40–27
68March 18at Rochester74–77Harry Gallatin (17)40–28

Playoffs

East Division Semifinals

(2) New York Knicks vs. (3) Washington Capitols: Knicks win series 2–0

  • Game 1 @ Washington: New York 90, Washington 87
  • Game 2 @ New York: New York 103, Washington 83

East Division Finals

(1) Syracuse Nationals vs. (2) New York Knicks: Nationals win series 2–1

  • Game 1 @ Syracuse: Syracuse 91, New York 83 (OT)
  • Game 2 @ New York: New York 80, Syracuse 76
  • Game 3 @ Syracuse: Syracuse 91, New York 80

References

  1. ↑ Jaker, Bill; Sulek, Frank; Kanze, Peter (1998). The Airwaves of New York: Illustrated Histories of 156 AM Stations in the Metropolitan Area, 1921–1996. McFarland & Company. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-7864-3872-3.
  2. ↑ "1949–50 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
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