1949–50 Anderson Packers season

The 1949–50 NBA season was the only season for the Anderson Packers in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

1949–50 Anderson Packers season
Head coachHowie Schultz
Ike Duffie
Doxie Moore
ArenaAnderson High School Wigwam
Results
Record37–27 (.578)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finishNBA Semifinals
(eliminated 0-2)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

Roster
Anderson Packers 1949–50 roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.From
F/C 7 Black, Charles B. 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Kansas
G 8 Brian, Frank 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) LSU
F/C Carter, Jake 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) East Texas State
F/C 11 Closs, Bill 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Rice
G 3 Gates, Frank 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Sam Houston State
G/F 6 Hargis, John 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Texas
G 4 Johnson, Boag 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Huntington
G/F 9 Kirk, Walt 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 173 lb (78 kg) Illinois
F/C Komenich, Milo 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 212 lb (96 kg) Wyoming
C Mitchell, Murray 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Sam Houston State
G/F 4 Niemiera, Richie 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Notre Dame
G/F 9 Owens, Red 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Baylor
F/C 7 Schultz, Howie 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Hamline
G/F 5 Seltz, Rollie 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Hamline
G/F 15 Smiley, Jack 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Illinois
F 10 Stanczak, Ed 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg)
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Western Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Indianapolis Olympians3925.609–24–712–163–226–9
x-Anderson Packers3727.578222–912–183–025–12
x-Tri-Cities Blackhawks2935.4531020–136–203–220–17
x-Sheboygan Red Skins2240.3551717–145–220–415–20
Waterloo Hawks1943.3062016–152–221–613–22
Denver Nuggets1151.177289–161–251–108–27

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 3Tri-Cities110–87Frank Brian (25)1–0
2November 8N St. Louis70–62Rollie Seltz (15)2–0
3November 9N Tri-Cities102–99Boag Johnson (19)3–0
4November 12Syracuse69–84Ed Stanczak (13)3–1
5November 13@ Waterloo81–69Brian, Seltz (17)4–1
6November 15@ Indianapolis83–72Rollie Seltz (15)5–1
7November 19Minneapolis83–80Bill Closs (17)6–1
8November 21Boston85–99Boag Johnson (16)6–2
9November 24@ Syracuse123–125Frank Brian (18)6–3
10November 26St. Louis73–63Frank Brian (15)7–3
11November 27@ Sheboygan111–91Howie Schultz (18)8–3
12November 28Waterloo101–87Frank Brian (23)9–3
13December 1Tri-Cities81–72Ed Stanczak (16)10–3
14December 5Sheboygan88–81Frank Brian (17)11–3
15December 8Indianapolis69–72Frank Brian (18)11–4
16December 10@ Waterloo87–83Frank Brian (17)12–4
17December 12Fort Wayne105–97Frank Brian (27)13–4
18December 15Syracuse100–88Frank Brian (21)14–4
19December 17@ Sheboygan110–91Hargis, Schultz (15)14–5
20December 18@ Tri-Cities78–69Frank Brian (17)15–5
21December 19New York83–86John Hargis (20)15–6
22December 22Waterloo101–84John Hargis (24)16–6
23December 25@ Syracuse88–94Bill Closs (20)16–7
24December 26Washington80–73Frank Brian (17)17–7
25December 27@ Indianapolis82–89Bill Closs (23)17–8
26December 29Chicago80–81Frank Brian (17)17–9
27January 1@ Minneapolis75–87Frank Brian (30)17–10
28January 2Baltimore92–75John Hargis (26)18–10
29January 4@ Denver82–86John Hargis (22)18–11
30January 5@ Denver69–76Milo Komenich (21)18–12
31January 9Sheboygan112–89Frank Brian (25)19–12
32January 11@ Tri-Cities81–88Frank Brian (19)19–13
33January 12Waterloo80–69Brian, Hargis (15)20–13
34January 15@ Sheboygan76–81Bill Closs (18)20–14
35January 16Denver95–83Frank Brian (16)21–14
36January 19Rochester78–81Frank Brian (29)21–15
37January 21@ Rochester79–95Frank Brian (25)21–16
38January 22@ Syracuse77–75Frank Brian (19)22–16
39January 23Tri-Cities96–99Frank Brian (28)22–17
40January 26Denver109–75Frank Brian (29)23–17
41January 27Indianapolis78–91Frank Brian (27)23–18
42January 30Sheboygan91–74Black, Closs (18)24–18
43February 1@ Waterloo86–73Bill Closs (20)25–18
44February 3@ Boston98–106Frank Brian (33)25–19
45February 4@ Baltimore70–90Charles Black (18)25–20
46February 5@ Fort Wayne85–95Frank Brian (17)25–21
47February 6Philadelphia77–75Frank Brian (25)26–21
48February 10@ Indianapolis107–76Frank Brian (20)27–21
49February 11@ Washington69–81Frank Brian (20)27–22
50February 13Waterloo93–80Richie Niemiera (18)28–22
51February 16@ Denver95–86Brian, Closs (21)29–22
52February 19@ Denver85–86Frank Brian (25)29–23
53February 22@ Tri-Cities90–81Milo Komenich (23)30–23
54February 27Syracuse97–73Charles Black (17)31–23
55March 2Denver85–72Frank Brian (32)32–23
56March 5@ Chicago89–73Frank Brian (24)33–23
57March 6Tri-Cities88–77Frank Brian (26)34–23
58March 7@ Indianapolis93–107Frank Brian (18)34–24
59March 8@ Tri-Cities82–67Milo Komenich (21)35–24
60March 9Indianapolis90–97Bill Closs (19)35–25
61March 11N New York91–89John Hargis (23)36–25
62March 13Sheboygan98–86John Hargis (25)37–25
63March 15@ Philadelphia80–83John Hargis (16)37–26
64March 19@ Syracuse67–72Red Owens (14)37–27

Playoffs

Western Division Semifinals

(2) Anderson Packers vs. (3) Tri-Cities Blackhawks: Packers win series 2-1

  • Game 1 @ Anderson (March 21): Anderson 89, Tri-Cities 77
  • Game 2 @ Tri-Cities (March 23): Tri-Cities 76, Anderson 75
  • Game 3 @ Anderson (March 24): Anderson 94, Tri-Cities 71

This was the first playoff meeting between the Packers and Blackhawks.

Western Division Finals

(1) Indianapolis Olympians vs. (2) Anderson Packers: Packers win series 2-1

  • Game 1 @ Indianapolis (March 28): Indianapolis 77, Anderson 74
  • Game 2 @ Anderson (March 30): Anderson 84, Indianapolis 67
  • Game 3 @ Indianapolis (April 1): Anderson 67, Indianapolis 65

This was the first playoff meeting between the Olympians and Packers.

NBA Semifinals

(1) Minneapolis Lakers vs. (2) Anderson Packers: Lakers win series 2-0

  • Game 1 @ Minneapolis (April 5): Minneapolis 75, Anderson 50
  • Game 2 @ Anderson (April 6): Minneapolis 90, Anderson 71

This was the first playoff meeting between the Lakers and Packers.

References
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