1949–50 Rochester Royals season

The 1949–50 NBA season was the second season for the Rochester Royals in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

1949–50 Rochester Royals season
Head coachLester Harrison
ArenaEdgerton Park Arena
Results
Record51–17 (.750)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Central)
Playoff finishCentral Division Semifinals
(eliminated 0–2)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWHAM

Draft picks
Main article: 1949 BAA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
110Frank SaulF/G United StatesSeton Hall
2–Jack ColemanF/C United StatesLouisville

Roster
Rochester Royals 1949–50 roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.From
G/F 17 Brookfield, Price 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) West Texas A&M
G/F 19 Calhoun, Bill 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) City College of San Francisco
F/C 10 Coleman, Jack 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Louisville
G 15 Curran, Fran 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Notre Dame
G/F 11 Davies, Bob 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Seton Hall
F/C 20 Duncan, Andy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) The College of William & Mary
G 16 Holzman, Red 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) City College of New York
F/C 12 Johnson, Arnie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 236 lb (107 kg) Bemidji State
F/C 18 Mikan, Ed 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) DePaul
F/C 18 Novak, Mike 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 219 lb (99 kg) Loyola–Chicago
F/C 14 Risen, Arnie 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Ohio State
G/F 3 Saul, Frank 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Seton Hall
G 9 Wanzer, Bobby 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Seton Hall
Head coach
  • Lester Harrison
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Central Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Minneapolis Lakers5117.750–30–118–163–016–8
x-Rochester Royals5117.750–33–117–61–015–9
x-Fort Wayne Pistons4028.5881128–612–22–14–10
x-Chicago Stags4028.5881118–614–218–111–13
St. Louis Bombers2642.3822517–147–262–24–20

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 1Sheboygan108–75Frank Saul (18)1–0
2November 5Philadelphia83–53Arnie Risen (18)2–0
3November 9at Chicago72–75 (OT)Bob Davies (18)2–1
4November 10at Sheboygan87–97Red Holzman (15)2–2
5November 12New York94–73Arnie Risen (21)3–2
6November 15Tri-Cities93–81Arnie Risen (17)4–2
7November 19Denver96–64Curran, Risen, Wanzer (14)5–2
8November 20at St. Louis74–95Bob Davies (18)5–3
9November 22at Indianapolis74–80Bill Calhoun (18)5–4
10November 23at Waterloo90–71Bob Davies (18)6–4
11November 26Waterloo120–95Bob Davies (26)7–4
12November 30at Washington86–84Bob Davies (21)8–4
13December 1at Baltimore64–70Arnie Risen (17)8–5
14December 2at Philadelphia82–79Bill Calhoun (19)9–5
15December 3Indianapolis99–77Jack Coleman (17)10–5
16December 4at Minneapolis80–95Andy Duncan (15)10–6
17December 10Syracuse69–63Arnie Risen (20)11–6
18December 13at Denver81–65Bob Davies (16)12–6
19December 15at Fort Wayne66–69Bob Davies (24)12–7
20December 16at Chicago71–80Arnie Risen (15)12–8
21December 17Chicago85–63Arnie Risen (22)13–8
22December 20Minneapolis87–62Arnie Johnson (15)14–8
23December 25Boston88–79Bob Davies (22)15–8
24December 26at New York83–80 (OT)Bob Davies (32)16–8
25December 27Washington96–72Davies, Risen (17)17–8
26December 29Fort Wayne97–79Bob Davies (21)18–8
27December 31St. Louis87–68Bobby Wanzer (19)19–8
28January 3Washington83–79Bob Davies (19)20–8
29January 4at Washington72–63Bob Davies (15)21–8
30January 5at Baltimore71–74Arnie Risen (15)21–9
31January 6at Philadelphia73–91Bill Calhoun (12)21–10
32January 7Philadelphia85–68Arnie Risen (15)22–10
33January 8at St. Louis75–73 (2OT)Bob Davies (18)23–10
34January 10Baltimore85–67Arnie Risen (18)24–10
35January 14Minneapolis83–77Bobby Wanzer (17)25–10
36January 15at Minneapolis73–85Andy Duncan (13)25–11
37January 18at Tri-Cities70–65Davies, Wanzer (11)26–11
38January 19at Anderson81–78Bob Davies (13)27–11
39January 21Anderson95–79Bobby Wanzer (18)28–11
40January 22at New York71–81Bobby Wanzer (21)28–12
41January 24Baltimore70–56Jack Coleman (16)29–12
42January 26at Syracuse72–76Bob Davies (18)29–13
43January 28Boston82–75Red Holzman (15)30–13
44January 31at Boston85–72Jack Coleman (18)31–13
45February 1at Philadelphia82–68Bobby Wanzer (14)32–13
46February 2at Baltimore69–79Fran Curran (13)32–14
47February 4Chicago82–78Bob Davies (23)33–14
48February 5at New York73–65Davies, Johnson (18)34–14
49February 7St. Louis90–84Bob Davies (22)35–14
50February 11Fort Wayne84–92Bob Davies (29)35–15
51February 12at Fort Wayne74–76Bobby Wanzer (11)35–16
52February 14at Chicago83–74Bob Davies (23)36–16
53February 15at Minneapolis70–92Red Holzman (16)36–17
54February 17at Boston81–73Bob Davies (20)37–17
55February 18vs Boston94–73Bobby Wanzer (19)38–17
56February 19New York105–92Bob Davies (23)39–17
57February 21Washington84–76Bob Davies (22)40–17
58February 25Minneapolis66–64Calhoun, Holzman (14)41–17
59February 26at St. Louis81–79Davies, Johnson (16)42–17
60February 28Chicago74–69Bob Davies (21)43–17
61March 4Fort Wayne73–70Bob Davies (16)44–17
62March 5at Fort Wayne65–60Davies, Wanzer (11)45–17
63March 9Boston78–59Arnie Risen (15)46–17
64March 11Philadelphia90–72Bobby Wanzer (19)47–17
65March 12St. Louis99–72Frank Saul (16)48–17
66March 15at Washington93–64Bobby Wanzer (19)49–17
67March 18New York77–74Bob Davies (12)50–17
68March 19Baltimore97–66Bill Calhoun (17)51–17

Playoffs

Central Division Tiebreaker

Rochester Royals vs. Minneapolis Lakers: Lakers win series 1-0

  • Game 1 @ Rochester: Minneapolis 78, Rochester 76

Central Division Semifinals
  • (2) Rochester Royals vs. (3) Fort Wayne Pistons: Pistons win series 2-0
  • Game 1 @ Rochester: Fort Wayne 90, Rochester 84
  • Game 2 @ Fort Wayne: Fort Wayne 79, Rochester 78 (OT)

Awards and records

References
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