1949–50 Philadelphia Warriors season

The 1949–50 Philadelphia Warriors season was the fourth season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

1949–50 Philadelphia Warriors season
Head coachEdward Gottlieb
ArenaPhiladelphia Arena
Results
Record26–42 (.382)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishEast Division Semifinals
(eliminated 0–2)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWCAU

NBA draft
Main article: 1949 BAA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
15Vern GardnerF/C United StatesUtah
2–Jim NolanC United StatesGeorgia Tech
3–Nelson BobbG United StatesTemple

Roster

|- ! colspan="2" style="background-color: #003399; color: #FFCC33; text-align: center;" | Philadelphia Warriors 1949–50 roster |- style="background-color: #FFCC33; color: #003399; text-align: center;" ! Players !! Coaches |- | valign="top" |

! Pos. !! # !! Nat. !! Name !! Ht. !! Wt. !! From |- |- | G | 5 | United States | Bobb, Nelson | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | | Temple |- |- | F/C | 15 | United States | Bornheimer, Jake | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | | Muhlenberg |- |- | G | 4 | United States | Crossin, Francis | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 165 lb (75 kg) | | Penn |- |- | G/F | 9 | United States | Fleishman, Jerry | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | | NYU |- |- | F/C | 10 | United States | Fulks, Joe | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | | Murray State |- |- | F/C | 12 | United States | Gardner, Vern | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | | Utah |- |- | G/F | 11 | United States | Guokas, Al | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | | Saint Joseph's |- |- | G/F | 11 | United States | Lewis, Freddie | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | | Eastern Kentucky |- |- | C | 6 | United States | Livingstone, Ron | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | | Wyoming |- |- | F/C | 18 | United States | Mogus, Leo | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | | Youngstown State |- |- | C | 19 | United States | Nolan, Jim | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | | Georgia Tech |- |- | F/C | 19 | United States | Novak, Mike | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 219 lb (99 kg) | | Loyola Chicago |- |- | G | 7 | United States | Parsley, Charlie | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | | Western Kentucky |- |- | G/F | 11 | United States | Payak, Johnny | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 174 lb (79 kg) | | Bowling Green |- |- | G | 7 | United States | Rullo, Jerry | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | 165 lb (75 kg) | | Temple |- |- | C | 14 | United States | Sadowski, Ed | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 240 lb (109 kg) | | Seton Hall |- |- | G | 8 | United States | Senesky, George | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 179 lb (81 kg) | | Saint Joseph's |- |} |

Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

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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 2Minneapolis69–81Joe Fulks (20)0–1
2November 4St. Louis79–58Joe Fulks (32)1–1
3November 5at Rochester53–83Joe Fulks (14)1–2
4November 6at Syracuse72–82Joe Fulks (26)1–3
5November 9Washington69–84Vern Gardner (19)1–4
6November 11Indianapolis84–91Fulks, Gardner (23)1–5
7November 12vs Denver81–63Vern Gardner (18)2–5
8November 16Boston93–80Joe Fulks (23)3–5
9November 18Chicago103–88George Senesky (19)4–5
10November 19at New York69–85George Senesky (18)4–6
11November 24New York70–75Joe Fulks (21)4–7
12November 26at Chicago54–90Joe Fulks (16)4–8
13November 27at St. Louis67–80Joe Fulks (19)4–9
14November 29at Denver57–56Joe Fulks (16)5–9
15December 1at Fort Wayne70–74Fulks, Sadowski (18)5–10
16December 2Rochester79–82Vern Gardner (23)5–11
17December 3at Washington63–79Vern Gardner (18)5–12
18December 8at Boston87–91Joe Fulks (24)5–13
19December 9Chicago80–77Joe Fulks (27)6–13
20December 11at Minneapolis81–90Vern Gardner (19)6–14
21December 13at Chicago65–75Fulks, Gardner (22)6–15
22December 14at Waterloo73–70Joe Fulks (20)7–15
23December 16St. Louis54–68Joe Fulks (13)7–16
24December 17vs Waterloo81–72Joe Fulks (30)8–16
25December 21Baltimore70–60Vern Gardner (17)9–16
26December 25at Baltimore64–63Fleishman, Senesky (14)10–16
27December 28New York72–79Joe Fulks (20)10–17
28December 29vs Syracuse62–64Vern Gardner (15)10–18
29December 31Fort Wayne62–65Crossin, Gardner (12)10–19
30January 1at New York59–81Vern Gardner (13)10–20
31January 6Rochester91–73George Senesky (22)11–20
32January 7at Rochester68–85Jake Bornheimer (13)11–21
33January 13Washington67–77Fulks, Senesky (14)11–22
34January 14at Washington70–78Leo Mogus (16)11–23
35January 15at Fort Wayne67–81Joe Fulks (15)11–24
36January 16vs Sheboygan89–72Joe Fulks (22)12–24
37January 18Boston94–86Joe Fulks (20)13–24
38January 19at Boston63–86Joe Fulks (19)13–25
39January 20Minneapolis90–89Vern Gardner (21)14–25
40January 21at Baltimore58–68Joe Fulks (19)14–26
41January 24Fort Wayne87–74Joe Fulks (23)15–26
42January 27Baltimore71–74Joe Fulks (17)15–27
43January 28at New York58–55Vern Gardner (14)16–27
44February 1Rochester68–82Joe Fulks (12)16–28
45February 3Tri-Cities83–72Joe Fulks (30)17–28
46February 5at Minneapolis67–100Leo Mogus (16)17–29
47February 6at Anderson75–77Leo Mogus (18)17–30
48February 8at Tri-Cities94–99 (OT)George Senesky (20)17–31
49February 9at Fort Wayne64–61Leo Mogus (21)18–31
50February 10Chicago76–83Vern Gardner (20)18–32
51February 12at St. Louis70–86Vern Gardner (15)18–33
52February 14at Indianapolis67–86Ron Livingstone (12)18–34
53February 15at Sheboygan66–61Leo Mogus (16)19–34
54February 17Fort Wayne67–68Joe Fulks (18)19–35
55February 18at Baltimore100–73Leo Mogus (23)20–35
56February 21New York73–84Vern Gardner (21)20–36
57February 23vs Boston77–82Mogus, Senesky (16)20–37
58February 24Baltimore69–77Joe Fulks (23)20–38
59February 25at Washington92–80Vern Gardner (22)21–38
60March 1Boston77–64Leo Mogus (27)22–38
61March 3Minneapolis66–61George Senesky (14)23–38
62March 5at St. Louis67–71Crossin, Gardner (14)23–39
63March 8at Minneapolis65–68Leo Mogus (18)23–40
64March 10St. Louis78–73Leo Mogus (22)24–40
65March 11at Rochester72–90Leo Mogus (16)24–41
66March 12vs Chicago67–73Vern Gardner (24)24–42
67March 15Anderson83–80 (OT)Chink Crossin (19)25–42
68March 17Washington85–59Joe Fulks (24)26–42

Playoffs
1950 playoff game log
Division Semifinals: 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh assistsLocationSeries
1 March 22 @ Syracuse L 76–93 Chink Crossin (20) Al Guokas (4) State Fair Coliseum 0–1
2 March 23 Syracuse L 53–59 Vern Gardner (17) Leo Mogus (4) Philadelphia Arena 0–2
1950 schedule

References
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