NBA team season
NBA professional basketball team season
The 1949–50 NBA season was the second season for the Fort Wayne Pistons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and ninth overall as a franchise.
After missing the playoffs for the first time in 1949 the franchise made their first NBA playoff berth, starting a streak of 14 straight post-season berths. After beating the Chicago Stags 86-69 in a tiebreaker game, the Pistons entered the playoffs as the three seed in the east and defeated their old rivals, the Rochester Royals , in a first round sweep, before the Pistons got swept by the eventual champion Minneapolis Lakers . Fort Wayne was led by Indiana basketball legend point guard Curly Armstrong (7.3 ppg, 2.8 apg) and rookie forward Fred Schaus (14.3 ppg).[ 1] [ 2]
Draft picks
Roster
Fort Wayne Pistons 1949–50 roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Ht.
Wt.
From
G/F
3
Armstrong, Curly
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
170 lb (77 kg)
Indiana
F/C
12
Black, Charles B.
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
Kansas
F/C
10
Carpenter, Bob
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
Texas A&M–Commerce
F/C
14
Harris, Bob
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
Oklahoma State
C
16
Henry, Bill
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
Rice
G
5
Johnson, Boag
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
170 lb (77 kg)
Huntington
F/C
15
Kerris, Jack
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
Loyola Chicago
G/F
7
Klier, Leo
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
170 lb (77 kg)
Notre Dame
G
6
Klueh, Duane
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
Indiana State
C
15
Mahnken, John
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
220 lb (100 kg)
Georgetown
G
9
Nagel, Jerry
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
Loyola Chicago
G/F
5
Niemiera, Richie
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
165 lb (75 kg)
Notre Dame
G
4
Oldham, John
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
Western Kentucky
F
8
Schaus, Fred
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
205 lb (93 kg)
West Virginia
F/C
12
Schultz, Howie
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
Hamline
F/C
17
Wager, Clint
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
Saint Mary's (MN)
Head coach
Legend
(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended Injured
Regular season
Season standings
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
—
1–1
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
Playoffs
1950 playoff game log
Division Tiebreaker (finished as Central's #3 seed)
Division Semifinals: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)
Division Finals: 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1)
1950 schedule
Awards and records
References
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