Pro basketball team season (won NBA championship)
The 1949–50 Minneapolis Lakers season was the second season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Lakers repeated as NBA Champions, defeating the Syracuse Nationals in six games in the NBA Finals , making it (to date) the only franchise to win the championship in each of its first two NBA seasons.
NBA Draft [ ]
Roster [ ]
1949–50 Minneapolis Lakers roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
No.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)
From
G/F
15
Carlson, Don
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
170 lb (77 kg)
1919-03-22
Minnesota
G/F
18
Ferrin, Arnie
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
1925-07-29
Utah
F
20
Glick, Normie
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
1927-11-10
Loyola Marymount
F
14−20
Grant, Bud
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
1927-05-20
Minnesota
G
16
Harrison, Bob
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
1927-08-12
Michigan
G
11
Hassett, Billy
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
1921-10-21
Notre Dame
G/F
13
Jaros, Tony
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1920-02-22
Minnesota
G
22
Martin, Slater
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
170 lb (77 kg)
1925-10-22
Texas
C
99
Mikan, George
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
245 lb (111 kg)
1924-06-18
DePaul
F/C
19
Mikkelsen, Vern
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
230 lb (104 kg)
1928-10-21
Hamline
F/C
17
Pollard, Jim
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1922-07-09
Stanford
G/F
10
Schaefer, Herm
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
1918-11-20
Indiana
G/F
12
Stump, Gene
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1923-11-13
DePaul
G/F
14
Walther, Paul
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
160 lb (73 kg)
1927-03-23
Tennessee
Head coach
John Kundla
Legend
(C) Team captain(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended Injured
Roster
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 [ ]
#
Date
Opponent
Score
High points
Record
1
November 2
at Philadelphia
81–69
Jim Pollard (30)
1–0
2
November 5
at Baltimore
92–77
George Mikan (28)
2–0
3
November 8
at Washington
68–66
Jim Pollard (21)
3–0
4
November 10
at Boston
98–84
George Mikan (37)
4–0
5
November 12
at Chicago
79–86
George Mikan (30)
4–1
6
November 16
St. Louis
94–71
Herm Schaefer (20)
5–1
7
November 17
at St. Louis
65–78
George Mikan (17)
5–2
8
November 19
at Anderson
80–83
George Mikan (34)
5–3
9
November 20
Indianapolis
121–95
George Mikan (29)
6–3
10
November 23
Baltimore
84–71
George Mikan (28)
7–3
11
November 25
at Denver
101–81
George Mikan (29)
8–3
12
November 27
Chicago
82–96
George Mikan (34)
8–4
13
November 30
New York
102–92
George Mikan (28)
9–4
14
December 1
at Indianapolis
68–86
George Mikan (33)
9–5
15
December 3
at Chicago
91–80
George Mikan (34)
10–5
16
December 4
Rochester
95–80
George Mikan (27)
11–5
17
December 7
Washington
93–76
George Mikan (35)
12–5
18
December 8
at Fort Wayne
66–87
George Mikan (27)
12–6
19
December 10
vs Denver
89–76
George Mikan (31)
13–6
20
December 11
Philadelphia
90–81
George Mikan (28)
14–6
21
December 14
at New York
84–94
George Mikan (38)
14–7
22
December 15
at Baltimore
68–87
George Mikan (34)
14–8
23
December 18
Boston
77–72
George Mikan (24)
15–8
24
December 20
at Rochester
62–87
George Mikan (26)
15–9
25
December 21
at Washington
75–61
George Mikan (21)
16–9
26
December 22
at Boston
69–87
George Mikan (21)
16–10
27
December 25
Fort Wayne
72–58
George Mikan (22)
17–10
28
December 26
at Tri-Cities
78–76
George Mikan (22)
18–10
29
December 28
Baltimore
88–77
Mikan , Pollard (24)
19–10
30
December 31
at Waterloo
86–68
George Mikan (35)
20–10
31
January 1
Anderson
87–75
George Mikan (38)
21–10
32
January 4
Fort Wayne
91–75
George Mikan (22)
22–10
33
January 5
at Sheboygan
82–85
George Mikan (42)
22–11
34
January 8
Boston
85–80 (OT)
George Mikan (30)
23–11
35
January 11
Syracuse
98–88
George Mikan (27)
24–11
36
January 12
at St. Louis
89–73
Vern Mikkelsen (31)
25–11
37
January 14
at Rochester
77–83
George Mikan (51)
25–12
38
January 15
Rochester
85–73
George Mikan (25)
26–12
39
January 17
at Boston
105–79
George Mikan (22)
27–12
40
January 18
at Washington
76–68
George Mikan (23)
28–12
41
January 19
at New York
94–83
George Mikan (31)
29–12
42
January 20
at Philadelphia
89–90
George Mikan (34)
29–13
43
January 22
Chicago
103–75
George Mikan (28)
30–13
44
January 24
at Chicago
80–68
George Mikan (40)
31–13
45
January 25
St. Louis
85–78
George Mikan (23)
32–13
46
January 29
Washington
88–60
George Mikan (31)
33–13
47
February 1
New York
96–81
George Mikan (35)
34–13
48
February 2
at Fort Wayne
79–78
Vern Mikkelsen (21)
35–13
49
February 5
Philadelphia
100–67
George Mikan (23)
36–13
50
February 9
Washington
71–59
Mikan , Mikkelsen (15)
37–13
51
February 12
Boston
88–70
Jim Pollard (29)
38–13
52
February 15
Rochester
92–70
George Mikan (34)
39–13
53
February 16
at St. Louis
72–71
Jim Pollard (25)
40–13
54
February 17
Waterloo
80–74
Vern Mikkelsen (20)
41–13
55
February 19
Chicago
96–83
George Mikan (33)
42–13
56
February 22
St. Louis
100–57
George Mikan (28)
43–13
57
February 25
at Rochester
64–66
George Mikan (39)
43–14
58
February 26
Tri-Cities
80–66
George Mikan (30)
44–14
59
February 28
Fort Wayne
71–65
Mikan , Mikkelsen (19)
45–14
60
March 2
at Baltimore
88–68
George Mikan (24)
46–14
61
March 3
at Philadelphia
61–66
George Mikan (21)
46–15
62
March 4
at New York
84–75
Mikan , Pollard (23)
47–15
63
March 5
at Syracuse
75–84
George Mikan (29)
47–16
64
March 7
Sheboygan
90–73
Vern Mikkelsen (19)
48–16
65
March 8
Philadelphia
68–65
George Mikan (34)
49–16
66
March 12
New York
87–66
George Mikan (32)
50–16
67
March 15
Baltimore
96–62
George Mikan (34)
51–16
68
March 19
at Fort Wayne
67–69
George Mikan (30)
51–17
Playoffs [ ]
1950 playoff game log
Division Tiebreaker (finishes as Central's #1 seed)
Division Semifinals: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
Division Finals: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
NBA Semifinals: 2–0 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–0)
NBA Finals: 4–2 (Home: 3–0; Road: 1–2)
1950 schedule
Awards and honors [ ]
George Mikan , All-NBA First Team
Jim Pollard , All-NBA First Team
References [ ]
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