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40-28, Finished 3rd in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Philip Brownstein (40-28)
Points Per Game: 78.7 (12th of 17) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 77.1 (6th of 17)
Pythagorean W-L: 39-29 (7th of 17)
Arena: Chicago Stadium ▪ Attendance: NA
SRS: 2.06 (7th of 17)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Central Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Minneapolis Lakers
Lost NBA Central Division Third Place Tiebreaker (1-0) versus Fort Wayne Pistons
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Nov 1, 1949 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 87 | 89 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Sat, Nov 5, 1949 | Boston Celtics | W | 86 | 70 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 3 | Sun, Nov 6, 1949 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 70 | 87 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Wed, Nov 9, 1949 | Rochester Royals | W | 75 | 72 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 5 | Thu, Nov 10, 1949 | N | Denver Nuggets | W | 64 | 53 | 3 | 2 | W 2 | at St. Louis, MO | |
| 6 | Sat, Nov 12, 1949 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 86 | 79 | 4 | 2 | W 3 | |||
| 7 | Sun, Nov 13, 1949 | @ | St. Louis Bombers | W | 91 | 65 | 5 | 2 | W 4 | ||
| 8 | Tue, Nov 15, 1949 | N | Washington Capitols | W | 77 | 63 | 6 | 2 | W 5 | at New York, NY | |
| 9 | Wed, Nov 16, 1949 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 85 | 72 | 7 | 2 | W 6 | |||
| 10 | Fri, Nov 18, 1949 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 88 | 103 | 7 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Nov 19, 1949 | @ | Washington Capitols | L | 69 | 85 | 7 | 4 | L 2 | ||
| 12 | Wed, Nov 23, 1949 | Indianapolis Olympians | W | 92 | 72 | 8 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 13 | Sat, Nov 26, 1949 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 90 | 54 | 9 | 4 | W 2 | |||
| 14 | Sun, Nov 27, 1949 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 96 | 82 | 10 | 4 | W 3 | ||
| 15 | Wed, Nov 30, 1949 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 57 | 50 | 11 | 4 | W 4 | |||
| 16 | Thu, Dec 1, 1949 | @ | Sheboygan Red Skins | W | 80 | 78 | 12 | 4 | W 5 | ||
| 17 | Sat, Dec 3, 1949 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 80 | 91 | 12 | 5 | L 1 | |||
| 18 | Tue, Dec 6, 1949 | Washington Capitols | W | 75 | 55 | 13 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 19 | Wed, Dec 7, 1949 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 84 | 72 | 14 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 20 | Fri, Dec 9, 1949 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 77 | 80 | 14 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sat, Dec 10, 1949 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 91 | 93 | 14 | 7 | L 2 | ||
| 22 | Tue, Dec 13, 1949 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 75 | 65 | 15 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| 23 | Wed, Dec 14, 1949 | @ | Tri-Cities Blackhawks | L | 68 | 73 | 15 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 24 | Fri, Dec 16, 1949 | Rochester Royals | W | 80 | 71 | 16 | 8 | W 1 | |||
| 25 | Sat, Dec 17, 1949 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 63 | 85 | 16 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 26 | Sun, Dec 18, 1949 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 73 | 86 | 16 | 10 | L 2 | ||
| 27 | Tue, Dec 20, 1949 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 79 | 77 | 17 | 10 | W 1 | |||
| 28 | Wed, Dec 21, 1949 | N | Waterloo Hawks | W | 78 | 70 | 18 | 10 | W 2 | at St. Louis, MO | |
| 29 | Thu, Dec 22, 1949 | @ | Indianapolis Olympians | L | 92 | 104 | 18 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 30 | Mon, Dec 26, 1949 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 74 | 76 | 18 | 12 | L 2 | ||
| 31 | Wed, Dec 28, 1949 | @ | Waterloo Hawks | W | 87 | 80 | 19 | 12 | W 1 | ||
| 32 | Thu, Dec 29, 1949 | @ | Anderson Packers | W | 81 | 80 | 20 | 12 | W 2 | ||
| 33 | Sun, Jan 1, 1950 | @ | Denver Nuggets | W | 92 | 78 | 21 | 12 | W 3 | ||
| 34 | Tue, Jan 10, 1950 | @ | Washington Capitols | L | 71 | 86 | 21 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 35 | Fri, Jan 13, 1950 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 77 | 76 | 22 | 13 | W 1 | ||
| 36 | Sat, Jan 14, 1950 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 83 | 78 | 23 | 13 | W 2 | ||
| 37 | Mon, Jan 16, 1950 | St. Louis Bombers | W | 78 | 69 | 24 | 13 | W 3 | |||
| 38 | Thu, Jan 19, 1950 | Tri-Cities Blackhawks | W | 83 | 68 | 25 | 13 | W 4 | |||
| 39 | Sun, Jan 22, 1950 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 75 | 103 | 25 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| 40 | Tue, Jan 24, 1950 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 68 | 80 | 25 | 15 | L 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sun, Jan 29, 1950 | @ | St. Louis Bombers | W | 66 | 51 | 26 | 15 | W 1 | ||
| 42 | Tue, Jan 31, 1950 | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 89 | 93 | 26 | 16 | L 1 | |||
| 43 | Wed, Feb 1, 1950 | N | Boston Celtics | W | 78 | 76 | 27 | 16 | W 1 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 44 | Fri, Feb 3, 1950 | N | Baltimore Bullets | W | 98 | 81 | 28 | 16 | W 2 | at Boston, MA | |
| 45 | Sat, Feb 4, 1950 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 78 | 82 | 28 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 46 | Sun, Feb 5, 1950 | N | Boston Celtics | W | 77 | 70 | 29 | 17 | W 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 47 | Tue, Feb 7, 1950 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 91 | 86 | 30 | 17 | W 2 | ||
| 48 | Fri, Feb 10, 1950 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 83 | 76 | 31 | 17 | W 3 | ||
| 49 | Sat, Feb 11, 1950 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 75 | 85 | 31 | 18 | L 1 | ||
| 50 | Tue, Feb 14, 1950 | Rochester Royals | L | 74 | 83 | 31 | 19 | L 2 | |||
| 51 | Sun, Feb 19, 1950 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 83 | 96 | 31 | 20 | L 3 | ||
| 52 | Tue, Feb 21, 1950 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 72 | 64 | 32 | 20 | W 1 | |||
| 53 | Fri, Feb 24, 1950 | St. Louis Bombers | W | 77 | 62 | 33 | 20 | W 2 | |||
| 54 | Sat, Feb 25, 1950 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 79 | 86 | 33 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| 55 | Sun, Feb 26, 1950 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 64 | 73 | 33 | 22 | L 2 | ||
| 56 | Mon, Feb 27, 1950 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 79 | 77 | 34 | 22 | W 1 | ||
| 57 | Tue, Feb 28, 1950 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 69 | 74 | 34 | 23 | L 1 | ||
| 58 | Wed, Mar 1, 1950 | N | Washington Capitols | W | 76 | 75 | 35 | 23 | W 1 | at Raleigh, NC | |
| 59 | Thu, Mar 2, 1950 | @ | Washington Capitols | L | 88 | 91 | 35 | 24 | L 1 | ||
| 60 | Sat, Mar 4, 1950 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 72 | 77 | 35 | 25 | L 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sun, Mar 5, 1950 | Anderson Packers | L | 73 | 89 | 35 | 26 | L 3 | |||
| 62 | Thu, Mar 9, 1950 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 71 | 84 | 35 | 27 | L 4 | ||
| 63 | Sat, Mar 11, 1950 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 90 | 88 | 36 | 27 | W 1 | |||
| 64 | Sun, Mar 12, 1950 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 73 | 67 | 37 | 27 | W 2 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 65 | Tue, Mar 14, 1950 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 85 | 75 | 38 | 27 | W 3 | |||
| 66 | Fri, Mar 17, 1950 | N | St. Louis Bombers | L | 69 | 85 | 38 | 28 | L 1 | at Toledo, OH | |
| 67 | Sat, Mar 18, 1950 | Sheboygan Red Skins | W | 66 | 63 | 39 | 28 | W 1 | |||
| 68 | Sun, Mar 19, 1950 | @ | St. Louis Bombers | W | 80 | 64 | 40 | 28 | W 2 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon, Mar 20, 1950 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 69 | 86 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | Tiebreaker | |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 2 | Wed, Mar 22, 1950 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 75 | 85 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Mar 25, 1950 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 67 | 75 | 0 | 3 | L 3 |