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1949-50 Fort Wayne Pistons

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40-28, Finished 3rd in NBA Central Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 79.3 points per game, Allowed 77.9 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 38-30)
Coached by Murray Mendenhall (40-28)

Arena: North Side High School Gym / Attendance: NA

SRS: 1.84 (8th of 17)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Central Division Finals (2-0) versus Minneapolis Lakers
Won NBA Central Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Rochester Royals
Won NBA Central Division Third Place Tiebreaker (1-0) versus Chicago Stags

1949-50 Statistics / Schedule

Click on the Date for game box score, if available.

Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Thu, Nov 3, 1949 New York Knickerbockers W 87 72 1 0 W 1
2 Sun, Nov 6, 1949 Chicago Stags W 87 70 2 0 W 2
3 Thu, Nov 10, 1949 Waterloo Hawks W 89 59 3 0 W 3
4 Sat, Nov 12, 1949 @ Baltimore Bullets L 75 82 3 1 L 1
5 Sun, Nov 13, 1949 Denver Nuggets W 90 71 4 1 W 1
6 Wed, Nov 16, 1949 @ Chicago Stags L 72 85 4 2 L 1
7 Sat, Nov 19, 1949 @ Tri-Cities Blackhawks W 88 85 5 2 W 1
8 Sun, Nov 20, 1949 Boston Celtics W 99 89 6 2 W 2
9 Thu, Nov 24, 1949 @ Boston Celtics W 99 85 7 2 W 3
10 Sat, Nov 26, 1949 @ Washington Capitols L 76 93 7 3 L 1
11 Sun, Nov 27, 1949 New York Knickerbockers L 72 77 7 4 L 2
12 Wed, Nov 30, 1949 @ Waterloo Hawks L 71 95 7 5 L 3
13 Thu, Dec 1, 1949 Philadelphia Warriors W 74 70 8 5 W 1
14 Sun, Dec 4, 1949 Washington Capitols W 72 68 9 5 W 2
15 Thu, Dec 8, 1949 Minneapolis Lakers W 87 66 10 5 W 3
16 Sat, Dec 10, 1949 @ Washington Capitols L 69 75 10 6 L 1
17 Sun, Dec 11, 1949 Indianapolis Olympians W 90 74 11 6 W 1
18 Mon, Dec 12, 1949 @ Anderson Packers L 97 105 11 7 L 1
19 Wed, Dec 14, 1949 @ Syracuse Nationals L 83 96 11 8 L 2
20 Thu, Dec 15, 1949 Rochester Royals W 69 66 12 8 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sun, Dec 18, 1949 Baltimore Bullets W 106 95 13 8 W 2
22 Thu, Dec 22, 1949 St. Louis Bombers W 87 75 14 8 W 3
23 Sun, Dec 25, 1949 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 58 72 14 9 L 1
24 Mon, Dec 26, 1949 Chicago Stags W 76 74 15 9 W 1
25 Wed, Dec 28, 1949 Tri-Cities Blackhawks W 81 75 16 9 W 2
26 Thu, Dec 29, 1949 @ Rochester Royals L 79 97 16 10 L 1
27 Fri, Dec 30, 1949 @ Boston Celtics L 73 92 16 11 L 2
28 Sat, Dec 31, 1949 @ Philadelphia Warriors W 65 62 17 11 W 1
29 Sun, Jan 1, 1950 Boston Celtics W 80 72 18 11 W 2
30 Wed, Jan 4, 1950 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 75 91 18 12 L 1
31 Thu, Jan 5, 1950 St. Louis Bombers W 87 83 19 12 W 1
32 Sat, Jan 7, 1950 @ New York Knickerbockers W 88 80 20 12 W 2
33 Sun, Jan 8, 1950 Sheboygan Redskins W 83 69 21 12 W 3
34 Thu, Jan 12, 1950 Syracuse Nationals L 62 64 21 13 L 1
35 Sun, Jan 15, 1950 Philadelphia Warriors W 81 67 22 13 W 1
36 Wed, Jan 18, 1950 @ Sheboygan Redskins W 73 72 23 13 W 2
37 Thu, Jan 19, 1950 @ St. Louis Bombers L 64 74 23 14 L 1
38 Sat, Jan 21, 1950 @ Indianapolis Olympians L 94 112 23 15 L 2
39 Sun, Jan 22, 1950 Washington Capitols W 82 70 24 15 W 1
40 Tue, Jan 24, 1950 @ Philadelphia Warriors L 74 87 24 16 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Wed, Jan 25, 1950 @ New York Knickerbockers L 66 96 24 17 L 2
42 Thu, Jan 26, 1950 @ Boston Celtics L 68 89 24 18 L 3
43 Sat, Jan 28, 1950 @ Baltimore Bullets L 64 77 24 19 L 4
44 Sun, Jan 29, 1950 New York Knickerbockers W 92 70 25 19 W 1
45 Tue, Jan 31, 1950 @ Chicago Stags W 93 89 26 19 W 2
46 Thu, Feb 2, 1950 Minneapolis Lakers L 78 79 26 20 L 1
47 Sun, Feb 5, 1950 Anderson Packers W 95 85 27 20 W 1
48 Tue, Feb 7, 1950 @ Denver Nuggets W 83 67 28 20 W 2
49 Thu, Feb 9, 1950 Philadelphia Warriors L 61 64 28 21 L 1
50 Sat, Feb 11, 1950 @ Rochester Royals W 92 84 29 21 W 1
51 Sun, Feb 12, 1950 Rochester Royals W 76 74 30 21 W 2
52 Wed, Feb 15, 1950 Boston Celtics W 84 78 31 21 W 3
53 Thu, Feb 16, 1950 @ Baltimore Bullets L 77 83 31 22 L 1
54 Fri, Feb 17, 1950 @ Philadelphia Warriors W 68 67 32 22 W 1
55 Sat, Feb 18, 1950 @ New York Knickerbockers W 84 80 33 22 W 2
56 Sun, Feb 19, 1950 Baltimore Bullets W 79 71 34 22 W 3
57 Thu, Feb 23, 1950 @ St. Louis Bombers W 74 72 35 22 W 4
58 Sun, Feb 26, 1950 Washington Capitols L 78 81 35 23 L 1
59 Tue, Feb 28, 1950 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 65 71 35 24 L 2
60 Wed, Mar 1, 1950 @ St. Louis Bombers W 75 70 36 24 W 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Thu, Mar 2, 1950 St. Louis Bombers W 91 61 37 24 W 2
62 Sat, Mar 4, 1950 @ Rochester Royals L 70 73 37 25 L 1
63 Sun, Mar 5, 1950 Rochester Royals L 60 65 37 26 L 2
64 Thu, Mar 9, 1950 Chicago Stags W 84 71 38 26 W 1
65 Sat, Mar 11, 1950 @ Chicago Stags L 88 90 38 27 L 1
66 Sun, Mar 12, 1950 Baltimore Bullets W 86 75 39 27 W 1
67 Sat, Mar 18, 1950 @ Washington Capitols L 76 82 39 28 L 1
68 Sun, Mar 19, 1950 Minneapolis Lakers W 69 67 40 28 W 1

Playoffs

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Mon, Mar 20, 1950 Chicago Stags W 86 69 1 0 W 1
2 Thu, Mar 23, 1950 @ Rochester Royals W 90 84 2 0 W 2
3 Sat, Mar 25, 1950 Rochester Royals W OT 79 78 3 0 W 3
4 Mon, Mar 27, 1950 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 79 93 3 1 L 1
5 Tue, Mar 28, 1950 Minneapolis Lakers L 82 89 3 2 L 2