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1949-50 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics

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40-28, Finished 2nd in NBA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Joe Lapchick (40-28)

Points Per Game: 80.7 (8th of 17) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 78.6 (9th of 17)
Pythagorean W-L: 40-28 (6th of 17)

Arena: Madison Square Garden (III) ▪ Attendance: 186,882 (1st of 4)

SRS: 2.53 (5th of 17)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Finals (2-1) versus Syracuse Nationals
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Washington Capitols

1949-50 New York Knickerbockers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
19 Ed Bartels F 6-5 195 October 8, 1925 R North Carolina State University
12-19 Vince Boryla F 6-5 210 March 11, 1927 R University of Denver
4 Carl Braun G-F 6-5 180 September 25, 1927 2 Colgate University
16 Harry Donovan G 6-2 180 September 10, 1926 R Muhlenberg College
11 Harry Gallatin F-C 6-6 210 April 26, 1927 1 Truman State University
14 Gene James F 6-4 180 February 15, 1925 1 Marshall University
7 Ray Lumpp G 6-1 178 July 11, 1923 1 New York University
15 Dick McGuire G 6-0 180 January 25, 1926 R St. John's University
5 Paul Noel F 6-4 185 August 4, 1924 2 University of Kentucky
10 Tex Ritter G-F 6-2 185 February 26, 1924 1 Eastern Kentucky University
6 Connie Simmons C-F 6-8 222 March 15, 1925 3
17 Butch Van Breda Kolff G-F 6-3 185 October 28, 1922 3 New York University
9 Ernie Vandeweghe F-G 6-3 195 September 12, 1928 R Colgate University

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 68 1889 5351 .353 1710 2404 .711 1308 1718 5488 80.7
Opponent 68 5344 78.6

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Carl Braun 22 67 373 1024 .364 285 374 .762 247 188 1031
2 Harry Gallatin 22 68 263 664 .396 277 366 .757 56 215 803
3 Connie Simmons 24 60 241 729 .331 198 299 .662 102 203 680
4 Vince Boryla 22 59 204 600 .340 204 267 .764 95 203 612
5 Dick McGuire 24 68 190 563 .337 204 313 .652 386 160 584
6 Ernie Vandeweghe 21 42 164 390 .421 93 140 .664 78 126 421
7 Tex Ritter 25 62 100 297 .337 125 176 .710 51 101 325
8 Ray Lumpp 26 58 91 283 .322 86 108 .796 90 117 268
9 Harry Donovan 23 45 90 275 .327 73 106 .689 38 107 253
10 Paul Noel 25 65 98 291 .337 53 87 .609 67 132 249
11 Butch Van Breda Kolff 27 56 55 167 .329 96 134 .716 78 111 206
12 Gene James 24 29 19 64 .297 14 31 .452 20 53 52
13 Ed Bartels 24 2 1 4 .250 2 3 .667 0 2 4

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Carl Braun 22 67 5.6 15.3 .364 4.3 5.6 .762 3.7 2.8 15.4
2 Harry Gallatin 22 68 3.9 9.8 .396 4.1 5.4 .757 0.8 3.2 11.8
3 Connie Simmons 24 60 4.0 12.2 .331 3.3 5.0 .662 1.7 3.4 11.3
4 Vince Boryla 22 59 3.5 10.2 .340 3.5 4.5 .764 1.6 3.4 10.4
5 Ernie Vandeweghe 21 42 3.9 9.3 .421 2.2 3.3 .664 1.9 3.0 10.0
6 Dick McGuire 24 68 2.8 8.3 .337 3.0 4.6 .652 5.7 2.4 8.6
7 Harry Donovan 23 45 2.0 6.1 .327 1.6 2.4 .689 0.8 2.4 5.6
8 Tex Ritter 25 62 1.6 4.8 .337 2.0 2.8 .710 0.8 1.6 5.2
9 Ray Lumpp 26 58 1.6 4.9 .322 1.5 1.9 .796 1.6 2.0 4.6
10 Paul Noel 25 65 1.5 4.5 .337 0.8 1.3 .609 1.0 2.0 3.8
11 Butch Van Breda Kolff 27 56 1.0 3.0 .329 1.7 2.4 .716 1.4 2.0 3.7
12 Ed Bartels 24 2 0.5 2.0 .250 1.0 1.5 .667 0.0 1.0 2.0
13 Gene James 24 29 0.7 2.2 .297 0.5 1.1 .452 0.7 1.8 1.8

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Butch Van Breda Kolff 27 56 .329 .716
2 Vince Boryla 22 59 .340 .764
3 Carl Braun 22 67 .364 .762
4 Harry Donovan 23 45 .327 .689
5 Harry Gallatin 22 68 .396 .757
6 Gene James 24 29 .297 .452
7 Ray Lumpp 26 58 .322 .796
8 Dick McGuire 24 68 .337 .652
9 Paul Noel 25 65 .337 .609
10 Tex Ritter 25 62 .337 .710
11 Connie Simmons 24 60 .331 .662
12 Ernie Vandeweghe 21 42 .421 .664
13 Ed Bartels 24 2 .250 .667

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Butch Van Breda Kolff 27 56 .456 .329
2 Vince Boryla 22 59 .426 .340
3 Carl Braun 22 67 .434 .364
4 Harry Donovan 23 45 .393 .327
5 Harry Gallatin 22 68 .487 .396
6 Gene James 24 29 .335 .297
7 Ray Lumpp 26 58 .405 .322
8 Dick McGuire 24 68 .417 .337
9 Paul Noel 25 65 .378 .337
10 Tex Ritter 25 62 .434 .337
11 Connie Simmons 24 60 .395 .331
12 Ernie Vandeweghe 21 42 .466 .421
13 Ed Bartels 24 2 .376 .250

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Carl Braun 22 5 28 68 29 38 19 21 85 .412 .763 17.0 3.8
2 Vince Boryla 22 5 23 52 29 32 7 25 75 .442 .906 15.0 1.4
3 Harry Gallatin 22 5 20 52 25 32 6 23 65 .385 .781 13.0 1.2
4 Dick McGuire 24 5 22 52 19 26 27 21 63 .423 .731 12.6 5.4
5 Tex Ritter 25 5 10 33 25 28 8 22 45 .303 .893 9.0 1.6
6 Connie Simmons 24 5 11 40 20 21 7 21 42 .275 .952 8.4 1.4
7 Ernie Vandeweghe 21 4 9 26 14 16 3 16 32 .346 .875 8.0 0.8
8 Ray Lumpp 26 5 10 18 2 3 3 10 22 .556 .667 4.4 0.6
9 Paul Noel 25 5 1 7 1 3 1 8 3 .143 .333 0.6 0.2
10 Gene James 24 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 .333 2.0 0.0
11 Harry Donovan 23 3 0 4 2 2 0 4 2 .000 1.000 0.7 0.0
12 Butch Van Breda Kolff 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Butch Van Breda Kolff 27 1
2 Carl Braun 22 5 .502 .412
3 Harry Donovan 23 3 .205 .000
4 Harry Gallatin 22 5 .492 .385
5 Gene James 24 1 .333 .333
6 Ray Lumpp 26 5 .569 .556
7 Dick McGuire 24 5 .497 .423
8 Paul Noel 25 5 .180 .143
9 Tex Ritter 25 5 .496 .303
10 Connie Simmons 24 5 .426 .275
11 Ernie Vandeweghe 21 4 .484 .346
12 Vince Boryla 22 5 .567 .442