1949-50 New York Knickerbockers Games

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40-28, Finished 2nd in NBA Eastern Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 80.7 points per game, Allowed 78.6 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 40-28)
Coached by Joe Lapchick (40-28)

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 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 Tue, Nov 1, 1949 @ Chicago Stags W 89 87 1 0 W 1
2 Wed, Nov 2, 1949 @ Waterloo Hawks W 68 60 2 0 W 2
3 Thu, Nov 3, 1949 @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 72 87 2 1 L 1
4 Sat, Nov 5, 1949 @ Tri-Cities Blackhawks W 76 72 3 1 W 1
5 Sun, Nov 6, 1949 @ Sheboygan Redskins L 93 99 3 2 L 1
6 Tue, Nov 8, 1949 @ Indianapolis Olympians W 79 64 4 2 W 1
7 Thu, Nov 10, 1949 Indianapolis Olympians L 79 83 4 3 L 1
8 Sat, Nov 12, 1949 @ Rochester Royals L 73 94 4 4 L 2
9 Sun, Nov 13, 1949 @ Syracuse Nationals L 66 80 4 5 L 3
10 Tue, Nov 15, 1949 Syracuse Nationals L 74 77 4 6 L 4
11 Fri, Nov 18, 1949 N Denver Nuggets W 85 78 5 6 W 1 at Philadelphia, PA
12 Sat, Nov 19, 1949 Philadelphia Warriors W 85 69 6 6 W 2
13 Tue, Nov 22, 1949 @ Washington Capitols W 89 74 7 6 W 3
14 Wed, Nov 23, 1949 Washington Capitols W 87 67 8 6 W 4
15 Thu, Nov 24, 1949 @ Philadelphia Warriors W 75 70 9 6 W 5
16 Sat, Nov 26, 1949 Boston Celtics W 96 84 10 6 W 6
17 Sun, Nov 27, 1949 @ Fort Wayne Pistons W 77 72 11 6 W 7
18 Wed, Nov 30, 1949 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 92 102 11 7 L 1
19 Thu, Dec 1, 1949 @ St. Louis Bombers W 85 68 12 7 W 1
20 Sat, Dec 3, 1949 Baltimore Bullets W 85 55 13 7 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Thu, Dec 8, 1949 @ Baltimore Bullets W 82 60 14 7 W 3
22 Sat, Dec 10, 1949 Chicago Stags W 93 91 15 7 W 4
23 Wed, Dec 14, 1949 Minneapolis Lakers W 94 84 16 7 W 5
24 Sat, Dec 17, 1949 St. Louis Bombers W 81 76 17 7 W 6
25 Mon, Dec 19, 1949 @ Anderson Packers W 86 83 18 7 W 7
26 Tue, Dec 20, 1949 @ Chicago Stags L 77 79 18 8 L 1
27 Wed, Dec 21, 1949 @ St. Louis Bombers L 52 75 18 9 L 2
28 Fri, Dec 23, 1949 @ Denver Nuggets W 83 72 19 9 W 1
29 Mon, Dec 26, 1949 Rochester Royals L 80 83 19 10 L 1
30 Tue, Dec 27, 1949 @ Boston Celtics L 78 97 19 11 L 2
31 Wed, Dec 28, 1949 @ Philadelphia Warriors W 79 72 20 11 W 1
32 Sat, Dec 31, 1949 @ Washington Capitols L 64 70 20 12 L 1
33 Sun, Jan 1, 1950 Philadelphia Warriors W 81 59 21 12 W 1
34 Thu, Jan 5, 1950 N Waterloo Hawks W 82 70 22 12 W 2 at Baltimore, MD
35 Sat, Jan 7, 1950 Fort Wayne Pistons L 80 88 22 13 L 1
36 Wed, Jan 11, 1950 Washington Capitols W 73 72 23 13 W 1
37 Sat, Jan 14, 1950 Boston Celtics W 82 80 24 13 W 2
38 Thu, Jan 19, 1950 Minneapolis Lakers L 83 94 24 14 L 1
39 Sun, Jan 22, 1950 Rochester Royals W 81 71 25 14 W 1
40 Tue, Jan 24, 1950 N Sheboygan Redskins W 101 68 26 14 W 2 at Philadelphia, PA
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Wed, Jan 25, 1950 Fort Wayne Pistons W 96 66 27 14 W 3
42 Thu, Jan 26, 1950 @ Baltimore Bullets W 79 77 28 14 W 4
43 Sat, Jan 28, 1950 Philadelphia Warriors L 55 58 28 15 L 1
44 Sun, Jan 29, 1950 @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 70 92 28 16 L 2
45 Tue, Jan 31, 1950 N Tri-Cities Blackhawks L 77 83 28 17 L 3 at Chicago, IL
46 Wed, Feb 1, 1950 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 81 96 28 18 L 4
47 Thu, Feb 2, 1950 @ St. Louis Bombers W 87 73 29 18 W 1
48 Sat, Feb 4, 1950 @ Washington Capitols W 76 71 30 18 W 2
49 Sun, Feb 5, 1950 Rochester Royals L 65 73 30 19 L 1
50 Wed, Feb 8, 1950 St. Louis Bombers L 82 84 30 20 L 2
51 Sat, Feb 11, 1950 Chicago Stags W 85 75 31 20 W 1
52 Wed, Feb 15, 1950 Baltimore Bullets W 80 67 32 20 W 2
53 Sat, Feb 18, 1950 Fort Wayne Pistons L 80 84 32 21 L 1
54 Sun, Feb 19, 1950 @ Rochester Royals L 92 105 32 22 L 2
55 Tue, Feb 21, 1950 @ Philadelphia Warriors W 84 73 33 22 W 1
56 Wed, Feb 22, 1950 Washington Capitols W 89 81 34 22 W 2
57 Sat, Feb 25, 1950 Chicago Stags W 86 79 35 22 W 3
58 Wed, Mar 1, 1950 Baltimore Bullets W 82 76 36 22 W 4
59 Thu, Mar 2, 1950 @ Boston Celtics W 81 72 37 22 W 5
60 Sat, Mar 4, 1950 Minneapolis Lakers L 75 84 37 23 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Wed, Mar 8, 1950 St. Louis Bombers W 80 78 38 23 W 1
62 Thu, Mar 9, 1950 @ Baltimore Bullets L 79 91 38 24 L 1
63 Sat, Mar 11, 1950 N Anderson Packers L 89 91 38 25 L 2 at Chicago, IL
64 Sun, Mar 12, 1950 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 66 87 38 26 L 3
65 Tue, Mar 14, 1950 @ Chicago Stags L 75 85 38 27 L 4
66 Wed, Mar 15, 1950 Boston Celtics W OT 88 84 39 27 W 1
67 Fri, Mar 17, 1950 @ Boston Celtics W 98 96 40 27 W 2
68 Sat, Mar 18, 1950 @ Rochester Royals L 74 77 40 28 L 1

Playoffs

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Tue, Mar 21, 1950 @ Washington Capitols W 90 87 1 0 W 1
2 Wed, Mar 22, 1950 Washington Capitols W 103 83 2 0 W 2
3 Sun, Mar 26, 1950 @ Syracuse Nationals L OT 83 91 2 1 L 1
4 Thu, Mar 30, 1950 Syracuse Nationals W 80 76 3 1 W 1
5 Sun, Apr 2, 1950 @ Syracuse Nationals L 80 91 3 2 L 1