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26-42, Finished 4th in NBA Eastern Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 73.3 points per game, Allowed 76.4 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 24-44)
Coached by Edward Gottlieb (26-42)
Arena: Philadelphia Arena / Attendance: 63,270 (4th of 4 available)
SRS: -2.26 (13th of 17)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Syracuse Nationals
1949-50 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Nov 2, 1949 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 69 | 81 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Fri, Nov 4, 1949 | St. Louis Bombers | W | 79 | 58 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 3 | Sat, Nov 5, 1949 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 53 | 83 | 1 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 4 | Sun, Nov 6, 1949 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 72 | 82 | 1 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 5 | Wed, Nov 9, 1949 | Washington Capitols | L | 69 | 84 | 1 | 4 | L 3 | |||
| 6 | Fri, Nov 11, 1949 | Indianapolis Olympians | L | 84 | 91 | 1 | 5 | L 4 | |||
| 7 | Sat, Nov 12, 1949 | N | Denver Nuggets | W | 81 | 63 | 2 | 5 | W 1 | at Indianapolis, IN | |
| 8 | Wed, Nov 16, 1949 | Boston Celtics | W | 93 | 80 | 3 | 5 | W 2 | |||
| 9 | Fri, Nov 18, 1949 | Chicago Stags | W | 103 | 88 | 4 | 5 | W 3 | |||
| 10 | Sat, Nov 19, 1949 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 69 | 85 | 4 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 11 | Thu, Nov 24, 1949 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 70 | 75 | 4 | 7 | L 2 | |||
| 12 | Sat, Nov 26, 1949 | @ | Chicago Stags | L | 54 | 90 | 4 | 8 | L 3 | ||
| 13 | Sun, Nov 27, 1949 | @ | St. Louis Bombers | L | 67 | 80 | 4 | 9 | L 4 | ||
| 14 | Tue, Nov 29, 1949 | @ | Denver Nuggets | W | 57 | 56 | 5 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 15 | Thu, Dec 1, 1949 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 70 | 74 | 5 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 16 | Fri, Dec 2, 1949 | Rochester Royals | L | 79 | 82 | 5 | 11 | L 2 | |||
| 17 | Sat, Dec 3, 1949 | @ | Washington Capitols | L | 63 | 79 | 5 | 12 | L 3 | ||
| 18 | Thu, Dec 8, 1949 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 87 | 91 | 5 | 13 | L 4 | ||
| 19 | Fri, Dec 9, 1949 | Chicago Stags | W | 80 | 77 | 6 | 13 | W 1 | |||
| 20 | Sun, Dec 11, 1949 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 81 | 90 | 6 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Tue, Dec 13, 1949 | @ | Chicago Stags | L | 65 | 75 | 6 | 15 | L 2 | ||
| 22 | Wed, Dec 14, 1949 | @ | Waterloo Hawks | W | 73 | 70 | 7 | 15 | W 1 | ||
| 23 | Fri, Dec 16, 1949 | St. Louis Bombers | L | 54 | 68 | 7 | 16 | L 1 | |||
| 24 | Sat, Dec 17, 1949 | N | Waterloo Hawks | W | 81 | 72 | 8 | 16 | W 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 25 | Wed, Dec 21, 1949 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 70 | 60 | 9 | 16 | W 2 | |||
| 26 | Sun, Dec 25, 1949 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 64 | 63 | 10 | 16 | W 3 | ||
| 27 | Wed, Dec 28, 1949 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 72 | 79 | 10 | 17 | L 1 | |||
| 28 | Thu, Dec 29, 1949 | N | Syracuse Nationals | L | 62 | 64 | 10 | 18 | L 2 | at Atlantic City, NJ | |
| 29 | Sat, Dec 31, 1949 | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 62 | 65 | 10 | 19 | L 3 | |||
| 30 | Sun, Jan 1, 1950 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 59 | 81 | 10 | 20 | L 4 | ||
| 31 | Fri, Jan 6, 1950 | Rochester Royals | W | 91 | 73 | 11 | 20 | W 1 | |||
| 32 | Sat, Jan 7, 1950 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 68 | 85 | 11 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| 33 | Fri, Jan 13, 1950 | Washington Capitols | L | 67 | 77 | 11 | 22 | L 2 | |||
| 34 | Sat, Jan 14, 1950 | @ | Washington Capitols | L | 70 | 78 | 11 | 23 | L 3 | ||
| 35 | Sun, Jan 15, 1950 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 67 | 81 | 11 | 24 | L 4 | ||
| 36 | Mon, Jan 16, 1950 | N | Sheboygan Redskins | W | 89 | 72 | 12 | 24 | W 1 | at Chicago, IL | |
| 37 | Wed, Jan 18, 1950 | Boston Celtics | W | 94 | 86 | 13 | 24 | W 2 | |||
| 38 | Thu, Jan 19, 1950 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 63 | 86 | 13 | 25 | L 1 | ||
| 39 | Fri, Jan 20, 1950 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 90 | 89 | 14 | 25 | W 1 | |||
| 40 | Sat, Jan 21, 1950 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 58 | 68 | 14 | 26 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Tue, Jan 24, 1950 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 87 | 74 | 15 | 26 | W 1 | |||
| 42 | Fri, Jan 27, 1950 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 71 | 74 | 15 | 27 | L 1 | |||
| 43 | Sat, Jan 28, 1950 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 58 | 55 | 16 | 27 | W 1 | ||
| 44 | Wed, Feb 1, 1950 | Rochester Royals | L | 68 | 82 | 16 | 28 | L 1 | |||
| 45 | Fri, Feb 3, 1950 | Tri-Cities Blackhawks | W | 83 | 72 | 17 | 28 | W 1 | |||
| 46 | Sun, Feb 5, 1950 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 67 | 100 | 17 | 29 | L 1 | ||
| 47 | Mon, Feb 6, 1950 | @ | Anderson Packers | L | 75 | 77 | 17 | 30 | L 2 | ||
| 48 | Wed, Feb 8, 1950 | @ | Tri-Cities Blackhawks | L | 94 | 99 | 17 | 31 | L 3 | ||
| 49 | Thu, Feb 9, 1950 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 64 | 61 | 18 | 31 | W 1 | ||
| 50 | Fri, Feb 10, 1950 | Chicago Stags | L | 76 | 83 | 18 | 32 | L 1 | |||
| 51 | Sun, Feb 12, 1950 | @ | St. Louis Bombers | L | 70 | 86 | 18 | 33 | L 2 | ||
| 52 | Tue, Feb 14, 1950 | @ | Indianapolis Olympians | L | 67 | 86 | 18 | 34 | L 3 | ||
| 53 | Wed, Feb 15, 1950 | @ | Sheboygan Redskins | W | 66 | 61 | 19 | 34 | W 1 | ||
| 54 | Fri, Feb 17, 1950 | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 67 | 68 | 19 | 35 | L 1 | |||
| 55 | Sat, Feb 18, 1950 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 100 | 73 | 20 | 35 | W 1 | ||
| 56 | Tue, Feb 21, 1950 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 73 | 84 | 20 | 36 | L 1 | |||
| 57 | Thu, Feb 23, 1950 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 77 | 82 | 20 | 37 | L 2 | at Providence, RI | |
| 58 | Fri, Feb 24, 1950 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 69 | 77 | 20 | 38 | L 3 | |||
| 59 | Sat, Feb 25, 1950 | @ | Washington Capitols | W | 92 | 80 | 21 | 38 | W 1 | ||
| 60 | Wed, Mar 1, 1950 | Boston Celtics | W | 77 | 64 | 22 | 38 | W 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Fri, Mar 3, 1950 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 66 | 61 | 23 | 38 | W 3 | |||
| 62 | Sun, Mar 5, 1950 | @ | St. Louis Bombers | L | 67 | 71 | 23 | 39 | L 1 | ||
| 63 | Wed, Mar 8, 1950 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 65 | 68 | 23 | 40 | L 2 | at St. Louis, MO | |
| 64 | Fri, Mar 10, 1950 | St. Louis Bombers | W | 78 | 73 | 24 | 40 | W 1 | |||
| 65 | Sat, Mar 11, 1950 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 72 | 90 | 24 | 41 | L 1 | ||
| 66 | Sun, Mar 12, 1950 | N | Chicago Stags | L | 67 | 73 | 24 | 42 | L 2 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 67 | Wed, Mar 15, 1950 | Anderson Packers | W | OT | 83 | 80 | 25 | 42 | W 1 | ||
| 68 | Fri, Mar 17, 1950 | Washington Capitols | W | 85 | 59 | 26 | 42 | W 2 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Mar 22, 1950 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 76 | 93 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Thu, Mar 23, 1950 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 53 | 59 | 0 | 2 | L 2 |