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1949-50 Syracuse Nationals

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51-13, Finished 1st in NBA Eastern Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 84.8 points per game, Allowed 76.7 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 51-13)
Coached by Al Cervi (51-13)

Arena: State Fair Coliseum / Attendance: NA

SRS: 6.48 (3rd of 17)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Finals (4-2) versus Minneapolis Lakers
Won NBA Eastern Division Finals (2-1) versus New York Knickerbockers
Won NBA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Philadelphia Warriors

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 Denver Nuggets W 78 58 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Nov 5, 1949 N Denver Nuggets W 84 51 2 0 W 2 at Auburn, NY
3 Sun, Nov 6, 1949 Philadelphia Warriors W 82 72 3 0 W 3
4 Wed, Nov 9, 1949 Indianapolis Olympians W 103 73 4 0 W 4
5 Thu, Nov 10, 1949 @ St. Louis Bombers L 67 73 4 1 L 1
6 Sat, Nov 12, 1949 @ Anderson Packers W 84 69 5 1 W 1
7 Sun, Nov 13, 1949 New York Knickerbockers W 80 66 6 1 W 2
8 Tue, Nov 15, 1949 @ New York Knickerbockers W 77 74 7 1 W 3
9 Thu, Nov 17, 1949 Tri-Cities Blackhawks W 79 76 8 1 W 4
10 Sun, Nov 20, 1949 Denver Nuggets W 102 76 9 1 W 5
11 Mon, Nov 21, 1949 N Denver Nuggets W 77 67 10 1 W 6 at Oneida, NY
12 Thu, Nov 24, 1949 Anderson Packers W 125 123 11 1 W 7
13 Sun, Nov 27, 1949 Waterloo Hawks W 80 62 12 1 W 8
14 Wed, Nov 30, 1949 @ Boston Celtics W 87 71 13 1 W 9
15 Sun, Dec 4, 1949 Indianapolis Olympians W 67 61 14 1 W 10
16 Wed, Dec 7, 1949 @ Tri-Cities Blackhawks W 77 69 15 1 W 11
17 Thu, Dec 8, 1949 @ Sheboygan Redskins W 86 72 16 1 W 12
18 Sat, Dec 10, 1949 @ Rochester Royals L 63 69 16 2 L 1
19 Sun, Dec 11, 1949 Sheboygan Redskins W 89 72 17 2 W 1
20 Wed, Dec 14, 1949 Fort Wayne Pistons W 96 83 18 2 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Thu, Dec 15, 1949 @ Anderson Packers L 88 100 18 3 L 1
22 Sun, Dec 18, 1949 Chicago Stags W 86 73 19 3 W 1
23 Tue, Dec 20, 1949 @ Waterloo Hawks W 95 70 20 3 W 2
24 Wed, Dec 21, 1949 @ Tri-Cities Blackhawks W 96 84 21 3 W 3
25 Thu, Dec 22, 1949 @ Sheboygan Redskins W 83 74 22 3 W 4
26 Sun, Dec 25, 1949 Anderson Packers W 94 88 23 3 W 5
27 Wed, Dec 28, 1949 @ Washington Capitols L 85 87 23 4 L 1
28 Thu, Dec 29, 1949 N Philadelphia Warriors W 64 62 24 4 W 1 at Atlantic City, NJ
29 Sun, Jan 1, 1950 Washington Capitols W 79 73 25 4 W 2
30 Thu, Jan 5, 1950 Tri-Cities Blackhawks W 82 73 26 4 W 3
31 Sun, Jan 8, 1950 Waterloo Hawks W 84 68 27 4 W 4
32 Tue, Jan 10, 1950 @ Waterloo Hawks L 84 86 27 5 L 1
33 Wed, Jan 11, 1950 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 88 98 27 6 L 2
34 Thu, Jan 12, 1950 @ Fort Wayne Pistons W 64 62 28 6 W 1
35 Sun, Jan 15, 1950 Indianapolis Olympians W 82 69 29 6 W 2
36 Thu, Jan 19, 1950 Denver Nuggets W 107 86 30 6 W 3
37 Sun, Jan 22, 1950 Anderson Packers L 75 77 30 7 L 1
38 Thu, Jan 26, 1950 Rochester Royals W 76 72 31 7 W 1
39 Sun, Jan 29, 1950 Sheboygan Redskins W 85 70 32 7 W 2
40 Mon, Jan 30, 1950 N Indianapolis Olympians W 91 75 33 7 W 3 at Louisville, KY
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Wed, Feb 1, 1950 @ Tri-Cities Blackhawks L 83 91 33 8 L 1
42 Thu, Feb 2, 1950 @ Indianapolis Olympians W 73 67 34 8 W 1
43 Fri, Feb 3, 1950 Waterloo Hawks W 103 79 35 8 W 2
44 Sun, Feb 5, 1950 Baltimore Bullets W 96 87 36 8 W 3
45 Wed, Feb 8, 1950 Sheboygan Redskins W 106 81 37 8 W 4
46 Sat, Feb 11, 1950 @ Baltimore Bullets W 77 76 38 8 W 5
47 Sun, Feb 12, 1950 Waterloo Hawks W 102 98 39 8 W 6
48 Thu, Feb 16, 1950 Tri-Cities Blackhawks W 105 74 40 8 W 7
49 Sun, Feb 19, 1950 Indianapolis Olympians W 82 78 41 8 W 8
50 Tue, Feb 21, 1950 @ Denver Nuggets L 78 89 41 9 L 1
51 Thu, Feb 23, 1950 @ Denver Nuggets W 108 80 42 9 W 1
52 Fri, Feb 24, 1950 N Indianapolis Olympians W 72 67 43 9 W 2 at Chicago, IL
53 Sun, Feb 26, 1950 Chicago Stags W 73 64 44 9 W 3
54 Mon, Feb 27, 1950 @ Anderson Packers L 73 97 44 10 L 1
55 Tue, Feb 28, 1950 @ Indianapolis Olympians L 72 110 44 11 L 2
56 Wed, Mar 1, 1950 @ Waterloo Hawks W 93 72 45 11 W 1
57 Thu, Mar 2, 1950 @ Sheboygan Redskins L 85 95 45 12 L 1
58 Sun, Mar 5, 1950 Minneapolis Lakers W 84 75 46 12 W 1
59 Thu, Mar 9, 1950 St. Louis Bombers W 85 74 47 12 W 2
60 Sun, Mar 12, 1950 Boston Celtics W 96 72 48 12 W 3
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Tue, Mar 14, 1950 @ Indianapolis Olympians L 65 68 48 13 L 1
62 Thu, Mar 16, 1950 @ Sheboygan Redskins W 88 75 49 13 W 1
63 Sat, Mar 18, 1950 @ Tri-Cities Blackhawks W 89 88 50 13 W 2
64 Sun, Mar 19, 1950 Anderson Packers W 72 67 51 13 W 3

Playoffs

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Wed, Mar 22, 1950 Philadelphia Warriors W 93 76 1 0 W 1
2 Thu, Mar 23, 1950 @ Philadelphia Warriors W 59 53 2 0 W 2
3 Sun, Mar 26, 1950 New York Knickerbockers W OT 91 83 3 0 W 3
4 Thu, Mar 30, 1950 @ New York Knickerbockers L 76 80 3 1 L 1
5 Sun, Apr 2, 1950 New York Knickerbockers W 91 80 4 1 W 1
6 Sat, Apr 8, 1950 Minneapolis Lakers L 66 68 4 2 L 1
7 Sun, Apr 9, 1950 Minneapolis Lakers W 91 85 5 2 W 1
8 Fri, Apr 14, 1950 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 77 91 5 3 L 1
9 Sun, Apr 16, 1950 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 69 77 5 4 L 2
10 Thu, Apr 20, 1950 Minneapolis Lakers W 83 76 6 4 W 1
11 Sun, Apr 23, 1950 @ Minneapolis Lakers L 95 110 6 5 L 1