1949-50 Minneapolis Lakers Schedule and Results

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Record: 51-17, Finished 1st in NBA Central Division

Coach: John Kundla (51-17)

PTS/G: 84.1 (4th of 17) Opp PTS/G: 75.7 (2nd of 17)

SRS: 8.25 (1st of 17) Pace:

Off Rtg: Def Rtg: Net Rtg:

Expected W-L: 55-13 (1st of 17)

Arena: Minneapolis Auditorium

NBA 1950 Playoffs:
Won NBA Central Division First Place Tiebreaker (1-0) versus Rochester Royals (Series Stats)
Won NBA Central Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Chicago Stags (Series Stats)
Won NBA Central Division Finals (2-0) versus Fort Wayne Pistons (Series Stats)
Won NBA Semifinals (2-0) versus Anderson Packers (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-2) versus Syracuse Nationals (Series Stats)

NBA Champions
Central Div Champs

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Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Wed, Nov 2, 1949	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		81	69	1	0	W 1
2	Sat, Nov 5, 1949	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		92	77	2	0	W 2
3	Tue, Nov 8, 1949	Box Score	@	Washington Capitols	W		68	66	3	0	W 3
4	Thu, Nov 10, 1949	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		98	84	4	0	W 4	6,024
5	Sat, Nov 12, 1949	Box Score	@	Chicago Stags	L		79	86	4	1	L 1
6	Wed, Nov 16, 1949	Box Score		St. Louis Bombers	W		94	71	5	1	W 1
7	Thu, Nov 17, 1949	Box Score	@	St. Louis Bombers	L		65	78	5	2	L 1
8	Sat, Nov 19, 1949	Box Score	@	Anderson Packers	L		80	83	5	3	L 2
9	Sun, Nov 20, 1949	Box Score		Indianapolis Olympians	W		121	95	6	3	W 1
10	Wed, Nov 23, 1949	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		84	71	7	3	W 2
11	Fri, Nov 25, 1949	Box Score	@	Denver Nuggets	W		101	81	8	3	W 3
12	Sun, Nov 27, 1949	Box Score		Chicago Stags	L		82	96	8	4	L 1
13	Wed, Nov 30, 1949	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		102	92	9	4	W 1
14	Thu, Dec 1, 1949	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Olympians	L		68	86	9	5	L 1
15	Sat, Dec 3, 1949	Box Score	@	Chicago Stags	W		91	80	10	5	W 1
16	Sun, Dec 4, 1949	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		95	80	11	5	W 2
17	Wed, Dec 7, 1949	Box Score		Washington Capitols	W		93	76	12	5	W 3
18	Thu, Dec 8, 1949	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		66	87	12	6	L 1
19	Sat, Dec 10, 1949	Box Score	N	Denver Nuggets	W		89	76	13	6	W 1			at Rochester, MN
20	Sun, Dec 11, 1949	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		90	81	14	6	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Wed, Dec 14, 1949	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		84	94	14	7	L 1
22	Thu, Dec 15, 1949	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		68	87	14	8	L 2
23	Sun, Dec 18, 1949	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		77	72	15	8	W 1	7,793
24	Tue, Dec 20, 1949	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		62	87	15	9	L 1
25	Wed, Dec 21, 1949	Box Score	@	Washington Capitols	W		75	61	16	9	W 1
26	Thu, Dec 22, 1949	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		69	87	16	10	L 1	5,206
27	Sun, Dec 25, 1949	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		72	58	17	10	W 1
28	Mon, Dec 26, 1949	Box Score	@	Tri-Cities Blackhawks	W		78	76	18	10	W 2
29	Wed, Dec 28, 1949	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		88	77	19	10	W 3
30	Sat, Dec 31, 1949	Box Score	@	Waterloo Hawks	W		86	68	20	10	W 4
31	Sun, Jan 1, 1950	Box Score		Anderson Packers	W		87	75	21	10	W 5
32	Wed, Jan 4, 1950	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		91	75	22	10	W 6
33	Thu, Jan 5, 1950	Box Score	@	Sheboygan Red Skins	L		82	85	22	11	L 1
34	Sun, Jan 8, 1950	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W	OT	85	80	23	11	W 1	6,382
35	Wed, Jan 11, 1950	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		98	88	24	11	W 2
36	Thu, Jan 12, 1950	Box Score	@	St. Louis Bombers	W		89	73	25	11	W 3
37	Sat, Jan 14, 1950	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		77	83	25	12	L 1
38	Sun, Jan 15, 1950	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		85	73	26	12	W 1
39	Tue, Jan 17, 1950	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		105	79	27	12	W 2	4,261
40	Wed, Jan 18, 1950	Box Score	@	Washington Capitols	W		76	68	28	12	W 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Thu, Jan 19, 1950	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		94	83	29	12	W 4
42	Fri, Jan 20, 1950	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		89	90	29	13	L 1
43	Sun, Jan 22, 1950	Box Score		Chicago Stags	W		103	75	30	13	W 1
44	Tue, Jan 24, 1950	Box Score	@	Chicago Stags	W		80	68	31	13	W 2
45	Wed, Jan 25, 1950	Box Score		St. Louis Bombers	W		85	78	32	13	W 3
46	Sun, Jan 29, 1950	Box Score		Washington Capitols	W		88	60	33	13	W 4
47	Wed, Feb 1, 1950	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		96	81	34	13	W 5
48	Thu, Feb 2, 1950	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		79	78	35	13	W 6
49	Sun, Feb 5, 1950	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		100	67	36	13	W 7
50	Thu, Feb 9, 1950	Box Score		Washington Capitols	W		71	59	37	13	W 8
51	Sun, Feb 12, 1950	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		88	70	38	13	W 9	9,012
52	Wed, Feb 15, 1950	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		92	70	39	13	W 10
53	Thu, Feb 16, 1950	Box Score	@	St. Louis Bombers	W		72	71	40	13	W 11
54	Fri, Feb 17, 1950	Box Score	N	Waterloo Hawks	W		80	74	41	13	W 12			at Saint Paul, MN
55	Sun, Feb 19, 1950	Box Score		Chicago Stags	W		96	83	42	13	W 13
56	Wed, Feb 22, 1950	Box Score		St. Louis Bombers	W		100	57	43	13	W 14
57	Sat, Feb 25, 1950	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		64	66	43	14	L 1
58	Sun, Feb 26, 1950	Box Score		Tri-Cities Blackhawks	W		80	66	44	14	W 1
59	Tue, Feb 28, 1950	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		71	65	45	14	W 2
60	Thu, Mar 2, 1950	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		88	68	46	14	W 3
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
61	Fri, Mar 3, 1950	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		61	66	46	15	L 1
62	Sat, Mar 4, 1950	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		84	75	47	15	W 1
63	Sun, Mar 5, 1950	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		75	84	47	16	L 1
64	Tue, Mar 7, 1950	Box Score		Sheboygan Red Skins	W		90	73	48	16	W 1
65	Wed, Mar 8, 1950	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		68	65	49	16	W 2			at Saint Paul, MN
66	Sun, Mar 12, 1950	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		87	66	50	16	W 3
67	Wed, Mar 15, 1950	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		96	62	51	16	W 4
68	Sun, Mar 19, 1950	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		67	69	51	17	L 1
69	Tue, Mar 21, 1950	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		78	76	52	17	W 1			Tiebreaker

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Wed, Mar 22, 1950	Box Score		Chicago Stags	W	85	75	1	0	W 1
2	Sat, Mar 25, 1950	Box Score	@	Chicago Stags	W	75	67	2	0	W 2
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
3	Mon, Mar 27, 1950	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	93	79	3	0	W 3
4	Tue, Mar 28, 1950	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W	89	82	4	0	W 4
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
5	Wed, Apr 5, 1950	Box Score		Anderson Packers	W	75	50	5	0	W 5
6	Thu, Apr 6, 1950	Box Score	@	Anderson Packers	W	90	71	6	0	W 6
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
7	Sat, Apr 8, 1950	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W	68	66	7	0	W 7	7,552
8	Sun, Apr 9, 1950	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	85	91	7	1	L 1	8,280
9	Fri, Apr 14, 1950	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W	91	77	8	1	W 1	10,288		at Saint Paul, MN
10	Sun, Apr 16, 1950	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W	77	69	9	1	W 2	10,512		at Saint Paul, MN
11	Thu, Apr 20, 1950	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	76	83	9	2	L 1	9,024
12	Sun, Apr 23, 1950	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W	110	95	10	2	W 1	9,812

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