1949–50 Rochester Royals season

1949–50 Rochester Royals season
Head coach	Lester Harrison
Arena	Edgerton Park Arena
Results
Record	51–17 (.750)
Place	Division: 2nd (Central)
Playoff finish	Central Division Semifinals (eliminated 0–2)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	WHAM

The 1949–50 NBA season was the second season for the Rochester Royals in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Draft picks

Main article: 1949 BAA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	10	Frank Saul	F/G	United States	Seton Hall
2	–	Jack Coleman	F/C	United States	Louisville

Roster

Rochester Royals 1949–50 roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From G/F 17 Brookfield, Price 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) West Texas A&M G/F 19 Calhoun, Bill 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) City College of San Francisco F/C 10 Coleman, Jack 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Louisville G 15 Curran, Fran 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Notre Dame G/F 11 Davies, Bob 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Seton Hall F/C 20 Duncan, Andy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) The College of William & Mary G 16 Holzman, Red 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) City College of New York F/C 12 Johnson, Arnie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 236 lb (107 kg) Bemidji State F/C 18 Mikan, Ed 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) DePaul F/C 18 Novak, Mike 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 219 lb (99 kg) Loyola Chicago F/C 14 Risen, Arnie 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Ohio State G/F 3 Saul, Frank 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Seton Hall G 9 Wanzer, Bobby 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Seton Hall	Head coach Lester Harrison Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Minneapolis Lakers	51	17	.750	–	30–1	18–16	3–0	16–8
x-Rochester Royals	51	17	.750	–	33–1	17–16	1–0	15–9
x-Fort Wayne Pistons	40	28	.588	11	28–6	12–22	–	14–10
x-Chicago Stags	40	28	.588	11	18–6	14–21	8–1	11–13
St. Louis Bombers	26	42	.382	25	17–14	7–26	2–2	4–20

Record vs. opponents

1949–50 NBA records
Team	AND	BAL	BOS	CHI	DEN	FWP	IND	MIN	NYK	PHI	ROC	SHE	STL	SYR	TCB	WAS	WAT
Anderson	—	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–3	1–1	2–5	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	5–2	2–0	3–4	7–2	1–1	7–0
Baltimore	1–1	—	2–4	1–5	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–5	1–5	3–3	3–3	2–0	3–3	0–2	0–2	2–4	1–1
Boston	2–0	4–2	—	0–6	1–1	2–4	1–1	1–5	1–5	3–3	0–6	1–1	2–4	0–2	0–2	3–3	1–1
Chicago	1–1	5–1	6–0	—	2–0	2–4	1–1	2–4	2–4	4–2	2–4	2–0	5–1	0–2	1–1	3–3	2–0
Denver	3–4	1–1	1–1	0–2	—	0–2	0–7	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–4	0–2	1–6	0–7	0–2	2–5
Fort Wayne	1–1	3–3	4–2	4–2	2–0	—	1–1	2–4	4–2	4–2	3–3	2–0	5–1	0–2	2–0	2–4	1–1
Indianapolis	5–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	7–0	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	5–2	1–1	2–7	4–3	1–1	5–2
Minneapolis	1–1	5–1	5–1	4–2	2–0	4–2	1–1	—	5–1	4–2	3–3	1–1	5–1	1–1	2–0	6–0	2–0
New York	1–1	5–1	5–1	4–2	2–0	2–4	1–1	1–5	—	1–5	1–5	1–1	4–2	0–2	1–1	5–1	2–0
Philadelphia	1–1	3–3	3–3	2–4	2–0	2–4	0–2	2–4	1–5	—	1–5	2–0	2–4	0–2	1–1	2–4	2–0
Rochester	2–0	3–3	6–0	4–2	2–0	3–3	1–1	3–3	5–1	5–1	—	1–1	5–1	1–1	2–0	6–0	2–0
Sheboygan	2–5	0–2	1–1	0–2	4–3	0–2	2–5	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	—	0–2	1–6	3–4	2–0	4–3
St. Louis	0–2	3–3	4–2	1–5	2–0	1–5	1–1	1–5	2–4	4–2	1–5	2–0	—	1–1	2–0	0–6	1–1
Syracuse	4–3	2–0	2–0	2–0	6–1	2–0	7–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	6–1	1–1	—	6–1	1–1	6–1
Tri-Cities	2–7	2–0	2–0	1–1	7–0	0–2	3–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–3	0–2	1–6	—	1–1	4–3
Washington	1–1	4–2	3–3	3–3	2–0	4–2	1–1	0–6	1–5	4–2	0–6	0–2	6–0	1–1	1–1	—	1–1
Waterloo	0–7	1–1	1–1	0–2	5–2	1–1	2–5	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–4	1–1	1–6	3–4	1–1	—

Game log

1949–50 Game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	Record
1	November 1	Sheboygan	108–75	1–0
2	November 5	Philadelphia	83–53	2–0
3	November 9	at Chicago	72–75 (OT)	2–1
4	November 10	at Sheboygan	87–97	2–2
5	November 12	New York	94–73	3–2
6	November 15	Tri-Cities	93–81	4–2
7	November 19	Denver	96–64	5–2
8	November 20	at St. Louis	74–95	5–3
9	November 22	at Indianapolis	74–80	5–4
10	November 23	at Waterloo	90–71	6–4
11	November 26	Waterloo	120–95	7–4
12	November 30	at Washington	86–84	8–4
13	December 1	at Baltimore	64–70	8–5
14	December 2	at Philadelphia	82–79	9–5
15	December 3	Indianapolis	99–77	10–5
16	December 4	at Minneapolis	80–95	10–6
17	December 10	Syracuse	69–63	11–6
18	December 13	at Denver	81–65	12–6
19	December 15	at Fort Wayne	66–69	12–7
20	December 16	at Chicago	71–80	12–8
21	December 17	Chicago	85–63	13–8
22	December 20	Minneapolis	87–62	14–8
23	December 25	Boston	88–79	15–8
24	December 26	at New York	83–80 (OT)	16–8
25	December 27	Washington	96–72	17–8
26	December 29	Fort Wayne	97–79	18–8
27	December 31	St. Louis	87–68	19–8
28	January 3	Washington	83–79	20–8
29	January 4	at Washington	72–63	21–8
30	January 5	at Baltimore	71–74	21–9
31	January 6	at Philadelphia	73–91	21–10
32	January 7	Philadelphia	85–68	22–10
33	January 8	at St. Louis	75–73 (2OT)	23–10
34	January 10	Baltimore	85–67	24–10
35	January 14	Minneapolis	83–77	25–10
36	January 15	at Minneapolis	73–85	25–11
37	January 18	at Tri-Cities	70–65	26–11
38	January 19	at Anderson	81–78	27–11
39	January 21	Anderson	95–79	28–11
40	January 22	at New York	71–81	28–12
41	January 24	Baltimore	70–56	29–12
42	January 26	at Syracuse	72–76	29–13
43	January 28	Boston	82–75	30–13
44	January 31	at Boston	85–72	31–13
45	February 1	at Philadelphia	82–68	32–13
46	February 2	at Baltimore	69–79	32–14
47	February 4	Chicago	82–78	33–14
48	February 5	at New York	73–65	34–14
49	February 7	St. Louis	90–84	35–14
50	February 11	Fort Wayne	84–92	35–15
51	February 12	at Fort Wayne	74–76	35–16
52	February 14	at Chicago	83–74	36–16
53	February 15	at Minneapolis	70–92	36–17
54	February 17	at Boston	81–73	37–17
55	February 18	vs Boston	94–73	38–17
56	February 19	New York	105–92	39–17
57	February 21	Washington	84–76	40–17
58	February 25	Minneapolis	66–64	41–17
59	February 26	at St. Louis	81–79	42–17
60	February 28	Chicago	74–69	43–17
61	March 4	Fort Wayne	73–70	44–17
62	March 5	at Fort Wayne	65–60	45–17
63	March 9	Boston	78–59	46–17
64	March 11	Philadelphia	90–72	47–17
65	March 12	St. Louis	99–72	48–17
66	March 15	at Washington	93–64	49–17
67	March 18	New York	77–74	50–17
68	March 19	Baltimore	97–66	51–17

Playoffs

Central Division Tiebreaker

Rochester Royals vs. Minneapolis Lakers: Lakers win series 1-0

• Game 1 @ Rochester: Minneapolis 78, Rochester 76

Central Division Semifinals

• (2) Rochester Royals vs. (3) Fort Wayne Pistons: Pistons win series 2-0
• Game 1 @ Rochester: Fort Wayne 90, Rochester 84
• Game 2 @ Fort Wayne: Fort Wayne 79, Rochester 78 (OT)

Awards and records

• Bob Davies, All-NBA First Team