1949–50 Tri-Cities Blackhawks season

1949–50 Tri-Cities Blackhawks season
Head coach	Roger Potter (1–6) Red Auerbach (28–29)
Arena	Wharton Field House
Results
Record	29–35 (.453)
Place	Division: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finish	West Division Semifinals (eliminated 1–2)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

The 1949–50 Tri-Cities Blackhawks season was their first season in the National Basketball Association.

Roster

Tri-Cities Blackhawks 1949–50 roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From G/F Berce, Gene 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Marquette F/C 13 Chaney, John 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) LSU SF 11 Eddleman, Dike 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 189 lb (86 kg) Illinois F/C 12 Englund, Gene 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Wisconsin G/F 18 Gibson, Dee 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Western Kentucky G 8 Hassett, Billy 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Notre Dame C 20 Henry, Bill 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Rice PF 12 Kerris, Jack 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Loyola PG 4 Kirk, Walt 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 173 lb (78 kg) Illinois C 12 Mahnken, John 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Georgetown PF 15 Nichols, Jack 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 222 lb (101 kg) Washington F/C 9 Nostrand, George 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Wyoming C 15 Otten, Don 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Bowling Green F/C 20 Otten, Mac 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Bowling Green SG Owens, Red 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Baylor G/F 7 Perkins, Warren 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Tulane F/C 96 Ray, Don 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Western Kentucky G/F Schulz, Dick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 192 lb (87 kg) Wisconsin F/C 21 Todorovich, Mike 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Wyoming G/F 8 Vance, Gene 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Illinois G/F 6 Von Nieda, Whitey 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Penn State G 17 Wier, Murray 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Iowa	Head coach Red Auerbach Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Indianapolis Olympians	39	25	.609	–	24–7	12–16	3–2	26–9
x-Anderson Packers	37	27	.578	2	22–9	12–18	3–0	25–12
x-Tri-Cities Blackhawks	29	35	.453	10	20–13	6–20	3–2	20–17
x-Sheboygan Red Skins	22	40	.355	17	17–14	5–22	0–4	15–20
Waterloo Hawks	19	43	.306	20	16–15	2–22	1–6	13–22
Denver Nuggets	11	51	.177	28	9–16	1–25	1–10	8–27

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	October 29	Denver	93–85	1–0
2	November 1	vs St. Louis	51–72	1–1
3	November 3	at Anderson	87–110	1–2
4	November 5	New York	72–76	1–3
5	November 9	vs Anderson	99–102 (3OT)	1–4
6	November 12	Waterloo	99–89	2–4
7	November 15	at Rochester	81–93	2–5
8	November 17	at Syracuse	76–79	2–6
9	November 19	Fort Wayne	85–88	2–7
10	November 20	at Waterloo	62–75	2–8
11	November 22	Boston	80–72	3–8
12	November 24	at Sheboygan	113–120	3–9
13	November 27	Indianapolis	104–88	4–9
14	November 29	at Indianapolis	76–92	4–10
15	November 30	St. Louis	82–89	4–11
16	December 1	at Anderson	72–81	4–12
17	December 3	Boston	87–82	5–12
18	December 7	Syracuse	69–77	5–13
19	December 11	Denver	98–66	6–13
20	December 13	at Indianapolis	63–84	6–14
21	December 14	Chicago	73–68	7–14
22	December 15	at Sheboygan	74–89	7–15
23	December 18	Anderson	69–78	7–16
24	December 21	Syracuse	84–96	7–17
25	December 26	Minneapolis	76–78	7–18
26	December 28	at Fort Wayne	75–81 (OT)	7–19
27	December 30	at Denver	85–83	8–19
28	January 1	Baltimore	79–66	9–19
29	January 3	at Indianapolis	76–78	9–20
30	January 5	at Syracuse	73–82	9–21
31	January 7	Sheboygan	98–86	10–21
32	January 11	Anderson	88–81	11–21
33	January 15	Waterloo	84–80	12–21
34	January 18	Rochester	65–70	12–22
35	January 19	at Chicago	68–83	12–23
36	January 22	Denver	111–97	13–23
37	January 23	at Anderson	99–96	14–23
38	January 25	Washington	62–65	14–24
39	January 28	Indianapolis	97–81	15–24
40	January 29	at Waterloo	85–79	16–24
41	January 31	vs New York	83–77	17–24
42	February 1	Syracuse	91–83	18–24
43	February 3	at Philadelphia	72–83	18–25
44	February 5	Sheboygan	86–71	19–25
45	February 8	Philadelphia	99–94 (OT)	20–25
46	February 9	at Sheboygan	82–104	20–26
47	February 12	Indianapolis	89–95	20–27
48	February 15	at Washington	85–81	21–27
49	February 16	at Syracuse	74–105	21–28
50	February 18	at Waterloo	116–93	22–28
51	February 19	at Waterloo	63–84	22–29
52	February 20	Baltimore	82–73	23–29
53	February 22	Anderson	81–90	23–30
54	February 25	Sheboygan	74–66	24–30
55	February 26	at Minneapolis	66–80	24–31
56	February 27	vs Denver	110–75	25–31
57	March 1	vs Denver	97–80	26–31
58	March 3	at Indianapolis	96–83	27–31
59	March 5	Denver	91–80	28–31
60	March 6	at Anderson	77–88	28–32
61	March 8	Anderson	67–82	28–33
62	March 11	Sheboygan	97–79	29–33
63	March 18	Syracuse	88–89 (OT)	29–34
64	March 19	at Waterloo	77–79	29–35

Playoffs

West Division Semifinals

• (2) Anderson Packers vs. (3) Tri-Cities Blackhawks: Packers win series 2-1
• Game 1 @ Anderson: Anderson 89, Tri-Cities 77
• Game 2 @ Tri-Cities: Tri-Cities 76, Anderson 75
• Game 3 @ Anderson: Anderson 94, Tri-Cities 71