1949–50 Boston Celtics season

1949–50 Boston Celtics season
Head coachDoggie Julian
ArenaBoston Arena
Boston Garden
Results
Record22–46 (.324)
PlaceDivision: 6th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball Reference
RadioWMEX

The 1949–50 Boston Celtics season was the fourth season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA).[1] This was the last time the Celtics both finished below .500, and missed the playoffs until the 1969–70 season.

Draft

Main article: 1949 BAA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 4 Tony Lavelli F  United States Yale
2 – George Kaftan F  United States Holy Cross
3 – Joe Mullaney G  United States Holy Cross
8 – Duane Klueh G  United States Indiana State
– – Ed Little –  United States Denver JC
– – Jim Simpson –  United States Bates
– – Emerson Speicher –  United States Bowling Green
– – Bill Tom –  United States Rice
– – Bill Vandenburgh –  United States Washington
– – Russ Washburn –  United States Colby
– – Bill Weight –  United States BYU

Roster

1949–50 Boston Celtics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From
F/C 19 Bob Doll 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Colorado
F/C 10 Gene Englund 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Wisconsin
G/F 16 Johnny Ezersky 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Rhode Island
F/C 10 Ward Gibson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Creighton
G 4 Sidney Hertzberg 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) CCNY
F 9 George Kaftan 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Holy Cross
F/C 22 Bob Kinney 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Rice
F 4−11 Tony Lavelli 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Yale
G/F 5 Ed Leede 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Dartmouth
C 16 John Mahnken 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Georgetown
G 17 Joe Mullaney 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Holy Cross
F/C 3 George Nostrand 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Wyoming
G 7 Dermie O'Connell 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 174 lb (79 kg) Holy Cross
G/F 15 Jim Seminoff 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) USC
G/F 8 Howie Shannon 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Kansas State
F 12 Art Spector 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Villanova
F/C 13 Brady Walker 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) BYU
Head coach
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Syracuse Nationals 51 13 .797 – 31–1 15–12 5–0 9–1
x-New York Knicks 40 28 .588 13 19–10 18–16 3–2 20–6
x-Washington Capitols 32 36 .471 21 21–13 10–20 1–3 13–13
x-Philadelphia Warriors 26 42 .382 25 15–15 8–23 3–4 9–17
Baltimore Bullets 25 43 .368 26 16–15 8–25 1–3 8–18
Boston Celtics 22 46 .324 29 12–14 5–28 5–4 11–15

Game log

1949–50 Game log
# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 November 3 at Sheboygan 83–98 Hertzberg, Leede (13) 0–1
2 November 5 at Chicago 70–86 Sidney Hertzberg (13) 0–2
3 November 6 at Waterloo 66–80 Bob Kinney (12) 0–3
4 November 10 Minneapolis 84–98 George Kaftan (18) 0–4
5 November 12 at Washington 76–68 Brady Walker (20) 1–4
6 November 15 Baltimore 76–81 Sidney Hertzberg (20) 1–5
7 November 16 at Philadelphia 80–93 Johnny Ezersky (15) 1–6
8 November 17 Indianapolis 90–68 Sidney Hertzberg (16) 2–6
9 November 19 at Baltimore W 91–82 Sidney Hertzberg (22) 3–6
10 November 20 at Fort Wayne 89–99 Bob Kinney (14) 3–7
11 November 21 at Anderson 99–85 Sidney Hertzberg (23) 4–7
12 November 22 at Tri-Cities 72–80 Sidney Hertzberg (19) 4–8
13 November 24 Fort Wayne 85–99 Tony Lavelli (20) 4–9
14 November 26 at New York 84–96 George Kaftan (34) 4–10
15 November 30 Syracuse 71–87 Lavelli, Walker (17) 4–11
16 December 3 at Tri-Cities 82–87 Ed Leede (20) 4–12
17 December 4 at St. Louis 76–85 Bob Kinney (18) 4–13
18 December 6 at Indianapolis 82–93 Bob Kinney (24) 4–14
19 December 8 Philadelphia 91–87 George Kaftan (16) 5–14
20 December 10 vs Sheboygan 83–78 Brady Walker (15) 6–14
21 December 15 St. Louis 83–81 Ed Leede (21) 7–14
22 December 18 at Minneapolis 72–77 Sidney Hertzberg (18) 7–15
23 December 22 Minneapolis 87–69 Tony Lavelli (26) 8–15
24 December 23 at Washington 73–86 Englund, Lavelli (11) 8–16
25 December 25 at Rochester 79–88 Gene Englund (13) 8–17
26 December 26 vs Baltimore 82–57 Tony Lavelli (15) 9–17
27 December 27 New York 97–78 Bob Doll (18) 10–17
28 December 30 Fort Wayne 92–73 Bob Kinney (18) 11–17
29 January 1 at Fort Wayne 72–80 Howie Shannon (12) 11–18
30 January 4 at St. Louis 68–72 Hertzberg, Kaftan (17) 11–19
31 January 6 Baltimore 74–53 Gene Englund (17) 12–19
32 January 8 at Minneapolis 80–85 (OT) Bob Kinney (18) 12–20
33 January 10 at Denver 97–84 George Kaftan (17) 13–20
34 January 13 Chicago L 76–77 Bob Kinney (14) 13–21
35 January 14 at New York L 80–82 Sidney Hertzberg (15) 13–22
36 January 17 Minneapolis L 79–105 George Kaftan (16) 13–23
37 January 18 at Philadelphia L 86–94 Bob Kinney (16) 13–24
38 January 19 Philadelphia W 86–63 Howie Shannon (17) 14–24
39 January 22 at St. Louis L 47–71 Tony Lavelli (11) 14–25
40 January 26 Fort Wayne W 89–68 Sidney Hertzberg (21) 15–25
41 January 28 at Rochester L 75–82 Ed Leede (14) 15–26
42 January 31 Rochester L 72–85 Ed Leede (14) 15–27
43 February 1 vs. Chicago L 76–78 Ed Leede (21) 15–28
44 February 3 Anderson W 106–98 Ed Leede (24) 16–28
45 February 4 vs Waterloo W 100–82 Howie Shannon (22) 17–28
46 February 5 vs. Chicago L 70–77 Hertzberg, Kaftan (16) 17–29
47 February 7 Chicago L 86–91 Ed Leede (21) 17–30
48 February 10 St. Louis W 89–79 Ed Leede (24) 18–30
49 February 12 at Minneapolis L 70–88 Sidney Hertzberg (22) 18–31
50 February 14 vs. Denver L 78–84 Ed Leede (21) 18–32
51 February 15 at Fort Wayne L 78–84 George Kaftan (19) 18–33
52 February 17 Rochester L 73–81 Bob Kinney (19) 18–34
53 February 18 vs. Rochester L 73–94 Sidney Hertzberg (16) 18–35
54 February 23 vs. Philadelphia W 82–77 Ed Leede (24) 19–35
55 February 24 Washington W 89–74 Tony Lavelli (19) 20–35
56 February 25 at Baltimore W 82–66 Ed Leede (22) 21–35
57 February 27 Chicago L 77–79 Bob Kinney (16) 21–36
58 March 1 at Philadelphia L 64–77 Kinney, Lavelli (12) 21–37
59 March 2 New York L 72–81 Tony Lavelli (28) 21–38
60 March 4 at Washington L 75–95 Hertzberg, Lavelli (15) 21–39
61 March 7 vs. Washington W 75–64 Tony Lavelli (19) 22–39
62 March 9 at Rochester L 59–78 John Mahnken (12) 22–40
63 March 10 Washington L 66–76 Tony Lavelli (22) 22–41
64 March 11 at Baltimore L 75–79 Tony Lavelli (23) 22–42
65 March 12 at Syracuse L 72–96 Howie Shannon (21) 22–43
66 March 14 St. Louis L 76–86 Ed Leede (25) 22–44
67 March 15 at New York L 84–88 (OT) Tony Lavelli (28) 22–45
68 March 17 New York L 96–98 (2OT) Doll, Leede (22) 22–46

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