1949–50 Minneapolis Lakers season

Pro basketball team season (won NBA championship) March 2026 August 2023 Minneapolis Lakers 1950 yes yes 51 17 1 Central John Kundla Minneapolis Auditorium WLOL NBA champions(Defeated Nationals 4–2) MNL The 1949–50 Minneapolis Lakers season was the second season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Lakers repeated as NBA Champions, defeating the Syracuse Nationals in six games in the NBA Finals, making it (to date) the only franchise to win the championship in each of its first two NBA seasons. In fact, technically speaking, the Lakers would be the only team to hold three straight professional basketball championships (technically four) in three straight seasons of play, as Minneapolis would first win the 1947–48 season's championship (alongside the last ever WPBT) while competing in the National Basketball League (NBL) in their first season competing as the Minneapolis Lakers before defecting out into the Basketball Association of America (BAA) for the following season afterward to win the last ever BAA Finals championship ever held before the NBL-BAA merger into the NBA happened, with the Lakers winning what can technically be considered the first ever NBA Finals match-up ever held under that new league's name following that merger of the BAA and NBL's operations from this season (though the NBA would officially hold the BAA's history instead of the NBL's history outside of scant few exceptions in terms of recognition, such as the Lakers' 1948 NBL championship). BAA/NBA draft 1949 BAA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team T – Vern Mikkelsen F/C United States 1912 Hamline – – Bob Harrison G United States 1912 Michigan – – Paul Walther F/G United States 1912 Tennessee Source:1949 BAA Draft https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/BAA_1949.html 2025-03-19 Basketball-Reference.com en Roster thumb|The team. Minneapolis Lakers 1949–50 #79A3DD #F7C330 #F7C330 #FFFFFF 15 Don Carlson F/G 6 0 170 Minnesota 1921-03-22 18 Arnie Ferrin F/G 6 2 180 Utah 1925-07-29 20 Normie Glick F 6 7 190 Loyola Marymount 1927-11-10 14-20 Bud Grant F 6 3 195 Minnesota 1927-05-20 16 Bob Harrison basketball G 6 1 190 Michigan 1927-08-12 11 Billy Hassett G 5 11 180 Notre Dame 1921-10-21 13 Tony Jaros F/G 6 3 185 Minnesota 1920-02-22 22 Slater Martin G 5 10 170 Texas 1925-10-22 99 George Mikan C 6 10 245 DePaul 1924-06-18 19 Vern Mikkelsen F/C 6 7 230 Hamline 1928-10-21 17 Jim Pollard F/C 6 4 185 Stanford 1922-07-09 10 Herm Schaefer F/G 6 0 175 Indiana 1918-11-20 12 Gene Stump F/G 6 2 185 DePaul 1923-11-13 14 Paul Walther F/G 6 2 160 Tennessee 1927-03-23 John Kundla https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MNL/1950.html Regular season Season standings MNL Game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 November 2 at Philadelphia 81–69 Jim Pollard (30) 1–0 2 November 5 at Baltimore 92–77 George Mikan (28) 2–0 3 November 8 at Washington 68–66 Jim Pollard (21) 3–0 4 November 10 at Boston 98–84 George Mikan (37) 4–0 5 November 12 at Chicago 79–86 George Mikan (30) 4–1 6 November 16 St. Louis 94–71 Herm Schaefer (20) 5–1 7 November 17 at St. Louis 65–78 George Mikan (17) 5–2 8 November 19 at Anderson 80–83 George Mikan (34) 5–3 9 November 20 Indianapolis 121–95 George Mikan (29) 6–3 10 November 23 Baltimore 84–71 George Mikan (28) 7–3 11 November 25 at Denver 101–81 George Mikan (29) 8–3 12 November 27 Chicago 82–96 George Mikan (34) 8–4 13 November 30 New York 102–92 George Mikan (28) 9–4 14 December 1 at Indianapolis 68–86 George Mikan (33) 9–5 15 December 3 at Chicago 91–80 George Mikan (34) 10–5 16 December 4 Rochester 95–80 George Mikan (27) 11–5 17 December 7 Washington 93–76 George Mikan (35) 12–5 18 December 8 at Fort Wayne 66–87 George Mikan (27) 12–6 19 December 10 vs Denver 89–76 George Mikan (31) 13–6 20 December 11 Philadelphia 90–81 George Mikan (28) 14–6 21 December 14 at New York 84–94 George Mikan (38) 14–7 22 December 15 at Baltimore 68–87 George Mikan (34) 14–8 23 December 18 Boston 77–72 George Mikan (24) 15–8 24 December 20 at Rochester 62–87 George Mikan (26) 15–9 25 December 21 at Washington 75–61 George Mikan (21) 16–9 26 December 22 at Boston 69–87 George Mikan (21) 16–10 27 December 25 Fort Wayne 72–58 George Mikan (22) 17–10 28 December 26 at Tri-Cities 78–76 George Mikan (22) 18–10 29 December 28 Baltimore 88–77 Mikan, Pollard (24) 19–10 30 December 31 at Waterloo 86–68 George Mikan (35) 20–10 31 January 1 Anderson 87–75 George Mikan (38) 21–10 32 January 4 Fort Wayne 91–75 George Mikan (22) 22–10 33 January 5 at Sheboygan 82–85 George Mikan (42) 22–11 34 January 8 Boston 85–80 (OT) George Mikan (30) 23–11 35 January 11 Syracuse 98–88 George Mikan (27) 24–11 36 January 12 at St. Louis 89–73 Vern Mikkelsen (31) 25–11 37 January 14 at Rochester 77–83 George Mikan (51) 25–12 38 January 15 Rochester 85–73 George Mikan (25) 26–12 39 January 17 at Boston 105–79 George Mikan (22) 27–12 40 January 18 at Washington 76–68 George Mikan (23) 28–12 41 January 19 at New York 94–83 George Mikan (31) 29–12 42 January 20 at Philadelphia 89–90 George Mikan (34) 29–13 43 January 22 Chicago 103–75 George Mikan (28) 30–13 44 January 24 at Chicago 80–68 George Mikan (40) 31–13 45 January 25 St. Louis 85–78 George Mikan (23) 32–13 46 January 29 Washington 88–60 George Mikan (31) 33–13 47 February 1 New York 96–81 George Mikan (35) 34–13 48 February 2 at Fort Wayne 79–78 Vern Mikkelsen (21) 35–13 49 February 5 Philadelphia 100–67 George Mikan (23) 36–13 50 February 9 Washington 71–59 Mikan, Mikkelsen (15) 37–13 51 February 12 Boston 88–70 Jim Pollard (29) 38–13 52 February 15 Rochester 92–70 George Mikan (34) 39–13 53 February 16 at St. Louis 72–71 Jim Pollard (25) 40–13 54 February 17 Waterloo 80–74 Vern Mikkelsen (20) 41–13 55 February 19 Chicago 96–83 George Mikan (33) 42–13 56 February 22 St. Louis 100–57 George Mikan (28) 43–13 57 February 25 at Rochester 64–66 George Mikan (39) 43–14 58 February 26 Tri-Cities 80–66 George Mikan (30) 44–14 59 February 28 Fort Wayne 71–65 Mikan, Mikkelsen (19) 45–14 60 March 2 at Baltimore 88–68 George Mikan (24) 46–14 61 March 3 at Philadelphia 61–66 George Mikan (21) 46–15 62 March 4 at New York 84–75 Mikan, Pollard (23) 47–15 63 March 5 at Syracuse 75–84 George Mikan (29) 47–16 64 March 7 Sheboygan 90–73 Vern Mikkelsen (19) 48–16 65 March 8 Philadelphia 68–65 George Mikan (34) 49–16 66 March 12 New York 87–66 George Mikan (32) 50–16 67 March 15 Baltimore 96–62 George Mikan (34) 51–16 68 March 19 at Fort Wayne 67–69 George Mikan (30) 51–17 Playoffs Minneapolis Lakers yes 1950 #79A3DD #F7C330 Minneapolis Lakers Division Tiebreaker yes no (finishes as Central's #1 seed) #F7C330 #FFFFFF yes yes |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | March 21 | @ Rochester | W 78–76 | George Mikan (35) | Herm Schaefer (7) | Edgerton Park Arena | 1–0 |- Minneapolis Lakers Division Semifinals yes no #F7C330 #FFFFFF 1 0 1 0 yes yes |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | March 22 | Chicago | W 85–75 | George Mikan (30) | George Mikan (3) | Minneapolis Auditorium | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | March 25 | @ Chicago | W 75–67 | George Mikan (34) | — | Chicago Stadium | 2–0 |- Minneapolis Lakers Division Finals yes no #F7C330 #FFFFFF 1 0 1 0 yes yes |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | March 27 | Fort Wayne | W 93–79 | George Mikan (24) | George Mikan (4) | Minneapolis Auditorium | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | March 28 | @ Fort Wayne | W 89–82 | George Mikan (37) | — | North Side High School Gym | 2–0 |- Minneapolis Lakers NBA Semifinals yes no #F7C330 #FFFFFF 1 0 1 0 yes |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | April 5 | Anderson | W 75–50 | George Mikan (26) | Jim Pollard (5) | Minneapolis Auditorium | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | April 6 | @ Anderson | W 90–71 | George Mikan (32) | — | Anderson High School Wigwam | 2–0 |- Minneapolis Lakers NBA Finals yes no #F7C330 #FFFFFF 3 0 1 2 yes |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | April 8 | @ Syracuse | W 68–66 | George Mikan (37) | — | State Fair Coliseum7,552 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 9 | @ Syracuse | L 85–91 | George Mikan (32) | — | State Fair Coliseum8,280 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | April 14 | Syracuse | W 91–77 | George Mikan (28) | George Mikan (8) | St. Paul Auditorium10,288 | 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | April 16 | Syracuse | W 77–69 | George Mikan (28) | Jim Pollard (4) | St. Paul Auditorium10,512 | 3–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | April 20 | @ Syracuse | L 76–83 | George Mikan (28) | — | State Fair Coliseum9,024 | 3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 | April 23 | Syracuse | W 110–95 | George Mikan (40) | Jim Pollard (10) | Minneapolis Auditorium9,812 | 4–2 |- MNL yes 1950 This season held their second and final playoff series match-up against the Chicago Stags (who folded operations on September 25, 1950 before the start of the upcoming NBA season) alongside their first and only playoff series match-up (either in the NBL or NBA) against the Anderson Packers (with Anderson later leaving the NBA after the 1950 NBA playoffs concluded). Awards and honors George Mikan, All-NBA First Team Jim Pollard, All-NBA First Team References Minneapolis Category:Los Angeles Lakers seasons Category:NBA championship seasons Minnesota Lakers Minnesota Lakers