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1949–50 Philadelphia Warriors season
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Professional basketball team season (1st as NBA)
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Philadelphia Warriors 1950 26 42 4 Eastern Edward Gottlieb Philadelphia Arena WPEN(Del Parkes & Matt Guokas Sr.) East Division Semifinals (eliminated 0–2) PHW
The 1949–50 Philadelphia Warriors season was the fourth season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
BAA/NBA draft
1949 BAA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team 1 5 Vern Gardner F/C United States 1912 Utah 2 – Jim Nolan C United States 1912 Georgia Tech 3 – Nelson Bobb G United States 1912 Temple
Roster
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5 Nelson Bobb G 6 0 170 Temple
15 Jake Bornheimer F/C 6 5 200 Muhlenberg
4 Francis Crossin G 6 1 165 Pennsylvania
9 Jerry Fleishman F/G 6 2 190 NYU
10 Joe Fulks F/C 6 5 190 Murray State
12 Vern Gardner F/C 6 5 200 Utah
11 Al Guokas F/G 6 5 200 Saint Joseph's
11 Freddie Lewis F/G 6 2 195 Eastern Kentucky
6 Ron Livingstone C 6 10 220 Wyoming
18 Leo Mogus F/C 6 4 190 Youngstown State
19 Jim Nolan basketball C 6 8 210 Georgia Tech
19 Mike Novak F/C 6 9 219 Loyola (IL)
7 Charlie Parsley G 6 2 175 Western Kentucky
11 Johnny Payak F/G 6 4 174 Bowling Green
7 Jerry Rullo G 5 10 165 Temple
14 Ed Sadowski basketball C 6 5 240 Seton Hall
8 George Senesky G 6 2 179 Saint Joseph's
Edward Gottlieb
Regular season
Season standings
PHW
Game log
1949–50 Game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 November 2 Minneapolis 69–81 Joe Fulks (20) 0–1 2 November 4 St. Louis 79–58 Joe Fulks (32) 1–1 3 November 5 at Rochester 53–83 Joe Fulks (14) 1–2 4 November 6 at Syracuse 72–82 Joe Fulks (26) 1–3 5 November 9 Washington 69–84 Vern Gardner (19) 1–4 6 November 11 Indianapolis 84–91 Fulks, Gardner (23) 1–5 7 November 12 vs Denver 81–63 Vern Gardner (18) 2–5 8 November 16 Boston 93–80 Joe Fulks (23) 3–5 9 November 18 Chicago 103–88 George Senesky (19) 4–5 10 November 19 at New York 69–85 George Senesky (18) 4–6 11 November 24 New York 70–75 Joe Fulks (21) 4–7 12 November 26 at Chicago 54–90 Joe Fulks (16) 4–8 13 November 27 at St. Louis 67–80 Joe Fulks (19) 4–9 14 November 29 at Denver 57–56 Joe Fulks (16) 5–9 15 December 1 at Fort Wayne 70–74 Fulks, Sadowski (18) 5–10 16 December 2 Rochester 79–82 Vern Gardner (23) 5–11 17 December 3 at Washington 63–79 Vern Gardner (18) 5–12 18 December 8 at Boston 87–91 Joe Fulks (24) 5–13 19 December 9 Chicago 80–77 Joe Fulks (27) 6–13 20 December 11 at Minneapolis 81–90 Vern Gardner (19) 6–14 21 December 13 at Chicago 65–75 Fulks, Gardner (22) 6–15 22 December 14 at Waterloo 73–70 Joe Fulks (20) 7–15 23 December 16 St. Louis 54–68 Joe Fulks (13) 7–16 24 December 17 vs Waterloo 81–72 Joe Fulks (30) 8–16 25 December 21 Baltimore 70–60 Vern Gardner (17) 9–16 26 December 25 at Baltimore 64–63 Fleishman, Senesky (14) 10–16 27 December 28 New York 72–79 Joe Fulks (20) 10–17 28 December 29 vs Syracuse 62–64 Vern Gardner (15) 10–18 29 December 31 Fort Wayne 62–65 Crossin, Gardner (12) 10–19 30 January 1 at New York 59–81 Vern Gardner (13) 10–20 31 January 6 Rochester 91–73 George Senesky (22) 11–20 32 January 7 at Rochester 68–85 Jake Bornheimer (13) 11–21 33 January 13 Washington 67–77 Fulks, Senesky (14) 11–22 34 January 14 at Washington 70–78 Leo Mogus (16) 11–23 35 January 15 at Fort Wayne 67–81 Joe Fulks (15) 11–24 36 January 16 vs Sheboygan 89–72 Joe Fulks (22) 12–24 37 January 18 Boston 94–86 Joe Fulks (20) 13–24 38 January 19 at Boston 63–86 Joe Fulks (19) 13–25 39 January 20 Minneapolis 90–89 Vern Gardner (21) 14–25 40 January 21 at Baltimore 58–68 Joe Fulks (19) 14–26 41 January 24 Fort Wayne 87–74 Joe Fulks (23) 15–26 42 January 27 Baltimore 71–74 Joe Fulks (17) 15–27 43 January 28 at New York 58–55 Vern Gardner (14) 16–27 44 February 1 Rochester 68–82 Joe Fulks (12) 16–28 45 February 3 Tri-Cities 83–72 Joe Fulks (30) 17–28 46 February 5 at Minneapolis 67–100 Leo Mogus (16) 17–29 47 February 6 at Anderson 75–77 Leo Mogus (18) 17–30 48 February 8 at Tri-Cities 94–99 (OT) George Senesky (20) 17–31 49 February 9 at Fort Wayne 64–61 Leo Mogus (21) 18–31 50 February 10 Chicago 76–83 Vern Gardner (20) 18–32 51 February 12 at St. Louis 70–86 Vern Gardner (15) 18–33 52 February 14 at Indianapolis 67–86 Ron Livingstone (12) 18–34 53 February 15 at Sheboygan 66–61 Leo Mogus (16) 19–34 54 February 17 Fort Wayne 67–68 Joe Fulks (18) 19–35 55 February 18 at Baltimore 100–73 Leo Mogus (23) 20–35 56 February 21 New York 73–84 Vern Gardner (21) 20–36 57 February 23 vs Boston 77–82 Mogus, Senesky (16) 20–37 58 February 24 Baltimore 69–77 Joe Fulks (23) 20–38 59 February 25 at Washington 92–80 Vern Gardner (22) 21–38 60 March 1 Boston 77–64 Leo Mogus (27) 22–38 61 March 3 Minneapolis 66–61 George Senesky (14) 23–38 62 March 5 at St. Louis 67–71 Crossin, Gardner (14) 23–39 63 March 8 at Minneapolis 65–68 Leo Mogus (18) 23–40 64 March 10 St. Louis 78–73 Leo Mogus (22) 24–40 65 March 11 at Rochester 72–90 Leo Mogus (16) 24–41 66 March 12 vs Chicago 67–73 Vern Gardner (24) 24–42 67 March 15 Anderson 83–80 (OT) Chink Crossin (19) 25–42 68 March 17 Washington 85–59 Joe Fulks (24) 26–42
Playoffs
Philadelphia Warriors 1950 yes
Philadelphia Warriors Division Semifinals yes yes no 0 1 0 1 yes yes
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| 1
| March 22
| @ Syracuse
| L 76–93
| Chink Crossin (20)
| Al Guokas (4)
| State Fair Coliseum
| 0–1
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| 2
| March 23
| Syracuse
| L 53–59
| Vern Gardner (17)
| Leo Mogus (4)
| Philadelphia Arena
| 0–2
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PHW yes 1950
References
Category:Golden State Warriors seasons
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