1949–50 Rochester Royals season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Rochester Royals 1950 51 17 2 Central Lester Harrison Edgerton Park Arena WHAM Central Division Semifinals (eliminated 0–2) ROC The 1949–50 Rochester Royals season was the second season for the Rochester Royals in the National Basketball Association (NBA). BAA/NBA Draft 1949 BAA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team 1 10 Frank Saul F/G United States 1912 Seton Hall 2 – Jack Coleman F/C United States 1912 Louisville Roster Rochester Royals 1949–50 17 Price Brookfield F/G 6 4 185 West Texas A&M 19 Bill Calhoun basketball F/G 6 3 180 City College of San Francisco 10 Jack Coleman basketball F/C 6 7 195 Louisville 15 Fran Curran G 6 0 175 Notre Dame 11 Bob Davies F/G 6 1 175 Seton Hall 20 Andy Duncan basketball F/C 6 6 195 William & Mary 16 Red Holzman G 5 10 175 City College of New York 12 Arnie Johnson F/C 6 5 236 Bemidji State 18 Ed Mikan F/C 6 8 230 DePaul 18 Mike Novak F/C 6 9 219 Loyola (IL) 14 Arnie Risen F/C 6 9 200 Ohio State 3 Frank Saul basketball F/G 6 2 185 Seton Hall 9 Bobby Wanzer G 6 0 170 Seton Hall Lester Harrison Regular season Season standings ROC Game log 1949–50 Game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 November 1 Sheboygan 108–75 Frank Saul (18) 1–0 2 November 5 Philadelphia 83–53 Arnie Risen (18) 2–0 3 November 9 at Chicago 72–75 (OT) Bob Davies (18) 2–1 4 November 10 at Sheboygan 87–97 Red Holzman (15) 2–2 5 November 12 New York 94–73 Arnie Risen (21) 3–2 6 November 15 Tri-Cities 93–81 Arnie Risen (17) 4–2 7 November 19 Denver 96–64 Curran, Risen, Wanzer (14) 5–2 8 November 20 at St. Louis 74–95 Bob Davies (18) 5–3 9 November 22 at Indianapolis 74–80 Bill Calhoun (18) 5–4 10 November 23 at Waterloo 90–71 Bob Davies (18) 6–4 11 November 26 Waterloo 120–95 Bob Davies (26) 7–4 12 November 30 at Washington 86–84 Bob Davies (21) 8–4 13 December 1 at Baltimore 64–70 Arnie Risen (17) 8–5 14 December 2 at Philadelphia 82–79 Bill Calhoun (19) 9–5 15 December 3 Indianapolis 99–77 Jack Coleman (17) 10–5 16 December 4 at Minneapolis 80–95 Andy Duncan (15) 10–6 17 December 10 Syracuse 69–63 Arnie Risen (20) 11–6 18 December 13 at Denver 81–65 Bob Davies (16) 12–6 19 December 15 at Fort Wayne 66–69 Bob Davies (24) 12–7 20 December 16 at Chicago 71–80 Arnie Risen (15) 12–8 21 December 17 Chicago 85–63 Arnie Risen (22) 13–8 22 December 20 Minneapolis 87–62 Arnie Johnson (15) 14–8 23 December 25 Boston 88–79 Bob Davies (22) 15–8 24 December 26 at New York 83–80 (OT) Bob Davies (32) 16–8 25 December 27 Washington 96–72 Davies, Risen (17) 17–8 26 December 29 Fort Wayne 97–79 Bob Davies (21) 18–8 27 December 31 St. Louis 87–68 Bobby Wanzer (19) 19–8 28 January 3 Washington 83–79 Bob Davies (19) 20–8 29 January 4 at Washington 72–63 Bob Davies (15) 21–8 30 January 5 at Baltimore 71–74 Arnie Risen (15) 21–9 31 January 6 at Philadelphia 73–91 Bill Calhoun (12) 21–10 32 January 7 Philadelphia 85–68 Arnie Risen (15) 22–10 33 January 8 at St. Louis 75–73 (2OT) Bob Davies (18) 23–10 34 January 10 Baltimore 85–67 Arnie Risen (18) 24–10 35 January 14 Minneapolis 83–77 Bobby Wanzer (17) 25–10 36 January 15 at Minneapolis 73–85 Andy Duncan (13) 25–11 37 January 18 at Tri-Cities 70–65 Davies, Wanzer (11) 26–11 38 January 19 at Anderson 81–78 Bob Davies (13) 27–11 39 January 21 Anderson 95–79 Bobby Wanzer (18) 28–11 40 January 22 at New York 71–81 Bobby Wanzer (21) 28–12 41 January 24 Baltimore 70–56 Jack Coleman (16) 29–12 42 January 26 at Syracuse 72–76 Bob Davies (18) 29–13 43 January 28 Boston 82–75 Red Holzman (15) 30–13 44 January 31 at Boston 85–72 Jack Coleman (18) 31–13 45 February 1 at Philadelphia 82–68 Bobby Wanzer (14) 32–13 46 February 2 at Baltimore 69–79 Fran Curran (13) 32–14 47 February 4 Chicago 82–78 Bob Davies (23) 33–14 48 February 5 at New York 73–65 Davies, Johnson (18) 34–14 49 February 7 St. Louis 90–84 Bob Davies (22) 35–14 50 February 11 Fort Wayne 84–92 Bob Davies (29) 35–15 51 February 12 at Fort Wayne 74–76 Bobby Wanzer (11) 35–16 52 February 14 at Chicago 83–74 Bob Davies (23) 36–16 53 February 15 at Minneapolis 70–92 Red Holzman (16) 36–17 54 February 17 at Boston 81–73 Bob Davies (20) 37–17 55 February 18 vs Boston 94–73 Bobby Wanzer (19) 38–17 56 February 19 New York 105–92 Bob Davies (23) 39–17 57 February 21 Washington 84–76 Bob Davies (22) 40–17 58 February 25 Minneapolis 66–64 Calhoun, Holzman (14) 41–17 59 February 26 at St. Louis 81–79 Davies, Johnson (16) 42–17 60 February 28 Chicago 74–69 Bob Davies (21) 43–17 61 March 4 Fort Wayne 73–70 Bob Davies (16) 44–17 62 March 5 at Fort Wayne 65–60 Davies, Wanzer (11) 45–17 63 March 9 Boston 78–59 Arnie Risen (15) 46–17 64 March 11 Philadelphia 90–72 Bobby Wanzer (19) 47–17 65 March 12 St. Louis 99–72 Frank Saul (16) 48–17 66 March 15 at Washington 93–64 Bobby Wanzer (19) 49–17 67 March 18 New York 77–74 Bob Davies (12) 50–17 68 March 19 Baltimore 97–66 Bill Calhoun (17) 51–17 Playoffs Rochester Royals 1950 yes Rochester Royals Division Tiebreaker yes no (finished as Central's #2 seed) yes yes |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | March 21 | Minneapolis | L 76–78 | Bob Davies (26) | Bob Davies (6) | Edgerton Park Arena | 0–1 |- Rochester Royals Division Semifinals yes no 0 1 0 1 yes yes yes |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | March 23 | Fort Wayne | L 84–90 | three players tied (15) | Edgerton Park Arena | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | March 24 | @ Fort Wayne | L 78–79 (OT) | Arnie Risen (17) | North Side High School Gym | 0–2 |- ROC yes 1950 Awards and records Bob Davies, All-NBA First Team References Category:Sacramento Kings seasons Rochester Rochester Royals Rochester Royals