1949–50 Fort Wayne Pistons season

NBA team season March 2026 August 2023 Fort Wayne Pistons 1950 40 28 3 Central Murray Mendenhall North Side High School Gym Fred Zollner WOWO Central Division Finals (eliminated 0–2) FTW The 1949–50 NBA season was the second season for the Fort Wayne Pistons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and ninth overall as a franchise. After missing the playoffs for the first time in 1949 the franchise made their first NBA playoff berth, starting a streak of 14 straight post-season berths. After beating the Chicago Stags 86–69 in a tiebreaker game, the Pistons entered the playoffs as the three seed in the east and defeated their old rivals, the Rochester Royals, in a first round sweep, before the Pistons got swept by the eventual champion Minneapolis Lakers. Fort Wayne was led by Indiana basketball legend point guard Curly Armstrong (7.3 ppg, 2.8 apg) and rookie forward Fred Schaus (14.3 ppg).https://pistonpowered.com/2011/12/01/chevette-to-corvette-no-16-the-1949-50-fort-wayne-pistons/ Chevette to Corvette No. 16: The 1949-50 Fort Wayne Pistons December 2011https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/FTW/1950.html 1949-50 Fort Wayne Pistons Roster and Stats BAA/NBA Draft 1949 BAA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/club team 1 3 Bob Harris F/C United States 1912 Oklahoma State 2 – John Oldham G United States 1912 Western Kentucky 3 – Fred Schaus F United States 1912 West Virginia 4 – Jerry Nagel G United States 1912 Loyola (IL) Roster 1949–50 Fort Wayne Pistons #00519a white #eb003c white 3 Curly Armstrong F/G 5 11 170 1918-11-01 Indiana 12 Charles B. Black F/C 6 5 200 1921-06-15 Kansas 10 Bob Carpenter basketball F/C 6 5 200 1917-11-06 Texas A&M-Commerce 14 Bob Harris basketball F/C 6 7 195 1927-03-16 Oklahoma State 16 Bill Henry basketball C 6 9 215 1924-12-27 Rice 5 Boag Johnson G 5 11 170 1921-12-06 Huntington 15 Jack Kerris F/C 6 6 215 1925-01-30 Loyola (IL) 7 Leo Klier F/G 6 2 170 1923-05-21 Notre Dame 6 Duane Klueh G 6 3 175 1926-01-06 Indiana State 15 John Mahnken C 6 8 220 1922-06-16 Georgetown 9 Jerry Nagel G 6 0 190 1928-05-18 Loyola (IL) 5 Richie Niemiera F/G 6 1 165 1921-05-26 Notre Dame 4 John Oldham basketball G 6 3 175 1923-06-22 Western Kentucky 8 Fred Schaus F 6 5 205 1925-06-30 West Virginia 12 Howie Schultz F/C 6 6 200 1922-07-03 Hamline 17 Clint Wager F/C 6 6 210 1920-01-20 Saint Mary's (MN) Murray Mendenhall Regular season Season standings FTW Game log 1949–50 game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 November 3 New York 87–72 John Oldham (15) 1–0 2 November 6 Chicago 87–70 Fred Schaus (21) 2–0 3 November 10 Waterloo 89–59 Armstrong, Schaus (14) 3–0 4 November 12 at Baltimore 75–82 Bob Carpenter (19) 3–1 5 November 13 Denver 90–71 Fred Schaus (19) 4–1 6 November 16 at Chicago 72–85 Charles Black (12) 4–2 7 November 19 at Tri-Cities 88–85 Charles Black (16) 5–2 8 November 20 Boston 99–89 John Oldham (20) 6–2 9 November 24 at Boston 99–85 Fred Schaus (28) 7–2 10 November 26 at Washington 76–93 Fred Schaus (15) 7–3 11 November 27 New York 72–77 Leo Klier (23) 7–4 12 November 30 at Waterloo 71–95 Charles Black (14) 7–5 13 December 1 Philadelphia 74–70 Fred Schaus (16) 8–5 14 December 4 Washington 72–68 Fred Schaus (22) 9–5 15 December 8 Minneapolis 87–66 Fred Schaus (26) 10–5 16 December 10 at Washington 69–75 Fred Schaus (19) 10–6 17 December 11 Indianapolis 90–74 Charles Black (24) 11–6 18 December 12 at Anderson 97–105 Fred Schaus (23) 11–7 19 December 14 at Syracuse 83–96 Jack Kerris (17) 11–8 20 December 15 Rochester 69–66 Bob Carpenter (16) 12–8 21 December 18 Baltimore 106–95 Bob Carpenter (22) 13–8 22 December 22 St. Louis 87–75 Fred Schaus (20) 14–8 23 December 25 at Minneapolis 58–72 Charles Black (13) 14–9 24 December 26 Chicago 76–74 Fred Schaus (24) 15–9 25 December 28 Tri-Cities 81–75 (OT) Leo Klier (14) 16–9 26 December 29 at Rochester 79–97 Bob Carpenter (14) 16–10 27 December 30 at Boston 73–92 Fred Schaus (16) 16–11 28 December 31 at Philadelphia 65–62 Fred Schaus (14) 17–11 29 January 1 Boston 80–72 Curly Armstrong (17) 18–11 30 January 4 at Minneapolis 75–91 Fred Schaus (16) 18–12 31 January 5 St. Louis 87–83 Bob Carpenter (18) 19–12 32 January 7 at New York 88–80 Curly Armstrong (16) 20–12 33 January 8 Sheboygan 83–69 Charles Black (15) 21–12 34 January 12 Syracuse 62–64 Charles Black (12) 21–13 35 January 15 Philadelphia 81–67 Bob Harris (17) 22–13 36 January 18 at Sheboygan 73–72 Fred Schaus (15) 23–13 37 January 19 at St. Louis 64–74 Bob Carpenter (17) 23–14 38 January 21 at Indianapolis 94–112 Fred Schaus (19) 23–15 39 January 22 Washington 82–70 Bob Carpenter (14) 24–15 40 January 24 at Philadelphia 74–87 Fred Schaus (15) 24–16 41 January 25 at New York 66–96 Fred Schaus (17) 24–17 42 January 26 at Boston 68–89 Fred Schaus (14) 24–18 43 January 28 at Baltimore 64–77 Bob Carpenter (12) 24–19 44 January 29 New York 92–70 Fred Schaus (29) 25–19 45 January 31 at Chicago 93–89 Howie Schultz (18) 26–19 46 February 2 Minneapolis 78–79 Bob Harris (16) 26–20 47 February 5 Anderson 95–85 Fred Schaus (22) 27–20 48 February 7 at Denver 83–67 Fred Schaus (20) 28–20 49 February 9 Philadelphia 61–64 Fred Schaus (13) 28–21 50 February 11 at Rochester 92–84 Bob Carpenter (16) 29–21 51 February 12 Rochester 76–74 Johnson, Kerris (16) 30–21 52 February 15 Boston 84–78 Duane Klueh (16) 31–21 53 February 16 at Baltimore 77–83 Fred Schaus (15) 31–22 54 February 17 at Philadelphia 68–67 Fred Schaus (16) 32–22 55 February 18 at New York 84–80 Jack Kerris (13) 33–22 56 February 19 Baltimore 79–71 Jack Kerris (21) 34–22 57 February 23 at St. Louis 74–72 Fred Schaus (17) 35–22 58 February 26 Washington 78–81 Red Rocha (15) 35–23 59 February 28 at Minneapolis 65–71 Fred Schaus (14) 35–24 60 March 1 at St. Louis 75–70 Bob Carpenter (18) 36–24 61 March 2 St. Louis 91–61 Duane Klueh (21) 37–24 62 March 4 at Rochester 70–73 Curly Armstrong (16) 37–25 63 March 5 Rochester 60–65 Fred Schaus (13) 37–26 64 March 9 Chicago 84–71 Duane Klueh (18) 38–26 65 March 11 at Chicago 88–90 Fred Schaus (23) 38–27 66 March 12 Baltimore 86–75 Bob Carpenter (25) 39–27 67 March 18 at Washington 76–82 Fred Schaus (16) 39–28 68 March 19 Minneapolis 69–67 Bob Carpenter (12) 40–28 Playoffs Fort Wayne Pistons 1950 yes #0000FF #FFFFFF Fort Wayne Pistons Division Tiebreaker yes no #FF0000 #FFFFFF (finished as Central's #3 seed) yes |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | March 20 | Chicago | W 86–69 | Fred Schaus (18) | Fred Schaus (6) | North Side High School Gym | 1–0 |- Fort Wayne Pistons Division Semifinals no yes #FF0000 #FFFFFF 1 0 1 0 yes yes yes |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | March 23 | @ Rochester | W 90–84 | Wager, Schaefer (18) | Edgerton Park Arena | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | March 24 | Rochester | W 79–78 (OT) | Bob Carpenter (27) | North Side High School Gym | 2–0 |- Fort Wayne Pistons Division Finals no yes #FF0000 #FFFFFF 0 1 0 1 yes yes |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | March 27 | @ Minneapolis | L 79–93 | Fred Schaus (20) | Fred Schaus (4) | Minneapolis Auditorium | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | March 28 | Minneapolis | L 82–89 | Fred Schaus (33) | — | North Side High School Gym | 0–2 |- FTW 1950 yes Awards and records Fred Schaus, All-NBA Second Team References Category:Detroit Pistons seasons Fort Wayne Fort Wayne Pistons Fort Wayne Pistons Category:Long stubs with short prose