1949–50 Tri-Cities Blackhawks season
Head coachRoger Potter (1–6)
Red Auerbach (28–29)
ArenaWharton Field House
Results
Record29–35 (.453)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finishWest Division Semifinals
(eliminated 1–2)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
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The 1949–50 season was the Tri-Cities Blackhawks' fourth season of play and first in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Roster

1949–50 Tri-Cities Blackhawks roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
G/F United States Berce, Gene 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Marquette
F/C 13 United States Chaney, John 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) LSU
SF 11 United States Eddleman, Dike 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 189 lb (86 kg) Illinois
F/C 12 United States Englund, Gene 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Wisconsin
G/F 18 United States Gibson, Dee 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Western Kentucky
G 8 United States Hassett, Billy 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Notre Dame
C 20 United States Henry, Bill 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Rice
PF 12 United States Kerris, Jack 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Loyola Chicago
PG 4 United States Kirk, Walt 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 173 lb (78 kg) Illinois
C 12 United States Mahnken, John 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Georgetown
PF 15 United States Nichols, Jack 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 222 lb (101 kg) Washington
F/C 9 United States Nostrand, George 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Wyoming
C 15 United States Otten, Don 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Bowling Green
F/C 20 United States Otten, Mac 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Bowling Green
SG United States Owens, Red 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Baylor
G/F 7 United States Perkins, Warren 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Tulane
F/C 96 United States Ray, Don 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Western Kentucky
G/F United States Schulz, Dick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 192 lb (87 kg) Wisconsin
F/C 21 United States Todorovich, Mike 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Wyoming
G/F 8 United States Vance, Gene 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Illinois
G/F 6 United States Von Nieda, Whitey 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Penn State
G 17 United States Wier, Murray 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Iowa
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

On October 29, the Blackhawks defeated the Denver Nuggets in the first ever NBA game following the NBL–BAA merger.[1]

Season standings

Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Indianapolis Olympians3925.609–24–712–163–226–9
x-Anderson Packers3727.578222–912–183–025–12
x-Tri-Cities Blackhawks2935.4531020–136–203–220–17
x-Sheboygan Red Skins2240.3551717–145–220–415–20
Waterloo Hawks1943.3062016–152–221–613–22
Denver Nuggets1151.177289–161–251–108–27

Record vs. opponents

1949–50 NBA records
Team AND BAL BOS CHI DEN FWP IND MIN NYK PHI ROC SHE STL SYR TCB WAS WAT
Anderson —1–10–21–14–31–12–51–11–11–10–25–22–03–47–21–17–0
Baltimore 1–1—2–41–51–13–31–11–51–53–33–32–03–30–20–22–41–1
Boston 2–04–2—0–61–12–41–11–51–53–30–61–12–40–20–23–31–1
Chicago 1–15–16–0—2–02–41–12–42–44–22–42–05–10–21–13–32–0
Denver 3–41–11–10–2—0–20–70–20–20–20–23–40–21–60–70–22–5
Fort Wayne 1–13–34–24–22–0—1–12–44–24–23–32–05–10–22–02–41–1
Indianapolis 5–21–11–11–17–01–1—1–11–12–01–15–21–12–74–31–15–2
Minneapolis 1–15–15–14–22–04–21–1—5–14–23–31–15–11–12–06–02–0
New York 1–15–15–14–22–02–41–11–5—1–51–51–14–20–21–15–12–0
Philadelphia 1–13–33–32–42–02–40–22–41–5—1–52–02–40–21–12–42–0
Rochester 2–03–36–04–22–03–31–13–35–15–1—1–15–11–12–06–02–0
Sheboygan 2–50–21–10–24–30–22–51–11–10–21–1—0–21–63–42–04–3
St. Louis 0–23–34–21–52–01–51–11–52–44–21–52–0—1–12–00–61–1
Syracuse 4–32–02–02–06–12–07–21–12–02–01–16–11–1—6–11–16–1
Tri-Cities 2–72–02–01–17–00–23–40–21–11–10–24–30–21–6—1–14–3
Washington 1–14–23–33–32–04–21–10–61–54–20–60–26–01–11–1—1–1
Waterloo 0–71–11–10–25–21–12–50–20–20–20–23–41–11–63–41–1—

Game log

1949–50 Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 29Denver93–85Billy Hassett (15)1–0
2November 1St. Louis51–72Dwight Eddleman (14)1–1
3November 3@ Anderson87–110Don Otten (22)1–2
4November 5New York72–76Otten, Perkins (13)1–3
5November 9Anderson99–102 (3OT)Otten, Owens (19)1–4
6November 12Waterloo99–89Billy Hassett (15)2–4
7November 15@ Rochester81–93Murray Wier (19)2–5
8November 17@ Syracuse76–79Don Ray (16)2–6
9November 19Fort Wayne85–88Billy Hassett (17)2–7
10November 20@ Waterloo62–75John Mahnken (15)2–8
11November 22Boston80–72Eddleman, Wier (19)3–8
12November 24@ Sheboygan113–120Dwight Eddleman (23)3–9
13November 27Indianapolis104–88Red Owens (21)4–9
14November 29@ Indianapolis76–92Eddleman, Mahnken, Perkins, Ray (11)4–10
15November 30St. Louis82–89Murray Wier (14)4–11
16December 1@ Anderson72–81Mike Todorovich (17)4–12
17December 3Boston87–82Don Otten (22)5–12
18December 7Syracuse69–77Mike Todorovich (15)5–13
19December 11Denver98–66Don Otten (19)6–13
20December 13@ Indianapolis63–84Mike Todorovich (20)6–14
21December 14Chicago73–68Don Otten (16)7–14
22December 15@ Sheboygan74–89Dwight Eddleman (11)7–15
23December 18Anderson69–78Don Ray (15)7–16
24December 21Syracuse84–96Mahnken, Todorovich, Wier (12)7–17
25December 26Minneapolis76–78Dwight Eddleman (14)7–18
26December 28@ Fort Wayne75–81 (OT)Mike Todorovich (16)7–19
27December 30@ Denver85–83Mike Todorovich (16)8–19
28January 1Baltimore79–66Don Otten (15)9–19
29January 3@ Indianapolis76–78Dwight Eddleman (18)9–20
30January 5@ Syracuse73–82Mike Todorovich (17)9–21
31January 7Sheboygan98–86Dwight Eddleman (24)10–21
32January 11Anderson88–81Walt Kirk (19)11–21
33January 15Waterloo84–80Don Otten (24)12–21
34January 18Rochester65–70Don Otten (15)12–22
35January 19@ Chicago68–83Mike Todorovich (16)12–23
36January 22Denver111–97Murray Wier (17)13–23
37January 23@ Anderson99–96Dwight Eddleman (22)14–23
38January 25Washington62–65Don Otten (11)14–24
39January 28Indianapolis97–81Mike Todorovich (18)15–24
40January 29@ Waterloo85–79Mike Todorovich (25)16–24
41January 31New York83–77Mike Todorovich (17)17–24
42February 1Syracuse91–83Walt Kirk (16)18–24
43February 3@ Philadelphia72–83Mike Todorovich (15)18–25
44February 5Sheboygan86–71Mike Todorovich (22)19–25
45February 8Philadelphia99–94 (OT)Warren Perkins (16)20–25
46February 9@ Sheboygan82–104Gene Englund (22)20–26
47February 12Indianapolis89–95Nichols, Todorovich (18)20–27
48February 15@ Washington85–81Dwight Eddleman (27)21–27
49February 16@ Syracuse74–105Dwight Eddleman (17)21–28
50February 18@ Waterloo116–93Mike Todorovich (17)22–28
51February 19@ Waterloo63–84Walt Kirk (13)22–29
52February 20Baltimore82–73Gene Vance (14)23–29
53February 22Anderson81–90Gene Englund (18)23–30
54February 25Sheboygan74–66Dwight Eddleman (20)24–30
55February 26@ Minneapolis66–80Murray Wier (13)24–31
56February 27Denver110–75Dwight Eddleman (22)25–31
57March 1Denver97–80Todorovich, Wier (17)26–31
58March 3@ Indianapolis96–83Dwight Eddleman (23)27–31
59March 5Denver91–80Jack Nichols (23)28–31
60March 6@ Anderson77–88Gene Vance (13)28–32
61March 8Anderson67–82Dwight Eddleman (15)28–33
62March 11Sheboygan97–79Dwight Eddleman (19)29–33
63March 18Syracuse88–89 (OT)Jack Nichols (19)29–34
64March 19@ Waterloo77–79Jack Nichols (22)29–35

Playoffs

1950 playoff game log
Division Semifinals: 1–2 (home: 1–0; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocationSeries
1 March 16 @ Anderson L 77–89 Jack Nichols (27) Anderson High School Wigwam 0–1
2 March 18 Anderson W 76–75 Jack Nichols (23) Wharton Field House 1–1
3 March 24 @ Anderson L 71–94 Dike Eddleman (23) Anderson High School Wigwam 1–2
1950 schedule

References

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