1949–50 Boston Celtics season

The 1949–50 Boston Celtics season was the fourth season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This was the last time the Celtics both finished below .500, and missed the playoffs until the 1969–70 season.

1949–50 Boston Celtics season
Head coach	Doggie Julian
Arena	Boston Arena Boston Garden
Results
Record	22–46 (.324)
Place	Division: 6th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	WMEX

Draft

Main article: 1949 BAA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	4	Tony Lavelli	F	United States	Yale
2	–	George Kaftan	F	United States	Holy Cross
3	–	Joe Mullaney	G	United States	Holy Cross
8	–	Duane Klueh	G	United States	Indiana State
–	–	Ed Little	–	United States	Denver JC
–	–	Jim Simpson	–	United States	Bates
–	–	Emerson Speicher	–	United States	Bowling Green
–	–	Bill Tom	–	United States	Rice
–	–	Bill Vandenburgh	–	United States	Washington
–	–	Russ Washburn	–	United States	Colby
–	–	Bill Weight	–	United States	BYU

Roster

Boston Celtics 1949–50 roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Ht. Wt. From F/C 19 Doll, Bob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Colorado F/C 10 Englund, Gene 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Wisconsin G/F 16 Ezersky, Johnny 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Rhode Island F/C 10 Gibson, Ward 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Creighton G 4 Hertzberg, Sidney 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) CCNY F 9 Kaftan, George 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Holy Cross F/C 22 Kinney, Bob 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Rice F 4−11 Lavelli, Tony 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Yale G/F 5 Leede, Ed 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Dartmouth C 16 Mahnken, John 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Georgetown G 17 Mullaney, Joe 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Holy Cross F/C 3 Nostrand, George 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Wyoming G 7 O'Connell, Dermie 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 174 lb (79 kg) Holy Cross G/F 15 Seminoff, Jim 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) USC G/F 8 Shannon, Howie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Kansas State F 12 Spector, Art 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Villanova F/C 13 Walker, Brady 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) BYU	Head coach Doggie Julian Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Syracuse Nationals	51	13	.797	–	31–1	15–12	5–0	9–1
x-New York Knicks	40	28	.588	13	19–10	18–16	3–2	20–6
x-Washington Capitols	32	36	.471	21	21–13	10–20	1–3	13–13
x-Philadelphia Warriors	26	42	.382	25	15–15	8–23	3–4	9–17
Baltimore Bullets	25	43	.368	26	16–15	8–25	1–3	8–18
Boston Celtics	22	46	.324	29	12–14	5–28	5–4	11–15

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	–	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–3	1–1	2–5	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	5–2	2–0	3–4	7–2	1–1	7–0
Baltimore	1–1	–	2–4	1–5	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–5	1–5	3–3	3–3	2–0	3–3	0–2	0–2	2–4	1–1
Boston	2–0	4–2	–	0–6	1–1	2–4	1–1	1–5	1–5	3–3	0–6	1–1	2–4	0–2	0–2	3–3	1–1
Chicago	1–1	5–1	6–0	–	2–0	2–4	1–1	2–4	2–4	4–2	2–4	2–0	5–1	0–2	1–1	3–3	2–0
Denver	3–4	1–1	1–1	0–2	–	0–2	0–7	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–4	0–2	1–6	0–7	0–2	2–5
Fort Wayne	1–1	3–3	4–2	4–2	2–0	–	1–1	2–4	4–2	4–2	3–3	2–0	5–1	0–2	2–0	2–4	1–1
Indianapolis	5–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	7–0	1–1	–	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	5–2	1–1	2–7	4–3	1–1	5–2
Minneapolis	1–1	5–1	5–1	4–2	2–0	4–2	1–1	–	5–1	4–2	3–3	1–1	5–1	1–1	2–0	6–0	2–0
New York	1–1	5–1	5–1	4–2	2–0	2–4	1–1	1–5	–	1–5	1–5	1–1	4–2	0–2	1–1	5–1	2–0
Philadelphia	1–1	3–3	3–3	2–4	2–0	2–4	0–2	2–4	1–5	–	1–5	2–0	2–4	0–2	1–1	2–4	2–0
Rochester	2–0	3–3	6–0	4–2	2–0	3–3	1–1	3–3	5–1	5–1	–	1–1	5–1	1–1	2–0	6–0	2–0
Sheboygan	2–5	0–2	1–1	0–2	4–3	0–2	2–5	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	–	0–2	1–6	3–4	2–0	4–3
St. Louis	0–2	3–3	4–2	1–5	2–0	1–5	1–1	1–5	2–4	4–2	1–5	2–0	–	1–1	2–0	0–6	1–1
Syracuse	4–3	2–0	2–0	2–0	6–1	2–0	7–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	6–1	1–1	–	6–1	1–1	6–1
Tri-Cities	2–7	2–0	2–0	1–1	7–0	0–2	3–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–3	0–2	1–6	–	1–1	4–3
Washington	1–1	4–2	3–3	3–3	2–0	4–2	1–1	0–6	1–5	4–2	0–6	0–2	6–0	1–1	1–1	–	1–1
Waterloo	0–7	1–1	1–1	0–2	5–2	1–1	2–5	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–4	1–1	1–6	3–4	1–1	—

Game log

1949–50 Game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	November 3	at Sheboygan	83–98	Hertzberg, Leede (13)	0–1
2	November 5	at Chicago	70–86	Sidney Hertzberg (13)	0–2
3	November 6	at Waterloo	66–80	Bob Kinney (12)	0–3
4	November 10	Minneapolis	84–98	George Kaftan (18)	0–4
5	November 12	at Washington	76–68	Brady Walker (20)	1–4
6	November 15	Baltimore	76–81	Sidney Hertzberg (20)	1–5
7	November 16	at Philadelphia	80–93	Johnny Ezersky (15)	1–6
8	November 17	Indianapolis	90–68	Sidney Hertzberg (16)	2–6
9	November 19	at Baltimore	91–82	Sidney Hertzberg (22)	3–6
10	November 20	at Fort Wayne	89–99	Bob Kinney (14)	3–7
11	November 21	at Anderson	99–85	Sidney Hertzberg (23)	4–7
12	November 22	at Tri-Cities	72–80	Sidney Hertzberg (19)	4–8
13	November 24	Fort Wayne	85–99	Tony Lavelli (20)	4–9
14	November 26	at New York	84–96	George Kaftan (34)	4–10
15	November 30	Syracuse	71–87	Lavelli, Walker (17)	4–11
16	December 3	at Tri-Cities	82–87	Ed Leede (20)	4–12
17	December 4	at St. Louis	76–85	Bob Kinney (18)	4–13
18	December 6	at Indianapolis	82–93	Bob Kinney (24)	4–14
19	December 8	Philadelphia	91–87	George Kaftan (16)	5–14
20	December 10	vs Sheboygan	83–78	Brady Walker (15)	6–14
21	December 15	St. Louis	83–81	Ed Leede (21)	7–14
22	December 18	at Minneapolis	72–77	Sidney Hertzberg (18)	7–15
23	December 22	Minneapolis	87–69	Tony Lavelli (26)	8–15
24	December 23	at Washington	73–86	Englund, Lavelli (11)	8–16
25	December 25	at Rochester	79–88	Gene Englund (13)	8–17
26	December 26	vs Baltimore	82–57	Tony Lavelli (15)	9–17
27	December 27	New York	97–78	Bob Doll (18)	10–17
28	December 30	Fort Wayne	92–73	Bob Kinney (18)	11–17
29	January 1	at Fort Wayne	72–80	Howie Shannon (12)	11–18
30	January 4	at St. Louis	68–72	Hertzberg, Kaftan (17)	11–19
31	January 6	Baltimore	74–53	Gene Englund (17)	12–19
32	January 8	at Minneapolis	80–85 (OT)	Bob Kinney (18)	12–20
33	January 10	at Denver	97–84	George Kaftan (17)	13–20
34	January 13	Chicago	76–77	Bob Kinney (14)	13–21
35	January 14	at New York	80–82	Sidney Hertzberg (15)	13–22
36	January 17	Minneapolis	79–105	George Kaftan (16)	13–23
37	January 18	at Philadelphia	86–94	Bob Kinney (16)	13–24
38	January 19	Philadelphia	86–63	Howie Shannon (17)	14–24
39	January 22	at St. Louis	47–71	Tony Lavelli (11)	14–25
40	January 26	Fort Wayne	89–68	Sidney Hertzberg (21)	15–25
41	January 28	at Rochester	75–82	Ed Leede (14)	15–26
42	January 31	Rochester	72–85	Ed Leede (14)	15–27
43	February 1	vs Chicago	76–78	Ed Leede (21)	15–28
44	February 3	Anderson	106–98	Ed Leede (24)	16–28
45	February 4	vs Waterloo	100–82	Howie Shannon (22)	17–28
46	February 5	vs Chicago	70–77	Hertzberg, Kaftan (16)	17–29
47	February 7	Chicago	86–91	Ed Leede (21)	17–30
48	February 10	St. Louis	89–79	Ed Leede (24)	18–30
49	February 12	at Minneapolis	70–88	Sidney Hertzberg (22)	18–31
50	February 14	vs Denver	78–84	Ed Leede (21)	18–32
51	February 15	at Fort Wayne	78–84	George Kaftan (19)	18–33
52	February 17	Rochester	73–81	Bob Kinney (19)	18–34
53	February 18	vs Rochester	73–94	Sidney Hertzberg (16)	18–35
54	February 23	vs Philadelphia	82–77	Ed Leede (24)	19–35
55	February 24	Washington	89–74	Tony Lavelli (19)	20–35
56	February 25	at Baltimore	82–66	Ed Leede (22)	21–35
57	February 27	Chicago	77–79	Bob Kinney (16)	21–36
58	March 1	at Philadelphia	64–77	Kinney, Lavelli (12)	21–37
59	March 2	New York	72–81	Tony Lavelli (28)	21–38
60	March 4	at Washington	75–95	Hertzberg, Lavelli (15)	21–39
61	March 7	vs Washington	75–64	Tony Lavelli (19)	22–39
62	March 9	at Rochester	59–78	John Mahnken (12)	22–40
63	March 10	Washington	66–76	Tony Lavelli (22)	22–41
64	March 11	at Baltimore	75–79	Tony Lavelli (23)	22–42
65	March 12	at Syracuse	72–96	Howie Shannon (21)	22–43
66	March 14	St. Louis	76–86	Ed Leede (25)	22–44
67	March 15	at New York	84–88 (OT)	Tony Lavelli (28)	22–45
68	March 17	New York	96–98 (2OT)	Doll, Leede (22)	22–46