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The 1949–50 Minneapolis Lakers season was the second season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Lakers repeated as NBA Champions, defeating the Syracuse Nationals in six games in the NBA Finals, making it (to date) the only franchise to win the championship in each of its first two NBA seasons.

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1949–50 Minneapolis Lakers season
NBA champions
Division champions
Head coachJohn Kundla
ArenaMinneapolis Auditorium
Results
Record51–17 (.750)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Central)
Playoff finishNBA Champions
(Defeated Nationals 4–2)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWLOL
< 1948–49 1950–51 >
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NBA draft

Main article: 1949 BAA draft
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Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
T–Vern MikkelsenF/C United StatesHamline
––Bob HarrisonG United StatesMichigan
––Paul WaltherF/G United StatesTennessee
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Roster

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The team.
More information Players, Coaches ...
1949–50 Minneapolis Lakers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
G/F 15 Carlson, Don 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1919-03-22 Minnesota
G/F 18 Ferrin, Arnie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1925-07-29 Utah
F 20 Glick, Normie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1927-11-10 Loyola Marymount
F 14−20 Grant, Bud 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1927-05-20 Minnesota
G 16 Harrison, Bob 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1927-08-12 Michigan
G 11 Hassett, Billy 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1921-10-21 Notre Dame
G/F 13 Jaros, Tony 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1920-02-22 Minnesota
G 22 Martin, Slater 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1925-10-22 Texas
C 99 Mikan, George 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1924-06-18 DePaul
F/C 19 Mikkelsen, Vern 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1928-10-21 Hamline
F/C 17 Pollard, Jim 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1922-07-09 Stanford
G/F 10 Schaefer, Herm 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1918-11-20 Indiana
G/F 12 Stump, Gene 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1923-11-13 DePaul
G/F 14 Walther, Paul 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1927-03-23 Tennessee
Head coach

John Kundla

Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster

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Regular season

Season standings

More information W, L ...
Central Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Minneapolis Lakers5117.750–30–118–163–016–8
x-Rochester Royals5117.750–33–117–161–015–9
x-Fort Wayne Pistons4028.5881128–612–22–14–10
x-Chicago Stags4028.5881118–614–218–111–13
St. Louis Bombers2642.3822517–147–262–24–20
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Record vs. opponents

More information Team, AND ...
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—
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Game log

#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1November 2at Philadelphia81–69Jim Pollard (30)1–0
2November 5at Baltimore92–77George Mikan (28)2–0
3November 8at Washington68–66Jim Pollard (21)3–0
4November 10at Boston98–84George Mikan (37)4–0
5November 12at Chicago79–86George Mikan (30)4–1
6November 16St. Louis94–71Herm Schaefer (20)5–1
7November 17at St. Louis65–78George Mikan (17)5–2
8November 19at Anderson80–83George Mikan (34)5–3
9November 20Indianapolis121–95George Mikan (29)6–3
10November 23Baltimore84–71George Mikan (28)7–3
11November 25at Denver101–81George Mikan (29)8–3
12November 27Chicago82–96George Mikan (34)8–4
13November 30New York102–92George Mikan (28)9–4
14December 1at Indianapolis68–86George Mikan (33)9–5
15December 3at Chicago91–80George Mikan (34)10–5
16December 4Rochester95–80George Mikan (27)11–5
17December 7Washington93–76George Mikan (35)12–5
18December 8at Fort Wayne66–87George Mikan (27)12–6
19December 10vs Denver89–76George Mikan (31)13–6
20December 11Philadelphia90–81George Mikan (28)14–6
21December 14at New York84–94George Mikan (38)14–7
22December 15at Baltimore68–87George Mikan (34)14–8
23December 18Boston77–72George Mikan (24)15–8
24December 20at Rochester62–87George Mikan (26)15–9
25December 21at Washington75–61George Mikan (21)16–9
26December 22at Boston69–87George Mikan (21)16–10
27December 25Fort Wayne72–58George Mikan (22)17–10
28December 26at Tri-Cities78–76George Mikan (22)18–10
29December 28Baltimore88–77Mikan, Pollard (24)19–10
30December 31at Waterloo86–68George Mikan (35)20–10
31January 1Anderson87–75George Mikan (38)21–10
32January 4Fort Wayne91–75George Mikan (22)22–10
33January 5at Sheboygan82–85George Mikan (42)22–11
34January 8Boston85–80 (OT)George Mikan (30)23–11
35January 11Syracuse98–88George Mikan (27)24–11
36January 12at St. Louis89–73Vern Mikkelsen (31)25–11
37January 14at Rochester77–83George Mikan (51)25–12
38January 15Rochester85–73George Mikan (25)26–12
39January 17at Boston105–79George Mikan (22)27–12
40January 18at Washington76–68George Mikan (23)28–12
41January 19at New York94–83George Mikan (31)29–12
42January 20at Philadelphia89–90George Mikan (34)29–13
43January 22Chicago103–75George Mikan (28)30–13
44January 24at Chicago80–68George Mikan (40)31–13
45January 25St. Louis85–78George Mikan (23)32–13
46January 29Washington88–60George Mikan (31)33–13
47February 1New York96–81George Mikan (35)34–13
48February 2at Fort Wayne79–78Vern Mikkelsen (21)35–13
49February 5Philadelphia100–67George Mikan (23)36–13
50February 9Washington71–59Mikan, Mikkelsen (15)37–13
51February 12Boston88–70Jim Pollard (29)38–13
52February 15Rochester92–70George Mikan (34)39–13
53February 16at St. Louis72–71Jim Pollard (25)40–13
54February 17Waterloo80–74Vern Mikkelsen (20)41–13
55February 19Chicago96–83George Mikan (33)42–13
56February 22St. Louis100–57George Mikan (28)43–13
57February 25at Rochester64–66George Mikan (39)43–14
58February 26Tri-Cities80–66George Mikan (30)44–14
59February 28Fort Wayne71–65Mikan, Mikkelsen (19)45–14
60March 2at Baltimore88–68George Mikan (24)46–14
61March 3at Philadelphia61–66George Mikan (21)46–15
62March 4at New York84–75Mikan, Pollard (23)47–15
63March 5at Syracuse75–84George Mikan (29)47–16
64March 7Sheboygan90–73Vern Mikkelsen (19)48–16
65March 8Philadelphia68–65George Mikan (34)49–16
66March 12New York87–66George Mikan (32)50–16
67March 15Baltimore96–62George Mikan (34)51–16
68March 19at Fort Wayne67–69George Mikan (30)51–17

Playoffs

More information 1950 playoff game log, Game ...
1950 playoff game log
Division Tiebreaker (finishes as Central's #1 seed)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh assistsLocationRecord
1 March 21 @ Rochester W 78–76 George Mikan (35) Herm Schaefer (7) Edgerton Park Arena 1–0
Division Semifinals: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh assistsLocationSeries
1 March 22 Chicago W 85–75 George Mikan (30) George Mikan (3) Minneapolis Auditorium 1–0
2 March 25 @ Chicago W 75–67 George Mikan (34) — Chicago Stadium 2–0
Division Finals: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh assistsLocationSeries
1 March 27 Fort Wayne W 93–79 George Mikan (24) George Mikan (4) Minneapolis Auditorium 1–0
2 March 28 @ Fort Wayne W 89–82 George Mikan (37) — North Side High School Gym 2–0
NBA Semifinals: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 5 Anderson W 75–50 George Mikan (26) Jim Pollard (5) Minneapolis Auditorium 1–0
2 April 6 @ Anderson W 90–71 George Mikan (32) — Anderson High School Wigwam 2–0
NBA Finals: 4–2 (home: 3–0; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 April 8 @ Syracuse W 68–66 George Mikan (37) — State Fair Coliseum
7,552		 1–0
2 April 9 @ Syracuse L 85–91 George Mikan (32) — State Fair Coliseum
8,280		 1–1
3 April 14 Syracuse W 91–77 George Mikan (28) George Mikan (8) St. Paul Auditorium
10,288		 2–1
4 April 16 Syracuse W 77–69 George Mikan (28) Jim Pollard (4) St. Paul Auditorium
10,512		 3–1
5 April 20 @ Syracuse L 76–83 George Mikan (28) — State Fair Coliseum
9,024		 3–2
6 April 23 Syracuse W 110–95 George Mikan (40) Jim Pollard (10) Minneapolis Auditorium
9,812		 4–2
1950 schedule
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Awards and honors

References

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