1949–50 New York Knicks season

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1949–50 New York Knicks season
Head coach	Joe Lapchick
Arena	Madison Square Garden

Results
Record	40–28 (.588)
Place	Division: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Division Finals (eliminated 1-2)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	WCBS
New York Knicks seasons
< 1948–49	1950–51 >

The 1949–50 New York Knicks season was the fourth season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the regular season, the Knicks finished in second place in the Eastern Division, posting a 40–28 record and advancing to the NBA Playoffs. New York won its first round series against the Washington Capitols, 2–0, to make it to the Eastern Division Finals. There, the team was defeated two games to one by the Syracuse Nationals.^[1]

Contents

1 NBA Draft
2 Roster
3 Regular season
- 3.1 Season standings
- 3.2 Game log
4 Playoffs
5 Player statistics
- 5.1 Season
- 5.2 Playoffs
6 See also
7 References

NBA Draft

Main article: 1949 BAA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	7	Dick McGuire	G	United States	St. John's
2	-	Harry Donovan	G	United States	Muhlenberg College
3	-	Ernie Vandeweghe	F/G	United States	Colgate

Roster

New York Knicks 1949-50 roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Wt.
4.0 !F	19	USA !	Bartels, Edward	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	North Carolina State
4.0 !F	12/19	USA !	Boryla, Vince	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Denver
2.5 !G/F	4	USA !	Braun, Carl	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Colgate
1.5 !G	16	USA !	Donovan, Harry	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Muhlenberg College
5.5 !F/C	11	USA !	Gallatin, Harry	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Truman State
4.0 !F	14	USA !	James, Gene	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Marshall
1.5 !G	7	USA !	Lumpp, Ray	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	New York
1.5 !G	15	USA !	McGuire, Dick	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	St. John's
4.0 !F	5	USA !	Noel, Paul	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Kentucky
2.5 !G/F	10	USA !	Ritter, Tex	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Eastern Kentucky
5.5 !F/C	6	USA !	Simmons, Connie	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	222 lb (101 kg)
2.5 !G/F	17	USA !	van Breda Kolff, Butch	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	New York
2.5 !G/F	9	USA !	Vandeweghe, Ernie	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Colgate

Head coach

Joe Lapchick

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended

Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division v d e	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

Game log

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Playoffs

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Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Season

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Playoffs

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References

^ "1949–50 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics". Basketball-Reference. http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/1950.html. Retrieved February 5, 2010.

1949–50 NBA season by team

Eastern	Baltimore Boston New York Philadelphia Syracuse Washington

Central	Chicago Fort Wayne Minneapolis Rochester St. Louis

Western	Anderson Denver Indianapolis Sheboygan Tri-Cities Waterloo

v d e New York Knicks

Founded in 1946 • Based in New York City, New York

The Franchise	Franchise • All-Time roster • Draft history • Head coaches • Seasons • Current season

Arenas	Madison Square Garden III • 69th Regiment Armory • Madison Square Garden IV

Head Coaches	Cohalan • Lapchick • Boryla • Levane • Braun • Donovan • Gallatin • McGuire • Holzman • Reed • Holzman • H. Brown • Hill • Pitino • Jackson • MacLeod • Riley • Nelson • Van Gundy • Chaney • Williams • Wilkens • Williams • L. Brown • Thomas • D'Antoni

General Managers	Podesta • Boryla • Donovan • Holzman • Donovan • DeBusschere • Stirling • Bianchi • Checketts • Grunfeld • Layden • Thomas • Walsh • Grunwald

D-League Affiliate	Erie BayHawks

Administration	Madison Square Garden, Inc. (Owner) • James Dolan (Chairman & CEO) • Donnie Walsh (President & GM of Basketball Ops.) • Mike D'Antoni (Head Coach)

Retired Numbers	10 • 12 • 15 (McGuire) • 15 (Monroe) • 19 • 22 • 24 • 33 • 613

NBA Championships (2)	1970 • 1973

Eastern Conference Championships	1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1972 • 1994 • 1999

Rivals	Chicago Bulls • Indiana Pacers • Miami Heat

Culture and Lore	Willis Reed limping onto the court • Eddie • Spike Lee • Disputed Foul Against Scottie Pippen • Diedrich Knickerbocker • Knicks–Nuggets brawl • Whatever Happened to Micheal Ray? • Mike Walczewski • George Kalinsky

Media	TV: MSG Network • Radio: WEPN-AM • Announcers: Mike Breen • Walt Frazier • Kenny Albert • Mike Crispino • John Andariese • Kelly Tripucka

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