1949–50 Minneapolis Lakers season

1949–50 Minneapolis Lakers season
NBA Champions
Division Champions
Head coach	John Kundla
Arena	Minneapolis Auditorium
Results
Record	51–17 (.750)
Place	Division: 1st (Central)
Playoff finish	NBA Champions (won 4–2)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	WLOL

The 1949–50 NBA season was the franchise's second season in the NBA. The Minneapolis Lakers repeated as NBA Champions, making it (to date) the only franchise to win the Championship in each of its first two NBA seasons.

NBA Draft

Main article: 1949 BAA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
T	–	Vern Mikkelsen	F/C	United States	Hamline
–	–	Bob Harrison	G	United States	Michigan
–	–	Paul Walther	F/G	United States	Tennessee

Roster

The team.

Minneapolis Lakers 1949–50 roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Wt.
2.5 !G/F	15	USA !	Carlson, Don	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Minnesota
2.5 !G/F	18	USA !	Ferrin, Arnie	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Utah
4.0 !F	20	USA !	Glick, Normie	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Loyola Marymount
4.0 !F	14/20	USA !	Grant, Bud	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Minnesota
1.5 !G	16	USA !	Harrison, Bob	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Michigan
1.5 !G	11	USA !	Hassett, Billy	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Notre Dame
2.5 !G/F	13	USA !	Jaros, Tony	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Minnesota
1.5 !G	22	USA !	Martin, Slater	7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Texas
6.0 !C	99	USA !	Mikan, George	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	DePaul
5.5 !F/C	19	USA !	Mikkelsen, Vern	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Hamline
5.5 !F/C	17	USA !	Pollard, Jim	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Stanford
2.5 !G/F	10	USA !	Schaefer, Herm	7000182880000000000♠6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Indiana
2.5 !G/F	12	USA !	Stump, Gene	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	DePaul
2.5 !G/F	14	USA !	Walther, Paul	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Tennessee

Head coach

John Kundla

Legend

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

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Minneapolis Lakers	51	17	.750	–	30-1	18-16	3-0	16-8
x-Rochester Royals	51	17	.750	–	33-1	17-6	1-0	15-9
x-Fort Wayne Pistons	40	28	.588	11	28-6	12-22	–	14-10
x-Chicago Stags	40	28	.588	11	18-6	14–21	8-1	11-13
St. Louis Bombers	26	42	.382	25	17-14	7–26	2-2	4-20

Playoffs

Central Division First Place Tiebreaker

Rochester Royals vs. Minneapolis Lakers: Lakers win series 1–0

Game 1 @ Rochester: Minneapolis 78, Rochester 76

Central Division Semifinals

(1) Minneapolis Lakers vs. (4) Chicago Stags: Lakers win series 2–0
Game 1 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 85, Chicago 75
Game 2 @ Chicago: Minneapolis 75, Chicago 67

Central Division Finals

Central Division: (1) Minneapolis Lakers vs. (3) Fort Wayne Pistons: Lakers win series 2–0
Game 1 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 93, Fort Wayne 79
Game 2 @ Fort Wayne: Minneapolis 89, Fort Wayne 82

NBA Semifinals

(1) Minneapolis Lakers vs. (1) Anderson Packers: Lakers win series 2–0
Game 1 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 75, Anderson 50
Game 2 @ Anderson: Minneapolis 90, Anderson 71

NBA Finals

(E1) Syracuse Nationals vs. (C1) Minneapolis Lakers: Lakers win series 4–2
Game 1 @ Syracuse: Minneapolis 68, Syracuse 66
Game 2 @ Syracuse: Syracuse 91, Minneapolis 85
Game 3 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 91, Syracuse 77
Game 4 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 77, Syracuse 69
Game 5 @ Syracuse: Syracuse 83, Minneapolis 76
Game 6 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 110, Syracuse 95

Awards and honors

References

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

Minneapolis Lakers 1949–50 NBA Champions

10 Herm Schaefer 11 Billy Hassett 13 Tony Jaros 15 Don Carlson 16 Bob Harrison 17 Jim Pollard 18 Arnie Ferrin 19 Vern Mikkelsen 20 Bud Grant 22 Slater Martin 99 George Mikan Head coach John Kundla

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