1949–50 Rochester Royals season

The 1949–50 NBA season was the second season for the Rochester Royals in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

1949–50 Rochester Royals season
Head coach	Lester Harrison
Arena	Edgerton Park Arena
Results
Record	51–17 (.750)
Place	Division: 2nd (Central)
Playoff finish	Central Division Semifinals (eliminated 0–2)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	WHAM

Draft picks

See the main article: 1949 BAA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	10	Frank Saul	F/G	United States	Seton Hall
2	–	Jack Coleman	F/C	United States	Louisville

Roster

Rochester Royals 1949–50 roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. From G/F 17 Brookfield, Price 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) West Texas A&M G/F 19 Calhoun, Bill 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) City College of San Francisco* F/C 10 Coleman, Jack 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Louisville G 15 Curran, Fran 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Notre Dame G/F 11 Davies, Bob 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Seton Hall* F/C 20 Duncan, Andy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) The College of William & Mary* G 16 Holzman, Red 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) City College of New York* F/C 12 Johnson, Arnie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 236 lb (107 kg) Bemidji State* F/C 18 Mikan, Ed 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) DePaul F/C 18 Novak, Mike 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 219 lb (99 kg) Loyola (IL) F/C 14 Risen, Arnie 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Ohio State G/F 3 Saul, Frank 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Seton Hall* G 9 Wanzer, Bobby 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Seton Hall*	Head coach Lester Harrison Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

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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

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 1	Sheboygan	108–75	Frank Saul (18)	1–0
2	November 5	Philadelphia	83–53	Arnie Risen (18)	2–0
3	November 9	at Chicago	72–75 (OT)	Bob Davies (18)	2–1
4	November 10	at Sheboygan	87–97	Red Holzman (15)	2–2
5	November 12	New York	94–73	Arnie Risen (21)	3–2
6	November 15	Tri-Cities	93–81	Arnie Risen (17)	4–2
7	November 19	Denver	96–64	Curran, Risen, Wanzer (14)	5–2
8	November 20	at St. Louis	74–95	Bob Davies (18)	5–3
9	November 22	at Indianapolis	74–80	Bill Calhoun (18)	5–4
10	November 23	at Waterloo	90–71	Bob Davies (18)	6–4
11	November 26	Waterloo	120–95	Bob Davies (26)	7–4
12	November 30	at Washington	86–84	Bob Davies (21)	8–4
13	December 1	at Baltimore	64–70	Arnie Risen (17)	8–5
14	December 2	at Philadelphia	82–79	Bill Calhoun (19)	9–5
15	December 3	Indianapolis	99–77	Jack Coleman (17)	10–5
16	December 4	at Minneapolis	80–95	Andy Duncan (15)	10–6
17	December 10	Syracuse	69–63	Arnie Risen (20)	11–6
18	December 13	at Denver	81–65	Bob Davies (16)	12–6
19	December 15	at Fort Wayne	66–69	Bob Davies (24)	12–7
20	December 16	at Chicago	71–80	Arnie Risen (15)	12–8
21	December 17	Chicago	85–63	Arnie Risen (22)	13–8
22	December 20	Minneapolis	87–62	Arnie Johnson (15)	14–8
23	December 25	Boston	88–79	Bob Davies (22)	15–8
24	December 26	at New York	83–80 (OT)	Bob Davies (32)	16–8
25	December 27	Washington	96–72	Davies, Risen (17)	17–8
26	December 29	Fort Wayne	97–79	Bob Davies (21)	18–8
27	December 31	St. Louis	87–68	Bobby Wanzer (19)	19–8
28	January 3	Washington	83–79	Bob Davies (19)	20–8
29	January 4	at Washington	72–63	Bob Davies (15)	21–8
30	January 5	at Baltimore	71–74	Arnie Risen (15)	21–9
31	January 6	at Philadelphia	73–91	Bill Calhoun (12)	21–10
32	January 7	Philadelphia	85–68	Arnie Risen (15)	22–10
33	January 8	at St. Louis	75–73 (2OT)	Bob Davies (18)	23–10
34	January 10	Baltimore	85–67	Arnie Risen (18)	24–10
35	January 14	Minneapolis	83–77	Bobby Wanzer (17)	25–10
36	January 15	at Minneapolis	73–85	Andy Duncan (13)	25–11
37	January 18	at Tri-Cities	70–65	Davies, Wanzer (11)	26–11
38	January 19	at Anderson	81–78	Bob Davies (13)	27–11
39	January 21	Anderson	95–79	Bobby Wanzer (18)	28–11
40	January 22	at New York	71–81	Bobby Wanzer (21)	28–12
41	January 24	Baltimore	70–56	Jack Coleman (16)	29–12
42	January 26	at Syracuse	72–76	Bob Davies (18)	29–13
43	January 28	Boston	82–75	Red Holzman (15)	30–13
44	January 31	at Boston	85–72	Jack Coleman (18)	31–13
45	February 1	at Philadelphia	82–68	Bobby Wanzer (14)	32–13
46	February 2	at Baltimore	69–79	Fran Curran (13)	32–14
47	February 4	Chicago	82–78	Bob Davies (23)	33–14
48	February 5	at New York	73–65	Davies, Johnson (18)	34–14
49	February 7	St. Louis	90–84	Bob Davies (22)	35–14
50	February 11	Fort Wayne	84–92	Bob Davies (29)	35–15
51	February 12	at Fort Wayne	74–76	Bobby Wanzer (11)	35–16
52	February 14	at Chicago	83–74	Bob Davies (23)	36–16
53	February 15	at Minneapolis	70–92	Red Holzman (16)	36–17
54	February 17	at Boston	81–73	Bob Davies (20)	37–17
55	February 18	vs Boston	94–73	Bobby Wanzer (19)	38–17
56	February 19	New York	105–92	Bob Davies (23)	39–17
57	February 21	Washington	84–76	Bob Davies (22)	40–17
58	February 25	Minneapolis	66–64	Calhoun, Holzman (14)	41–17
59	February 26	at St. Louis	81–79	Davies, Johnson (16)	42–17
60	February 28	Chicago	74–69	Bob Davies (21)	43–17
61	March 4	Fort Wayne	73–70	Bob Davies (16)	44–17
62	March 5	at Fort Wayne	65–60	Davies, Wanzer (11)	45–17
63	March 9	Boston	78–59	Arnie Risen (15)	46–17
64	March 11	Philadelphia	90–72	Bobby Wanzer (19)	47–17
65	March 12	St. Louis	99–72	Frank Saul (16)	48–17
66	March 15	at Washington	93–64	Bobby Wanzer (19)	49–17
67	March 18	New York	77–74	Bob Davies (12)	50–17
68	March 19	Baltimore	97–66	Bill Calhoun (17)	51–17

Playoffs

Central Division Tiebreaker

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

• Game 1 @ Rochester: Minneapolis 78, Rochester 76

Central Division Semifinals

• (2) Rochester Royals vs. (3) Fort Wayne Pistons: Pistons win series 2-0
• Game 1 @ Rochester: Fort Wayne 90, Rochester 84
• Game 2 @ Fort Wayne: Fort Wayne 79, Rochester 78 (OT)

Awards and records

• Bob Davies, All-NBA First Team