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1949–50 NBA season The 1949–50 NBA season was the fourth season of the National Basketball Association. It was the first season after the merger of the 3-year-old BAA and 12-year-old NBL. The 1950 NBA playoffs ended with the Minneapolis Lakers winning the NBA ...

was the first season for the Indianapolis Olympians in the

National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). The NBA is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Ca ...

(NBA).

NBA draft

Roster

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Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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St. Louis St. Louis ( , sometimes referred to as St. Louis City, Saint Louis or STL) is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It lies near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a populatio ...

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Game log

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, , 71–64 , ,

Alex Groza Alex John Groza (October 7, 1926 – January 21, 1995) was an American professional basketball player from Martins Ferry, Ohio. Resulting from the CCNY point shaving scandal, Groza was banned from the National Basketball Association (NBA) for li ...

(19) , , 1–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" , 2 , , November 8 , ,

, , 64–79 , ,

(18) , , 1–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" , 3 , , November 9 , , at

, , 73–103 , ,

(24) , , 1–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 4 , , November 10 , , at New York , , 83–79 , ,

(41) , , 2–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 5 , , November 11 , , at

, , 91–84 , ,

Ralph Beard Ralph Milton Beard Jr. (December 2, 1927 – November 29, 2007) was an American collegiate and professional basketball player. He won two NCAA national basketball championships at the University of Kentucky and played two years in the National ...

(20) , , 3–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 6 , , November 12 , ,

, , 94–71 , ,

(26) , , 4–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" , 7 , , November 13 , , at Sheboygan , , 101–104 , ,

(30) , , 4–3 , - align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" , 8 , , November 15 , , Anderson , , 72–83 , ,

(22) , , 4–4 , - align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" , 9 , , November 17 , , at

, , 68–90 , ,

(21) , , 4–5 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 10 , , November 19 , ,

, , 106–74 , ,

(27) , , 5–5 , - align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" , 11 , , November 20 , , at

, , 95–121 , ,

(24) , , 5–6 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 12 , , November 22 , , Rochester , , 80–74 , ,

(43) , , 6–6 , - align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" , 13 , , November 23 , , at

, , 72–92 , , Wallace Jones (22) , , 6–7 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 14 , , November 26 , , Sheboygan , , 85–59 , ,

(20) , , 7–7 , - align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" , 15 , , November 27 , , at Tri-Cities , , 88–104 , ,

(21) , , 7–8 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 16 , , November 29 , , Tri-Cities , , 92–76 , ,

(28) , , 8–8 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 17 , , December 1 , , Minneapolis , , 86–68 , ,

(38) , , 9–8 , - align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" , 18 , , December 3 , , at Rochester , , 77–99 , ,

(21) , , 9–9 , - align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" , 19 , , December 4 , , at Syracuse , , 61–67 , ,

(26) , , 9–10 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 20 , , December 6 , , Boston , , 93–82 , ,

(22) , , 10–10 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 21 , , December 8 , , at Anderson , , 72–69 , ,

(30) , , 11–10 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 22 , , December 9 , , Denver , , 78–75 , ,

(18) , , 12–10 , - align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" , 23 , , December 11 , , at

, , 74–90 , ,

(22) , , 12–11 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 24 , , December 13 , , Tri-Cities , , 84–63 , ,

(21) , , 13–11 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 25 , , December 16 , , at Denver , , 81–79 , ,

(29) , , 14–11 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 26 , , December 18 , , at Denver , , 83–79 , ,

(22) , , 15–11 , - align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" , 27 , , December 20 , ,

, , 79–88 , ,

(27) , , 15–12 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 28 , , December 22 , , Chicago , , 104–92 , ,

(42) , , 16–12 , - align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" , 29 , , December 25 , , at Waterloo , , 93–97 , ,

(28) , , 16–13 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 30 , , December 27 , , Anderson , , 89–82 , ,

Bruce Hale William Bruce Hale (August 30, 1918 – December 30, 1980) was an American professional basketball player and coach. A 6'1" guard/forward from Medford, Oregon, Hale played college basketball for the Santa Clara Broncos, then played professi ...

(17) , , 17–13 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 31 , , January 1 , , at Sheboygan , , 89–75 , ,

(27) , , 18–13 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 32 , , January 3 , , Tri-Cities , , 78–76 , , Wallace Jones (24) , , 19–13 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 33 , , January 7 , , at Baltimore , , 85–61 , ,

(22) , , 20–13 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 34 , , January 10 , , Sheboygan , , 107–77 , ,

(25) , , 21–13 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 35 , , January 13 , , Waterloo , , 80–64 , ,

(28) , , 22–13 , - align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" , 36 , , January 15 , , at Syracuse , , 69–82 , ,

(24) , , 22–14 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 37 , , January 17 , , Denver , , 101–81 , ,

(23) , , 23–14 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 38 , , January 19 , , vs Waterloo , , 104–87 , ,

(30) , , 24–14 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 39 , , January 21 , , Fort Wayne , , 112–94 , ,

(31) , , 25–14 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 40 , , January 24 , , Waterloo , , 107–69 , ,

(28) , , 26–14 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 41 , , January 27 , , at Anderson , , 91–78 , , Groza,

Jones Jones or Joneses may refer to: People and fictional characters *Jones (surname), a common Welsh and English surname * List of people with surname Jones, including fictional characters ** Justice Jones (disambiguation) ** Judge Jones (disambiguati ...

(23) , , 27–14 , - align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" , 42 , , January 28 , , at Tri-Cities , , 81–97 , ,

(20) , , 27–15 , - align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" , 43 , , January 30 , , vs Syracuse , , 75–91 , ,

(19) , , 27–16 , - align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" , 44 , , February 2 , , Syracuse , , 67–73 , ,

(20) , , 27–17 , - align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" , 45 , , February 5 , , at St. Louis , , 64–76 , , Wallace Jones (18) , , 27–18 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 46 , , February 7 , ,

, , 88–81 , , Wallace Jones (18) , , 28–18 , - align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" , 47 , , February 10 , , Anderson , , 76–107 , ,

(25) , , 28–19 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 48 , , February 12 , , at Tri-Cities , , 95–89 , ,

(25) , , 29–19 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 49 , , February 14 , , Philadelphia , , 86–67 , ,

(22) , , 30–19 , - align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" , 50 , , February 15 , , at Waterloo , , 74–76 , ,

(21) , , 30–20 , - align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" , 51 , , February 18 , , at Washington , , 79–81 , ,

(26) , , 30–21 , - align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" , 52 , , February 19 , , at Syracuse , , 78–82 , ,

(22) , , 30–22 , - align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" , 53 , , February 21 , , Sheboygan , , 78–83 , , Groza,

(17) , , 30–23 , - align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" , 54 , , February 24 , , vs Syracuse , , 67–72 , ,

(18) , , 30–24 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 55 , , February 26 , , at Sheboygan , , 107–86 , ,

(34) , , 31–24 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 56 , , February 28 , , Syracuse , , 110–72 , ,

(29) , , 32–24 , - align="center" bgcolor="edbebf" , 57 , , March 3 , , Tri-Cities , , 83–96 , , Wallace Jones (32) , , 32–25 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 58 , , March 5 , , at Sheboygan , , 92–87 , ,

(31) , , 33–25 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 59 , , March 7 , , Anderson , , 107–93 , ,

(30) , , 34–25 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 60 , , March 9 , , at Anderson , , 97–90 , , Barker, Groza (19) , , 35–25 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 61 , , March 12 , , Waterloo , , 90–89 , ,

(29) , , 36–25 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 62 , , March 14 , , Syracuse , , 68–65 , ,

(28) , , 37–25 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 63 , , March 16 , , vs Denver , , 111–99 , ,

(36) , , 38–25 , - align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" , 64 , , March 18 , , vs Denver , , 110–73 , ,

(23) , , 39–25

Playoffs

West Division Semifinals

(1) Indianapolis Olympians vs. (4)

Sheboygan Red Skins The Sheboygan Red Skins (or Redskins) were a professional basketball team based in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, which was an original National Basketball Association franchise during the 1949–50 NBA season, 1949–50 season. History Overview The Re ...

: ''Olympians win series 2-1'' *Game 1 @ Indianapolis (March 21): Indianapolis 86, Sheboygan 85 *Game 2 @ Sheboygan (March 23): Sheboygan 95, Indianapolis 85 *Game 3 @ Indianapolis (March 25): Indianapolis 91, Sheboygan 84 This was the first and only playoff meeting between the Olympians and Red Skins.

West Division Finals

(1) Indianapolis Olympians vs. (2)

Anderson Packers The Anderson Packers, also known as the Anderson Duffey Packers and the Chief Anderson Meat Packers, were a professional basketball team based in Anderson, Indiana, in the 1940s and 1950s. The team was founded and owned by brothers Ike W. and ...

: ''Packers win series 2-1'' *Game 1 @ Indianapolis (March 28): Indianapolis 77, Anderson 74 *Game 2 @ Anderson (March 30): Anderson 84, Indianapolis 67 *Game 3 @ Indianapolis (April 1): Anderson 67, Indianapolis 65 This was the first and only playoff meeting between the Olympians and Packers.

References

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