1949–50 Fort Wayne Pistons season
Head coachMurray Mendenhall
ArenaNorth Side High School Gym
Results
Record40–28 (.588)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Central)
Playoff finishCentral Division Finals
(eliminated 0–2)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWOWO

The 1949–50 NBA season was the second season for the Fort Wayne Pistons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and ninth overall as a franchise.

After missing the playoffs for the first time in 1949 the franchise made their first NBA playoff berth, starting a streak of 14 straight post-season berths. After beating the Chicago Stags 86-69 in a tiebreaker game, the Pistons entered the playoffs as the three seed in the east and defeated their old rivals, the Rochester Royals, in a first round sweep, before the Pistons got swept by the eventual champion Minneapolis Lakers. Fort Wayne was led by Indiana basketball legend point guard Curly Armstrong (7.3 ppg, 2.8 apg) and rookie forward Fred Schaus (14.3 ppg).[1][2]

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/club team
13Bob HarrisF/C United StatesOklahoma State
2–John OldhamG United StatesWestern Kentucky
3–Fred SchausF United StatesWest Virginia
4–Jerry NagelG United StatesLoyola Chicago

Roster

|- ! colspan="2" style="background-color: #00519a; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" | Fort Wayne Pistons 1949–50 roster |- style="background-color: #eb003c; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;" ! Players !! Coaches |- | valign="top" |

! Pos. !! # !! Nat. !! Name !! Ht. !! Wt. !! From |- |- | G/F | 3 | United States | Armstrong, Curly | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | | Indiana |- |- | F/C | 12 | United States | Black, Charles B. | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | | Kansas |- |- | F/C | 10 | United States | Carpenter, Bob | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | | Texas A&M–Commerce |- |- | F/C | 14 | United States | Harris, Bob | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 195 lb (88 kg) | | Oklahoma State |- |- | C | 16 | United States | Henry, Bill | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | 215 lb (98 kg) | | Rice |- |- | G | 5 | United States | Johnson, Boag | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | | Huntington |- |- | F/C | 15 | United States | Kerris, Jack | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 215 lb (98 kg) | | Loyola Chicago |- |- | G/F | 7 | United States | Klier, Leo | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | | Notre Dame |- |- | G | 6 | United States | Klueh, Duane | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | | Indiana State |- |- | C | 15 | United States | Mahnken, John | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | | Georgetown |- |- | G | 9 | United States | Nagel, Jerry | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | | Loyola Chicago |- |- | G/F | 5 | United States | Niemiera, Richie | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 165 lb (75 kg) | | Notre Dame |- |- | G | 4 | United States | Oldham, John | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | | Western Kentucky |- |- | F | 8 | United States | Schaus, Fred | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 205 lb (93 kg) | | West Virginia |- |- | F/C | 12 | United States | Schultz, Howie | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | | Hamline |- |- | F/C | 17 | United States | Wager, Clint | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | | Saint Mary's (MN) |- |} |

Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

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Regular season

Season standings

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

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 —1–10–21–14–31–12–51–11–11–10–25–22–03–47–21–17–0
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—

Game log

1949–50 game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1November 3New York87–72John Oldham (15)1–0
2November 6Chicago87–70Fred Schaus (21)2–0
3November 10Waterloo89–59Armstrong, Schaus (14)3–0
4November 12at Baltimore75–82Bob Carpenter (19)3–1
5November 13Denver90–71Fred Schaus (19)4–1
6November 16at Chicago72–85Charles Black (12)4–2
7November 19at Tri-Cities88–85Charles Black (16)5–2
8November 20Boston99–89John Oldham (20)6–2
9November 24at Boston99–85Fred Schaus (28)7–2
10November 26at Washington76–93Fred Schaus (15)7–3
11November 27New York72–77Leo Klier (23)7–4
12November 30at Waterloo71–95Charles Black (14)7–5
13December 1Philadelphia74–70Fred Schaus (16)8–5
14December 4Washington72–68Fred Schaus (22)9–5
15December 8Minneapolis87–66Fred Schaus (26)10–5
16December 10at Washington69–75Fred Schaus (19)10–6
17December 11Indianapolis90–74Charles Black (24)11–6
18December 12at Anderson97–105Fred Schaus (23)11–7
19December 14at Syracuse83–96Jack Kerris (17)11–8
20December 15Rochester69–66Bob Carpenter (16)12–8
21December 18Baltimore106–95Bob Carpenter (22)13–8
22December 22St. Louis87–75Fred Schaus (20)14–8
23December 25at Minneapolis58–72Charles Black (13)14–9
24December 26Chicago76–74Fred Schaus (24)15–9
25December 28Tri-Cities81–75 (OT)Leo Klier (14)16–9
26December 29at Rochester79–97Bob Carpenter (14)16–10
27December 30at Boston73–92Fred Schaus (16)16–11
28December 31at Philadelphia65–62Fred Schaus (14)17–11
29January 1Boston80–72Curly Armstrong (17)18–11
30January 4at Minneapolis75–91Fred Schaus (16)18–12
31January 5St. Louis87–83Bob Carpenter (18)19–12
32January 7at New York88–80Curly Armstrong (16)20–12
33January 8Sheboygan83–69Charles Black (15)21–12
34January 12Syracuse62–64Charles Black (12)21–13
35January 15Philadelphia81–67Bob Harris (17)22–13
36January 18at Sheboygan73–72Fred Schaus (15)23–13
37January 19at St. Louis64–74Bob Carpenter (17)23–14
38January 21at Indianapolis94–112Fred Schaus (19)23–15
39January 22Washington82–70Bob Carpenter (14)24–15
40January 24at Philadelphia74–87Fred Schaus (15)24–16
41January 25at New York66–96Fred Schaus (17)24–17
42January 26at Boston68–89Fred Schaus (14)24–18
43January 28at Baltimore64–77Bob Carpenter (12)24–19
44January 29New York92–70Fred Schaus (29)25–19
45January 31at Chicago93–89Howie Schultz (18)26–19
46February 2Minneapolis78–79Bob Harris (16)26–20
47February 5Anderson95–85Fred Schaus (22)27–20
48February 7at Denver83–67Fred Schaus (20)28–20
49February 9Philadelphia61–64Fred Schaus (13)28–21
50February 11at Rochester92–84Bob Carpenter (16)29–21
51February 12Rochester76–74Johnson, Kerris (16)30–21
52February 15Boston84–78Duane Klueh (16)31–21
53February 16at Baltimore77–83Fred Schaus (15)31–22
54February 17at Philadelphia68–67Fred Schaus (16)32–22
55February 18at New York84–80Jack Kerris (13)33–22
56February 19Baltimore79–71Jack Kerris (21)34–22
57February 23at St. Louis74–72Fred Schaus (17)35–22
58February 26Washington78–81Red Rocha (15)35–23
59February 28at Minneapolis65–71Fred Schaus (14)35–24
60March 1at St. Louis75–70Bob Carpenter (18)36–24
61March 2St. Louis91–61Duane Klueh (21)37–24
62March 4at Rochester70–73Curly Armstrong (16)37–25
63March 5Rochester60–65Fred Schaus (13)37–26
64March 9Chicago84–71Duane Klueh (18)38–26
65March 11at Chicago88–90Fred Schaus (23)38–27
66March 12Baltimore86–75Bob Carpenter (25)39–27
67March 18at Washington76–82Fred Schaus (16)39–28
68March 19Minneapolis69–67Bob Carpenter (12)40–28

Playoffs

1950 playoff game log
Division Tiebreaker (finished as Central's #3 seed)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
1 March 20 Chicago W 86–69 Fred Schaus (18) Fred Schaus (6) North Side High School Gym 1–0
Division Semifinals: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocationSeries
1 March 23 @ Rochester W 90–84 Wager, Schaefer (18) Edgerton Park Arena 1–0
2 March 24 Rochester W 79–78 (OT) Bob Carpenter (27) North Side High School Gym 2–0
Division Finals: 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh assistsLocationSeries
1 March 27 @ Minneapolis L 79–93 Fred Schaus (20) Fred Schaus (4) Minneapolis Auditorium 0–1
2 March 28 Minneapolis L 82–89 Fred Schaus (33) — North Side High School Gym 0–2
1950 schedule

Awards and records

References

  1. ↑ "Chevette to Corvette No. 16: The 1949-50 Fort Wayne Pistons". December 2011.
  2. ↑ "1949-50 Fort Wayne Pistons Roster and Stats".
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