1949–50 Washington Capitols season

1949–50 Washington Capitols season
Head coachBob Feerick
ArenaUline Arena
Results
Record32–36 (.471)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finishDivision semifinals
(eliminated 0-2)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWTOP
< 1948–49 1950–51 >

The 1949–50 NBA season was the fourth season of the Washington Capitols in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

NBA draft

Main article: 1949 BAA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 8 Wallace Jones F  United States Kentucky
2 – Red Owens –  United States Baylor
3 – Cliff Barker G  United States Kentucky

Roster

Washington Capitols 1949–50 roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Ht. Wt. From
F 22 Dillon, Hook 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) North Carolina
G/F 10 Feerick, Bob 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Santa Clara
F/C 11 Gilmur, Chuck 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Washington
C 14 Halbert, Chick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) West Texas A&M
G 23 Katkaveck, Leo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) NC State
F/C 12 Mandic, John 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Oregon State
F/C 17 McKinney, Bones 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) North Carolina
F/C 15 Nichols, Jack 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 222 lb (101 kg) Washington
F Norlander, Johnny 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Hamline
G/F 13 O'Keefe, Dick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Santa Clara
C 15 Otten, Don 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Bowling Green
G/F 29 Reiser, Chick 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) NYU
G/F 22 Schulz, Dick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 192 lb (87 kg) Wisconsin
G 20 Scolari, Fred 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) San Francisco
Head coach
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division
 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

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 2 Baltimore 66–61 Jack Nichols (14) 1–0
2 November 5 St. Louis 81–69 Jack Nichols (18) 2–0
3 November 8 Minneapolis 66–68 Jack Nichols (19) 2–1
4 November 9 at Philadelphia 84–69 Fred Scolari (15) 3–1
5 November 10 at Baltimore 88–72 Fred Scolari (24) 4–1
6 November 12 Boston 68–76 Jack Nichols (21) 4–2
7 November 15 vs Chicago 63–77 Jack Nichols (31) 4–3
8 November 16 Denver 99–90 Dick O'Keefe (19) 5–3
9 November 19 Chicago 85–69 Jack Nichols (20) 6–3
10 November 22 New York 74–89 Jack Nichols (17) 6–4
11 November 23 at New York 67–87 Chick Halbert (13) 6–5
12 November 26 Fort Wayne 93–76 Fred Scolari (25) 7–5
13 November 30 Rochester 84–86 Jack Nichols (26) 7–6
14 December 3 Philadelphia 79–63 Fred Scolari (20) 8–6
15 December 4 at Fort Wayne 68–72 Reiser, Scolari (11) 8–7
16 December 6 at Chicago 55–75 Fred Scolari (15) 8–8
17 December 7 at Minneapolis 76–93 Bones McKinney (16) 8–9
18 December 10 Fort Wayne 75–69 Chick Reiser (13) 9–9
19 December 14 St. Louis 79–61 Johnny Norlander (15) 10–9
20 December 17 Baltimore 72–89 Chick Reiser (18) 10–10
21 December 21 Minneapolis 61–75 Jack Nichols (22) 10–11
22 December 22 at Baltimore 82–86 Bones McKinney (20) 10–12
23 December 23 Boston 86–73 Fred Scolari (20) 11–12
24 December 25 at St. Louis 81–68 Fred Scolari (19) 12–12
25 December 26 at Anderson 73–80 Jack Nichols (22) 12–13
26 December 27 at Rochester 72–96 Leo Katkaveck (15) 12–14
27 December 28 Syracuse 87–85 Jack Nichols (27) 13–14
28 December 31 New York 70–64 Bones McKinney (16) 14–14
29 January 1 at Syracuse 73–79 Leo Katkaveck (15) 14–15
30 January 3 at Rochester 79–83 Bones McKinney (21) 14–16
31 January 4 Rochester 63–72 Jack Nichols (20) 14–17
32 January 7 Waterloo 101–83 Jack Nichols (19) 15–17
33 January 10 Chicago 86–71 Fred Scolari (17) 16–17
34 January 11 at New York 72–73 Fred Scolari (21) 16–18
35 January 13 at Philadelphia 77–67 Bones McKinney (17) 17–18
36 January 14 Philadelphia 78–70 Jack Nichols (18) 18–18
37 January 18 Minneapolis 68–76 Jack Nichols (22) 18–19
38 January 19 at Baltimore 81–68 Chick Reiser (19) 19–19
39 January 21 Sheboygan 82–88 Dick O'Keefe (22) 19–20
40 January 22 at Fort Wayne 70–82 Chick Reiser (16) 19–21
41 January 24 vs St. Louis 75–67 Fred Scolari (15) 20–21
42 January 25 at Tri-Cities 65–62 Bob Feerick (16) 21–21
43 January 26 at St. Louis 82–71 Fred Scolari (30) 22–21
44 January 29 at Minneapolis 60–88 Fred Scolari (13) 22–22
45 January 31 at Denver 88–78 Jack Nichols (22) 23–22
46 February 2 at Sheboygan 65–68 Jack Nichols (17) 23–23
47 February 4 New York 71–76 Fred Scolari (18) 23–24
48 February 7 at Indianapolis 81–88 Fred Scolari (14) 23–25
49 February 8 at Waterloo 70–77 Fred Scolari (16) 23–26
50 February 9 at Minneapolis 59–71 Bob Feerick (15) 23–27
51 February 11 Anderson 81–69 Fred Scolari (16) 24–27
52 February 15 Tri-Cities 81–85 Fred Scolari (24) 24–28
53 February 18 Indianapolis 81–79 Don Otten (21) 25–28
54 February 21 at Rochester 76–84 Don Otten (21) 25–29
55 February 22 at New York 81–89 Don Otten (17) 25–30
56 February 24 at Boston 74–89 Chuck Gilmur (18) 25–31
57 February 25 Philadelphia 80–92 Don Otten (22) 25–32
58 February 26 at Fort Wayne 81–78 Dick O'Keefe (24) 26–32
59 March 1 vs Chicago 75–76 Don Otten (23) 26–33
60 March 2 Chicago 91–88 Fred Scolari (28) 27–33
61 March 4 Boston 95–75 Fred Scolari (17) 28–33
62 March 7 vs Boston 64–75 Leo Katkaveck (14) 28–34
63 March 8 Baltimore 88–80 Chick Reiser (18) 29–34
64 March 10 at Boston 76–66 Don Otten (17) 30–34
65 March 11 St. Louis 92–90 Chick Reiser (17) 31–34
66 March 15 Rochester 64–93 Gilmur, Scolari (15) 31–35
67 March 17 at Philadelphia 59–85 Chick Reiser (12) 31–36
68 March 18 Fort Wayne 82–76 Chick Reiser (18) 32–36

Playoffs

East Division Semifinals

(2) New York Knicks vs. (3) Washington Capitols: Knicks win series 2-0

  • Game 1 @ Washington (March 21): New York 90, Washington 87
  • Game 2 @ New York (March 22): New York 103, Washington 83

Last playoff meeting: 1949 Eastern Division Finals (Washington won 2–1)

References