1949–50 Washington Capitols season

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

1949–50 Washington Capitols season
Head coachBob Feerick
ArenaUline Arena
Results
Record32–36 (.471)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finishDivision Semifinals
(eliminated 0-2)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWTOP

NBA Draft
Main article: 1949 BAA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
18Wallace JonesF United StatesKentucky
2–Red Owens– United StatesBaylor
3–Cliff BarkerG United StatesKentucky

Roster
Washington Capitols 1949–50 roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.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) North Carolina 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) New York
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
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

Season standings
Eastern Division W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Syracuse Nationals5113.797–31–115–125–09–1
x-New York Knicks4028.5881319–1018–163–220–6
x-Washington Capitols3236.4712121–1310–201–313–13
x-Philadelphia Warriors2642.3822515–158–233–49–17
Baltimore Bullets2543.3682616–158–251–38–18
Boston Celtics2246.3242912–145–285–411–15

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 —1–10–21–14–31–12–51–11–11–10–25–22–03–47–21–17–0
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 2Baltimore66–61Jack Nichols (14)1–0
2November 5St. Louis81–69Jack Nichols (18)2–0
3November 8Minneapolis66–68Jack Nichols (19)2–1
4November 9at Philadelphia84–69Fred Scolari (15)3–1
5November 10at Baltimore88–72Fred Scolari (24)4–1
6November 12Boston68–76Jack Nichols (21)4–2
7November 15vs Chicago63–77Jack Nichols (31)4–3
8November 16Denver99–90Dick O'Keefe (19)5–3
9November 19Chicago85–69Jack Nichols (20)6–3
10November 22New York74–89Jack Nichols (17)6–4
11November 23at New York67–87Chick Halbert (13)6–5
12November 26Fort Wayne93–76Fred Scolari (25)7–5
13November 30Rochester84–86Jack Nichols (26)7–6
14December 3Philadelphia79–63Fred Scolari (20)8–6
15December 4at Fort Wayne68–72Reiser, Scolari (11)8–7
16December 6at Chicago55–75Fred Scolari (15)8–8
17December 7at Minneapolis76–93Bones McKinney (16)8–9
18December 10Fort Wayne75–69Chick Reiser (13)9–9
19December 14St. Louis79–61Johnny Norlander (15)10–9
20December 17Baltimore72–89Chick Reiser (18)10–10
21December 21Minneapolis61–75Jack Nichols (22)10–11
22December 22at Baltimore82–86Bones McKinney (20)10–12
23December 23Boston86–73Fred Scolari (20)11–12
24December 25at St. Louis81–68Fred Scolari (19)12–12
25December 26at Anderson73–80Jack Nichols (22)12–13
26December 27at Rochester72–96Leo Katkaveck (15)12–14
27December 28Syracuse87–85Jack Nichols (27)13–14
28December 31New York70–64Bones McKinney (16)14–14
29January 1at Syracuse73–79Leo Katkaveck (15)14–15
30January 3at Rochester79–83Bones McKinney (21)14–16
31January 4Rochester63–72Jack Nichols (20)14–17
32January 7Waterloo101–83Jack Nichols (19)15–17
33January 10Chicago86–71Fred Scolari (17)16–17
34January 11at New York72–73Fred Scolari (21)16–18
35January 13at Philadelphia77–67Bones McKinney (17)17–18
36January 14Philadelphia78–70Jack Nichols (18)18–18
37January 18Minneapolis68–76Jack Nichols (22)18–19
38January 19at Baltimore81–68Chick Reiser (19)19–19
39January 21Sheboygan82–88Dick O'Keefe (22)19–20
40January 22at Fort Wayne70–82Chick Reiser (16)19–21
41January 24vs St. Louis75–67Fred Scolari (15)20–21
42January 25at Tri-Cities65–62Bob Feerick (16)21–21
43January 26at St. Louis82–71Fred Scolari (30)22–21
44January 29at Minneapolis60–88Fred Scolari (13)22–22
45January 31at Denver88–78Jack Nichols (22)23–22
46February 2at Sheboygan65–68Jack Nichols (17)23–23
47February 4New York71–76Fred Scolari (18)23–24
48February 7at Indianapolis81–88Fred Scolari (14)23–25
49February 8at Waterloo70–77Fred Scolari (16)23–26
50February 9at Minneapolis59–71Bob Feerick (15)23–27
51February 11Anderson81–69Fred Scolari (16)24–27
52February 15Tri-Cities81–85Fred Scolari (24)24–28
53February 18Indianapolis81–79Don Otten (21)25–28
54February 21at Rochester76–84Don Otten (21)25–29
55February 22at New York81–89Don Otten (17)25–30
56February 24at Boston74–89Chuck Gilmur (18)25–31
57February 25Philadelphia80–92Don Otten (22)25–32
58February 26at Fort Wayne81–78Dick O'Keefe (24)26–32
59March 1vs Chicago75–76Don Otten (23)26–33
60March 2Chicago91–88Fred Scolari (28)27–33
61March 4Boston95–75Fred Scolari (17)28–33
62March 7vs Boston64–75Leo Katkaveck (14)28–34
63March 8Baltimore88–80Chick Reiser (18)29–34
64March 10at Boston76–66Don Otten (17)30–34
65March 11St. Louis92–90Chick Reiser (17)31–34
66March 15Rochester64–93Gilmur, Scolari (15)31–35
67March 17at Philadelphia59–85Chick Reiser (12)31–36
68March 18Fort Wayne82–76Chick 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
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