1949–50 Minneapolis Lakers season

1949–50 Minneapolis Lakers season
1949–50 Minneapolis Lakers season
Conference champions
Division champions
Head coach	John Kundla
Arena	Minneapolis Auditorium
Results
Record	51–17 (.750)
Place	Division: 1st (Central)
Playoff finish	NBA Champions; (won 4–2)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	WLOL
< 1948–49	1950–51 >

The 1949–50 NBA season was the franchise's second season in the NBA. The Minneapolis Lakers repeated as NBA Champions, making it (to date) the only franchise to win the Championship in each of its first two NBA seasons.

NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
T	–	Vern Mikkelsen	F/C	United States	Hamline
–	–	Bob Harrison	G	United States	Michigan
–	–	Paul Walther	F/G	United States	Tennessee

Roster

The team.

Minneapolis Lakers 1949–50 roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Ht.	Wt.
G/F	15	Carlson, Don	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Minnesota
G/F	18	Ferrin, Arnie	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Utah
F	20	Glick, Normie	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Loyola Marymount
F	Error in Template:Nts: Fractions are not supported	Grant, Bud	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Minnesota
G	16	Harrison, Bob	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Michigan
G	11	Hassett, Billy	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Notre Dame
G/F	13	Jaros, Tony	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Minnesota
G	22	Martin, Slater	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Texas
C	99	Mikan, George	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	DePaul
F/C	19	Mikkelsen, Vern	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Hamline
F/C	17	Pollard, Jim	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Stanford
G/F	10	Schaefer, Herm	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Indiana
G/F	12	Stump, Gene	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	DePaul
G/F	14	Walther, Paul	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Tennessee

Head coach

John Kundla

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Central Division v t e	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	17–16	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

Playoffs

Central Division First Place Tiebreaker

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

Game 1 @ Rochester: Minneapolis 78, Rochester 76

Central Division Semifinals

(1) Minneapolis Lakers vs. (4) Chicago Stags: Lakers win series 2–0
Game 1 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 85, Chicago 75
Game 2 @ Chicago: Minneapolis 75, Chicago 67

Central Division Finals

Central Division: (1) Minneapolis Lakers vs. (3) Fort Wayne Pistons: Lakers win series 2–0
Game 1 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 93, Fort Wayne 79
Game 2 @ Fort Wayne: Minneapolis 89, Fort Wayne 82

NBA Semifinals

(1) Minneapolis Lakers vs. (1) Anderson Packers: Lakers win series 2–0
Game 1 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 75, Anderson 50
Game 2 @ Anderson: Minneapolis 90, Anderson 71

NBA Finals

(E1) Syracuse Nationals vs. (C1) Minneapolis Lakers: Lakers win series 4–2
Game 1 @ Syracuse: Minneapolis 68, Syracuse 66
Game 2 @ Syracuse: Syracuse 91, Minneapolis 85
Game 3 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 91, Syracuse 77
Game 4 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 77, Syracuse 69
Game 5 @ Syracuse: Syracuse 83, Minneapolis 76
Game 6 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 110, Syracuse 95