1949–50 Denver Nuggets season

The 1949–50 NBA season was the only season for the original Denver Nuggets in the National Basketball Association.

1949–50 Denver Nuggets season
Head coachJimmy Darden
ArenaDenver Arena Auditorium
Results
Record11–51 (.177)
PlaceDivision: 6th (Western)
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
RadioKOA

Roster
Denver Nuggets 1949–50 roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.From
F 22 United States Bartels, Edward 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) NC State
F 20 United States Brown, Bob 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Miami (OH)
C 29−30 United States Browne, Jim 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Tilden HS (Chicago)
F/C United States Carter, Jake 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Texas A&M–Commerce
F/C 28 United States Cotton, Jack 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Wyoming
G/F 30 United States Crocker, Dillard 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Western Michigan
G 25 United States Darden, Jimmy 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Denver
F 31 United States Dodd, Earl 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Truman State
G/F 21 United States Guokas, Al 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Saint Joseph's
G United States Herman, Bill 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Mount Union
G 24 United States Klueh, Duane 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Indiana State
G 23 United States Royer, Bob 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Indiana State
G 27 United States Sailors, Ken 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Wyoming
F/C 29 United States Toomay, John 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Pacific
F/C 29 United States Volker, Floyd 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Wyoming
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Regular season

On October 29, the Nuggets lost to the Tri-Cities Blackhawks (now known as the Atlanta Hawks) at the Wharton Field House in Moline, Illinois in the first ever NBA game following the NBL–BAA merger on August 3.[1]

Season standings
Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Indianapolis Olympians3925.609–24–712–163–226–9
x-Anderson Packers3727.578222–912–183–025–12
x-Tri-Cities Blackhawks2935.4531020–136–203–220–17
x-Sheboygan Red Skins2240.3551717–145–220–415–20
Waterloo Hawks1943.3062016–152–221–613–22
Denver Nuggets1151.177289–161–251–108–27

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
1October 29at Tri-Cities85–93Bob Brown (16)0–1
2November 1at Indianapolis64–71Duane Klueh (15)0–2
3November 3at Syracuse58–78Jack Toomay (16)0–3
4November 4vs Syracuse51–84Bob Royer (13)0–4
5November 9at Waterloo65–80Bob Brown (23)0–5
6November 10vs Chicago53–64Al Guokas (15)0–6
7November 12vs Philadelphia63–81Ken Sailors (15)0–7
8November 13at Fort Wayne71–90Bob Brown (15)0–8
9November 16at Washington90–99Ken Sailors (26)0–9
10November 17at Baltimore71–86Ken Sailors (20)0–10
11November 18vs New York78–85Ken Sailors (25)0–11
12November 19at Rochester64–96Dillard Crocker (23)0–12
13November 20at Syracuse76–102Jack Toomay (18)0–13
14November 21at Syracuse67–77Dillard Crocker (26)0–14
15November 25Minneapolis81–101Ken Sailors (29)0–15
16November 27Baltimore68–61Dillard Crocker (24)1–15
17November 29Philadelphia56–57Al Guokas (12)1–16
18December 2Waterloo74–63Ken Sailors (25)2–16
19December 4Waterloo86–76Ken Sailors (26)3–16
20December 7St. Louis72–76Ken Sailors (30)3–17
21December 9at Indianapolis75–78Jimmy Darden (19)3–18
22December 10vs Minneapolis76–89Bob Brown (18)3–19
23December 11at Tri-Cities66–98Ken Sailors (15)3–20
24December 13Rochester65–81Ken Sailors (16)3–21
25December 16Indianapolis79–81Jimmy Darden (16)3–22
26December 18Indianapolis79–83Bob Brown (21)3–23
27December 23New York72–83Ken Sailors (21)3–24
28December 25Sheboygan72–76Ken Sailors (16)3–25
29December 30Tri-Cities83–85Ken Sailors (19)3–26
30January 1Chicago78–92Bob Brown (17)3–27
31January 4Anderson86–82Ken Sailors (24)4–27
32January 5Anderson76–69Toomay, Volker (18)5–27
33January 10Boston84–97Duane Klueh (20)5–28
34January 12at Sheboygan92–115Floyd Volker (24)5–29
35January 14at Sheboygan94–80Dillard Crocker (28)6–29
36January 15at St. Louis83–89Ken Sailors (15)6–30
37January 16at Anderson83–95Ken Sailors (24)6–31
38January 17at Indianapolis81–101Bob Brown (21)6–32
39January 19at Syracuse86–107Bob Brown (21)6–33
40January 21at Waterloo84–88Bob Brown (22)6–34
41January 22at Tri-Cities97–111Duane Klueh (26)6–35
42January 25at Waterloo83–104Dillard Crocker (18)6–36
43January 26at Anderson75–109Jack Toomay (18)6–37
44January 31Washington78–88Ken Sailors (20)6–38
45February 7Fort Wayne67–83Ken Sailors (21)6–39
46February 11Sheboygan108–78Dillard Crocker (32)7–39
47February 13Sheboygan79–67Ken Sailors (27)8–39
48February 14vs Boston84–78Ken Sailors (29)9–39
49February 16Anderson86–95Dillard Crocker (26)9–40
50February 19Anderson86–85Ken Sailors (31)10–40
51February 21Syracuse89–78Ken Sailors (33)11–40
52February 23Syracuse80–108Ken Sailors (24)11–41
53February 26Waterloo76–100Dillard Crocker (26)11–42
54February 27vs Tri-Cities75–110Dillard Crocker (19)11–43
55March 1vs Tri-Cities80–97Dillard Crocker (27)11–44
56March 2at Anderson72–85Brown, Sailors (19)11–45
57March 5at Tri-Cities80–91Dillard Crocker (21)11–46
58March 8at Waterloo68–97Jack Toomay (18)11–47
59March 9at Sheboygan92–115Jack Toomay (21)11–48
60March 10at Sheboygan104–141Jack Toomay (23)11–49
61March 16vs Indianapolis99–111Jack Toomay (21)11–50
62March 18vs Indianapolis73–110Dillard Crocker (18)11–51

References
  1. Why The NBA Celebrates The Wrong Birthday
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