1949–50 Indianapolis Olympians season

The 1949–50 NBA season was the first season for the Indianapolis Olympians in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

1949–50 Indianapolis Olympians season
Division champions
Head coachCliff Barker
ArenaHinkle Fieldhouse
Results
Record39–25 (.609)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Western)
Playoff finishDivision Finals
(eliminated 1-2)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWXLW

NBA Draft
Main article: 1949 BAA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
12Alex GrozaC United StatesKentucky
2–Leo BarnhorstF/G United StatesNotre Dame
3–Mac OttenF/C United StatesBowling Green
4–Bob EvansG United StatesButler
6–Don BovenF/G United StatesWestern Michigan

Roster
Indianapolis Olympians 1949–50 roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#Nat.NameHt.Wt.From
G 10 Barker, Cliff 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Kentucky
G 12 Beard, Ralph 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Kentucky
G 9 Evans, Bob 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Butler
C 15 Groza, Alex 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Kentucky
G/F 7 Hale, Bruce 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Santa Clara
F 19 Hawkins, Marshall 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Tennessee
F 14 Holland, Joe 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Kentucky
F 17 Jones, Wallace 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Kentucky
F/C 16 McMullen, Mal 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Xavier
G 5 Parkinson, Jack 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 174 lb (79 kg) Kentucky
G/F Shaeffer, Carl 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Alabama
F/C 20 Volker, Floyd 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Wyoming
G/F 5 Walther, Paul 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Tennessee
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Regular season

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
1November 1Denver71–64Alex Groza (19)1–0
2November 8New York64–79Alex Groza (18)1–1
3November 9at Syracuse73–103Alex Groza (24)1–2
4November 10at New York83–79Alex Groza (41)2–2
5November 11at Philadelphia91–84Ralph Beard (20)3–2
6November 12St. Louis94–71Alex Groza (26)4–2
7November 13at Sheboygan101–104Alex Groza (30)4–3
8November 15Anderson72–83Alex Groza (22)4–4
9November 17at Boston68–90Alex Groza (21)4–5
10November 19Waterloo106–74Ralph Beard (27)5–5
11November 20at Minneapolis95–121Ralph Beard (24)5–6
12November 22Rochester80–74Alex Groza (43)6–6
13November 23at Chicago72–92Wallace Jones (22)6–7
14November 26Sheboygan85–59Alex Groza (20)7–7
15November 27at Tri-Cities88–104Alex Groza (21)7–8
16November 29Tri-Cities92–76Alex Groza (28)8–8
17December 1Minneapolis86–68Alex Groza (38)9–8
18December 3at Rochester77–99Alex Groza (21)9–9
19December 4at Syracuse61–67Alex Groza (26)9–10
20December 6Boston93–82Alex Groza (22)10–10
21December 8at Anderson72–69Alex Groza (30)11–10
22December 9Denver78–75Alex Groza (18)12–10
23December 11at Fort Wayne74–90Alex Groza (22)12–11
24December 13Tri-Cities84–63Alex Groza (21)13–11
25December 16at Denver81–79Alex Groza (29)14–11
26December 18at Denver83–79Alex Groza (22)15–11
27December 20Baltimore79–88Alex Groza (27)15–12
28December 22Chicago104–92Alex Groza (42)16–12
29December 25at Waterloo93–97Alex Groza (28)16–13
30December 27Anderson89–82Bruce Hale (17)17–13
31January 1at Sheboygan89–75Alex Groza (27)18–13
32January 3Tri-Cities78–76Wallace Jones (24)19–13
33January 7at Baltimore85–61Alex Groza (22)20–13
34January 10Sheboygan107–77Alex Groza (25)21–13
35January 13Waterloo80–64Alex Groza (28)22–13
36January 15at Syracuse69–82Alex Groza (24)22–14
37January 17Denver101–81Bruce Hale (23)23–14
38January 19vs Waterloo104–87Alex Groza (30)24–14
39January 21Fort Wayne112–94Ralph Beard (31)25–14
40January 24Waterloo107–69Alex Groza (28)26–14
41January 27at Anderson91–78Groza, Jones (23)27–14
42January 28at Tri-Cities81–97Alex Groza (20)27–15
43January 30vs Syracuse75–91Alex Groza (19)27–16
44February 2Syracuse67–73Alex Groza (20)27–17
45February 5at St. Louis64–76Wallace Jones (18)27–18
46February 7Washington88–81Wallace Jones (18)28–18
47February 10Anderson76–107Alex Groza (25)28–19
48February 12at Tri-Cities95–89Alex Groza (25)29–19
49February 14Philadelphia86–67Alex Groza (22)30–19
50February 15at Waterloo74–76Ralph Beard (21)30–20
51February 18at Washington79–81Alex Groza (26)30–21
52February 19at Syracuse78–82Alex Groza (22)30–22
53February 21Sheboygan78–83Groza, Jones (17)30–23
54February 24vs Syracuse67–72Ralph Beard (18)30–24
55February 26at Sheboygan107–86Ralph Beard (34)31–24
56February 28Syracuse110–72Alex Groza (29)32–24
57March 3Tri-Cities83–96Wallace Jones (32)32–25
58March 5at Sheboygan92–87Alex Groza (31)33–25
59March 7Anderson107–93Ralph Beard (30)34–25
60March 9at Anderson97–90Barker, Groza (19)35–25
61March 12Waterloo90–89Alex Groza (29)36–25
62March 14Syracuse68–65Alex Groza (28)37–25
63March 16vs Denver111–99Alex Groza (36)38–25
64March 18vs Denver110–73Ralph Beard (23)39–25

Playoffs

West Division Semifinals

(1) Indianapolis Olympians vs. (4) Sheboygan Red Skins: Olympians win series 2-1

  • Game 1 @ Indianapolis (March 21): Indianapolis 86, Sheboygan 85
  • Game 2 @ Sheboygan (March 23): Sheboygan 95, Indianapolis 85
  • Game 3 @ Indianapolis (March 25): Indianapolis 91, Sheboygan 84

This was the first playoff meeting between the Olympians and Red Skins.

West Division Finals

(1) Indianapolis Olympians vs. (2) Anderson Packers: Packers win series 2-1

  • Game 1 @ Indianapolis (March 28): Indianapolis 77, Anderson 74
  • Game 2 @ Anderson (March 30): Anderson 84, Indianapolis 67
  • Game 3 @ Indianapolis (April 1): Anderson 67, Indianapolis 65

This was the first playoff meeting between the Olympians and Packers.

References
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