1949-50
Season:
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NBA 1949-50 Regular Season Standings

This page features the complete 1949-1950 NBA season standings, including conference and division ranks, wins, loses, percentage, games behind and teams that qualified for the playoffs

NBA Champions = NBA Champion

p = the team qualified for the Playoffs

NBA 1949-50 Division Standings

Western Division

Team W L Pct GB
1 Indianapolis Olympians 39 25 .609 - p
2 Anderson Packers 37 27 .578 2.0 p
3 Tri-Cities Blackhawks 29 35 .453 10.0 p
4 Sheboygan Red Skins 22 40 .355 16.0 p
5 Waterloo Hawks 19 43 .306 19.0
6 Denver Nuggets (1st) 11 51 .177 27.0

Eastern Division

Team W L Pct GB
1 Syracuse Nationals 51 13 .797 - p
2 New York Knicks 40 28 .588 13.0 p
3 Washington Capitols 32 36 .471 21.0 p
4 Philadelphia Warriors 26 42 .382 27.0 p
5 Baltimore Bullets (1st) 25 43 .368 28.0
6 Boston Celtics 22 46 .324 31.0

Central Division

Team W L Pct GB
1 Minneapolis Lakers NBA Champion 51 17 .750 - p
2 Rochester Royals 51 17 .750 - p
3 Fort Wayne Pistons 40 28 .588 11.0 p
4 Chicago Stags 40 28 .588 11.0 p
5 St. Louis Bombers 26 42 .382 25.0

* Two tiebreaker games were played in the Central Division: the Lakers defeated the Royals for the 1st seed and the Pistons defeated the Stags for the 3rd seed.

Note: from 1946-47 to 1969-70 there were no conferences. The league was divided in two divisions (Eastern and Western) with the only exception of the 1949-50 season when there were 3 divisions.

Abbreviations: W = Wins / L = Losses / Pct = Winning Percentage / GB = Games behind