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 coach	Bob Feerick
Arena	Uline Arena
Results
Record	32–36 (.471)
Place	Division: 3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Division semifinals (eliminated 0-2)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	WTOP
< 1948–49 1950–51 >

NBA draft

Main article: 1949 BAA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	8	Wallace Jones	F	United States	Kentucky
2	–	Red Owens	–	United States	Baylor
3	–	Cliff Barker	G	United States	Kentucky

Roster

Washington Capitols 1949–50 roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. 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) NC 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) NYU 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 Bob Feerick Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended   Injured

Regular season

Season standings

Eastern Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Syracuse Nationals	51	13	.797	–	31–1	15–12	5–0	9–1
x-New York Knicks	40	28	.588	13	19–10	18–16	3–2	20–6
x-Washington Capitols	32	36	.471	21	21–13	10–20	1–3	13–13
x-Philadelphia Warriors	26	42	.382	25	15–15	8–23	3–4	9–17
Baltimore Bullets	25	43	.368	26	16–15	8–25	1–3	8–18
Boston Celtics	22	46	.324	29	12–14	5–28	5–4	11–15

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	—	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–3	1–1	2–5	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	5–2	2–0	3–4	7–2	1–1	7–0
Baltimore	1–1	—	2–4	1–5	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–5	1–5	3–3	3–3	2–0	3–3	0–2	0–2	2–4	1–1
Boston	2–0	4–2	—	0–6	1–1	2–4	1–1	1–5	1–5	3–3	0–6	1–1	2–4	0–2	0–2	3–3	1–1
Chicago	1–1	5–1	6–0	—	2–0	2–4	1–1	2–4	2–4	4–2	2–4	2–0	5–1	0–2	1–1	3–3	2–0
Denver	3–4	1–1	1–1	0–2	—	0–2	0–7	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–4	0–2	1–6	0–7	0–2	2–5
Fort Wayne	1–1	3–3	4–2	4–2	2–0	—	1–1	2–4	4–2	4–2	3–3	2–0	5–1	0–2	2–0	2–4	1–1
Indianapolis	5–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	7–0	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	5–2	1–1	2–7	4–3	1–1	5–2
Minneapolis	1–1	5–1	5–1	4–2	2–0	4–2	1–1	—	5–1	4–2	3–3	1–1	5–1	1–1	2–0	6–0	2–0
New York	1–1	5–1	5–1	4–2	2–0	2–4	1–1	1–5	—	1–5	1–5	1–1	4–2	0–2	1–1	5–1	2–0
Philadelphia	1–1	3–3	3–3	2–4	2–0	2–4	0–2	2–4	1–5	—	1–5	2–0	2–4	0–2	1–1	2–4	2–0
Rochester	2–0	3–3	6–0	4–2	2–0	3–3	1–1	3–3	5–1	5–1	—	1–1	5–1	1–1	2–0	6–0	2–0
Sheboygan	2–5	0–2	1–1	0–2	4–3	0–2	2–5	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	—	0–2	1–6	3–4	2–0	4–3
St. Louis	0–2	3–3	4–2	1–5	2–0	1–5	1–1	1–5	2–4	4–2	1–5	2–0	—	1–1	2–0	0–6	1–1
Syracuse	4–3	2–0	2–0	2–0	6–1	2–0	7–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	6–1	1–1	—	6–1	1–1	6–1
Tri-Cities	2–7	2–0	2–0	1–1	7–0	0–2	3–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–3	0–2	1–6	—	1–1	4–3
Washington	1–1	4–2	3–3	3–3	2–0	4–2	1–1	0–6	1–5	4–2	0–6	0–2	6–0	1–1	1–1	—	1–1
Waterloo	0–7	1–1	1–1	0–2	5–2	1–1	2–5	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2	3–4	1–1	1–6	3–4	1–1	—

Game log

1949–50 game log
#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	November 2	Baltimore	66–61	Jack Nichols (14)	1–0
2	November 5	St. Louis	81–69	Jack Nichols (18)	2–0
3	November 8	Minneapolis	66–68	Jack Nichols (19)	2–1
4	November 9	at Philadelphia	84–69	Fred Scolari (15)	3–1
5	November 10	at Baltimore	88–72	Fred Scolari (24)	4–1
6	November 12	Boston	68–76	Jack Nichols (21)	4–2
7	November 15	vs Chicago	63–77	Jack Nichols (31)	4–3
8	November 16	Denver	99–90	Dick O'Keefe (19)	5–3
9	November 19	Chicago	85–69	Jack Nichols (20)	6–3
10	November 22	New York	74–89	Jack Nichols (17)	6–4
11	November 23	at New York	67–87	Chick Halbert (13)	6–5
12	November 26	Fort Wayne	93–76	Fred Scolari (25)	7–5
13	November 30	Rochester	84–86	Jack Nichols (26)	7–6
14	December 3	Philadelphia	79–63	Fred Scolari (20)	8–6
15	December 4	at Fort Wayne	68–72	Reiser, Scolari (11)	8–7
16	December 6	at Chicago	55–75	Fred Scolari (15)	8–8
17	December 7	at Minneapolis	76–93	Bones McKinney (16)	8–9
18	December 10	Fort Wayne	75–69	Chick Reiser (13)	9–9
19	December 14	St. Louis	79–61	Johnny Norlander (15)	10–9
20	December 17	Baltimore	72–89	Chick Reiser (18)	10–10
21	December 21	Minneapolis	61–75	Jack Nichols (22)	10–11
22	December 22	at Baltimore	82–86	Bones McKinney (20)	10–12
23	December 23	Boston	86–73	Fred Scolari (20)	11–12
24	December 25	at St. Louis	81–68	Fred Scolari (19)	12–12
25	December 26	at Anderson	73–80	Jack Nichols (22)	12–13
26	December 27	at Rochester	72–96	Leo Katkaveck (15)	12–14
27	December 28	Syracuse	87–85	Jack Nichols (27)	13–14
28	December 31	New York	70–64	Bones McKinney (16)	14–14
29	January 1	at Syracuse	73–79	Leo Katkaveck (15)	14–15
30	January 3	at Rochester	79–83	Bones McKinney (21)	14–16
31	January 4	Rochester	63–72	Jack Nichols (20)	14–17
32	January 7	Waterloo	101–83	Jack Nichols (19)	15–17
33	January 10	Chicago	86–71	Fred Scolari (17)	16–17
34	January 11	at New York	72–73	Fred Scolari (21)	16–18
35	January 13	at Philadelphia	77–67	Bones McKinney (17)	17–18
36	January 14	Philadelphia	78–70	Jack Nichols (18)	18–18
37	January 18	Minneapolis	68–76	Jack Nichols (22)	18–19
38	January 19	at Baltimore	81–68	Chick Reiser (19)	19–19
39	January 21	Sheboygan	82–88	Dick O'Keefe (22)	19–20
40	January 22	at Fort Wayne	70–82	Chick Reiser (16)	19–21
41	January 24	vs St. Louis	75–67	Fred Scolari (15)	20–21
42	January 25	at Tri-Cities	65–62	Bob Feerick (16)	21–21
43	January 26	at St. Louis	82–71	Fred Scolari (30)	22–21
44	January 29	at Minneapolis	60–88	Fred Scolari (13)	22–22
45	January 31	at Denver	88–78	Jack Nichols (22)	23–22
46	February 2	at Sheboygan	65–68	Jack Nichols (17)	23–23
47	February 4	New York	71–76	Fred Scolari (18)	23–24
48	February 7	at Indianapolis	81–88	Fred Scolari (14)	23–25
49	February 8	at Waterloo	70–77	Fred Scolari (16)	23–26
50	February 9	at Minneapolis	59–71	Bob Feerick (15)	23–27
51	February 11	Anderson	81–69	Fred Scolari (16)	24–27
52	February 15	Tri-Cities	81–85	Fred Scolari (24)	24–28
53	February 18	Indianapolis	81–79	Don Otten (21)	25–28
54	February 21	at Rochester	76–84	Don Otten (21)	25–29
55	February 22	at New York	81–89	Don Otten (17)	25–30
56	February 24	at Boston	74–89	Chuck Gilmur (18)	25–31
57	February 25	Philadelphia	80–92	Don Otten (22)	25–32
58	February 26	at Fort Wayne	81–78	Dick O'Keefe (24)	26–32
59	March 1	vs Chicago	75–76	Don Otten (23)	26–33
60	March 2	Chicago	91–88	Fred Scolari (28)	27–33
61	March 4	Boston	95–75	Fred Scolari (17)	28–33
62	March 7	vs Boston	64–75	Leo Katkaveck (14)	28–34
63	March 8	Baltimore	88–80	Chick Reiser (18)	29–34
64	March 10	at Boston	76–66	Don Otten (17)	30–34
65	March 11	St. Louis	92–90	Chick Reiser (17)	31–34
66	March 15	Rochester	64–93	Gilmur, Scolari (15)	31–35
67	March 17	at Philadelphia	59–85	Chick Reiser (12)	31–36
68	March 18	Fort Wayne	82–76	Chick 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