1949–50 Denver Nuggets season

1949–50 Denver Nuggets season
1949–50 Denver Nuggets season
Head coach	Jimmy Darden
Arena	Denver Arena Auditorium
Results
Record	11–51 (.177)
Place	Division: 6th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	KOA

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

Roster

Denver Nuggets 1949–50 roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Ht.	Wt.
F	22	Bartels, Edward	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	NC State
F	20	Brown, Bob	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Miami (OH)
C	29−30	Browne, Jim	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Tilden HS (Chicago)
F/C		Carter, Jake	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	East Texas A&M
F/C	28	Cotton, Jack	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Wyoming
G/F	30	Crocker, Dillard	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Western Michigan
G	25	Darden, Jimmy	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Denver
F	31	Dodd, Earl	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Truman State
G/F	21	Guokas, Al	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Saint Joseph's
G		Herman, Bill	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Mount Union
G	24	Klueh, Duane	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Indiana State
G	23	Royer, Bob	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	Indiana State
G	27	Sailors, Ken	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Wyoming
F/C	29	Toomay, John	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Pacific
F/C	29	Volker, Floyd	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Wyoming

Head coach

Jimmy Darden

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
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 v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Neutral	Div
x-Indianapolis Olympians	39	25	.609	–	24–7	12–16	3–2	26–9
x-Anderson Packers	37	27	.578	2	22–9	12–18	3–0	25–12
x-Tri-Cities Blackhawks	29	35	.453	10	20–13	6–20	3–2	20–17
x-Sheboygan Red Skins	22	40	.355	17	17–14	5–22	0–4	15–20
Waterloo Hawks	19	43	.306	20	16–15	2–22	1–6	13–22
Denver Nuggets	11	51	.177	28	9–16	1–25	1–10	8–27

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	—	1–1	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	October 29	at Tri-Cities	85–93	Bob Brown (16)	0–1
2	November 1	at Indianapolis	64–71	Duane Klueh (15)	0–2
3	November 3	at Syracuse	58–78	Jack Toomay (16)	0–3
4	November 4	vs Syracuse	51–84	Bob Royer (13)	0–4
5	November 9	at Waterloo	65–80	Bob Brown (23)	0–5
6	November 10	vs Chicago	53–64	Al Guokas (15)	0–6
7	November 12	vs Philadelphia	63–81	Ken Sailors (15)	0–7
8	November 13	at Fort Wayne	71–90	Bob Brown (15)	0–8
9	November 16	at Washington	90–99	Ken Sailors (26)	0–9
10	November 17	at Baltimore	71–86	Ken Sailors (20)	0–10
11	November 18	vs New York	78–85	Ken Sailors (25)	0–11
12	November 19	at Rochester	64–96	Dillard Crocker (23)	0–12
13	November 20	at Syracuse	76–102	Jack Toomay (18)	0–13
14	November 21	at Syracuse	67–77	Dillard Crocker (26)	0–14
15	November 25	Minneapolis	81–101	Ken Sailors (29)	0–15
16	November 27	Baltimore	68–61	Dillard Crocker (24)	1–15
17	November 29	Philadelphia	56–57	Al Guokas (12)	1–16
18	December 2	Waterloo	74–63	Ken Sailors (25)	2–16
19	December 4	Waterloo	86–76	Ken Sailors (26)	3–16
20	December 7	St. Louis	72–76	Ken Sailors (30)	3–17
21	December 9	at Indianapolis	75–78	Jimmy Darden (19)	3–18
22	December 10	vs Minneapolis	76–89	Bob Brown (18)	3–19
23	December 11	at Tri-Cities	66–98	Ken Sailors (15)	3–20
24	December 13	Rochester	65–81	Ken Sailors (16)	3–21
25	December 16	Indianapolis	79–81	Jimmy Darden (16)	3–22
26	December 18	Indianapolis	79–83	Bob Brown (21)	3–23
27	December 23	New York	72–83	Ken Sailors (21)	3–24
28	December 25	Sheboygan	72–76	Ken Sailors (16)	3–25
29	December 30	Tri-Cities	83–85	Ken Sailors (19)	3–26
30	January 1	Chicago	78–92	Bob Brown (17)	3–27
31	January 4	Anderson	86–82	Ken Sailors (24)	4–27
32	January 5	Anderson	76–69	Toomay, Volker (18)	5–27
33	January 10	Boston	84–97	Duane Klueh (20)	5–28
34	January 12	at Sheboygan	92–115	Floyd Volker (24)	5–29
35	January 14	at Sheboygan	94–80	Dillard Crocker (28)	6–29
36	January 15	at St. Louis	83–89	Ken Sailors (15)	6–30
37	January 16	at Anderson	83–95	Ken Sailors (24)	6–31
38	January 17	at Indianapolis	81–101	Bob Brown (21)	6–32
39	January 19	at Syracuse	86–107	Bob Brown (21)	6–33
40	January 21	at Waterloo	84–88	Bob Brown (22)	6–34
41	January 22	at Tri-Cities	97–111	Duane Klueh (26)	6–35
42	January 25	at Waterloo	83–104	Dillard Crocker (18)	6–36
43	January 26	at Anderson	75–109	Jack Toomay (18)	6–37
44	January 31	Washington	78–88	Ken Sailors (20)	6–38
45	February 7	Fort Wayne	67–83	Ken Sailors (21)	6–39
46	February 11	Sheboygan	108–78	Dillard Crocker (32)	7–39
47	February 13	Sheboygan	79–67	Ken Sailors (27)	8–39
48	February 14	vs Boston	84–78	Ken Sailors (29)	9–39
49	February 16	Anderson	86–95	Dillard Crocker (26)	9–40
50	February 19	Anderson	86–85	Ken Sailors (31)	10–40
51	February 21	Syracuse	89–78	Ken Sailors (33)	11–40
52	February 23	Syracuse	80–108	Ken Sailors (24)	11–41
53	February 26	Waterloo	76–100	Dillard Crocker (26)	11–42
54	February 27	vs Tri-Cities	75–110	Dillard Crocker (19)	11–43
55	March 1	vs Tri-Cities	80–97	Dillard Crocker (27)	11–44
56	March 2	at Anderson	72–85	Brown, Sailors (19)	11–45
57	March 5	at Tri-Cities	80–91	Dillard Crocker (21)	11–46
58	March 8	at Waterloo	68–97	Jack Toomay (18)	11–47
59	March 9	at Sheboygan	92–115	Jack Toomay (21)	11–48
60	March 10	at Sheboygan	104–141	Jack Toomay (23)	11–49
61	March 16	vs Indianapolis	99–111	Jack Toomay (21)	11–50
62	March 18	vs Indianapolis	73–110	Dillard Crocker (18)	11–51

References

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