The 1949–50 Boston Celtics season was the fourth season of the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA).1949–50 Boston Celtics After the Basketball Association of America that the Celtics were in merged operations with the rivaling National Basketball League to create the present-day NBA, the Celtics would compete in the Eastern Division that remained mostly intact outside of the NBL's Syracuse Nationals replacing the Providence Steamrollers, with teams there competing in 68 games for the regular season outside of the aforementioned Syracuse Nationals. Despite the Celtics and every other Eastern Division team having more games played than the Nationals this season, the Celtics would finish the season as a last place team in their division with a 22–46 record, being four games behind the Philadelphia Warriors in their division and failing to qualify for the NBA's inaugural 1950 NBA playoffs. This was the last time the Celtics both finished below .500 and missed the playoffs until the 1969–70 season.

BAA/NBA Draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 4 Tony Lavelli F Yale 2 16 George Kaftan F Holy Cross 3 28 Joe Mullaney G Holy Cross 4 39 Bill Tom – Rice 5 48 Ed Little – Denver Junior College 6 55 Jim Simpson – Bates 7 61 Bill Vandenburgh – Washington 8 67 Duane Klueh G Indiana State 9 72 Emerson Speicher – Bowling Green 10 74 Bill Weight – BYU 11 76 Russ Washburn – Colby

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Game log 1949–50 Game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 November 3 at Sheboygan 83–98 Hertzberg, Leede (13) 0–1 2 November 5 at Chicago 70–86 Sidney Hertzberg (13) 0–2 3 November 6 at Waterloo 66–80 Bob Kinney (12) 0–3 4 November 10 Minneapolis 84–98 George Kaftan (18) 0–4 5 November 12 at Washington 76–68 Brady Walker (20) 1–4 6 November 15 Baltimore 76–81 Sidney Hertzberg (20) 1–5 7 November 16 at Philadelphia 80–93 Johnny Ezersky (15) 1–6 8 November 17 Indianapolis 90–68 Sidney Hertzberg (16) 2–6 9 November 19 at Baltimore W 91–82 Sidney Hertzberg (22) 3–6 10 November 20 at Fort Wayne 89–99 Bob Kinney (14) 3–7 11 November 21 at Anderson 99–85 Sidney Hertzberg (23) 4–7 12 November 22 at Tri-Cities 72–80 Sidney Hertzberg (19) 4–8 13 November 24 Fort Wayne 85–99 Tony Lavelli (20) 4–9 14 November 26 at New York 84–96 George Kaftan (34) 4–10 15 November 30 Syracuse 71–87 Lavelli, Walker (17) 4–11 16 December 3 at Tri-Cities 82–87 Ed Leede (20) 4–12 17 December 4 at St. Louis 76–85 Bob Kinney (18) 4–13 18 December 6 at Indianapolis 82–93 Bob Kinney (24) 4–14 19 December 8 Philadelphia 91–87 George Kaftan (16) 5–14 20 December 10 vs Sheboygan 83–78 Brady Walker (15) 6–14 21 December 15 St. Louis 83–81 Ed Leede (21) 7–14 22 December 18 at Minneapolis 72–77 Sidney Hertzberg (18) 7–15 23 December 22 Minneapolis 87–69 Tony Lavelli (26) 8–15 24 December 23 at Washington 73–86 Englund, Lavelli (11) 8–16 25 December 25 at Rochester 79–88 Gene Englund (13) 8–17 26 December 26 vs Baltimore 82–57 Tony Lavelli (15) 9–17 27 December 27 New York 97–78 Bob Doll (18) 10–17 28 December 30 Fort Wayne 92–73 Bob Kinney (18) 11–17 29 January 1 at Fort Wayne 72–80 Howie Shannon (12) 11–18 30 January 4 at St. Louis 68–72 Hertzberg, Kaftan (17) 11–19 31 January 6 Baltimore 74–53 Gene Englund (17) 12–19 32 January 8 at Minneapolis 80–85 (OT) Bob Kinney (18) 12–20 33 January 10 at Denver 97–84 George Kaftan (17) 13–20 34 January 13 Chicago L 76–77 Bob Kinney (14) 13–21 35 January 14 at New York L 80–82 Sidney Hertzberg (15) 13–22 36 January 17 Minneapolis L 79–105 George Kaftan (16) 13–23 37 January 18 at Philadelphia L 86–94 Bob Kinney (16) 13–24 38 January 19 Philadelphia W 86–63 Howie Shannon (17) 14–24 39 January 22 at St. Louis L 47–71 Tony Lavelli (11) 14–25 40 January 26 Fort Wayne W 89–68 Sidney Hertzberg (21) 15–25 41 January 28 at Rochester L 75–82 Ed Leede (14) 15–26 42 January 31 Rochester L 72–85 Ed Leede (14) 15–27 43 February 1 vs. Chicago L 76–78 Ed Leede (21) 15–28 44 February 3 Anderson W 106–98 Ed Leede (24) 16–28 45 February 4 vs Waterloo W 100–82 Howie Shannon (22) 17–28 46 February 5 vs. Chicago L 70–77 Hertzberg, Kaftan (16) 17–29 47 February 7 Chicago L 86–91 Ed Leede (21) 17–30 48 February 10 St. Louis W 89–79 Ed Leede (24) 18–30 49 February 12 at Minneapolis L 70–88 Sidney Hertzberg (22) 18–31 50 February 14 vs. Denver L 78–84 Ed Leede (21) 18–32 51 February 15 at Fort Wayne L 78–84 George Kaftan (19) 18–33 52 February 17 Rochester L 73–81 Bob Kinney (19) 18–34 53 February 18 vs. Rochester L 73–94 Sidney Hertzberg (16) 18–35 54 February 23 vs. Philadelphia W 82–77 Ed Leede (24) 19–35 55 February 24 Washington W 89–74 Tony Lavelli (19) 20–35 56 February 25 at Baltimore W 82–66 Ed Leede (22) 21–35 57 February 27 Chicago L 77–79 Bob Kinney (16) 21–36 58 March 1 at Philadelphia L 64–77 Kinney, Lavelli (12) 21–37 59 March 2 New York L 72–81 Tony Lavelli (28) 21–38 60 March 4 at Washington L 75–95 Hertzberg, Lavelli (15) 21–39 61 March 7 vs. Washington W 75–64 Tony Lavelli (19) 22–39 62 March 9 at Rochester L 59–78 John Mahnken (12) 22–40 63 March 10 Washington L 66–76 Tony Lavelli (22) 22–41 64 March 11 at Baltimore L 75–79 Tony Lavelli (23) 22–42 65 March 12 at Syracuse L 72–96 Howie Shannon (21) 22–43 66 March 14 St. Louis L 76–86 Ed Leede (25) 22–44 67 March 15 at New York L 84–88 (OT) Tony Lavelli (28) 22–45 68 March 17 New York L 96–98 (2OT) Doll, Leede (22) 22–46

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