1949–50 Anderson Packers season

NBA professional basketball team season

Head coach

Howie Schultz
Ike Duffie
Doxie Moore

Arena

Anderson High School Wigwam

Results

Record

37–27 (.578)

Place

Division: 2nd (Western)

Playoff finish

NBA Semifinals
(eliminated 0-2)

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

< 1948–49

The 1949–50 NBA season was the only season for the Anderson Packers in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Roster

Anderson Packers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	From
F/C	7	Black, Charles B.	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Kansas
G	8	Brian, Frank	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	LSU
F/C		Carter, Jake	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	East Texas A&M
F/C	11	Closs, Bill	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Rice
G	3	Gates, Frank	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Sam Houston State
G/F	6	Hargis, John	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Texas
G	4	Johnson, Boag	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Huntington
G/F	9	Kirk, Walt	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	173 lb (78 kg)	Illinois
F/C		Komenich, Milo	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	Wyoming
C		Mitchell, Murray	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)		Sam Houston State
G/F	4	Niemiera, Richie	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Notre Dame
G/F	9	Owens, Red	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Baylor
F/C	7	Schultz, Howie	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Hamline
G/F	5	Seltz, Rollie	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Hamline
G/F	15	Smiley, Jack	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Illinois
F	10	Stanczak, Ed	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)

Head coach

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Regular season

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	November 3	Tri-Cities	110–87	Frank Brian (25)	1–0
2	November 8	N St. Louis	70–62	Rollie Seltz (15)	2–0
3	November 9	N Tri-Cities	102–99	Boag Johnson (19)	3–0
4	November 12	Syracuse	69–84	Ed Stanczak (13)	3–1
5	November 13	@ Waterloo	81–69	Brian, Seltz (17)	4–1
6	November 15	@ Indianapolis	83–72	Rollie Seltz (15)	5–1
7	November 19	Minneapolis	83–80	Bill Closs (17)	6–1
8	November 21	Boston	85–99	Boag Johnson (16)	6–2
9	November 24	@ Syracuse	123–125	Frank Brian (18)	6–3
10	November 26	St. Louis	73–63	Frank Brian (15)	7–3
11	November 27	@ Sheboygan	111–91	Howie Schultz (18)	8–3
12	November 28	Waterloo	101–87	Frank Brian (23)	9–3
13	December 1	Tri-Cities	81–72	Ed Stanczak (16)	10–3
14	December 5	Sheboygan	88–81	Frank Brian (17)	11–3
15	December 8	Indianapolis	69–72	Frank Brian (18)	11–4
16	December 10	@ Waterloo	87–83	Frank Brian (17)	12–4
17	December 12	Fort Wayne	105–97	Frank Brian (27)	13–4
18	December 15	Syracuse	100–88	Frank Brian (21)	14–4
19	December 17	@ Sheboygan	110–91	Hargis, Schultz (15)	14–5
20	December 18	@ Tri-Cities	78–69	Frank Brian (17)	15–5
21	December 19	New York	83–86	John Hargis (20)	15–6
22	December 22	Waterloo	101–84	John Hargis (24)	16–6
23	December 25	@ Syracuse	88–94	Bill Closs (20)	16–7
24	December 26	Washington	80–73	Frank Brian (17)	17–7
25	December 27	@ Indianapolis	82–89	Bill Closs (23)	17–8
26	December 29	Chicago	80–81	Frank Brian (17)	17–9
27	January 1	@ Minneapolis	75–87	Frank Brian (30)	17–10
28	January 2	Baltimore	92–75	John Hargis (26)	18–10
29	January 4	@ Denver	82–86	John Hargis (22)	18–11
30	January 5	@ Denver	69–76	Milo Komenich (21)	18–12
31	January 9	Sheboygan	112–89	Frank Brian (25)	19–12
32	January 11	@ Tri-Cities	81–88	Frank Brian (19)	19–13
33	January 12	Waterloo	80–69	Brian, Hargis (15)	20–13
34	January 15	@ Sheboygan	76–81	Bill Closs (18)	20–14
35	January 16	Denver	95–83	Frank Brian (16)	21–14
36	January 19	Rochester	78–81	Frank Brian (29)	21–15
37	January 21	@ Rochester	79–95	Frank Brian (25)	21–16
38	January 22	@ Syracuse	77–75	Frank Brian (19)	22–16
39	January 23	Tri-Cities	96–99	Frank Brian (28)	22–17
40	January 26	Denver	109–75	Frank Brian (29)	23–17
41	January 27	Indianapolis	78–91	Frank Brian (27)	23–18
42	January 30	Sheboygan	91–74	Black, Closs (18)	24–18
43	February 1	@ Waterloo	86–73	Bill Closs (20)	25–18
44	February 3	@ Boston	98–106	Frank Brian (33)	25–19
45	February 4	@ Baltimore	70–90	Charles Black (18)	25–20
46	February 5	@ Fort Wayne	85–95	Frank Brian (17)	25–21
47	February 6	Philadelphia	77–75	Frank Brian (25)	26–21
48	February 10	@ Indianapolis	107–76	Frank Brian (20)	27–21
49	February 11	@ Washington	69–81	Frank Brian (20)	27–22
50	February 13	Waterloo	93–80	Richie Niemiera (18)	28–22
51	February 16	@ Denver	95–86	Brian, Closs (21)	29–22
52	February 19	@ Denver	85–86	Frank Brian (25)	29–23
53	February 22	@ Tri-Cities	90–81	Milo Komenich (23)	30–23
54	February 27	Syracuse	97–73	Charles Black (17)	31–23
55	March 2	Denver	85–72	Frank Brian (32)	32–23
56	March 5	@ Chicago	89–73	Frank Brian (24)	33–23
57	March 6	Tri-Cities	88–77	Frank Brian (26)	34–23
58	March 7	@ Indianapolis	93–107	Frank Brian (18)	34–24
59	March 8	@ Tri-Cities	82–67	Milo Komenich (21)	35–24
60	March 9	Indianapolis	90–97	Bill Closs (19)	35–25
61	March 11	N New York	91–89	John Hargis (23)	36–25
62	March 13	Sheboygan	98–86	John Hargis (25)	37–25
63	March 15	@ Philadelphia	80–83	John Hargis (16)	37–26
64	March 19	@ Syracuse	67–72	Red Owens (14)	37–27

Neutral Games:

November 8 vs St. Louis was played in Richmond, Indiana

November 9 vs Tri-Cities was played in Chicago, Illinois

March 11 vs New York was played in Chicago, Illinois

Playoffs

Western Division Semifinals

(2) Anderson Packers vs. (3) Tri-Cities Blackhawks: Packers win series 2-1

Game 1 @ Anderson (March 21): Anderson 89, Tri-Cities 77
Game 2 @ Tri-Cities (March 23): Tri-Cities 76, Anderson 75
Game 3 @ Anderson (March 24): Anderson 94, Tri-Cities 71

This was the and only first playoff meeting between the Packers and Blackhawks.

Western 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 and only playoff meeting between the Olympians and Packers.

NBA Semifinals

(1) Minneapolis Lakers vs. (2) Anderson Packers: Lakers win series 2-0

Game 1 @ Minneapolis (April 5): Minneapolis 75, Anderson 50
Game 2 @ Anderson (April 6): Minneapolis 90, Anderson 71

This was the first and only playoff meeting between the Lakers and Packers.

References

"1949-50 NBA Schedule and Results". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 2, 2022.

v t e 1949–50 NBA season
1949 NBA draft Playoffs Finals Transactions
Eastern	Baltimore Boston New York Philadelphia Syracuse Washington
Central	Chicago Fort Wayne Minneapolis Rochester St. Louis
Western	Anderson Denver Indianapolis Sheboygan Tri-Cities Waterloo

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