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1949–50 Fort Wayne Pistons season

NBA team season

(eliminated 0–2) The 1949–50 NBA season was the second season for the Fort Wayne Pistons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and ninth overall as a franchise.

After missing the playoffs for the first time in 1949 the franchise made their first NBA playoff berth, starting a streak of 14 straight post-season berths. After beating the Chicago Stags 86–69 in a tiebreaker game, the Pistons entered the playoffs as the three seed in the east and defeated their old rivals, the Rochester Royals, in a first round sweep, before the Pistons got swept by the eventual champion Minneapolis Lakers. Fort Wayne was led by Indiana basketball legend point guard Curly Armstrong (7.3 ppg, 2.8 apg) and rookie forward Fred Schaus (14.3 ppg).

Draft picks

Main article: 1949 BAA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality
1	3	Bob Harris	F/C	United States
2	–	John Oldham	G	United States
3	–	Fred Schaus	F	United States
4	–	Jerry Nagel	G	United States

Roster

1949–50 game log
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Playoffs

1–0
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March 23
@ Rochester
W 90–84
Wager, Schaefer (18)
Edgerton Park Arena
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Rochester
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Bob Carpenter (27)
North Side High School Gym
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March 27
@ Minneapolis
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Fred Schaus (20)
Fred Schaus (4)
Minneapolis Auditorium
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Minneapolis
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Fred Schaus (33)
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North Side High School Gym
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Awards and records

Fred Schaus, All-NBA Second Team

References

(December 2011). "Chevette to Corvette No. 16: The 1949-50 Fort Wayne Pistons".
"1949-50 Fort Wayne Pistons Roster and Stats".

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