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1949–50 Minneapolis Lakers season

Pro basketball team season (won NBA championship)

Field	Value
team	Minneapolis Lakers
end_year	1950
division_win	yes
championship_win	yes
wins	51
losses	17
division_place	1
division	Central
coach	John Kundla
arena	Minneapolis Auditorium
radio	WLOL
playoffs	[NBA champions](1950-nba-finals)
(Defeated [Nationals](1949-50-syracuse-nationals-season) 4–2)
bbr_team	MNL

(Defeated Nationals 4–2) The 1949–50 Minneapolis Lakers season was the second season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Lakers repeated as NBA Champions, defeating the Syracuse Nationals in six games in the NBA Finals, making it (to date) the only franchise to win the championship in each of its first two NBA seasons.

NBA draft

Main article: 1949 BAA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club team
T	–	Vern Mikkelsen	F/C	United States	Hamline
–	–	Bob Harrison	G	United States
–	–	Paul Walther	F/G	United States

Source:

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Game log

68	March 19	at Fort Wayne	67–69	George Mikan (30)	51–17

Playoffs

1–0
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
1
March 22
Chicago
W 85–75
George Mikan (30)
George Mikan (3)
Minneapolis Auditorium
1–0
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
2
March 25
@ Chicago
W 75–67
George Mikan (34)
—
Chicago Stadium
2–0
-
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
1
March 27
Fort Wayne
W 93–79
George Mikan (24)
George Mikan (4)
Minneapolis Auditorium
1–0
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
2
March 28
@ Fort Wayne
W 89–82
George Mikan (37)
—
North Side High School Gym
2–0
-
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
1
April 5
Anderson
W 75–50
George Mikan (26)
Jim Pollard (5)
Minneapolis Auditorium
1–0
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
2
April 6
@ Anderson
W 90–71
George Mikan (32)
—
Anderson High School Wigwam
2–0
-
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
1
April 8
@ Syracuse
W 68–66
George Mikan (37)
—
State Fair Coliseum
7,552
1–0
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
2
April 9
@ Syracuse
L 85–91
George Mikan (32)
—
State Fair Coliseum
8,280
1–1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
3
April 14
Syracuse
W 91–77
George Mikan (28)
George Mikan (8)
St. Paul Auditorium
10,288
2–1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
4
April 16
Syracuse
W 77–69
George Mikan (28)
Jim Pollard (4)
St. Paul Auditorium
10,512
3–1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
5
April 20
@ Syracuse
L 76–83
George Mikan (28)
—
State Fair Coliseum
9,024
3–2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
6
April 23
Syracuse
W 110–95
George Mikan (40)
Jim Pollard (10)
Minneapolis Auditorium
9,812
4–2
-

This season held their second and final playoff series match-up against the Chicago Stags (who folded operations on September 25, 1950 before the start of the upcoming NBA season) alongside their first and only playoff series match-up (either in the NBL or NBA) against the Anderson Packers (with Anderson later leaving the NBA after the 1950 NBA playoffs concluded).

Awards and honors

George Mikan, All-NBA First Team
Jim Pollard, All-NBA First Team

References

"1949 BAA Draft".

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