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1949–50 New York Knicks season

Season of National Basketball Association team the New York Knicks

(lost to Nationals 1–2) The 1949–50 New York Knicks season was the fourth season for the team and the first following the merger of the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League that formed the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the regular season, the Knicks finished in second place in the Eastern Division, posting a 40–28 record and advancing to the NBA playoffs. New York won its first round series against the Washington Capitols, 2–0, to make it to the Eastern Division finals. There, the team was defeated two games to one by the Syracuse Nationals.

NBA draft

Main article: 1949 BAA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club team
1	7	Dick McGuire	G	United States	St. John's
2	–	Harry Donovan	G	United States	Muhlenberg College
3	–	Ernie Vandeweghe	F/G	United States	Colgate

Roster

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Playoffs

1–0
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March 22
Washington
W 103–83
Harry Gallatin (20)
Dick McGuire (6)
Madison Square Garden III
2–0
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March 26
@ Syracuse
L 83–91 (OT)
Carl Braun (22)
Carl Braun (4)
State Fair Coliseum
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Syracuse
W 80–76
Vince Boryla (21)
Dick McGuire (7)
Madison Square Garden III
1–1
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April 2
@ Syracuse
L 80–91
Gallatin, Vandeweghe (17)
Dick McGuire (5)
State Fair Coliseum
1–2
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References

(1998). "The Airwaves of New York: Illustrated Histories of 156 AM Stations in the Metropolitan Area, 1921–1996". McFarland & Company.
"New York Knicks". Basketball-Reference.
(4 August 1949). "NBL, BAA Merge, End Pro Net War". The Evening Republican.
"1949–50 New York Knickerbockers Roster and Statistics". Basketball-Reference.

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