1949-50 Indianapolis Olympians Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 39-25
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 3-3 Lost division finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated Sheboygan Red Skins 2-1
Division Finals - Lost to Anderson Packers 2-1
Coach: Cliff Barker (39-25)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana

1949-50 Indianapolis Olympians Roster
1949-50 Indianapolis Olympians Results

The Indianapolis Olympians of the National Basketball Association ended the 1949-50 season with a record of 39 wins and 25 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-3.

The Olympians scored 5,493 points and yielded 5,256. Alex Groza netted a team-best 1,496 points for Indianapolis, and Ralph Beard contributed 14 or more per game, too. Ralph Beard dished out 233 assists for the squad.

Cliff Barker coached the team. The 1949-50 Indianapolis Olympians lost in the division finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Ast	PF	Pts
Alex Groza	C	64	1090	521			623	454	162	221	1496
Ralph Beard	G	60	936	340			282	215	233	132	895
Wah Wah Jones	F	60	706	264			297	223	194	241	751
Bruce Hale	G-F	64	614	217			285	223	226	143	657
Joe Holland	F	64	453	145			142	98	130	220	388
Mal McMullen	F-C	58	380	123			141	77	87	212	323
Cliff Barker	G	49	274	102			106	75	109	99	279
Paul Walther	G-F	31	210	82			88	52	46	84	216
Marshall Hawkins	F	39	195	55			61	42	51	87	152
Carl Shaeffer	F-G	43	160	59			57	32	40	103	150
Bob Evans	G	47	200	56			44	30	55	99	142
Floyd Volker	F-C	17	53	17			18	7	7	32	41
Jack Parkinson	G	4	12	1			1	1	2	3	3
Totals		600	5283	1982	0	0	2145	1529	1342	1676	5493

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Ast	PF	Pts
Alex Groza	C	64	47.8	72.9	2.5	3.5	23.4
Ralph Beard	G	60	36.3	76.2	3.9	2.2	14.9
Wah Wah Jones	F	60	37.4	75.1	3.2	4.0	12.5
Bruce Hale	G-F	64	35.3	78.2	3.5	2.2	10.3
Joe Holland	F	64	32.0	69.0	2.0	3.4	6.1
Mal McMullen	F-C	58	32.4	54.6	1.5	3.7	5.6
Cliff Barker	G	49	37.2	70.8	2.2	2.0	5.7
Paul Walther	G-F	31	39.0	59.1	1.5	2.7	7.0
Marshall Hawkins	F	39	28.2	68.9	1.3	2.2	3.9
Carl Shaeffer	F-G	43	36.9	56.1	0.9	2.4	3.5
Bob Evans	G	47	28.0	68.2	1.2	2.1	3.0
Floyd Volker	F-C	17	32.1	38.9	0.4	1.9	2.4
Jack Parkinson	G	4	8.3	100.0	0.5	0.8	0.8
Averages		600	37.5	71.3	2.2	2.8	9.2

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Ast	PF	Pts
Alex Groza	C	6	74	44			59	49	12	21	137
Wah Wah Jones	F	5	73	22			34	29	22	26	73
Ralph Beard	G	5	70	22			28	22	22	11	66
Joe Holland	F	6	61	21			15	6	15	29	48
Bruce Hale	G-F	6	40	14			17	15	17	11	43
Cliff Barker	G	6	31	12			15	10	13	10	34
Paul Walther	G-F	6	41	12			19	9	8	17	33
Carl Shaeffer	F-G	6	21	7			14	7	7	20	21
Mal McMullen	F-C	6	21	4			9	6	9	19	14
Bob Evans	G	2	4	1			0	0	0	3	2
Marshall Hawkins	F	2	1	0			0	0	0	1	0
Totals		56	437	159	0	0	210	153	125	168	471

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Ast	PF	Pts
Alex Groza	C	6	59.5	83.1	2.0	3.5	22.8
Wah Wah Jones	F	5	30.1	85.3	4.4	5.2	14.6
Ralph Beard	G	5	31.4	78.6	4.4	2.2	13.2
Joe Holland	F	6	34.4	40.0	2.5	4.8	8.0
Bruce Hale	G-F	6	35.0	88.2	2.8	1.8	7.2
Cliff Barker	G	6	38.7	66.7	2.2	1.7	5.7
Paul Walther	G-F	6	29.3	47.4	1.3	2.8	5.5
Carl Shaeffer	F-G	6	33.3	50.0	1.2	3.3	3.5
Mal McMullen	F-C	6	19.0	66.7	1.5	3.2	2.3
Bob Evans	G	2	25.0		0.0	1.5	1.0
Marshall Hawkins	F	2	0.0		0.0	0.5	0.0
Averages		600	36.4	72.9	2.2	3.0	8.4