1949-50 New York Knicks Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 40-28
Finishing 2nd in the NBA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 3-2 Lost division finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated Washington Capitols 2-0
Division Finals - Lost to Syracuse Nationals 2-1
Coach: Joe Lapchick (40-28)
Location: New York, New York
Attendance: 186,682, Avg. 6,437 in 29 home dates

1949-50 New York Knicks Roster
1949-50 New York Knicks Results

The New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association ended the 1949-50 season with a record of 40 wins and 28 losses, finishing second in the NBA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-2.

New York netted 5,488 points and surrendered 5,344. Carl Braun tossed in a team-leading 1,031 points for the Knicks, and Dick McGuire dished out 386 assists for the squad.

Joe Lapchick coached the team. The 1949-50 New York Knicks lost in the division finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Ast	PF	Pts
Carl Braun	G-F	67	1024	373			374	285	247	188	1031
Harry Gallatin	F-C	68	664	263			366	277	56	215	803
Connie Simmons	C-F	60	729	241			299	198	102	203	680
Vince Boryla	F	59	600	204			267	204	95	203	612
Dick McGuire	G	68	563	190			313	204	386	160	584
Ernie Vandeweghe	F-G	42	390	164			140	93	78	126	421
Tex Ritter	G-F	62	297	100			176	125	51	101	325
Ray Lumpp	G	58	283	91			108	86	90	117	268
Harry Donovan	G	45	275	90			106	73	38	107	253
Paul Noel	F	65	291	98			87	53	67	132	249
Bill Van Breda Kolff	G-F	56	167	55			134	96	78	111	206
Gene James	F	29	64	19			31	14	20	53	52
Ed Bartels	F	2	4	1			3	2	0	2	4
Totals		681	5351	1889	0	0	2404	1710	1308	1718	5488

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Ast	PF	Pts
Carl Braun	G-F	67	36.4	76.2	3.7	2.8	15.4
Harry Gallatin	F-C	68	39.6	75.7	0.8	3.2	11.8
Connie Simmons	C-F	60	33.1	66.2	1.7	3.4	11.3
Vince Boryla	F	59	34.0	76.4	1.6	3.4	10.4
Dick McGuire	G	68	33.7	65.2	5.7	2.4	8.6
Ernie Vandeweghe	F-G	42	42.1	66.4	1.9	3.0	10.0
Tex Ritter	G-F	62	33.7	71.0	0.8	1.6	5.2
Ray Lumpp	G	58	32.2	79.6	1.6	2.0	4.6
Harry Donovan	G	45	32.7	68.9	0.8	2.4	5.6
Paul Noel	F	65	33.7	60.9	1.0	2.0	3.8
Bill Van Breda Kolff	G-F	56	32.9	71.6	1.4	2.0	3.7
Gene James	F	29	29.7	45.2	0.7	1.8	1.8
Ed Bartels	F	2	25.0	66.7	0.0	1.0	2.0
Averages		681	35.3	71.1	1.9	2.5	8.1

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Ast	PF	Pts
Carl Braun	G-F	5	68	28			38	29	19	21	85
Vince Boryla	F	5	52	23			32	29	7	25	75
Harry Gallatin	F-C	5	52	20			32	25	6	23	65
Dick McGuire	G	5	52	22			26	19	27	21	63
Tex Ritter	G-F	5	33	10			28	25	8	22	45
Connie Simmons	C-F	5	40	11			21	20	7	21	42
Ernie Vandeweghe	F-G	4	26	9			16	14	3	16	32
Ray Lumpp	G	5	18	10			3	2	3	10	22
Paul Noel	F	5	7	1			3	1	1	8	3
Gene James	F	1	3	1			0	0	0	0	2
Harry Donovan	G	3	4	0			2	2	0	4	2
Bill Van Breda Kolff	G-F	1	0	0			0	0	0	2	0
Totals		49	355	135	0	0	201	166	81	173	436

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Ast	PF	Pts
Carl Braun	G-F	5	41.2	76.3	3.8	4.2	17.0
Vince Boryla	F	5	44.2	90.6	1.4	5.0	15.0
Harry Gallatin	F-C	5	38.5	78.1	1.2	4.6	13.0
Dick McGuire	G	5	42.3	73.1	5.4	4.2	12.6
Tex Ritter	G-F	5	30.3	89.3	1.6	4.4	9.0
Connie Simmons	C-F	5	27.5	95.2	1.4	4.2	8.4
Ernie Vandeweghe	F-G	4	34.6	87.5	0.8	4.0	8.0
Ray Lumpp	G	5	55.6	66.7	0.6	2.0	4.4
Paul Noel	F	5	14.3	33.3	0.2	1.6	0.6
Gene James	F	1	33.3		0.0	0.0	2.0
Harry Donovan	G	3	0.0	100.0	0.0	1.3	0.7
Bill Van Breda Kolff	G-F	1			0.0	2.0	0.0
Averages		681	38.0	82.6	1.7	3.5	8.9