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{| class="wikitable"
|+Seasons
|Inaugural season
|'''1949-50'''
|[[1950-51 National Basketball Association season|1950-51]]
|}

== Teams and Alignment ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Division
!Team
!Primary Venue
!Municipality
|-
| rowspan="5" |Central Division
|Chicago Stags
|Chicago Stadium
|Chicago
|-
|Fort Wayne Pistons
|North Side High School Gym
|Fort Wayne, Indiana
|-
|Minneapolis Lakers
|Minneapolis Auditorium (1927)
|Minneapolis
|-
|Rochester Royals
|Edgerton Park Arena
|Rochester, New York
|-
|St. Louis Bombers
|St. Louis Arena
|St. Louis
|-
| rowspan="6" |Eastern Division
|Baltimore Bullets
|Baltimore Coliseum
|Baltimore
|-
|Boston Celtics
|Boston Garden
|Boston
|-
|New York Knickerbockers
|Madison Square Garden (1925)
|Manhattan, New York
|-
|Philadelphia Warriors
|Philadelphia Arena
|Philadelphia
|-
|Syracuse Nationals
|Toyota Coliseum
|Onondaga County, New York
|-
|Washington Capitols
|Uline Arena
|Washington
|-
| rowspan="6" |Western Division
|Anderson Packers
|Anderson High School Wigwam (1925)
|Anderson, Indiana
|-
|Denver Nuggets
|Denver Auditorium Arena
|Denver
|-
|Indianapolis Olympians
|Hinkle Fieldhouse
|Indianapolis
|-
|Quad-City Blackhawks
|Wharton Field House
|Moline, Illinois
|-
|Sheboygan Redskins
|Sheboygan Municipal Auditorium and Armory
|Sheboygan, Wisconsin
|-
|Waterloo Hawks
|The Hippodrome
|Waterloo, Iowa
|}

=== Changes ===

* League established and aligned into Central Division, Eastern Division, and Western Division.
* Anderson Duffey Packers transfer from National Basketball League, renamed Anderson Packers, and aligned into Western Division, playing at Anderson High School Wigwam (1925) in Anderson, Indiana.
* Baltimore Bullets transfer from Basketball Association of America and aligned into Eastern Division, playing at Baltimore Coliseum in Baltimore.
* Boston Celtics transfer from Basketball Association of America and aligned into Eastern Division, playing at Boston Garden in Boston.
* Chicago Stags transfer from Basketball Association of America and aligned into Central Division, playing at Chicago Stadium in Chicago.
* Denver Nuggets transfer from National Basketball League and aligned into Western Division, playing at Denver Auditorium Arena in Denver.
* Fort Wayne Pistons transfer from Basketball Association of America and aligned into Central Division, playing at North Side High School Gym in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
* Indianapolis Olympians enfranchised in Western Division, playing at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
* Minneapolis Lakers transfer from Basketball Association of America and aligned into Central Division, playing at Minneapolis Auditorium (1927) in Minneapolis.
* New York Knickerbockers transfer from Basketball Association of America and aligned into Eastern Division, playing at Madison Square Garden (1925) in Manhattan, New York.
* Philadelphia Warriors transfer from Basketball Association of America and aligned into Eastern Division, playing at Philadelphia Arena in Philadelphia.
* Quad-City Blackhawks transfer from National Basketball League and aligned into Western Division, playing at Wharton Field House in Moline, Illinois.
* Rochester Royals transfer from Basketball Association of America and aligned into Central Division, playing at Edgerton Park Arena in Rochester, New York.
* Sheboygan Redskins transfer from National Basketball League and aligned into Western Division, playing at Sheboygan Municipal Auditorium and Armory in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
* St. Louis Bombers transfer from Basketball Association of America and aligned into Central Division, playing at St. Louis Arena in St. Louis.
* Syracuse Nationals transfer from National Basketball League and aligned into Eastern Division, playing at Toyota Coliseum in unincorporated Onondaga County, New York.
* Washington Capitols transfer from Basketball Association of America and aligned into Eastern Division, playing at Uline Arena in Washington.
* Waterloo Hawks transfer from National Basketball League and aligned into Western Division, playing at The Hippodrome in Waterloo, Iowa.

== Regular Season Results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Division
!Team
!W
!L
!GB
|-
| rowspan="5" |Central Division
|'''Rochester Royals'''
|'''51'''
|'''17'''
|'''0'''
|-
|'''Minneapolis Lakers'''
|'''51'''
|'''17'''
|
|-
|'''Fort Wayne Pistons'''
|'''40'''
|'''28'''
|'''11'''
|-
|'''Chicago Stags'''
|'''40'''
|'''28'''
|'''11'''
|-
|St. Louis Bombers
|26
|42
|25
|-
| rowspan="6" |Eastern Division
|'''Syracuse Nationals'''
|'''51'''
|'''13'''
|
|-
|'''New York Knickerbockers'''
|'''40'''
|'''28'''
|'''13'''
|-
|'''Washington Capitols'''
|'''32'''
|'''36'''
|'''21'''
|-
|'''Philadelphia Warriors'''
|'''26'''
|'''42'''
|'''27'''
|-
|Baltimore Bullets
|25
|43
|28
|-
|Boston Celtics
|22
|46
|31
|-
| rowspan="6" |Western Division
|'''Indianapolis Olympians'''
|'''39'''
|'''25'''
|
|-
|'''Anderson Packers'''
|'''37'''
|'''27'''
|'''2'''
|-
|'''Quad-City Blackhawks'''
|'''29'''
|'''35'''
|'''10'''
|-
|'''Sheboygan Redskins'''
|'''22'''
|'''40'''
|'''16'''
|-
|Waterloo Hawks
|19
|43
|19
|-
|Denver Nuggets
|11
|51
|27
|}

== Postseason Results ==

=== Seeding Tiebreaker Results ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |Team (Single-Game)
!Seed Winner
|-
|'''Minneapolis Lakers'''
|'''78'''
| rowspan="2" |'''Minneapolis Lakers'''
|-
|Rochester Royals
|76
|-
|Chicago Stags
|69
| rowspan="2" |'''Fort Wayne Pistons'''
|-
|'''Fort Wayne Pistons'''
|'''86'''
|}

=== Postseason Results ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Three)
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Three)
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Three)
! colspan="2" |Team (Best-of-Five)
!Champions
|-
|'''Syracuse Nationals'''
|'''2'''
| rowspan="2" |'''Syracuse Nationals'''
| rowspan="2" |'''2'''
| colspan="3" rowspan="4" |Syracuse Nationals
| rowspan="4" |2
| rowspan="12" |'''Minneapolis Lakers'''
|-
|Philadelphia Warriors
|0
|-
|'''New York Knickerbockers'''
|'''2'''
| rowspan="2" |New York Knickerbockers
| rowspan="2" |1
|-
|Washington Capitols
|0
|-
|'''Minneapolis Lakers'''
|'''2'''
| rowspan="2" |'''Minneapolis Lakers'''
| rowspan="2" |'''2'''
| rowspan="4" |'''Minneapolis Lakers'''
| rowspan="4" |'''2'''
| rowspan="8" |'''Minneapolis Lakers'''
| rowspan="8" |'''4'''
|-
|Chicago Stags
|0
|-
|Rochester Royals
|0
| rowspan="2" |Fort Wayne Pistons
| rowspan="2" |0
|-
|'''Fort Wayne Pistons'''
|'''2'''
|-
|'''Indianapolis Olympians'''
|'''2'''
| rowspan="2" |Indianapolis Olympians
| rowspan="2" |1
| rowspan="4" |Anderson Packers
| rowspan="4" |0
|-
|Sheboygan Redskins
|1
|-
|'''Anderson Packers'''
|'''2'''
| rowspan="2" |'''Anderson Packers'''
| rowspan="2" |'''2'''
|-
|Quad-City Blackhawks
|1
|}

== Markets and Venues ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Combined Statistical Area
!Metropolitan / Micropolitan Statistical Area
!Metropolitan Division
!County / Equivalent
!Municipality
!Venue
!Team / Event
!Regular
!Postseason
!Total
|-
| rowspan="4" |Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH Combined Statistical Area
| rowspan="3" |Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="3" |Boston, MA Metropolitan Division
| rowspan="3" |Suffolk County, Massachusetts
| rowspan="3" |Boston
| rowspan="2" |Boston Garden
|Boston Celtics
|20
|
|20
|-
|Chicago Stags
|One
|
|One
|-
|Matthews Arena
|Boston Celtics
|Six
|
|Six
|-
| colspan="2" |Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Providence County, Rhode Island
|Providence, Rhode Island
|Rhode Island Auditorium
|Boston Celtics
|Six
|
|Six
|-
| rowspan="8" |Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical Area
| rowspan="8" |Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="8" |Chicago-Naperville-Schaumburg, IL Metropolitan Division
| rowspan="8" |Cook County, Illinois
| rowspan="8" |Chicago
| rowspan="8" |Chicago Stadium
|Chicago Stags
|24
|One
|25
|-
|New York Knickerbockers
|Two
|
|Two
|-
|St. Louis Bombers
|Two
|
|Two
|-
|Anderson Packers
|One
|
|One
|-
|Boston Celtics
|One
|
|One
|-
|Indianapolis Olympians
|One
|
|One
|-
|Philadelphia Warriors
|One
|
|One
|-
|Waterloo Hawks
|One
|
|One
|-
| rowspan="4" |Davenport-Moline, IA-IL Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="3" |Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="3" |Rock Island County, Illinois
| rowspan="3" |Moline, Illinois
| rowspan="3" |Wharton Field House
|Quad-City Blackhawks
|31
|One
|32
|-
|Baltimore Bullets
|One
|
|One
|-
|Boston Celtics
|One
|
|One
|-
| colspan="2" |Muscatine, IA Micropolitan Statistical Area
|Muscatine County, Iowa
|Muscatine, Iowa
|Muscatine High School Fieldhouse
|Denver Nuggets
|One
|
|One
|-
|Denver-Aurora-Greeley, CO Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Denver County, Colorado
|Denver
|Denver Auditorium Arena
|Denver Nuggets
|25
|
|25
|-
|Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI Combined Statistical Area
|Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metropolitan Division
|Wayne County, Michigan
|Detroit
|Olympia Stadium
|Chicago Stags
|One
|
|One
|-
|Fort Wayne-Huntington-Auburn, IN Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Fort Wayne, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Allen County, Indiana
|Fort Wayne, Indiana
|North Side High School Gym
|Fort Wayne Pistons
|34
|One tiebreaker + two
|37
|-
| rowspan="2" |Indianapolis-Carmel-Muncie, IN Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Madison County, Indiana
|Anderson, Indiana
|Anderson High School Wigwam (1925)
|Anderson Packers
|31
|Four
|35
|-
|Marion County, Indiana
|Indianapolis
|Hinkle Fieldhouse
|Indianapolis Olympians
|31
|Four
|35
|-
|Louisville/Jefferson County--Elizabethtown, KY-IN Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Jefferson County, Kentucky
|Louisville, Kentucky
|Louisville Gardens
|Syracuse Nationals
|One
|
|One
|-
| rowspan="3" |Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="3" |Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Hennepin County, Minnesota
| rowspan="2" |Minneapolis
|Minneapolis Armory
|Minneapolis Lakers
|One
|
|One
|-
|Minneapolis Auditorium (1927)
|Minneapolis Lakers
|30
|Three
|33
|-
|Ramsey County, Minnesota
|St. Paul, Minnesota
|Roy Wilkins Auditorium
|Minneapolis Lakers
|Two
|Three
|Five
|-
| rowspan="5" |New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area
| rowspan="5" |New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="5" |New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division
| rowspan="5" |New York County, New York
| rowspan="5" |Manhattan, New York
|69th Regiment Armory
|New York Knickerbockers
|13
|
|13
|-
| rowspan="4" |Madison Square Garden (1925)
|New York Knickerbockers
|16
|Two
|18
|-
|Chicago Stags
|Two
|
|Two
|-
|Baltimore Bullets
|One
|
|One
|-
|Philadelphia Warriors
|One
|
|One
|-
| colspan="3" |Owensboro, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Daviess County, Kentucky
|Owensboro, Kentucky
|Owensboro Sportscenter
|Denver Nuggets
|One
|
|One
|-
| rowspan="6" |Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Atlantic County, New Jersey
|Atlantic City, New Jersey
|Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall
|Philadelphia Warriors
|One
|
|One
|-
| rowspan="5" |Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="5" |Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division
| rowspan="5" |Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
| rowspan="5" |Philadelphia
| rowspan="3" |Philadelphia Arena
|Philadelphia Warriors
|22
|One
|23
|-
|New York Knickerbockers
|Two
|
|Two
|-
|Chicago Stags
|One
|
|One
|-
| rowspan="2" |Philadelphia Convention Hall
|Philadelphia Warriors
|Eight
|
|Eight
|-
|Baltimore Bullets
|One
|
|One
|-
|Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Raleigh-Cary, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Wake County, North Carolina
|Raleigh, North Carolina
|James T. Valvano Arena at William Neal Reynolds Coliseum
|Chicago Stags
|One
|
|One
|-
|Richmond-Connersville, IN Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Richmond, IN Micropolitan Statistical Area
|Wayne County, Indiana
|Richmond, Indiana
|Civic Hall
|St. Louis Bombers
|One
|
|One
|-
|Rochester-Austin-Winona, MN Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Rochester, MN Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Olmsted County, Minnesota
|Rochester, Minnesota
|Mayo Civic Auditorium
|Minneapolis Lakers
|One
|
|One
|-
|Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Rochester, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Monroe County, New York
|Rochester, New York
|Edgerton Park Arena
|Rochester Royals
|34
|One tiebreaker + one
|36
|-
| colspan="3" |Sheboygan, WI Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
|Sheboygan, Wisconsin
|Sheboygan Municipal Auditorium and Armory
|Sheboygan Redskins
|31
|One
|32
|-
|Sioux City-Le Mars, IA-NE-SD Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Woodbury County, Iowa
|Sioux City, Iowa
|Sioux City Municipal Auditorium (1909)
|Denver Nuggets
|One
|
|One
|-
| rowspan="2" |St. Louis-St. Charles-Farmington, MO-IL Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" |St. Louis
| rowspan="2" |St. Louis Arena
|St. Louis Bombers
|31
|
|31
|-
|Chicago Stags
|Two
|
|Two
|-
| rowspan="4" |Syracuse-Auburn, NY Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" |Auburn, NY Micropolitan Statistical Area
|Cayuga County, New York
|Auburn, New York
|Auburn Junior High School Gym
|Denver Nuggets
|One
|
|One
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="3" |Syracuse, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Madison County, New York
|Oneida, New York
|Oneida High School Gym
|Denver Nuggets
|One
|
|One
|-
| rowspan="2" |Onondaga County, New York
| rowspan="2" |Unincorporated
| rowspan="2" |Toyota Coliseum
|Syracuse Nationals
|31
|Six
|37
|-
|Chicago Stags
|One
|
|One
|-
| colspan="3" |Toledo, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Lucas County, Ohio
|Toledo, Ohio
|Toledo Sports Arena
|Chicago Stags
|One
|
|One
|-
| colspan="3" |Vincennes, IN Micropolitan Statistical Area
|Knox County, Indiana
|Vincennes, Indiana
|Adams Coliseum
|Denver Nuggets
|One
|
|One
|-
| rowspan="4" |Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA Combined Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="3" |Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area
| colspan="2" rowspan="3" |Baltimore
| rowspan="3" |Baltimore Coliseum
|Baltimore Bullets
|31
|
|31
|-
|New York Knickerbockers
|One
|
|One
|-
|Philadelphia Warriors
|One
|
|One
|-
|Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area
|Washington, DC-MD Metropolitan Division
| colspan="2" |District of Columbia
|Uline Arena
|Washington Capitols
|34
|One
|35
|-
| colspan="3" rowspan="2" |Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area
| rowspan="2" |Black Hawk County, Iowa
| rowspan="2" |Waterloo, Iowa
| rowspan="2" |The Hippodrome
|Waterloo Hawks
|30
|
|30
|-
|Quad-City Blackhawks
|One
|
|One
|-
| colspan="7" |'''Total'''
|'''561'''
|'''Two tiebreaker + 30'''
|'''593'''
|}
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[[Category:National Basketball Association seasons]]

1949-50 National Basketball Association season - Revision history