1949-50 Tri-Cities Blackhawks Statistics
Team Record: 29-35
Finishing 3rd in the NBA's Western Division
Postseason: 1-2 Lost division semifinals
Division Semifinals - Lost to Anderson Packers 2-1
Coach: Roger Potter (1-6)
Coach: Red Auerbach (28-29)
Location: Moline, Illinois
1949-50 Tri-Cities Blackhawks Results
The Tri-Cities Blackhawks of the National Basketball Association ended the 1949-50 season with a record of 29 wins and 35 losses, finishing third in the NBA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.
The Blackhawks scored 5,313 points and allowed 5,351. Dike Eddleman netted a team-high 826 points for Tri-Cities, and Mike Todorovich contributed 13 or more per game also. Mike Todorovich dished out 188 assists for the squad.
Roger Potter and Red Auerbach coached the team. The 1949-50 Tri-Cities Blackhawks lost in the division semifinals.
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Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
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Dike Eddleman | F-G | 64 | 0 | 906 | 332 | 260 | 162 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 254 | 826 | ||
Mike Todorovich | F-C | 51 | 0 | 736 | 232 | 314 | 231 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 183 | 695 | ||
Don Otten | C | 46 | 0 | 451 | 165 | 315 | 226 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 556 | ||
Murray Wier | G | 56 | 0 | 480 | 157 | 166 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 429 | ||
Warren Perkins | G-F | 60 | 0 | 422 | 128 | 195 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 260 | 371 | ||
Don Ray | F-C | 61 | 0 | 403 | 130 | 149 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 364 | ||
Gene Vance | G-F | 35 | 0 | 325 | 110 | 120 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 306 | ||
Dee Gibson | F-G | 44 | 0 | 245 | 77 | 177 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 281 | ||
Jack Nichols | C-F | 18 | 0 | 219 | 82 | 90 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 236 | ||
Walt Kirk | G-F | 32 | 0 | 236 | 66 | 133 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 230 | ||
John Mahnken | C | 36 | 0 | 319 | 85 | 76 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149 | 223 | ||
Gene Englund | F-C | 22 | 0 | 126 | 49 | 86 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 164 | ||
Billy Hassett | G | 18 | 0 | 157 | 46 | 94 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 161 | ||
Red Owens | G-F | 26 | 0 | 137 | 42 | 59 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 124 | ||
Whitey Von Nieda | G-F | 26 | 0 | 116 | 40 | 46 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 109 | ||
Bill Henry | C | 19 | 0 | 69 | 24 | 51 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 82 | ||
Dick Schulz | F-G | 8 | 0 | 45 | 13 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 41 | ||
Mac Otten | F-C | 12 | 0 | 34 | 12 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 39 | ||
John Chaney | F-C-G | 6 | 0 | 37 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 28 | ||
Jack Kerris | F-C | 4 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 26 | ||
George Nostrand | C-F | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | ||
Gene Berce | G-F | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | ||
Totals | 648 | 0 | 5515 | 1818 | 0 | 0 | 2408 | 1677 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1328 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2057 | 5313 |
Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dike Eddleman | F-G | 64 | 0.0 | 36.6 | 62.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 12.9 | |
Mike Todorovich | F-C | 51 | 0.0 | 31.5 | 73.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 13.6 | |
Don Otten | C | 46 | 0.0 | 36.6 | 71.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 12.1 | |
Murray Wier | G | 56 | 0.0 | 32.7 | 69.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 7.7 | |
Warren Perkins | G-F | 60 | 0.0 | 30.3 | 59.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 6.2 | |
Don Ray | F-C | 61 | 0.0 | 32.3 | 69.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 6.0 | |
Gene Vance | G-F | 35 | 0.0 | 33.8 | 71.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 8.7 | |
Dee Gibson | F-G | 44 | 0.0 | 31.4 | 71.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 6.4 | |
Jack Nichols | C-F | 18 | 0.0 | 37.4 | 80.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 13.1 | |
Walt Kirk | G-F | 32 | 0.0 | 28.0 | 73.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 7.2 | |
John Mahnken | C | 36 | 0.0 | 26.6 | 69.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 6.2 | |
Gene Englund | F-C | 22 | 0.0 | 38.9 | 76.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 7.5 | |
Billy Hassett | G | 18 | 0.0 | 29.3 | 73.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 8.9 | |
Red Owens | G-F | 26 | 0.0 | 30.7 | 67.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 4.8 | |
Whitey Von Nieda | G-F | 26 | 0.0 | 34.5 | 63.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 4.2 | |
Bill Henry | C | 19 | 0.0 | 34.8 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 4.3 | |
Dick Schulz | F-G | 8 | 0.0 | 28.9 | 71.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 5.1 | |
Mac Otten | F-C | 12 | 0.0 | 35.3 | 68.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 3.3 | |
John Chaney | F-C-G | 6 | 0.0 | 27.0 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 4.7 | |
Jack Kerris | F-C | 4 | 0.0 | 30.8 | 83.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 6.5 | |
George Nostrand | C-F | 1 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 12.0 | |
Gene Berce | G-F | 3 | 0.0 | 31.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.3 | |
Averages | 648 | 0.0 | 33.0 | 69.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 8.2 |
Postseason - Player Totals:
Player | Pos | GP | Min | FGA | FGM | 3PA | 3PM | FTA | FTM | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
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Jack Nichols | C-F | 3 | 0 | 60 | 18 | 31 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 59 | ||
Dike Eddleman | F-G | 3 | 0 | 45 | 17 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 49 | ||
Mike Todorovich | F-C | 3 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 31 | ||
Gene Vance | G-F | 3 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 19 | ||
Don Ray | F-C | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18 | ||
Gene Englund | F-C | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | ||
Dee Gibson | F-G | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | ||
Murray Wier | G | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | ||
Bill Henry | C | 3 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 9 | ||
Walt Kirk | G-F | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | ||
Warren Perkins | G-F | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
Totals | 31 | 0 | 230 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111 | 226 |
Postseason Player Averages:
Player | Pos | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | Off | Def | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | PF | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jack Nichols | C-F | 3 | 0.0 | 30.0 | 74.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 19.7 | |
Dike Eddleman | F-G | 3 | 0.0 | 37.8 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 16.3 | |
Mike Todorovich | F-C | 3 | 0.0 | 19.4 | 79.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 10.3 | |
Gene Vance | G-F | 3 | 0.0 | 22.6 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 6.3 | |
Don Ray | F-C | 3 | 0.0 | 30.8 | 90.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 6.0 | |
Gene Englund | F-C | 2 | 0.0 | 20.0 | 81.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 5.5 | |
Dee Gibson | F-G | 3 | 0.0 | 36.4 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 | |
Murray Wier | G | 3 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 3.3 | |
Bill Henry | C | 3 | 0.0 | 11.8 | 55.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 3.0 | |
Walt Kirk | G-F | 3 | 0.0 | 28.6 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 1.7 | |
Warren Perkins | G-F | 2 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | |
Averages | 648 | 0.0 | 28.3 | 67.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 7.3 |