Indianapolis Olympians

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Indianapolis Olympians
founding 1949
resolution 1953
Stadion Hinkle Fieldhouse
Location Indianapolis , Indiana
Club colors Sky blue, red
 
league NBA
division Western Division
Head coach Cliff Barker,
Wally Jones
Division title 1 (1950)

The Indianapolis Olympians were an Indianapolis , Indiana- based NBA basketball team that was founded in 1949 and disbanded in 1953. The Olympians played their home games at the Hinkle Fieldhouse .

history

After the Indianapolis Jets disbanded in 1949 , they were replaced by the Olympians. Alex Groza and Ralph Beard of the University of Kentucky were signed, two players on the team that won gold with the US team at the 1948 Olympics . Wallace Jones and Cliff Barker also joined the team.

The first season of the Olympians ended after a first place in the Western Division of the NBA and a first-round win against the Sheboygan Red Skins in the Western Division Finals, where they lost to the Anderson Packers . In the following season they reached fourth place in the Western Division, but were beaten in the first round by the Minneapolis Lakers .

After that season, Alex Groza and Ralph Beard were suspended for doing so-called "point shaving" (match-fixing) in their college days. The next two seasons each ended with an elimination in the first round against the Minneapolis Lakers. After this season, the Olympians stopped playing and then disbanded.

On January 6, 1951, the team defeated the Rochester Royals after six extensions with 75:73. To date, this represents the longest NBA game in league history.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hinkle Fieldhouse (USA)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 29, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.tvtrip.de  
  2. ^ Olympic Games 1948 ( Memento of July 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ This Date in History-January ( March 21, 2010 memento on the Internet Archive ), nba.com, accessed June 29, 2012
  4. ↑ THE WORLD'S LONGEST NBA GAME ( Memento of the original from June 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com, accessed on June 29, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com

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