1950 NBA playoffs

The 1950 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the inaugural National Basketball Association 1949–50 season.

The tournament concluded with the Central Division champion Minneapolis Lakers defeating the Eastern Division champion Syracuse Nationals 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals.

Including tiebreaker games that preceded two of the six first-round series, they began play on Monday to Wednesday, March 20 to 22, and the best-of-seven Finals concluded in game six on Sunday, April 23.

[1] The NBA was created in 1949 by merger of two competing professional basketball leagues, the BAA and NBL.

With three contenders the third round of the tournament comprised a bye for one and a best-of-three match between the other two.