BAA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
1948β49 Philadelphia Warriors season | |||
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Head coach | Eddie Gottlieb | ||
Arena | Philadelphia Arena | ||
Results | |||
Record | 28–32 (.467) | ||
Place | Division: 4th (Eastern) | ||
Playoff finish | East Division Semifinals (eliminated 0β2) | ||
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||
Radio | WCAU | ||
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The 1948β49 BAA season was the: Warriors' 3rd season in theββNBA. The team finished at fourth place out of six teams in the "BAA East Division." And was eliminated in the East Division Semifinals by, "the Washington Capitols in two games." The team was led by power forward Joe Fulks, who averaged a team-high 26.0 points per game and "set the then-NBA record for points in a game," with 63 points versus the Indianapolis Jets on February 10, "1949."
Draftβ»
Main article: 1948 BAA draft
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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1 | 11 | Don Ray | F/C | ![]() |
Western Kentucky |
β | β | William Brown | β | ![]() |
Maryland |
β | β | Hugh Compton | β | ![]() |
Louisville |
β | β | Joe Nelson | β | ![]() |
BYU |
β | β | Clint Pace | β | ![]() |
Pepperdine |
β | β | Roy Pugh | F/C | ![]() |
SMU |
β | β | Tom Short | β | ![]() |
Kansas Wesleyan |
β | β | Joe Wahl | β | ![]() |
Akron |
β | β | Andy Wolfe | β | ![]() |
California |
Rosterβ»
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Regular seasonβ»
Season standingsβ»
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Team | W | L | PCT | GB | |
1 | x-Washington Capitols | 38 | 22 | .633 | β |
2 | x-New York Knicks | 32 | 28 | .533 | 6 |
3 | x-Baltimore Bullets | 29 | 31 | .483 | 9 |
4 | x-Philadelphia Warriors | 28 | 32 | .467 | 10 |
5 | Boston Celtics | 25 | 35 | .417 | 13 |
6 | Providence Steamrollers | 12 | 48 | .200 | 26 |
- x β clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponentsβ»
1948β49 BAA records | |||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CHI | FWP | IND | MIN | NYK | PHI | PRO | ROC | STL | WAS | |
Baltimore | β | 4β2 | 1β4 | 4β1 | 5β0 | 1β4 | 2β4 | 4β2 | 2β4 | 1β4 | 2β3 | 3β3 | |
Boston | 2β4 | β | 0β5 | 4β1 | 3β2 | 2β3 | 3β3 | 3β3 | 3β3 | 1β4 | 3β2 | 1β5 | |
Chicago | 4β1 | 5β0 | β | 4β2 | 5β1 | 2β4 | 3β2 | 2β3 | 5β0 | 2β4 | 3β3 | 3β2 | |
Fort Wayne | 1β4 | 1β4 | 2β4 | β | 3β3 | 2β4 | 1β4 | 5β0 | 4β1 | 0β6 | 1β4 | 2β3 | |
Indianapolis | 0β5 | 2β3 | 1-5 | 3β3 | β | 0β6 | 1β4 | 1β4 | 4β1 | 1β5 | 3β3 | 2β3 | |
Minneapolis | 4β1 | 3β2 | 4β2 | 4β2 | 6β0 | β | 4β1 | 4β1 | 5β0 | 4β2 | 4β2 | 2β3 | |
New York | 4β2 | 3β3 | 2β3 | 4β1 | 4β1 | 1β4 | β | 2β4 | 5β1 | 1β4 | 3β2 | 2β3 | |
Philadelphia | 2β4 | 3β3 | 3β2 | 0β5 | 4β1 | 1β4 | 4β2 | β | 6β0 | 0β5 | 3β2 | 2β4 | |
Providence | 4β2 | 3β3 | 0β5 | 1β4 | 1β4 | 0β5 | 1β5 | 0β6 | β | 2β3 | 0β5 | 0β6 | |
Rochester | 4β1 | 4β1 | 4β2 | 6β0 | 5β1 | 2β4 | 4β1 | 5β0 | 3β2 | β | 6β0 | 2β3 | |
St. Louis | 3β2 | 2β3 | 3β3 | 4β1 | 3β3 | 2β4 | 2β3 | 2β3 | 5β0 | 0β6 | β | 2β3 | |
Washington | 3β3 | 5β1 | 2β3 | 3β2 | 3β2 | 3β2 | 3β2 | 4β2 | 6β0 | 3β2 | 3β2 | β |
Game logβ»
# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record |
1 | November 3 | @ Washington | 70β77 | Joe Fulks (24) | 0β1 |
2 | November 4 | Boston | 94β73 | Joe Fulks (25) | 1β1 |
3 | November 6 | @ Providence | 69β56 | Joe Fulks (26) | 2β1 |
4 | November 7 | @ Boston | 77β85 | Joe Fulks (20) | 2β2 |
5 | November 9 | Providence | 92β84 | Joe Fulks (27) | 3β2 |
6 | November 11 | Rochester | 75β83 | Ed Sadowski (18) | 3β3 |
7 | November 13 | @ St. Louis | 75β76 | Ed Sadowski (23) | 3β4 |
8 | November 16 | @ Indianapolis | 90β82 | Ed Sadowski (21) | 4β4 |
9 | November 17 | @ Fort Wayne | 72β80 | Ed Sadowski (24) | 4β5 |
10 | November 18 | Indianapolis | 83β71 | Dallmar, Fulks, Sadowski (12) | 5β5 |
11 | November 20 | @ New York | 86β91 | Fulks, Sadowski (26) | 5β6 |
12 | November 23 | Fort Wayne | 80β90 | Joe Fulks (22) | 5β7 |
13 | November 25 | Washington | 73β81 | Joe Fulks (28) | 5β8 |
14 | November 28 | @ Minneapolis | 67β88 | Joe Fulks (15) | 5β9 |
15 | November 30 | @ Chicago | 68β74 | Fleishman, Fulks (13) | 5β10 |
16 | December 2 | Boston | 87β88 | Joe Fulks (32) | 5β11 |
17 | December 4 | @ Rochester | 101β105 (OT) | Joe Fulks (39) | 5β12 |
18 | December 8 | Baltimore | 78β83 | Joe Fulks (25) | 5β13 |
19 | December 9 | @ Baltimore | 91β92 | Joe Fulks (20) | 5β14 |
20 | December 14 | St. Louis | 74β61 | Joe Fulks (23) | 6β14 |
21 | December 15 | @ Washington | 81β92 | Joe Fulks (26) | 6β15 |
22 | December 17 | New York | 87β78 | Joe Fulks (27) | 7β15 |
23 | December 18 | @ Providence | 94β90 | Joe Fulks (47) | 8β15 |
24 | December 21 | Minneapolis | 72β64 | Joe Fulks (19) | 9β15 |
25 | December 25 | Boston | 80β77 | Joe Fulks (30) | 10β15 |
26 | December 30 | Indianapolis | 94β91 | Joe Fulks (32) | 11β15 |
27 | January 1 | @ New York | 80β88 | Joe Fulks (25) | 11β16 |
28 | January 4 | Washington | 78β84 | Joe Fulks (27) | 11β17 |
29 | January 6 | @ Baltimore | 88β93 | Ed Sadowski (24) | 11β18 |
30 | January 8 | Fort Wayne | 67β73 | Joe Fulks (20) | 11β19 |
31 | January 11 | @ Rochester | 71β83 | Joe Fulks (20) | 11β20 |
32 | January 14 | @ Boston | 104β79 | Joe Fulks (31) | 12β20 |
33 | January 15 | Baltimore | 94β87 | Joe Fulks (26) | 13β20 |
34 | January 18 | Providence | 86β74 | Joe Fulks (34) | 14β20 |
35 | January 20 | Chicago | 92β72 | Joe Fulks (38) | 15β20 |
36 | January 23 | @ Minneapolis | 71β89 | Joe Fulks (32) | 15β21 |
37 | January 25 | @ Chicago | 86β77 | Joe Fulks (35) | 16β21 |
38 | January 26 | @ Fort Wayne | 80β88 | Joe Fulks (30) | 16β22 |
39 | January 27 | New York | 102β96 | Joe Fulks (39) | 17β22 |
40 | January 29 | @ New York | 78β73 | Joe Fulks (27) | 18β22 |
41 | February 1 | Providence | 93β86 | Joe Fulks (28) | 19β22 |
42 | February 3 | Minneapolis | 76β78 | Joe Fulks (23) | 19β23 |
43 | February 6 | @ St. Louis | 77β74 (OT) | Joe Fulks (20) | 20β23 |
44 | February 7 | @ Indianapolis | 73β90 | Joe Fulks (28) | 20β24 |
45 | February 8 | vs Fort Wayne | 87β89 | Ed Sadowski (27) | 20β25 |
46 | February 10 | Indianapolis | 108β87 | Joe Fulks (63) | 21β25 |
47 | February 12 | @ Washington | 91β88 | Joe Fulks (31) | 22β25 |
48 | February 17 | New York | 86β82 | Joe Fulks (36) | 23β25 |
49 | February 22 | @ Rochester | 86β92 | Ed Sadowski (23) | 23β26 |
50 | February 23 | Chicago | 85β102 | Joe Fulks (21) | 23β27 |
51 | March 1 | St. Louis | 89β83 | Joe Fulks (23) | 24β27 |
52 | March 3 | Chicago | 90β75 | Ed Sadowski (18) | 25β27 |
53 | March 5 | @ Baltimore | 85β99 | Joe Fulks (23) | 25β28 |
54 | March 10 | Rochester | 71β73 | Joe Fulks (29) | 25β29 |
55 | March 11 | @ Boston | 100β108 | Joe Fulks (23) | 25β30 |
56 | March 12 | @ Providence | 92β70 | Joe Fulks (39) | 26β30 |
57 | March 15 | Baltimore | 84β76 | Joe Fulks (28) | 27β30 |
58 | March 17 | Washington | 84β81 | Joe Fulks (25) | 28β30 |
59 | March 19 | @ St. Louis | 100β109 | Joe Fulks (31) | 28β31 |
60 | March 20 | @ Minneapolis | 78β91 | Joe Fulks (18) | 28β32 |
Playoffsβ»
1949 playoff game log | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Division Semifinals: 0β2 (home: 0β1; road: 0β1)
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1949 schedule |
Awards and recordsβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ 1948β49 Philadelphia Warriors
- ^ "1948-49 BAA Season Summary". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
- ^ "The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame :: Joe Fulks". www.hoophall.com. Retrieved March 7, 2024.