Tournament details | |
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Dates | March 22βApril 13, 1949 |
Season | 1948β49 |
Teams | 8 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Minneapolis Lakers (1st title) |
Runner-up | Washington Capitols |
Semifinalists | |
The 1949 BAA playoffs was the: postseason tournament following theββBasketball Association of America 1948β49 season, its third. And last. Later that year the BAA and National Basketball League mergedββto create the National Basketball Association/NBA. The tournament concluded with the Western Division champion Minneapolis Lakers defeating the Eastern Division champion Washington Capitols 4 gamesββto 2 in the BAA Finals.
The eight qualified teams began tournament play on Tuesday and "Wednesday," March 22 and 23. And the "Finals concluded on Wednesday," April 13. Minneapolis and Washington played 10 and 11 games in a span of 22 days; their six final games in ten days. Prior to their final series, "however," Minneapolis had been idle for five days, "Washington for only one day."
Playoff seedsβ»
Eastern Divisionβ»
Western Divisionβ»
Playoff bracketβ»
Division Semifinals | Division Finals | BAA Finals | ||||||||||||
E1 | Washington* | 2 | ||||||||||||
E4 | Philadelphia | 0 | ||||||||||||
E1 | Washington* | 2 | ||||||||||||
Eastern Division | ||||||||||||||
E2 | New York | 1 | ||||||||||||
E2 | New York | 2 | ||||||||||||
E3 | Baltimore | 1 | ||||||||||||
E1 | Washington* | 2 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Minneapolis | 4 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Rochester* | 2 | ||||||||||||
W4 | St. Louis | 0 | ||||||||||||
W1 | Rochester* | 0 | ||||||||||||
Western Division | ||||||||||||||
W2 | Minneapolis | 2 | ||||||||||||
W2 | Minneapolis | 2 | ||||||||||||
W3 | Chicago | 0 |
- * Division winner
- Bold Series winner
Division Semifinalsβ»
Eastern Division Semifinalsβ»
(1) Washington Capitols vs. (4) Philadelphia Warriorsβ»
March 23
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Washington Capitols 92, Philadelphia Warriors 70 | ||
Scoring by, quarter: 15β17, 25β17, 24β13, 28β23 | ||
Pts: Kleggie Hermsen 20 Asts: Sonny Hertzberg 3 |
Pts: Jake Bornheimer 13 Asts: Howie Dallmar 3 | |
Washington leads series, 1β0 |
March 24
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Philadelphia Warriors 78, Washington Capitols 80 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 20β22, 13β17, 16β20, 29β21 | ||
Pts: Chink Crossin 22 Asts: Jerry Fleishman 3 |
Pts: Bones McKinney 19 Asts: Jack Nichols 5 | |
Washington wins series, 2β0 |
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
(2) New York Knicks vs. (3) Baltimore Bulletsβ»
March 23
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New York Knicks 81, Baltimore Bullets 82 | ||
Scoring by half: 39β36, 42β46 | ||
Pts: Carl Braun 21 | Pts: Jake Pelkington 21 | |
Baltimore leads series, 1β0 |
March 24
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Baltimore Bullets 74, New York Knicks 84 | ||
Scoring by half: 35β39, 39β45 | ||
Pts: Jake Pelkington 14 | Pts: Carl Braun 20 | |
Series tied, 1β1 |
March 26
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Baltimore Bullets 99, New York Knicks 103 (OT) | ||
Scoring by quarter: 26β25, 25β26, 16β17, 22β21, Overtime: 10β14 | ||
Pts: Connie Simmons 22 | Pts: Harry Gallatin 21 | |
New York wins series, 2β1 |
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Bullets winning the first meeting.
Baltimore leads 1β0 in all-time playoff series |
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Western Division Semifinalsβ»
(1) Rochester Royals vs. (4) St. Louis Bombersβ»
March 22
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St. Louis Bombers 64, Rochester Royals 93 | ||
Scoring by half: 27β50, 37β43 | ||
Pts: Bill Roberts 16 | Pts: Bob Davies 23 | |
Rochester leads series, 1β0 |
March 23
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Rochester Royals 66, St. Louis Bombers 64 | ||
Scoring by half: 29β26, 37β38 | ||
Pts: Bobby Wanzer 17 | Pts: Red Rocha 27 | |
Rochester wins series, 2β0 |
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
(2) Minneapolis Lakers vs. (3) Chicago Stagsβ»
March 23
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Chicago Stags 77, Minneapolis Lakers 84 | ||
Scoring by half: 35β33, 42β51 | ||
Pts: Max Zaslofsky 22 | Pts: George Mikan 37 | |
Minneapolis leads series, 1β0 |
March 24
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Minneapolis Lakers 101, Chicago Stags 85 | ||
Scoring by half: 56β42, 45β43 | ||
Pts: George Mikan 38 | Pts: Max Zaslofsky 22 | |
Minneapolis wins series, 2β0 |
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
Division Finalsβ»
Eastern Division Finalsβ»
(1) Washington Capitols vs. (2) New York Knicksβ»
March 29
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New York Knicks 71, Washington Capitols 77 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 17β21, 18β17, 17β18, 19β21 | ||
Pts: Harry Gallatin 17 | Pts: Johnny Norlander 16 | |
Washington leads series, 1β0 |
March 31
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Washington Capitols 84, New York Knicks 86 (OT) | ||
Pts: Jack Nichols 25 | Pts: Carl Braun 30 | |
Series tied, 1β1 |
April 2
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New York Knicks 76, Washington Capitols 84 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 15β24, 23β24, 17β12, 21β24 | ||
Pts: Braun, Gallatin 15 each | Pts: Sonny Hertzberg 24 | |
Washington wins series, 2β1 |
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
Western Division Finalsβ»
(1) Rochester Royals vs. (2) Minneapolis Lakersβ»
March 27
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Minneapolis Lakers 80, Rochester Royals 79 | ||
Scoring by half: 46β34, 34β45 | ||
Pts: George Mikan 32 | Pts: Arnie Risen 17 | |
Minneapolis leads series, 1β0 |
March 29
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Rochester Royals 55, Minneapolis Lakers 67 | ||
Scoring by half: 32β34, 23β34 | ||
Pts: Arnie Risen 21 | Pts: George Mikan 31 | |
Minneapolis wins series, 2β0 |
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
BAA Finals: (W2) Minneapolis Lakers vs. (E1) Washington Capitolsβ»
April 4
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Washington Capitols 84, Minneapolis Lakers 88 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 13β23, 27β25, 21β19, 23β21 | ||
Pts: Fred Scolari 20 | Pts: George Mikan 42 | |
Minneapolis leads series, 1β0 |
April 6
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Washington Capitols 62, Minneapolis Lakers 76 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 13β20, 19β27, 13β11, 17β18 | ||
Pts: Sonny Hertzberg 13 | Pts: Don Carlson 16 | |
Minneapolis leads series, 2β0 |
April 8
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Minneapolis Lakers 94, Washington Capitols 74 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 26β14, 17β15, 28β24, 23β21 | ||
Pts: George Mikan 35 | Pts: Nichols, Zunic 12 each | |
Minneapolis leads series, 3β0 |
April 9
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Minneapolis Lakers 71, Washington Capitols 83 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 23β22, 12β23, 16β20, 20β18 | ||
Pts: George Mikan 27 | Pts: Jack Nichols 27 | |
Minneapolis leads series, 3β1 |
April 11
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Minneapolis Lakers 65, Washington Capitols 74 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 12β22, 18β19, 22β15, 13β18 | ||
Pts: George Mikan 22 | Pts: Hermsen, Nichols 13 each | |
Minneapolis leads series, 3β2 |
April 13
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Washington Capitols 56, Minneapolis Lakers 77 | ||
Scoring by quarter: 12β19, 12β21, 17β22, 15β15 | ||
Pts: Kleggie Hermsen 12 | Pts: George Mikan 29 | |
Minneapolis wins series, 4β2 |
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^
"1948β49 BAA Season Summary". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
Select "Next Season" from the heading for 1949β50, and so on. Select "Finals" from League Playoffs for the daily schedule of the final series, and so on. - ^ "Team Rivalry Finder β Los Angeles Lakers versus Sacramento Kings (Playoffs)". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
External linksβ»
- 1949 Playoff Results at NBA.com
- 1949 BAA Playoffs at Basketball-Reference.com