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NBA basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
The 1948β49 Boston Celtics season was the third season of the
Boston Celtics in the
Basketball Association of America (BAA/NBA).
[1]
Draft picks
Roster
Players
|
Coaches
|
Pos.
|
No.
|
Name
|
Height
|
Weight
|
DOB
|
From
|
G/F
|
17
|
Bach, Johnny
|
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
|
180 lb (82 kg)
|
1924-07-10
|
Fordham
|
F/C
|
6
|
Beenders, Hank
|
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
|
185 lb (84 kg)
|
1916-06-02
|
Long Island
|
F/C
|
19
|
Doll, Bob
|
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
|
195 lb (88 kg)
|
1919-08-10
|
Colorado
|
G/F
|
14
|
Ehlers, Bulbs
|
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
|
198 lb (90 kg)
|
1923-03-10
|
Purdue
|
G/F
|
10
|
Ezersky, Johnny
|
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
|
175 lb (79 kg)
|
1922-03-21
|
Rhode Island
|
F
|
8
|
Farbman, Phil
|
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
|
185 lb (84 kg)
|
1924-04-03
|
CCNY
|
G
|
21
|
Garfinkel, Jack
|
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
|
190 lb (86 kg)
|
1918-06-13
|
St. John's
|
G
|
3β10
|
Hazen, John
|
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
|
172 lb (78 kg)
|
1927-03-02
|
Indiana State
|
SF
|
9
|
Kaftan, George
|
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
|
190 lb (86 kg)
|
1928-02-22
|
Holy Cross
|
G
|
6
|
Kelly, Tom
|
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
|
170 lb (77 kg)
|
1924-03-05
|
NYU
|
F/C
|
22
|
Kinney, Bob
|
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
|
215 lb (98 kg)
|
1920-09-16
|
Rice
|
G/F
|
20
|
Lucas, Al
|
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
|
195 lb (88 kg)
|
1922-07-04
|
Fordham
|
F/C
|
3
|
Nostrand, George
|
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
|
195 lb (88 kg)
|
1924-01-25
|
Wyoming
|
G
|
10
|
Noszka, Stan
|
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
|
185 lb (84 kg)
|
1920-09-09
|
Duquesne
|
G
|
7
|
O'Connell, Dermie
|
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
|
174 lb (79 kg)
|
1928-04-13
|
Holy Cross
|
G/F
|
15
|
Seminoff, Jim
|
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
|
190 lb (86 kg)
|
1922-09-01
|
USC
|
G/F
|
20
|
Shannon, Earl
|
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
|
170 lb (77 kg)
|
1921-11-23
|
Rhode Island
|
F
|
12
|
Spector, Art
|
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
|
200 lb (91 kg)
|
1920-10-17
|
Villanova
|
G/F
|
13
|
Stump, Gene
|
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
|
185 lb (84 kg)
|
1923-11-13
|
DePaul
|
|
- Head coach
Doggie Julian
- Legend
- (DP) Unsigned draft pick
- (FA) Free agent
- (S) Suspended
Injured
Roster
|
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
1948β49 BAA Records
|
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 log
# |
Date |
Opponent |
Score |
High points |
Record
|
1 |
November 4 |
@
Philadelphia |
73β94 |
Gene Stump (23) |
0β1
|
2 |
November 7 |
Philadelphia |
85β77 |
Halbert,
Stump (19) |
1β1
|
3 |
November 9 |
Minneapolis |
77β55 |
Gene Stump (23) |
2β1
|
4 |
November 12 |
Fort Wayne |
84β75 |
Bulbs Ehlers (22) |
3β1
|
5 |
November 13 |
@
Rochester |
63β95 |
Gene Stump (14) |
3β2
|
6 |
November 16 |
@
St. Louis |
74β79 (OT) |
Ehlers,
Stump (18) |
3β3
|
7 |
November 17 |
@ Minneapolis |
74β72 |
Gene Stump (24) |
4β3
|
8 |
November 19 |
Indianapolis |
75β70 |
Gene Stump (24) |
5β3
|
9 |
November 20 |
@
Washington |
75β90 |
Ehlers,
Halbert (13) |
5β4
|
10 |
November 23 |
Washington |
68β71 |
Bulbs Ehlers (24) |
5β5
|
11 |
November 25 |
@ Indianapolis |
66β81 |
Chick Halbert (15) |
5β6
|
12 |
November 28 |
@ Fort Wayne |
74β80 |
Chick Halbert (18) |
5β7
|
13 |
November 30 |
vs Minneapolis |
84β94 |
Mel Riebe (23) |
5β8
|
14 |
December 2 |
@ Philadelphia |
88β87 |
Mel Riebe (25) |
6β8
|
15 |
December 4 |
@
Providence |
70β63 |
Bulbs Ehlers (18) |
7β8
|
16 |
December 6 |
Rochester |
79β87 |
Bulbs Ehlers (24) |
7β9
|
17 |
December 13 |
St. Louis |
83β79 (OT) |
Gene Stump (25) |
8β9
|
18 |
December 17 |
Baltimore |
63β74 |
Tom Kelly (18) |
8β10
|
19 |
December 18 |
@ Washington |
60β69 |
Tom Kelly (12) |
8β11
|
20 |
December 19 |
New York |
77β75 |
Bob Doll (14) |
9β11
|
21 |
December 25 |
@ Philadelphia |
77β80 |
Gene Stump (20) |
9β12
|
22 |
December 26 |
@
Chicago |
73β84 |
Bulbs Ehlers (17) |
9β13
|
23 |
December 28 |
Chicago |
74β76 |
Tom Kelly (15) |
9β14
|
24 |
December 31 |
Providence |
69β67 |
Gene Stump (14) |
10β14
|
25 |
January 1 |
@ Baltimore |
67β72 |
Chick Halbert (23) |
10β15
|
26 |
January 2 |
@ Fort Wayne |
90β69 |
Tom Kelly (26) |
11β15
|
27 |
January 4 |
Baltimore |
75β69 |
Bob Doll (25) |
12β15
|
28 |
January 7 |
New York |
67β69 |
Mel Riebe (14) |
12β16
|
29 |
January 8 |
@ Providence |
69β87 |
Chick Halbert (14) |
12β17
|
30 |
January 10 |
Washington |
83β94 |
Bulbs Ehlers (14) |
12β18
|
31 |
January 12 |
@ New York |
64β81 |
Art Spector (19) |
12β19
|
32 |
January 14 |
Philadelphia |
79β104 |
Jim Seminoff (21) |
12β20
|
33 |
January 15 |
vs Chicago |
86β94 |
Bob Doll (18) |
12β21
|
34 |
January 18 |
St. Louis |
83β89 |
Bulbs Ehlers (20) |
12β22
|
35 |
January 21 |
Chicago |
76β86 |
Bulbs Ehlers (22) |
12β23
|
36 |
January 22 |
@ Washington |
64β95 |
Roberts,
Seminoff (14) |
12β24
|
37 |
January 25 |
Providence |
54β69 |
George Nostrand (9) |
12β25
|
38 |
January 28 |
Washington |
91β90 |
Farbman,
Spector (18) |
13β25
|
39 |
January 29 |
@ Providence |
85β91 (OT) |
Gene Stump (28) |
13β26
|
40 |
February 1 |
Rochester |
68β76 |
Bob Kinney (13) |
13β27
|
41 |
February 3 |
@ Baltimore |
76β84 |
George Kaftan (21) |
13β28
|
42 |
February 4 |
Indianapolis |
75β64 |
George Kaftan (16) |
14β28
|
43 |
February 7 |
Baltimore |
95β83 |
Dermie O'Connell (19) |
15β28
|
44 |
February 11 |
Providence |
94β77 |
George Kaftan (18) |
16β28
|
45 |
February 18 |
Minneapolis |
71β85 |
George Kaftan (19) |
16β29
|
46 |
February 19 |
@ New York |
87β77 |
Ezersky,
Kaftan (15) |
17β29
|
47 |
February 22 |
@ Indianapolis |
68β74 |
Kaftan,
O'Connell (12) |
17β30
|
48 |
February 23 |
@ St. Louis |
83β77 |
George Kaftan (21) |
18β30
|
49 |
February 25 |
St. Louis |
102β83 |
George Nostrand (19) |
19β30
|
50 |
February 26 |
@ Rochester |
59β64 |
George Kaftan (10) |
19β31
|
51 |
March 4 |
Fort Wayne |
76β70 |
George Kaftan (14) |
20β31
|
52 |
March 5 |
@ New York |
61β66 |
Nostrand,
Seminoff (13) |
20β32
|
53 |
March 7 |
@ Indianapolis |
107β86 |
Doll,
O'Connell (17) |
21β32
|
54 |
March 8 |
vs Fort Wayne |
63β60 |
Kinney,
O'Connell (14) |
22β32
|
55 |
March 9 |
@ Minneapolis |
67β74 |
George Nostrand (17) |
22β33
|
56 |
March 11 |
Philadelphia |
108β100 |
Bulbs Ehlers (22) |
23β33
|
57 |
March 12 |
@ Baltimore |
77β89 |
Johnny Ezersky (14) |
23β34
|
58 |
March 15 |
Rochester |
86β83 |
George Kaftan (24) |
24β34
|
59 |
March 16 |
vs Chicago |
82β107 |
Johnny Ezersky (21) |
24β35
|
60 |
March 18 |
New York |
70β56 |
George Kaftan (25) |
25β35
|
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