1948β49 New York Knicks season | |
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Head coach | Joe Lapchick [1] |
General manager | Ned Irish |
Arena | Madison Square Garden [1] |
Results | |
Record | 32–28 (.533) |
Place | Division: 2nd Conference: 2nd |
Playoff finish |
East Division finals (lost to Capitols 1β2) |
Local media | |
Television |
WOR-TV
[2] WPIX [2] |
Radio | WMGM [3] |
The 1948β49 New York Knicks season was the third season for the team in the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which later became the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Knicks had a 32β28 record in 1948β49 and finished second in the Eastern Division, six games behind the Washington Capitols. New York qualified for the playoffs, and defeated the Baltimore Bullets 2β1 in a best-of-three series to earn a place in the Eastern Division finals. In the division championship series, the Knicks lost to the Capitols, two games to one. [4] Before the 1949β50 season, the BAA merged with the National Basketball League to form the NBA. [5]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club Team |
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1 | 4 | Dolph Schayes | F/C | ![]() |
NYU |
β | β | Gene Berce | G/F | ![]() |
Marquette |
β | β | Leland Byrd | β | ![]() |
West Virginia |
β | β | Harry Gallatin | F/C | ![]() |
Northeast Missouri |
β | β | Keith Grimes | β | ![]() |
East Central |
β | β | Mel McGaha | G | ![]() |
Arkansas |
β | β | Ed Peterson | C | ![]() |
Cornell |
β | β | Tex Ritter | G | ![]() |
Eastern Kentucky |
β | β | Dick Shrider | G | ![]() |
Ohio |
β | β | John Stanich | β | ![]() |
UCLA |
Source: [6]
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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 |
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 | 1β5 | 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 |
# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record |
1 | November 3 | @ Fort Wayne | 80β76 | Irv Rothenberg (19) | 1β0 |
2 | November 5 | @ Indianapolis | 87β71 | Butch van Breda Kolff (17) | 2β0 |
3 | November 9 | @ St. Louis | 56β60 | Carl Braun (18) | 2β1 |
4 | November 11 | Minneapolis | 68β77 | Bud Palmer (21) | 2β2 |
5 | November 13 | Baltimore | 91β87 | Butch van Breda Kolff (17) | 3β2 |
6 | November 16 | @ Rochester | 63β75 | Bud Palmer (14) | 3β3 |
7 | November 17 | Washington | 62β73 | Carl Braun (11) | 3β4 |
8 | November 18 | @ Baltimore | 67β55 | Carl Braun (15) | 4β4 |
9 | November 20 | Philadelphia | 91β86 | Bud Palmer (28) | 5β4 |
10 | November 27 | Fort Wayne | 80β70 | Bud Palmer (16) | 6β4 |
11 | November 30 | @ Providence | 88β61 | Bud Palmer (16) | 7β4 |
12 | December 1 | Rochester | 72β73 | Carl Braun (22) | 7β5 |
13 | December 4 | Indianapolis | 66β63 | Carl Braun (26) | 8β5 |
14 | December 8 | Providence | 83β74 (OT) | Irv Rothenberg (17) | 9β5 |
15 | December 9 | @ Providence | 74β63 | Tommy Byrnes (19) | 10β5 |
16 | December 11 | Baltimore | 72β71 | Carl Braun (22) | 11β5 |
17 | December 12 | @ Fort Wayne | 89β78 | Carl Braun (21) | 12β5 |
18 | December 13 | @ Indianapolis | 80β74 | Carl Braun (14) | 13β5 |
19 | December 17 | @ Philadelphia | 78β87 | Carl Braun (19) | 13β6 |
20 | December 18 | St. Louis | 88β79 | Carl Braun (26) | 14β6 |
21 | December 19 | @ Boston | 75β77 | Bud Palmer (24) | 14β7 |
22 | December 22 | Minneapolis | 97β79 | Paul Noel (21) | 15β7 |
23 | December 25 | Chicago | 64β70 | Bud Palmer (16) | 15β8 |
24 | December 29 | Rochester | 77β74 | Sid Tanenbaum (17) | 16β8 |
25 | January 1 | Philadelphia | 88β80 | Butch van Breda Kolff (16) | 17β8 |
26 | January 2 | @ Chicago | 79β81 | Braun, Knorek (15) | 17β9 |
27 | January 4 | @ Indianapolis | 58β63 | Sid Tanenbaum (18) | 17β10 |
28 | January 7 | @ Boston | 69β67 | Harry Gallatin (21) | 18β10 |
29 | January 8 | Baltimore | 81β83 | Harry Gallatin (16) | 18β11 |
30 | January 12 | Boston | 81β64 | Bud Palmer (18) | 19β11 |
31 | January 15 | @ Washington | 73β75 | Irv Rothenberg (16) | 19β12 |
32 | January 17 | St. Louis | 71β79 | Sid Tanenbaum (16) | 19β13 |
33 | January 20 | @ Baltimore | 68β82 | Braun, Palmer (11) | 19β14 |
34 | January 22 | @ Rochester | 98β103 (2OT) | Palmer, Ritter (18) | 19β15 |
35 | January 23 | Washington | 93β97 | Braun, Palmer (23) | 19β16 |
36 | January 26 | Providence | 89β77 | Bud Palmer (19) | 20β16 |
37 | January 27 | @ Philadelphia | 96β102 | Carl Braun (28) | 20β17 |
38 | January 29 | Philadelphia | 73β78 | Carl Braun (14) | 20β18 |
39 | February 5 | @ Washington | 83β73 | Lumpp, Palmer (19) | 21β18 |
40 | February 6 | Chicago | 75β87 | Ray Lumpp (23) | 21β19 |
41 | February 9 | @ St. Louis | 95β83 | Carl Braun (22) | 22β19 |
42 | February 10 | @ Minneapolis | 75β95 | Bud Palmer (14) | 22β20 |
43 | February 12 | Fort Wayne | 85β58 | Ray Lumpp (23) | 23β20 |
44 | February 13 | @ Fort Wayne | 73β82 | Bud Palmer (15) | 23β21 |
45 | February 15 | vs St. Louis | 79β75 (OT) | Butch van Breda Kolff (22) | 24β21 |
46 | February 17 | @ Philadelphia | 82β86 | Ray Lumpp (22) | 24β22 |
47 | February 19 | Boston | 77β87 | Ray Lumpp (20) | 24β23 |
48 | February 22 | Minneapolis | 74β101 | Joe Colone (21) | 24β24 |
49 | February 24 | @ Providence | 84β89 | Bud Palmer (22) | 24β25 |
50 | February 26 | Indianapolis | 81β76 | Bud Palmer (20) | 25β25 |
51 | March 2 | Chicago | 81β79 | Ray Lumpp (21) | 26β25 |
52 | March 3 | Providence | 86β65 | Ray Lumpp (20) | 27β25 |
53 | March 5 | Boston | 66β61 | Carl Braun (14) | 28β25 |
54 | March 9 | Washington | 90β74 | Bud Palmer (19) | 29β25 |
55 | March 10 | @ Baltimore | 99β94 | Carl Braun (26) | 30β25 |
56 | March 12 | @ Chicago | 85β80 | Carl Braun (24) | 31β25 |
57 | March 13 | @ Minneapolis | 90β100 | Carl Braun (20) | 31β26 |
58 | March 16 | Rochester | 89β94 | Harry Gallatin (17) | 31β27 |
59 | March 18 | @ Boston | 56β70 | Gene James (11) | 31β28 |
60 | March 19 | @ Washington | 82β70 | Ray Lumpp (23) | 32β28 |
1949 playoff game log | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Division semifinals: 2β1 (home: 2β0; road: 0β1)
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Division finals: 1β2 (home: 1β0; road: 0β2)
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1949 schedule |
1948β49 New York Knicks season | |
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Head coach | Joe Lapchick [1] |
General manager | Ned Irish |
Arena | Madison Square Garden [1] |
Results | |
Record | 32–28 (.533) |
Place | Division: 2nd Conference: 2nd |
Playoff finish |
East Division finals (lost to Capitols 1β2) |
Local media | |
Television |
WOR-TV
[2] WPIX [2] |
Radio | WMGM [3] |
The 1948β49 New York Knicks season was the third season for the team in the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which later became the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Knicks had a 32β28 record in 1948β49 and finished second in the Eastern Division, six games behind the Washington Capitols. New York qualified for the playoffs, and defeated the Baltimore Bullets 2β1 in a best-of-three series to earn a place in the Eastern Division finals. In the division championship series, the Knicks lost to the Capitols, two games to one. [4] Before the 1949β50 season, the BAA merged with the National Basketball League to form the NBA. [5]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club Team |
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1 | 4 | Dolph Schayes | F/C | ![]() |
NYU |
β | β | Gene Berce | G/F | ![]() |
Marquette |
β | β | Leland Byrd | β | ![]() |
West Virginia |
β | β | Harry Gallatin | F/C | ![]() |
Northeast Missouri |
β | β | Keith Grimes | β | ![]() |
East Central |
β | β | Mel McGaha | G | ![]() |
Arkansas |
β | β | Ed Peterson | C | ![]() |
Cornell |
β | β | Tex Ritter | G | ![]() |
Eastern Kentucky |
β | β | Dick Shrider | G | ![]() |
Ohio |
β | β | John Stanich | β | ![]() |
UCLA |
Source: [6]
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Roster |
# | |||||
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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 |
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 | 1β5 | 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 |
# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record |
1 | November 3 | @ Fort Wayne | 80β76 | Irv Rothenberg (19) | 1β0 |
2 | November 5 | @ Indianapolis | 87β71 | Butch van Breda Kolff (17) | 2β0 |
3 | November 9 | @ St. Louis | 56β60 | Carl Braun (18) | 2β1 |
4 | November 11 | Minneapolis | 68β77 | Bud Palmer (21) | 2β2 |
5 | November 13 | Baltimore | 91β87 | Butch van Breda Kolff (17) | 3β2 |
6 | November 16 | @ Rochester | 63β75 | Bud Palmer (14) | 3β3 |
7 | November 17 | Washington | 62β73 | Carl Braun (11) | 3β4 |
8 | November 18 | @ Baltimore | 67β55 | Carl Braun (15) | 4β4 |
9 | November 20 | Philadelphia | 91β86 | Bud Palmer (28) | 5β4 |
10 | November 27 | Fort Wayne | 80β70 | Bud Palmer (16) | 6β4 |
11 | November 30 | @ Providence | 88β61 | Bud Palmer (16) | 7β4 |
12 | December 1 | Rochester | 72β73 | Carl Braun (22) | 7β5 |
13 | December 4 | Indianapolis | 66β63 | Carl Braun (26) | 8β5 |
14 | December 8 | Providence | 83β74 (OT) | Irv Rothenberg (17) | 9β5 |
15 | December 9 | @ Providence | 74β63 | Tommy Byrnes (19) | 10β5 |
16 | December 11 | Baltimore | 72β71 | Carl Braun (22) | 11β5 |
17 | December 12 | @ Fort Wayne | 89β78 | Carl Braun (21) | 12β5 |
18 | December 13 | @ Indianapolis | 80β74 | Carl Braun (14) | 13β5 |
19 | December 17 | @ Philadelphia | 78β87 | Carl Braun (19) | 13β6 |
20 | December 18 | St. Louis | 88β79 | Carl Braun (26) | 14β6 |
21 | December 19 | @ Boston | 75β77 | Bud Palmer (24) | 14β7 |
22 | December 22 | Minneapolis | 97β79 | Paul Noel (21) | 15β7 |
23 | December 25 | Chicago | 64β70 | Bud Palmer (16) | 15β8 |
24 | December 29 | Rochester | 77β74 | Sid Tanenbaum (17) | 16β8 |
25 | January 1 | Philadelphia | 88β80 | Butch van Breda Kolff (16) | 17β8 |
26 | January 2 | @ Chicago | 79β81 | Braun, Knorek (15) | 17β9 |
27 | January 4 | @ Indianapolis | 58β63 | Sid Tanenbaum (18) | 17β10 |
28 | January 7 | @ Boston | 69β67 | Harry Gallatin (21) | 18β10 |
29 | January 8 | Baltimore | 81β83 | Harry Gallatin (16) | 18β11 |
30 | January 12 | Boston | 81β64 | Bud Palmer (18) | 19β11 |
31 | January 15 | @ Washington | 73β75 | Irv Rothenberg (16) | 19β12 |
32 | January 17 | St. Louis | 71β79 | Sid Tanenbaum (16) | 19β13 |
33 | January 20 | @ Baltimore | 68β82 | Braun, Palmer (11) | 19β14 |
34 | January 22 | @ Rochester | 98β103 (2OT) | Palmer, Ritter (18) | 19β15 |
35 | January 23 | Washington | 93β97 | Braun, Palmer (23) | 19β16 |
36 | January 26 | Providence | 89β77 | Bud Palmer (19) | 20β16 |
37 | January 27 | @ Philadelphia | 96β102 | Carl Braun (28) | 20β17 |
38 | January 29 | Philadelphia | 73β78 | Carl Braun (14) | 20β18 |
39 | February 5 | @ Washington | 83β73 | Lumpp, Palmer (19) | 21β18 |
40 | February 6 | Chicago | 75β87 | Ray Lumpp (23) | 21β19 |
41 | February 9 | @ St. Louis | 95β83 | Carl Braun (22) | 22β19 |
42 | February 10 | @ Minneapolis | 75β95 | Bud Palmer (14) | 22β20 |
43 | February 12 | Fort Wayne | 85β58 | Ray Lumpp (23) | 23β20 |
44 | February 13 | @ Fort Wayne | 73β82 | Bud Palmer (15) | 23β21 |
45 | February 15 | vs St. Louis | 79β75 (OT) | Butch van Breda Kolff (22) | 24β21 |
46 | February 17 | @ Philadelphia | 82β86 | Ray Lumpp (22) | 24β22 |
47 | February 19 | Boston | 77β87 | Ray Lumpp (20) | 24β23 |
48 | February 22 | Minneapolis | 74β101 | Joe Colone (21) | 24β24 |
49 | February 24 | @ Providence | 84β89 | Bud Palmer (22) | 24β25 |
50 | February 26 | Indianapolis | 81β76 | Bud Palmer (20) | 25β25 |
51 | March 2 | Chicago | 81β79 | Ray Lumpp (21) | 26β25 |
52 | March 3 | Providence | 86β65 | Ray Lumpp (20) | 27β25 |
53 | March 5 | Boston | 66β61 | Carl Braun (14) | 28β25 |
54 | March 9 | Washington | 90β74 | Bud Palmer (19) | 29β25 |
55 | March 10 | @ Baltimore | 99β94 | Carl Braun (26) | 30β25 |
56 | March 12 | @ Chicago | 85β80 | Carl Braun (24) | 31β25 |
57 | March 13 | @ Minneapolis | 90β100 | Carl Braun (20) | 31β26 |
58 | March 16 | Rochester | 89β94 | Harry Gallatin (17) | 31β27 |
59 | March 18 | @ Boston | 56β70 | Gene James (11) | 31β28 |
60 | March 19 | @ Washington | 82β70 | Ray Lumpp (23) | 32β28 |
1949 playoff game log | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Division semifinals: 2β1 (home: 2β0; road: 0β1)
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Division finals: 1β2 (home: 1β0; road: 0β2)
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1949 schedule |