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BAA professional basketball team season
NBA professional basketball team season
The
1948β49 BAA season was the Warriors' 3rd season in the
NBA .
[1] 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.
[2] 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.
[3]
Draft
Roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
No.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB
From
F
11
Bishop, Gale
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
1922-06-04
Washington State
F/C
15
Bornheimer, Jake
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
1927-06-29
Muhlenberg
G
4
Crossin, Chink
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
165 lb (75 kg)
1924-07-04
Penn
F
12
Dallmar, Howie
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
1922-05-24
Stanford
F
15
Farbman, Phil
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1924-04-03
CCNY
SG
6, 9
Fleishman, Jerry
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
1922-02-14
NYU
PF
10
Fulks, Joe
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
1921-10-26
Murray State
C
17
Morgenthaler, Elmore
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
230 lb (104 kg)
1922-08-03
New Mexico Tech
G
5
Musi, Angelo
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
145 lb (66 kg)
1918-07-25
Temple
F
7
O'Brien, Bob
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
1927-01-26
Pepperdine
F/C
16
Pugh, Roy
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
1922-10-16
SMU
G
6
Rullo, Jerry
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
165 lb (75 kg)
1923-06-23
Temple
C
14
Sadowski, Ed
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
240 lb (109 kg)
1917-07-11
Seton Hall
PG
8
Senesky, George
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
179 lb (81 kg)
1922-04-04
Saint Joseph's
F
16
Torgoff, Irv
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
192 lb (87 kg)
1917-03-06
Long Island
Head coach
Eddie Gottlieb
Legend
(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended Injured
Roster
Regular season
Season standings
x β clinched playoff spot
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 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
Playoffs
1949 playoff game log
Division Semifinals: 0β2 (home: 0β1; road: 0β1)
1949 schedule
Awards and records
References
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