1948β49 St. Louis Bombers season | |
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Head coach | Grady Lewis |
Arena | St. Louis Arena |
Results | |
Record | 29–31 (.483) |
Place | Division: 4th ( Western) |
Playoff finish |
West Division Semifinals (eliminated 0-2) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Radio | KMOX |
The 1948β49 BAA season was the Bombers' 3rd season in the NBA/BAA. [1]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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1 | 7 | Bob Gale | β | ![]() |
Cornell |
β | β | Jack Burmaster | G | ![]() |
Illinois |
β | β | Gordon Flick | β | ![]() |
Drake |
β | β | John Hoppin | β | ![]() |
Dickinson |
β | β | Dan London | β | ![]() |
Washington |
β | β | D. Miller | β | ![]() |
Saint Louis |
β | β | Easy Parham | G/F | ![]() |
Texas Wesleyan |
β | β | D. C. Wilcutt | G | ![]() |
Saint Louis |
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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 |
# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record |
1 | November 1 | @ Indianapolis | 80β84 | Logan, Parham (18) | 0β1 |
2 | November 6 | Fort Wayne | 65β55 | Easy Parham (15) | 1β1 |
3 | November 9 | New York | 60β56 | Ariel Maughan (13) | 2β1 |
4 | November 13 | Philadelphia | 76β75 | Red Rocha (18) | 3β1 |
5 | November 16 | Boston | 79β74 (OT) | Maughan, Rocha (15) | 4β1 |
6 | November 19 | vs Baltimore | 82β72 | Ariel Maughan (18) | 5β1 |
7 | November 20 | Baltimore | 64β85 | Red Rocha (14) | 5β2 |
8 | November 25 | Providence | 84β82 | Red Rocha (22) | 6β2 |
9 | November 27 | Minneapolis | 71β87 | Belus Smawley (20) | 6β3 |
10 | December 1 | Chicago | 72β61 | Belus Smawley (17) | 7β3 |
11 | December 4 | Fort Wayne | 76β62 | Johnny Logan (21) | 8β3 |
12 | December 5 | @ Minneapolis | 68β78 | Buddy O'Grady (18) | 8β4 |
13 | December 8 | @ Fort Wayne | 60β70 | Johnny Logan (16) | 8β5 |
14 | December 10 | vs Washington | 88β83 (OT) | Belus Smawley (24) | 9β5 |
15 | December 11 | @ Washington | 63β87 | Johnny Logan (15) | 9β6 |
16 | December 13 | @ Boston | 79β83 (OT) | Belus Smawley (22) | 9β7 |
17 | December 14 | @ Philadelphia | 61β74 | Ariel Maughan (15) | 9β8 |
18 | December 16 | @ Baltimore | 85β82 (OT) | Johnny Logan (28) | 10β8 |
19 | December 18 | @ New York | 79β88 | Logan, Maughan (18) | 10β9 |
20 | December 23 | @ Providence | 109β99 | Belus Smawley (30) | 11β9 |
21 | December 25 | @ Rochester | 82β90 | Johnny Logan (16) | 11β10 |
22 | December 26 | Indianapolis | 75β65 | Belus Smawley (28) | 12β10 |
23 | December 30 | Washington | 68β81 | Johnny Logan (17) | 12β11 |
24 | January 1 | @ Rochester | 83β106 | Maughan, Smawley (17) | 12β12 |
25 | January 2 | Rochester | 64β89 | Belus Smawley (15) | 12β13 |
26 | January 5 | @ Minneapolis | 76β101 | Ariel Maughan (18) | 12β14 |
27 | January 8 | Minneapolis | 64β59 | Maughan, Rocha (17) | 13β14 |
28 | January 9 | @ Minneapolis | 58β74 | Belus Smawley (16) | 13β15 |
29 | January 12 | Chicago | 66β75 | Ariel Maughan (16) | 13β16 |
30 | January 15 | Providence | 79β76 | Ariel Maughan (22) | 14β16 |
31 | January 17 | @ New York | 79β71 | Belus Smawley (26) | 15β16 |
32 | January 18 | @ Boston | 89β83 | Belus Smawley (25) | 16β16 |
33 | January 20 | Rochester | 74β84 | Red Rocha (16) | 16β17 |
34 | January 23 | Indianapolis | 73β91 | Belus Smawley (19) | 16β18 |
35 | January 25 | @ Indianapolis | 53β65 | Easy Parham (13) | 16β19 |
36 | January 28 | @ Chicago | 65β83 | Johnny Logan (17) | 16β20 |
37 | January 29 | Fort Wayne | 86β73 | Ariel Maughan (21) | 17β20 |
38 | February 3 | Washington | 65β74 | Ariel Maughan (16) | 17β21 |
39 | February 6 | Philadelphia | 74β77 (OT) | Belus Smawley (28) | 17β22 |
40 | February 8 | @ Chicago | 75β73 | Belus Smawley (22) | 18β22 |
41 | February 9 | New York | 83β95 | Belus Smawley (18) | 18β23 |
42 | February 12 | Baltimore | 74β73 | Belus Smawley (19) | 19β23 |
43 | February 15 | vs New York | 75β79 (OT) | Red Rocha (20) | 19β24 |
44 | February 17 | Rochester | 63β68 | Belus Smawley (21) | 19β25 |
45 | February 19 | Chicago | 63β59 | Belus Smawley (18) | 20β25 |
46 | February 20 | @ Fort Wayne | 70β64 | Red Rocha (20) | 21β25 |
47 | February 23 | Boston | 77β83 | Johnny Logan (19) | 21β26 |
48 | February 25 | @ Boston | 83β102 | Belus Smawley (27) | 21β27 |
49 | February 26 | @ Providence | 93β90 | Ariel Maughan (19) | 22β27 |
50 | March 1 | @ Philadelphia | 83β89 | Logan, Smawley (18) | 22β28 |
51 | March 2 | @ Washington | 82β75 | Rocha, Smawley (18) | 23β28 |
52 | March 3 | @ Baltimore | 66β94 | Belus Smawley (22) | 23β29 |
53 | March 9 | @ Indianapolis | 81β80 | Belus Smawley (21) | 24β29 |
54 | March 10 | Minneapolis | 88β71 | Belus Smawley (25) | 25β29 |
55 | March 12 | @ Rochester | 74β104 | Johnny Logan (15) | 25β30 |
56 | March 13 | Indianapolis | 87β86 | Belus Smawley (23) | 26β30 |
57 | March 16 | Providence | 81β59 | Belus Smawley (18) | 27β30 |
58 | March 17 | @ Chicago | 79β85 | Johnny Logan (18) | 27β31 |
59 | March 19 | Philadelphia | 109β100 | Bill Roberts (30) | 28β31 |
60 | March 20 | @ Fort Wayne | 87β82 | Bill Roberts (22) | 29β31 |
(1) Rochester Royals vs. (4) St. Louis Bombers: Royals win series 2-0
Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Royals and Bombers.
1948β49 St. Louis Bombers season | |
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Head coach | Grady Lewis |
Arena | St. Louis Arena |
Results | |
Record | 29–31 (.483) |
Place | Division: 4th ( Western) |
Playoff finish |
West Division Semifinals (eliminated 0-2) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Radio | KMOX |
The 1948β49 BAA season was the Bombers' 3rd season in the NBA/BAA. [1]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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1 | 7 | Bob Gale | β | ![]() |
Cornell |
β | β | Jack Burmaster | G | ![]() |
Illinois |
β | β | Gordon Flick | β | ![]() |
Drake |
β | β | John Hoppin | β | ![]() |
Dickinson |
β | β | Dan London | β | ![]() |
Washington |
β | β | D. Miller | β | ![]() |
Saint Louis |
β | β | Easy Parham | G/F | ![]() |
Texas Wesleyan |
β | β | D. C. Wilcutt | G | ![]() |
Saint Louis |
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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 |
# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record |
1 | November 1 | @ Indianapolis | 80β84 | Logan, Parham (18) | 0β1 |
2 | November 6 | Fort Wayne | 65β55 | Easy Parham (15) | 1β1 |
3 | November 9 | New York | 60β56 | Ariel Maughan (13) | 2β1 |
4 | November 13 | Philadelphia | 76β75 | Red Rocha (18) | 3β1 |
5 | November 16 | Boston | 79β74 (OT) | Maughan, Rocha (15) | 4β1 |
6 | November 19 | vs Baltimore | 82β72 | Ariel Maughan (18) | 5β1 |
7 | November 20 | Baltimore | 64β85 | Red Rocha (14) | 5β2 |
8 | November 25 | Providence | 84β82 | Red Rocha (22) | 6β2 |
9 | November 27 | Minneapolis | 71β87 | Belus Smawley (20) | 6β3 |
10 | December 1 | Chicago | 72β61 | Belus Smawley (17) | 7β3 |
11 | December 4 | Fort Wayne | 76β62 | Johnny Logan (21) | 8β3 |
12 | December 5 | @ Minneapolis | 68β78 | Buddy O'Grady (18) | 8β4 |
13 | December 8 | @ Fort Wayne | 60β70 | Johnny Logan (16) | 8β5 |
14 | December 10 | vs Washington | 88β83 (OT) | Belus Smawley (24) | 9β5 |
15 | December 11 | @ Washington | 63β87 | Johnny Logan (15) | 9β6 |
16 | December 13 | @ Boston | 79β83 (OT) | Belus Smawley (22) | 9β7 |
17 | December 14 | @ Philadelphia | 61β74 | Ariel Maughan (15) | 9β8 |
18 | December 16 | @ Baltimore | 85β82 (OT) | Johnny Logan (28) | 10β8 |
19 | December 18 | @ New York | 79β88 | Logan, Maughan (18) | 10β9 |
20 | December 23 | @ Providence | 109β99 | Belus Smawley (30) | 11β9 |
21 | December 25 | @ Rochester | 82β90 | Johnny Logan (16) | 11β10 |
22 | December 26 | Indianapolis | 75β65 | Belus Smawley (28) | 12β10 |
23 | December 30 | Washington | 68β81 | Johnny Logan (17) | 12β11 |
24 | January 1 | @ Rochester | 83β106 | Maughan, Smawley (17) | 12β12 |
25 | January 2 | Rochester | 64β89 | Belus Smawley (15) | 12β13 |
26 | January 5 | @ Minneapolis | 76β101 | Ariel Maughan (18) | 12β14 |
27 | January 8 | Minneapolis | 64β59 | Maughan, Rocha (17) | 13β14 |
28 | January 9 | @ Minneapolis | 58β74 | Belus Smawley (16) | 13β15 |
29 | January 12 | Chicago | 66β75 | Ariel Maughan (16) | 13β16 |
30 | January 15 | Providence | 79β76 | Ariel Maughan (22) | 14β16 |
31 | January 17 | @ New York | 79β71 | Belus Smawley (26) | 15β16 |
32 | January 18 | @ Boston | 89β83 | Belus Smawley (25) | 16β16 |
33 | January 20 | Rochester | 74β84 | Red Rocha (16) | 16β17 |
34 | January 23 | Indianapolis | 73β91 | Belus Smawley (19) | 16β18 |
35 | January 25 | @ Indianapolis | 53β65 | Easy Parham (13) | 16β19 |
36 | January 28 | @ Chicago | 65β83 | Johnny Logan (17) | 16β20 |
37 | January 29 | Fort Wayne | 86β73 | Ariel Maughan (21) | 17β20 |
38 | February 3 | Washington | 65β74 | Ariel Maughan (16) | 17β21 |
39 | February 6 | Philadelphia | 74β77 (OT) | Belus Smawley (28) | 17β22 |
40 | February 8 | @ Chicago | 75β73 | Belus Smawley (22) | 18β22 |
41 | February 9 | New York | 83β95 | Belus Smawley (18) | 18β23 |
42 | February 12 | Baltimore | 74β73 | Belus Smawley (19) | 19β23 |
43 | February 15 | vs New York | 75β79 (OT) | Red Rocha (20) | 19β24 |
44 | February 17 | Rochester | 63β68 | Belus Smawley (21) | 19β25 |
45 | February 19 | Chicago | 63β59 | Belus Smawley (18) | 20β25 |
46 | February 20 | @ Fort Wayne | 70β64 | Red Rocha (20) | 21β25 |
47 | February 23 | Boston | 77β83 | Johnny Logan (19) | 21β26 |
48 | February 25 | @ Boston | 83β102 | Belus Smawley (27) | 21β27 |
49 | February 26 | @ Providence | 93β90 | Ariel Maughan (19) | 22β27 |
50 | March 1 | @ Philadelphia | 83β89 | Logan, Smawley (18) | 22β28 |
51 | March 2 | @ Washington | 82β75 | Rocha, Smawley (18) | 23β28 |
52 | March 3 | @ Baltimore | 66β94 | Belus Smawley (22) | 23β29 |
53 | March 9 | @ Indianapolis | 81β80 | Belus Smawley (21) | 24β29 |
54 | March 10 | Minneapolis | 88β71 | Belus Smawley (25) | 25β29 |
55 | March 12 | @ Rochester | 74β104 | Johnny Logan (15) | 25β30 |
56 | March 13 | Indianapolis | 87β86 | Belus Smawley (23) | 26β30 |
57 | March 16 | Providence | 81β59 | Belus Smawley (18) | 27β30 |
58 | March 17 | @ Chicago | 79β85 | Johnny Logan (18) | 27β31 |
59 | March 19 | Philadelphia | 109β100 | Bill Roberts (30) | 28β31 |
60 | March 20 | @ Fort Wayne | 87β82 | Bill Roberts (22) | 29β31 |
(1) Rochester Royals vs. (4) St. Louis Bombers: Royals win series 2-0
Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Royals and Bombers.