1947–48 Philadelphia Warriors season

The 1947–48 BAA season was the Warriors' 2nd season in the BAA (which later became the NBA).[1]

1947–48 Philadelphia Warriors season
Division champions
Head coach	Edward Gottlieb
Arena	Philadelphia Arena
Results
Record	27–21 (.563)
Place	Division: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finish	BAA Finals (eliminated 2–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	WCAU

BAA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	6	Chink Crossin	G	United States	Penn
–	–	Norman Butz	–	United States	St. Joseph's
–	–	Jim Kaeding	–	United States	York (PA)
–	–	Ed Koffenberger	C	United States	Duke
–	–	Jim Pollard	SF	United States	Stanford

Roster

Roster listing

Philadelphia Warriors 1947–48 roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From F/C 15 Beenders, Hank 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1916-06-02 LIU Brooklyn F 14 Brown, Stan 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1929-06-27 South Philadelphia HS (PA) G 7 Crossin, Chink 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1924-07-04 Pennsylvania F 12 Dallmar, Howie 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1922-05-24 Stanford SG 6 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 20 Halbert, Chick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1919-02-27 West Texas A&M C 18 Hillhouse, Art 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1916-06-12 LIU Brooklyn G/F 9 Kaplowitz, Ralph 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1919-05-18 NYU 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 19 Rocker, Jack 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1922-08-12 California PG 8 Senesky, George 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 179 lb (81 kg) 1922-04-04 Saint Joseph's	Head coach Edward Gottlieb Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster

Regular season

Season standings

# Eastern Division Team W L PCT GB 1 x-Philadelphia Warriors 27 21 .563 – 2 x-New York Knicks 26 22 .542 1 3 x-Boston Celtics 20 28 .417 7 4 Providence Steamrollers 6 42 .125 21

Record vs. opponents

1947-48 BAA Records
Team	BAL	BOS	CHI	NYK	PHI	PRO	STL	WAS
Baltimore	—	5–1	5–3	5–1	2–4	6–0	3–5	2–6
Boston	1–5	—	3–3	1–7	4–4	6–2	2–4	3–3
Chicago	3–5	3–3	—	6–0	4–2	4–2	3–5	5–3
New York	1–5	7–1	0–6	—	4–4	7–1	4–2	3–3
Philadelphia	4–2	4–4	2-4	1–7	—	8–0	3–3	2–4
Providence	0–6	2–6	2–4	1–7	0–8	—	0–6	1–5
St. Louis	5–3	4–2	5–3	2–4	3–3	6–0	—	4–4
Washington	6–2	3–3	3–5	3–3	4–2	5–1	4–4	—

Game log

#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	November 13	Providence	79–64	Joe Fulks (23)	1–0
2	November 14	@ Boston	79–74 (OT)	Joe Fulks (26)	2–0
3	November 15	@ Providence	80–78	Joe Fulks (23)	3–0
4	November 19	@ Washington	67–74	Joe Fulks (25)	3–1
5	November 20	Boston	57–67	Joe Fulks (21)	3–2
6	November 22	@ New York	83–78	Dallmar, Fulks (22)	4–2
7	November 27	New York	59–81	Joe Fulks (24)	4–3
8	November 28	@ Chicago	71–75	Joe Fulks (22)	4–4
9	December 3	Baltimore	58–73	Chick Halbert (11)	4–5
10	December 9	Providence	78–74 (OT)	Joe Fulks (22)	5–5
11	December 11	St. Louis	69–74	Joe Fulks (28)	5–6
12	December 12	@ Boston	67–69	Joe Fulks (23)	5–7
13	December 15	@ New York	74–71	Chick Halbert (19)	6–7
14	December 18	New York	71–99	Joe Fulks (18)	6–8
15	December 20	@ Providence	80–74	Joe Fulks (17)	7–8
16	December 26	Providence	89–61	Joe Fulks (24)	8–8
17	December 27	@ Washington	70–72	Joe Fulks (26)	8–9
18	December 30	@ Boston	64–70	Joe Fulks (31)	8–10
19	January 1	@ Baltimore	72–60	Joe Fulks (23)	9–10
20	January 2	Washington	69–60	Joe Fulks (30)	10–10
21	January 4	@ St. Louis	66–80	Joe Fulks (16)	10–11
22	January 9	Chicago	60–77	Angelo Musi (24)	10–12
23	January 10	@ Washington	99–106 (OT)	Joe Fulks (29)	10–13
24	January 16	Baltimore	72–63	Dallmar, Fulks (14)	11–13
25	January 17	@ Baltimore	79–77	Joe Fulks (23)	12–13
26	January 19	@ New York	63–57	Joe Fulks (23)	13–13
27	January 20	St. Louis	82–59	Joe Fulks (22)	14–13
28	January 22	Boston	54–61	Joe Fulks (18)	14–14
29	January 27	@ Boston	77–68	Joe Fulks (21)	15–14
30	January 29	New York	60–66	Joe Fulks (20)	15–15
31	January 31	@ St. Louis	66–60	Joe Fulks (18)	16–15
32	February 1	@ Chicago	85–78	Joe Fulks (37)	17–15
33	February 5	Washington	60–72	Joe Fulks (19)	17–16
34	February 7	@ St. Louis	54–67	Jerry Fleishman (9)	17–17
35	February 8	@ Chicago	74–80 (2OT)	Angelo Musi (21)	17–18
36	February 12	Boston	69–60	Fleishman, Senesky (15)	18–18
37	February 14	@ New York	47–78	Angelo Musi (16)	18–19
38	February 19	Washington	84–76	Chick Halbert (20)	19–19
39	February 24	Baltimore	83–71	Howie Dallmar (19)	20–19
40	February 26	Chicago	89–80	Howie Dallmar (18)	21–19
41	February 28	@ Providence	83–82	Chick Halbert (21)	22–19
42	March 2	New York	76–66	Joe Fulks (31)	23–19
43	March 4	Boston	82–62	Joe Fulks (18)	24–19
44	March 9	Chicago	79–93	Joe Fulks (24)	24–20
45	March 11	St. Louis	92–74	Joe Fulks (31)	25–20
46	March 13	@ Baltimore	62–64	Joe Fulks (20)	25–21
47	March 16	@ Providence	100–78	Howie Dallmar (32)	26–21
48	March 18	Providence	88–57	Joe Fulks (35)	27–21

Playoffs

BAA Quarterfinals

The Warriors had a quarterfinal bye.

BAA Semifinals

(W1) St. Louis Bombers vs. (E1) Philadelphia Warriors: Warriors win series 4-3

• Game 1 @ St. Louis: St. Louis 60, Philadelphia 58
• Game 2 @ St. Louis: Philadelphia 65, St. Louis 64
• Game 3 @ Philadelphia: Philadelphia 84, St. Louis 56
• Game 4 @ Philadelphia: St. Louis 56, Philadelphia 51
• Game 5 @ St. Louis: St. Louis 69, Philadelphia 62
• Game 6 @ Philadelphia: Philadelphia 84, St. Louis 61
• Game 7 @ St. Louis: Philadelphia 85, St. Louis 46

BAA Finals

(E1) Philadelphia Warriors vs. (W2) Baltimore Bullets: Bullets win series 4-2

• Game 1 @ Philadelphia: Philadelphia 71, Baltimore 60
• Game 2 @ Philadelphia: Baltimore 66, Philadelphia 63
• Game 3 @ Baltimore: Baltimore 72, Philadelphia 70
• Game 4 @ Baltimore: Baltimore 78, Philadelphia 75
• Game 5 @ Philadelphia: Philadelphia 91, Baltimore 82
• Game 6 @ Baltimore: Baltimore 88, Philadelphia 73

Transactions

Purchases

Player	Date purchased	Former team
Kenny Sailors[2]	November, 1947	Chicago Stags
Hank Beenders[2]	January 15, 1948	Providence Steamrollers

Sales

Player	Date sold	New team
Jerry Rullo[2]	October 14, 1947	Baltimore Bullets
Kenny Sailors[2]	December 1, 1947	Providence Steamrollers

Awards and records

• Joe Fulks, All-NBA First Team
• Howie Dallmar, All-NBA First Team

References

1. 1947–48 Philadelphia Warriors
2. "1947–48 Philadelphia Warriors Transactions". Basketball Reference. Retrieved September 18, 2017.