1948–49 Philadelphia Warriors season

The 1948–49 BAA season was the Warriors' 3rd season in the NBA.[1]

1948–49 Philadelphia Warriors season
Head coachEddie Gottlieb
ArenaPhiladelphia Arena
Results
Record28–32 (.467)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Eastern)
Playoff finishEast Division Semifinals
(eliminated 0–2)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWCAU

Draft
Main article: 1948 BAA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
111Don RayF/C United StatesWestern Kentucky
––William Brown– United StatesMaryland
––Hugh Compton– United StatesLouisville
––Joe Nelson– United StatesBYU
––Clint Pace– United StatesPepperdine
––Roy PughF/C United StatesSMU
––Tom Short– United StatesKansas Wesleyan
––Joe Wahl– United StatesAkron
––Andy Wolfe– United StatesCalifornia

Roster
Roster listing
1948–49 Philadelphia Warriors roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)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 Pennsylvania
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
  • (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-Washington Capitols3822.633–
2 x-New York Knicks3228.5336
3 x-Baltimore Bullets2931.4839
4 x-Philadelphia Warriors2832.46710
5 Boston Celtics2535.41713
6 Providence Steamrollers1248.20026
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1948–49 BAA records
Team BAL BOS CHI FWP IND MIN NYK PHI PRO ROC STL WAS
Baltimore —4–21–44–15–01–42–44–22–41–42–33–3
Boston 2–4—0–54–13–22–33–33–33–31–43–21–5
Chicago 4–15–0—4–25–12–43–22–35–02–43–33–2
Fort Wayne 1–41–42–4—3–32–41–45–04–10–61–42–3
Indianapolis 0–52–31-53–3—0–61–41–44–11–53–32–3
Minneapolis 4–13–24–24–26–0—4–14–15–04–24–22–3
New York 4–23–32–34–14–11–4—2–45–11–43–22–3
Philadelphia 2–43–33–20–54–11–44–2—6–00–53–22–4
Providence 4–23–30–51–41–40–51–50–6—2–30–50–6
Rochester 4–14–14–26–05–12–44–15–03–2—6–02–3
St. Louis 3–22–33–34–13–32–42–32–35–00–6—2–3
Washington 3–35–12–33–23–23–23–24–26–03–23–2—

Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1November 3@ Washington70–77Joe Fulks (24)0–1
2November 4Boston94–73Joe Fulks (25)1–1
3November 6@ Providence69–56Joe Fulks (26)2–1
4November 7@ Boston77–85Joe Fulks (20)2–2
5November 9Providence92–84Joe Fulks (27)3–2
6November 11Rochester75–83Ed Sadowski (18)3–3
7November 13@ St. Louis75–76Ed Sadowski (23)3–4
8November 16@ Indianapolis90–82Ed Sadowski (21)4–4
9November 17@ Fort Wayne72–80Ed Sadowski (24)4–5
10November 18Indianapolis83–71Dallmar, Fulks, Sadowski (12)5–5
11November 20@ New York86–91Fulks, Sadowski (26)5–6
12November 23Fort Wayne80–90Joe Fulks (22)5–7
13November 25Washington73–81Joe Fulks (28)5–8
14November 28@ Minneapolis67–88Joe Fulks (15)5–9
15November 30@ Chicago68–74Fleishman, Fulks (13)5–10
16December 2Boston87–88Joe Fulks (32)5–11
17December 4@ Rochester101–105 (OT)Joe Fulks (39)5–12
18December 8Baltimore78–83Joe Fulks (25)5–13
19December 9@ Baltimore91–92Joe Fulks (20)5–14
20December 14St. Louis74–61Joe Fulks (23)6–14
21December 15@ Washington81–92Joe Fulks (26)6–15
22December 17New York87–78Joe Fulks (27)7–15
23December 18@ Providence94–90Joe Fulks (47)8–15
24December 21Minneapolis72–64Joe Fulks (19)9–15
25December 25Boston80–77Joe Fulks (30)10–15
26December 30Indianapolis94–91Joe Fulks (32)11–15
27January 1@ New York80–88Joe Fulks (25)11–16
28January 4Washington78–84Joe Fulks (27)11–17
29January 6@ Baltimore88–93Ed Sadowski (24)11–18
30January 8Fort Wayne67–73Joe Fulks (20)11–19
31January 11@ Rochester71–83Joe Fulks (20)11–20
32January 14@ Boston104–79Joe Fulks (31)12–20
33January 15Baltimore94–87Joe Fulks (26)13–20
34January 18Providence86–74Joe Fulks (34)14–20
35January 20Chicago92–72Joe Fulks (38)15–20
36January 23@ Minneapolis71–89Joe Fulks (32)15–21
37January 25@ Chicago86–77Joe Fulks (35)16–21
38January 26@ Fort Wayne80–88Joe Fulks (30)16–22
39January 27New York102–96Joe Fulks (39)17–22
40January 29@ New York78–73Joe Fulks (27)18–22
41February 1Providence93–86Joe Fulks (28)19–22
42February 3Minneapolis76–78Joe Fulks (23)19–23
43February 6@ St. Louis77–74 (OT)Joe Fulks (20)20–23
44February 7@ Indianapolis73–90Joe Fulks (28)20–24
45February 8vs Fort Wayne87–89Ed Sadowski (27)20–25
46February 10Indianapolis108–87Joe Fulks (63)21–25
47February 12@ Washington91–88Joe Fulks (31)22–25
48February 17New York86–82Joe Fulks (36)23–25
49February 22@ Rochester86–92Ed Sadowski (23)23–26
50February 23Chicago85–102Joe Fulks (21)23–27
51March 1St. Louis89–83Joe Fulks (23)24–27
52March 3Chicago90–75Ed Sadowski (18)25–27
53March 5@ Baltimore85–99Joe Fulks (23)25–28
54March 10Rochester71–73Joe Fulks (29)25–29
55March 11@ Boston100–108Joe Fulks (23)25–30
56March 12@ Providence92–70Joe Fulks (39)26–30
57March 15Baltimore84–76Joe Fulks (28)27–30
58March 17Washington84–81Joe Fulks (25)28–30
59March 19@ St. Louis100–109Joe Fulks (31)28–31
60March 20@ Minneapolis78–91Joe Fulks (18)28–32

Playoffs

East Division Semifinals

(1) Washington Capitols vs. (4) Philadelphia Warriors: Capitols win series 2-0

  • Game 1 @ Washington: Washington 92, Philadelphia 70
  • Game 2 @ Philadelphia: Washington 80, Philadelphia 78

Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Capitols and Warriors.

Awards and records

References
  1. 1948–49 Philadelphia Warriors
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