1948 BAA Finals

The 1948 BAA Finals was the championship round of the Basketball Association of America's 1947–48 season. The Philadelphia Warriors of the Eastern Division faced the Baltimore Bullets of the Western Division, with Philadelphia having home court advantage.

1948 BAA Finals
TeamCoachWins
Baltimore Bullets Buddy Jeannette 4
Philadelphia Warriors Eddie Gottlieb 2
DatesApril 10–21
Hall of FamersBullets
Buddy Jeannette (1994)
Warriors
Joe Fulks (1978)
Eastern FinalsWarriors defeat Bombers 4–3 (Eastern and Western champions)
Western FinalsBullets defeat Stags 2–0 (Runners-up bracket)

Baltimore was not the Western Division champion but advanced to the championship round by winning a four-team playoff among the Eastern and Western Division runners-up. Meanwhile, the Eastern and Western Division champions, Philadelphia Warriors and St. Louis Bombers, played one long series to determine the other finalist, a best-of-seven series that Philadelphia won 4–3. In the runners-up bracket, Baltimore and Chicago from the West had first eliminated New York and Boston from the East, then faced each other in a best-of-three series. The format was used only twice, in 1947 and 1948, and generated two champions from the runners-up bracket.[1]

The six games of the final series were played in twelve days, with at least one day off except prior to the decisive game. Division champions Philadelphia and St. Louis had played the seven games of their semifinal series in fifteen days, March 23 to April 6, with at least one day off before every game. The entire playoff tournament extended 30 days.[1]

Series summary
GameDateHome TeamResultRoad Team
Game 1April 10Philadelphia71–60Baltimore
Game 2April 13Philadelphia63–66Baltimore
Game 3April 15Baltimore72–70Philadelphia
Game 4April 17Baltimore78–75Philadelphia
Game 5April 20Philadelphia91–82Baltimore
Game 6April 21Baltimore88–73Philadelphia

Bullets win series 4–2

Team rosters

Baltimore Bullets

Philadelphia Warriors

References
  1. "1947–48 BAA Season Summary". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
      Select "Previous Season" or "Next Season" from the heading for 1946–47 or 1948–49, and so on. Select "Finals" from League Playoffs for the daily schedule of the final series, and so on.
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