1947–48 BAA season

1947–48 BAA season
League	Basketball Association of America
Sport	Basketball
Number of games	48
Number of teams	8
Regular season
Top scorer	Max Zaslofsky (Chicago)
Playoffs
Eastern champions	Philadelphia Warriors[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]
Eastern runners-up	St. Louis Bombers[lower-alpha 1]
Western champions	Baltimore Bullets[lower-alpha 1]
Western runners-up	Chicago Stags[lower-alpha 1]
Finals
Champions	Baltimore Bullets
Runners-up	Philadelphia Warriors

The 1947–48 BAA season was the second season of the Basketball Association of America. (Following its third, 1948–49 season, the BAA and National Basketball League merged to create the National Basketball Association or NBA.) The postseason tournament at its conclusion, the 1948 BAA Playoffs, ended with the Baltimore Bullets winning the BAA Championship, beating the Philadelphia Warriors 4 games to 2 in the BAA Finals.

The NBA recognizes the three BAA seasons as part of its own history, sometimes without comment,^[1] so BAA 1947–48 is sometimes considered the second NBA season.

Preseason events

Cleveland, Detroit, Pittsburgh and Toronto folded before the season started, leaving the BAA with only seven teams. The Baltimore Bullets were brought into the league from the American Basketball League to provide a more convenient number, eight.

Final standings

Eastern Division

# 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

Western Division

# Western Division Team W L PCT GB 1 x-St. Louis Bombers 29 19 .604 – 2 x-Baltimore Bullets 28 20 .583 1 3 x-Chicago Stags 28 20 .583 1 4 x-Washington Capitols 28 20 .583 1

Statistics leaders

Category	Player	Team	Stat
Points	Max Zaslofsky	Chicago Stags	1,007
Assists	Howard Dallmar	Philadelphia Warriors	120
FG%	Bob Feerick	Washington Capitols	.340
FT%	Bob Feerick	Washington Capitols	.788

Note: Prior to the 1969–70 season, league leaders in points and assists were determined by totals rather than averages.

BAA awards

• All-BAA First Team
  • C Ed Sadowski, Boston Celtics
  • F Joe Fulks, Philadelphia Warriors
  • F Howie Dallmar, Philadelphia Warriors
  • F Bob Feerick, Washington Capitols
  • G Max Zaslofsky, Chicago Stags
• All-BAA Second Team
  • G Buddy Jeannette, Baltimore Bullets
  • C Stan Miasek, Chicago Stags
  • G Carl Braun, New York Knicks
  • G Fred Scolari, Washington Capitols
  • G John Logan, St. Louis Bombers
• BAA Rookie of the Year
  • F/G Paul Hoffman, Baltimore Bullets

Notes

1. The 1948 BAA Playoffs did not generate Eastern and Western champions and runners-up, as NBA Playoffs have done from 1951 to present. Eastern and Western leaders, or perhaps champions, Philadelphia and St. Louis played off to determine one finalist while four runners-up played off to determine the other finalist.
     The listed teams were BAA playoff finalists and semifinalists, as Eastern and Western champions and runners-up in the NBA have been playoff finalists and semifinalists from 1951 to present.
2. Philadelphia may reasonably be called Eastern champion.

References

1. "NBA Season Recaps". NBA History (nba.com/history). July 1, 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-04.

External links

• NBA History at NBA.com
• 1947–48 BAA Season Summary at Basketball-Reference.com