1948 BAA Playoffs

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

The two Division champions and two teams involved in a 3-way tiebreaker began tournament play on Tuesday, March 23, and the Finals concluded on Wednesday, April 21. Baltimore and Philadelphia played 12 and 13 games in the span of 30 days; their six final games in 12 days.[1]

Bracket

  First Round Semifinals BAA Finals
                           
  W2  Baltimore 2  
E2  New York 1  
  W3  Chicago 0  
    W2  Baltimore 2  
E3  Boston 1
  W3  Chicago 2  
    W2  Baltimore 4
  E1  Philadelphia 2
     
   
W1  St. Louis 3
    E1  Philadelphia 4  
      

There were no byes. Western and Eastern champions St. Louis and Philadelphia immediately played a long semifinal series with St. Louis having home-court advantage. Philadelphia won the seventh game in St. Louis, 85–46, two days before Baltimore concluded its sequence of tie-breaker (not shown) and two short series with other runners-up.[1]

Western Division tiebreaker

Chicago Stags vs. Washington Capitols: Stags win series 1-0

Chicago Stags vs. Baltimore Bullets: Bullets win series 1-0

First Round

(W2) Baltimore Bullets vs. (E2) New York Knicks: Bullets win series 2-1

This was the first playoff series between the Bullets and Knicks.

(E3) Boston Celtics vs. (W3) Chicago Stags: Stags win series 2-1

This was the first playoff series between the Celtics and Stags.

Semifinals

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

Last playoff meeting: 1947 BAA First Round (Philadelphia won 2-1)

(W2) Baltimore Bullets vs. (W3) Chicago Stags: Bullets win series 2-0

This was the first playoff series between the Bullets and Stags.

BAA Finals

Main article: 1948 BAA Finals

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

This was the first playoff series between the Warriors and Bullets.

References

  1. 1 2 "1947–48 BAA Season Summary". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
      Select "Next Season" from the heading for 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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