1947–48 BAA season

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The 1947–48 BAA season was the 2nd season of the Basketball Association of America, the league that would eventually become the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Baltimore Bullets winning the BAA Championship, beating the Philadelphia Warriors 4 games to 2 in the BAA Finals.

Before the season started, Cleveland, Detroit, Pittsburgh and Toronto folded leaving the BAA with only 7 teams. The Baltimore Bullets were brought into the league from the ABL to even out the divisions.

1 Final standings
- 1.1 Eastern Division
- 1.2 Western Division
2 1947-48 BAA statistics leaders
3 BAA awards
4 External links

[edit] Final standings

[edit] Eastern Division

Team	W	L	PCT.	GB
Philadelphia Warriors	27	21	.563	–
New York Knicks	26	22	.542	1
Boston Celtics	20	28	.417	7
Providence Steamrollers	6	42	.125	21

[edit] Western Division

Team	W	L	PCT.	GB
St. Louis Bombers	29	19	.604	–
Baltimore Bullets C	28	20	.583	1
Chicago Stags	28	20	.583	1
Washington Capitols	28	20	.583	1

C - BAA Champions

[edit] 1947-48 BAA statistics leaders

Category	Player	Team	Stat
Points per game	Joe Fulks	Philadelphia Warriors	22.1
Assists per game	Ernie Calverley	Providence Steamrollers	2.5
FG%	Bob Feerick	Washington Capitols	34.0%
FT%	Bob Feerick	Washington Capitols	78.8%

[edit] 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

[edit] External links

Basketball-reference season page

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