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1947–48 Philadelphia Warriors season
BAA professional basketball team season
BAA professional basketball team season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| team | Philadelphia Warriors |
| league | BAA |
| end_year | 1948 |
| DivisionWin | yes |
| wins | 27 |
| losses | 21 |
| division | Eastern |
| division_place | 1 |
| coach | Edward Gottlieb |
| arena | Philadelphia Arena |
| radio | WCAU |
| playoffs | [BAA Finals](1948-nba-playoffs-bracket) |
| (eliminated 2–4) | |
| bbr_team | PHW |
(eliminated 2–4)
The 1947–48 Philadelphia Warriors season was the Warriors' 2nd season in the BAA (which later became the NBA). Entering this season, the Warriors sought to repeat as champions in the BAA in a shortened up 48-game schedule of play after previously winning the league's inaugural championship over the Chicago Stags in an eleven team league. By the end of their second season of play, the Warriors ended up becoming Eastern Division champions with a 27–21 record, claiming that mark by one game over the New York Knickerbockers. In the 1948 BAA playoffs, the Warriors would defeat the best team of the entire league in terms of records this season, the St. Louis Bombers, 4–3, but were ultimately upset by the only new team of the BAA that season, the Baltimore Bullets from the original American Basketball League that they had already won a championship (or two, according to them) from previously, 4–2, ending the Warriors' bid at being the first BAA team to repeat as champions in their league. With their loss to Baltimore and later seeing the original Bullets squad fold operations on November 27, 1954, the original Baltimore Bullets squad that first started out in the ABL are currently the only BAA/NBA team (as of 2025) to have folded operations while also being crowned champions of the league; that Bullets squad that beat the Warriors would also join the Chicago Stags squad that lost to the Warriors in the previous year's championship and the Washington Capitols in the following year's championship as the only BAA/NBA teams that competed for a BAA/NBA Finals championship to later fold operations altogether.
BAA Draft
Main article: 1947 BAA draft
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Chink Crossin | G | United States | Penn |
| – | – | Norman Butz | – | United States | St. Joseph's |
| – | – | Jim Kaeding | – | United States | York (PA) |
| – | – | Ed Koffenberger | C | United States | Duke |
| – | – | Jim Pollard | SF | United States | Stanford |
Roster
Regular season
Season standings
Game log
| 48 | March 18 | Providence | 88–57 | Joe Fulks (35) | 27–21 |
|---|
Playoffs
|- | 1 | March 23 | @ St. Louis | L 58–60 | Joe Fulks (18) | Howie Dallmar (3) | St. Louis Arena
| 0–1 |
|---|
| 2 |
| March 25 |
| @ St. Louis |
| W 65–64 |
| George Senesky (20) |
| Howie Dallmar (2) |
| St. Louis Arena |
| 1–1 |
| - |
| 3 |
| March 27 |
| St. Louis |
| W 84–56 |
| Joe Fulks (30) |
| Howie Dallmar (5) |
| Philadelphia Arena |
| 2–1 |
| - |
| 4 |
| March 30 |
| St. Louis |
| L 51–56 |
| Joe Fulks (21) |
| Howie Dallmar (2) |
| Philadelphia Arena |
| 2–2 |
| - |
| 5 |
| April 1 |
| @ St. Louis |
| L 62–69 |
| Joe Fulks (17) |
| Howie Dallmar (2) |
| St. Louis Arena |
| 2–3 |
| - |
| 6 |
| April 3 |
| St. Louis |
| W 84–61 |
| Joe Fulks (23) |
| Howie Dallmar (5) |
| Philadelphia Arena |
| 3–3 |
| - |
| 7 |
| April 6 |
| @ St. Louis |
| W 85–46 |
| Joe Fulks (15) |
| Chink Crossin (4) |
| St. Louis Arena |
| 4–3 |
| - |
| - |
| 1 |
| April 10 |
| Baltimore |
| W 71–60 |
| Chick Halbert (19) |
| Howie Dallmar (3) |
| Philadelphia Arena |
| 7,201 |
| 1–0 |
| - |
| 2 |
| April 13 |
| Baltimore |
| L 63–66 |
| Joe Fulks (27) |
| Dallmar, Musi (2) |
| Philadelphia Arena |
| 6,982 |
| 1–1 |
| - |
| 3 |
| April 15 |
| @ Baltimore |
| L 70–72 |
| Joe Fulks (21) |
| Kaplowitz, Dallmar (2) |
| Baltimore Coliseum |
| 4,500 |
| 1–2 |
| - |
| 4 |
| April 17 |
| @ Baltimore |
| L 75–78 |
| Joe Fulks (29) |
| Howie Dallmar (3) |
| Baltimore Coliseum |
| 4,500 |
| 1–3 |
| - |
| 5 |
| April 20 |
| Baltimore |
| W 91–82 |
| Joe Fulks (19) |
| Howie Dallmar (4) |
| Philadelphia Arena |
| 6,012 |
| 2–3 |
| - |
| 6 |
| April 21 |
| @ Baltimore |
| L 73–88 |
| Joe Fulks (28) |
| Howie Dallmar (2) |
| Baltimore Coliseum |
| 4,500 |
| 2–4 |
| - |
Transactions
Main article: List of 1947–48 BAA season transactions
Purchases
| Player | Date purchased | Former team |
|---|---|---|
| Kenny Sailors | November, 1947 | Chicago Stags |
| Hank Beenders | January 15, 1948 | Providence Steamrollers |
Sales
| Player | Date sold | New team |
|---|---|---|
| Jerry Rullo | October 14, 1947 | Baltimore Bullets |
| Kenny Sailors | December 1, 1947 | Providence Steamrollers |
Awards and records
- Joe Fulks, All-NBA First Team
- Howie Dallmar, All-NBA First Team
References
References
- [https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/PHW/1948.html 1947–48 Philadelphia Warriors]
- [https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/PHW/1948_transactions.html "1947–48 Philadelphia Warriors Transactions"]. Basketball Reference. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
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