1948–49 Baltimore Bullets season

(eliminated 1–2)

The 1948–49 BAA season was the Bullets' 2nd season in the NBA/BAA and their fifth overall season including the time they spent in the American Basketball League. Entering this season, the Bullets sought to officially acquire their third professional league championship in four seasons when combining their results from both the ABL and the BAA (though they would have personally considered this season their shot at four straight professional league championships due to them personally considering themselves the 1947 ABL champions for their overwhelming record as protest for that league's initial decision to constantly delay their playoff series of matches so many times beforehand). Despite entering this season as defending champions, the Bullets would end their second season in the BAA with a losing record of 29–31, though it was still good enough for a third place spot in the Eastern Division semifinal round. When entering the final playoffs ever holding the BAA's name, the Bullets ended up getting eliminated by the New York Knickerbockers 2–1 in the first round of what later ended up becoming the Bullets' second-to-last playoff appearance in league history, as well as their first of many seasons where they would end up having losing seasons going forward with their existence after previously being considered champions of both the ABL and BAA before the BAA would merge with the NBL to become the modern-day NBA.