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1948–49 New York Knicks season

Season of National Basketball Association team the New York Knicks

Field	Value
team	New York Knicks
league	BAA
end_year	1949
wins	32
losses	28
division_place	2nd
conf_place	2nd
coach	Joe Lapchick
gm	Ned Irish
arena	Madison Square Garden
television	WOR-TV
WPIX
radio	WMGM
playoffs	[East Division finals](1949-baa-playoffs-bracket)
(lost to [Capitols](1948-49-washington-capitols-season) 1–2)

WPIX (lost to Capitols 1–2)

The 1948–49 New York Knicks season was the third season for the team in the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which later became the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Knicks had a 32–28 record in 1948–49 and finished second in the Eastern Division, six games behind the Washington Capitols. New York qualified for the playoffs, and defeated the Baltimore Bullets 2–1 in a best-of-three series to earn a place in the Eastern Division finals. In the division championship series, the Knicks lost to the Capitols, two games to one. Before the 1949–50 season, the BAA merged with the National Basketball League to form the NBA.

Draft

Main article: 1948 BAA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club team
1	4	Dolph Schayes	F/C	United States	NYU
–	–	Gene Berce	G/F	United States	Marquette
–	–	Leland Byrd	–	United States	West Virginia
–	–	Harry Gallatin	F/C	United States	Northeast Missouri
–	–	Keith Grimes	–	United States	East Central
–	–	Mel McGaha	G	United States	Arkansas
–	–	Ed Peterson	C	United States	Cornell
–	–	Tex Ritter	G	United States	Eastern Kentucky
–	–	Dick Shrider	G	United States	Ohio
–	–	John Stanich	–	United States	UCLA

Source:

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Game log

60	March 19	@ Washington	82–70	Ray Lumpp (23)	32–28

Playoffs

|- | 1 | March 23 | @ Baltimore | L 81–82 | Carl Braun (21) | Baltimore Coliseum

0–1
2
March 24
Baltimore
W 84–74
Carl Braun (20)
Madison Square Garden III
1–1
-
3
March 26
Baltimore
W 103–99 (OT)
Harry Gallatin (21)
Madison Square Garden III
2–1
-
-
1
March 29
@ Washington
L 71–77
Harry Gallatin (17)
National Guard Armory
0–1
-
2
March 31
Washington
W 86–84 (OT)
Carl Braun (30)
Madison Square Garden III
1–1
-
3
April 2
@ Washington
L 76–84
Braun, Gallatin (15)
National Guard Armory
1–2
-

References

"1948–49 New York Knicks Roster and Statistics". Basketball-Reference.
(2003). "The Fourth Estate". New York Knicks.
Jaker, Bill. (2008). "The Airwaves of New York: Illustrated Histories of 156 AM Stations in the Metropolitan Area, 1921–1996". McFarland & Company.
"1948–49 BAA Season Summary". Basketball-Reference.
"This Day In History Aug 3, 1949: NBA is born". [[History (U.S. TV channel).
"1948 BAA Draft". Basketball-Reference.

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