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1948–49 Rochester Royals season

BAA professional basketball team season

Field	Value
team	Rochester Royals
team_link	Sacramento Kings
league	BAA
end_year	1949
DivisionWin	yes
wins	45
losses	15
division	Western
division_place	1
coach	Les Harrison
owners	Jack Harrison
Les Harrison
arena	Edgerton Park Arena
radio	WHAM
playoffs	[West Division Finals](1949-baa-playoffs-bracket)
(eliminated 0–2)
bbr_team	ROC

Les Harrison (eliminated 0–2)

The 1948–49 BAA season was the Royals' first season in the BAA (later known as the NBA).

Draft

Main article: 1948 BAA draft

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1	10	Bobby Wanzer	G	United States	Seton Hall
–	–	Alex Athas	–	United States	Tulane
–	–	Bill Gabor	G/F	United States	Syracuse
–	–	Ed Keim	–	United States	Niagara
–	–	Leo Kubiak	G/F	United States	Bowling Green
–	–	Johnny Macknowski	F	United States	Seton Hall
–	–	Lionel Melamed	–	United States		CCNY
–	–	Hank O'Keefe	–	United States	Canisius
–	–	Warren Stickel	–	United States	Syracuse
–	–	Paul Yesavi	–	United States	Niagara

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Game log

|- | 1 | November 6 | Indianapolis | W 69–58 | Arnie Johnson (11) |

1–0
2
November 10
@ Washington
L 66–73
Arnie Risen (17)

1–1
3
November 11
@ Philadelphia
W 83–75
Arnie Risen (21)

2–1
4
November 13
Boston
W 95–63
Red Holzman (16)

3–1
5
November 14
Minneapolis
W 92–75
Arnie Risen (19)

4–1
6
November 16
New York
W 75–63
Arnie Risen (13)

5–1
7
November 18
@ Providence
W 103–74
Red Holzman (18)

6–1
8
November 21
Washington
L 77–80
Davies, Risen (17)

6–2
9
November 23
Baltimore
W 108–90
Red Holzman (24)

7–2
10
November 27
Chicago
W 105–103 (2OT)
Arnie Risen (26)

8–2
11
December 1
@ New York
W 73–72
Arnie Risen (28)

9–2
12
December 4
Philadelphia
W 105–101 (OT)
Arnie Risen (20)

10–2
13
December 6
@ Boston
W 87–79
Bob Davies (19)

11–2
14
December 7
Providence
L 89–90
Andy Duncan (20)

11–3
15
December 10
Minneapolis
L 75–96
Andy Duncan (15)

11–4
16
December 12
@ Minneapolis
L 58–67
Arnie Risen (12)

11–5
17
December 14
@ Chicago
W 85–78
Arnie Risen (26)

12–5
18
December 18
Fort Wayne
W 84–64
Bobby Wanzer (21)

13–5
19
December 19
@ Fort Wayne
W 83–78 (OT)
Red Holzman (17)

14–5
20
December 21
@ Indianapolis
W 84–71
Arnie Risen (25)

15–5
21
December 25
St. Louis
W 90–82
Arnie Risen (19)

16–5
22
December 26
@ Minneapolis
L 90–99
Andy Duncan (22)

16–6
23
December 29
@ New York
L 74–77
Arnie Risen (16)

16–7
24
December 30
@ Baltimore
L 89–100
Bobby Wanzer (22)

16–8
25
January 1
St. Louis
W 106–83
Bobby Wanzer (18)

17–8
26
January 2
@ St. Louis
W 89–64
Novak, Risen (14)

18–8
27
January 6
@ Indianapolis
L 62–73
Arnie Risen (11)

18–9
28
January 8
Chicago
L 88–91
Arnie Risen (25)

18–10
29
January 9
@ Chicago
W 90–75
Bob Davies (26)

19–10
30
January 11
Philadelphia
W 83–71
Arnie Risen (21)

20–10
31
January 13
@ Baltimore
W 102–85
Bobby Wanzer (18)

21–10
32
January 15
Fort Wayne
W 73–62
Davies, Wanzer (14)

22–10
33
January 19
vs Indianapolis
W 70–66
Bob Davies (33)

23–10
34
January 20
@ St. Louis
W 84–74
Bob Davies (26)

24–10
35
January 22
New York
W 103–98 (2OT)
Bob Davies (22)

25–10
36
January 23
@ Fort Wayne
W 81–80 (OT)
Bob Davies (29)

26–10
37
January 29
Baltimore
W 90–86
Arnie Risen (22)

27–10
38
February 1
@ Boston
W 76–68
Bobby Wanzer (21)

28–10
39
February 3
@ Providence
L 80–88
Arnie Risen (26)

28–11
40
February 5
Fort Wayne
W 80–61
Red Holzman (15)

29–11
41
February 6
@ Minneapolis
W 85–74
Arnie Risen (22)

30–11
42
February 8
Providence
W 97–65
Arnie Risen (20)

31–11
43
February 9
@ Washington
L 94–99 (2OT)
Bob Davies (29)

31–12
44
February 10
@ Baltimore
W 90–76
Arnie Risen (27)

32–12
45
February 12
Chicago
W 87–73
Davies, Risen (23)

33–12
46
February 15
Washington
W 91–79
Arnie Risen (17)

34–12
47
February 17
@ St. Louis
W 68–63
Bob Davies (19)

35–12
48
February 18
@ Indianapolis
W 65–53
Bob Davies (14)

36–12
49
February 19
Indianapolis
W 87–73
Arnie Risen (25)

37–12
50
February 22
Philadelphia
W 92–86
Arnie Risen (17)

38–12
51
February 26
Boston
W 64–59
Arnie Johnson (17)

39–12
52
March 1
Washington
W 67–64
Arnie Johnson (14)

40–12
53
March 5
Providence
W 81–64
Bobby Wanzer (14)

41–12
54
March 6
@ Fort Wayne
W 78–66
Arnie Risen (29)

42–12
55
March 10
@ Philadelphia
W 73–71
Bob Davies (25)

43–12
56
March 12
St. Louis
W 104–74
Arnie Risen (21)

44–12
57
March 15
@ Boston Celtics
L 83–86
Arnie Risen (28)

44–13
58
March 16
@ New York
W 94–89
Bob Davies (29)

45–13
59
March 19
Minneapolis
L 85–99
Red Holzman (15)

45–14
60
March 20
@ Chicago
L 61–98
Fran Curran (15)

| | 45–15

Playoffs

|- | 1 | March 22 | St. Louis | W 93–64 | Bob Davies (23) | Edgerton Park Arena

1–0
2
March 23
@ St. Louis
W 66–64
Bobby Wanzer (17)
St. Louis Arena
2–0
-
-
1
March 27
Minneapolis
L 79–80
Arnie Risen (17)
Edgerton Park Arena
0–1
-
2
March 29
@ Minneapolis
L 55–67
Arnie Risen (21)
St. Paul Auditorium
0–2
-

Awards and records

Bob Davies, All-NBA First Team

References

[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/ROC/1949.html 1948–49 Rochester Royals]

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