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1948–49 Washington Capitols season

Field	Value
team	Washington Capitols
league	BAA
end_year	1949
DivisionWin	yes
wins	38
losses	22
division	Eastern
division_place	1
coach	Red Auerbach
arena	Washington Coliseum
radio	WTOP
playoffs	[BAA Finals](1949-baa-playoffs-bracket)
(eliminated 2-4)
bbr_team	WSC

(eliminated 2-4)

The 1948–49 BAA season was the Capitols' 3rd season in the NBA/BAA. They became the first team to win 15 straight games to start the season, a BAA record and then an NBA record at the time, which would since be tied 45 years later by the Houston Rockets in 1993 before Golden State Warriors surpassed it in 2015. The Cleveland Cavaliers would later tie this mark as well in 2024.

Draft

Main article: 1948 BAA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	12	Jack Nichols	F/C	United States	Washington
–	–	Fred Bartell	–	United States	Oregon
–	–	Ed Hughes	–	United States	San Jose State
–	–	Thorton Jenkins	–	United States	Missouri
–	–	Leo Katkaveck	G	United States	NC State
–	–	C. T. Parker	–	United States	Louisiana Tech
–	–	Jack Parkinson	G	United States	Kentucky
–	–	Don Walker	–	United States	Sam Houston State
–	–	Al Williams	–	United States	Arkansas

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Game log

|- | 1 | November 3 | Philadelphia | W 77–70 | Hermsen, McKinney (17) |

1–0
2
November 4
@ Providence
W 99–95 (3OT)
Bob Feerick (22)

2–0
3
November 6
Minneapolis
W 67–62
Bones McKinney (24)

3–0
4
November 10
Rochester
W 73–66
Fred Scolari (12)

4–0
5
November 11
@ Baltimore
W 70–68
Bones McKinney (15)

5–0
6
November 13
Fort Wayne
W 80–71
Kleggie Hermsen (20)

6–0
7
November 17
@ New York
W 73–62
Hermsen, Hertzberg (12)

7–0
8
November 20
Boston
W 90–75
Kleggie Hermsen (15)

8–0
9
November 21
@ Rochester
W 80–77
Bob Feerick (19)

9–0
10
November 23
@ Boston
W 71–68
Kleggie Hermsen (16)

10–0
11
November 25
@ Philadelphia
W 81–73
Bones McKinney (18)

11–0
12
November 27
Indianapolis
W 94–76
McKinney, Scolari (19)

12–0
13
December 1
Providence
W 75–63
Feerick, McKinney (16)

13–0
14
December 2
@ Providence
W 66–61
Kleggie Hermsen (15)

14–0
15
December 4
Baltimore
W 83–82
Bones McKinney (21)

15–0
16
December 7
@ Indianapolis
L 78–94
Bones McKinney (17)

15–1
17
December 8
@ Minneapolis
W 94–83
Bones McKinney (20)

16–1
18
December 10
vs St. Louis
L 83–88 (OT)
Sidney Hertzberg (21)

16–2
19
December 11
St. Louis
W 87–63
Feerick, Hertzberg (14)

17–2
20
December 15
Philadelphia
W 92–81
Bones McKinney (22)

18–2
21
December 18
Boston
W 69–60
Bones McKinney (21)

19–2
22
December 22
Providence
W 102–77
Bob Feerick (24)

20–2
23
December 25
Fort Wayne
W 88–74
Bob Feerick (20)

21–2
24
December 26
@ Fort Wayne
L 73–91
Kleggie Hermsen (19)

21–3
25
December 29
@ Minneapolis
L 68–91
Bones McKinney (20)

21–4
26
December 30
@ St. Louis
W 81–68
Bob Feerick (20)

22–4
27
January 1
Chicago
W 92–90
Bob Feerick (22)

23–4
28
January 4
@ Philadelphia
W 84–78
Leo Katkaveck (15)

24–4
29
January 5
Baltimore
L 68–88
Hermsen, Norlander, Schulz (10)

24–5
30
January 8
Indianapolis
W 89–81
Fred Scolari (15)

25–5
31
January 10
@ Boston
W 94–83
Fred Scolari (21)

26–5
32
January 12
@ Baltimore
L 92–106
Bob Feerick (17)

26–6
33
January 15
New York
W 75–73
Fred Scolari (17)

27–6
34
January 16
@ Chicago
L 70–92
Jack Nichols (15)

27–7
35
January 20
@ Providence
W 88–81
Bones McKinney (20)

28–7
36
January 22
Boston
W 95–64
Bones McKinney (17)

29–7
37
January 23
@ New York
W 97–93
Bones McKinney (26)

30–7
38
January 26
@ Baltimore
L 86–96
Fred Scolari (18)

30–8
39
January 28
@ Boston
L 90–91
Fred Scolari (17)

30–9
40
January 30
@ Minneapolis
L 79–84
Bob Feerick (19)

30–10
41
February 1
@ Indianapolis
L 69–83
Fred Scolari (20)

30–11
42
February 2
Indianapolis
W 83–57
Kleggie Hermsen (33)

31–11
43
February 3
@ St. Louis
W 74–65
Kleggie Hermsen (27)

32–11
44
February 5
New York
L 73–83
Jack Nichols (15)

32–12
45
February 6
@ Fort Wayne
L 72–82
Bones McKinney (19)

32–13
46
February 9
Rochester
W 99–94 (2OT)
McKinney, Scolari (20)

33–13
47
February 12
Philadelphia
L 88–91
Bob Feerick (17)

33–14
48
February 15
@ Rochester
L 79–91
Jack Nichols (17)

33–15
49
February 19
Baltimore
W 92–88
Jack Nichols (18)

34–15
50
February 23
Providence
W 100–88
Jack Nichols (24)

35–15
51
February 26
Chicago
L 90–103
Feerick, McKinney, Norlander (15)

35–16
52
February 28
@ Chicago
W 67–57
Jack Nichols (13)

36–16
53
March 1
@ Rochester
L 64–67
Jack Nichols (14)

36–17
54
March 2
St. Louis
L 75–82
Fred Scolari (14)

36–18
55
March 5
Chicago
L 95–106
Bob Feerick (21)

36–19
56
March 9
@ New York
L 74–90
Jack Nichols (25)

36–20
57
March 12
Fort Wayne
W 87–60
Jack Nichols (29)

37–20
58
March 16
Minneapolis
W 85–72
Jack Nichols (17)

38–20
59
March 17
@ Philadelphia
L 81–84
Kleggie Hermsen (26)

38–21
60
March 19
New York
L 70–82
Bones McKinney (18)

| | 38–22

Playoffs

East Division Semifinals

(1) Washington Capitols vs. (4) Philadelphia Warriors: Capitols win series 2-0

Game 1 @ Washington: Washington 92, Philadelphia 70
Game 2 @ Philadelphia: Washington 80, Philadelphia 78

Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Capitols and Warriors.

East Division Finals

(1) Washington Capitols vs. (2) New York Knicks: Capitols win series 2-1

Game 1 @ Washington: Washington 77, New York 71
Game 2 @ New York: New York 86, Washington 84 (OT)
Game 3 @ Washington: Washington 84, New York 76

Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Capitols and Knicks.

BAA Finals

Main article: 1949 BAA Finals

(E1) Washington Capitols vs. (W2) Minneapolis Lakers: Lakers win series 4-2

Game 1 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 88, Washington 84
Game 2 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 76, Washington 62
Game 3 @ Washington: Minneapolis 94, Washington 74
Game 4 @ Washington: Washington 83, Minneapolis 71
Game 5 @ Washington: Washington 74, Minneapolis 65
Game 6 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 77, Washington 56

Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Capitols and Lakers.

Awards and records

Bob Feerick, All-NBA Second Team
Bones McKinney, All-NBA Second Team

References

[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/WSC/1949.html 1948-49 Washington Capitols]

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