BAA 1948/49

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Basketball Association of America
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Duration November 1, 1948 -
March 20, 1949
Season games per team 60
Number of teams 12
Top seed
Best record Rochester Royals
Top scorer George Mikan ( Minneapolis Lakers )
Playoffs
Eastern Division - Champion Washington Capitols
Western Division - Champion Minneapolis Lakers
Finals
BAA master Minneapolis Lakers

The 1948/49 BAA season was the last season of the Basketball Association of America , which was then merged with the National Basketball League to form the National Basketball Association . The regular season began on November 1, 1948 and ended after 360 games on March 20, 1949. The postseason began on April 4 and ended on April 13. At the end of the season, the newcomer from Minneapolis defeated the Washington Capitols and became champion.

Season Notes

Closing tables

Pl. = Rank, = qualified for the playoffs, Sp = number of games, S — N = wins and losses,% = win rate (wins divided by number of games played), GB = deficit on the leader of the division in number of wins , Home = home balance, exp. = Away balance, neuter. = Balance on neutral ground, Div. = Balance against the division opponents

Eastern Division

BAA 1948/49 (USA)
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
new York
new York
Providence
Providence
Boston
Boston
Baltimore
Baltimore
Washington
Washington
Chicago
Chicago
St. Louis
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne
Rochester
Rochester
BAA 1948/49: Eastern Division in blue, Western Division in red. Minneapolis, Rochester, Fort Wayne and Indianapolis have been added.
Pl. team Sp S-N % GB home Selection Neuter Div.
1. Washington Capitols 60 38-22 .633 - 22-70 15-14 1–1 21-90
2. New York Knicks 60 32-28 .533 6th 17-12 13-16 2-0 17-13
3. Baltimore Bullets 60 29-31 .483 9 17-12 11-17 1–2 15-15
4th Philadelphia Warriors 60 28-32 .467 10 19-10 09-21 0-1 17-13
5. Boston Celtics 60 25-35 .417 13 17-12 07-20 1–3 12-18
6th Providence Steamrollers 60 12-48 .200 26th 07-23 05-23 0-2 08-22

Western Division

Pl. team Sp S-N % GB home Selection Neuter Div.
1. Rochester Royals 60 45-15 .750 - 24-50 20-10 1-0 23-70
2. 00Minneapolis Lakers00 60 44-16 .733 1 26-30 16-13 2-0 22-80
3. Chicago Stags 60 38-22 .633 7th 16-80 18-14 4-0 16-13
4th St. Louis Bombers 60 29-31 .483 16 17-12 10-18 2-1 13-17
5. Fort Wayne Pistons 60 22-38 .367 23 15-14 05-23 2-1 08-22
6th Indianapolis jets 60 18-42 .300 27 14-15 04-22 0-5 08-20

Leading players in individual ratings

category player team value
Points George Mikan Minneapolis Lakers 1,689
Throwing Rate Arnie Risen Rochester Royals 42.3%
Free throw rate Bob Feerick Washington Capitols 85.9%
Assists Bob Davies Rochester Royals 321
200 baskets required for scoring. Risen took fourth place here.
150 free throws required for scoring. Feerick hit 256 out of 298.
  • 273 committed Ed Sadowski from the Philadelphia Warriors most fouls .
  • Mikan got 28.3 points per game. He had the second best field goal rate with 41.6%. Mikan also scored the most free throws this and the next two seasons. Also noteworthy are his 42 points in the finals on April 4th (14 field goals and 14 free throws) - a value that has only been exceeded 25 times in the finals until 2018.
  • Andy Phillipp of the Chicago Stags had 5.3 assists per game, a total of two fewer than Bob Davies with 5.4 assists per game.
  • Up until the 1968/69 season , the statistics in the " Points " and " Assists " categories were based on the overall performance and not the rate per game. Rebounds have only been recorded since the 1950/51 season .

Honors

Playoffs tree

  Semifinals division Division Finals BAA finals
                           
  W1 Rochester Royals 2        
W4 St. Louis Bombers 0  
W1 Rochester Royals 0
Western Division
  W2 Minneapolis Lakers 2  
W3 Chicago Stags 0
W2 Minneapolis Lakers 2  
W2 Minneapolis Lakers 4th
  E1 Washington Capitols 2
E1 Washington Capitols 2    
E4 Philadelphia Warriors 0  
E1 Washington Capitols 2
Eastern Division
  E2 New York Knickerbockers 1  
E3 Baltimore Bullets 1
  E2 New York Knickerbockers 2  

Playoff results

Eastern Division semi-finals

The game between New York and Baltimore on March 26th set several playoff records for the next four years. The most personal fouls occurred, 53 for Baltimore and 47 for New York. Those 100 fouls resulted in 51 and 47 free throws and the most disqualifications, six and five. Only until the playoffs of 1953, the only remaining playoff record was Jack Toomay's eight personal fouls.

Washington Capitols 2, Philadelphia Warriors 0
Wednesday March 23: Philadelphia 70-92 Washington
Thursday March 24: Washington 80-78 Philadelphia

New York Knickerbockers 2, Baltimore Bullets 1
Wednesday, March 23: Baltimore 82 - 81 New York
Thursday, March 24: New York 84 - 82 Baltimore
Saturday, March 26: New York 103 - 99 Baltimore ( new york)

Western Division semi-finals

Rochester Royals 2, St. Louis Bombers 0
Tuesday March 22nd: Rochester 93-64 St. Louis
Wednesday March 23rd: St. Louis 64-66 Rochester

Minneapolis Lakers 2, Chicago Stags 0
Wednesday March 23: Minneapolis 84-77 Chicago
Thursday March 24: Chicago 85-101 Minneapolis

Eastern Division Finals

Washington Capitols 2, New York Knickerbockers 1
Tuesday, March 29th: Washington 77-71 New York
Thursday, March 31st: New York 86-84 Washington (n.V.)
Saturday, April 2nd: Washington 84-76 New York

Western Division Finals

The Lakers' home game took place in Saint Paul , the twin city of Minneapolis .

Minneapolis Lakers 2, Rochester Royals 0
Tuesday, March 28th: ​​Rochester 79-80 Minneapolis
Thursday, March 30th: Minneapolis 67-55 Rochester

BAA finals

Minneapolis Lakers vs. Washington Capitols

The last home game of the Lakers took place in Saint Paul , the twin city of Minneapolis.

The final results:
Monday April 4th: Minneapolis 88-84 Washington
Wednesday April 6th: Minneapolis 76-62 Washington
Friday April 8th: Washington 74-94 Minneapolis
Saturday April 9th: Washington 83-71 Minneapolis
MondayApril11th:
Washington 74-94 April: Washington 74-66 Minneapolis
Wednesday April 13: Minneapolis 77-56 Washington

The Minneapolis Lakers become BAA champions for the first time with 4-2 wins . Since the NBA is viewed as a continuum of the BAA, the championship is historically also considered an NBA championship.

The Minneapolis Lakers championship team

Minneapolis Lakers
Jim Pollard , Jack Dwan , George Mikan , Arnie Ferrin , Earl Gardner , Johnny Jorgensen , Tony Jaros , Don Smith , Don Carlson , Herm Schaefer , Donnie Forman

Head Coach John Kundla

See also

BAA draft 1948

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ NN: Basketball Association of America League Minutes 1946-1949. On: Association of Professional Basketball Research website; May 29, 2006. Accessed November 7, 2018.