1947–48 Philadelphia Warriors season

1947–48 Philadelphia Warriors season
1947–48 Philadelphia Warriors season
Division champions
Head coach	Edward Gottlieb
Arena	Philadelphia Arena
Results
Record	27–21 (.563)
Place	Division: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finish	BAA Finals; (eliminated 2–4)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	WCAU
< 1946–47	1948–49 >

The 1947–48 BAA season was the Warriors' 2nd season in the BAA (which later became the NBA).^[1]

BAA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
1	6	Chink Crossin	G	United States	Penn
–	–	Norman Butz	–	United States	St. Joseph's
–	–	Jim Kaeding	–	United States	York (PA)
–	–	Ed Koffenberger	C	United States	Duke
–	–	Jim Pollard	SF	United States	Stanford

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB	From
F/C	15	Beenders, Hank	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1916-06-02	LIU Brooklyn
F	14	Brown, Stan	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1929-06-27	South Philadelphia HS (PA)
G	7	Crossin, Chink	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	1924-07-04	Penn
F	12	Dallmar, Howie	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1922-05-24	Stanford
SG	6	Fleishman, Jerry	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1922-02-14	NYU
PF	10	Fulks, Joe	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1921-10-26	Murray State
C	20	Halbert, Chick	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1919-02-27	West Texas A&M
C	18	Hillhouse, Art	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1916-06-12	LIU Brooklyn
G/F	9	Kaplowitz, Ralph	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1919-05-18	NYU
G	5	Musi, Angelo	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	145 lb (66 kg)	1918-07-25	Temple
F	7	O'Brien, Bob	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1927-01-26	Pepperdine
F/C	19	Rocker, Jack	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1922-08-12	California
PG	8	Senesky, George	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	179 lb (81 kg)	1922-04-04	Saint Joseph's

Head coach

Edward Gottlieb

Legend

(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

#	Eastern Division v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	x-Philadelphia Warriors	27	21	.563	–
2	x-New York Knicks	26	22	.542	1
3	x-Boston Celtics	20	28	.417	7
4	Providence Steamrollers	6	42	.125	21

Record vs. opponents

1947-48 BAA Records
Team	BAL	BOS	CHI	NYK	PHI	PRO	STL	WAS
Baltimore	—	5–1	5–3	5–1	2–4	6–0	3–5	2–6
Boston	1–5	—	3–3	1–7	4–4	6–2	2–4	3–3
Chicago	3–5	3–3	—	6–0	4–2	4–2	3–5	5–3
New York	1–5	7–1	0–6	—	4–4	7–1	4–2	3–3
Philadelphia	4–2	4–4	2-4	1–7	—	8–0	3–3	2–4
Providence	0–6	2–6	2–4	1–7	0–8	—	0–6	1–5
St. Louis	5–3	4–2	5–3	2–4	3–3	6–0	—	4–4
Washington	6–2	3–3	3–5	3–3	4–2	5–1	4–4	—

Game log

#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	November 13	Providence	79–64	Joe Fulks (23)	1–0
2	November 14	@ Boston	79–74 (OT)	Joe Fulks (26)	2–0
3	November 15	@ Providence	80–78	Joe Fulks (23)	3–0
4	November 19	@ Washington	67–74	Joe Fulks (25)	3–1
5	November 20	Boston	57–67	Joe Fulks (21)	3–2
6	November 22	@ New York	83–78	Dallmar, Fulks (22)	4–2
7	November 27	New York	59–81	Joe Fulks (24)	4–3
8	November 28	@ Chicago	71–75	Joe Fulks (22)	4–4
9	December 3	Baltimore	58–73	Chick Halbert (11)	4–5
10	December 9	Providence	78–74 (OT)	Joe Fulks (22)	5–5
11	December 11	St. Louis	69–74	Joe Fulks (28)	5–6
12	December 12	@ Boston	67–69	Joe Fulks (23)	5–7
13	December 15	@ New York	74–71	Chick Halbert (19)	6–7
14	December 18	New York	71–99	Joe Fulks (18)	6–8
15	December 20	@ Providence	80–74	Joe Fulks (17)	7–8
16	December 26	Providence	89–61	Joe Fulks (24)	8–8
17	December 27	@ Washington	70–72	Joe Fulks (26)	8–9
18	December 30	@ Boston	64–70	Joe Fulks (31)	8–10
19	January 1	@ Baltimore	72–60	Joe Fulks (23)	9–10
20	January 2	Washington	69–60	Joe Fulks (30)	10–10
21	January 4	@ St. Louis	66–80	Joe Fulks (16)	10–11
22	January 9	Chicago	60–77	Angelo Musi (24)	10–12
23	January 10	@ Washington	99–106 (OT)	Joe Fulks (29)	10–13
24	January 16	Baltimore	72–63	Dallmar, Fulks (14)	11–13
25	January 17	@ Baltimore	79–77	Joe Fulks (23)	12–13
26	January 19	@ New York	63–57	Joe Fulks (23)	13–13
27	January 20	St. Louis	82–59	Joe Fulks (22)	14–13
28	January 22	Boston	54–61	Joe Fulks (18)	14–14
29	January 27	@ Boston	77–68	Joe Fulks (21)	15–14
30	January 29	New York	60–66	Joe Fulks (20)	15–15
31	January 31	@ St. Louis	66–60	Joe Fulks (18)	16–15
32	February 1	@ Chicago	85–78	Joe Fulks (37)	17–15
33	February 5	Washington	60–72	Joe Fulks (19)	17–16
34	February 7	@ St. Louis	54–67	Jerry Fleishman (9)	17–17
35	February 8	@ Chicago	74–80 (2OT)	Angelo Musi (21)	17–18
36	February 12	Boston	69–60	Fleishman, Senesky (15)	18–18
37	February 14	@ New York	47–78	Angelo Musi (16)	18–19
38	February 19	Washington	84–76	Chick Halbert (20)	19–19
39	February 24	Baltimore	83–71	Howie Dallmar (19)	20–19
40	February 26	Chicago	89–80	Howie Dallmar (18)	21–19
41	February 28	@ Providence	83–82	Chick Halbert (21)	22–19
42	March 2	New York	76–66	Joe Fulks (31)	23–19
43	March 4	Boston	82–62	Joe Fulks (18)	24–19
44	March 9	Chicago	79–93	Joe Fulks (24)	24–20
45	March 11	St. Louis	92–74	Joe Fulks (31)	25–20
46	March 13	@ Baltimore	62–64	Joe Fulks (20)	25–21
47	March 16	@ Providence	100–78	Howie Dallmar (32)	26–21
48	March 18	Providence	88–57	Joe Fulks (35)	27–21

Playoffs

1948 playoff game log

BAA Semifinals: 4–3 (home: 2–1; road: 2–2)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High assists	Location	Series
1	March 23	@ St. Louis	L 58–60	Joe Fulks (18)	Howie Dallmar (3)	St. Louis Arena	0–1
2	March 25	@ St. Louis	W 65–64	George Senesky (20)	Howie Dallmar (2)	St. Louis Arena	1–1
3	March 27	St. Louis	W 84–56	Joe Fulks (30)	Howie Dallmar (5)	Philadelphia Arena	2–1
4	March 30	St. Louis	L 51–56	Joe Fulks (21)	Howie Dallmar (2)	Philadelphia Arena	2–2
5	April 1	@ St. Louis	L 62–69	Joe Fulks (17)	Howie Dallmar (2)	St. Louis Arena	2–3
6	April 3	St. Louis	W 84–61	Joe Fulks (23)	Howie Dallmar (5)	Philadelphia Arena	3–3
7	April 6	@ St. Louis	W 85–46	Joe Fulks (15)	Chink Crossin (4)	St. Louis Arena	4–3

BAA Finals: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	High assists	Location Attendance	Series
1	April 10	Baltimore	W 71–60	Chick Halbert (19)	Howie Dallmar (3)	Philadelphia Arena 7,201	1–0
2	April 13	Baltimore	L 63–66	Joe Fulks (27)	Dallmar, Musi (2)	Philadelphia Arena 6,982	1–1
3	April 15	@ Baltimore	L 70–72	Joe Fulks (21)	Kaplowitz, Dallmar (2)	Baltimore Coliseum 4,500	1–2
4	April 17	@ Baltimore	L 75–78	Joe Fulks (29)	Howie Dallmar (3)	Baltimore Coliseum 4,500	1–3
5	April 20	Baltimore	W 91–82	Joe Fulks (19)	Howie Dallmar (4)	Philadelphia Arena 6,012	2–3
6	April 21	@ Baltimore	L 73–88	Joe Fulks (28)	Howie Dallmar (2)	Baltimore Coliseum 4,500	2–4

1948 schedule

Transactions

Purchases

Player	Date purchased	Former team
Kenny Sailors^[2]	November, 1947	Chicago Stags
Hank Beenders^[2]	January 15, 1948	Providence Steamrollers

Sales

Player	Date sold	New team
Jerry Rullo^[2]	October 14, 1947	Baltimore Bullets
Kenny Sailors^[2]	December 1, 1947	Providence Steamrollers

Awards and records

References

^ 1947–48 Philadelphia Warriors
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "1947–48 Philadelphia Warriors Transactions". Basketball Reference. Retrieved September 18, 2017.

[1] 1947–48 Philadelphia Warriors

[brtransactions-2] "1947–48 Philadelphia Warriors Transactions". Basketball Reference. Retrieved September 18, 2017.

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