1947–48 Philadelphia Warriors season

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

1947–48 Philadelphia Warriors season
Division champions
Head coachEdward Gottlieb
ArenaPhiladelphia Arena
Results
Record27–21 (.563)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishBAA Finals
(eliminated 2–4)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWCAU

BAA Draft
Main article: 1947 BAA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
16Chink CrossinG United StatesPenn
––Norman Butz– United StatesSt. Joseph's
––Jim Kaeding– United StatesYork (PA)
––Ed KoffenbergerC United StatesDuke
––Jim PollardSF United StatesStanford

Roster
Roster listing
Philadelphia Warriors 1947–48 roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)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 Pennsylvania
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
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents
1947-48 BAA Records
Team BAL BOS CHI NYK PHI PRO STL WAS
Baltimore —5–15–35–12–46–03–52–6
Boston 1–5—3–31–74–46–22–43–3
Chicago 3–53–3—6–04–24–23–55–3
New York 1–57–10–6—4–47–14–23–3
Philadelphia 4–24–42-41–7—8–03–32–4
Providence 0–62–62–41–70–8—0–61–5
St. Louis 5–34–25–32–43–36–0—4–4
Washington 6–23–33–53–34–25–14–4—

Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1November 13Providence79–64Joe Fulks (23)1–0
2November 14@ Boston79–74 (OT)Joe Fulks (26)2–0
3November 15@ Providence80–78Joe Fulks (23)3–0
4November 19@ Washington67–74Joe Fulks (25)3–1
5November 20Boston57–67Joe Fulks (21)3–2
6November 22@ New York83–78Dallmar, Fulks (22)4–2
7November 27New York59–81Joe Fulks (24)4–3
8November 28@ Chicago71–75Joe Fulks (22)4–4
9December 3Baltimore58–73Chick Halbert (11)4–5
10December 9Providence78–74 (OT)Joe Fulks (22)5–5
11December 11St. Louis69–74Joe Fulks (28)5–6
12December 12@ Boston67–69Joe Fulks (23)5–7
13December 15@ New York74–71Chick Halbert (19)6–7
14December 18New York71–99Joe Fulks (18)6–8
15December 20@ Providence80–74Joe Fulks (17)7–8
16December 26Providence89–61Joe Fulks (24)8–8
17December 27@ Washington70–72Joe Fulks (26)8–9
18December 30@ Boston64–70Joe Fulks (31)8–10
19January 1@ Baltimore72–60Joe Fulks (23)9–10
20January 2Washington69–60Joe Fulks (30)10–10
21January 4@ St. Louis66–80Joe Fulks (16)10–11
22January 9Chicago60–77Angelo Musi (24)10–12
23January 10@ Washington99–106 (OT)Joe Fulks (29)10–13
24January 16Baltimore72–63Dallmar, Fulks (14)11–13
25January 17@ Baltimore79–77Joe Fulks (23)12–13
26January 19@ New York63–57Joe Fulks (23)13–13
27January 20St. Louis82–59Joe Fulks (22)14–13
28January 22Boston54–61Joe Fulks (18)14–14
29January 27@ Boston77–68Joe Fulks (21)15–14
30January 29New York60–66Joe Fulks (20)15–15
31January 31@ St. Louis66–60Joe Fulks (18)16–15
32February 1@ Chicago85–78Joe Fulks (37)17–15
33February 5Washington60–72Joe Fulks (19)17–16
34February 7@ St. Louis54–67Jerry Fleishman (9)17–17
35February 8@ Chicago74–80 (2OT)Angelo Musi (21)17–18
36February 12Boston69–60Fleishman, Senesky (15)18–18
37February 14@ New York47–78Angelo Musi (16)18–19
38February 19Washington84–76Chick Halbert (20)19–19
39February 24Baltimore83–71Howie Dallmar (19)20–19
40February 26Chicago89–80Howie Dallmar (18)21–19
41February 28@ Providence83–82Chick Halbert (21)22–19
42March 2New York76–66Joe Fulks (31)23–19
43March 4Boston82–62Joe Fulks (18)24–19
44March 9Chicago79–93Joe Fulks (24)24–20
45March 11St. Louis92–74Joe Fulks (31)25–20
46March 13@ Baltimore62–64Joe Fulks (20)25–21
47March 16@ Providence100–78Howie Dallmar (32)26–21
48March 18Providence88–57Joe Fulks (35)27–21

Playoffs

BAA Quarterfinals

The Warriors had a quarterfinal bye.

BAA Semifinals

(W1) St. Louis Bombers vs. (E1) Philadelphia Warriors: Warriors win series 4-3

  • Game 1 @ St. Louis: St. Louis 60, Philadelphia 58
  • Game 2 @ St. Louis: Philadelphia 65, St. Louis 64
  • Game 3 @ Philadelphia: Philadelphia 84, St. Louis 56
  • Game 4 @ Philadelphia: St. Louis 56, Philadelphia 51
  • Game 5 @ St. Louis: St. Louis 69, Philadelphia 62
  • Game 6 @ Philadelphia: Philadelphia 84, St. Louis 61
  • Game 7 @ St. Louis: Philadelphia 85, St. Louis 46

BAA Finals

(E1) Philadelphia Warriors vs. (W2) Baltimore Bullets: Bullets win series 4-2

  • Game 1 @ Philadelphia: Philadelphia 71, Baltimore 60
  • Game 2 @ Philadelphia: Baltimore 66, Philadelphia 63
  • Game 3 @ Baltimore: Baltimore 72, Philadelphia 70
  • Game 4 @ Baltimore: Baltimore 78, Philadelphia 75
  • Game 5 @ Philadelphia: Philadelphia 91, Baltimore 82
  • Game 6 @ Baltimore: Baltimore 88, Philadelphia 73

Transactions
Main article: List of 1947–48 BAA season 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
  1. 1947–48 Philadelphia Warriors
  2. "1947–48 Philadelphia Warriors Transactions". Basketball Reference. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
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