1948–49 Rochester Royals season

The 1948–49 BAA season was the Royals' first season in the BAA (later known as the NBA).[1]

1948–49 Rochester Royals season
Division champions
Head coachLes Harrison
ArenaEdgerton Park Arena
Results
Record45–15 (.750)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Western)
Playoff finishWest Division Finals
(eliminated 0–2)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWHAM

Draft
Main article: 1948 BAA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
110Bobby WanzerG United StatesSeton Hall
––Alex Athas– United StatesTulane
––Bill GaborG/F United StatesSyracuse
––Ed Keim– United StatesNiagara
––Leo KubiakG/F United StatesBowling Green
––Johnny MacknowskiF United StatesSeton Hall
––Lionel Melamed– United States CCNY
––Hank O'Keefe– United StatesCanisius
––Warren Stickel– United StatesSyracuse
––Paul Yesavi– United StatesNiagara

Roster
Roster listing
1948–49 Rochester Royals roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
SG 19 Calhoun, Bill 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1927-11-04 CCSF
G 15 Curran, Fran 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1925-09-19 Notre Dame
PG 11 Davies, Bob 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1920-01-15 Seton Hall
F/C 10 Duncan, Andy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1922-04-17 William & Mary
F/C 10 – 12 Fitzgerald, Bob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1923-03-14 Seton Hall
PG 16 Holzman, Red 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1920-08-10 CCNY
SF 17 Johnson, Arnie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 236 lb (107 kg) 1920-05-16 Bemidji State
G/F 13 Levane, Andrew 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1920-04-11 St. John's
G 12 Malamed, Lionel 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 150 lb (68 kg) 1924-11-15 CCNY
F/C 18 Novak, Mike 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 219 lb (99 kg) 1915-04-23 Loyola
C 14 Risen, Arnie 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1924-10-09 Ohio State
G 9 Wanzer, Bobby 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1921-06-04 Seton Hall
Head coach

Les Harrison

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents
1948–49 BAA records
Team BAL BOS CHI FWP IND MIN NYK PHI PRO ROC STL WAS
Baltimore —4–21–44–15–01–42–44–22–41–42–33–3
Boston 2–4—0–54–13–22–33–33–33–31–43–21–5
Chicago 4–15–0—4–25–12–43–22–35–02–43–33–2
Fort Wayne 1–41–42–4—3–32–41–45–04–10–61–42–3
Indianapolis 0–52–31-53–3—0–61–41–44–11–53–32–3
Minneapolis 4–13–24–24–26–0—4–14–15–04–24–22–3
New York 4–23–32–34–14–11–4—2–45–11–43–22–3
Philadelphia 2–43–33–20–54–11–44–2—6–00–53–22–4
Providence 4–23–30–51–41–40–51–50–6—2–30–50–6
Rochester 4–14–14–26–05–12–44–15–03–2—6–02–3
St. Louis 3–22–33–34–13–32–42–32–35–00–6—2–3
Washington 3–35–12–33–23–23–23–24–26–03–23–2—

Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1November 6Indianapolis69–58Arnie Johnson (11)1–0
2November 10@ Washington66–73Arnie Risen (17)1–1
3November 11@ Philadelphia83–75Arnie Risen (21)2–1
4November 13Boston95–63Red Holzman (16)3–1
5November 14Minneapolis92–75Arnie Risen (19)4–1
6November 16New York75–63Arnie Risen (13)5–1
7November 18@ Providence103–74Red Holzman (18)6–1
8November 21Washington77–80Davies, Risen (17)6–2
9November 23Baltimore108–90Red Holzman (24)7–2
10November 27Chicago105–103 (2OT)Arnie Risen (26)8–2
11December 1@ New York73–72Arnie Risen (28)9–2
12December 4Philadelphia105–101 (OT)Arnie Risen (20)10–2
13December 6@ Boston87–79Bob Davies (19)11–2
14December 7Providence89–90Andy Duncan (20)11–3
15December 10Minneapolis75–96Andy Duncan (15)11–4
16December 12@ Minneapolis58–67Arnie Risen (12)11–5
17December 14@ Chicago85–78Arnie Risen (26)12–5
18December 18Fort Wayne84–64Bobby Wanzer (21)13–5
19December 19@ Fort Wayne83–78 (OT)Red Holzman (17)14–5
20December 21@ Indianapolis84–71Arnie Risen (25)15–5
21December 25St. Louis90–82Arnie Risen (19)16–5
22December 26@ Minneapolis90–99Andy Duncan (22)16–6
23December 29@ New York74–77Arnie Risen (16)16–7
24December 30@ Baltimore89–100Bobby Wanzer (22)16–8
25January 1St. Louis106–83Bobby Wanzer (18)17–8
26January 2@ St. Louis89–64Novak, Risen (14)18–8
27January 6@ Indianapolis62–73Arnie Risen (11)18–9
28January 8Chicago88–91Arnie Risen (25)18–10
29January 9@ Chicago90–75Bob Davies (26)19–10
30January 11Philadelphia83–71Arnie Risen (21)20–10
31January 13@ Baltimore102–85Bobby Wanzer (18)21–10
32January 15Fort Wayne73–62Davies, Wanzer (14)22–10
33January 19vs Indianapolis70–66Bob Davies (33)23–10
34January 20@ St. Louis84–74Bob Davies (26)24–10
35January 22New York103–98 (2OT)Bob Davies (22)25–10
36January 23@ Fort Wayne81–80 (OT)Bob Davies (29)26–10
37January 29Baltimore90–86Arnie Risen (22)27–10
38February 1@ Boston76–68Bobby Wanzer (21)28–10
39February 3@ Providence80–88Arnie Risen (26)28–11
40February 5Fort Wayne80–61Red Holzman (15)29–11
41February 6@ Minneapolis85–74Arnie Risen (22)30–11
42February 8Providence97–65Arnie Risen (20)31–11
43February 9@ Washington94–99 (2OT)Bob Davies (29)31–12
44February 10@ Baltimore90–76Arnie Risen (27)32–12
45February 12Chicago87–73Davies, Risen (23)33–12
46February 15Washington91–79Arnie Risen (17)34–12
47February 17@ St. Louis68–63Bob Davies (19)35–12
48February 18@ Indianapolis65–53Bob Davies (14)36–12
49February 19Indianapolis87–73Arnie Risen (25)37–12
50February 22Philadelphia92–86Arnie Risen (17)38–12
51February 26Boston64–59Arnie Johnson (17)39–12
52March 1Washington67–64Arnie Johnson (14)40–12
53March 5Providence81–64Bobby Wanzer (14)41–12
54March 6@ Fort Wayne78–66Arnie Risen (29)42–12
55March 10@ Philadelphia73–71Bob Davies (25)43–12
56March 12St. Louis104–74Arnie Risen (21)44–12
57March 15@ Boston83–86Arnie Risen (28)44–13
58March 16@ New York94–89Bob Davies (29)45–13
59March 19Minneapolis85–99Red Holzman (15)45–14
60March 20@ Chicago61–98Fran Curran (15)45–15

Playoffs

West Division Semifinals

(1) Rochester Royals vs. (4) St. Louis Bombers: Royals win series 2-0

  • Game 1 @ Rochester: Rochester 93, St. Louis 64
  • Game 2 @ St. Louis: Rochester 66, St. Louis 64

Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Royals and Bombers.

West Division Finals

(1) Rochester Royals vs. (2) Minneapolis Lakers: Lakers win series 2-0

  • Game 1 @ Rochester: Minneapolis 80, Rochester 79
  • Game 2 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 67, Rochester 55

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

Awards and records

References
  1. 1948–49 Rochester Royals
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