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1947-48 NBA season

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See also
  • 1948 NBA Finals
  • 1948 NBA Draft
  • Basketball
  • NBA
  • College Basketball
  • 1948
Sources
  • NBA
  • Basketball Hall of Fame
  • TSN Basketball Almanac
  • Basketball Through the Years
  • NBA Hoops Online
  • Wikipedia

The 1947-48 NBA Season was the 2nd season of the Basketball Association of America, the league that would eventually become the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Baltimore Bullets winning the BAA Championship, beating the Philadelphia Warriors 4 games to 2 in the BAA Finals.

Contents

  • 1 Notable Occurrences
  • 2 Final standings
    • 2.1 Eastern Division
    • 2.2 Western Division
  • 3 NBA awards
  • 4 See also

[edit] Notable Occurrences

  • Before the season starts, several teams folded leaving the BBA with only 7 teams. The Baltimore Bullets were brought into the league to even out the divisions.

[edit] Final standings

[edit] Eastern Division

Team W L PCT. GB
Philadelphia Warriors 27 21 .563 -
New York Knicks 26 22 .542 1
Boston Celtics 20 28 .417 7
Providence Steamrollers 6 42 .125 21

[edit] Western Division

Team W L PCT. GB
St. Louis Bombers 29 19 .604 -
Baltimore Bullets C 28 20 .583 1
Chicago Stags 28 20 .583 1
Washington Capitols 28 20 .583 1

C - NBA Champions

[edit] NBA awards

  • All-NBA First Team:
    • Ed Sadowski, Boston Celtics
    • Joe Fulks, Philadelphia Warriors
    • Howie Dallmar, Philadelphia Warriors
    • Bob Feerick, Washington Capitols
    • Max Zaslofsky, Chicago Stags

Note: All information on this page were obtained on the History section on NBA.com

[edit] See also

  • 1948 NBA Finals
  • 1948 NBA Draft

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