1947–48 Philadelphia Warriors season

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 at Basketball Reference
RadioWCAU

The 1947–48 Philadelphia Warriors season was the Warriors' 2nd season in the BAA (which later became the NBA).[1] Entering this season, the Warriors sought to repeat as champions in the BAA in a shortened up 48-game schedule of play after previously winning the league's inaugural championship over the Chicago Stags in an eleven team league. By the end of their second season of play, the Warriors ended up becoming Eastern Division champions with a 27–21 record, claiming that mark by one game over the New York Knickerbockers. In the 1948 BAA playoffs, the Warriors would defeat the best team of the entire league in terms of records this season, the St. Louis Bombers, 4–3, but were ultimately upset by the only new team of the BAA that season, the Baltimore Bullets from the original American Basketball League that they had already won a championship (or two, according to them) from previously, 4–2, ending the Warriors' bid at being the first BAA team to repeat as champions in their league. With their loss to Baltimore and later seeing the original Bullets squad fold operations on November 27, 1954, the original Baltimore Bullets squad that first started out in the ABL are currently the only BAA/NBA team (as of 2025) to have folded operations while also being crowned champions of the league; that Bullets squad that beat the Warriors would also join the Chicago Stags squad that lost to the Warriors in the previous year's championship and the Washington Capitols in the following year's championship as the only BAA/NBA teams that competed for a BAA/NBA Finals championship to later fold operations altogether.

BAA Draft

Main article: 1947 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

Philadelphia Warriors 1947–48 roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From
F/C 15 Hank Beenders 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1916-06-02 LIU Brooklyn
F 14 Stan Brown 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1929-06-27 South Philadelphia HS (PA)
G 7 Chink Crossin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1924-07-04 Penn
F 12 Howie Dallmar 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1922-05-24 Stanford
SG 6 Jerry Fleishman 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1922-02-14 NYU
PF 10 Joe Fulks 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1921-10-26 Murray State
C 20 Chick Halbert 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1919-02-27 West Texas A&M
C 18 Art Hillhouse 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1916-06-12 LIU Brooklyn
G/F 9 Ralph Kaplowitz 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1919-05-18 NYU
G 5 Angelo Musi 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 145 lb (66 kg) 1918-07-25 Temple
F 7 Bob O'Brien 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1927-01-26 Pepperdine
F/C 19 Jack Rocker 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1922-08-12 California
PG 8 George Senesky 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

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

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