1948–49 New York Knicks season

Season of National Basketball Association team the New York Knicks March 2026 August 2023 New York Knicks BAA 1949 32 28 2nd 2nd Joe Lapchick1948–49 New York Knicks Roster and Statistics Basketball-Reference https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/1949.html September 10, 2011 Ned Irish Madison Square Garden WOR-TVThe Fourth Estate New York Knicks 2003 331 http://www.nba.com/media/mediacentral/mg0304_nyk_10.pdf January 23, 2018WPIX WMGMJaker Bill Sulek Frank Kanze Peter The Airwaves of New York: Illustrated Histories of 156 AM Stations in the Metropolitan Area, 1921–1996 McFarland & Company 2008 194 https://books.google.com/books?id=pLTB4E5wVBAC&pg=PA194 978-0-7864-3872-3 September 21, 2011 East Division finals(lost to Capitols 1–2) The 1948–49 New York Knickerbockers season was the third season for the team in the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which later became the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Knickerbockers had a 32–28 record in 1948–49 and finished second in the Eastern Division, six games behind the Washington Capitols. New York qualified for the playoffs, and defeated the Baltimore Bullets 2–1 in a best-of-three series to earn a place in the Eastern Division finals. In the division championship series, the Knickerbockers lost to the Capitols, two games to one.1948–49 BAA Season Summary Basketball-Reference https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/BAA_1949.html February 4, 2010 Before the 1949–50 season, the BAA merged with the National Basketball League to form the NBA.This Day In History Aug 3, 1949: NBA is born History http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nba-is-born July 30, 2012 Draft 1948 BAA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team 1 4 Dolph Schayes F/C United States NYU – – Gene Berce G/F United States Marquette – – Leland Byrd – United States West Virginia – – Harry Gallatin F/C United States Northeast Missouri – – Keith Grimes – United States East Central – – Mel McGaha G United States Arkansas – – Ed Peterson C United States Cornell – – Tex Ritter G United States Eastern Kentucky – – Dick Shrider G United States Ohio – – John Stanich – United States UCLA Source:1948 BAA Draft Basketball-Reference https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/BAA_1948.html December 10, 2017 Roster 1948–49 New York Knicks #0000FF white #FF8C00 black 4 Carl Braun basketball G/F 6 5 180 Colgate 1927-09-25 14 Tommy Byrnes F/G 6 3 175 Seton Hall 1923-02-19 18 Joe Colone F 6 5 210 Bloomsburg 1924-01-23 11 Harry Gallatin F/C 6 6 210 Truman State 1918-11-22 14 Gene James F 6 4 180 Marshall 1925-02-15 19 Lee Knorek C 6 7 215 Detroit Mercy 1921-07-15 12 Ray Kuka F 6 3 200 Notre Dame 1922-02-17 7 Ray Lumpp G 6 1 178 NYU 1923-07-11 8 Mel McGaha G 6 1 190 Arkansas 1926-09-26 5 Paul Noel F 6 4 185 Kentucky 1924-08-17 16 Bud Palmer F/C 6 4 180 Princeton 1921-09-14 10 Tex Ritter basketball G/F 6 2 185 Eastern Kentucky 1924-02-26 3 Irv Rothenberg C 6 7 215 LIU Brooklyn 1921-12-31 7 Dick Shrider G 6 2 190 Ohio 1923-02-07 6 Sid Tanenbaum G 6 0 160 NYU 1925-10-08 17 Butch van Breda Kolff G/F 6 3 185 NYU 1922-10-28 Joe Lapchick https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/1949.html Regular season Season standings NYK Game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 November 3 @ Fort Wayne 80–76 Irv Rothenberg (19) 1–0 2 November 5 @ Indianapolis 87–71 Butch van Breda Kolff (17) 2–0 3 November 9 @ St. Louis 56–60 Carl Braun (18) 2–1 4 November 11 Minneapolis 68–77 Bud Palmer (21) 2–2 5 November 13 Baltimore 91–87 Butch van Breda Kolff (17) 3–2 6 November 16 @ Rochester 63–75 Bud Palmer (14) 3–3 7 November 17 Washington 62–73 Carl Braun (11) 3–4 8 November 18 @ Baltimore 67–55 Carl Braun (15) 4–4 9 November 20 Philadelphia 91–86 Bud Palmer (28) 5–4 10 November 27 Fort Wayne 80–70 Bud Palmer (16) 6–4 11 November 30 @ Providence 88–61 Bud Palmer (16) 7–4 12 December 1 Rochester 72–73 Carl Braun (22) 7–5 13 December 4 Indianapolis 66–63 Carl Braun (26) 8–5 14 December 8 Providence 83–74 (OT) Irv Rothenberg (17) 9–5 15 December 9 @ Providence 74–63 Tommy Byrnes (19) 10–5 16 December 11 Baltimore 72–71 Carl Braun (22) 11–5 17 December 12 @ Fort Wayne 89–78 Carl Braun (21) 12–5 18 December 13 @ Indianapolis 80–74 Carl Braun (14) 13–5 19 December 17 @ Philadelphia 78–87 Carl Braun (19) 13–6 20 December 18 St. Louis 88–79 Carl Braun (26) 14–6 21 December 19 @ Boston 75–77 Bud Palmer (24) 14–7 22 December 22 Minneapolis 97–79 Paul Noel (21) 15–7 23 December 25 Chicago 64–70 Bud Palmer (16) 15–8 24 December 29 Rochester 77–74 Sid Tanenbaum (17) 16–8 25 January 1 Philadelphia 88–80 Butch van Breda Kolff (16) 17–8 26 January 2 @ Chicago 79–81 Braun, Knorek (15) 17–9 27 January 4 @ Indianapolis 58–63 Sid Tanenbaum (18) 17–10 28 January 7 @ Boston 69–67 Harry Gallatin (21) 18–10 29 January 8 Baltimore 81–83 Harry Gallatin (16) 18–11 30 January 12 Boston 81–64 Bud Palmer (18) 19–11 31 January 15 @ Washington 73–75 Irv Rothenberg (16) 19–12 32 January 17 St. Louis 71–79 Sid Tanenbaum (16) 19–13 33 January 20 @ Baltimore 68–82 Braun, Palmer (11) 19–14 34 January 22 @ Rochester 98–103 (2OT) Palmer, Ritter (18) 19–15 35 January 23 Washington 93–97 Braun, Palmer (23) 19–16 36 January 26 Providence 89–77 Bud Palmer (19) 20–16 37 January 27 @ Philadelphia 96–102 Carl Braun (28) 20–17 38 January 29 Philadelphia 73–78 Carl Braun (14) 20–18 39 February 5 @ Washington 83–73 Lumpp, Palmer (19) 21–18 40 February 6 Chicago 75–87 Ray Lumpp (23) 21–19 41 February 9 @ St. Louis 95–83 Carl Braun (22) 22–19 42 February 10 @ Minneapolis 75–95 Bud Palmer (14) 22–20 43 February 12 Fort Wayne 85–58 Ray Lumpp (23) 23–20 44 February 13 @ Fort Wayne 73–82 Bud Palmer (15) 23–21 45 February 15 vs St. Louis 79–75 (OT) Butch van Breda Kolff (22) 24–21 46 February 17 @ Philadelphia 82–86 Ray Lumpp (22) 24–22 47 February 19 Boston 77–87 Ray Lumpp (20) 24–23 48 February 22 Minneapolis 74–101 Joe Colone (21) 24–24 49 February 24 @ Providence 84–89 Bud Palmer (22) 24–25 50 February 26 Indianapolis 81–76 Bud Palmer (20) 25–25 51 March 2 Chicago 81–79 Ray Lumpp (21) 26–25 52 March 3 Providence 86–65 Ray Lumpp (20) 27–25 53 March 5 Boston 66–61 Carl Braun (14) 28–25 54 March 9 Washington 90–74 Bud Palmer (19) 29–25 55 March 10 @ Baltimore 99–94 Carl Braun (26) 30–25 56 March 12 @ Chicago 85–80 Carl Braun (24) 31–25 57 March 13 @ Minneapolis 90–100 Carl Braun (20) 31–26 58 March 16 Rochester 89–94 Harry Gallatin (17) 31–27 59 March 18 @ Boston 56–70 Gene James (11) 31–28 60 March 19 @ Washington 82–70 Ray Lumpp (23) 32–28 Playoffs New York Knicks 1949 yes New York Knicks Division semifinals yes yes no 2 0 0 1 yes yes yes |- | 1 | March 23 | @ Baltimore | L 81–82 | Carl Braun (21) | Baltimore Coliseum | 0–1 |- | 2 | March 24 | Baltimore | W 84–74 | Carl Braun (20) | Madison Square Garden III | 1–1 |- | 3 | March 26 | Baltimore | W 103–99 (OT) | Harry Gallatin (21) | Madison Square Garden III | 2–1 |- New York Knicks Division finals yes no 1 0 0 2 yes yes yes |- | 1 | March 29 | @ Washington | L 71–77 | Harry Gallatin (17) | National Guard Armory | 0–1 |- | 2 | March 31 | Washington | W 86–84 (OT) | Carl Braun (30) | Madison Square Garden III | 1–1 |- | 3 | April 2 | @ Washington | L 76–84 | Braun, Gallatin (15) | National Guard Armory | 1–2 |- NYK 1949 yes References External links 1948–49 New York Knickerbockers Statistics Category:New York Knicks seasons New York New York Knicks New York Knicks Category:1940s in Manhattan