1947–48 Chicago Stags season

March 2026 August 2023 Chicago Stags BAA 1948 28 20 Western 3 Harold Olsen Chicago Stadium WBKB WIND Lost BAA Semifinals CHS The 1947–48 BAA season was the Stags' second season in the Basketball Association of America (later known as the NBA).https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/BLB/1948.html 1947-48 Baltimore Bullets Roster and Stats During this season only, a vast majority of the Stags' home games would actually have the Stags' match-up be considered the main headliner for what would become a unique arrangement between the Basketball Association of America and the older National Basketball League where for 24 games of the season (starting on November 15, 1947 and ending on March 18, 1948), the Stags would agree to host an official NBL match involving one of their eleven teams as the headliner match-up of a doubleheader series agreed upon for that specific night before the Stags would play their official BAA-scheduled home match-up against one of the seven remaining BAA teams (the ABL-added Baltimore Bullets alongside the Boston Celtics, New York Knickerbockers, Philadelphia Warriors, Providence Steamrollers, St. Louis Bombers, and Washington Capitols) that entered the league's second season of existence.Nelson Murry R. The National Basketball League: A History, 1935–1949 2009 McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 978-0-7864-4006-1, pp. 179–180 While the agreement was made to look for both leagues to have financial stability throughout the season and look for an eventual agreement with each other following the NBL's defending-champion Chicago American Gears defecting from that league to create their own short-lived, rivaling professional basketball league called the Professional Basketball League of America (PBLA), the agreement plans between the two leagues would ultimately fall apart by the end of the season once the BAA persuaded four of the NBL's teams to switch leagues for the following season of play, which led to the end of the doubleheader series that Chicago held between the NBL and the BAA; the season after that would later see the two leagues merge operations to create the National Basketball Association (NBA), the present successor for both leagues (more so for the BAA than the NBL). Draft picks 1947 BAA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 8 Paul Huston F United States 1912 Ohio State 2 18 Ben Schadler F United States 1912 Northwestern 3 28 Jimmy Darden G United States 1912 Denver 4 38 Gene Vance G/F United States 1912 Illinois 5 47 Andy Phillip G/F United States 1912 Illinois 6 55 Ralph Bishop G/F United States 1912 Washington 7 62 Jim Pollard F/C United States 1912 Stanford 8 68 Don Smith G/F United States 1912 Minnesota 9 73 Jack Stone G/F United States 1912 Kansas State 10 77 Hank Decker – United States 1912 West Texas A&M Despite making it to the inaugural BAA (now NBA) Finals championship series against the Philadelphia Warriors, the Stags admitted to the rest of the league that they alongside the Canadian-based Toronto Huskies were completely unsure of their personal standings on whether they'd be able to play for another season or not (partially due to the perceived competition against the rivaling National Basketball League and their rivaling team in the new defending champions in the Chicago American Gears).Basketball Association of America League Minutes 1946-49 https://www.apbr.org/baaminutes.html www.apbr.org Even though they were uncertain about their personal status as a franchise, however, the Stags joined the Huskies in participating in the inaugural 1947 BAA draft, with the Stags later proving that they would be able to play for a few more seasons beyond this one at hand. Roster Chicago Stags 1947–48 17 Chuck Gilmur F/C 6 4 225 Washington 1922-08-13 3 Paul Huston basketball F 6 3 175 Ohio State 1925-06-02 23 Stan Miasek C/F 6 5 210 Textile HS (NY) 1924-08-08 19 Andy Phillip G/F 6 2 195 Illinois 1922-03-07 15 Gene Rock G 5 9 155 USC 1921-11-04 6 Mickey Rottner G 5 10 180 Loyola Chicago 1919-03-23 14 Ben Schadler F 6 0 185 Northwestern 1924-03-09 18 Jim Seminoff G/F 6 2 190 USC 1922-09-01 12 Gene Vance G/F 6 3 195 Illinois 1923-02-25 10 Max Zaslofsky SG 6 2 170 St. John's 1925-12-07 Harold Olsen https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/CHS/1948.html Regular season Season standings CHS Game log #DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord 1 November 13 St. Louis W 80–70 Andy Phillip (15) 1–0 2 November 15 Baltimore L 63–67 Stan Miasek (17) 1–1 3 November 19 @ New York W 81–63 Max Zaslofsky (26) 2–1 4 November 20 Washington W 81–77 Andy Phillip (20) 3–1 5 November 22 @ Baltimore L 72–75 Stan Miasek (27) 3–2 6 November 28 Philadelphia W 75–71 Max Zaslofsky (20) 4–2 7 December 3 Washington W 81–73 Stan Miasek (25) 5–2 8 December 6 Baltimore W 73–65 Stan Miasek (24) 6–2 9 December 12 St. Louis L 75–85 Max Zaslofsky (20) 6–3 10 December 18 Washington L 64–70 Gene Vance (15) 6–4 11 December 21 Baltimore W 93–83 Max Zaslofsky (24) 7–4 12 December 23 @ Boston W 83–75 Max Zaslofsky (24) 8–4 13 December 25 @ Baltimore L 70–87 Max Zaslofsky (16) 8–5 14 December 27 @ New York W 79–70 Max Zaslofsky (24) 9–5 15 December 30 @ Providence W 85–73 Max Zaslofsky (34) 10–5 16 January 3 @ Providence W 79–76 Max Zaslofsky (20) 11–5 17 January 7 @ New York W 79–74 Stan Miasek (25) 12–5 18 January 8 @ Baltimore L 75–78 Stan Miasek (17) 12–6 19 January 9 @ Philadelphia W 77–60 Max Zaslofsky (35) 13–6 20 January 11 New York W 99–86 Max Zaslofsky (31) 14–6 21 January 14 @ Washington L 67–75 Stan Miasek (21) 14–7 22 January 16 @ Boston L 61–75 Max Zaslofsky (20) 14–8 23 January 18 Boston W 72–48 Max Zaslofsky (20) 15–8 24 January 22 Providence L 50–56 Max Zaslofsky (17) 15–9 25 January 27 Baltimore W 78–74 Max Zaslofsky (28) 16–9 26 January 29 @ St. Louis L 60–62 Stan Miasek (19) 16–10 27 January 31 @ Washington L 48–54 Max Zaslofsky (17) 16–11 28 February 1 Philadelphia L 78–85 Max Zaslofsky (17) 16–12 29 February 5 @ St. Louis W 77–71 Phillip, Zaslofsky (19) 17–12 30 February 8 Philadelphia W 80–74 (2OT) Max Zaslofsky (26) 18–12 31 February 11 St. Louis L 78–80 Andy Phillip (30) 18–13 32 February 12 @ St. Louis W 80–74 Max Zaslofsky (27) 19–13 33 February 15 Providence L 79–85 Max Zaslofsky (24) 19–14 34 February 19 New York W 82–74 Max Zaslofsky (26) 20–14 35 February 21 @ Providence W 92–73 Seminoff, Zaslofsky (22) 21–14 36 February 22 @ Boston W 97–77 Max Zaslofsky (21) 22–14 37 February 25 @ Washington W 73–66 Stan Miasek (21) 23–14 38 February 26 @ Philadelphia L 80–89 Andy Phillip (25) 23–15 39 February 27 Boston W 69–83 Max Zaslofsky (23) 23–16 40 February 29 Washington W 76–75 (OT) Max Zaslofsky (28) 24–16 41 March 7 Providence W 89–81 Max Zaslofsky (40) 25–16 42 March 9 @ Philadelphia W 93–79 Gilmur, Seminoff (21) 26–16 43 March 10 @ Washington W 71–54 Max Zaslofsky (28) 27–16 44 March 11 @ Baltimore L 83–86 Max Zaslofsky (25) 27–17 45 March 13 New York W 58–51 Max Zaslofsky (22) 28–17 46 March 18 Boston L 72–77 Max Zaslofsky (19) 28–18 47 March 20 @ St. Louis L 63–75 Max Zaslofsky (21) 28–19 48 March 21 St. Louis L 70–82 Max Zaslofsky (24) 28–20 BAA-NBL Doubleheader Series This season was the only regular season where a BAA/NBA team would host multiple doubleheader series of games with many other teams from another professional basketball league, in this case, the rivaling National Basketball League. (It would also likely explain where the alternative version of the Basketball Association of America's logo would come from.) As such, all of the games that were played before the Chicago Stags played their regular season games this season, including the Minneapolis Lakers' famous exhibition game against the Harlem Globetrotters, will be displayed here in this case. However, due to the combination of the games all being hosted in the Chicago Stadium (home of the Stags) and the NBL not having their home and road opponents being confirmed to the general public so easily (at least, not as of 2026) due to their matches being considered neutral territory games, recording of scores for each game here will be determined by winning team and losing team with respective team scores shown on each side instead. #DateWinning TeamScoreLosing Team 1A November 15 Syracuse Nationals 73–72 Tri-Cities Blackhawks 1B November 15 Baltimore Bullets 67–63 Chicago Stags 2A December 3 Rochester Royals 72–54 Sheboygan Red Skins 2B December 3 Chicago Stags 81–73 Washington Capitols 3A December 6 Minneapolis Lakers 88–67 Anderson Duffey Packers 3B December 6 Chicago Stags 73–65 Baltimore Bullets 4A December 12 Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons 60–55 Minneapolis Lakers 4B December 12 St. Louis Bombers 85–75 Chicago Stags 5A December 18 Minneapolis Lakers 66–56 Toledo Jeeps 5B December 18 Washington Capitols 70–64 Chicago Stags 6A December 21 Rochester Royals 65–50 Oshkosh All-Stars 6B December 21 Chicago Stags 93–83 Baltimore Bullets 7A January 18 Oshkosh All-Stars 55–47 Flint/Midland Dow A.C.'s 7B January 18 Chicago Stags 72–48 Boston Celtics 8A January 22 Minneapolis Lakers 69–64 Rochester Royals 8B January 22 Providence Steamrollers 56–50 Chicago Stags 9A January 27 Tri-Cities Blackhawks 62–50 Flint/Midland Dow A.C.'s 9B January 27 Chicago Stags 78–74 Baltimore Bullets 10A February 11 Indianapolis Kautskys 57–53 Syracuse Nationals 10B February 11 St. Louis Bombers 80–78 Chicago Stags 11A February 15 Syracuse Nationals 75–62 Oshkosh All-Stars 11B February 15 Providence Steamrollers 85–79 Chicago Stags 12A February 19 Harlem Globetrotters 61–59 Minneapolis Lakers 12B February 19 Chicago Stags 82–74 New York Knicks 13A February 27 Anderson Duffey Packers 71–46 Sheboygan Red Skins 13B February 27 Boston Celtics 83–69 Chicago Stags 14A February 29 Minneapolis Lakers 66–56 Syracuse Nationals 14B February 29 Chicago Stags 76–75 (OT) Washington Capitols 15A March 7 Rochester Royals 61–46 Indianapolis Kautskys 15B March 7 Chicago Stags 89–81 Providence Steamrollers 16A March 13 Tri-Cities Blackhawks 61–55 Toledo Jeeps 16B March 13 Chicago Stags 58–51 New York Knicks 17A March 18 Indianapolis Kautskys 79–45 Flint/Midland Dow A.C.'s 17B March 18 Boston Celtics 77–72 Chicago Stags For the other seven games involved in the NBL's part of the doubleheader series with the BAA in Chicago, it's likely that the NBL's games in question were exhibition games played against either their own teams in the NBL (which would explain why the final results weren't officially recorded for the NBL's season) or were against other teams like the Harlem Globetrotters during this season. BAA Playoffs BAA Western Division Tiebreaker Series Match-Ups Chicago Stags vs. Washington Capitols: Stags win series 1-0 Game 1 @ Chicago (March 23): Chicago 74, Washington 70 Chicago Stags vs. Baltimore Bullets: Bullets win series 1-0 Game 1 @ Chicago (March 25): Baltimore 75, Chicago 72 BAA Quarterfinals (E3) Boston Celtics vs. (W3) Chicago Stags: Stags win series 2-1 Game 1 @ Boston (March 28): Chicago 79, Boston 72 Game 2 @ Boston (March 31): Boston 81, Chicago 77 Game 3 @ Boston (April 2): Chicago 81, Boston 74 BAA Semifinals (W2) Baltimore Bullets vs. (W3) Chicago Stags: Bullets win series 2-0 Game 1 @ Chicago (April 7): Baltimore 73, Chicago 67 Game 2 @ Baltimore (April 8): Baltimore 89, Chicago 72 Transactions List of 1947–48 BAA season transactions Sales PlayerDate soldNew teamKenny Sailors"1947–48 Philadelphia Warriors Transactions". Basketball Reference. 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