1948 BAA playoffs

Postseason tournament August 2023 BAA playoffs 1948 1947–48 March 23 – April 21, 1948 6 Baltimore Bullets 1 Philadelphia Warriors Chicago Stags St. Louis Bombers 1947 1949 The 1948 BAA playoffs was the postseason tournament following the Basketball Association of America 1947–48 season. Following its third, 1948–49 season, the BAA and National Basketball League merged to create the National Basketball Association or NBA. The tournament concluded with the Baltimore Bullets defeating the Philadelphia Warriors 4 games to 2 in the BAA Finals. The two Division champions and two teams involved in a 3-way tiebreaker began tournament play on Tuesday, March 23, and the Finals concluded on Wednesday, April 21. Baltimore and Philadelphia played 12 and 13 games in the span of 30 days; their six final games in 12 days. Due to changes with the rivaling National Basketball League (mainly the removal of the previous defending champions in the Chicago American Gears), the BAA would not face any direct competition with the 1948 NBL playoffs despite their playoff dates overlapping with the BAA's playoff dates once again. Not only that, but with the Chicago Stags being eliminated from playoff contention on April 8 by the eventual BAA champion Baltimore Bullets in the city of Baltimore, they would also see no real competition from the 1948 World Professional Basketball Tournament held in Chicago from April 8–11, 1948, which featured five teams from the rivaling National Basketball League, the Wilkes-Barre Barons from the rivaling American Basketball League that the Bullets used to be a part of, and two independently ran teams in the Bridgeport Newfield Steelers and the all-black New York Renaissance; both of those rivaling professional tournaments would end with the NBL turned future BAA/NBA team known as the Minneapolis Lakers winning both of those events over the Rochester Royals and the New York Renaissance, respectively. Bracket There were no byes. Western and Eastern champions St. Louis and Philadelphia immediately played a long semifinal series with St. Louis having home-court advantage. Philadelphia won the seventh game in St. Louis, 85–46, two days before Baltimore concluded its sequence of tie-breaker (not shown) and two short series with other runners-up. 2 First Round BAA Semifinals BAA Finals W2 Baltimore 2 E2 New York 1 E3 Boston 1 W3 Chicago 2 W2 Baltimore 2 W3 Chicago 0 W1 St. Louis* 3 E1 Philadelphia* 4 W2 Baltimore 4 E1 Philadelphia* 2* Division winner Bold Series winner Division Tiebreakers Western Division Tiebreakers Washington Capitols @ Chicago Stags #eee March 23 Boxscore Washington Capitols 70 Chicago Stags 74 16–10 20–22 21–20 13–22 Feerick, Scolari 16 each Max Zaslofsky 24 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois Ed Boyle, Jim Beiersdorfer Washington fails to qualify Baltimore Bullets @ Chicago Stags #eee March 25 Boxscore Baltimore Bullets 75 Chicago Stags 72 10–17 21–15 17–21 27–19 Kleggie Hermsen 14 Max Zaslofsky 21 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois Ed Boyle, Jim Beiersdorfer Baltimore finishes as the West's #2 seed, Chicago as the West's #3 seed First round (W2) Baltimore Bullets vs. (E2) New York Knicks #eee March 27 Boxscore New York Knicks 81 Baltimore Bullets 85 21–19 22–26 19–21 19–19 Bud Palmer 21 Connie Simmons 34 Baltimore Coliseum, Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore leads series, 1–0 March 28 Boxscore Baltimore Bullets 69 New York Knicks 79 30–33 39–46 Connie Simmons 23 Bud Palmer 18 Madison Square Garden III, Manhattan, New York Series tied, 1–1 #eee April 1 Boxscore New York Knicks 77 Baltimore Bullets 84 46–41 31–43 Sid Tanenbaum 18 Connie Simmons 22 Baltimore Coliseum, Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore wins series, 2–1 This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. (E3) Boston Celtics vs. (W3) Chicago Stags #eee March 28 Boxscore Chicago Stags 79 Boston Celtics 72 29–32 50–40 Max Zaslofsky 18 Sadowski, Riebe 22 each Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts Chicago leads series, 1–0 March 31 Boxscore Chicago Stags 77 Boston Celtics 81 33–40 44–41 Max Zaslofsky 22 Saul Mariaschin 17 Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts Series tied, 1–1 #eee April 2 Boxscore Chicago Stags 81 Boston Celtics 74 37–40 44–34 Max Zaslofsky 31 Ed Sadowski 26 Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts Chicago wins series, 2–1 This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. BAA Semifinals (W1) St. Louis Bombers vs. (E1) Philadelphia Warriors #eee March 23 Boxscore Philadelphia Warriors 58 St. Louis Bombers 60 29–31 29–29 Joe Fulks 18 Howie Dallmar 3 Belus Smawley 21 John Logan 2 St. Louis Arena, St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis leads series, 1–0 March 25 Boxscore Philadelphia Warriors 65 St. Louis Bombers 64 31–37 34–29 George Senesky 20 Howie Dallmar 2 Belus Smawley 13 Bob Doll 3 St. Louis Arena, St. Louis, Missouri Series tied, 1–1 #eee March 27 Boxscore St. Louis Bombers 56 Philadelphia Warriors 84 17–17 11–18 13–25 15–24 Rocha, Maughan 16 each Don Putman 2 Joe Fulks 30 Howie Dallmar 5 Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia leads series, 2–1 March 30 Boxscore St. Louis Bombers 56 Philadelphia Warriors 51 29–28 27–23 Red Rocha 19 Red Rocha 2 Joe Fulks 21 Howie Dallmar 2 Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Series tied, 2–2 #eee April 1 Boxscore Philadelphia Warriors 62 St. Louis Bombers 69 34–36 28–33 Joe Fulks 17 Howie Dallmar 2 Red Rocha 22 John Logan 4 St. Louis Arena, St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis leads series, 3–2 April 3 Boxscore St. Louis Bombers 61 Philadelphia Warriors 84 30–47 31–37 Rocha, Logan 11 each four players 1 each Joe Fulks 23 Howie Dallmar 5 Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Series tied, 3–3 #eee April 6 Boxscore Philadelphia Warriors 85 St. Louis Bombers 46 38–21 47–25 Joe Fulks 15 Chink Crossin 4 John Logan 18 Logan, Smawley 1 each St. Louis Arena, St. Louis, Missouri Philadelphia wins series, 4–3 This was the first game 7 in league history and also the first road team to win game 7. It was also the Warriors' last game 7 win on the road until 2018. This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Warriors winning the first meeting. +Previous playoff seriesPhiladelphia leads 1–0 in all-time playoff series#fff 1947 Philadelphia Warriors 2 St. Louis Bombers 1 1947 BAA First Round (W2) Baltimore Bullets vs. (W3) Chicago Stags #eee April 7 Boxscore Baltimore Bullets 73 Chicago Stags 67 41–27 32–40 Paul Hoffman 19 Zaslofsky, Miasek 15 each Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois Baltimore leads series, 1–0 April 8 Boxscore Chicago Stags 72 Baltimore Bullets 89 41–38 31–51 Stan Miasek 27 Chick Reiser 18 Baltimore Coliseum, Baltimore, Maryland 7,201 Baltimore wins series, 2–0 This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. BAA Finals: (E1) Philadelphia Warriors vs. (W2) Baltimore Bullets 1948 BAA Finals #eee April 10 Boxscore Baltimore Bullets 60 Philadelphia Warriors 71 12–17 7–17 21–21 20–16 Connie Simmons 15 Jeannette, Schulz 2 each Chick Halbert 19 Howie Dallmar 3 Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 7,201 Philadelphia leads series, 1–0 April 13 Boxscore Baltimore Bullets 66 Philadelphia Warriors 63 13–19 7–22 20–7 26–15 Connie Simmons 25 Kleggie Hermsen 3 Joe Fulks 27 Dallmar, Musi 2 each Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 6,982 Series tied, 1–1 #eee April 15 Boxscore Philadelphia Warriors 70 Baltimore Bullets 72 12–11 18–20 17–18 23–23 Joe Fulks 21 Kaplowitz, Dallmar 2 each Connie Simmons 14 Kleggie Hermsen 3 Baltimore Coliseum, Baltimore, Maryland 4,500 Baltimore leads series, 2–1 April 17 Boxscore Philadelphia Warriors 75 Baltimore Bullets 78 13–20 15–20 17–12 30–26 Joe Fulks 29 Howie Dallmar 3 Paul Hoffman 27 Hermsen, Jeannette 2 each Baltimore Coliseum, Baltimore, Maryland 4,500 Baltimore leads series, 3–1 #eee April 20 Boxscore Baltimore Bullets 82 Philadelphia Warriors 91 19–20 14–18 26–23 23–30 Connie Simmons 16 Chick Reiser 2 Joe Fulks 19 Howie Dallmar 4 Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 6,012 Baltimore leads series, 3–2 April 21 Boxscore Philadelphia Warriors 73 Baltimore Bullets 88 18–13 13–24 17–26 25–25 Joe Fulks 28 Howie Dallmar 2 Chick Reiser 16 Connie Simmons 6 Baltimore Coliseum, Baltimore, Maryland 4,500 Baltimore wins series, 4–2 This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. See also NBA records External links 1948 Playoff Results at NBA.com 1948 BAA Playoffs at Basketball-Reference.com Playoffs Category:Basketball Association of America playoffs it:Basketball Association of America 1947-1948#Play-off fi:BAA-kausi 1947–1948#Pudotuspelit