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28-20, Finished 2nd in BAA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Harold Olsen (28-20)
Points Per Game: 75.8 (1st of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 73.2 (7th of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 30-18 (3rd of 8)
Arena: Chicago Stadium ▪ Attendance: NA
SRS: 2.66 (2nd of 8)
Playoffs:
Lost BAA Semifinals (2-0) versus Baltimore Bullets
Won BAA Quarterfinals (2-1) versus Boston Celtics
Lost BAA Western Division Tiebreaker (1-0) versus Baltimore Bullets
Won BAA Western Division Tiebreaker (1-0) versus Washington Capitols
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu, Nov 13, 1947 | St. Louis Bombers | W | 80 | 70 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Sat, Nov 15, 1947 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 63 | 67 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 3 | Wed, Nov 19, 1947 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 81 | 63 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Thu, Nov 20, 1947 | Washington Capitols | W | 81 | 77 | 3 | 1 | W 2 | |||
| 5 | Sat, Nov 22, 1947 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 72 | 75 | 3 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 6 | Fri, Nov 28, 1947 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 75 | 71 | 4 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 7 | Wed, Dec 3, 1947 | Washington Capitols | W | 81 | 73 | 5 | 2 | W 2 | |||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 6, 1947 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 73 | 65 | 6 | 2 | W 3 | |||
| 9 | Fri, Dec 12, 1947 | St. Louis Bombers | L | 75 | 85 | 6 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 10 | Thu, Dec 18, 1947 | Washington Capitols | L | 64 | 70 | 6 | 4 | L 2 | |||
| 11 | Sun, Dec 21, 1947 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 93 | 83 | 7 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 12 | Tue, Dec 23, 1947 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 83 | 75 | 8 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 13 | Thu, Dec 25, 1947 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 70 | 87 | 8 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 14 | Sat, Dec 27, 1947 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 79 | 70 | 9 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 15 | Tue, Dec 30, 1947 | @ | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 85 | 73 | 10 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Jan 3, 1948 | @ | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 79 | 76 | 11 | 5 | W 3 | ||
| 17 | Wed, Jan 7, 1948 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 79 | 74 | 12 | 5 | W 4 | ||
| 18 | Thu, Jan 8, 1948 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 75 | 78 | 12 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 19 | Fri, Jan 9, 1948 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 77 | 60 | 13 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 20 | Sun, Jan 11, 1948 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 99 | 86 | 14 | 6 | W 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Wed, Jan 14, 1948 | @ | Washington Capitols | L | 67 | 75 | 14 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| 22 | Fri, Jan 16, 1948 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 61 | 75 | 14 | 8 | L 2 | ||
| 23 | Sun, Jan 18, 1948 | Boston Celtics | W | 72 | 48 | 15 | 8 | W 1 | |||
| 24 | Thu, Jan 22, 1948 | Providence Steam Rollers | L | 50 | 56 | 15 | 9 | L 1 | |||
| 25 | Tue, Jan 27, 1948 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 78 | 74 | 16 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 26 | Thu, Jan 29, 1948 | @ | St. Louis Bombers | L | 60 | 62 | 16 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 27 | Sat, Jan 31, 1948 | @ | Washington Capitols | L | 48 | 54 | 16 | 11 | L 2 | ||
| 28 | Sun, Feb 1, 1948 | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 78 | 85 | 16 | 12 | L 3 | |||
| 29 | Thu, Feb 5, 1948 | @ | St. Louis Bombers | W | 77 | 71 | 17 | 12 | W 1 | ||
| 30 | Sun, Feb 8, 1948 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 80 | 74 | 18 | 12 | W 2 | |||
| 31 | Wed, Feb 11, 1948 | St. Louis Bombers | L | 78 | 80 | 18 | 13 | L 1 | |||
| 32 | Thu, Feb 12, 1948 | @ | St. Louis Bombers | W | 80 | 74 | 19 | 13 | W 1 | ||
| 33 | Sun, Feb 15, 1948 | Providence Steam Rollers | L | 79 | 85 | 19 | 14 | L 1 | |||
| 34 | Thu, Feb 19, 1948 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 82 | 74 | 20 | 14 | W 1 | |||
| 35 | Sat, Feb 21, 1948 | @ | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 92 | 73 | 21 | 14 | W 2 | ||
| 36 | Sun, Feb 22, 1948 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 97 | 77 | 22 | 14 | W 3 | ||
| 37 | Wed, Feb 25, 1948 | @ | Washington Capitols | W | 73 | 66 | 23 | 14 | W 4 | ||
| 38 | Thu, Feb 26, 1948 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 80 | 89 | 23 | 15 | L 1 | ||
| 39 | Fri, Feb 27, 1948 | Boston Celtics | L | 69 | 83 | 23 | 16 | L 2 | |||
| 40 | Sun, Feb 29, 1948 | Washington Capitols | W | 76 | 75 | 24 | 16 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sun, Mar 7, 1948 | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 89 | 81 | 25 | 16 | W 2 | |||
| 42 | Tue, Mar 9, 1948 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 93 | 79 | 26 | 16 | W 3 | ||
| 43 | Wed, Mar 10, 1948 | @ | Washington Capitols | W | 71 | 54 | 27 | 16 | W 4 | ||
| 44 | Thu, Mar 11, 1948 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 83 | 86 | 27 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 45 | Sat, Mar 13, 1948 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 58 | 51 | 28 | 17 | W 1 | |||
| 46 | Thu, Mar 18, 1948 | Boston Celtics | L | 72 | 77 | 28 | 18 | L 1 | |||
| 47 | Sat, Mar 20, 1948 | @ | St. Louis Bombers | L | 63 | 75 | 28 | 19 | L 2 | ||
| 48 | Sun, Mar 21, 1948 | St. Louis Bombers | L | 70 | 82 | 28 | 20 | L 3 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Mar 23, 1948 | Washington Capitols | W | 74 | 70 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | Tiebreaker | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 2 | Thu, Mar 25, 1948 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 72 | 75 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | Tiebreaker | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 3 | Sun, Mar 28, 1948 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 79 | 72 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Wed, Mar 31, 1948 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 77 | 81 | 2 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 5 | Fri, Apr 2, 1948 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 81 | 74 | 3 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 6 | Wed, Apr 7, 1948 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 67 | 73 | 3 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 7 | Thu, Apr 8, 1948 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 72 | 89 | 3 | 4 | L 2 |