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38-22, Finished 3rd in BAA Western Division (Game Results)
BAA Season Summary
Scored 84.0 points per game, Allowed 80.0 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 40-20)
Coached by Harold Olsen (28-21), Philip Brownstein (10-1)
Arena: Chicago Stadium / Attendance: NA
SRS: 3.73 (3rd of 12)
Playoffs:
Lost BAA Western Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Minneapolis Lakers
1948-49 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Nov 6, 1948 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 82 | 69 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Sat, Nov 13, 1948 | Indianapolis Jets | W | 79 | 72 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Fri, Nov 19, 1948 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 81 | 85 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 4 | Sun, Nov 21, 1948 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 70 | 69 | 3 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Nov 27, 1948 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 103 | 105 | 3 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 6 | Tue, Nov 30, 1948 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 74 | 68 | 4 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 7 | Wed, Dec 1, 1948 | @ | St. Louis Bombers | L | 61 | 72 | 4 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Dec 4, 1948 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 104 | 100 | 5 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 9 | Sun, Dec 5, 1948 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 88 | 79 | 6 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 10 | Fri, Dec 10, 1948 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 78 | 70 | 7 | 3 | W 3 | |||
| 11 | Mon, Dec 13, 1948 | N | Baltimore Bullets | W | 75 | 70 | 8 | 3 | W 4 | at Indianapolis, IN | |
| 12 | Tue, Dec 14, 1948 | Rochester Royals | L | 78 | 85 | 8 | 4 | L 1 | |||
| 13 | Fri, Dec 17, 1948 | @ | Indianapolis Jets | W | 71 | 67 | 9 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 14 | Sun, Dec 19, 1948 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 84 | 94 | 9 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 15 | Thu, Dec 23, 1948 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 89 | 96 | 9 | 6 | L 2 | ||
| 16 | Sat, Dec 25, 1948 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 70 | 64 | 10 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 17 | Sun, Dec 26, 1948 | Boston Celtics | W | 84 | 73 | 11 | 6 | W 2 | |||
| 18 | Tue, Dec 28, 1948 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 76 | 74 | 12 | 6 | W 3 | ||
| 19 | Thu, Dec 30, 1948 | @ | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 101 | 89 | 13 | 6 | W 4 | ||
| 20 | Sat, Jan 1, 1949 | @ | Washington Capitols | L | 90 | 92 | 13 | 7 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sun, Jan 2, 1949 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 81 | 79 | 14 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| 22 | Tue, Jan 4, 1949 | N | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 115 | 104 | 15 | 7 | W 2 | at Boston, MA | |
| 23 | Thu, Jan 6, 1949 | @ | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 89 | 78 | 16 | 7 | W 3 | ||
| 24 | Sat, Jan 8, 1949 | @ | Rochester Royals | W | 91 | 88 | 17 | 7 | W 4 | ||
| 25 | Sun, Jan 9, 1949 | Rochester Royals | L | 75 | 90 | 17 | 8 | L 1 | |||
| 26 | Wed, Jan 12, 1949 | @ | St. Louis Bombers | W | 75 | 66 | 18 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 27 | Fri, Jan 14, 1949 | @ | Indianapolis Jets | W | 88 | 61 | 19 | 8 | W 2 | ||
| 28 | Sat, Jan 15, 1949 | N | Boston Celtics | W | 94 | 86 | 20 | 8 | W 3 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 29 | Sun, Jan 16, 1949 | Washington Capitols | W | 92 | 70 | 21 | 8 | W 4 | |||
| 30 | Wed, Jan 19, 1949 | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 96 | 104 | 21 | 9 | L 1 | |||
| 31 | Thu, Jan 20, 1949 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 72 | 92 | 21 | 10 | L 2 | ||
| 32 | Fri, Jan 21, 1949 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 86 | 76 | 22 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 33 | Tue, Jan 25, 1949 | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 77 | 86 | 22 | 11 | L 1 | |||
| 34 | Wed, Jan 26, 1949 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 49 | 84 | 22 | 12 | L 2 | ||
| 35 | Fri, Jan 28, 1949 | St. Louis Bombers | W | 83 | 65 | 23 | 12 | W 1 | |||
| 36 | Sat, Jan 29, 1949 | N | Indianapolis Jets | W | 87 | 81 | 24 | 12 | W 2 | at St. Louis, MO | |
| 37 | Wed, Feb 2, 1949 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 77 | 67 | 25 | 12 | W 3 | |||
| 38 | Sat, Feb 5, 1949 | @ | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 91 | 75 | 26 | 12 | W 4 | ||
| 39 | Sun, Feb 6, 1949 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 87 | 75 | 27 | 12 | W 5 | ||
| 40 | Tue, Feb 8, 1949 | St. Louis Bombers | L | 73 | 75 | 27 | 13 | L 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Fri, Feb 11, 1949 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 105 | 97 | 28 | 13 | W 1 | |||
| 42 | Sat, Feb 12, 1949 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 73 | 87 | 28 | 14 | L 1 | ||
| 43 | Tue, Feb 15, 1949 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 83 | 69 | 29 | 14 | W 1 | |||
| 44 | Wed, Feb 16, 1949 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 71 | 90 | 29 | 15 | L 1 | ||
| 45 | Sat, Feb 19, 1949 | @ | St. Louis Bombers | L | 59 | 63 | 29 | 16 | L 2 | ||
| 46 | Sun, Feb 20, 1949 | Indianapolis Jets | W | 95 | 72 | 30 | 16 | W 1 | |||
| 47 | Wed, Feb 23, 1949 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 102 | 85 | 31 | 16 | W 2 | ||
| 48 | Thu, Feb 24, 1949 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 87 | 68 | 32 | 16 | W 3 | ||
| 49 | Sat, Feb 26, 1949 | @ | Washington Capitols | W | 103 | 90 | 33 | 16 | W 4 | ||
| 50 | Mon, Feb 28, 1949 | Washington Capitols | L | 57 | 67 | 33 | 17 | L 1 | |||
| 51 | Tue, Mar 1, 1949 | @ | Indianapolis Jets | L | 69 | 79 | 33 | 18 | L 2 | ||
| 52 | Wed, Mar 2, 1949 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 79 | 81 | 33 | 19 | L 3 | ||
| 53 | Thu, Mar 3, 1949 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 75 | 90 | 33 | 20 | L 4 | ||
| 54 | Sat, Mar 5, 1949 | @ | Washington Capitols | W | 106 | 95 | 34 | 20 | W 1 | ||
| 55 | Tue, Mar 8, 1949 | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 110 | 82 | 35 | 20 | W 2 | |||
| 56 | Sat, Mar 12, 1949 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 80 | 85 | 35 | 21 | L 1 | |||
| 57 | Sun, Mar 13, 1949 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 78 | 81 | 35 | 22 | L 2 | ||
| 58 | Wed, Mar 16, 1949 | N | Boston Celtics | W | 107 | 82 | 36 | 22 | W 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 59 | Thu, Mar 17, 1949 | St. Louis Bombers | W | 85 | 79 | 37 | 22 | W 2 | |||
| 60 | Sun, Mar 20, 1949 | Rochester Royals | W | 98 | 61 | 38 | 22 | W 3 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Mar 23, 1949 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 77 | 84 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Thu, Mar 24, 1949 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 85 | 101 | 0 | 2 | L 2 |