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44-16, Finished 2nd in BAA Western Division (Game Results)
BAA Season Summary

1948-49 BAA Champions

Scored 84.0 points per game, Allowed 76.7 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 47-13)
Coached by John Kundla (44-16)

Arena: Minneapolis Auditorium ▪ Attendance: NA

SRS: 6.81 (1st of 12)

Playoffs:
Won BAA Finals (4-2) versus Washington Capitols
Won BAA Western Division Finals (2-0) versus Rochester Royals
Won BAA Western Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Chicago Stags

1948-49 Statistics ▪ Schedule

Click on the Date for game box score, if available.

Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Thu, Nov 4, 1948 @ Baltimore Bullets W 84 72 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Nov 6, 1948 @ Washington Capitols L 62 67 1 1 L 1
3 Tue, Nov 9, 1948 @ Boston Celtics L 55 77 1 2 L 2
4 Thu, Nov 11, 1948 @ New York Knickerbockers W 77 68 2 2 W 1
5 Sat, Nov 13, 1948 @ Providence Steam Rollers W 90 67 3 2 W 2
6 Sun, Nov 14, 1948 @ Rochester Royals L 75 92 3 3 L 1
7 Wed, Nov 17, 1948 Boston Celtics L 72 74 3 4 L 2
8 Fri, Nov 19, 1948 @ Chicago Stags W 85 81 4 4 W 1
9 Sun, Nov 21, 1948 Baltimore Bullets W 94 81 5 4 W 2
10 Tue, Nov 23, 1948 @ Indianapolis Jets W 88 82 6 4 W 3
11 Wed, Nov 24, 1948 Providence Steam Rollers W 117 89 7 4 W 4
12 Sat, Nov 27, 1948 @ St. Louis Bombers W 87 71 8 4 W 5
13 Sun, Nov 28, 1948 Philadelphia Warriors W 88 67 9 4 W 6
14 Tue, Nov 30, 1948 N Boston Celtics W 94 84 10 4 W 7 at Chicago, IL
15 Wed, Dec 1, 1948 @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 74 84 10 5 L 1
16 Sat, Dec 4, 1948 @ Chicago Stags L 100 104 10 6 L 2
17 Sun, Dec 5, 1948 St. Louis Bombers W 78 68 11 6 W 1
18 Wed, Dec 8, 1948 Washington Capitols L 83 94 11 7 L 1
19 Fri, Dec 10, 1948 @ Rochester Royals W 96 75 12 7 W 1
20 Sun, Dec 12, 1948 Rochester Royals W 67 58 13 7 W 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Wed, Dec 15, 1948 Indianapolis Jets W 79 61 14 7 W 3
22 Sun, Dec 19, 1948 Chicago Stags W 94 84 15 7 W 4
23 Tue, Dec 21, 1948 @ Philadelphia Warriors L 64 72 15 8 L 1
24 Wed, Dec 22, 1948 @ New York Knickerbockers L 79 97 15 9 L 2
25 Sun, Dec 26, 1948 Rochester Royals W 99 90 16 9 W 1
26 Wed, Dec 29, 1948 Washington Capitols W 91 68 17 9 W 2
27 Sat, Jan 1, 1949 Fort Wayne Pistons W 92 72 18 9 W 3
28 Wed, Jan 5, 1949 St. Louis Bombers W 101 76 19 9 W 4
29 Sat, Jan 8, 1949 @ St. Louis Bombers L 59 64 19 10 L 1
30 Sun, Jan 9, 1949 St. Louis Bombers W 74 58 20 10 W 1
31 Wed, Jan 12, 1949 Providence Steam Rollers W 98 64 21 10 W 2
32 Sun, Jan 16, 1949 Indianapolis Jets W 75 66 22 10 W 3
33 Tue, Jan 18, 1949 @ Indianapolis Jets W 81 56 23 10 W 4
34 Thu, Jan 20, 1949 Fort Wayne Pistons W 83 65 24 10 W 5
35 Sun, Jan 23, 1949 Philadelphia Warriors W 89 71 25 10 W 6
36 Wed, Jan 26, 1949 Chicago Stags W 84 49 26 10 W 7
37 Mon, Jan 31, 1949 Washington Capitols W 84 79 27 10 W 8
38 Wed, Feb 2, 1949 @ Fort Wayne Pistons W 82 79 28 10 W 9
39 Thu, Feb 3, 1949 @ Philadelphia Warriors W 78 76 29 10 W 10
40 Sun, Feb 6, 1949 Rochester Royals L 74 85 29 11 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Thu, Feb 10, 1949 New York Knickerbockers W 95 75 30 11 W 1
42 Fri, Feb 11, 1949 @ Chicago Stags L 97 105 30 12 L 1
43 Sun, Feb 13, 1949 Baltimore Bullets W 91 74 31 12 W 1
44 Wed, Feb 16, 1949 Chicago Stags W 90 71 32 12 W 2
45 Fri, Feb 18, 1949 @ Boston Celtics W 85 71 33 12 W 3
46 Sat, Feb 19, 1949 @ Providence Steam Rollers W 94 80 34 12 W 4
47 Tue, Feb 22, 1949 @ New York Knickerbockers W 101 74 35 12 W 5
48 Thu, Feb 24, 1949 Fort Wayne Pistons W 77 73 36 12 W 6
49 Sat, Feb 26, 1949 @ Baltimore Bullets W 115 114 37 12 W 7
50 Sun, Feb 27, 1949 @ Fort Wayne Pistons L 50 74 37 13 L 1
51 Thu, Mar 3, 1949 @ Indianapolis Jets W 82 79 38 13 W 1
52 Sun, Mar 6, 1949 Providence Steam Rollers W 68 59 39 13 W 2
53 Wed, Mar 9, 1949 Boston Celtics W 74 67 40 13 W 3
54 Thu, Mar 10, 1949 @ St. Louis Bombers L 71 88 40 14 L 1
55 Sat, Mar 12, 1949 N Indianapolis Jets W 97 69 41 14 W 1 at Chicago, IL
56 Sun, Mar 13, 1949 New York Knickerbockers W 100 90 42 14 W 2
57 Wed, Mar 16, 1949 @ Washington Capitols L 72 85 42 15 L 1
58 Thu, Mar 17, 1949 @ Baltimore Bullets L 67 101 42 16 L 2
59 Sat, Mar 19, 1949 @ Rochester Royals W 99 85 43 16 W 1
60 Sun, Mar 20, 1949 Philadelphia Warriors W 91 78 44 16 W 2

Playoffs

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Wed, Mar 23, 1949 Chicago Stags W 84 77 1 0 W 1
2 Thu, Mar 24, 1949 @ Chicago Stags W 101 85 2 0 W 2
3 Sun, Mar 27, 1949 @ Rochester Royals W 80 79 3 0 W 3
4 Tue, Mar 29, 1949 Rochester Royals W 67 55 4 0 W 4
5 Mon, Apr 4, 1949 Washington Capitols W 88 84 5 0 W 5
6 Wed, Apr 6, 1949 Washington Capitols W 76 62 6 0 W 6
7 Fri, Apr 8, 1949 @ Washington Capitols W 94 74 7 0 W 7
8 Sat, Apr 9, 1949 @ Washington Capitols L 71 83 7 1 L 1
9 Mon, Apr 11, 1949 @ Washington Capitols L 65 74 7 2 L 2
10 Wed, Apr 13, 1949 Washington Capitols W 77 56 8 2 W 1