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27-21, Finished 1st in BAA Eastern Division (Game Results)
BAA Season Summary
Scored 73.4 points per game, Allowed 72.1 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 27-21)
Coached by Edward Gottlieb (27-21)
Arena: Philadelphia Arena / Attendance: NA
SRS: 0.69 (6th of 8)
Playoffs:
Lost BAA Finals (4-2) versus Baltimore Bullets
Won BAA Semifinals (4-3) versus St. Louis Bombers
1947-48 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu, Nov 13, 1947 | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 79 | 64 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Fri, Nov 14, 1947 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 79 | 74 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Nov 15, 1947 | @ | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 80 | 78 | 3 | 0 | W 3 | ||
| 4 | Wed, Nov 19, 1947 | @ | Washington Capitols | L | 67 | 74 | 3 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 5 | Thu, Nov 20, 1947 | Boston Celtics | L | 57 | 67 | 3 | 2 | L 2 | |||
| 6 | Sat, Nov 22, 1947 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 83 | 78 | 4 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 7 | Thu, Nov 27, 1947 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 59 | 81 | 4 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 8 | Fri, Nov 28, 1947 | @ | Chicago Stags | L | 71 | 75 | 4 | 4 | L 2 | ||
| 9 | Wed, Dec 3, 1947 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 58 | 73 | 4 | 5 | L 3 | |||
| 10 | Tue, Dec 9, 1947 | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 78 | 74 | 5 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 11 | Thu, Dec 11, 1947 | St. Louis Bombers | L | 69 | 74 | 5 | 6 | L 1 | |||
| 12 | Fri, Dec 12, 1947 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 67 | 69 | 5 | 7 | L 2 | ||
| 13 | Mon, Dec 15, 1947 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 74 | 71 | 6 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 14 | Thu, Dec 18, 1947 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 71 | 99 | 6 | 8 | L 1 | |||
| 15 | Sat, Dec 20, 1947 | @ | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 80 | 74 | 7 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 16 | Fri, Dec 26, 1947 | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 89 | 61 | 8 | 8 | W 2 | |||
| 17 | Sat, Dec 27, 1947 | @ | Washington Capitols | L | 70 | 72 | 8 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 18 | Tue, Dec 30, 1947 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 64 | 70 | 8 | 10 | L 2 | ||
| 19 | Thu, Jan 1, 1948 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 72 | 60 | 9 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 20 | Fri, Jan 2, 1948 | Washington Capitols | W | 69 | 60 | 10 | 10 | W 2 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sun, Jan 4, 1948 | @ | St. Louis Bombers | L | 66 | 80 | 10 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 22 | Fri, Jan 9, 1948 | Chicago Stags | L | 60 | 77 | 10 | 12 | L 2 | |||
| 23 | Sat, Jan 10, 1948 | @ | Washington Capitols | L | 99 | 106 | 10 | 13 | L 3 | ||
| 24 | Fri, Jan 16, 1948 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 72 | 63 | 11 | 13 | W 1 | |||
| 25 | Sat, Jan 17, 1948 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 79 | 77 | 12 | 13 | W 2 | ||
| 26 | Mon, Jan 19, 1948 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 63 | 57 | 13 | 13 | W 3 | ||
| 27 | Tue, Jan 20, 1948 | St. Louis Bombers | W | 82 | 59 | 14 | 13 | W 4 | |||
| 28 | Thu, Jan 22, 1948 | Boston Celtics | L | 54 | 61 | 14 | 14 | L 1 | |||
| 29 | Tue, Jan 27, 1948 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 77 | 68 | 15 | 14 | W 1 | ||
| 30 | Thu, Jan 29, 1948 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 60 | 66 | 15 | 15 | L 1 | |||
| 31 | Sat, Jan 31, 1948 | @ | St. Louis Bombers | W | 66 | 60 | 16 | 15 | W 1 | ||
| 32 | Sun, Feb 1, 1948 | @ | Chicago Stags | W | 85 | 78 | 17 | 15 | W 2 | ||
| 33 | Thu, Feb 5, 1948 | Washington Capitols | L | 60 | 72 | 17 | 16 | L 1 | |||
| 34 | Sat, Feb 7, 1948 | @ | St. Louis Bombers | L | 54 | 67 | 17 | 17 | L 2 | ||
| 35 | Sun, Feb 8, 1948 | @ | Chicago Stags | L | 74 | 80 | 17 | 18 | L 3 | ||
| 36 | Thu, Feb 12, 1948 | Boston Celtics | W | 69 | 60 | 18 | 18 | W 1 | |||
| 37 | Sat, Feb 14, 1948 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 47 | 78 | 18 | 19 | L 1 | ||
| 38 | Thu, Feb 19, 1948 | Washington Capitols | W | 84 | 76 | 19 | 19 | W 1 | |||
| 39 | Tue, Feb 24, 1948 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 83 | 71 | 20 | 19 | W 2 | |||
| 40 | Thu, Feb 26, 1948 | Chicago Stags | W | 89 | 80 | 21 | 19 | W 3 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sat, Feb 28, 1948 | @ | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 83 | 82 | 22 | 19 | W 4 | ||
| 42 | Tue, Mar 2, 1948 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 76 | 66 | 23 | 19 | W 5 | |||
| 43 | Thu, Mar 4, 1948 | Boston Celtics | W | 82 | 62 | 24 | 19 | W 6 | |||
| 44 | Tue, Mar 9, 1948 | Chicago Stags | L | 79 | 93 | 24 | 20 | L 1 | |||
| 45 | Thu, Mar 11, 1948 | St. Louis Bombers | W | 92 | 74 | 25 | 20 | W 1 | |||
| 46 | Sat, Mar 13, 1948 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 62 | 64 | 25 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| 47 | Tue, Mar 16, 1948 | @ | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 100 | 78 | 26 | 21 | W 1 | ||
| 48 | Thu, Mar 18, 1948 | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 88 | 57 | 27 | 21 | W 2 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Mar 23, 1948 | @ | St. Louis Bombers | L | 58 | 60 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Thu, Mar 25, 1948 | @ | St. Louis Bombers | W | 65 | 64 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 3 | Sat, Mar 27, 1948 | St. Louis Bombers | W | 84 | 56 | 2 | 1 | W 2 | |||
| 4 | Tue, Mar 30, 1948 | St. Louis Bombers | L | 51 | 56 | 2 | 2 | L 1 | |||
| 5 | Thu, Apr 1, 1948 | @ | St. Louis Bombers | L | 62 | 69 | 2 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Apr 3, 1948 | St. Louis Bombers | W | 84 | 61 | 3 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 7 | Tue, Apr 6, 1948 | @ | St. Louis Bombers | W | 85 | 46 | 4 | 3 | W 2 | ||
| 8 | Sat, Apr 10, 1948 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 71 | 60 | 5 | 3 | W 3 | |||
| 9 | Tue, Apr 13, 1948 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 63 | 66 | 5 | 4 | L 1 | |||
| 10 | Thu, Apr 15, 1948 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 70 | 72 | 5 | 5 | L 2 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Apr 17, 1948 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 75 | 78 | 5 | 6 | L 3 | ||
| 12 | Tue, Apr 20, 1948 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 91 | 82 | 6 | 6 | W 1 | |||
| 13 | Wed, Apr 21, 1948 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 73 | 88 | 6 | 7 | L 1 |