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28-32, Finished 4th in BAA Eastern Division (Game Results)
BAA Season Summary
Scored 83.7 points per game, Allowed 83.4 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 31-29)
Coached by Edward Gottlieb (28-32)
Arena: Philadelphia Arena / Attendance: NA
SRS: 0.22 (7th of 12)
Playoffs:
Lost BAA Eastern Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Washington Capitols
1948-49 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Nov 3, 1948 | @ | Washington Capitols | L | 70 | 77 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Thu, Nov 4, 1948 | Boston Celtics | W | 94 | 73 | 1 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 3 | Sat, Nov 6, 1948 | @ | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 69 | 56 | 2 | 1 | W 2 | ||
| 4 | Sun, Nov 7, 1948 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 77 | 85 | 2 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 5 | Tue, Nov 9, 1948 | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 92 | 84 | 3 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 6 | Thu, Nov 11, 1948 | Rochester Royals | L | 75 | 83 | 3 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 7 | Sat, Nov 13, 1948 | @ | St. Louis Bombers | L | 75 | 76 | 3 | 4 | L 2 | ||
| 8 | Tue, Nov 16, 1948 | @ | Indianapolis Jets | W | 90 | 82 | 4 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 9 | Wed, Nov 17, 1948 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 72 | 80 | 4 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 10 | Thu, Nov 18, 1948 | Indianapolis Jets | W | 83 | 71 | 5 | 5 | W 1 | |||
| 11 | Sat, Nov 20, 1948 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 86 | 91 | 5 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Tue, Nov 23, 1948 | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 80 | 90 | 5 | 7 | L 2 | |||
| 13 | Thu, Nov 25, 1948 | Washington Capitols | L | 73 | 81 | 5 | 8 | L 3 | |||
| 14 | Sun, Nov 28, 1948 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 67 | 88 | 5 | 9 | L 4 | ||
| 15 | Tue, Nov 30, 1948 | @ | Chicago Stags | L | 68 | 74 | 5 | 10 | L 5 | ||
| 16 | Thu, Dec 2, 1948 | Boston Celtics | L | 87 | 88 | 5 | 11 | L 6 | |||
| 17 | Sat, Dec 4, 1948 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 101 | 105 | 5 | 12 | L 7 | ||
| 18 | Wed, Dec 8, 1948 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 78 | 83 | 5 | 13 | L 8 | |||
| 19 | Thu, Dec 9, 1948 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 91 | 92 | 5 | 14 | L 9 | ||
| 20 | Tue, Dec 14, 1948 | St. Louis Bombers | W | 74 | 61 | 6 | 14 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Wed, Dec 15, 1948 | @ | Washington Capitols | L | 81 | 92 | 6 | 15 | L 1 | ||
| 22 | Fri, Dec 17, 1948 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 87 | 78 | 7 | 15 | W 1 | |||
| 23 | Sat, Dec 18, 1948 | @ | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 94 | 90 | 8 | 15 | W 2 | ||
| 24 | Tue, Dec 21, 1948 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 72 | 64 | 9 | 15 | W 3 | |||
| 25 | Sat, Dec 25, 1948 | Boston Celtics | W | 80 | 77 | 10 | 15 | W 4 | |||
| 26 | Thu, Dec 30, 1948 | Indianapolis Jets | W | 94 | 91 | 11 | 15 | W 5 | |||
| 27 | Sat, Jan 1, 1949 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 80 | 88 | 11 | 16 | L 1 | ||
| 28 | Tue, Jan 4, 1949 | Washington Capitols | L | 78 | 84 | 11 | 17 | L 2 | |||
| 29 | Thu, Jan 6, 1949 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 88 | 93 | 11 | 18 | L 3 | ||
| 30 | Sat, Jan 8, 1949 | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 67 | 73 | 11 | 19 | L 4 | |||
| 31 | Tue, Jan 11, 1949 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 71 | 83 | 11 | 20 | L 5 | ||
| 32 | Fri, Jan 14, 1949 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 104 | 79 | 12 | 20 | W 1 | ||
| 33 | Sat, Jan 15, 1949 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 94 | 87 | 13 | 20 | W 2 | |||
| 34 | Tue, Jan 18, 1949 | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 86 | 74 | 14 | 20 | W 3 | |||
| 35 | Thu, Jan 20, 1949 | Chicago Stags | W | 92 | 72 | 15 | 20 | W 4 | |||
| 36 | Sun, Jan 23, 1949 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 71 | 89 | 15 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| 37 | Tue, Jan 25, 1949 | @ | Chicago Stags | W | 86 | 77 | 16 | 21 | W 1 | ||
| 38 | Wed, Jan 26, 1949 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 80 | 88 | 16 | 22 | L 1 | ||
| 39 | Thu, Jan 27, 1949 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 102 | 96 | 17 | 22 | W 1 | |||
| 40 | Sat, Jan 29, 1949 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 78 | 73 | 18 | 22 | W 2 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Tue, Feb 1, 1949 | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 93 | 86 | 19 | 22 | W 3 | |||
| 42 | Thu, Feb 3, 1949 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 76 | 78 | 19 | 23 | L 1 | |||
| 43 | Sun, Feb 6, 1949 | @ | St. Louis Bombers | W | 77 | 74 | 20 | 23 | W 1 | ||
| 44 | Mon, Feb 7, 1949 | @ | Indianapolis Jets | L | 73 | 90 | 20 | 24 | L 1 | ||
| 45 | Tue, Feb 8, 1949 | N | Fort Wayne Pistons | L | 87 | 89 | 20 | 25 | L 2 | at Chicago, IL | |
| 46 | Thu, Feb 10, 1949 | Indianapolis Jets | W | 108 | 87 | 21 | 25 | W 1 | |||
| 47 | Sat, Feb 12, 1949 | @ | Washington Capitols | W | 91 | 88 | 22 | 25 | W 2 | ||
| 48 | Thu, Feb 17, 1949 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 86 | 82 | 23 | 25 | W 3 | |||
| 49 | Tue, Feb 22, 1949 | @ | Rochester Royals | L | 86 | 92 | 23 | 26 | L 1 | ||
| 50 | Wed, Feb 23, 1949 | Chicago Stags | L | 85 | 102 | 23 | 27 | L 2 | |||
| 51 | Tue, Mar 1, 1949 | St. Louis Bombers | W | 89 | 83 | 24 | 27 | W 1 | |||
| 52 | Thu, Mar 3, 1949 | Chicago Stags | W | 90 | 75 | 25 | 27 | W 2 | |||
| 53 | Sat, Mar 5, 1949 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 85 | 99 | 25 | 28 | L 1 | ||
| 54 | Thu, Mar 10, 1949 | Rochester Royals | L | 71 | 73 | 25 | 29 | L 2 | |||
| 55 | Fri, Mar 11, 1949 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 100 | 108 | 25 | 30 | L 3 | ||
| 56 | Sat, Mar 12, 1949 | @ | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 92 | 70 | 26 | 30 | W 1 | ||
| 57 | Tue, Mar 15, 1949 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 84 | 76 | 27 | 30 | W 2 | |||
| 58 | Thu, Mar 17, 1949 | Washington Capitols | W | 84 | 81 | 28 | 30 | W 3 | |||
| 59 | Sat, Mar 19, 1949 | @ | St. Louis Bombers | L | 100 | 109 | 28 | 31 | L 1 | ||
| 60 | Sun, Mar 20, 1949 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 78 | 91 | 28 | 32 | L 2 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Mar 23, 1949 | Washington Capitols | L | 70 | 92 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 2 | Thu, Mar 24, 1949 | @ | Washington Capitols | L | 78 | 80 | 0 | 2 | L 2 |