45-15, Finished 1st in BAA Western Division (Game Results)
BAA Season Summary
Scored 84.0 points per game, Allowed 77.4 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 46-14)
Coached by Les Harrison (45-15)
Arena: Edgerton Park Arena / Attendance: 121,499 (2nd of 2 available)
SRS: 6.13 (2nd of 12)
Playoffs:
Lost BAA Western Division Finals (2-0) versus Minneapolis Lakers
Won BAA Western Division Semifinals (2-0) versus St. Louis Bombers
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 | Indianapolis Jets | W | 69 | 58 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Wed, Nov 10, 1948 | @ | Washington Capitols | L | 66 | 73 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Thu, Nov 11, 1948 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 83 | 75 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Nov 13, 1948 | Boston Celtics | W | 95 | 63 | 3 | 1 | W 2 | |||
| 5 | Sun, Nov 14, 1948 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 92 | 75 | 4 | 1 | W 3 | |||
| 6 | Tue, Nov 16, 1948 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 75 | 63 | 5 | 1 | W 4 | |||
| 7 | Thu, Nov 18, 1948 | @ | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 103 | 74 | 6 | 1 | W 5 | ||
| 8 | Sun, Nov 21, 1948 | Washington Capitols | L | 77 | 80 | 6 | 2 | L 1 | |||
| 9 | Tue, Nov 23, 1948 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 108 | 90 | 7 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 10 | Sat, Nov 27, 1948 | Chicago Stags | W | 105 | 103 | 8 | 2 | W 2 | |||
| 11 | Wed, Dec 1, 1948 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 73 | 72 | 9 | 2 | W 3 | ||
| 12 | Sat, Dec 4, 1948 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 105 | 101 | 10 | 2 | W 4 | |||
| 13 | Mon, Dec 6, 1948 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 87 | 79 | 11 | 2 | W 5 | ||
| 14 | Tue, Dec 7, 1948 | Providence Steam Rollers | L | 89 | 90 | 11 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 15 | Fri, Dec 10, 1948 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 75 | 96 | 11 | 4 | L 2 | |||
| 16 | Sun, Dec 12, 1948 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 58 | 67 | 11 | 5 | L 3 | ||
| 17 | Tue, Dec 14, 1948 | @ | Chicago Stags | W | 85 | 78 | 12 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 18 | Sat, Dec 18, 1948 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 84 | 64 | 13 | 5 | W 2 | |||
| 19 | Sun, Dec 19, 1948 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 83 | 78 | 14 | 5 | W 3 | ||
| 20 | Tue, Dec 21, 1948 | @ | Indianapolis Jets | W | 84 | 71 | 15 | 5 | W 4 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sat, Dec 25, 1948 | St. Louis Bombers | W | 90 | 82 | 16 | 5 | W 5 | |||
| 22 | Sun, Dec 26, 1948 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 90 | 99 | 16 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 23 | Wed, Dec 29, 1948 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 74 | 77 | 16 | 7 | L 2 | ||
| 24 | Thu, Dec 30, 1948 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 89 | 100 | 16 | 8 | L 3 | ||
| 25 | Sat, Jan 1, 1949 | St. Louis Bombers | W | 106 | 83 | 17 | 8 | W 1 | |||
| 26 | Sun, Jan 2, 1949 | @ | St. Louis Bombers | W | 89 | 64 | 18 | 8 | W 2 | ||
| 27 | Thu, Jan 6, 1949 | @ | Indianapolis Jets | L | 62 | 73 | 18 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 28 | Sat, Jan 8, 1949 | Chicago Stags | L | 88 | 91 | 18 | 10 | L 2 | |||
| 29 | Sun, Jan 9, 1949 | @ | Chicago Stags | W | 90 | 75 | 19 | 10 | W 1 | ||
| 30 | Tue, Jan 11, 1949 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 83 | 71 | 20 | 10 | W 2 | |||
| 31 | Thu, Jan 13, 1949 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 102 | 85 | 21 | 10 | W 3 | ||
| 32 | Sat, Jan 15, 1949 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 73 | 62 | 22 | 10 | W 4 | |||
| 33 | Wed, Jan 19, 1949 | N | Indianapolis Jets | W | 70 | 66 | 23 | 10 | W 5 | at Chicago, IL | |
| 34 | Thu, Jan 20, 1949 | @ | St. Louis Bombers | W | 84 | 74 | 24 | 10 | W 6 | ||
| 35 | Sat, Jan 22, 1949 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 103 | 98 | 25 | 10 | W 7 | |||
| 36 | Sun, Jan 23, 1949 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 81 | 80 | 26 | 10 | W 8 | ||
| 37 | Sat, Jan 29, 1949 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 90 | 86 | 27 | 10 | W 9 | |||
| 38 | Tue, Feb 1, 1949 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 76 | 68 | 28 | 10 | W 10 | ||
| 39 | Thu, Feb 3, 1949 | @ | Providence Steam Rollers | L | 80 | 88 | 28 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| 40 | Sat, Feb 5, 1949 | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 80 | 61 | 29 | 11 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Sun, Feb 6, 1949 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 85 | 74 | 30 | 11 | W 2 | ||
| 42 | Tue, Feb 8, 1949 | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 97 | 65 | 31 | 11 | W 3 | |||
| 43 | Wed, Feb 9, 1949 | @ | Washington Capitols | L | 94 | 99 | 31 | 12 | L 1 | ||
| 44 | Thu, Feb 10, 1949 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 90 | 76 | 32 | 12 | W 1 | ||
| 45 | Sat, Feb 12, 1949 | Chicago Stags | W | 87 | 73 | 33 | 12 | W 2 | |||
| 46 | Tue, Feb 15, 1949 | Washington Capitols | W | 91 | 79 | 34 | 12 | W 3 | |||
| 47 | Thu, Feb 17, 1949 | @ | St. Louis Bombers | W | 68 | 63 | 35 | 12 | W 4 | ||
| 48 | Fri, Feb 18, 1949 | @ | Indianapolis Jets | W | 65 | 53 | 36 | 12 | W 5 | ||
| 49 | Sat, Feb 19, 1949 | Indianapolis Jets | W | 87 | 73 | 37 | 12 | W 6 | |||
| 50 | Tue, Feb 22, 1949 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 92 | 86 | 38 | 12 | W 7 | |||
| 51 | Sat, Feb 26, 1949 | Boston Celtics | W | 64 | 59 | 39 | 12 | W 8 | |||
| 52 | Tue, Mar 1, 1949 | Washington Capitols | W | 67 | 64 | 40 | 12 | W 9 | |||
| 53 | Sat, Mar 5, 1949 | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 81 | 64 | 41 | 12 | W 10 | |||
| 54 | Sun, Mar 6, 1949 | @ | Fort Wayne Pistons | W | 78 | 66 | 42 | 12 | W 11 | ||
| 55 | Thu, Mar 10, 1949 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 73 | 71 | 43 | 12 | W 12 | ||
| 56 | Sat, Mar 12, 1949 | St. Louis Bombers | W | 104 | 74 | 44 | 12 | W 13 | |||
| 57 | Tue, Mar 15, 1949 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 83 | 86 | 44 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 58 | Wed, Mar 16, 1949 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 94 | 89 | 45 | 13 | W 1 | ||
| 59 | Sat, Mar 19, 1949 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 85 | 99 | 45 | 14 | L 1 | |||
| 60 | Sun, Mar 20, 1949 | @ | Chicago Stags | L | 61 | 98 | 45 | 15 | L 2 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Mar 22, 1949 | St. Louis Bombers | W | 93 | 64 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Wed, Mar 23, 1949 | @ | St. Louis Bombers | W | 66 | 64 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | ||
| 3 | Sun, Mar 27, 1949 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 79 | 80 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 4 | Tue, Mar 29, 1949 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 55 | 67 | 2 | 2 | L 2 |