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29-19, Finished 1st in BAA Western Division (Game Results)
BAA Season Summary
Scored 71.5 points per game, Allowed 69.5 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 29-19)
Coached by Ken Loeffler (29-19)
Arena: St. Louis Arena / Attendance: NA
SRS: 2.13 (5th of 8)
Playoffs:
Lost BAA Semifinals (4-3) versus Philadelphia Warriors
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 | @ | Chicago Stags | L | 70 | 80 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 2 | Sat, Nov 15, 1947 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 67 | 73 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 3 | Tue, Nov 18, 1947 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 65 | 50 | 1 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Thu, Nov 20, 1947 | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 73 | 67 | 2 | 2 | W 2 | |||
| 5 | Sat, Nov 22, 1947 | Washington Capitols | W | 70 | 62 | 3 | 2 | W 3 | |||
| 6 | Wed, Nov 26, 1947 | @ | Washington Capitols | L | 64 | 83 | 3 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 7 | Sat, Nov 29, 1947 | Baltimore Bullets | L | 67 | 71 | 3 | 4 | L 2 | |||
| 8 | Tue, Dec 2, 1947 | @ | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 86 | 66 | 4 | 4 | W 1 | ||
| 9 | Thu, Dec 4, 1947 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 65 | 51 | 5 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 10 | Mon, Dec 8, 1947 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 56 | 71 | 5 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 11 | Thu, Dec 11, 1947 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 74 | 69 | 6 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 12 | Fri, Dec 12, 1947 | @ | Chicago Stags | W | 85 | 75 | 7 | 5 | W 2 | ||
| 13 | Thu, Dec 18, 1947 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 67 | 74 | 7 | 6 | L 1 | ||
| 14 | Fri, Dec 19, 1947 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 70 | 78 | 7 | 7 | L 2 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Dec 20, 1947 | @ | Washington Capitols | W | 55 | 52 | 8 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 16 | Thu, Dec 25, 1947 | Washington Capitols | L | 56 | 73 | 8 | 8 | L 1 | |||
| 17 | Sun, Dec 28, 1947 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 67 | 63 | 9 | 8 | W 1 | |||
| 18 | Thu, Jan 1, 1948 | Boston Celtics | W | 58 | 48 | 10 | 8 | W 2 | |||
| 19 | Sun, Jan 4, 1948 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 80 | 66 | 11 | 8 | W 3 | |||
| 20 | Thu, Jan 8, 1948 | Washington Capitols | W | 76 | 73 | 12 | 8 | W 4 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Sun, Jan 11, 1948 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 69 | 54 | 13 | 8 | W 5 | |||
| 22 | Thu, Jan 15, 1948 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 55 | 59 | 13 | 9 | L 1 | |||
| 23 | Sun, Jan 18, 1948 | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 70 | 61 | 14 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 24 | Tue, Jan 20, 1948 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 59 | 82 | 14 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 25 | Wed, Jan 21, 1948 | @ | Washington Capitols | L | 74 | 81 | 14 | 11 | L 2 | ||
| 26 | Thu, Jan 22, 1948 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | W | 71 | 68 | 15 | 11 | W 1 | ||
| 27 | Sun, Jan 25, 1948 | Boston Celtics | W | 72 | 54 | 16 | 11 | W 2 | |||
| 28 | Tue, Jan 27, 1948 | @ | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 94 | 61 | 17 | 11 | W 3 | ||
| 29 | Thu, Jan 29, 1948 | Chicago Stags | W | 62 | 60 | 18 | 11 | W 4 | |||
| 30 | Sat, Jan 31, 1948 | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 60 | 66 | 18 | 12 | L 1 | |||
| 31 | Thu, Feb 5, 1948 | Chicago Stags | L | 71 | 77 | 18 | 13 | L 2 | |||
| 32 | Sat, Feb 7, 1948 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 67 | 54 | 19 | 13 | W 1 | |||
| 33 | Wed, Feb 11, 1948 | @ | Chicago Stags | W | 80 | 78 | 20 | 13 | W 2 | ||
| 34 | Thu, Feb 12, 1948 | Chicago Stags | L | 74 | 80 | 20 | 14 | L 1 | |||
| 35 | Sun, Feb 15, 1948 | Baltimore Bullets | W | 69 | 63 | 21 | 14 | W 1 | |||
| 36 | Thu, Feb 19, 1948 | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 78 | 69 | 22 | 14 | W 2 | |||
| 37 | Sun, Feb 22, 1948 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 80 | 71 | 23 | 14 | W 3 | |||
| 38 | Thu, Feb 26, 1948 | Boston Celtics | W | 94 | 92 | 24 | 14 | W 4 | |||
| 39 | Sat, Feb 28, 1948 | Washington Capitols | W | 82 | 61 | 25 | 14 | W 5 | |||
| 40 | Thu, Mar 4, 1948 | @ | Baltimore Bullets | L | 75 | 84 | 25 | 15 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Fri, Mar 5, 1948 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 68 | 71 | 25 | 16 | L 2 | ||
| 42 | Tue, Mar 9, 1948 | @ | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 75 | 69 | 26 | 16 | W 1 | ||
| 43 | Wed, Mar 10, 1948 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 82 | 73 | 27 | 16 | W 2 | ||
| 44 | Thu, Mar 11, 1948 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 74 | 92 | 27 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 45 | Sat, Mar 13, 1948 | @ | Washington Capitols | L | 69 | 86 | 27 | 18 | L 2 | ||
| 46 | Thu, Mar 18, 1948 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 80 | 91 | 27 | 19 | L 3 | |||
| 47 | Sat, Mar 20, 1948 | Chicago Stags | W | 75 | 63 | 28 | 19 | W 1 | |||
| 48 | Sun, Mar 21, 1948 | @ | Chicago Stags | W | 82 | 70 | 29 | 19 | W 2 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue, Mar 23, 1948 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 60 | 58 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Thu, Mar 25, 1948 | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 64 | 65 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 3 | Sat, Mar 27, 1948 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 56 | 84 | 1 | 2 | L 2 | ||
| 4 | Tue, Mar 30, 1948 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 56 | 51 | 2 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 5 | Thu, Apr 1, 1948 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 69 | 62 | 3 | 2 | W 2 | |||
| 6 | Sat, Apr 3, 1948 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 61 | 84 | 3 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 7 | Tue, Apr 6, 1948 | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 46 | 85 | 3 | 4 | L 2 |