1947–48 Baltimore Bullets season

1947–48 Baltimore Bullets season
NBA champions
Division champions
Head coach Buddy Jeannette
Arena Baltimore Coliseum
Results
Record 28–20 (.583)
Place Division: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finish BAA Champions
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Radio WBAL

The 1947–48 BAA season was the Bullets' first season in the Basketball Association of America (later named the NBA), after playing their first three seasons in the American Basketball League.[1]

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
110Larry Killick– United StatesVermont
––Robert Bolyard– United StatesToledo
––Elmer GainerF/C United StatesDePaul
––Harry GallatinF/C United StatesNortheast Missouri
––Scotty Hamilton– United StatesWest Virginia
––Hugh Hampton– United StatesHigh Point
––Bob Jake– United StatesVermont
––Charles Raynor– United StatesHouston
––Chick ReiserG/F United StatesNYU
––John Rusinko– United StatesPenn State

Roster

1947–48 Baltimore Bullets roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G 23 Fuetsch, Herm 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1918-07-06 Polytechnic HS (CA)
F/C 29 Hermsen, Kleggie 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1923-03-12 Minnesota
G/F 32 Hoffman, Paul 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1925-04-12 Purdue
G 26 Jeannette, Buddy 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1917-09-15 Washington & Jefferson
G 20 Klotz, Red 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 150 lb (68 kg) 1921-10-21 Villanova
F/C 35 Lewis, Grady 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1917-03-25 Oklahoma
G/F 31 Meinhold, Carl 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1926-03-29 Long Island
G/F 27 Reiser, Chick 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1914-12-17 NYU
G/F 21 Schulz, Dick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 1917-01-03 Wisconsin
F/C 33 Simmons, Connie 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 222 lb (101 kg) 1925-03-15 Flushing HS (NY)
Head coach

Buddy Jeannette

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

1947–48 BAA records
Team BAL BOS CHI NYK PHI PRO STL WAS
Baltimore —5–15–35–12–46–03–52–6
Boston 1–5—3–31–74–46–22–43–3
Chicago 3–53–3—6–04–24–23–55–3
New York 1–57–10–6—4–47–14–23–3
Philadelphia 4–24–42-41–7—8–03–32–4
Providence 0–62–62–41–70–8—0–61–5
St. Louis 5–34–25–32–43–36–0—4–4
Washington 6–23–33–53–34–25–14–4—

Game log

#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1November 12@ Washington55–63Kleggie Hermsen (18)0–1
2November 13Boston85–74Chick Reiser (19)1–1
3November 15@ Chicago67–63Paul Hoffman (14)2–1
4November 20New York68–56Chick Reiser (19)3–1
5November 21@ Boston89–73Buddy Jeannette (17)4–1
6November 22Chicago75–72Chick Reiser (19)5–1
7November 27@ Providence76–61Jeannette, Meinhold (13)6–1
8November 29@ St. Louis71–67Kleggie Hermsen (21)7–1
9December 2@ Boston77–69 (OT)Chick Reiser (22)8–1
10December 3@ Philadelphia73–58Buddy Jeannette (15)9–1
11December 4St. Louis51–65Mike Bloom (12)9–2
12December 6@ Chicago65–73Buddy Jeannette (17)9–3
13December 11Washington69–71 (OT)Mike Bloom (18)9–4
14December 13New York66–80Kleggie Hermsen (17)9–5
15December 17@ Washington64–66Jeannette, Schulz (16)9–6
16December 18St. Louis74–67Chick Reiser (16)10–6
17December 21@ Chicago83–93Kleggie Hermsen (23)10–7
18December 25Chicago87–70Kleggie Hermsen (21)11–7
19December 28@ St. Louis63–67Dick Schulz (16)11–8
20January 1Philadelphia60–72Chick Reiser (13)11–9
21January 3@ New York79–70Kleggie Hermsen (18)12–9
22January 6Providence82–64Chick Reiser (17)13–9
23January 8Chicago78–75Hoffman, Jeannette (15)14–9
24January 11@ St. Louis54–69Paul Hoffman (12)14–10
25January 15@ Providence98–78Bloom, Hoffman (19)15–10
26January 16@ Philadelphia63–72Chick Reiser (16)15–11
27January 17Philadelphia77–79Mike Bloom (18)15–12
28January 22St. Louis68–71Mike Bloom (14)15–13
29January 24@ New York72–58Chick Reiser (16)16–13
30January 27@ Chicago74–78Chick Reiser (20)16–14
31January 30Washington95–71Chick Reiser (18)17–14
32January 31@ Providence68–62Kleggie Hermsen (22)18–14
33February 4@ Washington72–77Paul Hoffman (18)18–15
34February 5Providence100–74Hoffman, Jeannette (19)19–15
35February 12New York96–86Kleggie Hermsen (24)20–15
36February 15@ St. Louis63–69Paul Hoffman (17)20–16
37February 19@ Boston79–76 (OT)Paul Hoffman (17)21–16
38February 21@ Washington72–85Kleggie Hermsen (14)21–17
39February 24@ Philadelphia71–83Paul Hoffman (16)21–18
40February 26Washington97–70Connie Simmons (17)22–18
41February 28@ New York78–56Connie Simmons (14)23–18
42February 29@ Boston62–65Grady Lewis (12)23–19
43March 4St. Louis84–75Carl Meinhold (16)24–19
44March 6Boston81–68Connie Simmons (23)25–19
45March 11Chicago86–83Carl Meinhold (16)26–19
46March 13Philadelphia64–62Chick Reiser (18)27–19
47March 18Washington64–71Hermsen, Hoffman (15)27–20
48March 20Providence75–58Buddy Jeannette (19)28–20

Playoffs

Western Division tiebreaker

Chicago Stags vs. Baltimore Bullets: Bullets win series 1-0

  • Game 1 @ Chicago (March 25): Baltimore 75, Chicago 72

First Round

(W2) Baltimore Bullets vs. (E2) New York Knicks: Bullets win series 2-1

  • Game 1 @ Baltimore (March 27): Baltimore 85, New York 81
  • Game 2 @ New York (March 28): New York 79, Baltimore 69
  • Game 3 @ Baltimore (April 1): Baltimore 84, New York 77

Semifinals

(W2) Baltimore Bullets vs. (W3) Chicago Stags: Bullets win series 2-0

  • Game 1 @ Chicago (April 7): Baltimore 73, Chicago 67
  • Game 2 @ Baltimore (April 8): Baltimore 89, Chicago 72

BAA Finals

(E1) Philadelphia Warriors vs. (W2) Baltimore Bullets: Bullets win series 4-2

  • Game 1 @ Philadelphia (April 10): Philadelphia 71, Baltimore 60
  • Game 2 @ Philadelphia (April 13): Baltimore 66, Philadelphia 63
  • Game 3 @ Baltimore (April 15): Baltimore 72, Philadelphia 70
  • Game 4 @ Baltimore (April 17): Baltimore 78, Philadelphia 75
  • Game 5 @ Philadelphia (April 20): Philadelphia 91, Baltimore 82
  • Game 6 @ Baltimore (April 21): Baltimore 88, Philadelphia 73

Transactions

Trades

January 20, 1948
 To Baltimore Bullets
Grady Lewis[2]		 To St. Louis Bombers
Irv Rothenberg
February 9, 1948
 To Baltimore Bullets
Connie Simmons[2]		 To Boston Celtics
Mike Bloom

Purchases

Player Date purchased Former team
Jerry Rullo[2] October 14, 1947 Philadelphia Warriors

References

  1. ↑
  2. 1 2 3 "1947–48 Baltimore Bullets Transactions". Basketball Reference. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
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