1947–48 Washington Capitols season

1947–48 Washington Capitols season
Head coach Red Auerbach
Arena Uline Arena
Results
Record 28–20 (.583)
Place Division: 1st (Western)
Playoff finish Lost Division tiebreaker
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Radio WTOP

The 1947–48 BAA season was the Capitols' 2nd season in the BAA (which later became the NBA).[1]

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
19Dick O'KeefeG/F United StatesSanta Clara
––Bill Burke– United StatesSt. Mary's College (MD)
––Paul CloydG/F United StatesWisconsin
––John MandicF/C United StatesOregon State
––Saul MariaschinG United StatesHarvard
––Abel Rodriguez– United StatesSan Francisco
––Irv RothenbergC United StatesLong Island
––Jack TingleF United StatesKentucky
––Matt ZunicG/F United StatesGeorge Washington

Roster

1947–48 Washington Capitols roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G/F 10 Feerick, Bob 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1920-01-02 Santa Clara
G 14 Hertzberg, Sonny 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1922-07-29 CCNY
C 12 Mahnken, John 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1922-06-16 Georgetown
SF 17 McKinney, Bones 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1919-01-01 North Carolina
F 16 Norlander, Johnny 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1921-03-05 Hamline
G/F 15 O'Keefe, Dick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1923-09-29 Santa Clara
C 18 Rothenberg, Irv 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1921-12-31 Long Island
PG 20 Scolari, Fred 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1922-03-01 San Francisco
F 19 Tingle, Jack 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1924-12-30 Kentucky
F 4 Torgoff, Irv 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 1917-03-06 Long Island
Head coach

Red Auerbach

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 12Baltimore63–55Fred Scolari (17)1–0
2November 13@ New York65–80Feerick, Scolari (15)1–1
3November 15@ Boston69–73Feerick, McKinney (16)1–2
4November 19Philadelphia74–67Irv Rothenberg (14)2–2
5November 20@ Chicago77–81Fred Scolari (19)2–3
6November 22@ St. Louis62–70Johnny Norlander (14)2–4
7November 26St. Louis83–64Johnny Norlander (17)3–4
8November 28@ Boston83–92Fred Scolari (22)3–5
9November 29@ Providence78–85Fred Scolari (21)3–6
10December 1@ New York70–62Feerick, McKinney (13)4–6
11December 3@ Chicago73–81Feerick, McKinney (18)4–7
12December 11@ Baltimore71–69 (OT)Bob Feerick (19)5–7
13December 13@ Providence88–72Bones McKinney (18)6–7
14December 17Baltimore66–64Bones McKinney (16)7–7
15December 18@ Chicago70–64Bob Feerick (17)8–7
16December 20St. Louis52–55Bones McKinney (19)8–8
17December 25@ St. Louis73–56Bob Feerick (23)9–8
18December 27Philadelphia72–70Fred Scolari (18)10–8
19January 2@ Philadelphia60–69Bob Feerick (22)10–9
20January 3Boston95–60Bones McKinney (17)11–9
21January 8@ St. Louis73–76Bob Feerick (18)11–10
22January 10Philadelphia106–99 (OT)Bob Feerick (21)12–10
23January 11@ Boston56–84Bob Feerick (16)12–11
24January 14Chicago75–67Bones McKinney (20)13–11
25January 17New York78–62Fred Scolari (15)14–11
26January 21St. Louis81–74Bob Feerick (18)15–11
27January 24Providence69–60Fred Scolari (14)16–11
28January 30@ Baltimore71–95Bob Feerick (13)16–12
29January 31Chicago54–48Bob Feerick (21)17–12
30February 4Baltimore77–72Bob Feerick (20)18–12
31February 5@ Philadelphia72–60Johnny Norlander (18)19–12
32February 7Providence86–64Johnny Norlander (20)20–12
33February 10@ Providence79–60Bob Feerick (25)21–12
34February 14Boston72–58Bob Feerick (16)22–12
35February 18New York75–79Bones McKinney (18)22–13
36February 19@ Philadelphia76–84Bob Feerick (24)22–14
37February 21Baltimore85–72Fred Scolari (26)23–14
38February 25Chicago66–73Bob Feerick (27)23–15
39February 26@ Baltimore70–97Bob Feerick (26)23–16
40February 28@ St. Louis61–82Irv Torgoff (14)23–17
41February 29@ Chicago75–76 (OT)Bob Feerick (21)23–18
42March 6@ New York64–69 (OT)Bob Feerick (18)23–19
43March 10Chicago54–71Bob Feerick (12)23–20
44March 13St. Louis86–69Bob Feerick (19)24–20
45March 16@ Boston76–62Bob Feerick (12)25–20
46March 17Providence82–67Fred Scolari (16)26–20
47March 18@ Baltimore71–64Bob Feerick (24)27–20
48March 20New York103–82Bob Feerick (22)28–20

Playoffs

Western Division tiebreaker

Chicago Stags vs. Washington Capitols: Stags win series 1-0

  • Game 1 @ Chicago (March 23): Chicago 74, Washington 70

References

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