1948–49 New York Knicks season

1948–49 New York Knicks season
Head coach Joe Lapchick[1]
General manager Ned Irish
Arena Madison Square Garden[1]
Results
Record 32–28 (.533)
Place Division: 2nd
Conference: 2nd
Playoff finish East Division Finals
(Lost to Capitols 1–2)
Local media
Television WOR-TV[2]
WPIX[2]
Radio WMGM[3]

The 1948–49 New York Knicks season was the third season for the team in the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which later became the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Knicks had a 32–28 record in 1948–49 and finished second in the Eastern Division, six games behind the Washington Capitols. New York qualified for the playoffs, and defeated the Baltimore Bullets 2–1 in a best-of-three series to earn a place in the Eastern Division Finals. In the division championship series, the Knicks lost to the Capitols, two games to one.[4] Before the 1949–50 season, the BAA merged with the National Basketball League to form the NBA.[5]

Draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 4 Dolph Schayes F/C  United States NYU
– – Gene Berce G/F  United States Marquette
– – Leland Byrd –  United States West Virginia
– – Harry Gallatin F/C  United States Northeast Missouri
– – Keith Grimes –  United States East Central
– – Mel McGaha G  United States Arkansas
– – Ed Peterson C  United States Cornell
– – Tex Ritter G  United States Eastern Kentucky
– – Dick Shrider G  United States Ohio
– – John Stanisch –  United States UCLA

Source:[6]

Roster

1948–49 New York Knicks roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G/F 4 Braun, Carl 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1927-09-25 Colgate
G/F 14 Byrnes, Tommy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1923-02-19 Seton Hall
F 18 Colone, Joe 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1924-01-23 Bloomsburg
F/C 11 Gallatin, Harry 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1918-11-22 Truman State
F 14 James, Gene 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1925-02-15 Marshall
C 19 Knorek, Lee 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1921-07-15 Detroit Mercy
F 12 Kuka, Ray 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1922-02-17 Notre Dame
G 7 Lumpp, Ray 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 178 lb (81 kg) 1923-07-11 NYU
G 8 McGaha, Mel 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1926-09-26 Arkansas
F 5 Noel, Paul 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1924-08-17 Kentucky
F/C 16 Palmer, Bud 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1921-09-14 Princeton
G/F 10 Ritter, Tex 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1924-02-26 Eastern Kentucky
C 3 Rothenberg, Irv 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1921-12-31 Long Island
G 7 Shrider, Dick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1923-02-07 Ohio
G 6 Tanenbaum, Sid 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1925-10-08 NYU
G/F 17 van Breda Kolff, Butch 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1922-10-28 NYU
Head coach

Joe Lapchick

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

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

1948–49 BAA Records
Team BAL BOS CHI FWP IND MIN NYK PHI PRO ROC STL WAS
Baltimore —4–21–44–15–01–42–44–22–41–42–33–3
Boston 2–4—0–54–13–22–33–33–33–31–43–21–5
Chicago 4–15–0—4–25–12–43–22–35–02–43–33–2
Fort Wayne 1–41–42–4—3–32–41–45–04–10–61–42–3
Indianapolis 0–52–31–53–3—0–61–41–44–11–53–32–3
Minneapolis 4–13–24–24–26–0—4–14–15–04–24–22–3
New York 4–23–32–34–14–11–4—2–45–11–43–22–3
Philadelphia 2–43–33–20–54–11–44–2—6–00–53–22–4
Providence 4–23–30–51–41–40–51–50–6—2–30–50–6
Rochester 4–14–14–26–05–12–44–15–03–2—6–02–3
St. Louis 3–22–33–34–13–32–42–32–35–00–6—2–3
Washington 3–35–12–33–23–23–23–24–26–03–23–2—

Game log

#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1November 3@ Fort Wayne80–76Irv Rothenberg (19)1–0
2November 5@ Indianapolis87–71Butch van Breda Kolff (17)2–0
3November 9@ St. Louis56–60Carl Braun (18)2–1
4November 11Minneapolis68–77Bud Palmer (21)2–2
5November 13Baltimore91–87Butch van Breda Kolff (17)3–2
6November 16@ Rochester63–75Bud Palmer (14)3–3
7November 17Washington62–73Carl Braun (11)3–4
8November 18@ Baltimore67–55Carl Braun (15)4–4
9November 20Philadelphia91–86Bud Palmer (28)5–4
10November 27Fort Wayne80–70Bud Palmer (16)6–4
11November 30@ Providence88–61Bud Palmer (16)7–4
12December 1Rochester72–73Carl Braun (22)7–5
13December 4Indianapolis66–63Carl Braun (26)8–5
14December 8Providence83–74 (OT)Irv Rothenberg (17)9–5
15December 9@ Providence74–63Tommy Byrnes (19)10–5
16December 11Baltimore72–71Carl Braun (22)11–5
17December 12@ Fort Wayne89–78Carl Braun (21)12–5
18December 13@ Indianapolis80–74Carl Braun (14)13–5
19December 17@ Philadelphia78–87Carl Braun (19)13–6
20December 18St. Louis88–79Carl Braun (26)14–6
21December 19@ Boston75–77Bud Palmer (24)14–7
22December 22Minneapolis97–79Paul Noel (21)15–7
23December 25Chicago64–70Bud Palmer (16)15–8
24December 29Rochester77–74Sid Tanenbaum (17)16–8
25January 1Philadelphia88–80Butch van Breda Kolff (16)17–8
26January 2@ Chicago79–81Braun, Knorek (15)17–9
27January 4@ Indianapolis58–63Sid Tanenbaum (18)17–10
28January 7@ Boston69–67Harry Gallatin (21)18–10
29January 8Baltimore81–83Harry Gallatin (16)18–11
30January 12Boston81–64Bud Palmer (18)19–11
31January 15@ Washington73–75Irv Rothenberg (16)19–12
32January 17St. Louis71–79Sid Tanenbaum (16)19–13
33January 20@ Baltimore68–82Braun, Palmer (11)19–14
34January 22@ Rochester98–103 (2OT)Palmer, Ritter (18)19–15
35January 23Washington93–97Braun, Palmer (23)19–16
36January 26Providence89–77Bud Palmer (19)20–16
37January 27@ Philadelphia96–102Carl Braun (28)20–17
38January 29Philadelphia73–78Carl Braun (14)20–18
39February 5@ Washington83–73Lumpp, Palmer (19)21–18
40February 6Chicago75–87Ray Lumpp (23)21–19
41February 9@ St. Louis95–83Carl Braun (22)22–19
42February 10@ Minneapolis75–95Bud Palmer (14)22–20
43February 12Fort Wayne85–58Ray Lumpp (23)23–20
44February 13@ Fort Wayne73–82Bud Palmer (15)23–21
45February 15vs St. Louis79–75 (OT)Butch van Breda Kolff (22)24–21
46February 17@ Philadelphia82–86Ray Lumpp (22)24–22
47February 19Boston77–87Ray Lumpp (20)24–23
48February 22Minneapolis74–101Joe Colone (21)24–24
49February 24@ Providence84–89Bud Palmer (22)24–25
50February 26Indianapolis81–76Bud Palmer (20)25–25
51March 2Chicago81–79Ray Lumpp (21)26–25
52March 3Providence86–65Ray Lumpp (20)27–25
53March 5Boston66–61Carl Braun (14)28–25
54March 9Washington90–74Bud Palmer (19)29–25
55March 10@ Baltimore99–94Carl Braun (26)30–25
56March 12@ Chicago85–80Carl Braun (24)31–25
57March 13@ Minneapolis90–100Carl Braun (20)31–26
58March 16Rochester89–94Harry Gallatin (17)31–27
59March 18@ Boston56–70Gene James (11)31–28
60March 19@ Washington82–70Ray Lumpp (23)32–28

Playoffs

Eastern Division Semifinals

(2) New York Knicks vs. (3) Baltimore Bullets: Knicks win series 2–1

  • Game 1 @ Baltimore (March 23): Baltimore 82, New York 81
  • Game 2 @ New York (March 24): New York 84, Baltimore 74
  • Game 3 @ New York (March 26): New York 103, Baltimore 99 (OT)

Last playoff meeting: 1948 BAA First Round (Baltimore won 2–1)

Eastern Division Finals

(1) Washington Capitols vs. (2) New York Knicks: Capitols win series 2–1

  • Game 1 @ Washington (March 29): Washington 77, New York 71
  • Game 2 @ New York (March 31): New York 86, Washington 84 (OT)
  • Game 3 @ Washington (April 2): Washington 84, New York 76

This was the first meeting between the Capitols and Knicks.

References

  1. 1 2 "1948–49 New York Knicks Roster and Statistics". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
  2. 1 2 The Fourth Estate (PDF). New York Knicks. 2003. p. 331. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  3. ↑ Jaker, Bill; Sulek, Frank; Kanze, Peter (2008). The Airwaves of New York: Illustrated Histories of 156 AM Stations in the Metropolitan Area, 1921–1996. McFarland & Company. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-7864-3872-3. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
  4. ↑ "1948–49 BAA Season Summary". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved February 4, 2010.
  5. ↑ "This Day In History Aug 3, 1949: NBA is born". History. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
  6. ↑ "1948 BAA Draft". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
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