1948–49 Boston Celtics season

The 1948–49 Boston Celtics season was the third season of the Boston Celtics in the Basketball Association of America (BAA/NBA).[1]

1948–49 Boston Celtics season
Head coachDoggie Julian
ArenaBoston Arena
Boston Garden
Results
Record25–35 (.417)
PlaceDivision: 5th (Eastern)
Playoff finishDid Not Qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWMEX

Draft picks
Main article: 1948 BAA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
13George HauptfuhrerC United StatesHarvard
––Johnny BachG/F United StatesFordham
––Norman Carey– United StatesOregon State
––Bob Curran– United StatesHoly Cross
––Neil Dooley– United StatesColgate
––Jack Hauser– United StatesDenver
––Marshall HawkinsF United StatesTennessee
––Tom KellyG United StatesNYU
––Murray MitchellC United StatesSam Houston State
––Guinn Phillips– United StatesTexas Wesleyan
––Ray Wehde– United StatesIowa State

Roster
Roster listing
1948–49 Boston Celtics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G/F 17 Bach, Johnny 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1924-07-10 Fordham
F/C 6 Beenders, Hank 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1916-06-02 Long Island
F/C 19 Doll, Bob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1919-08-10 Colorado
G/F 14 Ehlers, Bulbs 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 1923-03-10 Purdue
G/F 10 Ezersky, Johnny 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1922-03-21 Rhode Island
F 8 Farbman, Phil 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1924-04-03 CCNY
G 21 Garfinkel, Jack 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1918-06-13 St. John's
G 3−10 Hazen, John 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 172 lb (78 kg) 1927-03-02 Indiana State
SF 9 Kaftan, George 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1928-02-22 Holy Cross
G 6 Kelly, Tom 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1924-03-05 NYU
F/C 22 Kinney, Bob 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1920-09-16 Rice
G/F 20 Lucas, Al 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1922-07-04 Fordham
F/C 3 Nostrand, George 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1924-01-25 Wyoming
G 10 Noszka, Stan 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1920-09-09 Duquesne
G 7 O'Connell, Dermie 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 174 lb (79 kg) 1928-04-13 Holy Cross
G/F 15 Seminoff, Jim 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1922-09-01 USC
G/F 20 Shannon, Earl 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1921-11-23 Rhode Island
F 12 Spector, Art 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1920-10-17 Villanova
G/F 13 Stump, Gene 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1923-11-13 DePaul
Head coach

Doggie Julian

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

Roster

Regular season

Season standings
# Eastern Division
Team W L PCT GB
1 x-Washington Capitols3822.633–
2 x-New York Knicks3228.5336
3 x-Baltimore Bullets2931.4839
4 x-Philadelphia Warriors2832.46710
5 Boston Celtics2535.41713
6 Providence Steamrollers1248.20026

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 4@ Philadelphia73–94Gene Stump (23)0–1
2November 7Philadelphia85–77Halbert, Stump (19)1–1
3November 9Minneapolis77–55Gene Stump (23)2–1
4November 12Fort Wayne84–75Bulbs Ehlers (22)3–1
5November 13@ Rochester63–95Gene Stump (14)3–2
6November 16@ St. Louis74–79 (OT)Ehlers, Stump (18)3–3
7November 17@ Minneapolis74–72Gene Stump (24)4–3
8November 19Indianapolis75–70Gene Stump (24)5–3
9November 20@ Washington75–90Ehlers, Halbert (13)5–4
10November 23Washington68–71Bulbs Ehlers (24)5–5
11November 25@ Indianapolis66–81Chick Halbert (15)5–6
12November 28@ Fort Wayne74–80Chick Halbert (18)5–7
13November 30vs Minneapolis84–94Mel Riebe (23)5–8
14December 2@ Philadelphia88–87Mel Riebe (25)6–8
15December 4@ Providence70–63Bulbs Ehlers (18)7–8
16December 6Rochester79–87Bulbs Ehlers (24)7–9
17December 13St. Louis83–79 (OT)Gene Stump (25)8–9
18December 17Baltimore63–74Tom Kelly (18)8–10
19December 18@ Washington60–69Tom Kelly (12)8–11
20December 19New York77–75Bob Doll (14)9–11
21December 25@ Philadelphia77–80Gene Stump (20)9–12
22December 26@ Chicago73–84Bulbs Ehlers (17)9–13
23December 28Chicago74–76Tom Kelly (15)9–14
24December 31Providence69–67Gene Stump (14)10–14
25January 1@ Baltimore67–72Chick Halbert (23)10–15
26January 2@ Fort Wayne90–69Tom Kelly (26)11–15
27January 4Baltimore75–69Bob Doll (25)12–15
28January 7New York67–69Mel Riebe (14)12–16
29January 8@ Providence69–87Chick Halbert (14)12–17
30January 10Washington83–94Bulbs Ehlers (14)12–18
31January 12@ New York64–81Art Spector (19)12–19
32January 14Philadelphia79–104Jim Seminoff (21)12–20
33January 15vs Chicago86–94Bob Doll (18)12–21
34January 18St. Louis83–89Bulbs Ehlers (20)12–22
35January 21Chicago76–86Bulbs Ehlers (22)12–23
36January 22@ Washington64–95Roberts, Seminoff (14)12–24
37January 25Providence54–69George Nostrand (9)12–25
38January 28Washington91–90Farbman, Spector (18)13–25
39January 29@ Providence85–91 (OT)Gene Stump (28)13–26
40February 1Rochester68–76Bob Kinney (13)13–27
41February 3@ Baltimore76–84George Kaftan (21)13–28
42February 4Indianapolis75–64George Kaftan (16)14–28
43February 7Baltimore95–83Dermie O'Connell (19)15–28
44February 11Providence94–77George Kaftan (18)16–28
45February 18Minneapolis71–85George Kaftan (19)16–29
46February 19@ New York87–77Ezersky, Kaftan (15)17–29
47February 22@ Indianapolis68–74Kaftan, O'Connell (12)17–30
48February 23@ St. Louis83–77George Kaftan (21)18–30
49February 25St. Louis102–83George Nostrand (19)19–30
50February 26@ Rochester59–64George Kaftan (10)19–31
51March 4Fort Wayne76–70George Kaftan (14)20–31
52March 5@ New York61–66Nostrand, Seminoff (13)20–32
53March 7@ Indianapolis107–86Doll, O'Connell (17)21–32
54March 8vs Fort Wayne63–60Kinney, O'Connell (14)22–32
55March 9@ Minneapolis67–74George Nostrand (17)22–33
56March 11Philadelphia108–100Bulbs Ehlers (22)23–33
57March 12@ Baltimore77–89Johnny Ezersky (14)23–34
58March 15Rochester86–83George Kaftan (24)24–34
59March 16vs Chicago82–107Johnny Ezersky (21)24–35
60March 18New York70–56George Kaftan (25)25–35

References
  1. 1948–49 Boston Celtics
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