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 at Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWMEX
< 1947–48 1949–50 >

Draft picks

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Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 3 George Hauptfuhrer C   United States Harvard
Johnny Bach G/F   United States Fordham
Norman Carey   United States Oregon State
Bob Curran   United States Holy Cross
Neil Dooley   United States Colgate
Jack Hauser   United States Denver
Marshall Hawkins F   United States Tennessee
Tom Kelly G   United States NYU
Murray Mitchell C   United States Sam Houston State
Guinn Phillips   United States Texas Wesleyan
Ray Wehde   United States Iowa State

Roster

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Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB 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
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  •   Injured

Roster

Regular season

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Season standings

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Team W L PCT GB
1 x-Washington Capitols 38 22 .633
2 x-New York Knicks 32 28 .533 6
3 x-Baltimore Bullets 29 31 .483 9
4 x-Philadelphia Warriors 28 32 .467 10
5 Boston Celtics 25 35 .417 13
6 Providence Steamrollers 12 48 .200 26

Record vs. opponents

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1948–49 BAA Records
Team BAL BOS CHI FWP IND MIN NYK PHI PRO ROC STL WAS
Baltimore 4–2 1–4 4–1 5–0 1–4 2–4 4–2 2–4 1–4 2–3 3–3
Boston 2–4 0–5 4–1 3–2 2–3 3–3 3–3 3–3 1–4 3–2 1–5
Chicago 4–1 5–0 4–2 5–1 2–4 3–2 2–3 5–0 2–4 3–3 3–2
Fort Wayne 1–4 1–4 2–4 3–3 2–4 1–4 5–0 4–1 0–6 1–4 2–3
Indianapolis 0–5 2–3 1-5 3–3 0–6 1–4 1–4 4–1 1–5 3–3 2–3
Minneapolis 4–1 3–2 4–2 4–2 6–0 4–1 4–1 5–0 4–2 4–2 2–3
New York 4–2 3–3 2–3 4–1 4–1 1–4 2–4 5–1 1–4 3–2 2–3
Philadelphia 2–4 3–3 3–2 0–5 4–1 1–4 4–2 6–0 0–5 3–2 2–4
Providence 4–2 3–3 0–5 1–4 1–4 0–5 1–5 0–6 2–3 0–5 0–6
Rochester 4–1 4–1 4–2 6–0 5–1 2–4 4–1 5–0 3–2 6–0 2–3
St. Louis 3–2 2–3 3–3 4–1 3–3 2–4 2–3 2–3 5–0 0–6 2–3
Washington 3–3 5–1 2–3 3–2 3–2 3–2 3–2 4–2 6–0 3–2 3–2

Game log

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# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 November 4 @ Philadelphia 73–94 Gene Stump (23) 0–1
2 November 7 Philadelphia 85–77 Halbert, Stump (19) 1–1
3 November 9 Minneapolis 77–55 Gene Stump (23) 2–1
4 November 12 Fort Wayne 84–75 Bulbs Ehlers (22) 3–1
5 November 13 @ Rochester 63–95 Gene Stump (14) 3–2
6 November 16 @ St. Louis 74–79 (OT) Ehlers, Stump (18) 3–3
7 November 17 @ Minneapolis 74–72 Gene Stump (24) 4–3
8 November 19 Indianapolis 75–70 Gene Stump (24) 5–3
9 November 20 @ Washington 75–90 Ehlers, Halbert (13) 5–4
10 November 23 Washington 68–71 Bulbs Ehlers (24) 5–5
11 November 25 @ Indianapolis 66–81 Chick Halbert (15) 5–6
12 November 28 @ Fort Wayne 74–80 Chick Halbert (18) 5–7
13 November 30 vs Minneapolis 84–94 Mel Riebe (23) 5–8
14 December 2 @ Philadelphia 88–87 Mel Riebe (25) 6–8
15 December 4 @ Providence 70–63 Bulbs Ehlers (18) 7–8
16 December 6 Rochester 79–87 Bulbs Ehlers (24) 7–9
17 December 13 St. Louis 83–79 (OT) Gene Stump (25) 8–9
18 December 17 Baltimore 63–74 Tom Kelly (18) 8–10
19 December 18 @ Washington 60–69 Tom Kelly (12) 8–11
20 December 19 New York 77–75 Bob Doll (14) 9–11
21 December 25 @ Philadelphia 77–80 Gene Stump (20) 9–12
22 December 26 @ Chicago 73–84 Bulbs Ehlers (17) 9–13
23 December 28 Chicago 74–76 Tom Kelly (15) 9–14
24 December 31 Providence 69–67 Gene Stump (14) 10–14
25 January 1 @ Baltimore 67–72 Chick Halbert (23) 10–15
26 January 2 @ Fort Wayne 90–69 Tom Kelly (26) 11–15
27 January 4 Baltimore 75–69 Bob Doll (25) 12–15
28 January 7 New York 67–69 Mel Riebe (14) 12–16
29 January 8 @ Providence 69–87 Chick Halbert (14) 12–17
30 January 10 Washington 83–94 Bulbs Ehlers (14) 12–18
31 January 12 @ New York 64–81 Art Spector (19) 12–19
32 January 14 Philadelphia 79–104 Jim Seminoff (21) 12–20
33 January 15 vs Chicago 86–94 Bob Doll (18) 12–21
34 January 18 St. Louis 83–89 Bulbs Ehlers (20) 12–22
35 January 21 Chicago 76–86 Bulbs Ehlers (22) 12–23
36 January 22 @ Washington 64–95 Roberts, Seminoff (14) 12–24
37 January 25 Providence 54–69 George Nostrand (9) 12–25
38 January 28 Washington 91–90 Farbman, Spector (18) 13–25
39 January 29 @ Providence 85–91 (OT) Gene Stump (28) 13–26
40 February 1 Rochester 68–76 Bob Kinney (13) 13–27
41 February 3 @ Baltimore 76–84 George Kaftan (21) 13–28
42 February 4 Indianapolis 75–64 George Kaftan (16) 14–28
43 February 7 Baltimore 95–83 Dermie O'Connell (19) 15–28
44 February 11 Providence 94–77 George Kaftan (18) 16–28
45 February 18 Minneapolis 71–85 George Kaftan (19) 16–29
46 February 19 @ New York 87–77 Ezersky, Kaftan (15) 17–29
47 February 22 @ Indianapolis 68–74 Kaftan, O'Connell (12) 17–30
48 February 23 @ St. Louis 83–77 George Kaftan (21) 18–30
49 February 25 St. Louis 102–83 George Nostrand (19) 19–30
50 February 26 @ Rochester 59–64 George Kaftan (10) 19–31
51 March 4 Fort Wayne 76–70 George Kaftan (14) 20–31
52 March 5 @ New York 61–66 Nostrand, Seminoff (13) 20–32
53 March 7 @ Indianapolis 107–86 Doll, O'Connell (17) 21–32
54 March 8 vs Fort Wayne 63–60 Kinney, O'Connell (14) 22–32
55 March 9 @ Minneapolis 67–74 George Nostrand (17) 22–33
56 March 11 Philadelphia 108–100 Bulbs Ehlers (22) 23–33
57 March 12 @ Baltimore 77–89 Johnny Ezersky (14) 23–34
58 March 15 Rochester 86–83 George Kaftan (24) 24–34
59 March 16 vs Chicago 82–107 Johnny Ezersky (21) 24–35
60 March 18 New York 70–56 George Kaftan (25) 25–35

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