| Team: | St. Louis Bombers |
| League: | BAA |
| End Year: | 1948 |
| Divisionwin: | yes |
| Wins: | 29 |
| Losses: | 19 |
| Division: | Western |
| Division Place: | 1 |
| Coach: | Ken Loeffler |
| Arena: | St. Louis Arena |
| Radio: | KMOX |
| Playoffs: | Lost in BAA Semifinals (eliminated 3-4) |
| Bbr Team: | STB |
The 1947–48 BAA season was the Bombers' 2nd season in the BAA (which later became the NBA).[1]
See main article: article and 1947 BAA draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | – | Ohio State | |||
| – | – | Jack Knopf | – | Louisville | ||
| – | – | Bob Kurland | – | Oklahoma State | ||
| – | – | G/F | San Francisco | |||
| – | – | F/C | Stanford | |||
| – | – | Bill Strannigan | – | Wyoming | ||
| – | – | Herb Wilkinson | – | Iowa |
| 1947–48 BAA records | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=100 | Team | BAL | BOS | CHI | NYK | PHI | PRO | STL | WAS | ||
| Baltimore | — | 5–1 | 5–3 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 6–0 | 3–5 | 2–6 | |||
| 1–5 | — | 3–3 | 1–7 | 4–4 | 6–2 | 2–4 | 3–3 | ||||
| 3–5 | 3–3 | — | 6–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–5 | 5–3 | ||||
| 1–5 | 7–1 | 0–6 | — | 4–4 | 7–1 | 4–2 | 3–3 | ||||
| 4–2 | 4–4 | 2-4 | 1–7 | — | 8–0 | 3–3 | 2–4 | ||||
| 0–6 | 2–6 | 2–4 | 1–7 | 0–8 | — | 0–6 | 1–5 | ||||
| St. Louis | 5–3 | 4–2 | 5–3 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 6–0 | — | 4–4 | |||
| Washington | 6–2 | 3–3 | 3–5 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 4–4 | — | |||
| Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record | ||
| 1 | November 13 | 70–80 | Red Rocha (17) | 0–1 | ||
| 2 | November 15 | 67–73 | Red Rocha (26) | 0–2 | ||
| 3 | November 18 | 65–50 | Logan, Smawley (14) | 1–2 | ||
| 4 | November 20 | 73–67 | Red Rocha (16) | 2–2 | ||
| 5 | November 22 | 70–62 | Belus Smawley (17) | 3–2 | ||
| 6 | November 26 | @ Washington | 64–83 | Johnny Logan (16) | 3–3 | |
| 7 | November 29 | 67–71 | Red Rocha (24) | 3–4 | ||
| 8 | December 2 | @ Providence | 86–66 | Don Putman (18) | 4–4 | |
| 9 | December 4 | @ Baltimore | 65–51 | Red Rocha (21) | 5–4 | |
| 10 | December 8 | @ New York | 56–71 | Red Rocha (14) | 5–5 | |
| 11 | December 11 | 74–69 | Belus Smawley (21) | 6–5 | ||
| 12 | December 12 | @ Chicago | 85–75 | Bob Doll (18) | 7–5 | |
| 13 | December 18 | @ Baltimore | 67–74 | Johnny Logan (16) | 7–6 | |
| 14 | December 19 | @ Boston | 70–78 | Grady Lewis (13) | 7–7 | |
| 15 | December 20 | @ Washington | 55–52 | Belus Smawley (14) | 8–7 | |
| 16 | December 25 | Washington | 56–73 | Bob Doll (17) | 8–8 | |
| 17 | December 28 | Baltimore | 67–63 | Bob Doll (23) | 9–8 | |
| 18 | January 1 | Boston | 58–48 | Johnny Logan (15) | 10–8 | |
| 19 | January 4 | Philadelphia | 80–66 | Red Rocha (15) | 11–8 | |
| 20 | January 8 | Washington | 76–73 | Don Putman (17) | 12–8 | |
| 21 | January 11 | Baltimore | 69–54 | Red Rocha (14) | 13–8 | |
| 22 | January 15 | New York | 55–59 | Red Rocha (11) | 13–9 | |
| 23 | January 18 | Providence | 70–61 | Johnny Logan (18) | 14–9 | |
| 24 | January 20 | @ Philadelphia | 59–82 | Don Putman (10) | 14–10 | |
| 25 | January 21 | @ Washington | 74–81 | Johnny Logan (19) | 14–11 | |
| 26 | January 22 | @ Baltimore | 71–68 | Doll, Logan, Smawley (11) | 15–11 | |
| 27 | January 25 | Boston | 72–54 | Johnny Logan (15) | 16–11 | |
| 28 | January 27 | @ Providence | 94–61 | Red Rocha (20) | 17–11 | |
| 29 | January 29 | Chicago | 62–60 | Johnny Logan (17) | 18–11 | |
| 30 | January 31 | Philadelphia | 60–66 | Bob Doll (17) | 18–12 | |
| 31 | February 5 | Chicago | 71–77 | Doll, Smawley (13) | 18–13 | |
| 32 | February 7 | Philadelphia | 67–54 | Don Putman (14) | 19–13 | |
| 33 | February 11 | @ Chicago | 80–78 | Irv Rothenberg (23) | 20–13 | |
| 34 | February 12 | Chicago | 74–80 | Irv Rothenberg (24) | 20–14 | |
| 35 | February 15 | Baltimore | 69–63 | Johnny Logan (22) | 21–14 | |
| 36 | February 19 | Providence | 78–69 | Red Rocha (20) | 22–14 | |
| 37 | February 22 | New York | 80–71 | Red Rocha (19) | 23–14 | |
| 38 | February 26 | Boston | 94–92 (2OT) | Belus Smawley (23) | 24–14 | |
| 39 | February 28 | Washington | 82–61 | Logan, Rocha (18) | 25–14 | |
| 40 | March 4 | @ Baltimore | 75–84 | Belus Smawley (17) | 25–15 | |
| 41 | March 5 | @ Boston | 68–71 | Doll, Logan (14) | 25–16 | |
| 42 | March 9 | @ Providence | 75–69 | Red Rocha (19) | 26–16 | |
| 43 | March 10 | @ New York | 82–73 | Belus Smawley (20) | 27–16 | |
| 44 | March 11 | @ Philadelphia | 74–92 | Ariel Maughan (13) | 27–17 | |
| 45 | March 13 | @ Washington | 69–86 | Logan, Rocha, Smawley (13) | 27–18 | |
| 46 | March 18 | New York | 80–91 | Belus Smawley (20) | 27–19 | |
| 47 | March 20 | Chicago | 75–63 | Logan, Smawley (20) | 28–19 | |
| 48 | March 21 | @ Chicago | 82–70 | Red Rocha (19) | 29–19 |
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