Team: | Boston Celtics |
League: | BAA |
End Year: | 1948 |
Wins: | 20 |
Losses: | 28 |
Division: | Eastern |
Division Place: | 3 |
Coach: | Honey Russell |
Owners: | Walter A. Brown |
Arena: | Boston Arena Boston Garden |
Radio: | WMEX |
Playoffs: | BAA Quarterfinals (lost to Stags 1–2) |
Bbr Team: | BOS |
The 1947–48 Boston Celtics season was the second season of the Boston Celtics in the Basketball Association of America (BAA/NBA).[1] This was the first season in which the Celtics qualified for the playoffs, where they lost in the BAA Quarterfinals to the Chicago Stags.
See main article: article and 1947 BAA draft.
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College | |
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1 | 3 | G/F | Purdue | |||
– | – | Bob Alemeida | – | – | ||
– | – | G | Long Island | |||
– | – | G/F | Rhode Island State | |||
– | – | George Felt | – | Northwestern | ||
– | – | F/C | Temple | |||
– | – | John Kelly | – | Notre Dame | ||
– | – | George Petrovick | – | – | ||
– | – | G/F | DePaul |
1947–48 BAA Records | |||||||||||
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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 | |||
Boston | 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 | ||||
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 | 74–85 | Sadowski, Simmons (16) | 0–1 | ||
2 | November 14 | 74–79 (OT) | Ed Sadowski (27) | 0–2 | ||
3 | November 15 | 73–69 | Ed Sadowski (14) | 1–2 | ||
4 | November 18 | 50–65 | Ed Sadowski (14) | 1–3 | ||
5 | November 20 | @ Philadelphia | 67–57 | Ed Sadowski (18) | 2–3 | |
6 | November 21 | Baltimore | 73–89 | Ed Sadowski (18) | 2–4 | |
7 | November 22 | 65–62 | Cecil Hankins (12) | 3–4 | ||
8 | November 25 | 75–91 | Ed Sadowski (15) | 3–5 | ||
9 | November 26 | @ New York | 65–63 | Ed Sadowski (19) | 4–5 | |
10 | November 28 | Washington | 92–83 | Ed Sadowski (22) | 5–5 | |
11 | December 2 | Baltimore | 69–77 (OT) | Ed Sadowski (18) | 5–6 | |
12 | December 5 | Providence | 73–69 | Ed Sadowski (24) | 6–6 | |
13 | December 10 | New York | 75–79 | Ed Sadowski (25) | 6–7 | |
14 | December 12 | Philadelphia | 69–67 | Mel Riebe (22) | 7–7 | |
15 | December 17 | Providence | 67–66 | Mel Riebe (17) | 8–7 | |
16 | December 19 | St. Louis | 78–70 | Ed Sadowski (30) | 9–7 | |
17 | December 20 | @ New York | 58–70 | Saul Mariaschin (20) | 9–8 | |
18 | December 23 | 75–83 | Ed Sadowski (22) | 9–9 | ||
19 | December 27 | @ Providence | 74–63 | Mel Riebe (15) | 10–9 | |
20 | December 30 | Philadelphia | 70–64 | Ed Sadowski (28) | 11–9 | |
21 | January 1 | @ St. Louis | 48–58 | Bulbs Ehlers (12) | 11–10 | |
22 | January 3 | @ Washington | 60–95 | Connie Simmons (12) | 11–11 | |
23 | January 10 | @ Providence | 57–70 | Ed Sadowski (19) | 11–12 | |
24 | January 11 | Washington | 84–56 | Mel Riebe (21) | 12–12 | |
25 | January 16 | Chicago | 75–61 | Ed Sadowski (23) | 13–12 | |
26 | January 18 | @ Chicago | 48–72 | Ed Sadowski (11) | 13–13 | |
27 | January 22 | @ Philadelphia | 61–54 | Noszka, Riebe, Sadowski (11) | 14–13 | |
28 | January 23 | New York | 58–74 | Mel Riebe (18) | 14–14 | |
29 | January 25 | @ St. Louis | 54–72 | Ed Sadowski (18) | 14–15 | |
30 | January 27 | Philadelphia | 68–77 | Ed Sadowski (21) | 14–16 | |
31 | January 30 | Providence | 69–79 | Ed Sadowski (22) | 14–17 | |
32 | January 31 | @ New York | 64–66 | Ed Sadowski (28) | 14–18 | |
33 | February 6 | New York | 57–68 | Ed Sadowski (18) | 14–19 | |
34 | February 8 | @ New York | 68–80 | Ed Sadowski (30) | 14–20 | |
35 | February 12 | @ Philadelphia | 60–69 | Ed Sadowski (20) | 14–21 | |
36 | February 13 | Providence | 79–73 | Ed Sadowski (23) | 15–21 | |
37 | February 14 | @ Washington | 58–72 | Ed Sadowski (16) | 15–22 | |
38 | February 19 | @ Baltimore | 76–79 (OT) | Ed Sadowski (33) | 15–23 | |
39 | February 22 | Chicago | 77–97 | Mel Riebe (20) | 15–24 | |
40 | February 26 | @ St. Louis | 92–94 (2OT) | Ed Sadowski (34) | 15–25 | |
41 | February 27 | @ Chicago | 83–69 | Ehlers, Sadowski (22) | 16–25 | |
42 | February 29 | Baltimore | 65–62 | Ed Sadowski (20) | 17–25 | |
43 | March 4 | @ Philadelphia | 62–82 | Ed Sadowski (16) | 17–26 | |
44 | March 5 | St. Louis | 71–68 | Ed Sadowski (32) | 18–26 | |
45 | March 6 | @ Baltimore | 68–81 | Mike Bloom (14) | 18–27 | |
46 | March 13 | @ Providence | 86–64 | Mel Riebe (22) | 19–27 | |
47 | March 16 | Washington | 62–76 | Ed Sadowski (18) | 19–28 | |
48 | March 18 | @ Chicago | 77–72 | Ed Sadowski (23) | 20–28 |
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"| 1| March 28| Chicago| L 72–79| Sadowski, Riebe (22)| Boston Garden| 0–1|- align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"| 2| March 31| Chicago| W 81–77| Saul Mariaschin (17)| Boston Garden| 1–1|- align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"| 3| April 2| Chicago| L 74–81| Ed Sadowski (26)| Boston Garden| 1–2|-
See main article: article and List of 1947–48 BAA season transactions.
April 29, 1947 | To Boston Celtics Cecil Hankins[2] | To St. Louis Bombers Wyndol Gray | |
October 27, 1947 | To Boston Celtics George Munroe[3] Cash | To St. Louis Bombers John Abramovic | |
February 9, 1948 | To Boston Celtics Mike Bloom | To Baltimore Bullets Connie Simmons |
Player | Signed | Former team | |
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John Janisch | Detroit Falcons | ||
Saul Mariaschin | Harvard Crimson | ||
Stan Noszka | Pittsburgh Ironmen | ||
Cleveland Rebels | |||
Ed Sadowski | Cleveland Rebels |
Player | Reason left | New team | |
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Al Brightman | Signed contract | Seattle Athletics | |
Hal Crisler | Retired from basketball to pursue career in American football | ||
Bob Duffy | |||
Don Eliason | |||
Warren Fenley | |||
Mel Hirsch | |||
Jerry Kelly | Signed contract | Providence Steamrollers | |
Harold Kottman | Signed contract | St. Paul Saints | |
Dick Murphy | Signed contract | Elizabeth Braves | |
John Simmons | Signed contract | Kansas City Blues | |
Virgil Vaughn |