1948–49 New York Knicks season explained

Team:	New York Knicks
League:	BAA
End Year:	1949
Wins:	32
Losses:	28
Division Place:	2nd
Conf Place:	2nd
Coach:	Joe Lapchick^[1]
Radio:	WMGM^[3]
Playoffs:	East Division finals (lost to Capitols 1–2)

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

See main article: article and 1948 BAA draft.

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

Source:^[6]

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

1948–49 BAA Records
width=100	Team	BAL	BOS	CHI	FWP	IND	MIN	NYK	PHI	PRO	ROC	STL	WAS
	—	4–2	1–4	4–1	5–0	1–4	2–4	4–2	2–4	1–4	2–3	3–3
	2–4	—	0–5	4–1	3–2	2–3	3–3	3–3	3–3	1–4	3–2	1–5
	4–1	5–0	—	4–2	5–1	2–4	3–2	2–3	5–0	2–4	3–3	3–2
	1–4	1–4	2–4	—	3–3	2–4	1–4	5–0	4–1	0–6	1–4	2–3
	0–5	2–3	1–5	3–3	—	0–6	1–4	1–4	4–1	1–5	3–3	2–3
	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
	2–4	3–3	3–2	0–5	4–1	1–4	4–2	—	6–0	0–5	3–2	2–4
	4–2	3–3	0–5	1–4	1–4	0–5	1–5	0–6	—	2–3	0–5	0–6
	4–1	4–1	4–2	6–0	5–1	2–4	4–1	5–0	3–2	—	6–0	2–3
	3–2	2–3	3–3	4–1	3–3	2–4	2–3	2–3	5–0	0–6	—	2–3
	3–3	5–1	2–3	3–2	3–2	3–2	3–2	4–2	6–0	3–2	3–2	—

Game log

	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	November 3		80–76	Irv Rothenberg (19)	1–0
2	November 5		87–71	Butch van Breda Kolff (17)	2–0
3	November 9		56–60	Carl Braun (18)	2–1
4	November 11		68–77	Bud Palmer (21)	2–2
5	November 13		91–87	Butch van Breda Kolff (17)	3–2
6	November 16		63–75	Bud Palmer (14)	3–3
7	November 17		62–73	Carl Braun (11)	3–4
8	November 18	@ Baltimore	67–55	Carl Braun (15)	4–4
9	November 20		91–86	Bud Palmer (28)	5–4
10	November 27	Fort Wayne	80–70	Bud Palmer (16)	6–4
11	November 30		88–61	Bud Palmer (16)	7–4
12	December 1	Rochester	72–73	Carl Braun (22)	7–5
13	December 4	Indianapolis	66–63	Carl Braun (26)	8–5
14	December 8	Providence	83–74 (OT)	Irv Rothenberg (17)	9–5
15	December 9	@ Providence	74–63	Tommy Byrnes (19)	10–5
16	December 11	Baltimore	72–71	Carl Braun (22)	11–5
17	December 12	@ Fort Wayne	89–78	Carl Braun (21)	12–5
18	December 13	@ Indianapolis	80–74	Carl Braun (14)	13–5
19	December 17	@ Philadelphia	78–87	Carl Braun (19)	13–6
20	December 18	St. Louis	88–79	Carl Braun (26)	14–6
21	December 19		75–77	Bud Palmer (24)	14–7
22	December 22	Minneapolis	97–79	Paul Noel (21)	15–7
23	December 25		64–70	Bud Palmer (16)	15–8
24	December 29	Rochester	77–74	Sid Tanenbaum (17)	16–8
25	January 1	Philadelphia	88–80	Butch van Breda Kolff (16)	17–8
26	January 2	@ Chicago	79–81	Braun, Knorek (15)	17–9
27	January 4	@ Indianapolis	58–63	Sid Tanenbaum (18)	17–10
28	January 7	@ Boston	69–67	Harry Gallatin (21)	18–10
29	January 8	Baltimore	81–83	Harry Gallatin (16)	18–11
30	January 12	Boston	81–64	Bud Palmer (18)	19–11
31	January 15	@ Washington	73–75	Irv Rothenberg (16)	19–12
32	January 17	St. Louis	71–79	Sid Tanenbaum (16)	19–13
33	January 20	@ Baltimore	68–82	Braun, Palmer (11)	19–14
34	January 22	@ Rochester	98–103 (2OT)	Palmer, Ritter (18)	19–15
35	January 23	Washington	93–97	Braun, Palmer (23)	19–16
36	January 26	Providence	89–77	Bud Palmer (19)	20–16
37	January 27	@ Philadelphia	96–102	Carl Braun (28)	20–17
38	January 29	Philadelphia	73–78	Carl Braun (14)	20–18
39	February 5	@ Washington	83–73	Lumpp, Palmer (19)	21–18
40	February 6	Chicago	75–87	Ray Lumpp (23)	21–19
41	February 9	@ St. Louis	95–83	Carl Braun (22)	22–19
42	February 10	@ Minneapolis	75–95	Bud Palmer (14)	22–20
43	February 12	Fort Wayne	85–58	Ray Lumpp (23)	23–20
44	February 13	@ Fort Wayne	73–82	Bud Palmer (15)	23–21
45	February 15	vs St. Louis	79–75 (OT)	Butch van Breda Kolff (22)	24–21
46	February 17	@ Philadelphia	82–86	Ray Lumpp (22)	24–22
47	February 19	Boston	77–87	Ray Lumpp (20)	24–23
48	February 22	Minneapolis	74–101	Joe Colone (21)	24–24
49	February 24	@ Providence	84–89	Bud Palmer (22)	24–25
50	February 26	Indianapolis	81–76	Bud Palmer (20)	25–25
51	March 2	Chicago	81–79	Ray Lumpp (21)	26–25
52	March 3	Providence	86–65	Ray Lumpp (20)	27–25
53	March 5	Boston	66–61	Carl Braun (14)	28–25
54	March 9	Washington	90–74	Bud Palmer (19)	29–25
55	March 10	@ Baltimore	99–94	Carl Braun (26)	30–25
56	March 12	@ Chicago	85–80	Carl Braun (24)	31–25
57	March 13	@ Minneapolis	90–100	Carl Braun (20)	31–26
58	March 16	Rochester	89–94	Harry Gallatin (17)	31–27
59	March 18	@ Boston	56–70	Gene James (11)	31–28
60	March 19	@ Washington	82–70	Ray Lumpp (23)	32–28

Playoffs

External links

1948–49 New York Knickerbockers Statistics

Notes and References

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