1947–48 Baltimore Bullets season

The 1947–48 BAA season was the Bullets' first season in the Basketball Association of America (later named the NBA), after playing their first three seasons in the American Basketball League.[1] This was also their second overall championship season after previously winning the 1946 ABL Championship over the Philadelphia Sphas and their only BAA/NBA championship that they won with a 4–2 series win over the defending champion Philadelphia Warriors. With their departure from the NBA during the 1954–55 season, the Baltimore Bullets are currently considered the only defunct NBA team to ever win a championship under the BAA/NBA name.

1947–48 Baltimore Bullets season
BAA champions
Head coachBuddy Jeannette
ArenaBaltimore Coliseum
Results
Record28–20 (.583)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finishBAA Champions
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWBAL

Draft picks
Main article: 1947 BAA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
110Larry Killick– United StatesVermont
––Robert Bolyard– United StatesToledo
––Elmer GainerF/C United StatesDePaul
––Harry GallatinF/C United StatesNortheast Missouri
––Scotty Hamilton– United StatesWest Virginia
––Hugh Hampton– United StatesHigh Point
––Bob Jake– United StatesVermont
––Charles Raynor– United StatesHouston
––Chick ReiserG/F United StatesNYU
––John Rusinko– United StatesPenn State

Roster
1947–48 Baltimore Bullets roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
G 23 Fuetsch, Herm 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1918-07-06 Polytechnic HS (CA)
F/C 29 Hermsen, Kleggie 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1923-03-12 Minnesota
G/F 32 Hoffman, Paul 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1925-04-12 Purdue
G 26 Jeannette, Buddy 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1917-09-15 Washington & Jefferson
G 20 Klotz, Red 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 150 lb (68 kg) 1921-10-21 Villanova
F/C 35 Lewis, Grady 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1917-03-25 Oklahoma
G/F 31 Meinhold, Carl 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1926-03-29 LIU Brooklyn
G/F 27 Reiser, Chick 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1914-12-17 NYU
G/F 21 Schulz, Dick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 1917-01-03 Wisconsin
F/C 33 Simmons, Connie 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 222 lb (101 kg) 1925-03-15 Flushing HS (NY)
Head coach

Buddy Jeannette

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

Roster
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Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents
1947–48 BAA records
Team BAL BOS CHI NYK PHI PRO STL WAS
Baltimore —5–15–35–12–46–03–52–6
Boston 1–5—3–31–74–46–22–43–3
Chicago 3–53–3—6–04–24–23–55–3
New York 1–57–10–6—4–47–14–23–3
Philadelphia 4–24–42-41–7—8–03–32–4
Providence 0–62–62–41–70–8—0–61–5
St. Louis 5–34–25–32–43–36–0—4–4
Washington 6–23–33–53–34–25–14–4—

Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1Wednesday, November 12@ Washington55–63Kleggie Hermsen (18)0–1
2Thursday, November 13Boston85–74Chick Reiser (19)1–1
3Saturday, November 15@ Chicago67–63Paul Hoffman (14)2–1
4Thursday, November 20New York68–56Chick Reiser (19)3–1
5Friday, November 21@ Boston89–73Buddy Jeannette (17)4–1
6Saturday, November 22Chicago75–72Chick Reiser (19)5–1
7Thursday, November 27@ Providence76–61Jeannette, Meinhold (13)6–1
8Saturday, November 29@ St. Louis71–67Kleggie Hermsen (21)7–1
9Tuesday, December 2@ Boston77–69 (OT)Chick Reiser (22)8–1
10Wednesday, December 3@ Philadelphia73–58Buddy Jeannette (15)9–1
11Thursday, December 4St. Louis51–65Mike Bloom (12)9–2
12Saturday, December 6@ Chicago65–73Buddy Jeannette (17)9–3
13Thursday, December 11Washington69–71 (OT)Mike Bloom (18)9–4
14Saturday, December 13New York66–80Kleggie Hermsen (17)9–5
15Wednesday, December 17@ Washington64–66Jeannette, Schulz (16)9–6
16Thursday, December 18St. Louis74–67Chick Reiser (16)10–6
17Sunday, December 21@ Chicago83–93Kleggie Hermsen (23)10–7
18Thursday, December 25Chicago87–70Kleggie Hermsen (21)11–7
19Sunday, December 28@ St. Louis63–67Dick Schulz (16)11–8
20Thursday, January 1Philadelphia60–72Chick Reiser (13)11–9
21Saturday, January 3@ New York79–70Kleggie Hermsen (18)12–9
22Tuesday, January 6Providence82–64Chick Reiser (17)13–9
23Thursday, January 8Chicago78–75Hoffman, Jeannette (15)14–9
24Sunday, January 11@ St. Louis54–69Paul Hoffman (12)14–10
25Thursday, January 15@ Providence98–78Bloom, Hoffman (19)15–10
26Friday, January 16@ Philadelphia63–72Chick Reiser (16)15–11
27Saturday, January 17Philadelphia77–79Mike Bloom (18)15–12
28Thursday, January 22St. Louis68–71Mike Bloom (14)15–13
29Saturday, January 24@ New York72–58Chick Reiser (16)16–13
30Tuesday, January 27@ Chicago74–78Chick Reiser (20)16–14
31Friday, January 30Washingtona95–71Chick Reiser (18)17–14
32Saturday, January 31@ Providence68–62Kleggie Hermsen (22)18–14
33Wednesday, February 4@ Washington72–77Paul Hoffman (18)18–15
34Thursday, February 5Providence100–74Hoffman, Jeannette (19)19–15
35Thursday, February 12New York96–86Kleggie Hermsen (24)20–15
36Sunday, February 15@ St. Louis63–69Paul Hoffman (17)20–16
37Thursday, February 19@ Boston79–76 (OT)Paul Hoffman (17)21–16
38Saturday, February 21@ Washington72–85Kleggie Hermsen (14)21–17
39Tuesday, February 24@ Philadelphia71–83Paul Hoffman (16)21–18
40Thursday, February 26Washington97–70Connie Simmons (17)22–18
41Saturday, February 28@ New York78–56Connie Simmons (14)23–18
42Sunday, February 29@ Boston62–65Grady Lewis (12)23–19
43Thursday, March 4St. Louis84–75Carl Meinhold (16)24–19
44Saturday, March 6Boston81–68Connie Simmons (23)25–19
45Thursday, March 11Chicago86–83Carl Meinhold (16)26–19
46Saturday, March 13Philadelphia64–62Chick Reiser (18)27–19
47Thursday, March 18Washington64–71Hermsen, Hoffman (15)27–20
48Saturday, March 20Providence75–58Buddy Jeannette (19)28–20

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Playoffs

Western Division tiebreaker

Chicago Stags vs. Baltimore Bullets: Bullets win series 1-0

  • Game 1 @ Chicago (Thursday, March 25): Baltimore 75, Chicago 72

First round

(W2) Baltimore Bullets vs. (E2) New York Knicks: Bullets win series 2-1

  • Game 1 @ Baltimore (Saturday, March 27): Baltimore 85, New York 81
  • Game 2 @ New York (Easter Sunday, March 28): New York 79, Baltimore 69
  • Game 3 @ Baltimore (Thursday, April 1): Baltimore 84, New York 77

Semifinals

(W2) Baltimore Bullets vs. (W3) Chicago Stags: Bullets win series 2-0

  • Game 1 @ Chicago (Wednesday, April 7): Baltimore 73, Chicago 67
  • Game 2 @ Baltimore (Thursday, April 8): Baltimore 89, Chicago 72

BAA Finals
Main article: 1948 BAA Finals

(E1) Philadelphia Warriors vs. (W2) Baltimore Bullets: Bullets win series 4-2

  • Game 1 @ Philadelphia (Saturday, April 10): Philadelphia 71, Baltimore 60
  • Game 2 @ Philadelphia (Tuesday, April 13): Baltimore 66, Philadelphia 63
  • Game 3 @ Baltimore (Thursday, April 15): Baltimore 72, Philadelphia 70
  • Game 4 @ Baltimore (Saturday, April 17): Baltimore 78, Philadelphia 75
  • Game 5 @ Philadelphia (Tuesday, April 20): Philadelphia 91, Baltimore 82
  • Game 6 @ Baltimore (Wednesday, April 21): Baltimore 88, Philadelphia 73

Transactions
Main article: List of 1947–48 BAA season transactions

Trades
January 20, 1948
 To Baltimore Bullets
Grady Lewis[2]		 To St. Louis Bombers
Irv Rothenberg
February 9, 1948
 To Baltimore Bullets
Connie Simmons[2]		 To Boston Celtics
Mike Bloom

Purchases
Player Date purchased Former team
Jerry Rullo[2] October 14, 1947 Philadelphia Warriors

References
  1. "1947-48 Baltimore Bullets Roster and Stats".
  2. "1947–48 Baltimore Bullets Transactions". Basketball Reference. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
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