1947–48 St. Louis Bombers season

The 1947–48 BAA season was the Bombers' 2nd season in the BAA (which later became the NBA).[1]

1947–48 St. Louis Bombers season
Division champions
Head coachKen Loeffler
ArenaSt. Louis Arena
Results
Record29–19 (.604)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Western)
Playoff finishLost in BAA Semifinals
(eliminated 3-4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
RadioKMOX

Draft
Main article: 1947 BAA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
17Jack Underman– United StatesOhio State
––Jack Knopf– United StatesLouisville
––Bob Kurland– United StatesOklahoma State
––Paul NapolitanoG/F United StatesSan Francisco
––Jim PollardF/C United StatesStanford
––Bill Strannigan– United StatesWyoming
––Herb Wilkinson– United StatesIowa

Roster
St. Louis Bombers 1947–48 roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
F 9 Abramovic, John 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1919-02-09 Salem International
F/C 5 Doll, Bob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1919-08-10 Colorado
G/F 3 Gray, Wyndol 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1922-03-20 Harvard
F/C 6 Lewis, Grady 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1917-03-25 Oklahoma
G 7 Logan, Johnny 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1921-01-01 Indiana
F/C 14 Martin, Don 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1920-02-07 Central Missouri
F 11 Maughan, Ariel 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1923-04-26 Utah State
G 9 O'Grady, Buddy 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1920-01-19 Georgetown
G 8 Putman, Don 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1922-11-13 Denver
C 4 Rocha, Red 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1923-09-18 Oregon State
C 6 Rothenberg, Irv 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1921-12-31 LIU Brooklyn
F/C 12 Roux, Giff 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1923-06-28 Kansas
SG 2, 10 Smawley, Belus 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1918-03-20 Appalachian State
Head coach

Ken Loeffler

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
1November 13@ Chicago70–80Red Rocha (17)0–1
2November 15@ New York67–73Red Rocha (26)0–2
3November 18@ Boston65–50Logan, Smawley (14)1–2
4November 20Providence73–67Red Rocha (16)2–2
5November 22Washington70–62Belus Smawley (17)3–2
6November 26@ Washington64–83Johnny Logan (16)3–3
7November 29Baltimore67–71Red Rocha (24)3–4
8December 2@ Providence86–66Don Putman (18)4–4
9December 4@ Baltimore65–51Red Rocha (21)5–4
10December 8@ New York56–71Red Rocha (14)5–5
11December 11@ Philadelphia74–69Belus Smawley (21)6–5
12December 12@ Chicago85–75Bob Doll (18)7–5
13December 18@ Baltimore67–74Johnny Logan (16)7–6
14December 19@ Boston70–78Grady Lewis (13)7–7
15December 20@ Washington55–52Belus Smawley (14)8–7
16December 25Washington56–73Bob Doll (17)8–8
17December 28Baltimore67–63Bob Doll (23)9–8
18January 1Boston58–48Johnny Logan (15)10–8
19January 4Philadelphia80–66Red Rocha (15)11–8
20January 8Washington76–73Don Putman (17)12–8
21January 11Baltimore69–54Red Rocha (14)13–8
22January 15New York55–59Red Rocha (11)13–9
23January 18Providence70–61Johnny Logan (18)14–9
24January 20@ Philadelphia59–82Don Putman (10)14–10
25January 21@ Washington74–81Johnny Logan (19)14–11
26January 22@ Baltimore71–68Doll, Logan, Smawley (11)15–11
27January 25Boston72–54Johnny Logan (15)16–11
28January 27@ Providence94–61Red Rocha (20)17–11
29January 29Chicago62–60Johnny Logan (17)18–11
30January 31Philadelphia60–66Bob Doll (17)18–12
31February 5Chicago71–77Doll, Smawley (13)18–13
32February 7Philadelphia67–54Don Putman (14)19–13
33February 11@ Chicago80–78Irv Rothenberg (23)20–13
34February 12Chicago74–80Irv Rothenberg (24)20–14
35February 15Baltimore69–63Johnny Logan (22)21–14
36February 19Providence78–69Red Rocha (20)22–14
37February 22New York80–71Red Rocha (19)23–14
38February 26Boston94–92 (2OT)Belus Smawley (23)24–14
39February 28Washington82–61Logan, Rocha (18)25–14
40March 4@ Baltimore75–84Belus Smawley (17)25–15
41March 5@ Boston68–71Doll, Logan (14)25–16
42March 9@ Providence75–69Red Rocha (19)26–16
43March 10@ New York82–73Belus Smawley (20)27–16
44March 11@ Philadelphia74–92Ariel Maughan (13)27–17
45March 13@ Washington69–86Logan, Rocha, Smawley (13)27–18
46March 18New York80–91Belus Smawley (20)27–19
47March 20Chicago75–63Logan, Smawley (20)28–19
48March 21@ Chicago82–70Red Rocha (19)29–19

Playoffs

Semifinals

(W1) St. Louis Bombers vs. (E1) Philadelphia Warriors: Warriors win series 4-3

  • Game 1 @ St. Louis (March 23): St. Louis 60, Philadelphia 58
  • Game 2 @ St. Louis (March 25): Philadelphia 65, St. Louis 64
  • Game 3 @ Philadelphia (March 27): Philadelphia 84, St. Louis 56
  • Game 4 @ Philadelphia (March 30): St. Louis 56, Philadelphia 51
  • Game 5 @ St. Louis (April 1): St. Louis 69, Philadelphia 62
  • Game 6 @ Philadelphia (April 3): Philadelphia 84, St. Louis 61
  • Game 7 @ St. Louis (April 6): Philadelphia 85, St. Louis 46

References
  1. "1947-48 St. Louis Bombers Roster and Stats".
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