1947–48 Baltimore Bullets season

1947–48 Baltimore Bullets season
NBA Champions
Division Champions
Head coach	Buddy Jeannette
Arena	Baltimore Coliseum
Results
Record	28–20 (.583)
Place	Division: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finish	BAA Champions
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

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]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	10	Larry Killick	–	United States	Vermont
–	–	Elmer Gainer	F/C	United States	DePaul
–	–	Harry Gallatin	F/C	United States	Northeast Missouri
–	–	Chick Reiser	G/F	United States	NYU

Roster

1947–48 Baltimore Bullets roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F 31 Abramovic, John 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1919-02-09 Salem International F/C 28 Bloom, Mike 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1915-01-14 Temple G 23 Fuetsch, Herm 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1918-07-06 F/C 30 Gainer, Elmer 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1918-11-22 DePaul 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/F Jorgensen, Johnny 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1921-12-28 DePaul 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 F 33 McNabb, Chet 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1920-09-19 Arizona State G/F 31 Meinhold, Carl 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1926-03-29 Long Island G/F 27 Reiser, Chick 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1914-12-17 NYU C 35 Rothenberg, Irv 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1921-12-31 Long Island G Rullo, Jerry 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1923-06-23 Temple G/F 21 Schulz, Dick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 1917-01-03 Wisconsin G/F 24 Seymour, Paul 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1928-01-30 Toledo F/C 33 Simmons, Connie 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 222 lb (101 kg) 1925-03-15	Head coach Buddy Jeannette Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster • Transactions

Regular season

Season standings

# Western Division Team W L PCT GB 1 x-St. Louis Bombers 29 19 .604 – 2 x-Baltimore Bullets 28 20 .583 1 3 x-Chicago Stags 28 20 .583 1 4 x-Washington Capitols 28 20 .583 1

Record vs. opponents

1947–48 BAA records
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
Chicago	3–5	3–3	—	6–0	4–2	4–2	3–5	5–3
New York	1–5	7–1	0–6	—	4–4	7–1	4–2	3–3
Philadelphia	4–2	4–4	2-4	1–7	—	8–0	3–3	2–4
Providence	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	—

Game log

#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	November 12	@ Washington	55–63	Kleggie Hermsen (18)	0–1
2	November 13	Boston	85–74	Chick Reiser (19)	1–1
3	November 15	@ Chicago	67–63	Paul Hoffman (14)	2–1
4	November 20	New York	68–56	Chick Reiser (19)	3–1
5	November 21	@ Boston	89–73	Buddy Jeannette (17)	4–1
6	November 22	Chicago	75–72	Chick Reiser (19)	5–1
7	November 27	@ Providence	76–61	Jeannette, Meinhold (13)	6–1
8	November 29	@ St. Louis	71–67	Kleggie Hermsen (21)	7–1
9	December 2	@ Boston	77–69 (OT)	Chick Reiser (22)	8–1
10	December 3	@ Philadelphia	73–58	Buddy Jeannette (15)	9–1
11	December 4	St. Louis	51–65	Mike Bloom (12)	9–2
12	December 6	@ Chicago	65–73	Buddy Jeannette (17)	9–3
13	December 11	Washington	69–71 (OT)	Mike Bloom (18)	9–4
14	December 13	New York	66–80	Kleggie Hermsen (17)	9–5
15	December 17	@ Washington	64–66	Jeannette, Schulz (16)	9–6
16	December 18	St. Louis	74–67	Chick Reiser (16)	10–6
17	December 21	@ Chicago	83–93	Kleggie Hermsen (23)	10–7
18	December 25	Chicago	87–70	Kleggie Hermsen (21)	11–7
19	December 28	@ St. Louis	63–67	Dick Schulz (16)	11–8
20	January 1	Philadelphia	60–72	Chick Reiser (13)	11–9
21	January 3	@ New York	79–70	Kleggie Hermsen (18)	12–9
22	January 6	Providence	82–64	Chick Reiser (17)	13–9
23	January 8	Chicago	78–75	Hoffman, Jeannette (15)	14–9
24	January 11	@ St. Louis	54–69	Paul Hoffman (12)	14–10
25	January 15	@ Providence	98–78	Bloom, Hoffman (19)	15–10
26	January 16	@ Philadelphia	63–72	Chick Reiser (16)	15–11
27	January 17	Philadelphia	77–79	Mike Bloom (18)	15–12
28	January 22	St. Louis	68–71	Mike Bloom (14)	15–13
29	January 24	@ New York	72–58	Chick Reiser (16)	16–13
30	January 27	@ Chicago	74–78	Chick Reiser (20)	16–14
31	January 30	Washington	95–71	Chick Reiser (18)	17–14
32	January 31	@ Providence	68–62	Kleggie Hermsen (22)	18–14
33	February 4	@ Washington	72–77	Paul Hoffman (18)	18–15
34	February 5	Providence	100–74	Hoffman, Jeannette (19)	19–15
35	February 12	New York	96–86	Kleggie Hermsen (24)	20–15
36	February 15	@ St. Louis	63–69	Paul Hoffman (17)	20–16
37	February 19	@ Boston	79–76 (OT)	Paul Hoffman (17)	21–16
38	February 21	@ Washington	72–85	Kleggie Hermsen (14)	21–17
39	February 24	@ Philadelphia	71–83	Paul Hoffman (16)	21–18
40	February 26	Washington	97–70	Connie Simmons (17)	22–18
41	February 28	@ New York	78–56	Connie Simmons (14)	23–18
42	February 29	@ Boston	62–65	Grady Lewis (12)	23–19
43	March 4	St. Louis	84–75	Carl Meinhold (16)	24–19
44	March 6	Boston	81–68	Connie Simmons (23)	25–19
45	March 11	Chicago	86–83	Carl Meinhold (16)	26–19
46	March 13	Philadelphia	64–62	Chick Reiser (18)	27–19
47	March 18	Washington	64–71	Hermsen, Hoffman (15)	27–20
48	March 20	Providence	75–58	Buddy Jeannette (19)	28–20

Playoffs

Western Division tiebreaker

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

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

First Round

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

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

Semifinals

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

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

BAA Finals

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

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

References