1948–49 Rochester Royals season

1948–49 Rochester Royals season
Head coach	Les Harrison
Arena	Edgerton Park Arena
Results
Record	45–15 (.750)
Place	Division: 1st (Western)
Playoff finish	West Division Finals (eliminated 0–2)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

The 1948–49 BAA season was the Royals' first season in the BAA (later known as the NBA).^[1]

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	10	Bobby Wanzer	G	United States	Seton Hall
–	–	Bill Gabor	G/F	United States	Syracuse
–	–	Leo Kubiak	G/F	United States	Bowling Green

Roster

1948–49 Rochester Royals roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From SG 19 Calhoun, Bill 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1927-11-04 CCSF G 15 Curran, Fran 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1925-09-19 Notre Dame PG 11 Davies, Bob 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1920-01-15 Seton Hall F/C 10 Duncan, Andy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1922-04-17 William & Mary F/C 10/12 Fitzgerald, Bob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1923-03-14 Fordham PG 16 Holzman, Red 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1920-08-10 CCNY SF 17 Johnson, Arnie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 236 lb (107 kg) 1920-05-16 Bemidji State G/F 13 Levane, Andrew 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1920-04-11 St. John's G 12 Malamed, Lionel 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 150 lb (68 kg) 1924-11-15 CCNY F/C 18 Novak, Mike 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 219 lb (99 kg) 1915-04-23 Loyola C 14 Risen, Arnie 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1924-10-09 Ohio State G 09 Wanzer, Bobby 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1921-06-04 Seton Hall	Head coach Les Harrison 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-Rochester Royals 45 15 .750 – 2 x-Minneapolis Lakers 44 16 .733 1 3 x-Chicago Stags 38 22 .633 7 4 x-St. Louis Bombers 29 31 .483 16 5 Fort Wayne Pistons 22 38 .367 23 6 Indianapolis Jets 18 42 .300 27

Record vs. opponents

1948–49 BAA records
Team	BAL	BOS	CHI	FWP	IND	MIN	NYK	PHI	PRO	ROC	STL	WAS
Baltimore	—	4–2	1–4	4–1	5–0	1–4	2–4	4–2	2–4	1–4	2–3	3–3
Boston	2–4	—	0–5	4–1	3–2	2–3	3–3	3–3	3–3	1–4	3–2	1–5
Chicago	4–1	5–0	—	4–2	5–1	2–4	3–2	2–3	5–0	2–4	3–3	3–2
Fort Wayne	1–4	1–4	2–4	—	3–3	2–4	1–4	5–0	4–1	0–6	1–4	2–3
Indianapolis	0–5	2–3	1-5	3–3	—	0–6	1–4	1–4	4–1	1–5	3–3	2–3
Minneapolis	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
Philadelphia	2–4	3–3	3–2	0–5	4–1	1–4	4–2	—	6–0	0–5	3–2	2–4
Providence	4–2	3–3	0–5	1–4	1–4	0–5	1–5	0–6	—	2–3	0–5	0–6
Rochester	4–1	4–1	4–2	6–0	5–1	2–4	4–1	5–0	3–2	—	6–0	2–3
St. Louis	3–2	2–3	3–3	4–1	3–3	2–4	2–3	2–3	5–0	0–6	—	2–3
Washington	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	Record
1	November 6	Indianapolis	69–58	1–0
2	November 10	@ Washington	66–73	1–1
3	November 11	@ Philadelphia	83–75	2–1
4	November 13	Boston	95–63	3–1
5	November 14	Minneapolis	92–75	4–1
6	November 16	New York	75–63	5–1
7	November 18	@ Providence	103–74	6–1
8	November 21	Washington	77–80	6–2
9	November 23	Baltimore	108–90	7–2
10	November 27	Chicago	105–103 (2OT)	8–2
11	December 1	@ New York	73–72	9–2
12	December 4	Philadelphia	105–101 (OT)	10–2
13	December 6	@ Boston	87–79	11–2
14	December 7	Providence	89–90	11–3
15	December 10	Minneapolis	75–96	11–4
16	December 12	@ Minneapolis	58–67	11–5
17	December 14	@ Chicago	85–78	12–5
18	December 18	Fort Wayne	84–64	13–5
19	December 19	@ Fort Wayne	83–78 (OT)	14–5
20	December 21	@ Indianapolis	84–71	15–5
21	December 25	St. Louis	90–82	16–5
22	December 26	@ Minneapolis	90–99	16–6
23	December 29	@ New York	74–77	16–7
24	December 30	@ Baltimore	89–100	16–8
25	January 1	St. Louis	106–83	17–8
26	January 2	@ St. Louis	89–64	18–8
27	January 6	@ Indianapolis	62–73	18–9
28	January 8	Chicago	88–91	18–10
29	January 9	@ Chicago	90–75	19–10
30	January 11	Philadelphia	83–71	20–10
31	January 13	@ Baltimore	102–85	21–10
32	January 15	Fort Wayne	73–62	22–10
33	January 19	vs Indianapolis	70–66	23–10
34	January 20	@ St. Louis	84–74	24–10
35	January 22	New York	103–98 (2OT)	25–10
36	January 23	@ Fort Wayne	81–80 (OT)	26–10
37	January 29	Baltimore	90–86	27–10
38	February 1	@ Boston	76–68	28–10
39	February 3	@ Providence	80–88	28–11
40	February 5	Fort Wayne	80–61	29–11
41	February 6	@ Minneapolis	85–74	30–11
42	February 8	Providence	97–65	31–11
43	February 9	@ Washington	94–99 (2OT)	31–12
44	February 10	@ Baltimore	90–76	32–12
45	February 12	Chicago	87–73	33–12
46	February 15	Washington	91–79	34–12
47	February 17	@ St. Louis	68–63	35–12
48	February 18	@ Indianapolis	65–53	36–12
49	February 19	Indianapolis	87–73	37–12
50	February 22	Philadelphia	92–86	38–12
51	February 26	Boston	64–59	39–12
52	March 1	Washington	67–64	40–12
53	March 5	Providence	81–64	41–12
54	March 6	@ Fort Wayne	78–66	42–12
55	March 10	@ Philadelphia	73–71	43–12
56	March 12	St. Louis	104–74	44–12
57	March 15	@ Boston	83–86	44–13
58	March 16	@ New York	94–89	45–13
59	March 19	Minneapolis	85–99	45–14
60	March 20	@ Chicago	61–98	45–15

Playoffs

West Division Semifinals

(1) Rochester Royals vs. (4) St. Louis Bombers: Royals win series 2-0

• Game 1 @ Rochester: Rochester 93, St. Louis 64
• Game 2 @ St. Louis: Rochester 66, St. Louis 64

Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Royals and Bombers.

West Division Finals

(1) Rochester Royals vs. (2) Minneapolis Lakers: Lakers win series 2-0

• Game 1 @ Rochester: Minneapolis 80, Rochester 79
• Game 2 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 67, Rochester 55

Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Royals and Lakers.

Awards and records

• Bob Davies, All-NBA First Team

References

1. 1948–49 Rochester Royals