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1948 NBA Finals
The 1948 BAA Finals was the championship round of the Basketball Association of America's 1947–48 season. The Philadelphia Warriors of the Eastern Division faced the Baltimore Bullets of the Western Division, with Philadelphia having home court advantage. Baltimore was not the Western Division champion but advanced to the championship round by winning a four-team playoff among the Eastern and Western Division runners-up. Meanwhile, the Eastern and Western Division champions, Philadelphia Warriors and St. Louis Bombers, played one long series to determine the other finalist, a best-of-seven series that Philadelphia won 4–3. In the runners-up bracket, Baltimore and Chicago from the West had first eliminated New York and Boston from the East, then faced each other in a best-of-three series. The format was used only twice, in 1947 and 1948, and generated two champions from the runners-up bracket. The six games of the final series were played in ''twelve'' days, with at least on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947–48 Philadelphia Warriors Season
The 1947–48 BAA season was the Warriors' 2nd season in the BAA (which later became the NBA). BAA Draft Roster Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Game log Playoffs , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 1 , March 23 , @ St. Louis L 58–60, Joe Fulks (18) , Howie Dallmar (3) , St. Louis Arena , 0–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 2 , March 25 , @ St. Louis W 65–64, George Senesky (20) , Howie Dallmar (2) , St. Louis Arena , 1–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 3 , March 27 , St. Louis W 84–56, Joe Fulks (30) , Howie Dallmar (5) , Philadelphia Arena , 2–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 4 , March 30 , St. Louis L 51–56, Joe Fulks (21) , Howie Dallmar (2) , Philadelphia Arena , 2–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" , 5 , April 1 , @ St. Louis L 62–69, Joe Fulks (17) , Howie Dallmar (2) , St. Louis Arena , 2–3 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 6 , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herm Fuetsch
Herman Joseph Fuetsch (July 6, 1918 – September 29, 2010) was an American professional basketball player. A 6'0" guard, Fuetsch was a member of the 1947–48 Baltimore Bullets team that won the 1948 Basketball Association of America championship. He averaged 2.6 points per game Points per game, often abbreviated PPG, is the average number of points scored by a player per game played in a sport, over the course of a series of games, a whole season, or a career. It is calculated by dividing the total number of points by nu ... in his BAA career. BAA career statistics Regular season Playoffs External links Obituary 1918 births 2010 deaths American men's basketball players Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954) players Basketball players from San Francisco Cleveland Allmen Transfers players Guards (basketball) {{1910s-US-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Senesky
George Lawrence Senesky (April 4, 1922 – June 25, 2001) was an American professional basketball player and coach. A 6'2" Guard (basketball), guard from Saint Joseph's University, he was the 1942–43 College Basketball Season's Consensus Player of the Year and played for eight seasons in the National Basketball Association, Basketball Association of America (BAA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA), all with the Philadelphia Warriors. He later coached the franchise, from 1955 through to 1958, winning the NBA title in 1956. Professional career A Pennsylvania native, Senesky played for the St. Joseph Hawks from 1940 to 1943. In his final year, he averaged 23.4 points a game scoring 515 total points in 22 games of that season, a school record. Seven years later, his brother Paul broke the record. He was the unofficial List of NCAA Division I men's basketball season scoring leaders, NCAA Division I scoring leader for that year. Afterwards, he served in the Army Air Force ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob O'Brien
Robert Allen O'Brien (born April 23, 1949) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in 14 games for the Los Angeles Dodgers during the 1971 season, including four starts and one shutout. He played college ball at three different schools, Fresno City College, Texas A&M University and the University of Arizona and was drafted 4 times, by the Detroit Tigers in the 1968 January Draft, by the San Diego Padres in the 1968 June Draft and by the Dodgers in the 1969 January Draft and 1969 June Draft. O'Brien was acquired along with Doyle Alexander, Sergio Robles and Royle Stillman by the Baltimore Orioles from the Dodgers for Frank Robinson and Pete Richert at the Winter Meetings Representatives of all 30 Major League Baseball teams and their 120 Minor League Baseball affiliates convene for four days each December in the Winter Meetings to discuss league business and conduct off-season trades and transactions. Attendees in ... on December 2, 1971. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chink Crossin
Francis Patrick "Chink" Crossin Jr. (July 4, 1923 – January 10, 1981) was an American professional basketball player."Chink Crossin Stats" Basketball Reference. Retrieved on June 3, 2017. He earned his nickname from the sound that the chain-link nets made when his shots dropped through.Zeitlin, Dave "Common Bonds" Penn Gazette. June 30, 2010. Retrieved on June 3, 2017. During his high school basketball career at Luzerne High School in |
Jerry Fleishman
Jerome Martin Fleishman (February 14, 1922 – June 20, 2007) was an American professional basketball player. A 6'2" shooting guard from New York University, Fleishman played five seasons (1946–1950; 1952–1953) in the Basketball Association of America/National Basketball Association as a member of the Philadelphia Warriors and New York Knicks. He averaged 5.8 points per game Points per game, often abbreviated PPG, is the average number of points scored by a player per game played in a sport, over the course of a series of games, a whole season, or a career. It is calculated by dividing the total number of points by nu ... in his BAA/NBA career and won a league championship in 1947. BAA/NBA career statistics Regular season Playoffs External links All-American college men's basketball players American men's basketball players Jewish men's basketball players New York Knicks players NYU Violets men's basketball players Philadelphia Sphas players Philadelp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelo Musi
Angelo Musi, Jr. (July 25, 1918 – October 19, 2009) was an American professional basketball player. A 5'9" guard from Temple University, Musi played three seasons (1946–1949) in the Basketball Association of America as a member of the Philadelphia Warriors. He averaged 8.4 points per game in his BAA career and won a league championship in 1947. Musi died on October 19, 2009, at his home in Philadelphia. He was 91 years old. Retrieved January 1, 2011. BAA career statistics Regular season Playoffs See also * |
Kenny Sailors
Kenneth Lloyd Sailors (January 14, 1921 – January 30, 2016) was an American professional basketball player active in the 1940s and early 1950s. A guard, he is notable for inventing the jump shot as an alternative to the two-handed, flat-footed set shot. Sailors was born Jan. 14, 1921, in Bushnell, Nebraska and grew up on a farm south of Hillsdale, Wyoming, where he developed his effective jump shot while playing against his older brother Barton (known as Bud). He eventually brought his skills to the University of Wyoming, and in 1943 he led the Cowboys to the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. Sailors was named the NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player for his efforts. He was the unanimous selection as College Basketball Player of the Year in 1943. He would earn the honor again in 1946. Sailors was the only player in the history of Wyoming Cowboys basketball to be selected as an All-American three times, in 1942, 1943, and 1946. From 1946 to 1951, Sailors playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden State Warriors
The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in San Francisco. The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. Founded in 1946 in Philadelphia, the Warriors moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1962 and took the city's name, before changing its geographic moniker to Golden State in 1971. The club plays its home games at the Chase Center. The Warriors won the inaugural Basketball Association of America (BAA) championship in 1947, and won again in 1956, led by Hall of Fame trio Paul Arizin, Tom Gola, and Neil Johnston. After the trade of star Wilt Chamberlain in January 1965, the team finished the 1964–65 season with the NBA's worst record (17–63). Their rebuilding period was brief due in large part to the Warriors' drafting of Rick Barry four months after the trade. In 1975, star players Barry and Jamaal Wilkes powered the Warriors to their third cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grady Lewis
Grady W. Lewis (March 25, 1917 – March 11, 2009) was an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Southwestern Oklahoma State Bulldogs and Oklahoma Sooners. Lewis played four seasons with the Phillips 66 Oilers of the AAU, and three seasons (1946–1949) in the Basketball Association of America as a member of the Detroit Falcons, St. Louis Bombers, and Baltimore Bullets. He averaged 5.4 points per game in his career and won a league championship with Baltimore in 1948. Lewis also was a member of two AAU national championship teams with Phillips 66 (1940, 1946). Lewis coached the St. Louis Bombers during the 1948–49 and 1949–50 seasons. He then worked for the Converse Converse may refer to: Mathematics and logic * Converse (logic), the result of reversing the two parts of a definite or implicational statement ** Converse implication, the converse of a material implication ** Converse nonimplication, a logical c ... shoe company. Lewis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connie Simmons
Cornelius Leo "Connie" Simmons (March 15, 1925 – April 15, 1989) was an American professional basketball player. He was born in Newark, New Jersey. A 6'8" forward/center from Flushing High School in New York City, Simmons played ten seasons (1946–56) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Boston Celtics, Baltimore Bullets, New York Knicks, Syracuse Nationals and Rochester Royals. He averaged 9.8 points per game and 6.2 rebounds per game in his career and was a member of two league championship teams: the 1948 Bullets and the 1955 Nationals. He was the second player to enter the NBA without having played in college, after Tony Kappen. Connie was the brother of professional basketball and baseball player Johnny Simmons Johnny Simmons (born November 28, 1986) is an American former actor. He is known for his roles as Dylan Baxter in '' Evan Almighty'' (2007), Chip Dove in ''Jennifer's Body'' (2009), "Young Neil" Nordegraf in '' Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Hoffman (basketball)
Paul James Hoffman (May 5, 1925 – November 12, 1998) was an American professional basketball player. High school and college career Hoffman, a 6'2" guard/forward, attended Jasper High School in Jasper, Indiana from 1939 to 1943; his coach was the legendary Cabby O'Neill. After high school, he attended Purdue University, where he played under head coach Ward Lambert. He became the only four time First Team-All Big Ten selection in Boilermaker history and one of the first two players to be selected in the NBA draft with teammate Bulbs Ehlers. He led Purdue in scoring all four seasons and won the MVP award for his performance in the 1947 All-American All-Star game at Madison Square Garden. Hoffman was a three-time second team Helms Foundation All-American Professional playing career Hoffman was drafted by the Toronto Huskies in the 1947 BAA draft, but never played for the team as it folded before the season began. He instead signed with the Baltimore Bullets, and averaged 10.5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
