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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. Draft picks Roster Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Game log a: Game Played at Fifth Regiment Armory 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 War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947–48 BAA Season
The 1947–48 BAA season was the second season of the Basketball Association of America. The 1948 BAA Playoffs ended with the Baltimore Bullets winning the BAA Championship, beating the Philadelphia Warriors in 6 games in the BAA Finals. Although not celebrated at the time, this season was historic, with Wataru Misaka of the New York Knicks becoming the first person of color to play in modern professional basketball. The NBA recognizes the three BAA seasons as part of its own history so the 1947–48 BAA season is considered the second NBA season. Notable occurrences Preseason events Cleveland, Detroit, Pittsburgh and Toronto folded before the season started, leaving the BAA with only seven teams. (All cities except Pittsburgh would get new NBA teams in future years.) The Baltimore Bullets were brought into the league from the American Basketball League to provide a more convenient number, eight. Final standings Eastern Division Western Division Playoffs Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houston Cougars Men's Basketball
The Houston Cougars men's basketball team represents the University of Houston in Houston, Texas, in the NCAA Division I men's basketball competition. The university is a member of the American Athletic Conference. The program has made six appearances in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four, which is tied for 10th most all-time, along with the most for any team who has not won a national championship. History Early history (1945–56) Although the University of Houston already had a women's basketball program, the Houston Cougars men's basketball program did not begin until the 1945–46 season. Alden Pasche was the team's first head coach. In their first two seasons, the Cougars won Lone Star Conference regular-season titles and qualified for postseason play in the NAIA Men's Basketball tournaments in 1946 and 1947. The Cougars had an all-time NAIA tournament record of 2–2 in two years. During Pasche's tenure, the Cougars posted a 135–116 record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington Capitols
The Washington Capitols were a former Basketball Association of America (forerunner of the National Basketball Association) team based in Washington, D.C. from 1946 to 1951. The team was coached from 1946 to 1949 by NBA Hall of Famer Red Auerbach. History The team was founded in 1946 as a charter BAA team; it became a charter NBA team in 1949. It folded on January 9, 1951 (with a 10–25 record). The Capitols were one of seven teams that quickly left the NBA: The NBA contracted after the 1949-1950 season, losing six teams: The Anderson Packers, Sheboygan Red Skins and Waterloo Hawks jumped to the NPBL, while the Chicago Stags, Denver Nuggets and St. Louis Bombers folded. The league went from 17 teams to 11 before the 1950-1951 season started. Midway through the 1950-1951 season, the Washington Capitols folded as well, bringing the number of teams in the league down to ten. Earl Lloyd, the first African American athlete to play for an NBA team, debuted for the Capitols at Ul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947–48 Washington Capitols Season ...
The 1947–48 BAA season was the Capitols' 2nd season in the BAA (which later became the NBA). Draft picks Roster Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Game log Playoffs Western Division tiebreaker Chicago Stags vs. Washington Capitols: ''Stags win series 1-0'' *Game 1 @ Chicago (March 23): Chicago 74, Washington 70 References {{DEFAULTSORT:1947-48 Washington Capitols season Washington Capitols seasons Washington Washington Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947–48 Providence Steamrollers Season
The 1947–48 Providence Steamrollers season was the second season of the Providence Steamrollers. This season is also infamous for the lowest amount of wins by a team in BAA/NBA history with only 6 total wins recorded by the Steamrollers throughout this entire season. The only other NBA teams to end their seasons with single-digit victories as of 2023 are the 1972–73 Philadelphia 76ers, the 1998–99 Vancouver Grizzlies, the 1998–99 Los Angeles Clippers, and the 2011–12 Charlotte Bobcats, who hold the worst win percentage in NBA history. This season is also noteworthy for featuring the oldest player in BAA/NBA history, with head coach Nat Hickey Nicholas J. "Nat" Hickey (born Nicola Zarnecich; January 30, 1902 – September 16, 1979) was a Croatian-American professional basketball coach/player and baseball player. He turned to coaching basketball after his retirement from playing full-tim ... suiting up for two games with the Steamrollers near his 46th birthday, making ... [...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] |
1947–48 New York Knicks Season
The 1947–48 New York Knicks season was the second season for the team in the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which later merged with the National Basketball League to become the National Basketball Association. The Knicks finished in second place in the Eastern Division with a 26–22 record and qualified for the BAA Playoffs. In the first round, New York was eliminated by the Baltimore Bullets in a best-of-three series, two games to one. Carl Braun was the team's scoring leader during the season. At the 1947 BAA draft, the Knicks selected Dick Holub in the first round, with the fifth overall pick. The Knicks also selected Wataru Misaka, who made the team's final roster and became "the first person of color to play in modern professional basketball", just months after the Major League Baseball color line had been broken by the Brooklyn Dodgers' Jackie Robinson. Misaka was cut after playing only three games with the team. The 1947–48 season was the first as New Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947–48 Chicago Stags Season
The 1947–48 BAA season was the Stags' second season in the Basketball Association of America (later known as the NBA). Draft picks Roster Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Game log Playoffs Western Division tiebreaker Chicago Stags vs. Washington Capitols: ''Stags win series 1-0'' *Game 1 @ Chicago (March 23): Chicago 74, Washington 70 Chicago Stags vs. Baltimore Bullets: ''Bullets win series 1-0'' *Game 1 @ Chicago (March 25): Baltimore 75, Chicago 72 First round (E3) Boston Celtics vs. (W3) Chicago Stags: ''Stags win series 2-1'' *Game 1 @ Boston (March 28): Chicago 79, Boston 72 *Game 2 @ Boston (March 31): Boston 81, Chicago 77 *Game 3 @ Boston (April 2): Chicago 81, Boston 74 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 Transactions Sales References {{DEFAULTSOR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947–48 Boston Celtics Season
The 1947–48 Boston Celtics season was the second season of the Boston Celtics in the Basketball Association of America (BAA/NBA). This was the first season in which the Celtics qualified for the playoffs, where they lost in the BAA Quarterfinals to the Chicago Stags. Draft picks Roster Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Game log Playoffs , - align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" , 1 , March 28 , Chicago L 72–79, Sadowski, Riebe (22) , Boston Garden , 0–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , 2 , March 31 , Chicago W 81–77, Saul Mariaschin (17) , Boston Garden , 1–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" , 3 , April 2 , Chicago L 74–81, Ed Sadowski (26) , Boston Garden , 1–2 , - Awards and records *Ed Sadowski, All-NBA First Team Transactions Trades Free agency Additions Subtractions References {{DEFAULTSORT:1947-48 Boston Celtics Season Boston Celtics seasons Boston Celtics Boston Celtic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flushing High School
Flushing High School is a four-year public high school in Flushing, in the New York City borough of Queens. The school is operated by the New York City Department of Education. As of the 2020-21 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,414 students and 92.67 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.26:1. There were 1,173 students (83.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 64 (4.53% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Flushing High School . Accessed March 6, 2021. His ...
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San Francisco Polytechnic High School
San Francisco Polytechnic High School was a public secondary school in San Francisco, California. Located from 1912 at 701 Frederick Street, across from Kezar Stadium, the school was in operation from 1884 until 1973. History The school opened in 1884 as the Commercial School, on Powell Street between Clay and Sacramento. It subsequently moved to Bush and Stockton Streets. Academic subjects were added to the curriculum in 1890 and art and shop in 1895, when it was renamed San Francisco Polytechnic High School. The building was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake, and replaced in 1911 by a classical revival building on Frederick Street, which opened in 1915; a "manual and shop training" building facing Carl Street opened in 1912. Later additions included a boys' and a girls' gymnasium in art deco style, at opposite ends of the school. During this period the school had 2,000 students, more than any other in the city. In the 1960s an influx of black families led to an option system un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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