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1949 BAA Playoffs
The 1949 BAA playoffs was the postseason tournament following the Basketball Association of America 1948–49 season, its third and last. Later that year the BAA and National Basketball League merged to create the National Basketball Association or NBA. The tournament concluded with the Western Division champion Minneapolis Lakers defeating the Eastern Division champion Washington Capitols 4 games to 2 in the BAA Finals. The eight qualified teams began tournament play on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 22 and 23, and the Finals concluded on Wednesday, April 13. Minneapolis and Washington played 10 and 11 games in a span of 22 days; their six final games in ten days. Prior to their final series, however, Minneapolis had been idle for five days, Washington for only one day. Playoff seeds Eastern Division # Washington Capitols # New York Knicks # Baltimore Bullets # Philadelphia Warriors Western Division # Rochester Royals # Minneapolis Lakers # Chicago Stags # St. Louis Bombers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948–49 BAA Season
The 1948–49 BAA season was the third and final season of the Basketball Association of America. The 1949 BAA Playoffs ended with the Minneapolis Lakers winning the BAA Championship, beating the Washington Capitols 6 games in the BAA Finals. The NBA recognizes the three BAA seasons as part of its own history so the 1948–49 BAA season is considered the third NBA season. Following the season, the BAA and National Basketball League merged to create the National Basketball Association or NBA. Notable occurrences Four National Basketball League teams (Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, Minneapolis and Rochester) joined the BAA for the 1948–49 season. Final standings Eastern Division Western Division Playoffs Statistics leaders Note: Prior to the 1969–70 season, league leaders in points and assists were determined by totals rather than averages. BAA awards *All-BAA First Team: **G Max Zaslofsky, Chicago Stags **G/F Bob Davies, Rochester Royals **C G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1948–49 Minneapolis Lakers Season
The 1948–49 BAA season was the Lakers' first season in the Basketball Association of America (BAA) (which later became the National Basketball Association (NBA) after the conclusion of this season). This season saw the Lakers win their first BAA championship, defeating the Washington Capitols in six games in the BAA Finals. Draft Roster Regular season Season standings :x – clinched playoff spot Record vs. opponents Game log Playoffs , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 1 , March 23 , Chicago W 84–77, George Mikan (37) , Minneapolis Auditorium , 1–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 2 , March 24 , @ Chicago W 101–85, George Mikan (38) , Chicago Stadium , 2–0 , - , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 1 , March 27 , @ Rochester W 80–79, George Mikan (32) , Edgerton Park Arena , 1–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" , 2 , March 29 , Rochester W 67–55, George Mikan (31) , St. Paul Auditorium , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bones McKinney
Horace Albert "Bones" McKinney (January 1, 1919 – May 16, 1997) was an American professional basketball player and coach. A 6'6" small forward who played at both North Carolina State University (2 seasons) and the University of North Carolina (1 season, after U.S. Army service during World War II interrupted his college career), McKinney had a six-year playing career in the NBA, most of them with the now-defunct Washington Capitols. He also played for the Boston Celtics. His final year with the Capitols (in the 1950–51 season), McKinney was a player-coach; the team folded midway through the season. McKinney, known for his sideline antics, would later coach the Wake Forest University Demon Deacons, leading them to two Atlantic Coast Conference titles and an appearance in the Final Four in 1962. McKinney also coached Carolina Cougars of the American Basketball Association from 1969 through 1971. He coached them to a 42–42 record during the 1969–70 season, good for third pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
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 |
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Maryland to its south, West Virginia to its southwest, Ohio to its west, Lake Erie and the Canadian province of Ontario to its northwest, New York to its north, and the Delaware River and New Jersey to its east. Pennsylvania is the fifth-most populous state in the nation with over 13 million residents as of 2020. It is the 33rd-largest state by area and ranks ninth among all states in population density. The southeastern Delaware Valley metropolitan area comprises and surrounds Philadelphia, the state's largest and nation's sixth most populous city. Another 2.37 million reside in Greater Pittsburgh in the southwest, centered around Pittsburgh, the state's second-largest and Western Pennsylvania's largest city. The state's su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Since 1854, the city has been coextensive with Philadelphia County, the most populous county in Pennsylvania and the urban core of the Delaware Valley, the nation's seventh-largest and one of world's largest metropolitan regions, with 6.245 million residents . The city's population at the 2020 census was 1,603,797, and over 56 million people live within of Philadelphia. Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Quaker. The city served as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony during the British colonial era and went on to play a historic and vital role as the central meeting place for the nation's founding fathers whose plans and actions in Philadelphia ultimately inspired the American Revolution and the nation's inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia Arena
The Philadelphia Arena was an auditorium used mainly for sporting events located at 46th and Market Streets in West Philadelphia. The address of the building, originally named the Philadelphia Ice Palace and Auditorium, was 4530 Market Street. The building stood next to what would become the WFIL TV studio that broadcast ''American Bandstand''. It was built by George F. Pawling, of George F. Pawling & Co., Engineers and Contractors, and opened on Saturday, February 14, 1920 with a college hockey game between Yale and Princeton Tigers; the Bulldogs won, 4–0, before a crowd of over 4,000 despite the fact that the arena had only one small entrance at the time. One of the first teams to make the Arena home was the Yale University men's ice hockey team. Yale did not have a suitable on-campus venue in 1920 and played home games in Philadelphia. During the 1920–1921 season, Yale, Princeton, and Penn made the Arena their home ice. The Tyrrell era Jules Mastbaum, owner of a movie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howie Dallmar
Howard Dallmar (May 24, 1922 – December 19, 1991) was an American professional basketball player and coach. A forward from San Francisco, California, Dallmar played collegiately at Stanford University. He led Stanford to the 1942 NCAA Championship, earning Tournament Most Outstanding Player honors. After transferring to Penn, he was an All-American selection in 1945. From 1946 to 1949, he played professionally for the Philadelphia Warriors of the Basketball Association of America (a forerunner to the NBA). Dallmar was the third leading scorer (behind Joe Fulks and Angelo Musi) on the team which won the 1947 BAA Championship. In the 1947–48 season, Dallmar led the BAA in total assists and was named to the All-BAA First Team. Dallmar coached the University of Pennsylvania basketball team from 1948 to 1954, before returning to Stanford as head basketball coach in 1954. He remained at Stanford for 21 seasons, compiling a 256–264 record. He died of congestive heart fail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake Bornheimer
Jacob "Jake" Bornheimer (June 29, 1927 – September 10, 1986) was an American professional basketball player. Born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, Bornheimer played collegiately for the Muhlenberg College Muhlenberg College is a private liberal arts college in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1848, Muhlenberg College is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and is named for Henry Muhlenberg, the German patriarch of Luthe .... He played for the Philadelphia Warriors (1948–50) in the NBA for 75 games. His older brother, Bill, played basketball at Georgetown, from 1940 to 1942. BAA/NBA career statistics Regular season Playoffs References External links * 1927 births 1986 deaths Basketball players from New Jersey Centers (basketball) Muhlenberg Mules men's basketball players Sportspeople from New Brunswick, New Jersey Philadelphia Warriors players Power forwards (basketball) American men's basketball players {{1920s-US-baske ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonny Hertzberg
Sidney "Sonny" Hertzberg (July 29, 1922 – July 25, 2005) was an American professional basketball player. Early life Hertzberg was born in Brooklyn, New York, grew up in Crown Heights, and was Jewish. Hertzberg played at Samuel J. Tilden High School and City College of New York, where he was a teammate of longtime Knicks coach Red Holzman. Professional career Hertzberg began his professional career in 1946, signing with his home team New York Knicks. He played with the team in the inaugural Basketball Association of America season in 1946–47. He played five games with the team in the 1947–48 before being released. Hertzberg signed with the Washington Capitols, and played for two seasons with the team under future Hall of Fame coach Red Auerbach. On September 28, 1949, Hertzberg was traded to the Boston Celtics for Chick Halbert. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kleggie Hermsen
Clarence Henry "Kleggie" Hermsen (March 12, 1923 – March 2, 1994) was an American professional basketball player. A 6-foot-9 center from the University of Minnesota, Hermsen began his professional career with the Sheboygan Red Skins of the National Basketball League in 1943–44 and 1945–46. He scored 11 points in 12 games during his rookie campaign, but played a greater role in his second season, scoring 55 points in 21 games. Both Red Skins teams advanced to the NBL championship series — losses to the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons and Rochester Royals. Hermsen then played six seasons (1946–1951; 1952–1953) in the Basketball Association of America and National Basketball Association as a member of the Cleveland Rebels, Toronto Huskies, Baltimore Bullets, Washington Capitols, Chicago Stags, Tri-Cities Blackhawks, Boston Celtics, and Indianapolis Olympians The Indianapolis Olympians were a founding National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in Indianapolis. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
