The
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.
Altho ...
was the Bullets' first season in the
Basketball Association of America
The Basketball Association of America (BAA) was a professional basketball league in North America, founded in 1946. Following its third season, 1948–49, the BAA absorbed most of National Basketball League (NBL) and rebranded as the National Ba ...
(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
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Playoffs
Western Division tiebreaker
Chicago Stags
The Chicago Stags were a National Basketball Association team based in Chicago from 1946 to 1950.
History
1946–47 season
In the BAA's inaugural year, the Chicago Stags were placed in the Western Division, and after 60 games were tied with the ...
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
The New York Knickerbockers, shortened and more commonly referred to as the New York Knicks, are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The Knicks compete in the National Basketball Associat ...
: ''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
The Chicago Stags were a National Basketball Association team based in Chicago from 1946 to 1950.
History
1946–47 season
In the BAA's inaugural year, the Chicago Stags were placed in the Western Division, and after 60 games were tied with the ...
: ''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
The history of the Golden State Warriors began in Philadelphia in 1946. In 1962, the franchise was relocated to San Francisco, California and became known as the San Francisco Warriors until 1971, when its name was changed to the current Golden St ...
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
Transactions
Trades
Purchases
References
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Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954) seasons
Baltimore
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NBA championship seasons