The
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 in six games in the 1949 BAA F ...
was the first season for the
Fort Wayne Pistons
The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit. The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at ...
in the
NBA/BAA and eighth season as a franchise.
Despite their NBL success which included four championship series births and two titles the team wasn't able to translate that success to the new league and missed the playoffs for the first time in team history. The team was led by center
John Mahnken (9.5 ppg) and forward
Blackie Towery (7.5 ppg).
Draft picks
Roster
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Game log
References
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Detroit Pistons seasons
Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne is a city in Allen County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. Located in northeastern Indiana, the city is west of the Ohio border and south of the Michigan border. The city's population was 263,886 at the 2020 United S ...