1947–48 Philadelphia Warriors season

{{Infobox NBA season

| team = Philadelphia Warriors

| league = BAA

| end_year = 1948

| DivisionWin = yes

| wins = 27

| losses = 21

| division = Eastern

| division_place = 1

| coach = Edward Gottlieb

| arena = Philadelphia Arena

| television =

| radio = WCAU

| playoffs = BAA Finals
(eliminated 2–4)

| bbr_team = PHW

}}

The 1947–48 BAA season was the Warriors' 2nd season in the BAA (which later became the NBA).[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/PHW/1948.html 1947–48 Philadelphia Warriors]

BAA Draft

class="wikitable sortable sortable" ! style="background:#003399;color:#FFCC33;" width="7%"\| Round ! style="background:#003399;color:#FFCC33;" width="7%"\| Pick ! style="background:#003399;color:#FFCC33;" width="20%"\| Player ! style="background:#003399;color:#FFCC33;" width="15%"\| Position ! style="background:#003399;color:#FFCC33;" width="15%"\| Nationality ! style="background:#003399;color:#FFCC33;" width="20%"\| School/Club Team
style="text-align: center" \| 1	6	Chink Crossin	G	{{flagu\|United States}}	Penn
style="text-align: center" \| –	–	Norman Butz	–	{{flagu\|United States}}	St. Joseph's
style="text-align: center" \| –	–	Jim Kaeding	–	{{flagu\|United States}}	York (PA)
style="text-align: center" \| –	–	Ed Koffenberger	C	{{flagu\|United States}}	Duke
style="text-align: center" \| –	–	Jim Pollard	SF	{{flagu\|United States}}	Stanford

Roster

{{NBA roster header|team=Philadelphia Warriors 1947–48

| bg1 = #002F6C | color1 = #FFC72C | bg2 = #FFC72C | color2 = #002F6C}}

{{player2 | num = 15 | first = Hank | last = Beenders | pos = C-F | ft = 6 | in = 6 | lbs = 185 | college = LIU Brooklyn | DOB = 1916-06-02 }}

{{player2 | num = 14 | first = Stan | last = Brown | dab = basketball | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 200 | college = South Philadelphia HS (PA) | DOB = 1929-06-27 }}

{{player2 | num = 7 | first = Chink | last = Crossin | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = 165 | college = Pennsylvania | DOB = 1924-07-04 }}

{{player2 | num = 12 | first = Howie | last = Dallmar | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 200 | college = Stanford | DOB = 1922-05-24 }}

{{player2 | num = 6 | first = Jerry | last = Fleishman | pos = SG | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = 190 | college = NYU | DOB = 1922-02-14 }}

{{player2 | num = 10 | first = Joe | last = Fulks | pos = PF | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = 190 | school = Murray State | DOB = 1921-10-26 }}

{{player2 | num = 20 | first = Chick | last = Halbert | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 9 | lbs = 225 | school = West Texas A&M | DOB = 1919-02-27 }}

{{player2 | num = 18 | first = Art | last = Hillhouse | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 7 | lbs = 220 | school = LIU Brooklyn | DOB = 1916-06-12 }}

{{player2 | num = 9 | first = Ralph | last = Kaplowitz | pos = G-F | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = 170 | school = NYU | DOB = 1919-05-18 }}

{{player2 | num = 5 | first = Angelo | last = Musi | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 9 | lbs = 145 | school = Temple | DOB = 1918-07-25 }}

{{player2 | num = 7 | first = Bob | last = O'Brien | dab = basketball | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = 190 | college = Pepperdine | DOB = 1927-01-26 }}

{{player2 | num = 19 | first = Jack | last = Rocker | pos = C-F | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = 185 | school = California | DOB = 1922-08-12 }}

{{player2 | num = 8 | first = George | last = Senesky | pos = PG | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = 179 | college = Saint Joseph's | DOB = 1922-04-04 }}

{{NBA roster footer

| head_coach = Edward Gottlieb || asst_coach = | ath_train = | roster_url = https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/PHW/1948.html | transaction_url = https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/PHW/1948_transactions.html}}

Regular season

=Season standings=

=Record vs. opponents=

colspan=12\|1947-48 BAA Records
class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
width=100\|Team !style="background: #003DA5;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"\|BAL !style="background:#006400;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"\|BOS !style="background:#D50032;color:#22356A;width=35"\|CHI !style="background:#003EA4;color:#E85109;width=35"\|NYK !style="background:#002F6C;color:#FFC72C;width=35"\|PHI !style="background:#D40032;color:#000000;width=35"\|PRO !style="background:#D40032;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"\|STL !style="background:#046B38;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"\|WAS
style="text-align:left;" \| Baltimore	—	5–1	5–3	5–1	2–4	6–0	3–5	2–6
style="text-align:left;" \| Boston	1–5	—	3–3	1–7	4–4	6–2	2–4	3–3
style="text-align:left;" \| Chicago	3–5	3–3	—	6–0	4–2	4–2	3–5	5–3
style="text-align:left;" \| New York	1–5	7–1	0–6	—	4–4	7–1	4–2	3–3
style="text-align:left;" \| Philadelphia	4–2	4–4	2-4	1–7	—	8–0	3–3	2–4
style="text-align:left;" \| Providence	0–6	2–6	2–4	1–7	0–8	—	0–6	1–5
style="text-align:left;" \| St. Louis	5–3	4–2	5–3	2–4	3–3	6–0	—	4–4
style="text-align:left;" \| Washington	6–2	3–3	3–5	3–3	4–2	5–1	4–4	—

=Game log=

class="wikitable" width="50%"
align="center" style="background:#0000FF;color:#FFD700;" \| #	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 1	November 13	Providence	79–64	Joe Fulks (23)	1–0
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 2	November 14	@ Boston	79–74 (OT)	Joe Fulks (26)	2–0
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 3	November 15	@ Providence	80–78	Joe Fulks (23)	3–0
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 4	November 19	@ Washington	67–74	Joe Fulks (25)	3–1
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 5	November 20	Boston	57–67	Joe Fulks (21)	3–2
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 6	November 22	@ New York	83–78	Dallmar, Fulks (22)	4–2
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 7	November 27	New York	59–81	Joe Fulks (24)	4–3
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 8	November 28	@ Chicago	71–75	Joe Fulks (22)	4–4
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 9	December 3	Baltimore	58–73	Chick Halbert (11)	4–5
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 10	December 9	Providence	78–74 (OT)	Joe Fulks (22)	5–5
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 11	December 11	St. Louis	69–74	Joe Fulks (28)	5–6
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 12	December 12	@ Boston	67–69	Joe Fulks (23)	5–7
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 13	December 15	@ New York	74–71	Chick Halbert (19)	6–7
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 14	December 18	New York	71–99	Joe Fulks (18)	6–8
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 15	December 20	@ Providence	80–74	Joe Fulks (17)	7–8
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 16	December 26	Providence	89–61	Joe Fulks (24)	8–8
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 17	December 27	@ Washington	70–72	Joe Fulks (26)	8–9
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 18	December 30	@ Boston	64–70	Joe Fulks (31)	8–10
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 19	January 1	@ Baltimore	72–60	Joe Fulks (23)	9–10
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 20	January 2	Washington	69–60	Joe Fulks (30)	10–10
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 21	January 4	@ St. Louis	66–80	Joe Fulks (16)	10–11
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 22	January 9	Chicago	60–77	Angelo Musi (24)	10–12
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 23	January 10	@ Washington	99–106 (OT)	Joe Fulks (29)	10–13
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 24	January 16	Baltimore	72–63	Dallmar, Fulks (14)	11–13
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 25	January 17	@ Baltimore	79–77	Joe Fulks (23)	12–13
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 26	January 19	@ New York	63–57	Joe Fulks (23)	13–13
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 27	January 20	St. Louis	82–59	Joe Fulks (22)	14–13
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 28	January 22	Boston	54–61	Joe Fulks (18)	14–14
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 29	January 27	@ Boston	77–68	Joe Fulks (21)	15–14
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 30	January 29	New York	60–66	Joe Fulks (20)	15–15
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 31	January 31	@ St. Louis	66–60	Joe Fulks (18)	16–15
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 32	February 1	@ Chicago	85–78	Joe Fulks (37)	17–15
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 33	February 5	Washington	60–72	Joe Fulks (19)	17–16
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 34	February 7	@ St. Louis	54–67	Jerry Fleishman (9)	17–17
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 35	February 8	@ Chicago	74–80 (2OT)	Angelo Musi (21)	17–18
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 36	February 12	Boston	69–60	Fleishman, Senesky (15)	18–18
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 37	February 14	@ New York	47–78	Angelo Musi (16)	18–19
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 38	February 19	Washington	84–76	Chick Halbert (20)	19–19
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 39	February 24	Baltimore	83–71	Howie Dallmar (19)	20–19
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 40	February 26	Chicago	89–80	Howie Dallmar (18)	21–19
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 41	February 28	@ Providence	83–82	Chick Halbert (21)	22–19
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 42	March 2	New York	76–66	Joe Fulks (31)	23–19
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 43	March 4	Boston	82–62	Joe Fulks (18)	24–19
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 44	March 9	Chicago	79–93	Joe Fulks (24)	24–20
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 45	March 11	St. Louis	92–74	Joe Fulks (31)	25–20
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc" \| 46	March 13	@ Baltimore	62–64	Joe Fulks (20)	25–21
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 47	March 16	@ Providence	100–78	Howie Dallmar (32)	26–21
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" \| 48	March 18	Providence	88–57	Joe Fulks (35)	27–21

Playoffs

{{NBA game log start|Philadelphia Warriors|end_year=1948|playoffs=yes}}

{{NBA game log section|Philadelphia Warriors|BAA Semifinals|playoffs=yes|first=yes|show=no

| home_wins = 2

| home_losses = 1

| road_wins = 2

| road_losses = 2

| hide_rebounds = yes

| hide_attendance = yes

}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 1

| March 23

| @ St. Louis

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/194803230STB.html L 58–60]

| Joe Fulks (18)

| Howie Dallmar (3)

| St. Louis Arena

| 0–1

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 2

| March 25

| @ St. Louis

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/194803250STB.html W 65–64]

| George Senesky (20)

| Howie Dallmar (2)

| St. Louis Arena

| 1–1

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 3

| March 27

| St. Louis

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/194803270PHW.html W 84–56]

| Joe Fulks (30)

| Howie Dallmar (5)

| Philadelphia Arena

| 2–1

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 4

| March 30

| St. Louis

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/194803300PHW.html L 51–56]

| Joe Fulks (21)

| Howie Dallmar (2)

| Philadelphia Arena

| 2–2

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 5

| April 1

| @ St. Louis

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/194804010STB.html L 62–69]

| Joe Fulks (17)

| Howie Dallmar (2)

| St. Louis Arena

| 2–3

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 6

| April 3

| St. Louis

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/194804030PHW.html W 84–61]

| Joe Fulks (23)

| Howie Dallmar (5)

| Philadelphia Arena

| 3–3

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 7

| April 6

| @ St. Louis

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/194804060STB.html W 85–46]

| Joe Fulks (15)

| Chink Crossin (4)

| St. Louis Arena

| 4–3

{{NBA game log section|Philadelphia Warriors|BAA Finals|playoffs=yes|show=no

| home_wins = 2

| home_losses = 1

| road_wins = 0

| road_losses = 3

| hide_rebounds = yes

}}

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 1

| April 10

| Baltimore

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/194804100PHW.html W 71–60]

| Chick Halbert (19)

| Howie Dallmar (3)

| Philadelphia Arena
7,201

| 1–0

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 2

| April 13

| Baltimore

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/194804130PHW.html L 63–66]

| Joe Fulks (27)

| Dallmar, Musi (2)

| Philadelphia Arena
6,982

| 1–1

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 3

| April 15

| @ Baltimore

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/194804150BLB.html L 70–72]

| Joe Fulks (21)

| Kaplowitz, Dallmar (2)

| Baltimore Coliseum
4,500

| 1–2

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 4

| April 17

| @ Baltimore

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/194804170BLB.html L 75–78]

| Joe Fulks (29)

| Howie Dallmar (3)

| Baltimore Coliseum
4,500

| 1–3

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"

| 5

| April 20

| Baltimore

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/194804200PHW.html W 91–82]

| Joe Fulks (19)

| Howie Dallmar (4)

| Philadelphia Arena
6,012

| 2–3

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| 6

| April 21

| @ Baltimore

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/194804210BLB.html L 73–88]

| Joe Fulks (28)

| Howie Dallmar (2)

| Baltimore Coliseum
4,500

| 2–4

Transactions

=Purchases=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
style="width:160px"\|Player !style="width:80px"\|Date purchased !style="width:210px"\|Former team
align=left\|Kenny Sailors[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/PHW/1948_transactions.html "1947–48 Philadelphia Warriors Transactions"]. Basketball Reference. Retrieved September 18, 2017. \|November, 1947 \|Chicago Stags
align=left\|Hank Beenders \|January 15, 1948 \|Providence Steamrollers

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

style="width:160px"|Player

!style="width:80px"|Date purchased

!style="width:210px"|Former team

align=left|Kenny Sailors[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/PHW/1948_transactions.html "1947–48 Philadelphia Warriors Transactions"]. Basketball Reference. Retrieved September 18, 2017.

|November, 1947

|Chicago Stags

align=left|Hank Beenders

|January 15, 1948

|Providence Steamrollers

=Sales=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
style="width:160px"\|Player !style="width:80px"\|Date sold !style="width:210px"\|New team
align=left\|Jerry Rullo \|October 14, 1947 \|Baltimore Bullets
align=left\|Kenny Sailors \|December 1, 1947 \|Providence Steamrollers

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

style="width:160px"|Player

!style="width:80px"|Date sold

!style="width:210px"|New team

align=left|Jerry Rullo

|October 14, 1947

|Baltimore Bullets

align=left|Kenny Sailors

|December 1, 1947

|Providence Steamrollers

Awards and records

References

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