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1948–49 Rochester Royals season

{{short description|BAA professional basketball team season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NBA season

| team = Rochester Royals

| team_link = Sacramento Kings

| league = BAA

| end_year = 1949

| DivisionWin = yes

| wins = 45

| losses = 15

| division = Western

| division_place = 1

| coach = Les Harrison

| owners = Jack Harrison
Les Harrison

| arena = Edgerton Park Arena

| television =

| radio = WHAM

| playoffs = West Division Finals
(eliminated 0–2)

| bbr_team = ROC

}}

The 1948–49 BAA season was the Royals' first season in the BAA (later known as the NBA).[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/ROC/1949.html 1948–49 Rochester Royals]

Draft

{{main|1948 BAA draft}}

class="wikitable sortable sortable"

! style="{{NBA color cell|Rochester Royals}}" width="10%"| Round

! style="{{NBA color cell|Rochester Royals}}" width="10%"| Pick

! style="{{NBA color cell|Rochester Royals}}" width="20%"| Player

! style="{{NBA color cell|Rochester Royals}}" width="15%"| Position

! style="{{NBA color cell|Rochester Royals}}" width="15%"| Nationality

! style="{{NBA color cell|Rochester Royals}}" width="20%"| College

110Bobby WanzerG{{flagu|United States}}Seton Hall
––Alex Athas–{{flagu|United States}}Tulane
––Bill GaborG/F{{flagu|United States}}Syracuse
––Ed Keim–{{flagu|United States}}Niagara
––Leo KubiakG/F{{flagu|United States}}Bowling Green
––Johnny MacknowskiF{{flagu|United States}}Seton Hall
––Lionel Melamed–{{flagu|United States}}CCNY
––Hank O'Keefe–{{flagu|United States}}Canisius
––Warren Stickel–{{flagu|United States}}Syracuse
––Paul Yesavi–{{flagu|United States}}Niagara

Roster

{{NBA roster header|team=Rochester Royals|season=1948–49}}

{{player2 | num = 19 | first = Bill | last = Calhoun | dab = basketball | pos = SG | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = 180 | college = CCSF | DOB = 1927-11-04 }}

{{player2 | num = 15 | first = Fran | last = Curran | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 0 | lbs = 175 | college = Notre Dame | DOB = 1925-09-19 }}

{{player2 | num = 11 | first = Bob | last = Davies | pos = PG | ft = 6 | in = 1 | lbs = 175 | college = Seton Hall | DOB = 1920-01-15 }}

{{player2 | num = 10 | first = Andy | last = Duncan | dab = basketball | pos = F/C | ft = 6 | in = 6 | lbs = 195 | college = William & Mary | DOB = 1922-04-17 }}

{{player2 | num = 10 – 12 | first = Bob | last = Fitzgerald | dab = basketball | pos = F/C | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = 190 | college = Seton Hall | DOB = 1923-03-14 }}

{{player2 | num = 16 | first = Red | last = Holzman | pos = PG | ft = 5 | in = 10 | lbs = 175 | school = CCNY | DOB = 1920-08-10 }}

{{player2 | num = 17 | first = Arnie | last = Johnson | pos = SF | ft = 6 | in = 5 | lbs = 236 | school = Bemidji State | DOB = 1920-05-16 }}

{{player2 | num = 13 | first = Andrew | last = Levane | pos = F/G | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = 190 | school = St. John's | DOB = 1920-04-11 }}

{{player2 | num = 12 | first = Lionel | last = Malamed | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 9 | lbs = 150 | school = CCNY | DOB = 1924-11-15 }}

{{player2 | num = 18 | first = Mike | last = Novak | pos = C/F | ft = 6 | in = 9 | lbs = 219 | school = Loyola University Chicago | DOB = 1915-04-23 }}

{{player2 | num = 14 | first = Arnie | last = Risen | pos = C | ft = 6 | in = 9 | lbs = 200 | college = Ohio State | DOB = 1924-10-09 }}

{{player2 | num = 09 | first = Bobby | last = Wanzer | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 0 | lbs = 170 | college = Seton Hall | DOB = 1921-06-04 }}

{{NBA roster footer

| head_coach = Les Harrison | roster_url = https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/ROC/1949.html | transaction_url = https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/ROC/1949_transactions.html}}

Regular season

=Season standings=

{{col-begin|width=50%}}

{{col-break}}

{{1948–49 BAA West standings|team=ROC}}

{{col-end}}

=Record vs. opponents=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
colspan=14|1948–49 BAA records
width=100|Team

!style="background:#003EA4;color:#D30032;width=35"|BAL

!style="background:#006400;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|BOS

!style="background:#D50032;color:#22356A;width=35"|CHI

!style="background:#012F6B;color:#D40032;width=35"|FWP

!style="background:#0F1D42;color:#D40030;width=35"|IND

!style="background:#7BA4DB;color:#FBE122;width=35"|MIN

!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:#0050B0;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|ROC

!style="background:#D40032;color:#FFFFFF;width=35"|STL

!style="background:#046B38;color:#FECD2A;width=35"|WAS

style="text-align:left;" | Baltimore—4–21–44–15–01–42–44–22–41–42–33–3
style="text-align:left;" | Boston2–4—0–54–13–22–33–33–33–31–43–21–5
style="text-align:left;" | Chicago4–15–0—4–25–12–43–22–35–02–43–33–2
style="text-align:left;" | Fort Wayne1–41–42–4—3–32–41–45–04–10–61–42–3
style="text-align:left;" | Indianapolis0–52–31-53–3—0–61–41–44–11–53–32–3
style="text-align:left;" | Minneapolis4–13–24–24–26–0—4–14–15–04–24–22–3
style="text-align:left;" | New York4–23–32–34–14–11–4—2–45–11–43–22–3
style="text-align:left;" | Philadelphia2–43–33–20–54–11–44–2—6–00–53–22–4
style="text-align:left;" | Providence4–23–30–51–41–40–51–50–6—2–30–50–6
style="text-align:left;" | Rochester4–14–14–26–05–12–44–15–03–2—6–02–3
style="text-align:left;" | St. Louis3–22–33–34–13–32–42–32–35–00–6—2–3
style="text-align:left;" | Washington3–35–12–33–23–23–23–24–26–03–23–2—

=Game log=

class="wikitable" width="50%"
align="center" style="{{NBA color cell|Rochester Royals}}"

| #

DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 1

November 6Indianapolis69–58Arnie Johnson (11)1–0
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 2

November 10@ Washington66–73Arnie Risen (17)1–1
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 3

November 11@ Philadelphia83–75Arnie Risen (21)2–1
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 4

November 13Boston95–63Red Holzman (16)3–1
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 5

November 14Minneapolis92–75Arnie Risen (19)4–1
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 6

November 16New York75–63Arnie Risen (13)5–1
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 7

November 18@ Providence103–74Red Holzman (18)6–1
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 8

November 21Washington77–80Davies, Risen (17)6–2
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 9

November 23Baltimore108–90Red Holzman (24)7–2
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 10

November 27Chicago105–103 (2OT)Arnie Risen (26)8–2
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 11

December 1@ New York73–72Arnie Risen (28)9–2
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 12

December 4Philadelphia105–101 (OT)Arnie Risen (20)10–2
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 13

December 6@ Boston87–79Bob Davies (19)11–2
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 14

December 7Providence89–90Andy Duncan (20)11–3
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 15

December 10Minneapolis75–96Andy Duncan (15)11–4
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 16

December 12@ Minneapolis58–67Arnie Risen (12)11–5
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 17

December 14@ Chicago85–78Arnie Risen (26)12–5
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 18

December 18Fort Wayne84–64Bobby Wanzer (21)13–5
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 19

December 19@ Fort Wayne83–78 (OT)Red Holzman (17)14–5
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 20

December 21@ Indianapolis84–71Arnie Risen (25)15–5
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 21

December 25St. Louis90–82Arnie Risen (19)16–5
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 22

December 26@ Minneapolis90–99Andy Duncan (22)16–6
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 23

December 29@ New York74–77Arnie Risen (16)16–7
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 24

December 30@ Baltimore89–100Bobby Wanzer (22)16–8
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 25

January 1St. Louis106–83Bobby Wanzer (18)17–8
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| 26

January 2@ St. Louis89–64Novak, Risen (14)18–8
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| 27

January 6@ Indianapolis62–73Arnie Risen (11)18–9
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| 28

January 8Chicago88–91Arnie Risen (25)18–10
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 29

January 9@ Chicago90–75Bob Davies (26)19–10
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| 30

January 11Philadelphia83–71Arnie Risen (21)20–10
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 31

January 13@ Baltimore102–85Bobby Wanzer (18)21–10
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 32

January 15Fort Wayne73–62Davies, Wanzer (14)22–10
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| 33

January 19vs Indianapolis70–66Bob Davies (33)23–10
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| 34

January 20@ St. Louis84–74Bob Davies (26)24–10
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| 35

January 22New York103–98 (2OT)Bob Davies (22)25–10
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 36

January 23@ Fort Wayne81–80 (OT)Bob Davies (29)26–10
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 37

January 29Baltimore90–86Arnie Risen (22)27–10
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 38

February 1@ Boston76–68Bobby Wanzer (21)28–10
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 39

February 3@ Providence80–88Arnie Risen (26)28–11
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 40

February 5Fort Wayne80–61Red Holzman (15)29–11
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 41

February 6@ Minneapolis85–74Arnie Risen (22)30–11
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 42

February 8Providence97–65Arnie Risen (20)31–11
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 43

February 9@ Washington94–99 (2OT)Bob Davies (29)31–12
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 44

February 10@ Baltimore90–76Arnie Risen (27)32–12
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 45

February 12Chicago87–73Davies, Risen (23)33–12
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 46

February 15Washington91–79Arnie Risen (17)34–12
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 47

February 17@ St. Louis68–63Bob Davies (19)35–12
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| 48

February 18@ Indianapolis65–53Bob Davies (14)36–12
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 49

February 19Indianapolis87–73Arnie Risen (25)37–12
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 50

February 22Philadelphia92–86Arnie Risen (17)38–12
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 51

February 26Boston64–59Arnie Johnson (17)39–12
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 52

March 1Washington67–64Arnie Johnson (14)40–12
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 53

March 5Providence81–64Bobby Wanzer (14)41–12
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 54

March 6@ Fort Wayne78–66Arnie Risen (29)42–12
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| 55

March 10@ Philadelphia73–71Bob Davies (25)43–12
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 56

March 12St. Louis104–74Arnie Risen (21)44–12
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| 57

March 15@ Boston83–86Arnie Risen (28)44–13
align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc"

| 58

March 16@ New York94–89Bob Davies (29)45–13
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 59

March 19Minneapolis85–99Red Holzman (15)45–14
align="center" bgcolor="ffcccc"

| 60

March 20@ Chicago61–98Fran Curran (15)45–15

Playoffs

{{NBA game log start|Rochester Royals|end_year=1949|playoffs=yes}}

{{NBA game log section|Rochester Royals|Division Semifinals|playoffs=yes|first=yes|show=no

| home_wins = 1

| home_losses = 0

| road_wins = 1

| road_losses = 0

| hide_rebounds = yes

| hide_assists = yes

| hide_attendance = yes

}}

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

| 1

| March 22

| St. Louis

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/194903220ROC.html W 93–64]

| Bob Davies (23)

| Edgerton Park Arena

| 1–0

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

| 2

| March 23

| @ St. Louis

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/194903230STB.html W 66–64]

| Bobby Wanzer (17)

| St. Louis Arena

| 2–0

|-

{{NBA game log section|Rochester Royals|Division Finals|playoffs=yes|show=no

| home_wins = 0

| home_losses = 1

| road_wins = 0

| road_losses = 1

| hide_rebounds = yes

| hide_assists = yes

| hide_attendance = yes

}}

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

| 1

| March 27

| Minneapolis

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/194903270ROC.html L 79–80]

| Arnie Risen (17)

| Edgerton Park Arena

| 0–1

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

| 2

| March 29

| @ Minneapolis

| [https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/194903290MNL.html L 55–67]

| Arnie Risen (21)

| St. Paul Auditorium

| 0–2

|-

{{NBA game log end|bbr_team=ROC|playoffs=yes|end_year=1949}}

Awards and records

References

{{reflist}}

{{1948–49 BAA season by team}}

{{Sacramento Kings seasons}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1948-49 Rochester Royals Season}}

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