1947–48 Boston Celtics season

1947–48 Boston Celtics season
Head coach Honey Russell
Owner(s) Walter A. Brown
Arena Boston Arena
Boston Garden
Results
Record 20–28 (.417)
Place Division: 3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finish BAA Quarterfinals
(eliminated 1–2)

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

Radio WMEX

The 1947–48 Boston Celtics season was the second season of the Boston Celtics in the Basketball Association of America (BAA/NBA).[1]

Draft picks

Main article: 1947 BAA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 3 Bulbs Ehlers G/F  United States Purdue
– – Hank Biasatti G  Italy
 Canada 		Long Island
– – Johnny Ezersky G/F  United States Rhode Island State
– – Jack Hewson F/C  United States Temple
– – Gene Stump G/F  United States DePaul

Roster

Boston Celtics 1947–48 roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
10 Bloom, Mike 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1915-01-14 Temple
11 Connors, Chuck 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1921-04-10 Seton Hall
G/F 14 Ehlers, Bulbs 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 1923-03-10 Purdue
PG 15–21 Garfinkel, Jack 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1918-06-13 St. John's
G 5 Hankins, Cecil 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1922-01-06 Oklahoma State
17 Hewson, Jack 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1924-09-17 Temple
PG 3 Hoefer, Charlie 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 158 lb (72 kg) 1917-07-12 Queens College
G/F 17 Janisch, John 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1920-03-15 Valparaiso
G 4 Mariaschin, Saul 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1924-09-01 Harvard
G 6 Munroe, George 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1922-01-05 Dartmouth
G 10–11 Noszka, Stan 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1920-09-09 Duquesne
G/F 7–9 Riebe, Mel 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1916-07-12 College of Wooster
C 22 Sadowski, Ed 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1917-07-11 Seton Hall
10 Simmons, Connie 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 222 lb (101 kg) 1925-03-15 Flushing (New York)
F 12 Spector, Art 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1978-03-18 Villanova
G/F 13 Stump, Gene 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1923-11-13 DePaul
Head coach

Honey Russell

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster • Transactions

Regular season

Season standings

# Eastern Division
Team W L PCT GB
1 x-Philadelphia Warriors 27 21 .563 –
2 x-New York Knicks 26 22 .542 1
3 x-Boston Celtics 20 28 .417 7
4 Providence Steamrollers 6 42 .125 21

Record vs. opponents

1947–48 BAA Records
Team BAL BOS CHI NYK PHI PRO STL WAS
Baltimore — 5–1 5–3 5–1 2–4 6–0 3–5 2–6
Boston 1–5 — 3–3 1–7 4–4 6–2 2–4 3–3
Chicago 3–5 3–3 — 6–0 4–2 4–2 3–5 5–3
New York 1–5 7–1 0–6 — 4–4 7–1 4–2 3–3
Philadelphia 4–2 4–4 2-4 1–7 — 8–0 3–3 2–4
Providence 0–6 2–6 2–4 1–7 0–8 — 0–6 1–5
St. Louis 5–3 4–2 5–3 2–4 3–3 6–0 — 4–4
Washington 6–2 3–3 3–5 3–3 4–2 5–1 4–4 —

Game log

# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 November 13 @ Baltimore 74–85 Sadowski, Simmons (16) 0–1
2 November 14 Philadelphia 74–79 (OT) Ed Sadowski (27) 0–2
3 November 15 @ Washington 73–69 Ed Sadowski (14) 1–2
4 November 18 St. Louis 50–65 Ed Sadowski (14) 1–3
5 November 20 @ Philadelphia 67–57 Ed Sadowski (18) 2–3
6 November 21 Baltimore 73–89 Ed Sadowski (18) 2–4
7 November 22 @ Providence 65–62 Cecil Hankins (12) 3–4
8 November 25 New York 75–91 Ed Sadowski (15) 3–5
9 November 26 @ New York 65–63 Ed Sadowski (19) 4–5
10 November 28 Washington 92–83 Ed Sadowski (22) 5–5
11 December 2 Baltimore 69–77 (OT) Ed Sadowski (18) 5–6
12 December 5 Providence 73–69 Ed Sadowski (24) 6–6
13 December 10 New York 75–79 Ed Sadowski (25) 6–7
14 December 12 Philadelphia 69–67 Mel Riebe (22) 7–7
15 December 17 Providence 67–66 Mel Riebe (17) 8–7
16 December 19 St. Louis 78–70 Ed Sadowski (30) 9–7
17 December 20 @ New York 58–70 Saul Mariaschin (20) 9–8
18 December 23 Chicago 75–83 Ed Sadowski (22) 9–9
19 December 27 @ Providence 74–63 Mel Riebe (15) 10–9
20 December 30 Philadelphia 70–64 Ed Sadowski (28) 11–9
21 January 1 @ St. Louis 48–58 Bulbs Ehlers (12) 11–10
22 January 3 @ Washington 60–95 Connie Simmons (12) 11–11
23 January 10 @ Providence 57–70 Ed Sadowski (19) 11–12
24 January 11 Washington 84–56 Mel Riebe (21) 12–12
25 January 16 Chicago 75–61 Ed Sadowski (23) 13–12
26 January 18 @ Chicago 48–72 Ed Sadowski (11) 13–13
27 January 22 @ Philadelphia 61–54 Noszka, Riebe, Sadowski (11) 14–13
28 January 23 New York 58–74 Mel Riebe (18) 14–14
29 January 25 @ St. Louis 54–72 Ed Sadowski (18) 14–15
30 January 27 Philadelphia 68–77 Ed Sadowski (21) 14–16
31 January 30 Providence 69–79 Ed Sadowski (22) 14–17
32 January 31 @ New York 64–66 Ed Sadowski (28) 14–18
33 February 6 New York 57–68 Ed Sadowski (18) 14–19
34 February 8 @ New York 68–80 Ed Sadowski (30) 14–20
35 February 12 @ Philadelphia 60–69 Ed Sadowski (20) 14–21
36 February 13 Providence 79–73 Ed Sadowski (23) 15–21
37 February 14 @ Washington 58–72 Ed Sadowski (16) 15–22
38 February 19 @ Baltimore 76–79 (OT) Ed Sadowski (33) 15–23
39 February 22 Chicago 77–97 Mel Riebe (20) 15–24
40 February 26 @ St. Louis 92–94 (2OT) Ed Sadowski (34) 15–25
41 February 27 @ Chicago 83–69 Ehlers, Sadowski (22) 16–25
42 February 29 Baltimore 65–62 Ed Sadowski (20) 17–25
43 March 4 @ Philadelphia 62–82 Ed Sadowski (16) 17–26
44 March 5 St. Louis 71–68 Ed Sadowski (32) 18–26
45 March 6 @ Baltimore 68–81 Mike Bloom (14) 18–27
46 March 13 @ Providence 86–64 Mel Riebe (22) 19–27
47 March 16 Washington 62–76 Ed Sadowski (18) 19–28
48 March 18 @ Chicago 77–72 Ed Sadowski (23) 20–28

Playoffs

BAA Quarterfinals

(E3) Boston Celtics vs. (W3) Chicago Stags: Stags win series 2-1

Awards and records

References

  1. ↑ 1947–48 Boston Celtics
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