1948–49 Boston Celtics season explained

The 1948–49 Boston Celtics season was the third season of the Boston Celtics in the Basketball Association of America (BAA/NBA).^[1]

Draft picks

See main article: article and 1948 BAA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	3		C		Harvard
–	–		G/F		Fordham
–	–	Norman Carey	–		Oregon State
–	–	Bob Curran	–		Holy Cross
–	–	Neil Dooley	–		Colgate
–	–	Jack Hauser	–
–	–		F		Tennessee
–	–		G		NYU
–	–		C		Sam Houston State
–	–	Guinn Phillips	–		Texas Wesleyan
–	–	Ray Wehde	–		Iowa State

Regular season

Record vs. opponents

1948–49 BAA Records
width=100	Team	BAL	BOS	CHI	FWP	IND	MIN	NYK	PHI	PRO	ROC	STL	WAS
	—	4–2	1–4	4–1	5–0	1–4	2–4	4–2	2–4	1–4	2–3	3–3
Boston	2–4	—	0–5	4–1	3–2	2–3	3–3	3–3	3–3	1–4	3–2	1–5
	4–1	5–0	—	4–2	5–1	2–4	3–2	2–3	5–0	2–4	3–3	3–2
	1–4	1–4	2–4	—	3–3	2–4	1–4	5–0	4–1	0–6	1–4	2–3
	0–5	2–3	1-5	3–3	—	0–6	1–4	1–4	4–1	1–5	3–3	2–3
	4–1	3–2	4–2	4–2	6–0	—	4–1	4–1	5–0	4–2	4–2	2–3
	4–2	3–3	2–3	4–1	4–1	1–4	—	2–4	5–1	1–4	3–2	2–3
	2–4	3–3	3–2	0–5	4–1	1–4	4–2	—	6–0	0–5	3–2	2–4
	4–2	3–3	0–5	1–4	1–4	0–5	1–5	0–6	—	2–3	0–5	0–6
	4–1	4–1	4–2	6–0	5–1	2–4	4–1	5–0	3–2	—	6–0	2–3
	3–2	2–3	3–3	4–1	3–3	2–4	2–3	2–3	5–0	0–6	—	2–3
	3–3	5–1	2–3	3–2	3–2	3–2	3–2	4–2	6–0	3–2	3–2	—

Game log

	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	November 4		73–94	Gene Stump (23)	0–1
2	November 7	Philadelphia	85–77	Halbert, Stump (19)	1–1
3	November 9		77–55	Gene Stump (23)	2–1
4	November 12		84–75	Bulbs Ehlers (22)	3–1
5	November 13		63–95	Gene Stump (14)	3–2
6	November 16		74–79 (OT)	Ehlers, Stump (18)	3–3
7	November 17	@ Minneapolis	74–72	Gene Stump (24)	4–3
8	November 19		75–70	Gene Stump (24)	5–3
9	November 20		75–90	Ehlers, Halbert (13)	5–4
10	November 23	Washington	68–71	Bulbs Ehlers (24)	5–5
11	November 25	@ Indianapolis	66–81	Chick Halbert (15)	5–6
12	November 28	@ Fort Wayne	74–80	Chick Halbert (18)	5–7
13	November 30	vs Minneapolis	84–94	Mel Riebe (23)	5–8
14	December 2	@ Philadelphia	88–87	Mel Riebe (25)	6–8
15	December 4		70–63	Bulbs Ehlers (18)	7–8
16	December 6	Rochester	79–87	Bulbs Ehlers (24)	7–9
17	December 13	St. Louis	83–79 (OT)	Gene Stump (25)	8–9
18	December 17		63–74	Tom Kelly (18)	8–10
19	December 18	@ Washington	60–69	Tom Kelly (12)	8–11
20	December 19		77–75	Bob Doll (14)	9–11
21	December 25	@ Philadelphia	77–80	Gene Stump (20)	9–12
22	December 26		73–84	Bulbs Ehlers (17)	9–13
23	December 28	Chicago	74–76	Tom Kelly (15)	9–14
24	December 31	Providence	69–67	Gene Stump (14)	10–14
25	January 1	@ Baltimore	67–72	Chick Halbert (23)	10–15
26	January 2	@ Fort Wayne	90–69	Tom Kelly (26)	11–15
27	January 4	Baltimore	75–69	Bob Doll (25)	12–15
28	January 7	New York	67–69	Mel Riebe (14)	12–16
29	January 8	@ Providence	69–87	Chick Halbert (14)	12–17
30	January 10	Washington	83–94	Bulbs Ehlers (14)	12–18
31	January 12	@ New York	64–81	Art Spector (19)	12–19
32	January 14	Philadelphia	79–104	Jim Seminoff (21)	12–20
33	January 15	vs Chicago	86–94	Bob Doll (18)	12–21
34	January 18	St. Louis	83–89	Bulbs Ehlers (20)	12–22
35	January 21	Chicago	76–86	Bulbs Ehlers (22)	12–23
36	January 22	@ Washington	64–95	Roberts, Seminoff (14)	12–24
37	January 25	Providence	54–69	George Nostrand (9)	12–25
38	January 28	Washington	91–90	Farbman, Spector (18)	13–25
39	January 29	@ Providence	85–91 (OT)	Gene Stump (28)	13–26
40	February 1	Rochester	68–76	Bob Kinney (13)	13–27
41	February 3	@ Baltimore	76–84	George Kaftan (21)	13–28
42	February 4	Indianapolis	75–64	George Kaftan (16)	14–28
43	February 7	Baltimore	95–83	Dermie O'Connell (19)	15–28
44	February 11	Providence	94–77	George Kaftan (18)	16–28
45	February 18	Minneapolis	71–85	George Kaftan (19)	16–29
46	February 19	@ New York	87–77	Ezersky, Kaftan (15)	17–29
47	February 22	@ Indianapolis	68–74	Kaftan, O'Connell (12)	17–30
48	February 23	@ St. Louis	83–77	George Kaftan (21)	18–30
49	February 25	St. Louis	102–83	George Nostrand (19)	19–30
50	February 26	@ Rochester	59–64	George Kaftan (10)	19–31
51	March 4	Fort Wayne	76–70	George Kaftan (14)	20–31
52	March 5	@ New York	61–66	Nostrand, Seminoff (13)	20–32
53	March 7	@ Indianapolis	107–86	Doll, O'Connell (17)	21–32
54	March 8	vs Fort Wayne	63–60	Kinney, O'Connell (14)	22–32
55	March 9	@ Minneapolis	67–74	George Nostrand (17)	22–33
56	March 11	Philadelphia	108–100	Bulbs Ehlers (22)	23–33
57	March 12	@ Baltimore	77–89	Johnny Ezersky (14)	23–34
58	March 15	Rochester	86–83	George Kaftan (24)	24–34
59	March 16	vs Chicago	82–107	Johnny Ezersky (21)	24–35
60	March 18	New York	70–56	George Kaftan (25)	25–35

Notes and References

1. https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1949.html 1948–49 Boston Celtics