NBA professional basketball team season
The 1948–49 BAA season was the Capitols' 3rd season in the NBA/BAA .[ 1] They became the first team to win 15 straight games to start the season, an NBA record, which was since tied 45 years later by the Houston Rockets in 1993 before Golden State Warriors surpassed it in 2015.
Draft
Roster
Players
Coaches
Pos.
No.
Name
Height
Weight
DOB
From
G/F
10
Feerick, Bob
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
190 lb (86 kg)
1920-01-02
Santa Clara
F/C
11
Hermsen, Kleggie
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
225 lb (102 kg)
1923-03-12
Minnesota
G
29
Hertzberg, Sonny
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
1922-07-29
CCNY
G
23
Katkaveck, Leo
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1923-04-17
NC State
SF
17
McKinney, Bones
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1919-01-01
North Carolina
PF
15
Nichols, Jack
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
222 lb (101 kg)
1926-04-09
Washington
F
16
Norlander, Johnny
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
1921-03-05
Hamline
G/F
13
O'Keefe, Dick
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
1923-09-29
Santa Clara
G/F
22
Schulz, Dick
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
192 lb (87 kg)
1917-01-03
Wisconsin
PG
20
Scolari, Fred
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
180 lb (82 kg)
1922-03-01
San Francisco
F/C
15
Toomay, Jack
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
215 lb (98 kg)
1922-08-09
Pacific
G/F
18
Zunic, Matt
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
195 lb (88 kg)
1919-12-19
George Washington
Head coach
Red Auerbach
Legend
(DP) Unsigned draft pick(FA) Free agent(S) Suspended Injured
Roster
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
1948–49 BAA records
Team
BAL
BOS
CHI
FWP
IND
MIN
NYK
PHI
PRO
ROC
STL
WAS
Baltimore
—
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
Chicago
4–1
5–0
—
4–2
5–1
2–4
3–2
2–3
5–0
2–4
3–3
3–2
Fort Wayne
1–4
1–4
2–4
—
3–3
2–4
1–4
5–0
4–1
0–6
1–4
2–3
Indianapolis
0–5
2–3
1-5
3–3
—
0–6
1–4
1–4
4–1
1–5
3–3
2–3
Minneapolis
4–1
3–2
4–2
4–2
6–0
—
4–1
4–1
5–0
4–2
4–2
2–3
New York
4–2
3–3
2–3
4–1
4–1
1–4
—
2–4
5–1
1–4
3–2
2–3
Philadelphia
2–4
3–3
3–2
0–5
4–1
1–4
4–2
—
6–0
0–5
3–2
2–4
Providence
4–2
3–3
0–5
1–4
1–4
0–5
1–5
0–6
—
2–3
0–5
0–6
Rochester
4–1
4–1
4–2
6–0
5–1
2–4
4–1
5–0
3–2
—
6–0
2–3
St. Louis
3–2
2–3
3–3
4–1
3–3
2–4
2–3
2–3
5–0
0–6
—
2–3
Washington
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 3
Philadelphia
77–70
Hermsen , McKinney (17)
1–0
2
November 4
@ Providence
99–95 (3OT)
Bob Feerick (22)
2–0
3
November 6
Minneapolis
67–62
Bones McKinney (24)
3–0
4
November 10
Rochester
73–66
Fred Scolari (12)
4–0
5
November 11
@ Baltimore
70–68
Bones McKinney (15)
5–0
6
November 13
Fort Wayne
80–71
Kleggie Hermsen (20)
6–0
7
November 17
@ New York
73–62
Hermsen , Hertzberg (12)
7–0
8
November 20
Boston
90–75
Kleggie Hermsen (15)
8–0
9
November 21
@ Rochester
80–77
Bob Feerick (19)
9–0
10
November 23
@ Boston
71–68
Kleggie Hermsen (16)
10–0
11
November 25
@ Philadelphia
81–73
Bones McKinney (18)
11–0
12
November 27
Indianapolis
94–76
McKinney , Scolari (19)
12–0
13
December 1
Providence
75–63
Feerick , McKinney (16)
13–0
14
December 2
@ Providence
66–61
Kleggie Hermsen (15)
14–0
15
December 4
Baltimore
83–82
Bones McKinney (21)
15–0
16
December 7
@ Indianapolis
78–94
Bones McKinney (17)
15–1
17
December 8
@ Minneapolis
94–83
Bones McKinney (20)
16–1
18
December 10
vs St. Louis
83–88 (OT)
Sidney Hertzberg (21)
16–2
19
December 11
St. Louis
87–63
Feerick , Hertzberg (14)
17–2
20
December 15
Philadelphia
92–81
Bones McKinney (22)
18–2
21
December 18
Boston
69–60
Bones McKinney (21)
19–2
22
December 22
Providence
102–77
Bob Feerick (24)
20–2
23
December 25
Fort Wayne
88–74
Bob Feerick (20)
21–2
24
December 26
@ Fort Wayne
73–91
Kleggie Hermsen (19)
21–3
25
December 29
@ Minneapolis
68–91
Bones McKinney (20)
21–4
26
December 30
@ St. Louis
81–68
Bob Feerick (20)
22–4
27
January 1
Chicago
92–90
Bob Feerick (22)
23–4
28
January 4
@ Philadelphia
84–78
Leo Katkaveck (15)
24–4
29
January 5
Baltimore
68–88
Hermsen , Norlander , Schulz (10)
24–5
30
January 8
Indianapolis
89–81
Fred Scolari (15)
25–5
31
January 10
@ Boston
94–83
Fred Scolari (21)
26–5
32
January 12
@ Baltimore
92–106
Bob Feerick (17)
26–6
33
January 15
New York
75–73
Fred Scolari (17)
27–6
34
January 16
@ Chicago
70–92
Jack Nichols (15)
27–7
35
January 20
@ Providence
88–81
Bones McKinney (20)
28–7
36
January 22
Boston
95–64
Bones McKinney (17)
29–7
37
January 23
@ New York
97–93
Bones McKinney (26)
30–7
38
January 26
@ Baltimore
86–96
Fred Scolari (18)
30–8
39
January 28
@ Boston
90–91
Fred Scolari (17)
30–9
40
January 30
@ Minneapolis
79–84
Bob Feerick (19)
30–10
41
February 1
@ Indianapolis
69–83
Fred Scolari (20)
30–11
42
February 2
Indianapolis
83–57
Kleggie Hermsen (33)
31–11
43
February 3
@ St. Louis
74–65
Kleggie Hermsen (27)
32–11
44
February 5
New York
73–83
Jack Nichols (15)
32–12
45
February 6
@ Fort Wayne
72–82
Bones McKinney (19)
32–13
46
February 9
Rochester
99–94 (2OT)
McKinney , Scolari (20)
33–13
47
February 12
Philadelphia
88–91
Bob Feerick (17)
33–14
48
February 15
@ Rochester
79–91
Jack Nichols (17)
33–15
49
February 19
Baltimore
92–88
Jack Nichols (18)
34–15
50
February 23
Providence
100–88
Jack Nichols (24)
35–15
51
February 26
Chicago
90–103
Feerick , McKinney , Norlander (15)
35–16
52
February 28
@ Chicago
67–57
Jack Nichols (13)
36–16
53
March 1
@ Rochester
64–67
Jack Nichols (14)
36–17
54
March 2
St. Louis
75–82
Fred Scolari (14)
36–18
55
March 5
Chicago
95–106
Bob Feerick (21)
36–19
56
March 9
@ New York
74–90
Jack Nichols (25)
36–20
57
March 12
Fort Wayne
87–60
Jack Nichols (29)
37–20
58
March 16
Minneapolis
85–72
Jack Nichols (17)
38–20
59
March 17
@ Philadelphia
81–84
Kleggie Hermsen (26)
38–21
60
March 19
New York
70–82
Bones McKinney (18)
38–22
Playoffs
East Division Semifinals
(1) Washington Capitols vs. (4) Philadelphia Warriors : Capitols win series 2-0
Game 1 @ Washington: Washington 92 , Philadelphia 70
Game 2 @ Philadelphia: Washington 80 , Philadelphia 78
Last Playoff Meeting : This is the first meeting between the Capitols and Warriors.
East Division Finals
(1) Washington Capitols vs. (2) New York Knicks : Capitols win series 2-1
Game 1 @ Washington: Washington 77 , New York 71
Game 2 @ New York: New York 86 , Washington 84 (OT)
Game 3 @ Washington: Washington 84 , New York 76
Last Playoff Meeting : This is the first meeting between the Capitols and Knicks.
BAA Finals
(E1) Washington Capitols vs. (W2) Minneapolis Lakers : Lakers win series 4-2
Game 1 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 88 , Washington 84
Game 2 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 76 , Washington 62
Game 3 @ Washington: Minneapolis 94 , Washington 74
Game 4 @ Washington: Washington 83 , Minneapolis 71
Game 5 @ Washington: Washington 74 , Minneapolis 65
Game 6 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 77 , Washington 56
Last Playoff Meeting : This is the first meeting between the Capitols and Lakers.
Awards and records
References