1948–49 Washington Capitols season
BAA Finals (eliminated 2-4) | |
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Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Radio | WTOP |
The Golden State Warriors surpassed it in 2015.
Draft
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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1 | 12 | Jack Nichols | F/C | United States | Washington |
– | – | Fred Bartell | – | United States | Oregon |
– | – | Ed Hughes | – | United States | San Jose State |
– | – | Thorton Jenkins | – | United States | Missouri |
– | – | Leo Katkaveck | G | United States | NC State |
– | – | C. T. Parker | – | United States | Louisiana Tech
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– | – | Jack Parkinson | G | United States | Kentucky |
– | – | Don Walker | – | United States | Sam Houston State
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– | – | Al Williams | – | United States | Arkansas |
Roster
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Regular season
Season standings
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Team | W | L | PCT | GB | |
1 | x-Washington Capitols | 38 | 22 | .633 | – |
2 | x-New York Knicks | 32 | 28 | .533 | 6 |
3 | x-Baltimore Bullets | 29 | 31 | .483 | 9 |
4 | x-Philadelphia Warriors | 28 | 32 | .467 | 10 |
5 | Boston Celtics | 25 | 35 | .417 | 13 |
6 | Providence Steamrollers | 12 | 48 | .200 | 26 |
Record vs. opponents
1948–49 BAA records | |||||||||||||
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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
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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) 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)
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
- All-NBA Second Team
- All-NBA Second Team