# 1948–49 Boston Celtics season

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

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
| 1 | 3 | George Hauptfuhrer | C | United States | Harvard |
| – | – | Johnny Bach | G/F | United States | Fordham |
| – | – | Norman Carey | – | United States | Oregon State |
| – | – | Bob Curran | – | United States | Holy Cross |
| – | – | Neil Dooley | – | United States | Colgate |
| – | – | Jack Hauser | – | United States | Denver |
| – | – | Marshall Hawkins | F | United States | Tennessee |
| – | – | Tom Kelly | G | United States | NYU |
| – | – | Murray Mitchell | C | United States | Sam Houston State |
| – | – | Guinn Phillips | – | United States | Texas Wesleyan |
| – | – | Ray Wehde | – | United States | Iowa State |

## Regular season
### Season standings

| # | Eastern Divisionvte | Eastern Divisionvte | Eastern Divisionvte | Eastern Divisionvte | Eastern Divisionvte |
| # | 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 :
| 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 4 | @ Philadelphia | 73–94 | Gene Stump (23) | 0–1 |
| 2 | November 7 | Philadelphia | 85–77 | Halbert, Stump (19) | 1–1 |
| 3 | November 9 | Minneapolis | 77–55 | Gene Stump (23) | 2–1 |
| 4 | November 12 | Fort Wayne | 84–75 | Bulbs Ehlers (22) | 3–1 |
| 5 | November 13 | @ Rochester | 63–95 | Gene Stump (14) | 3–2 |
| 6 | November 16 | @ St. Louis | 74–79 (OT) | Ehlers, Stump (18) | 3–3 |
| 7 | November 17 | @ Minneapolis | 74–72 | Gene Stump (24) | 4–3 |
| 8 | November 19 | Indianapolis | 75–70 | Gene Stump (24) | 5–3 |
| 9 | November 20 | @ Washington | 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 | @ Providence | 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 | Baltimore | 63–74 | Tom Kelly (18) | 8–10 |
| 19 | December 18 | @ Washington | 60–69 | Tom Kelly (12) | 8–11 |
| 20 | December 19 | New York | 77–75 | Bob Doll (14) | 9–11 |
| 21 | December 25 | @ Philadelphia | 77–80 | Gene Stump (20) | 9–12 |
| 22 | December 26 | @ Chicago | 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 |