# 1947–48 Philadelphia Warriors season

The 1947–48 BAA season was the Warriors' 2nd season in the BAA (which later became the NBA).

## BAA Draft

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club Team |
| 1 | 6 | Chink Crossin | G | United States | Penn |
| – | – | Norman Butz | – | United States | St. Joseph's |
| – | – | Jim Kaeding | – | United States | York (PA) |
| – | – | Ed Koffenberger | C | United States | Duke |
| – | – | Jim Pollard | SF | United States | Stanford |

## Regular season
### Season standings

| # | Eastern Divisionvte | Eastern Divisionvte | Eastern Divisionvte | Eastern Divisionvte | Eastern Divisionvte |
| # | 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 | Providence | 79–64 | Joe Fulks (23) | 1–0 |
| 2 | November 14 | @ Boston | 79–74 (OT) | Joe Fulks (26) | 2–0 |
| 3 | November 15 | @ Providence | 80–78 | Joe Fulks (23) | 3–0 |
| 4 | November 19 | @ Washington | 67–74 | Joe Fulks (25) | 3–1 |
| 5 | November 20 | Boston | 57–67 | Joe Fulks (21) | 3–2 |
| 6 | November 22 | @ New York | 83–78 | Dallmar, Fulks (22) | 4–2 |
| 7 | November 27 | New York | 59–81 | Joe Fulks (24) | 4–3 |
| 8 | November 28 | @ Chicago | 71–75 | Joe Fulks (22) | 4–4 |
| 9 | December 3 | Baltimore | 58–73 | Chick Halbert (11) | 4–5 |
| 10 | December 9 | Providence | 78–74 (OT) | Joe Fulks (22) | 5–5 |
| 11 | December 11 | St. Louis | 69–74 | Joe Fulks (28) | 5–6 |
| 12 | December 12 | @ Boston | 67–69 | Joe Fulks (23) | 5–7 |
| 13 | December 15 | @ New York | 74–71 | Chick Halbert (19) | 6–7 |
| 14 | December 18 | New York | 71–99 | Joe Fulks (18) | 6–8 |
| 15 | December 20 | @ Providence | 80–74 | Joe Fulks (17) | 7–8 |
| 16 | December 26 | Providence | 89–61 | Joe Fulks (24) | 8–8 |
| 17 | December 27 | @ Washington | 70–72 | Joe Fulks (26) | 8–9 |
| 18 | December 30 | @ Boston | 64–70 | Joe Fulks (31) | 8–10 |
| 19 | January 1 | @ Baltimore | 72–60 | Joe Fulks (23) | 9–10 |
| 20 | January 2 | Washington | 69–60 | Joe Fulks (30) | 10–10 |
| 21 | January 4 | @ St. Louis | 66–80 | Joe Fulks (16) | 10–11 |
| 22 | January 9 | Chicago | 60–77 | Angelo Musi (24) | 10–12 |
| 23 | January 10 | @ Washington | 99–106 (OT) | Joe Fulks (29) | 10–13 |
| 24 | January 16 | Baltimore | 72–63 | Dallmar, Fulks (14) | 11–13 |
| 25 | January 17 | @ Baltimore | 79–77 | Joe Fulks (23) | 12–13 |
| 26 | January 19 | @ New York | 63–57 | Joe Fulks (23) | 13–13 |
| 27 | January 20 | St. Louis | 82–59 | Joe Fulks (22) | 14–13 |
| 28 | January 22 | Boston | 54–61 | Joe Fulks (18) | 14–14 |
| 29 | January 27 | @ Boston | 77–68 | Joe Fulks (21) | 15–14 |
| 30 | January 29 | New York | 60–66 | Joe Fulks (20) | 15–15 |
| 31 | January 31 | @ St. Louis | 66–60 | Joe Fulks (18) | 16–15 |
| 32 | February 1 | @ Chicago | 85–78 | Joe Fulks (37) | 17–15 |
| 33 | February 5 | Washington | 60–72 | Joe Fulks (19) | 17–16 |
| 34 | February 7 | @ St. Louis | 54–67 | Jerry Fleishman (9) | 17–17 |
| 35 | February 8 | @ Chicago | 74–80 (2OT) | Angelo Musi (21) | 17–18 |
| 36 | February 12 | Boston | 69–60 | Fleishman, Senesky (15) | 18–18 |
| 37 | February 14 | @ New York | 47–78 | Angelo Musi (16) | 18–19 |
| 38 | February 19 | Washington | 84–76 | Chick Halbert (20) | 19–19 |
| 39 | February 24 | Baltimore | 83–71 | Howie Dallmar (19) | 20–19 |
| 40 | February 26 | Chicago | 89–80 | Howie Dallmar (18) | 21–19 |
| 41 | February 28 | @ Providence | 83–82 | Chick Halbert (21) | 22–19 |
| 42 | March 2 | New York | 76–66 | Joe Fulks (31) | 23–19 |
| 43 | March 4 | Boston | 82–62 | Joe Fulks (18) | 24–19 |
| 44 | March 9 | Chicago | 79–93 | Joe Fulks (24) | 24–20 |
| 45 | March 11 | St. Louis | 92–74 | Joe Fulks (31) | 25–20 |
| 46 | March 13 | @ Baltimore | 62–64 | Joe Fulks (20) | 25–21 |
| 47 | March 16 | @ Providence | 100–78 | Howie Dallmar (32) | 26–21 |
| 48 | March 18 | Providence | 88–57 | Joe Fulks (35) | 27–21 |

## Playoffs

1948 playoff game log :
BAA Semifinals: 4–3 (home: 2–1; road: 2–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh assistsLocationSeries
1
March 23
@ St. Louis
L 58–60
Joe Fulks (18)
Howie Dallmar (3)
St. Louis Arena
0–1
2
March 25
@ St. Louis
W 65–64
George Senesky (20)
Howie Dallmar (2)
St. Louis Arena
1–1
3
March 27
St. Louis
W 84–56
Joe Fulks (30)
Howie Dallmar (5)
Philadelphia Arena
2–1
4
March 30
St. Louis
L 51–56
Joe Fulks (21)
Howie Dallmar (2)
Philadelphia Arena
2–2
5
April 1
@ St. Louis
L 62–69
Joe Fulks (17)
Howie Dallmar (2)
St. Louis Arena
2–3
6
April 3
St. Louis
W 84–61
Joe Fulks (23)
Howie Dallmar (5)
Philadelphia Arena
3–3
7
April 6
@ St. Louis
W 85–46
Joe Fulks (15)
Chink Crossin (4)
St. Louis Arena
4–3 :
BAA Finals: 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
April 10
Baltimore
W 71–60
Chick Halbert (19)
Howie Dallmar (3)
Philadelphia Arena 7,201
1–0
2
April 13
Baltimore
L 63–66
Joe Fulks (27)
Dallmar, Musi (2)
Philadelphia Arena 6,982
1–1
3
April 15
@ Baltimore
L 70–72
Joe Fulks (21)
Kaplowitz, Dallmar (2)
Baltimore Coliseum 4,500
1–2
4
April 17
@ Baltimore
L 75–78
Joe Fulks (29)
Howie Dallmar (3)
Baltimore Coliseum 4,500
1–3
5
April 20
Baltimore
W 91–82
Joe Fulks (19)
Howie Dallmar (4)
Philadelphia Arena 6,012
2–3
6
April 21
@ Baltimore
L 73–88
Joe Fulks (28)
Howie Dallmar (2)
Baltimore Coliseum 4,500
2–4 :
1948 schedule :

## Transactions
### Purchases

| Player | Date purchased | Former team |
| Kenny Sailors | November, 1947 | Chicago Stags |
| Hank Beenders | January 15, 1948 | Providence Steamrollers |

### Sales

| Player | Date sold | New team |
| Jerry Rullo | October 14, 1947 | Baltimore Bullets |
| Kenny Sailors | December 1, 1947 | Providence Steamrollers |

## Awards and records

* Joe Fulks, All-NBA First Team
* Howie Dallmar, All-NBA First Team