# 1947–48 Washington Capitols season

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

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
| 1 | 9 | Dick O'Keefe | G/F | United States | Santa Clara |
| – | – | Bill Burke | – | United States | St. Mary's College (MD) |
| – | – | Paul Cloyd | G/F | United States | Wisconsin |
| – | – | John Mandic | F/C | United States | Oregon State |
| – | – | Saul Mariaschin | G | United States | Harvard |
| – | – | Abel Rodriguez | – | United States | San Francisco |
| – | – | Irv Rothenberg | C | United States | Long Island |
| – | – | Jack Tingle | F | United States | Kentucky |
| – | – | Matt Zunic | G/F | United States | George Washington |

## Regular season
### Season standings

| # | Western Divisionvte | Western Divisionvte | Western Divisionvte | Western Divisionvte | Western Divisionvte |
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB |
| 1 | x-St. Louis Bombers | 29 | 19 | .604 | – |
| 2 | x-Baltimore Bullets | 28 | 20 | .583 | 1 |
| 3 | x-Chicago Stags | 28 | 20 | .583 | 1 |
| 4 | x-Washington Capitols | 28 | 20 | .583 | 1 |

### 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 12 | Baltimore | 63–55 | Fred Scolari (17) | 1–0 |
| 2 | November 13 | @ New York | 65–80 | Feerick, Scolari (15) | 1–1 |
| 3 | November 15 | @ Boston | 69–73 | Feerick, McKinney (16) | 1–2 |
| 4 | November 19 | Philadelphia | 74–67 | Irv Rothenberg (14) | 2–2 |
| 5 | November 20 | @ Chicago | 77–81 | Fred Scolari (19) | 2–3 |
| 6 | November 22 | @ St. Louis | 62–70 | Johnny Norlander (14) | 2–4 |
| 7 | November 26 | St. Louis | 83–64 | Johnny Norlander (17) | 3–4 |
| 8 | November 28 | @ Boston | 83–92 | Fred Scolari (22) | 3–5 |
| 9 | November 29 | @ Providence | 78–85 | Fred Scolari (21) | 3–6 |
| 10 | December 1 | @ New York | 70–62 | Feerick, McKinney (13) | 4–6 |
| 11 | December 3 | @ Chicago | 73–81 | Feerick, McKinney (18) | 4–7 |
| 12 | December 11 | @ Baltimore | 71–69 (OT) | Bob Feerick (19) | 5–7 |
| 13 | December 13 | @ Providence | 88–72 | Bones McKinney (18) | 6–7 |
| 14 | December 17 | Baltimore | 66–64 | Bones McKinney (16) | 7–7 |
| 15 | December 18 | @ Chicago | 70–64 | Bob Feerick (17) | 8–7 |
| 16 | December 20 | St. Louis | 52–55 | Bones McKinney (19) | 8–8 |
| 17 | December 25 | @ St. Louis | 73–56 | Bob Feerick (23) | 9–8 |
| 18 | December 27 | Philadelphia | 72–70 | Fred Scolari (18) | 10–8 |
| 19 | January 2 | @ Philadelphia | 60–69 | Bob Feerick (22) | 10–9 |
| 20 | January 3 | Boston | 95–60 | Bones McKinney (17) | 11–9 |
| 21 | January 8 | @ St. Louis | 73–76 | Bob Feerick (18) | 11–10 |
| 22 | January 10 | Philadelphia | 106–99 (OT) | Bob Feerick (21) | 12–10 |
| 23 | January 11 | @ Boston | 56–84 | Bob Feerick (16) | 12–11 |
| 24 | January 14 | Chicago | 75–67 | Bones McKinney (20) | 13–11 |
| 25 | January 17 | New York | 78–62 | Fred Scolari (15) | 14–11 |
| 26 | January 21 | St. Louis | 81–74 | Bob Feerick (18) | 15–11 |
| 27 | January 24 | Providence | 69–60 | Fred Scolari (14) | 16–11 |
| 28 | January 30 | @ Baltimore | 71–95 | Bob Feerick (13) | 16–12 |
| 29 | January 31 | Chicago | 54–48 | Bob Feerick (21) | 17–12 |
| 30 | February 4 | Baltimore | 77–72 | Bob Feerick (20) | 18–12 |
| 31 | February 5 | @ Philadelphia | 72–60 | Johnny Norlander (18) | 19–12 |
| 32 | February 7 | Providence | 86–64 | Johnny Norlander (20) | 20–12 |
| 33 | February 10 | @ Providence | 79–60 | Bob Feerick (25) | 21–12 |
| 34 | February 14 | Boston | 72–58 | Bob Feerick (16) | 22–12 |
| 35 | February 18 | New York | 75–79 | Bones McKinney (18) | 22–13 |
| 36 | February 19 | @ Philadelphia | 76–84 | Bob Feerick (24) | 22–14 |
| 37 | February 21 | Baltimore | 85–72 | Fred Scolari (26) | 23–14 |
| 38 | February 25 | Chicago | 66–73 | Bob Feerick (27) | 23–15 |
| 39 | February 26 | @ Baltimore | 70–97 | Bob Feerick (26) | 23–16 |
| 40 | February 28 | @ St. Louis | 61–82 | Irv Torgoff (14) | 23–17 |
| 41 | February 29 | @ Chicago | 75–76 (OT) | Bob Feerick (21) | 23–18 |
| 42 | March 6 | @ New York | 64–69 (OT) | Bob Feerick (18) | 23–19 |
| 43 | March 10 | Chicago | 54–71 | Bob Feerick (12) | 23–20 |
| 44 | March 13 | St. Louis | 86–69 | Bob Feerick (19) | 24–20 |
| 45 | March 16 | @ Boston | 76–62 | Bob Feerick (12) | 25–20 |
| 46 | March 17 | Providence | 82–67 | Fred Scolari (16) | 26–20 |
| 47 | March 18 | @ Baltimore | 71–64 | Bob Feerick (24) | 27–20 |
| 48 | March 20 | New York | 103–82 | Bob Feerick (22) | 28–20 |

## Playoffs
### Western Division tiebreaker

Chicago Stags vs. Washington Capitols: Stags win series 1-0
* Game 1 @ Chicago (March 23): Chicago 74, Washington 70