1947–48 Washington Capitols season

1947–48 Washington Capitols season
Head coach	Red Auerbach
Arena	Uline Arena
Results
Record	28–20 (.583)
Place	Division: 4th (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost Division tiebreaker
Stats at Basketball Reference
Radio	WTOP

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

Draft picks

Main article: 1947 BAA draft

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

Roster

1947–48 Washington Capitols roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From G/F 10 Bob Feerick 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1920-01-02 Santa Clara G 14 Sonny Hertzberg 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1922-07-29 CCNY C 12 John Mahnken 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1922-06-16 Georgetown SF 17 Bones McKinney 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1919-01-01 North Carolina F 16 Johnny Norlander 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1921-03-05 Hamline G/F 15 Dick O'Keefe 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1923-09-29 Santa Clara C 18 Irv Rothenberg 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1921-12-31 Long Island PG 20 Fred Scolari 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1922-03-01 San Francisco F 19 Jack Tingle 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1924-12-30 Kentucky F 4 Irv Torgoff 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 1917-03-06 Long Island

Head coach Red Auerbach Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster

Regular season

Season standings

#	Western Division
	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

Game log

1947–48 game log Total: 28–20
November Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record 1 November 12 Baltimore W 63–55 Fred Scolari (17) 1–0 2 November 13 @ New York L 65–80 Feerick, Scolari (15) 1–1 3 November 15 @ Boston L 69–73 Feerick, McKinney (16) 1–2 4 November 19 Philadelphia W 74–67 Irv Rothenberg (14) 2–2 5 November 20 @ Chicago L 77–81 Fred Scolari (19) 2–3 6 November 22 @ St. Louis L 62–70 Johnny Norlander (14) 2–4 7 November 26 St. Louis W 83–64 Johnny Norlander (17) 3–4 8 November 28 @ Boston L 83–92 Fred Scolari (22) 3–5 9 November 29 @ Providence L 78–85 Fred Scolari (21) 3–6
December Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record 10 December 1 @ New York W 70–62 Feerick, McKinney (13) 4–6 11 December 3 @ Chicago L 73–81 Feerick, McKinney (18) 4–7 12 December 11 @ Baltimore W 71–69 (OT) Bob Feerick (19) 5–7 13 December 13 @ Providence W 88–72 Bones McKinney (18) 6–7 14 December 17 Baltimore W 66–64 Bones McKinney (16) 7–7 15 December 18 @ Chicago W 70–64 Bob Feerick (17) 8–7 16 December 20 St. Louis L 52–55 Bones McKinney (19) 8–8 17 December 25 @ St. Louis W 73–56 Bob Feerick (23) 9–8 18 December 27 Philadelphia W 72–70 Fred Scolari (18) 10–8
January Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record 19 January 2 @ Philadelphia L 60–69 Bob Feerick (22) 10–9 20 January 3 Boston W 95–60 Bones McKinney (17) 11–9 21 January 8 @ St. Louis L 73–76 Bob Feerick (18) 11–10 22 January 10 Philadelphia W 106–99 (OT) Bob Feerick (21) 12–10 23 January 11 @ Boston L 56–84 Bob Feerick (16) 12–11 24 January 14 Chicago W 75–67 Bones McKinney (20) 13–11 25 January 17 New York W 78–62 Fred Scolari (15) 14–11 26 January 21 St. Louis W 81–74 Bob Feerick (18) 15–11 27 January 24 Providence W 69–60 Fred Scolari (14) 16–11 28 January 30 @ Baltimore L 71–95 Bob Feerick (13) 16–12 29 January 31 Chicago W 54–48 Bob Feerick (21) 17–12
February Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record 30 February 4 Baltimore W 77–72 Bob Feerick (20) 18–12 31 February 5 @ Philadelphia W 72–60 Johnny Norlander (18) 19–12 32 February 7 Providence W 86–64 Johnny Norlander (20) 20–12 33 February 10 @ Providence W 79–60 Bob Feerick (25) 21–12 34 February 14 Boston W 72–58 Bob Feerick (16) 22–12 35 February 18 New York L 75–79 Bones McKinney (18) 22–13 36 February 19 @ Philadelphia L 76–84 Bob Feerick (24) 22–14 37 February 21 Baltimore W 85–72 Fred Scolari (26) 23–14 38 February 25 Chicago L 66–73 Bob Feerick (27) 23–15 39 February 26 @ Baltimore L 70–97 Bob Feerick (26) 23–16 40 February 28 @ St. Louis L 61–82 Irv Torgoff (14) 23–17 41 February 29 @ Chicago L 75–76 (OT) Bob Feerick (21) 23–18
March Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record 42 March 6 @ New York L 64–69 (OT) Bob Feerick (18) 23–19 43 March 10 Chicago L 54–71 Bob Feerick (12) 23–20 44 March 13 St. Louis W 86–69 Bob Feerick (19) 24–20 45 March 16 @ Boston W 76–62 Bob Feerick (12) 25–20 46 March 17 Providence W 82–67 Fred Scolari (16) 26–20 47 March 18 @ Baltimore W 71–64 Bob Feerick (24) 27–20 48 March 20 New York W 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