1948–49 Boston Celtics season

1948–49 Boston Celtics season
Head coach	Doggie Julian
Arena	Boston Arena Boston Garden
Results
Record	25–35 (.417)
Place	Division: 5th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	DNQ
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	WMEX

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

Draft picks

Main article: 1948 BAA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	3	George Hauptfuhrer	C	United States	Harvard
–	–	Johnny Bach	G/F	United States	Fordham
–	–	Marshall Hawkins	F	United States	Tennessee
–	–	Tom Kelly	G	United States	NYU
–	–	Murray Mitchell	C	United States	Sam Houston State

Roster

1948–49 Boston Celtics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From G/F 17 Bach, Johnny 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1924-07-10 Fordham F/C 6 Beenders, Hank 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1916-06-02 Long Island F/C 19 Doll, Bob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1919-08-10 Colorado G/F 14 Ehlers, Bulbs 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 1923-03-10 Purdue G/F 10 Ezersky, Johnny 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Rhode Island F 8 Farbman, Phil 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1924-04-03 CCNY G 21 Garfinkel, Jack 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1918-06-13 St. John's C 11 Halbert, Chick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1919-02-27 West Texas State G Hazen, John 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 172 lb (78 kg) 1927-03-02 Indiana State SF 9 Kaftan, George 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1928-02-22 Holy Cross G 6 Kelly, Tom 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1924-03-05 NYU F/C 22 Kinney, Bob 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1920-09-16 Rice G/F 20 Lucas, Al 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1922-07-04 Fordham F/C 3 Nostrand, George 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1924-01-25 Wyoming G 10 Noszka, Stan 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1920-09-09 Duquesne G 7 O'Connell, Dermie 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 174 lb (79 kg) 1928-04-13 Holy Cross G/F Riebe, Mel 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1916-07-12 Wooster C 5 Roberts, Bill 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1925-03-13 Wyoming G/F 15 Seminoff, Jim 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1922-09-01 USC G/F 20 Shannon, Earl 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1921-11-23 Rhode Island F 12 Spector, Art 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1920-10-17 Villanova G/F 13 Stump, Gene 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1923-11-13 DePaul

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

Regular season

Season standings

#	Eastern Division
	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