The 1948–49 New York Knickerbockers season was the third season for the team in the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which later became the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Knickerbockers had a 32–28 record in 1948–49 and finished second in the Eastern Division, six games behind the Washington Capitols. New York qualified for the playoffs, and defeated the Baltimore Bullets 2–1 in a best-of-three series to earn a place in the Eastern Division finals. In the division championship series, the Knickerbockers lost to the Capitols, two games to one. Before the 1949–50 season, the BAA merged with the National Basketball League to form the NBA.

Draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team 1 4 Dolph Schayes F/C NYU – – Gene Berce G/F Marquette – – Leland Byrd – West Virginia – – Harry Gallatin F/C Northeast Missouri – – Keith Grimes – East Central – – Mel McGaha G Arkansas – – Ed Peterson C Cornell – – Tex Ritter G Eastern Kentucky – – Dick Shrider G Ohio – – John Stanich – UCLA Source:

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 November 3 @ Fort Wayne 80–76 Irv Rothenberg (19) 1–0 2 November 5 @ Indianapolis 87–71 Butch van Breda Kolff (17) 2–0 3 November 9 @ St. Louis 56–60 Carl Braun (18) 2–1 4 November 11 Minneapolis 68–77 Bud Palmer (21) 2–2 5 November 13 Baltimore 91–87 Butch van Breda Kolff (17) 3–2 6 November 16 @ Rochester 63–75 Bud Palmer (14) 3–3 7 November 17 Washington 62–73 Carl Braun (11) 3–4 8 November 18 @ Baltimore 67–55 Carl Braun (15) 4–4 9 November 20 Philadelphia 91–86 Bud Palmer (28) 5–4 10 November 27 Fort Wayne 80–70 Bud Palmer (16) 6–4 11 November 30 @ Providence 88–61 Bud Palmer (16) 7–4 12 December 1 Rochester 72–73 Carl Braun (22) 7–5 13 December 4 Indianapolis 66–63 Carl Braun (26) 8–5 14 December 8 Providence 83–74 (OT) Irv Rothenberg (17) 9–5 15 December 9 @ Providence 74–63 Tommy Byrnes (19) 10–5 16 December 11 Baltimore 72–71 Carl Braun (22) 11–5 17 December 12 @ Fort Wayne 89–78 Carl Braun (21) 12–5 18 December 13 @ Indianapolis 80–74 Carl Braun (14) 13–5 19 December 17 @ Philadelphia 78–87 Carl Braun (19) 13–6 20 December 18 St. Louis 88–79 Carl Braun (26) 14–6 21 December 19 @ Boston 75–77 Bud Palmer (24) 14–7 22 December 22 Minneapolis 97–79 Paul Noel (21) 15–7 23 December 25 Chicago 64–70 Bud Palmer (16) 15–8 24 December 29 Rochester 77–74 Sid Tanenbaum (17) 16–8 25 January 1 Philadelphia 88–80 Butch van Breda Kolff (16) 17–8 26 January 2 @ Chicago 79–81 Braun, Knorek (15) 17–9 27 January 4 @ Indianapolis 58–63 Sid Tanenbaum (18) 17–10 28 January 7 @ Boston 69–67 Harry Gallatin (21) 18–10 29 January 8 Baltimore 81–83 Harry Gallatin (16) 18–11 30 January 12 Boston 81–64 Bud Palmer (18) 19–11 31 January 15 @ Washington 73–75 Irv Rothenberg (16) 19–12 32 January 17 St. Louis 71–79 Sid Tanenbaum (16) 19–13 33 January 20 @ Baltimore 68–82 Braun, Palmer (11) 19–14 34 January 22 @ Rochester 98–103 (2OT) Palmer, Ritter (18) 19–15 35 January 23 Washington 93–97 Braun, Palmer (23) 19–16 36 January 26 Providence 89–77 Bud Palmer (19) 20–16 37 January 27 @ Philadelphia 96–102 Carl Braun (28) 20–17 38 January 29 Philadelphia 73–78 Carl Braun (14) 20–18 39 February 5 @ Washington 83–73 Lumpp, Palmer (19) 21–18 40 February 6 Chicago 75–87 Ray Lumpp (23) 21–19 41 February 9 @ St. Louis 95–83 Carl Braun (22) 22–19 42 February 10 @ Minneapolis 75–95 Bud Palmer (14) 22–20 43 February 12 Fort Wayne 85–58 Ray Lumpp (23) 23–20 44 February 13 @ Fort Wayne 73–82 Bud Palmer (15) 23–21 45 February 15 vs St. Louis 79–75 (OT) Butch van Breda Kolff (22) 24–21 46 February 17 @ Philadelphia 82–86 Ray Lumpp (22) 24–22 47 February 19 Boston 77–87 Ray Lumpp (20) 24–23 48 February 22 Minneapolis 74–101 Joe Colone (21) 24–24 49 February 24 @ Providence 84–89 Bud Palmer (22) 24–25 50 February 26 Indianapolis 81–76 Bud Palmer (20) 25–25 51 March 2 Chicago 81–79 Ray Lumpp (21) 26–25 52 March 3 Providence 86–65 Ray Lumpp (20) 27–25 53 March 5 Boston 66–61 Carl Braun (14) 28–25 54 March 9 Washington 90–74 Bud Palmer (19) 29–25 55 March 10 @ Baltimore 99–94 Carl Braun (26) 30–25 56 March 12 @ Chicago 85–80 Carl Braun (24) 31–25 57 March 13 @ Minneapolis 90–100 Carl Braun (20) 31–26 58 March 16 Rochester 89–94 Harry Gallatin (17) 31–27 59 March 18 @ Boston 56–70 Gene James (11) 31–28 60 March 19 @ Washington 82–70 Ray Lumpp (23) 32–28

Playoffs

| 1 | March 23 | @ Baltimore | L 81–82 | Carl Braun (21) | Baltimore Coliseum | 0–1 |- | 2 | March 24 | Baltimore | W 84–74 | Carl Braun (20) | Madison Square Garden III | 1–1 |- | 3 | March 26 | Baltimore | W 103–99 (OT) | Harry Gallatin (21) | Madison Square Garden III | 2–1

| 1 | March 29 | @ Washington | L 71–77 | Harry Gallatin (17) | National Guard Armory | 0–1 |- | 2 | March 31 | Washington | W 86–84 (OT) | Carl Braun (30) | Madison Square Garden III | 1–1 |- | 3 | April 2 | @ Washington | L 76–84 | Braun, Gallatin (15) | National Guard Armory | 1–2

References

External links 1948–49 New York Knickerbockers Statistics