1948–49 St. Louis Bombers (NBA) season

1948–49 St. Louis Bombers (NBA) season
Head coach Grady Lewis
Arena St. Louis Arena
Results
Record 29–31 (.483)
Place Division: 4th (Western)
Playoff finish West Division Semifinals
(eliminated 0-2)

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

The 1948–49 BAA season was the Bombers' 3rd season in the NBA/BAA.[1]

Draft picks

Main article: 1948 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 7 Robert Gale –  United States Cornell
– – Jack Burmaster G  United States Illinois
– – Easy Parham G/F  United States Texas Wesleyan
– – D. C. Wilcutt G  United States Saint Louis

Roster

1948–49 St. Louis Bombers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 5 Eggleston, Lonnie 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1918-06-08 Oklahoma State
F 12 Gunther, Coulby 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1923-02-05 Boston
F/C 13 Lewis, Grady 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1917-03-25 Oklahoma
G 7 Logan, Johnny 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1921-01-01 Indiana
F/C 14 Martin, Don 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1920-02-07 Central Missouri State
F 11 Maughan, Ariel 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1923-04-26 Utah State
F 13 Miller, Bill 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1924-11-24 North Carolina
F 3 O'Brien, Bob 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1927-01-26 Pepperdine
G 9 O'Grady, Buddy 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1920-01-19 Georgetown
G/F 6 Parham, Easy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1921-12-27 Texas Wesleyan
G 8 Putman, Don 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1922-11-13 Denver
C 3 Roberts, Bill 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1926-03-29 Wyoming
C 4 Rocha, Red 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1923-09-18 Oregon State
F/C 12 Roux, Giff 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1923-06-28 Kansas
G/F 9 Schnellbacher, Otto 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1923-04-15 Kansas
SG 10 Smawley, Belus 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1918-03-20 Appalachian State
G 3 Wilcutt, D. C. 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1928-01-30 Saint Louis
Head coach

Grady Lewis

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster • Transactions

Regular season

Season standings

# Western Division
Team W L PCT GB
1 x-Rochester Royals 45 15 .750 –
2 x-Minneapolis Lakers 44 16 .733 1
3 x-Chicago Stags 38 22 .633 7
4 x-St. Louis Bombers 29 31 .483 16
5 Fort Wayne Pistons 22 38 .367 23
6 Indianapolis Jets 18 42 .300 27

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 Record
1 November 1 @ Indianapolis 80–84 0–1
2 November 6 Fort Wayne 65–55 1–1
3 November 9 New York 60–56 2–1
4 November 13 Philadelphia 76–75 3–1
5 November 16 Boston 79–74 (OT) 4–1
6 November 19 vs Baltimore 82–72 5–1
7 November 20 Baltimore 64–85 5–2
8 November 25 Providence 84–82 6–2
9 November 27 Minneapolis 71–87 6–3
10 December 1 Chicago 72–61 7–3
11 December 4 Fort Wayne 76–62 8–3
12 December 5 @ Minneapolis 68–78 8–4
13 December 8 @ Fort Wayne 60–70 8–5
14 December 10 vs Washington 88–83 (OT) 9–5
15 December 11 @ Washington 63–87 9–6
16 December 13 @ Boston 79–83 (OT) 9–7
17 December 14 @ Philadelphia 61–74 9–8
18 December 16 @ Baltimore 85–82 (OT) 10–8
19 December 18 @ New York 79–88 10–9
20 December 23 @ Providence 109–99 11–9
21 December 25 @ Rochester 82–90 11–10
22 December 26 Indianapolis 75–65 12–10
23 December 30 Washington 68–81 12–11
24 January 1 @ Rochester 83–106 12–12
25 January 2 Rochester 64–89 12–13
26 January 5 @ Minneapolis 76–101 12–14
27 January 8 Minneapolis 64–59 13–14
28 January 9 @ Minneapolis 58–74 13–15
29 January 12 Chicago 66–75 13–16
30 January 15 Providence 79–76 14–16
31 January 17 @ New York 79–71 15–16
32 January 18 @ Boston 89–83 16–16
33 January 20 Rochester 74–84 16–17
34 January 23 Indianapolis 73–91 16–18
35 January 25 @ Indianapolis 53–65 16–19
36 January 28 @ Chicago 65–83 16–20
37 January 29 Fort Wayne 86–73 17–20
38 February 3 Washington 65–74 17–21
39 February 6 Philadelphia 74–77 (OT) 17–22
40 February 8 @ Chicago 75–73 18–22
41 February 9 New York 83–95 18–23
42 February 12 Baltimore 74–73 19–23
43 February 15 vs New York 75–79 (OT) 19–24
44 February 17 Rochester 63–68 19–25
45 February 19 Chicago 63–59 20–25
46 February 20 @ Fort Wayne 70–64 21–25
47 February 23 Boston 77–83 21–26
48 February 25 @ Boston 83–102 21–27
49 February 26 @ Providence 93–90 22–27
50 March 1 @ Philadelphia 83–89 22–28
51 March 2 @ Washington 82–75 23–28
52 March 3 @ Baltimore 66–94 23–29
53 March 9 @ Indianapolis 81–80 24–29
54 March 10 Minneapolis 88–71 25–29
55 March 12 @ Rochester 74–104 25–30
56 March 13 Indianapolis 87–86 26–30
57 March 16 Providence 81–59 27–30
58 March 17 @ Chicago 79–85 27–31
59 March 19 Philadelphia 109–100 28–31
60 March 20 @ Fort Wayne 87–82 29–31

Playoffs

West Division Semifinals

(1) Rochester Royals vs. (4) St. Louis Bombers: Royals win series 2-0

Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Royals and Bombers.

Awards and records

References

  1. ↑ 1948-49 St. Louis Bombers
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