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The '''1947–48 New York Knicks season''' was the second season for the team in the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which later became known as the [[National Basketball Association]]. The [[New York Knicks|Knicks]] finished in second place in the Eastern Division with a 26–22 record and qualified for the BAA Playoffs. In the [[1948 NBA Playoffs|first round]], New York was eliminated by the [[Baltimore Bullets (1944–54)|Baltimore Bullets]] in a best-of-three series, two games to one. [[Carl Braun (basketball)|Carl Braun]] was the team's scoring leader during the season. [[Wataru Misaka]] — who had led the [[Utah Utes]] to the [[1944 NCAA Basketball Tournament|1944 NCAA]] and [[1947 National Invitation Tournament|1947 NIT]] championships — was the team's first-round draft choice and made the roster as the first person of color to play in modern professional basketball, just months after [[Jackie Robinson]] had broken the color barrier in [[Major League Baseball]] for the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]].<ref>{{cite web|title=New York Times|publisher=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/21/sports/basketball/wat-misaka-dead.html|accessdate=November 26, 2019}}</ref> Misaka was cut mid-way through the season and did not return to [[Madison Square Garden]] until 2009.<ref>{{cite web|title=New York Times|publisher=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/sports/basketball/11vecsey.html|accessdate=August 11, 2009}}</ref> |
The '''1947–48 New York Knicks season''' was the second season for the team in the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which later became known as the [[National Basketball Association]]. The [[New York Knicks|Knicks]] finished in second place in the Eastern Division with a 26–22 record and qualified for the BAA Playoffs. In the [[1948 NBA Playoffs|first round]], New York was eliminated by the [[Baltimore Bullets (1944–54)|Baltimore Bullets]] in a best-of-three series, two games to one. [[Carl Braun (basketball)|Carl Braun]] was the team's scoring leader during the season. |
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[[Wataru Misaka]] — who had led the [[Utah Utes]] to the [[1944 NCAA Basketball Tournament|1944 NCAA]] and [[1947 National Invitation Tournament|1947 NIT]] championships — was the team's first-round draft choice and made the roster as the first person of color to play in modern professional basketball, just months after [[Jackie Robinson]] had broken the color barrier in [[Major League Baseball]] for the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]].<ref>{{cite web|title=New York Times|publisher=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/21/sports/basketball/wat-misaka-dead.html|accessdate=November 26, 2019}}</ref> Misaka was cut mid-way through the season and did not return to [[Madison Square Garden]] until 2009.<ref>{{cite web|title=New York Times|publisher=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/sports/basketball/11vecsey.html|accessdate=August 11, 2009}}</ref> |
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At the [[1947 BAA draft]], the Knicks selected [[Dick Holub]] in the first round, with the fifth overall pick.<ref name="draft">{{cite web|title=1947 BAA Draft|publisher=Basketball-Reference|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/BAA_1947.html|accessdate=September 3, 2011}}</ref> The 1947–48 season was the first as New York's head coach for [[Joe Lapchick]], who had previously held the same position for college basketball's [[St. John's Red Storm men's basketball|St. John's]]; he had been hired in March 1947.<ref>{{cite news|title=Joe Lapchick Goes to Pros|work=The Milwaukee Journal|agency=Associated Press|date=March 31, 1947|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0mEaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CiUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5036,8332184|accessdate=March 4, 2013}}</ref> The Knicks had a 13–13 record in the first 26 games of the [[1947–48 BAA season|season]] before going on an eight-game winning streak from January 28 to February 11. However, New York won only four of its final 12 regular season contests.<ref>{{cite web|title=1947–48 New York Knicks Schedule and Results|publisher=Basketball-Reference|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/1948_games.html|accessdate=March 4, 2013}}</ref> |
At the [[1947 BAA draft]], the Knicks selected [[Dick Holub]] in the first round, with the fifth overall pick.<ref name="draft">{{cite web|title=1947 BAA Draft|publisher=Basketball-Reference|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/BAA_1947.html|accessdate=September 3, 2011}}</ref> The 1947–48 season was the first as New York's head coach for [[Joe Lapchick]], who had previously held the same position for college basketball's [[St. John's Red Storm men's basketball|St. John's]]; he had been hired in March 1947.<ref>{{cite news|title=Joe Lapchick Goes to Pros|work=The Milwaukee Journal|agency=Associated Press|date=March 31, 1947|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0mEaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CiUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5036,8332184|accessdate=March 4, 2013}}</ref> The Knicks had a 13–13 record in the first 26 games of the [[1947–48 BAA season|season]] before going on an eight-game winning streak from January 28 to February 11. However, New York won only four of its final 12 regular season contests.<ref>{{cite web|title=1947–48 New York Knicks Schedule and Results|publisher=Basketball-Reference|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NYK/1948_games.html|accessdate=March 4, 2013}}</ref> |
Revision as of 09:27, 26 November 2019
1947–48 New York Knicks season | |
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Head coach | Joe Lapchick[1] |
General manager | Ned Irish |
Arena | Madison Square Garden[1] |
Results | |
Record | 26–22 (.542) |
Place | Division: 2nd Conference: 2nd |
Playoff finish | BAA Quarterfinals (Lost to Bullets 1–2) |
Local media | |
Television | WJZ-TV[2] |
Radio | WHN[3] |
The 1947–48 New York Knicks season was the second season for the team in the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which later became known as the National Basketball Association. The Knicks finished in second place in the Eastern Division with a 26–22 record and qualified for the BAA Playoffs. In the first round, New York was eliminated by the Baltimore Bullets in a best-of-three series, two games to one. Carl Braun was the team's scoring leader during the season.
Wataru Misaka — who had led the Utah Utes to the 1944 NCAA and 1947 NIT championships — was the team's first-round draft choice and made the roster as the first person of color to play in modern professional basketball, just months after Jackie Robinson had broken the color barrier in Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers.[4] Misaka was cut mid-way through the season and did not return to Madison Square Garden until 2009.[5]
At the 1947 BAA draft, the Knicks selected Dick Holub in the first round, with the fifth overall pick.[6] The 1947–48 season was the first as New York's head coach for Joe Lapchick, who had previously held the same position for college basketball's St. John's; he had been hired in March 1947.[7] The Knicks had a 13–13 record in the first 26 games of the season before going on an eight-game winning streak from January 28 to February 11. However, New York won only four of its final 12 regular season contests.[8]
In game one of the first round of the playoffs, held in Baltimore, the Bullets defeated the Knicks 85–81 behind a 34-point performance by Connie Simmons.[9] The Knicks evened the series at one victory apiece by winning the second game 79–69 in New York, as four players scored more than 10 points.[10] The win forced a decisive third game back in Baltimore, which the Knicks lost 84–77. Simmons led the Bullets with 22 points, while Chick Reiser added 21.[11] The Bullets went on to win the 1948 BAA Finals.[12]
Draft
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | School/Club Team |
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1 | 5 | Dick Holub | C | United States | Long Island |
– | – | Andy Duncan | F/C | United States | William & Mary |
– | – | Ray Evans | – | United States | Kansas |
– | – | Ed Golub | – | United States | – |
– | – | Garland Head | – | United States | Texas Tech |
– | – | Ron Livingston | – | United States | Saint Mary's |
– | – | Dan Miller | – | United States | Saint Louis |
– | – | Wataru Misaka | G | United States | Utah |
– | – | Carl Reichert | – | United States | Findlay |
– | – | Tom Tomlinson | – | United States | Southern Methodist |
Roster
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Regular season
Season standings
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Record vs. opponents
1947–48 BAA records | |||||||||||
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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 13 | Washington | 80–65 | Bud Palmer (21) | 1–0 |
2 | November 15 | St. Louis | 73–67 | Dick Holub (19) | 2–0 |
3 | November 18 | @ Providence | 87–69 | Stan Stutz (27) | 3–0 |
4 | November 19 | Chicago | 63–81 | Bud Palmer (16) | 3–1 |
5 | November 20 | @ Baltimore | 56–68 | Dick Holub (24) | 3–2 |
6 | November 22 | Philadelphia | 78–83 | Bud Palmer (30) | 3–3 |
7 | November 25 | @ Boston | 91–75 | Dick Holub (19) | 4–3 |
8 | November 26 | Boston | 63–65 | Bud Palmer (16) | 4–4 |
9 | November 27 | @ Philadelphia | 81–59 | Leo Gottlieb (20) | 5–4 |
10 | December 1 | Washington | 62–70 | Tommy Byrnes (15) | 5–5 |
11 | December 6 | @ Providence | 114–85 | Carl Braun (47) | 6–5 |
12 | December 8 | St. Louis | 71–56 | Bud Palmer (19) | 7–5 |
13 | December 10 | @ Boston | 79–75 | Carl Braun (16) | 8–5 |
14 | December 13 | @ Baltimore | 80–66 | Bud Palmer (18) | 9–5 |
15 | December 15 | Philadelphia | 71–74 | Carl Braun (25) | 9–6 |
16 | December 18 | @ Philadelphia | 99–71 | Tommy Byrnes (25) | 10–6 |
17 | December 20 | Boston | 70–58 | Dick Holub (17) | 11–6 |
18 | December 23 | @ Providence | 58–66 | Stan Stutz (17) | 11–7 |
19 | December 25 | Providence | 89–75 | Tommy Byrnes (20) | 12–7 |
20 | December 27 | Chicago | 70–79 | Carl Braun (16) | 12–8 |
21 | January 3 | Baltimore | 70–79 | Dick Holub (16) | 12–9 |
22 | January 7 | Chicago | 74–79 | Bud Palmer (21) | 12–10 |
23 | January 11 | @ Chicago | 86–99 | Dick Holub (22) | 12–11 |
24 | January 15 | @ St. Louis | 59–55 | Dick Holub (24) | 13–11 |
25 | January 17 | @ Washington | 62–78 | Palmer, Tanenbaum (15) | 13–12 |
26 | January 19 | Philadelphia | 57–63 | Carl Braun (24) | 13–13 |
27 | January 23 | @ Boston | 74–58 | Sid Tanenbaum (21) | 14–13 |
28 | January 24 | Baltimore | 58–72 | Sid Tanenbaum (14) | 14–14 |
29 | January 28 | Providence | 75–73 | Dick Holub (16) | 15–14 |
30 | January 29 | @ Philadelphia | 66–60 | Braun, Knorek, Tanenbaum (13) | 16–14 |
31 | January 31 | Boston | 66–64 | Tommy Byrnes (17) | 17–14 |
32 | February 3 | @ Providence | 78–62 | Stan Stutz (20) | 18–14 |
33 | February 4 | Providence | 108–69 | Carl Braun (24) | 19–14 |
34 | February 6 | @ Boston | 68–57 | Carl Braun (15) | 20–14 |
35 | February 8 | Boston | 80–68 | Carl Braun (15) | 21–14 |
36 | February 11 | Providence | 86–63 | Carl Braun (32) | 22–14 |
37 | February 12 | @ Baltimore | 86–96 | Kuka, Tanenbaum (14) | 22–15 |
38 | February 14 | Philadelphia | 78–47 | Bud Palmer (30) | 23–15 |
39 | February 18 | @ Washington | 79–75 | Sid Tanenbaum (19) | 24–15 |
40 | February 19 | @ Chicago | 74–82 | Carl Braun (23) | 24–16 |
41 | February 22 | @ St. Louis | 71–80 | Sid Tanenbaum (23) | 24–17 |
42 | February 28 | Baltimore | 56–78 | Stan Stutz (13) | 24–18 |
43 | March 2 | @ Philadelphia | 66–76 | Bud Palmer (15) | 24–19 |
44 | March 6 | Washington | 69–64 (OT) | Bud Palmer (18) | 25–19 |
45 | March 10 | St. Louis | 73–82 | Bud Palmer (25) | 25–20 |
46 | March 13 | @ Chicago | 51–58 | Bud Palmer (14) | 25–21 |
47 | March 18 | @ St. Louis | 91–80 | Paul Noel (19) | 26–21 |
48 | March 20 | @ Washington | 82–103 | Bud Palmer (23) | 26–22 |
Playoffs
BAA Quarterfinals
(W2) Baltimore Bullets vs. (E2) New York Knicks: Bullets win series 2–1
- Game 1 @ Baltimore: Baltimore 85, New York 81
- Game 2 @ New York: New York 79, Baltimore 69
- Game 3 @ Baltimore: Baltimore 84, New York 77
Awards and records
Transactions
Free agency
Additions
Player | Signed | Former team |
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Carl Braun | — | Colgate Raiders |
Ray Kuka | — | Montana State Bobcats |
Paul Noel | — | Kentucky Wildcats |
Sid Tanenbaum | — | NYU Violets |
Subtractions
Player | Reason left | New team |
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Aud Brindley | — | — |
Bob Cluggish | — | — |
Bob Fitzgerald | Signed contract | Syracuse Nationals |
Frido Frey | Signed contract | Paterson Crescents |
Frank Mangiapane | Signed contract | Paterson Crescents |
Ossie Schectman | Signed contract | Paterson Crescents |
References
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- ^ The Fourth Estate (PDF). New York Knicks. 2003. p. 331. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
- ^ Jaker, Bill; Sulek, Frank; Kanze, Peter (2008). The Airwaves of New York: Illustrated Histories of 156 AM Stations in the Metropolitan Area, 1921–1996. McFarland & Company. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-7864-3872-3. Retrieved September 20, 2011.
- ^ "New York Times". New York Times. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- ^ "New York Times". New York Times. Retrieved August 11, 2009.
- ^ "1947 BAA Draft". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
- ^ "Joe Lapchick Goes to Pros". The Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. March 31, 1947. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
- ^ "1947–48 New York Knicks Schedule and Results". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
- ^ "New York Knicks at Baltimore Bullets Box Score, March 27, 1948". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
- ^ "Baltimore Bullets at New York Knicks Box Score, March 28, 1948". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
- ^ "New York Knicks at Baltimore Bullets Box Score, April 1, 1948". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
- ^ "1947–48 BAA Season Summary". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
- ^ "All-NBA & All-ABA Teams". Basketball-Reference. Retrieved April 20, 2013.