1948–49 Chicago Stags season

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

1948–49 Chicago Stags season
Head coachHarold Olsen (28–21)
Philip Brownstein (10–1)
ArenaChicago Stadium
Results
Record38–22 (.633)
PlaceDivision: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finishWest Division Semifinals
(eliminated 0-2)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWGN

Draft
Main article: 1948 BAA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
15Ed MikanF/C United StatesDePaul
––Hook DillonF United StatesNorth Carolina
––Whitey KachanG United StatesDePaul
––Mickey Marty– United StatesLoras
––Ed Mills– United StatesWisconsin
––Don Reagan– United StatesMurray State
––Joe Shafer– United StatesWheaton
––Odie SpearsG United StatesWestern Kentucky
––Fred Weber– United StatesSiena

Roster
Roster listing
1948–49 Chicago Stags roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
F/C 11, 13 Bloom, Mike 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1915-01-14 Temple
C 18 Browne, Jim 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1930-01-01 Tilden HS (IL)
F/C Eskridge, Jack 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1924-01-21 Kansas
F/C 17 Gilmur, Chuck 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1918-11-22 Washington
F/C 15 Graboski, Joe 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1930-01-15 Tuley HS (IL)
G 4 Kachan, Whitey 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1925-09-15 DePaul
G/F 6 Meinhold, Carl 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1926-03-29 Long Island
F/C 7 Miasek, Stan 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1924-08-08
C 18 Mikan, Ed 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1925-10-20 DePaul
F 6 Miller, Bill 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1924-11-24 North Carolina
G/F 19 Phillip, Andy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1922-03-07 Illinois
C 11 Roberts, Bill 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1925-03-13 Wyoming
PG 16 Rollins, Kenny 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 168 lb (76 kg) 1923-09-14 Kentucky
SF 20 Spears, Odie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1925-06-26 Western Kentucky
G/F 12 Vance, Gene 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1923-02-25 Illinois
SG 10 Zaslofsky, Max 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1925-12-07 St. John's
Head coach

Philip Brownstein

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

Roster

Regular season

Season standings
# Western Division
Team W L PCT GB
1 x-Rochester Royals4515.750–
2 x-Minneapolis Lakers4416.7331
3 x-Chicago Stags3822.6337
4 x-St. Louis Bombers2931.48316
5 Fort Wayne Pistons2238.36723
6 Indianapolis Jets1842.30027

Record vs. opponents
1948–49 BAA records
Team BAL BOS CHI FWP IND MIN NYK PHI PRO ROC STL WAS
Baltimore —4–21–44–15–01–42–44–22–41–42–33–3
Boston 2–4—0–54–13–22–33–33–33–31–43–21–5
Chicago 4–15–0—4–25–12–43–22–35–02–43–33–2
Fort Wayne 1–41–42–4—3–32–41–45–04–10–61–42–3
Indianapolis 0–52–31-53–3—0–61–41–44–11–53–32–3
Minneapolis 4–13–24–24–26–0—4–14–15–04–24–22–3
New York 4–23–32–34–14–11–4—2–45–11–43–22–3
Philadelphia 2–43–33–20–54–11–44–2—6–00–53–22–4
Providence 4–23–30–51–41–40–51–50–6—2–30–50–6
Rochester 4–14–14–26–05–12–44–15–03–2—6–02–3
St. Louis 3–22–33–34–13–32–42–32–35–00–6—2–3
Washington 3–35–12–33–23–23–23–24–26–03–23–2—

Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1November 6Baltimore82–69Max Zaslofsky (24)1–0
2November 13Indianapolis79–72Max Zaslofsky (20)2–0
3November 19Minneapolis81–85Max Zaslofsky (22)2–1
4November 21@ Fort Wayne70–69Max Zaslofsky (15)3–1
5November 27@ Rochester103–105 (2OT)Max Zaslofsky (21)3–2
6November 30Philadelphia74–68Andy Phillip (19)4–2
7December 1@ St. Louis61–72Max Zaslofsky (15)4–3
8December 4Minneapolis104–100 (OT)Max Zaslofsky (29)5–3
9December 5@ Fort Wayne88–79Kenny Rollins (22)6–3
10December 10Fort Wayne78–70Max Zaslofsky (22)7–3
11December 13vs Baltimore75–70Andy Phillip (19)8–3
12December 14Rochester78–85Max Zaslofsky (20)8–4
13December 17@ Indianapolis71–67Max Zaslofsky (21)9–4
14December 19@ Minneapolis84–94Max Zaslofsky (35)9–5
15December 23@ Baltimore89–96Max Zaslofsky (25)9–6
16December 25@ New York70–64Andy Phillip (18)10–6
17December 26Boston84–73Max Zaslofsky (22)11–6
18December 28@ Boston76–74Max Zaslofsky (22)12–6
19December 30@ Providence101–89Max Zaslofsky (24)13–6
20January 1@ Washington90–92Andy Phillip (23)13–7
21January 2New York81–79Max Zaslofsky (21)14–7
22January 4@ Providence115–104Max Zaslofsky (21)15–7
23January 6@ Providence89–78Odie Spears (18)16–7
24January 8@ Rochester91–88Ed Mikan (21)17–7
25January 9Rochester75–90Max Zaslofsky (22)17–8
26January 12@ St. Louis75–66Odie Spears (26)18–8
27January 14@ Indianapolis88–61Max Zaslofsky (27)19–8
28January 15vs Boston94–86Kenny Rollins (21)20–8
29January 16Washington92–70Max Zaslofsky (25)21–8
30January 19Fort Wayne96–104 (2OT)Max Zaslofsky (24)21–9
31January 20@ Philadelphia72–92Max Zaslofsky (24)21–10
32January 21@ Boston86–76Max Zaslofsky (24)22–10
33January 25Philadelphia77–86Max Zaslofsky (21)22–11
34January 26@ Minneapolis49–84Stan Miasek (11)22–12
35January 28St. Louis83–65Max Zaslofsky (26)23–12
36January 29vs Indianapolis87–81 (OT)Ed Mikan (23)24–12
37February 2Baltimore77–67Max Zaslofsky (23)25–12
38February 5@ Providence91–75Max Zaslofsky (24)26–12
39February 6@ New York87–75Max Zaslofsky (26)27–12
40February 8St. Louis73–75Max Zaslofsky (24)27–13
41February 11Minneapolis105–97Stan Miasek (28)28–13
42February 12@ Rochester73–87Max Zaslofsky (19)28–14
43February 15Fort Wayne83–69Max Zaslofsky (17)29–14
44February 16@ Minneapolis71–90Mikan, Phillip (14)29–15
45February 19@ St. Louis59–63Andy Phillip (14)29–16
46February 20Indianapolis95–72Andy Phillip (22)30–16
47February 23@ Philadelphia102–85Gene Vance (22)31–16
48February 24@ Baltimore87–68Max Zaslofsky (14)32–16
49February 26@ Washington103–90Max Zaslofsky (35)33–16
50February 28Washington57–67Max Zaslofsky (20)33–17
51March 1@ Indianapolis69–79Ed Mikan (20)33–18
52March 2@ New York79–81Max Zaslofsky (32)33–19
53March 3@ Philadelphia75–90Max Zaslofsky (24)33–20
54March 5@ Washington106–95Max Zaslofsky (23)34–20
55March 8Providence110–82Max Zaslofsky (25)35–20
56March 12New York80–85Max Zaslofsky (19)35–21
57March 13@ Fort Wayne78–81Stan Miasek (12)35–22
58March 16vs Boston107–82Max Zaslofsky (29)36–22
59March 17St. Louis85–79Max Zaslofsky (33)37–22
60March 20Rochester98–61Odie Spears (24)38–22

Playoffs

West Division Semifinals

(2) Minneapolis Lakers vs. (3) Chicago Stags: Lakers win series 2-0

  • Game 1 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 84, Chicago 77
  • Game 2 @ Chicago: Minneapolis 101, Chicago 85

Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Lakers and Stags.

Awards and records

References
  1. 1948-49 Chicago Stags
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