1947–48 Washington Capitols season

The 1947–48 BAA season was the Capitols' 2nd season in the BAA (which later became the NBA).[1]

1947–48 Washington Capitols season
Head coach	Red Auerbach
Arena	Uline Arena
Results
Record	28–20 (.583)
Place	Division: 1st (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost Division tiebreaker
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	WTOP

Draft picks

Main article: 1947 BAA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	9	Dick O'Keefe	G/F	United States	Santa Clara
–	–	Bill Burke	–	United States	St. Mary's College (MD)
–	–	Paul Cloyd	G/F	United States	Wisconsin
–	–	John Mandic	F/C	United States	Oregon State
–	–	Saul Mariaschin	G	United States	Harvard
–	–	Abel Rodriguez	–	United States	San Francisco
–	–	Irv Rothenberg	C	United States	Long Island
–	–	Jack Tingle	F	United States	Kentucky
–	–	Matt Zunic	G/F	United States	George Washington

Roster

Roster listing

1947–48 Washington Capitols roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From G/F 10 Feerick, Bob 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1920-01-02 Santa Clara G 14 Hertzberg, Sonny 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1922-07-29 CCNY C 12 Mahnken, John 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1922-06-16 Georgetown SF 17 McKinney, Bones 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1919-01-01 North Carolina F 16 Norlander, Johnny 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1921-03-05 Hamline G/F 15 O'Keefe, Dick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1923-09-29 Santa Clara C 18 Rothenberg, Irv 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1921-12-31 Long Island PG 20 Scolari, Fred 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1922-03-01 San Francisco F 19 Tingle, Jack 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1924-12-30 Kentucky F 4 Torgoff, Irv 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 1917-03-06 Long Island	Head coach Red Auerbach 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-St. Louis Bombers	29	19	.604	–
2	x-Baltimore Bullets	28	20	.583	1
3	x-Chicago Stags	28	20	.583	1
4	x-Washington Capitols	28	20	.583	1

Record vs. opponents

1947–48 BAA records
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 12	Baltimore	63–55	Fred Scolari (17)	1–0
2	November 13	@ New York	65–80	Feerick, Scolari (15)	1–1
3	November 15	@ Boston	69–73	Feerick, McKinney (16)	1–2
4	November 19	Philadelphia	74–67	Irv Rothenberg (14)	2–2
5	November 20	@ Chicago	77–81	Fred Scolari (19)	2–3
6	November 22	@ St. Louis	62–70	Johnny Norlander (14)	2–4
7	November 26	St. Louis	83–64	Johnny Norlander (17)	3–4
8	November 28	@ Boston	83–92	Fred Scolari (22)	3–5
9	November 29	@ Providence	78–85	Fred Scolari (21)	3–6
10	December 1	@ New York	70–62	Feerick, McKinney (13)	4–6
11	December 3	@ Chicago	73–81	Feerick, McKinney (18)	4–7
12	December 11	@ Baltimore	71–69 (OT)	Bob Feerick (19)	5–7
13	December 13	@ Providence	88–72	Bones McKinney (18)	6–7
14	December 17	Baltimore	66–64	Bones McKinney (16)	7–7
15	December 18	@ Chicago	70–64	Bob Feerick (17)	8–7
16	December 20	St. Louis	52–55	Bones McKinney (19)	8–8
17	December 25	@ St. Louis	73–56	Bob Feerick (23)	9–8
18	December 27	Philadelphia	72–70	Fred Scolari (18)	10–8
19	January 2	@ Philadelphia	60–69	Bob Feerick (22)	10–9
20	January 3	Boston	95–60	Bones McKinney (17)	11–9
21	January 8	@ St. Louis	73–76	Bob Feerick (18)	11–10
22	January 10	Philadelphia	106–99 (OT)	Bob Feerick (21)	12–10
23	January 11	@ Boston	56–84	Bob Feerick (16)	12–11
24	January 14	Chicago	75–67	Bones McKinney (20)	13–11
25	January 17	New York	78–62	Fred Scolari (15)	14–11
26	January 21	St. Louis	81–74	Bob Feerick (18)	15–11
27	January 24	Providence	69–60	Fred Scolari (14)	16–11
28	January 30	@ Baltimore	71–95	Bob Feerick (13)	16–12
29	January 31	Chicago	54–48	Bob Feerick (21)	17–12
30	February 4	Baltimore	77–72	Bob Feerick (20)	18–12
31	February 5	@ Philadelphia	72–60	Johnny Norlander (18)	19–12
32	February 7	Providence	86–64	Johnny Norlander (20)	20–12
33	February 10	@ Providence	79–60	Bob Feerick (25)	21–12
34	February 14	Boston	72–58	Bob Feerick (16)	22–12
35	February 18	New York	75–79	Bones McKinney (18)	22–13
36	February 19	@ Philadelphia	76–84	Bob Feerick (24)	22–14
37	February 21	Baltimore	85–72	Fred Scolari (26)	23–14
38	February 25	Chicago	66–73	Bob Feerick (27)	23–15
39	February 26	@ Baltimore	70–97	Bob Feerick (26)	23–16
40	February 28	@ St. Louis	61–82	Irv Torgoff (14)	23–17
41	February 29	@ Chicago	75–76 (OT)	Bob Feerick (21)	23–18
42	March 6	@ New York	64–69 (OT)	Bob Feerick (18)	23–19
43	March 10	Chicago	54–71	Bob Feerick (12)	23–20
44	March 13	St. Louis	86–69	Bob Feerick (19)	24–20
45	March 16	@ Boston	76–62	Bob Feerick (12)	25–20
46	March 17	Providence	82–67	Fred Scolari (16)	26–20
47	March 18	@ Baltimore	71–64	Bob Feerick (24)	27–20
48	March 20	New York	103–82	Bob Feerick (22)	28–20

Playoffs

Western Division tiebreaker

Chicago Stags vs. Washington Capitols: Stags win series 1-0

• Game 1 @ Chicago (March 23): Chicago 74, Washington 70

References