1947–48 St. Louis Bombers season

1947–48 St. Louis Bombers season
Division champions
Head coachKen Loeffler
ArenaSt. Louis Arena
Results
Record29–19 (.604)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Western)
Playoff finishLost in BAA Semifinals
(eliminated 3-4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
RadioKMOX
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The 1947–48 BAA season was the Bombers' 2nd season in the BAA (which later became the NBA).[1]

Draft

Main article: 1947 BAA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 7 Jack Underman –  United States Ohio State
– – Jack Knopf –  United States Louisville
– – Bob Kurland –  United States Oklahoma State
– – Paul Napolitano G/F  United States San Francisco
– – Jim Pollard F/C  United States Stanford
– – Bill Strannigan –  United States Wyoming
– – Herb Wilkinson –  United States Iowa

Roster

St. Louis Bombers 1947–48 roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
F 9 Abramovic, John 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1919-02-09 Salem International
F/C 5 Doll, Bob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1919-08-10 Colorado
G/F 3 Gray, Wyndol 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1922-03-20 Harvard
F/C 6 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
F 11 Maughan, Ariel 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1923-04-26 Utah State
G 9 O'Grady, Buddy 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1920-01-19 Georgetown
G 8 Putman, Don 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1922-11-13 Denver
C 4 Rocha, Red 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1923-09-18 Oregon State
C 6 Rothenberg, Irv 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1921-12-31 LIU Brooklyn
F/C 12 Roux, Giff 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1923-06-28 Kansas
SG 2, 10 Smawley, Belus 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1918-03-20 Appalachian State
Head coach

Ken Loeffler

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

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

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 13 @ Chicago 70–80 Red Rocha (17) 0–1
2 November 15 @ New York 67–73 Red Rocha (26) 0–2
3 November 18 @ Boston 65–50 Logan, Smawley (14) 1–2
4 November 20 Providence 73–67 Red Rocha (16) 2–2
5 November 22 Washington 70–62 Belus Smawley (17) 3–2
6 November 26 @ Washington 64–83 Johnny Logan (16) 3–3
7 November 29 Baltimore 67–71 Red Rocha (24) 3–4
8 December 2 @ Providence 86–66 Don Putman (18) 4–4
9 December 4 @ Baltimore 65–51 Red Rocha (21) 5–4
10 December 8 @ New York 56–71 Red Rocha (14) 5–5
11 December 11 @ Philadelphia 74–69 Belus Smawley (21) 6–5
12 December 12 @ Chicago 85–75 Bob Doll (18) 7–5
13 December 18 @ Baltimore 67–74 Johnny Logan (16) 7–6
14 December 19 @ Boston 70–78 Grady Lewis (13) 7–7
15 December 20 @ Washington 55–52 Belus Smawley (14) 8–7
16 December 25 Washington 56–73 Bob Doll (17) 8–8
17 December 28 Baltimore 67–63 Bob Doll (23) 9–8
18 January 1 Boston 58–48 Johnny Logan (15) 10–8
19 January 4 Philadelphia 80–66 Red Rocha (15) 11–8
20 January 8 Washington 76–73 Don Putman (17) 12–8
21 January 11 Baltimore 69–54 Red Rocha (14) 13–8
22 January 15 New York 55–59 Red Rocha (11) 13–9
23 January 18 Providence 70–61 Johnny Logan (18) 14–9
24 January 20 @ Philadelphia 59–82 Don Putman (10) 14–10
25 January 21 @ Washington 74–81 Johnny Logan (19) 14–11
26 January 22 @ Baltimore 71–68 Doll, Logan, Smawley (11) 15–11
27 January 25 Boston 72–54 Johnny Logan (15) 16–11
28 January 27 @ Providence 94–61 Red Rocha (20) 17–11
29 January 29 Chicago 62–60 Johnny Logan (17) 18–11
30 January 31 Philadelphia 60–66 Bob Doll (17) 18–12
31 February 5 Chicago 71–77 Doll, Smawley (13) 18–13
32 February 7 Philadelphia 67–54 Don Putman (14) 19–13
33 February 11 @ Chicago 80–78 Irv Rothenberg (23) 20–13
34 February 12 Chicago 74–80 Irv Rothenberg (24) 20–14
35 February 15 Baltimore 69–63 Johnny Logan (22) 21–14
36 February 19 Providence 78–69 Red Rocha (20) 22–14
37 February 22 New York 80–71 Red Rocha (19) 23–14
38 February 26 Boston 94–92 (2OT) Belus Smawley (23) 24–14
39 February 28 Washington 82–61 Logan, Rocha (18) 25–14
40 March 4 @ Baltimore 75–84 Belus Smawley (17) 25–15
41 March 5 @ Boston 68–71 Doll, Logan (14) 25–16
42 March 9 @ Providence 75–69 Red Rocha (19) 26–16
43 March 10 @ New York 82–73 Belus Smawley (20) 27–16
44 March 11 @ Philadelphia 74–92 Ariel Maughan (13) 27–17
45 March 13 @ Washington 69–86 Logan, Rocha, Smawley (13) 27–18
46 March 18 New York 80–91 Belus Smawley (20) 27–19
47 March 20 Chicago 75–63 Logan, Smawley (20) 28–19
48 March 21 @ Chicago 82–70 Red Rocha (19) 29–19

Playoffs

Semifinals

(W1) St. Louis Bombers vs. (E1) Philadelphia Warriors: Warriors win series 4-3

  • Game 1 @ St. Louis (March 23): St. Louis 60, Philadelphia 58
  • Game 2 @ St. Louis (March 25): Philadelphia 65, St. Louis 64
  • Game 3 @ Philadelphia (March 27): Philadelphia 84, St. Louis 56
  • Game 4 @ Philadelphia (March 30): St. Louis 56, Philadelphia 51
  • Game 5 @ St. Louis (April 1): St. Louis 69, Philadelphia 62
  • Game 6 @ Philadelphia (April 3): Philadelphia 84, St. Louis 61
  • Game 7 @ St. Louis (April 6): Philadelphia 85, St. Louis 46

References

  1. ^ "1947-48 St. Louis Bombers Roster and Stats".