1948–49 Washington Capitols season
Division champions
Head coachRed Auerbach
ArenaWashington Coliseum
Results
Record38–22 (.633)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finishBAA Finals
(eliminated 2-4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWTOP

The 1948–49 BAA season was the Capitols' 3rd season in the NBA/BAA.[1] They became the first team to win 15 straight games to start the season, an NBA record, which was since tied 45 years later by the Houston Rockets in 1993 before Golden State Warriors surpassed it in 2015.

Draft

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
112Jack NicholsF/C United StatesWashington
––Fred Bartell– United StatesOregon
––Ed Hughes– United StatesSan Jose State
––Thorton Jenkins– United StatesMissouri
––Leo KatkaveckG United StatesNC State
––C. T. Parker– United StatesLouisiana Tech
––Jack ParkinsonG United StatesKentucky
––Don Walker– United StatesSam Houston State
––Al Williams– United StatesArkansas

Roster

1948–49 Washington Capitols roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
G/F 10 Feerick, Bob 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1920-01-02 Santa Clara
F/C 11 Hermsen, Kleggie 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1923-03-12 Minnesota
G 29 Hertzberg, Sonny 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1922-07-29 CCNY
G 23 Katkaveck, Leo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1923-04-17 NC State
SF 17 McKinney, Bones 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1919-01-01 North Carolina
PF 15 Nichols, Jack 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 222 lb (101 kg) 1926-04-09 Washington
F 16 Norlander, Johnny 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1921-03-05 Hamline
G/F 13 O'Keefe, Dick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1923-09-29 Santa Clara
G/F 22 Schulz, Dick 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 1917-01-03 Wisconsin
PG 20 Scolari, Fred 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1922-03-01 San Francisco
F/C 15 Toomay, Jack 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1922-08-09 Pacific
G/F 18 Zunic, Matt 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1919-12-19 George Washington
Head coach

Red Auerbach

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

Roster
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Regular season

Season standings

#
Eastern Division
Team W L PCT GB
1 x-Washington Capitols3822.633–
2 x-New York Knicks3228.5336
3 x-Baltimore Bullets2931.4839
4 x-Philadelphia Warriors2832.46710
5 Boston Celtics2535.41713
6 Providence Steamrollers1248.20026

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 3Philadelphia77–70Hermsen, McKinney (17)1–0
2November 4@ Providence99–95 (3OT)Bob Feerick (22)2–0
3November 6Minneapolis67–62Bones McKinney (24)3–0
4November 10Rochester73–66Fred Scolari (12)4–0
5November 11@ Baltimore70–68Bones McKinney (15)5–0
6November 13Fort Wayne80–71Kleggie Hermsen (20)6–0
7November 17@ New York73–62Hermsen, Hertzberg (12)7–0
8November 20Boston90–75Kleggie Hermsen (15)8–0
9November 21@ Rochester80–77Bob Feerick (19)9–0
10November 23@ Boston71–68Kleggie Hermsen (16)10–0
11November 25@ Philadelphia81–73Bones McKinney (18)11–0
12November 27Indianapolis94–76McKinney, Scolari (19)12–0
13December 1Providence75–63Feerick, McKinney (16)13–0
14December 2@ Providence66–61Kleggie Hermsen (15)14–0
15December 4Baltimore83–82Bones McKinney (21)15–0
16December 7@ Indianapolis78–94Bones McKinney (17)15–1
17December 8@ Minneapolis94–83Bones McKinney (20)16–1
18December 10vs St. Louis83–88 (OT)Sidney Hertzberg (21)16–2
19December 11St. Louis87–63Feerick, Hertzberg (14)17–2
20December 15Philadelphia92–81Bones McKinney (22)18–2
21December 18Boston69–60Bones McKinney (21)19–2
22December 22Providence102–77Bob Feerick (24)20–2
23December 25Fort Wayne88–74Bob Feerick (20)21–2
24December 26@ Fort Wayne73–91Kleggie Hermsen (19)21–3
25December 29@ Minneapolis68–91Bones McKinney (20)21–4
26December 30@ St. Louis81–68Bob Feerick (20)22–4
27January 1Chicago92–90Bob Feerick (22)23–4
28January 4@ Philadelphia84–78Leo Katkaveck (15)24–4
29January 5Baltimore68–88Hermsen, Norlander, Schulz (10)24–5
30January 8Indianapolis89–81Fred Scolari (15)25–5
31January 10@ Boston94–83Fred Scolari (21)26–5
32January 12@ Baltimore92–106Bob Feerick (17)26–6
33January 15New York75–73Fred Scolari (17)27–6
34January 16@ Chicago70–92Jack Nichols (15)27–7
35January 20@ Providence88–81Bones McKinney (20)28–7
36January 22Boston95–64Bones McKinney (17)29–7
37January 23@ New York97–93Bones McKinney (26)30–7
38January 26@ Baltimore86–96Fred Scolari (18)30–8
39January 28@ Boston90–91Fred Scolari (17)30–9
40January 30@ Minneapolis79–84Bob Feerick (19)30–10
41February 1@ Indianapolis69–83Fred Scolari (20)30–11
42February 2Indianapolis83–57Kleggie Hermsen (33)31–11
43February 3@ St. Louis74–65Kleggie Hermsen (27)32–11
44February 5New York73–83Jack Nichols (15)32–12
45February 6@ Fort Wayne72–82Bones McKinney (19)32–13
46February 9Rochester99–94 (2OT)McKinney, Scolari (20)33–13
47February 12Philadelphia88–91Bob Feerick (17)33–14
48February 15@ Rochester79–91Jack Nichols (17)33–15
49February 19Baltimore92–88Jack Nichols (18)34–15
50February 23Providence100–88Jack Nichols (24)35–15
51February 26Chicago90–103Feerick, McKinney, Norlander (15)35–16
52February 28@ Chicago67–57Jack Nichols (13)36–16
53March 1@ Rochester64–67Jack Nichols (14)36–17
54March 2St. Louis75–82Fred Scolari (14)36–18
55March 5Chicago95–106Bob Feerick (21)36–19
56March 9@ New York74–90Jack Nichols (25)36–20
57March 12Fort Wayne87–60Jack Nichols (29)37–20
58March 16Minneapolis85–72Jack Nichols (17)38–20
59March 17@ Philadelphia81–84Kleggie Hermsen (26)38–21
60March 19New York70–82Bones McKinney (18)38–22

Playoffs

East Division Semifinals

(1) Washington Capitols vs. (4) Philadelphia Warriors: Capitols win series 2-0

  • Game 1 @ Washington: Washington 92, Philadelphia 70
  • Game 2 @ Philadelphia: Washington 80, Philadelphia 78

Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Capitols and Warriors.

East Division Finals

(1) Washington Capitols vs. (2) New York Knicks: Capitols win series 2-1

  • Game 1 @ Washington: Washington 77, New York 71
  • Game 2 @ New York: New York 86, Washington 84 (OT)
  • Game 3 @ Washington: Washington 84, New York 76

Last Playoff Meeting: This is the first meeting between the Capitols and Knicks.

BAA Finals

(E1) Washington Capitols vs. (W2) Minneapolis Lakers: Lakers win series 4-2

  • Game 1 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 88, Washington 84
  • Game 2 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 76, Washington 62
  • Game 3 @ Washington: Minneapolis 94, Washington 74
  • Game 4 @ Washington: Washington 83, Minneapolis 71
  • Game 5 @ Washington: Washington 74, Minneapolis 65
  • Game 6 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 77, Washington 56

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

Awards and records

References

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