The 1948–49 BAA season was the Bullets' 2nd season in the NBA/BAA and their fifth overall season including the time they spent in the American Basketball League.1948-49 Baltimore Bullets Entering this season, the Bullets sought to officially acquire their third professional league championship in four seasons when combining their results from both the ABL and the BAA (though they would have personally considered this season their shot at four straight professional league championships due to them personally considering themselves the 1947 ABL champions for their overwhelming record as protest for that league's initial decision to constantly delay their playoff series of matches so many times beforehand). Despite entering this season as defending champions, the Bullets would end their second season in the BAA with a losing record of 29–31, though it was still good enough for a third place spot in the Eastern Division semifinal round. When entering the final playoffs ever holding the BAA's name, the Bullets ended up getting eliminated by the New York Knickerbockers 2–1 in the first round of what later ended up becoming the Bullets' second-to-last playoff appearance in league history, as well as their first of many seasons where they would end up having losing seasons going forward with their existence after previously being considered champions of both the ABL and BAA before the BAA would merge with the NBL to become the modern-day NBA.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 6 Walt Budko F/C Columbia – – Jim Black – Occidental – – Darrell Brown F Humboldt State – – Robert Carroll – West Virginia – – Jake Carter F/C East Texas State – – Marvin English – Newberry – – Gene Fellmoth – Wittenberg – – J.W. Fullerton – Arkansas State – – Marshall Gemberling – Lebanon Valley – – Vince Hansen – Washington State – – Joe Holland F Kentucky – – Wayne Jones – American International – – Dan Kraus G Georgetown – – Herb Krautblatt G Rider – – Paul Marcincin – Moravian

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Game log # Date Opponent Score High points Record 1 November 4 Minneapolis 72–84 Connie Simmons (19) 0–1 2 November 6 @ Chicago 69–82 Mahnken, Stutz (17) 0–2 3 November 7 @ Fort Wayne 78–77 Chick Reiser (20) 1–2 4 November 9 @ Indianapolis 65–64 Buddy Jeannette (22) 2–2 5 November 11 Washington 68–70 Walt Budko (15) 2–3 6 November 13 @ New York 87–91 Walt Budko (22) 2–4 7 November 18 New York 55–67 Connie Simmons (15) 2–5 8 November 19 vs St. Louis 72–82 Connie Simmons (20) 2–6 9 November 20 @ St. Louis 85–64 Hal Tidrick (14) 3–6 10 November 21 @ Minneapolis 81–94 Lewis, Simmons (17) 3–7 11 November 23 @ Rochester 90–108 Connie Simmons (28) 3–8 12 November 25 Fort Wayne 69–64 Fred Lewis (16) 4–8 13 November 27 @ Providence 91–71 Connie Simmons (21) 5–8 14 December 2 Indianapolis 90–78 Reiser, Simmons (15) 6–8 15 December 4 @ Washington 82–83 Connie Simmons (22) 6–9 16 December 8 @ Philadelphia 83–78 Connie Simmons (19) 7–9 17 December 9 Philadelphia 92–91 Hal Tidrick (17) 8–9 18 December 11 @ New York 71–72 Jake Pelkington (21) 8–10 19 December 13 vs Chicago 70–75 Walt Budko (20) 8–11 20 December 14 vs Indianapolis 88–75 Hal Tidrick (24) 9–11 21 December 16 St. Louis 82–85 (OT) Simmons, Tidrick (17) 9–12 22 December 17 @ Boston 74–63 Lewis, Reiser (16) 10–12 23 December 23 Chicago 96–89 Fred Lewis (20) 11–12 24 December 25 @ Providence 88–83 Connie Simmons (23) 12–12 25 December 29 Providence 88–98 Connie Simmons (25) 12–13 26 December 30 Rochester 100–89 Connie Simmons (23) 13–13 27 January 1 Boston 72–67 Fred Lewis (16) 14–13 28 January 4 @ Boston 69–75 Fred Lewis (17) 14–14 29 January 5 @ Washington 88–68 Connie Simmons (18) 15–14 30 January 6 Philadelphia 93–88 Connie Simmons (25) 16–14 31 January 8 @ New York 83–81 Chick Reiser (23) 17–14 32 January 12 Washington 106–92 Stanley Stutz (27) 18–14 33 January 13 Rochester 85–102 Jake Pelkington (27) 18–15 34 January 15 @ Philadelphia 87–94 Budko, Pelkington (16) 18–16 35 January 20 New York 82–68 Connie Simmons (21) 19–16 36 January 22 @ Providence 86–89 Connie Simmons (15) 19–17 37 January 26 Washington 96–86 Connie Simmons (28) 20–17 38 January 27 Providence 89–95 Fred Lewis (20) 20–18 39 January 29 @ Rochester 86–90 Jake Pelkington (30) 20–19 40 January 30 @ Fort Wayne 93–78 Connie Simmons (23) 21–19 41 February 2 @ Chicago 67–77 Chick Reiser (19) 21–20 42 February 3 Boston 84–76 Pelkington, Tidrick (17) 22–20 43 February 5 Indianapolis 87–75 Walt Budko (18) 23–20 44 February 7 @ Boston 83–95 Jake Pelkington (24) 23–21 45 February 10 Rochester 76–90 Chick Reiser (25) 23–22 46 February 12 @ St. Louis 73–74 Hal Tidrick (15) 23–23 47 February 13 @ Minneapolis 74–91 Connie Simmons (14) 23–24 48 February 15 @ Indianapolis 82–69 Sid Tanenbaum (18) 24–24 49 February 16 @ Fort Wayne 68–84 Chick Reiser (15) 24–25 50 February 17 Providence 100–102 Stanley Stutz (24) 24–26 51 February 19 @ Washington 88–92 Jake Pelkington (17) 24–27 52 February 24 Chicago 68–87 Jake Pelkington (14) 24–28 53 February 26 Minneapolis 114–115 (2OT) Jake Pelkington (33) 24–29 54 March 3 St. Louis 94–66 Hal Tidrick (21) 25–29 55 March 5 Philadelphia 99–85 Stanley Stutz (21) 26–29 56 March 10 New York 94–99 Jake Pelkington (18) 26–30 57 March 12 Boston 89–77 Sid Tanenbaum (21) 27–30 58 March 15 @ Philadelphia 76–84 Jake Pelkington (13) 27–31 59 March 17 Minneapolis 101–67 Chick Reiser (23) 28–31 60 March 19 Fort Wayne 99–79 Connie Simmons (21) 29–31

BAA Playoffs BAA East Division Semifinals (2) New York Knicks vs. (3) Baltimore Bullets: Knicks win series 2-1 Game 1 @ New York: Baltimore 82, New York 81 Game 2 @ Baltimore: New York 84, Baltimore 74 Game 3 @ New York: New York 103, Baltimore 99 (OT)

Last Playoff Meeting: 1948 BAA Quarterfinals (Baltimore won 2–1)

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