1948–49 Chicago Stags season

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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 at Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWGN
< 1947–48 1949–50 >

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

Draft[]

Main article: 1948 BAA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 5 Ed Mikan F/C  United States DePaul
– – Hook Dillon F  United States North Carolina
– – Whitey Kachan G  United States DePaul
– – Mickey Marty –  United States Loras
– – Ed Mills –  United States Wisconsin
– – Don Reagan –  United States Murray State
– – Joe Shafer –  United States Wheaton
– – Odie Spears G  United States Western Kentucky
– – Fred Weber –  United States Siena

Roster[]

1948–49 Chicago Stags roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (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 Injured

Roster

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

# Western Division
Team W L PCT GB
1 x-Rochester Royals 45 15 .750 –
2 x-Minneapolis Lakers 44 16 .733 1
3 x-Chicago Stags 38 22 .633 7
4 x-St. Louis Bombers 29 31 .483 16
5 Fort Wayne Pistons 22 38 .367 23
6 Indianapolis Jets 18 42 .300 27


Record vs. opponents[]

1948–49 BAA records
Team BAL BOS CHI FWP IND MIN NYK PHI PRO ROC STL WAS
Baltimore — 4–2 1–4 4–1 5–0 1–4 2–4 4–2 2–4 1–4 2–3 3–3
Boston 2–4 — 0–5 4–1 3–2 2–3 3–3 3–3 3–3 1–4 3–2 1–5
Chicago 4–1 5–0 — 4–2 5–1 2–4 3–2 2–3 5–0 2–4 3–3 3–2
Fort Wayne 1–4 1–4 2–4 — 3–3 2–4 1–4 5–0 4–1 0–6 1–4 2–3
Indianapolis 0–5 2–3 1-5 3–3 — 0–6 1–4 1–4 4–1 1–5 3–3 2–3
Minneapolis 4–1 3–2 4–2 4–2 6–0 — 4–1 4–1 5–0 4–2 4–2 2–3
New York 4–2 3–3 2–3 4–1 4–1 1–4 — 2–4 5–1 1–4 3–2 2–3
Philadelphia 2–4 3–3 3–2 0–5 4–1 1–4 4–2 — 6–0 0–5 3–2 2–4
Providence 4–2 3–3 0–5 1–4 1–4 0–5 1–5 0–6 — 2–3 0–5 0–6
Rochester 4–1 4–1 4–2 6–0 5–1 2–4 4–1 5–0 3–2 — 6–0 2–3
St. Louis 3–2 2–3 3–3 4–1 3–3 2–4 2–3 2–3 5–0 0–6 — 2–3
Washington 3–3 5–1 2–3 3–2 3–2 3–2 3–2 4–2 6–0 3–2 3–2 —

Game log[]

# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 November 6 Baltimore 82–69 Max Zaslofsky (24) 1–0
2 November 13 Indianapolis 79–72 Max Zaslofsky (20) 2–0
3 November 19 Minneapolis 81–85 Max Zaslofsky (22) 2–1
4 November 21 @ Fort Wayne 70–69 Max Zaslofsky (15) 3–1
5 November 27 @ Rochester 103–105 (2OT) Max Zaslofsky (21) 3–2
6 November 30 Philadelphia 74–68 Andy Phillip (19) 4–2
7 December 1 @ St. Louis 61–72 Max Zaslofsky (15) 4–3
8 December 4 Minneapolis 104–100 (OT) Max Zaslofsky (29) 5–3
9 December 5 @ Fort Wayne 88–79 Kenny Rollins (22) 6–3
10 December 10 Fort Wayne 78–70 Max Zaslofsky (22) 7–3
11 December 13 vs Baltimore 75–70 Andy Phillip (19) 8–3
12 December 14 Rochester 78–85 Max Zaslofsky (20) 8–4
13 December 17 @ Indianapolis 71–67 Max Zaslofsky (21) 9–4
14 December 19 @ Minneapolis 84–94 Max Zaslofsky (35) 9–5
15 December 23 @ Baltimore 89–96 Max Zaslofsky (25) 9–6
16 December 25 @ New York 70–64 Andy Phillip (18) 10–6
17 December 26 Boston 84–73 Max Zaslofsky (22) 11–6
18 December 28 @ Boston 76–74 Max Zaslofsky (22) 12–6
19 December 30 @ Providence 101–89 Max Zaslofsky (24) 13–6
20 January 1 @ Washington 90–92 Andy Phillip (23) 13–7
21 January 2 New York 81–79 Max Zaslofsky (21) 14–7
22 January 4 @ Providence 115–104 Max Zaslofsky (21) 15–7
23 January 6 @ Providence 89–78 Odie Spears (18) 16–7
24 January 8 @ Rochester 91–88 Ed Mikan (21) 17–7
25 January 9 Rochester 75–90 Max Zaslofsky (22) 17–8
26 January 12 @ St. Louis 75–66 Odie Spears (26) 18–8
27 January 14 @ Indianapolis 88–61 Max Zaslofsky (27) 19–8
28 January 15 vs Boston 94–86 Kenny Rollins (21) 20–8
29 January 16 Washington 92–70 Max Zaslofsky (25) 21–8
30 January 19 Fort Wayne 96–104 (2OT) Max Zaslofsky (24) 21–9
31 January 20 @ Philadelphia 72–92 Max Zaslofsky (24) 21–10
32 January 21 @ Boston 86–76 Max Zaslofsky (24) 22–10
33 January 25 Philadelphia 77–86 Max Zaslofsky (21) 22–11
34 January 26 @ Minneapolis 49–84 Stan Miasek (11) 22–12
35 January 28 St. Louis 83–65 Max Zaslofsky (26) 23–12
36 January 29 vs Indianapolis 87–81 (OT) Ed Mikan (23) 24–12
37 February 2 Baltimore 77–67 Max Zaslofsky (23) 25–12
38 February 5 @ Providence 91–75 Max Zaslofsky (24) 26–12
39 February 6 @ New York 87–75 Max Zaslofsky (26) 27–12
40 February 8 St. Louis 73–75 Max Zaslofsky (24) 27–13
41 February 11 Minneapolis 105–97 Stan Miasek (28) 28–13
42 February 12 @ Rochester 73–87 Max Zaslofsky (19) 28–14
43 February 15 Fort Wayne 83–69 Max Zaslofsky (17) 29–14
44 February 16 @ Minneapolis 71–90 Mikan, Phillip (14) 29–15
45 February 19 @ St. Louis 59–63 Andy Phillip (14) 29–16
46 February 20 Indianapolis 95–72 Andy Phillip (22) 30–16
47 February 23 @ Philadelphia 102–85 Gene Vance (22) 31–16
48 February 24 @ Baltimore 87–68 Max Zaslofsky (14) 32–16
49 February 26 @ Washington 103–90 Max Zaslofsky (35) 33–16
50 February 28 Washington 57–67 Max Zaslofsky (20) 33–17
51 March 1 @ Indianapolis 69–79 Ed Mikan (20) 33–18
52 March 2 @ New York 79–81 Max Zaslofsky (32) 33–19
53 March 3 @ Philadelphia 75–90 Max Zaslofsky (24) 33–20
54 March 5 @ Washington 106–95 Max Zaslofsky (23) 34–20
55 March 8 Providence 110–82 Max Zaslofsky (25) 35–20
56 March 12 New York 80–85 Max Zaslofsky (19) 35–21
57 March 13 @ Fort Wayne 78–81 Stan Miasek (12) 35–22
58 March 16 vs Boston 107–82 Max Zaslofsky (29) 36–22
59 March 17 St. Louis 85–79 Max Zaslofsky (33) 37–22
60 March 20 Rochester 98–61 Odie 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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