1947–48 Chicago Stags season

1947–48 Chicago Stags season
Head coach	Harold Olsen
Arena	Chicago Stadium
Results
Record	28–20 (.583)
Place	Division: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost BAA Semifinals
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	WGN

The 1947–48 BAA season was the Stags' second season in the Basketball Association of America (later known as the NBA).

Draft picks

Main article: 1947 BAA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	8	Paul Huston	F	United States	Ohio State
–	–	Ralph Bishop	–	United States	Washington
–	–	Jimmy Darden	G	United States	Denver
–	–	Hank Decker	–	United States	West Texas A&M
–	–	Andy Phillip	G/F	United States	Illinois
–	–	Jim Pollard	F/C	United States	Stanford
–	–	Ben Schadler	F	United States	Northwestern
–	–	Don Smith	G/F	United States	Minnesota
–	–	Jack Stone	–	United States	Kansas State
–	–	Gene Vance	G/F	United States	Illinois

Roster

1947–48 Chicago Stags roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From F/C 17 Gilmur, Chuck 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1922-08-13 Washington F 3 Huston, Paul 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1925-06-02 Ohio State F/C 23 Miasek, Stan 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1924-08-08 G/F 19 Phillip, Andy 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1922-03-07 Illinois G 15 Rock, Gene 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 155 lb (70 kg) 1921-11-04 USC G 6 Rottner, Mickey 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1919-03-23 Loyola Chicago F 14 Schadler, Ben 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1924-03-09 Northwestern G/F 18 Seminoff, Jim 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1922-09-01 USC 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 Harold Olsen Legend (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 13	St. Louis	80–70	Andy Phillip (15)	1–0
2	November 15	Baltimore	63–67	Stan Miasek (17)	1–1
3	November 19	@ New York	81–63	Max Zaslofsky (26)	2–1
4	November 20	Washington	81–77	Andy Phillip (20)	3–1
5	November 22	@ Baltimore	72–75	Stan Miasek (27)	3–2
6	November 28	Philadelphia	75–71	Max Zaslofsky (20)	4–2
7	December 3	Washington	81–73	Stan Miasek (25)	5–2
8	December 6	Baltimore	73–65	Stan Miasek (24)	6–2
9	December 12	St. Louis	75–85	Max Zaslofsky (20)	6–3
10	December 18	Washington	64–70	Gene Vance (15)	6–4
11	December 21	Baltimore	93–83	Max Zaslofsky (24)	7–4
12	December 23	@ Boston	83–75	Max Zaslofsky (24)	8–4
13	December 25	@ Baltimore	70–87	Max Zaslofsky (16)	8–5
14	December 27	@ New York	79–70	Max Zaslofsky (24)	9–5
15	December 30	@ Providence	85–73	Max Zaslofsky (34)	10–5
16	January 3	@ Providence	79–76	Max Zaslofsky (20)	11–5
17	January 7	@ New York	79–74	Stan Miasek (25)	12–5
18	January 8	@ Baltimore	75–78	Stan Miasek (17)	12–6
19	January 9	@ Philadelphia	77–60	Max Zaslofsky (35)	13–6
20	January 11	New York	99–86	Max Zaslofsky (31)	14–6
21	January 14	@ Washington	67–75	Stan Miasek (21)	14–7
22	January 16	@ Boston	61–75	Max Zaslofsky (20)	14–8
23	January 18	Boston	72–48	Max Zaslofsky (20)	15–8
24	January 22	Providence	50–56	Max Zaslofsky (17)	15–9
25	January 27	Baltimore	78–74	Max Zaslofsky (28)	16–9
26	January 29	@ St. Louis	60–62	Stan Miasek (19)	16–10
27	January 31	@ Washington	48–54	Max Zaslofsky (17)	16–11
28	February 1	Philadelphia	78–85	Max Zaslofsky (17)	16–12
29	February 5	@ St. Louis	77–71	Phillip, Zaslofsky (19)	17–12
30	February 8	Philadelphia	80–74 (2OT)	Max Zaslofsky (26)	18–12
31	February 11	St. Louis	78–80	Andy Phillip (30)	18–13
32	February 12	@ St. Louis	80–74	Max Zaslofsky (27)	19–13
33	February 15	Providence	79–85	Max Zaslofsky (24)	19–14
34	February 19	New York	82–74	Max Zaslofsky (26)	20–14
35	February 21	@ Providence	92–73	Seminoff, Zaslofsky (22)	21–14
36	February 22	@ Boston	97–77	Max Zaslofsky (21)	22–14
37	February 25	@ Washington	73–66	Stan Miasek (21)	23–14
38	February 26	@ Philadelphia	80–89	Andy Phillip (25)	23–15
39	February 27	Boston	69–83	Max Zaslofsky (23)	23–16
40	February 29	Washington	76–75 (OT)	Max Zaslofsky (28)	24–16
41	March 7	Providence	89–81	Max Zaslofsky (40)	25–16
42	March 9	@ Philadelphia	93–79	Gilmur, Seminoff (21)	26–16
43	March 10	@ Washington	71–54	Max Zaslofsky (28)	27–16
44	March 11	@ Baltimore	83–86	Max Zaslofsky (25)	27–17
45	March 13	New York	58–51	Max Zaslofsky (22)	28–17
46	March 18	Boston	72–77	Max Zaslofsky (19)	28–18
47	March 20	@ St. Louis	63–75	Max Zaslofsky (21)	28–19
48	March 21	St. Louis	70–82	Max Zaslofsky (24)	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

Chicago Stags vs. Baltimore Bullets: Bullets win series 1-0

• Game 1 @ Chicago (March 25): Baltimore 75, Chicago 72

First round

(E3) Boston Celtics vs. (W3) Chicago Stags: Stags win series 2-1

• Game 1 @ Boston (March 28): Chicago 79, Boston 72
• Game 2 @ Boston (March 31): Boston 81, Chicago 77
• Game 3 @ Boston (April 2): Chicago 81, Boston 74

Semifinals

(W2) Baltimore Bullets vs. (W3) Chicago Stags: Bullets win series 2-0

• Game 1 @ Chicago (April 7): Baltimore 73, Chicago 67
• Game 2 @ Baltimore (April 8): Baltimore 89, Chicago 72

Transactions

Main article: List of 1947–48 BAA season transactions

Sales

Player	Date sold	New team
Kenny Sailors	November, 1947	Philadelphia Warriors