1948-49 Boston Celtics Game-by-Game Results

Basketball Association of America (BAA)
Team Record: 25-35
Finishing 5th in the BAA's Eastern Division
Coach: Alvin Julian (25-35)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 144,275, Avg. 4,975 in 29 home dates
1948-49 Boston Celtics Statistics
1948-49 Boston Celtics Roster

The Boston Celtics of the Basketball Association of America ended the 1948-49 season with a record of 25 wins and 35 losses, finishing fifth in the BAA's Eastern Division.

The Celtics scored 4,593 points and conceded 4,768. Bulbs Ehlers tossed in a team-best 514 points for Boston, and Jim Seminoff dished out 229 assists for the squad.

Alvin Julian coached the team.

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Regular Season Points For: 4593
Regular Season Points Against: 4768

Date Game Res Home Road Record
November 4, 1948 Boston Celtics 73 at Philadelphia Warriors 94 L 0-0 0-1 0-1
November 7, 1948 Philadelphia Warriors 77 at Boston Celtics 85 W 1-0 0-1 1-1
November 9, 1948 Minneapolis Lakers 55 at Boston Celtics 77 W 2-0 0-1 2-1
November 12, 1948 Fort Wayne Pistons 75 at Boston Celtics 84 W 3-0 0-1 3-1
November 13, 1948 Boston Celtics 63 at Rochester Royals 95 L 3-0 0-2 3-2
November 16, 1948 Boston Celtics 74 at St. Louis Bombers 79 L 3-0 0-3 3-3 OT
November 17, 1948 Boston Celtics 74 at Minneapolis Lakers 72 W 3-0 1-3 4-3
November 19, 1948 Indianapolis Jets 70 at Boston Celtics 75 W 4-0 1-3 5-3
November 20, 1948 Boston Celtics 75 at Washington Capitols 90 L 4-0 1-4 5-4
November 23, 1948 Washington Capitols 71 at Boston Celtics 68 L 4-1 1-4 5-5
November 25, 1948 Boston Celtics 66 at Indianapolis Jets 81 L 4-1 1-5 5-6
November 28, 1948 Boston Celtics 74 at Fort Wayne Pistons 80 L 4-1 1-6 5-7
November 30, 1948 Minneapolis Lakers 94 at Boston Celtics 84 L 4-2 1-6 5-8 at Chicago, IL
December 2, 1948 Boston Celtics 88 at Philadelphia Warriors 87 W 4-2 2-6 6-8
December 4, 1948 Boston Celtics 70 at Providence Steamrollers 63 W 4-2 3-6 7-8
December 6, 1948 Rochester Royals 87 at Boston Celtics 79 L 4-3 3-6 7-9
December 13, 1948 St. Louis Bombers 79 at Boston Celtics 83 W 5-3 3-6 8-9 OT
December 17, 1948 Baltimore Bullets 74 at Boston Celtics 63 L 5-4 3-6 8-10
December 18, 1948 Boston Celtics 60 at Washington Capitols 69 L 5-4 3-7 8-11
December 19, 1948 New York Knicks 75 at Boston Celtics 77 W 6-4 3-7 9-11
December 25, 1948 Boston Celtics 77 at Philadelphia Warriors 80 L 6-4 3-8 9-12
December 26, 1948 Boston Celtics 73 at Chicago Stags 84 L 6-4 3-9 9-13
December 28, 1948 Chicago Stags 76 at Boston Celtics 74 L 6-5 3-9 9-14
December 31, 1948 Providence Steamrollers 67 at Boston Celtics 69 W 7-5 3-9 10-14
January 1, 1949 Boston Celtics 67 at Baltimore Bullets 72 L 7-5 3-10 10-15
January 2, 1949 Boston Celtics 90 at Fort Wayne Pistons 69 W 7-5 4-10 11-15
January 4, 1949 Baltimore Bullets 69 at Boston Celtics 75 W 8-5 4-10 12-15
January 7, 1949 New York Knicks 69 at Boston Celtics 67 L 8-6 4-10 12-16
January 8, 1949 Boston Celtics 69 at Providence Steamrollers 87 L 8-6 4-11 12-17
January 10, 1949 Washington Capitols 94 at Boston Celtics 83 L 8-7 4-11 12-18
January 12, 1949 Boston Celtics 64 at New York Knicks 81 L 8-7 4-12 12-19
January 14, 1949 Philadelphia Warriors 104 at Boston Celtics 79 L 8-8 4-12 12-20
January 15, 1949 Chicago Stags 94 at Boston Celtics 86 L 8-9 4-12 12-21 at Philadelphia, PA
January 18, 1949 St. Louis Bombers 89 at Boston Celtics 83 L 8-10 4-12 12-22
January 21, 1949 Chicago Stags 86 at Boston Celtics 76 L 8-11 4-12 12-23
January 22, 1949 Boston Celtics 64 at Washington Capitols 95 L 8-11 4-13 12-24
January 25, 1949 Providence Steamrollers 69 at Boston Celtics 54 L 8-12 4-13 12-25
January 28, 1949 Washington Capitols 90 at Boston Celtics 91 W 9-12 4-13 13-25
January 29, 1949 Boston Celtics 85 at Providence Steamrollers 91 L 9-12 4-14 13-26 OT
February 1, 1949 Rochester Royals 76 at Boston Celtics 68 L 9-13 4-14 13-27
February 3, 1949 Boston Celtics 76 at Baltimore Bullets 84 L 9-13 4-15 13-28
February 4, 1949 Indianapolis Jets 64 at Boston Celtics 75 W 10-13 4-15 14-28
February 7, 1949 Baltimore Bullets 83 at Boston Celtics 95 W 11-13 4-15 15-28
February 11, 1949 Providence Steamrollers 77 at Boston Celtics 94 W 12-13 4-15 16-28
February 18, 1949 Minneapolis Lakers 85 at Boston Celtics 71 L 12-14 4-15 16-29
February 19, 1949 Boston Celtics 87 at New York Knicks 77 W 12-14 5-15 17-29
February 22, 1949 Boston Celtics 68 at Indianapolis Jets 74 L 12-14 5-16 17-30
February 23, 1949 Boston Celtics 83 at St. Louis Bombers 77 W 12-14 6-16 18-30
February 25, 1949 St. Louis Bombers 83 at Boston Celtics 102 W 13-14 6-16 19-30
February 26, 1949 Boston Celtics 59 at Rochester Royals 64 L 13-14 6-17 19-31
March 4, 1949 Fort Wayne Pistons 70 at Boston Celtics 76 W 14-14 6-17 20-31
March 5, 1949 Boston Celtics 61 at New York Knicks 66 L 14-14 6-18 20-32
March 7, 1949 Boston Celtics 107 at Indianapolis Jets 86 W 14-14 7-18 21-32
March 8, 1949 Boston Celtics 63 at Fort Wayne Pistons 60 W 14-14 8-18 22-32 at Chicago, IL
March 9, 1949 Boston Celtics 67 at Minneapolis Lakers 74 L 14-14 8-19 22-33
March 11, 1949 Philadelphia Warriors 100 at Boston Celtics 108 W 15-14 8-19 23-33
March 12, 1949 Boston Celtics 77 at Baltimore Bullets 89 L 15-14 8-20 23-34
March 15, 1949 Rochester Royals 83 at Boston Celtics 86 W 16-14 8-20 24-34
March 16, 1949 Chicago Stags 107 at Boston Celtics 82 L 16-15 8-20 24-35 at New York, NY
March 18, 1949 New York Knicks 56 at Boston Celtics 70 W 17-15 8-20 25-35


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