Sport Basketball Eastern runners-up St. Louis Bombers Start date 1947 Number of teams 8 People also search for 1948-49 BAA season | Champion Balti Bullets Number of games 48 Finals champion Balti Bullets | |
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The 1947–48 BAA season was the second season of the Basketball Association of America. (Following its third, 1948–49 season, the BAA and National Basketball League merged to create the National Basketball Association or NBA.) The postseason tournament at its conclusion, the 1948 BAA Playoffs, ended with the Baltimore Bullets winning the BAA Championship, beating the Philadelphia Warriors 4 games to 2 in the BAA Finals.
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The NBA recognizes the three BAA seasons as part of its own history, sometimes without comment, so BAA 1947–48 is sometimes considered the second NBA season.
Preseason events
Cleveland, Detroit, Pittsburgh and Toronto folded before the season started, leaving the BAA with only seven teams. The Baltimore Bullets were brought into the league from the American Basketball League to provide a more convenient number, eight.
Statistics leaders
Note: Prior to the 1969–70 season, league leaders in points and assists were determined by totals rather than averages.