1948–49 Rochester Royals season

1948–49 Rochester Royals season
1948–49 Rochester Royals season
Division champions
Head coach	Les Harrison
Owners	Jack Harrison ; Les Harrison
Arena	Edgerton Park Arena
Results
Record	45–15 (.750)
Place	Division: 1st (Western)
Playoff finish	West Division Finals; (eliminated 0–2)
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Radio	WHAM
< 1947–48	1949–50 >

The 1948–49 BAA season was the Royals' first season in the BAA (later known as the NBA).^[1]

Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	10	Bobby Wanzer	G	United States	Seton Hall
–	–	Alex Athas	–	United States	Tulane
–	–	Bill Gabor	G/F	United States	Syracuse
–	–	Ed Keim	–	United States	Niagara
–	–	Leo Kubiak	G/F	United States	Bowling Green
–	–	Johnny Macknowski	F	United States	Seton Hall
–	–	Lionel Melamed	–	United States	CCNY
–	–	Hank O'Keefe	–	United States	Canisius
–	–	Warren Stickel	–	United States	Syracuse
–	–	Paul Yesavi	–	United States	Niagara

1948–49 Rochester Royals roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Player	Height	Weight	DOB	From
SG	19	Bill Calhoun	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1927-11-04	CCSF
G	15	Fran Curran	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1925-09-19	Notre Dame
PG	11	Bob Davies	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1920-01-15	Seton Hall
F/C	10	Andy Duncan	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1922-04-17	William & Mary
F/C	10 – 12	Bob Fitzgerald	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1923-03-14	Seton Hall
PG	16	Red Holzman	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1920-08-10	CCNY
SF	17	Arnie Johnson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	236 lb (107 kg)	1920-05-16	Bemidji State
G/F	13	Andrew Levane	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1920-04-11	St. John's
G	12	Lionel Malamed	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	1924-11-15	CCNY
F/C	18	Mike Novak	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	219 lb (99 kg)	1915-04-23	Loyola Chicago
C	14	Arnie Risen	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1924-10-09	Ohio State
G	9	Bobby Wanzer	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1921-06-04	Seton Hall

Head coach

Les Harrison

Legend

1948–49 game log
Total: 45–15

November

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	Record
1	November 6	Indianapolis	W 69–58	Arnie Johnson (11)	1–0
2	November 10	@ Washington	L 66–73	Arnie Risen (17)	1–1
3	November 11	@ Philadelphia	W 83–75	Arnie Risen (21)	2–1
4	November 13	Boston	W 95–63	Red Holzman (16)	3–1
5	November 14	Minneapolis	W 92–75	Arnie Risen (19)	4–1
6	November 16	New York	W 75–63	Arnie Risen (13)	5–1
7	November 18	@ Providence	W 103–74	Red Holzman (18)	6–1
8	November 21	Washington	L 77–80	Davies, Risen (17)	6–2
9	November 23	Baltimore	W 108–90	Red Holzman (24)	7–2
10	November 27	Chicago	W 105–103 (2OT)	Arnie Risen (26)	8–2

December

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	Record
11	December 1	@ New York	W 73–72	Arnie Risen (28)	9–2
12	December 4	Philadelphia	W 105–101 (OT)	Arnie Risen (20)	10–2
13	December 6	@ Boston	W 87–79	Bob Davies (19)	11–2
14	December 7	Providence	L 89–90	Andy Duncan (20)	11–3
15	December 10	Minneapolis	L 75–96	Andy Duncan (15)	11–4
16	December 12	@ Minneapolis	L 58–67	Arnie Risen (12)	11–5
17	December 14	@ Chicago	W 85–78	Arnie Risen (26)	12–5
18	December 18	Fort Wayne	W 84–64	Bobby Wanzer (21)	13–5
19	December 19	@ Fort Wayne	W 83–78 (OT)	Red Holzman (17)	14–5
20	December 21	@ Indianapolis	W 84–71	Arnie Risen (25)	15–5
21	December 25	St. Louis	W 90–82	Arnie Risen (19)	16–5
22	December 26	@ Minneapolis	L 90–99	Andy Duncan (22)	16–6
23	December 29	@ New York	L 74–77	Arnie Risen (16)	16–7
24	December 30	@ Baltimore	L 89–100	Bobby Wanzer (22)	16–8

January

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	Record
25	January 1	St. Louis	W 106–83	Bobby Wanzer (18)	17–8
26	January 2	@ St. Louis	W 89–64	Novak, Risen (14)	18–8
27	January 6	@ Indianapolis	L 62–73	Arnie Risen (11)	18–9
28	January 8	Chicago	L 88–91	Arnie Risen (25)	18–10
29	January 9	@ Chicago	W 90–75	Bob Davies (26)	19–10
30	January 11	Philadelphia	W 83–71	Arnie Risen (21)	20–10
31	January 13	@ Baltimore	W 102–85	Bobby Wanzer (18)	21–10
32	January 15	Fort Wayne	W 73–62	Davies, Wanzer (14)	22–10
33	January 19	vs Indianapolis	W 70–66	Bob Davies (33)	23–10
34	January 20	@ St. Louis	W 84–74	Bob Davies (26)	24–10
35	January 22	New York	W 103–98 (2OT)	Bob Davies (22)	25–10
36	January 23	@ Fort Wayne	W 81–80 (OT)	Bob Davies (29)	26–10
37	January 29	Baltimore	W 90–86	Arnie Risen (22)	27–10

February

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	Record
38	February 1	@ Boston	W 76–68	Bobby Wanzer (21)	28–10
39	February 3	@ Providence	L 80–88	Arnie Risen (26)	28–11
40	February 5	Fort Wayne	W 80–61	Red Holzman (15)	29–11
41	February 6	@ Minneapolis	W 85–74	Arnie Risen (22)	30–11
42	February 8	Providence	W 97–65	Arnie Risen (20)	31–11
43	February 9	@ Washington	L 94–99 (2OT)	Bob Davies (29)	31–12
44	February 10	@ Baltimore	W 90–76	Arnie Risen (27)	32–12
45	February 12	Chicago	W 87–73	Davies, Risen (23)	33–12
46	February 15	Washington	W 91–79	Arnie Risen (17)	34–12
47	February 17	@ St. Louis	W 68–63	Bob Davies (19)	35–12
48	February 18	@ Indianapolis	W 65–53	Bob Davies (14)	36–12
49	February 19	Indianapolis	W 87–73	Arnie Risen (25)	37–12
50	February 22	Philadelphia	W 92–86	Arnie Risen (17)	38–12
51	February 26	Boston	W 64–59	Arnie Johnson (17)	39–12

March

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	Record
52	March 1	Washington	W 67–64	Arnie Johnson (14)	40–12
53	March 5	Providence	W 81–64	Bobby Wanzer (14)	41–12
54	March 6	@ Fort Wayne	W 78–66	Arnie Risen (29)	42–12
55	March 10	@ Philadelphia	W 73–71	Bob Davies (25)	43–12
56	March 12	St. Louis	W 104–74	Arnie Risen (21)	44–12
57	March 15	@ Boston Celtics	L 83–86	Arnie Risen (28)	44–13
58	March 16	@ New York	W 94–89	Bob Davies (29)	45–13
59	March 19	Minneapolis	L 85–99	Red Holzman (15)	45–14
60	March 20	@ Chicago	L 61–98	Fran Curran (15)	45–15

1949 playoff game log

Division Semifinals: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	Location	Series
1	March 22	St. Louis	W 93–64	Bob Davies (23)	Edgerton Park Arena	1–0
2	March 23	@ St. Louis	W 66–64	Bobby Wanzer (17)	St. Louis Arena	2–0

Division Finals: 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1)

Game	Date	Team	Score	High points	Location	Series
1	March 27	Minneapolis	L 79–80	Arnie Risen (17)	Edgerton Park Arena	0–1
2	March 29	@ Minneapolis	L 55–67	Arnie Risen (21)	St. Paul Auditorium	0–2