1947-48 Boston Celtics Statistics

Basketball Association of America (BAA)
Team Record: 20-28
Finishing 3rd in the BAA's Eastern Division
Postseason: 1-2 Lost first round
Quarterfinals - Lost to Chicago Stags 2-1
Coach: John Russell (20-28)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Attendance: 90,264, Avg. 3,761 in 24 home dates

1947-48 Boston Celtics Roster
1947-48 Boston Celtics Results

The Boston Celtics of the Basketball Association of America ended the 1947-48 season with a record of 20 wins and 28 losses, finishing third in the BAA's Eastern Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-2.

The Celtics scored 3,303 points, worst in the league and allowed 3,491. Ed Sadowski tossed in a team-best 910 points for Boston, while Ed Sadowski dished out 74 assists for the squad.

John Russell coached the team. The 1947-48 Boston Celtics lost in the first round.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Ast	PF	Pts
Ed Sadowski	C	47	953	308			422	294	74	182	910
Mel Riebe	G-F	48	653	202			137	85	41	137	489
Saul Mariaschin	G	43	463	125			117	83	60	121	333
Bulbs Ehlers	F-G	40	417	104			144	78	44	92	286
Jack Garfinkel	G	43	380	114			46	35	59	78	263
Connie Simmons	C-F	32	366	108			54	32	17	82	248
Art Spector	F	48	243	67			92	60	17	106	194
Gene Stump	F-G	43	247	59			38	24	18	66	142
Mike Bloom	F-C	14	169	46			57	37	14	37	129
Stan Noszka	G	22	97	27			35	24	4	52	78
George Munroe	G	21	91	27			26	17	3	20	71
Cecil Hankins	G	25	116	23			35	24	8	28	70
Jack Hewson	F-C	24	89	22			30	21	1	9	65
Chuck Connors	F-C	4	13	5			3	2	1	5	12
Charlie Hoefer	G	7	19	3			8	4	3	17	10
John Janisch	F-G	3	7	1			2	1	0	3	3
Totals		464	4323	1241	0	0	1246	821	364	1035	3303

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Ast	PF	Pts
Ed Sadowski	C	47	32.3	69.7	1.6	3.9	19.4
Mel Riebe	G-F	48	30.9	62.0	0.9	2.9	10.2
Saul Mariaschin	G	43	27.0	70.9	1.4	2.8	7.7
Bulbs Ehlers	F-G	40	24.9	54.2	1.1	2.3	7.2
Jack Garfinkel	G	43	30.0	76.1	1.4	1.8	6.1
Connie Simmons	C-F	32	29.5	59.3	0.5	2.6	7.8
Art Spector	F	48	27.6	65.2	0.4	2.2	4.0
Gene Stump	F-G	43	23.9	63.2	0.4	1.5	3.3
Mike Bloom	F-C	14	27.2	64.9	1.0	2.6	9.2
Stan Noszka	G	22	27.8	68.6	0.2	2.4	3.5
George Munroe	G	21	29.7	65.4	0.1	1.0	3.4
Cecil Hankins	G	25	19.8	68.6	0.3	1.1	2.8
Jack Hewson	F-C	24	24.7	70.0	0.0	0.4	2.7
Chuck Connors	F-C	4	38.5	66.7	0.3	1.3	3.0
Charlie Hoefer	G	7	15.8	50.0	0.4	2.4	1.4
John Janisch	F-G	3	14.3	50.0	0.0	1.0	1.0
Averages		464	28.7	65.9	0.8	2.2	7.1

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Ast	PF	Pts
Ed Sadowski	C	3	55	19			38	23	6	17	61
Mel Riebe	G-F	3	43	14			20	14	3	10	42
Mike Bloom	F-C	3	42	11			19	14	2	10	36
Saul Mariaschin	G	3	42	10			14	9	1	12	29
Stan Noszka	G	3	30	10			8	5	2	11	25
Jack Garfinkel	G	3	23	7			10	8	7	15	22
Art Spector	F	3	9	2			4	2	0	9	6
George Munroe	G	3	5	1			2	2	1	2	4
Gene Stump	F-G	3	3	1			0	0	0	2	2
Totals		27	252	75	0	0	115	77	22	88	227

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Ast	PF	Pts
Ed Sadowski	C	3	34.5	60.5	2.0	5.7	20.3
Mel Riebe	G-F	3	32.6	70.0	1.0	3.3	14.0
Mike Bloom	F-C	3	26.2	73.7	0.7	3.3	12.0
Saul Mariaschin	G	3	23.8	64.3	0.3	4.0	9.7
Stan Noszka	G	3	33.3	62.5	0.7	3.7	8.3
Jack Garfinkel	G	3	30.4	80.0	2.3	5.0	7.3
Art Spector	F	3	22.2	50.0	0.0	3.0	2.0
George Munroe	G	3	20.0	100.0	0.3	0.7	1.3
Gene Stump	F-G	3	33.3		0.0	0.7	0.7
Averages		464	29.8	67.0	0.8	3.3	8.4