1948-49 Rochester Royals Statistics

Basketball Association of America (BAA)
Team Record: 45-15
Finishing 1st in the BAA's Western Division
Postseason: 2-2 Lost division finals
Division Semifinals - Defeated St. Louis Bombers 2-0
Division Finals - Lost to Minneapolis Lakers 2-0
Coach: Les Harrison (45-15)
Location: Rochester, New York
Attendance: 121,499, Avg. 4,190 in 29 home dates

1948-49 Rochester Royals Roster
1948-49 Rochester Royals Results

The Rochester Royals of the Basketball Association of America ended the 1948-49 season with a record of 45 wins and 15 losses, finishing first in the BAA's Western Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-2.

Rochester paced the league with 5,042 points. The team surrendered 4,644 points. Arnie Risen tossed in a team-leading 995 points for the Royals, and Bob Davies scored 13 or more per game, too. Bob Davies dished out 321 assists for the squad.

Les Harrison coached the team. The 1948-49 Rochester Royals lost in the division finals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Ast	PF	Pts
Arnie Risen	C-F	60	816	345			462	305	100	216	995
Bob Davies	G-F	60	871	317			348	270	321	197	904
Bobby Wanzer	G	60	533	202			254	209	186	132	613
Red Holzman	G	60	691	225			157	96	149	93	546
Arnie Johnson	F-C	60	375	156			284	199	80	247	511
Andy Duncan	F-C	55	391	162			135	83	51	179	407
Bill Calhoun	F-G	56	408	146			131	75	125	97	367
Mike Novak	C-F	60	363	124			124	72	112	188	320
Fran Curran	G	57	168	61			126	85	78	118	207
Andrew Levane	F-G	36	193	55			21	13	39	37	123
Lionel Malamed	G	9	31	12			8	6	6	9	30
Bob Fitzgerald	F-C	18	29	6			10	7	12	26	19
Totals		591	4869	1811	0	0	2060	1420	1259	1539	5042

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Ast	PF	Pts
Arnie Risen	C-F	60	42.3	66.0	1.7	3.6	16.6
Bob Davies	G-F	60	36.4	77.6	5.4	3.3	15.1
Bobby Wanzer	G	60	37.9	82.3	3.1	2.2	10.2
Red Holzman	G	60	32.6	61.1	2.5	1.6	9.1
Arnie Johnson	F-C	60	41.6	70.1	1.3	4.1	8.5
Andy Duncan	F-C	55	41.4	61.5	0.9	3.3	7.4
Bill Calhoun	F-G	56	35.8	57.3	2.2	1.7	6.6
Mike Novak	C-F	60	34.2	58.1	1.9	3.1	5.3
Fran Curran	G	57	36.3	67.5	1.4	2.1	3.6
Andrew Levane	F-G	36	28.5	61.9	1.1	1.0	3.4
Lionel Malamed	G	9	38.7	75.0	0.7	1.0	3.3
Bob Fitzgerald	F-C	18	20.7	70.0	0.7	1.4	1.1
Averages		591	37.2	68.9	2.1	2.6	8.5

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Ast	PF	Pts
Arnie Risen	C-F	4	53	22			33	22	10	16	66
Bob Davies	G-F	4	51	19			13	10	13	12	48
Red Holzman	G	4	40	18			6	5	13	3	41
Bill Calhoun	F-G	4	30	13			18	13	14	6	39
Arnie Johnson	F-C	4	41	11			22	16	7	16	38
Bobby Wanzer	G	4	41	13			17	12	9	9	38
Mike Novak	C-F	4	22	6			1	1	10	13	13
Andy Duncan	F-C	4	13	3			1	0	2	5	6
Fran Curran	G	4	5	1			2	2	3	3	4
Bob Fitzgerald	F-C	1	1	0			0	0	0	1	0
Totals		37	297	106	0	0	113	81	81	84	293

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	FG%	FT%	Ast	PF	Pts
Arnie Risen	C-F	4	41.5	66.7	2.5	4.0	16.5
Bob Davies	G-F	4	37.3	76.9	3.3	3.0	12.0
Red Holzman	G	4	45.0	83.3	3.3	0.8	10.3
Bill Calhoun	F-G	4	43.3	72.2	3.5	1.5	9.8
Arnie Johnson	F-C	4	26.8	72.7	1.8	4.0	9.5
Bobby Wanzer	G	4	31.7	70.6	2.3	2.3	9.5
Mike Novak	C-F	4	27.3	100.0	2.5	3.3	3.3
Andy Duncan	F-C	4	23.1	0.0	0.5	1.3	1.5
Fran Curran	G	4	20.0	100.0	0.8	0.8	1.0
Bob Fitzgerald	F-C	1	0.0		0.0	1.0	0.0
Averages		591	35.7	71.7	2.2	2.3	7.9