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1948-49 Minneapolis Lakers Schedule and Results

Record: 44-16, Finished 2nd in BAA Western Division

Coach: John Kundla (44-16)

PTS/G: 84.0 (1st of 12) Opp PTS/G: 76.7 (1st of 12)

SRS: 6.80 (1st of 12) Pace:

Off Rtg: Def Rtg: Net Rtg:

Expected W-L: 47-13 (1st of 12)

Arena: Minneapolis Auditorium

Regular Season Schedule

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Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Thu, Nov 4, 1948	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		84	72	1	0	W 1
2	Sat, Nov 6, 1948	Box Score	@	Washington Capitols	L		62	67	1	1	L 1
3	Tue, Nov 9, 1948	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		55	77	1	2	L 2	4,111
4	Thu, Nov 11, 1948	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		77	68	2	2	W 1
5	Sat, Nov 13, 1948	Box Score	@	Providence Steamrollers	W		90	67	3	2	W 2
6	Sun, Nov 14, 1948	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		75	92	3	3	L 1
7	Wed, Nov 17, 1948	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		72	74	3	4	L 2	4,612
8	Fri, Nov 19, 1948	Box Score	@	Chicago Stags	W		85	81	4	4	W 1
9	Sun, Nov 21, 1948	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		94	81	5	4	W 2
10	Tue, Nov 23, 1948	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Jets	W		88	82	6	4	W 3
11	Wed, Nov 24, 1948	Box Score		Providence Steamrollers	W		117	89	7	4	W 4
12	Sat, Nov 27, 1948	Box Score	@	St. Louis Bombers	W		87	71	8	4	W 5
13	Sun, Nov 28, 1948	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		88	67	9	4	W 6
14	Tue, Nov 30, 1948	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W		94	84	10	4	W 7	7,112		at Chicago, IL
15	Wed, Dec 1, 1948	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		74	84	10	5	L 1
16	Sat, Dec 4, 1948	Box Score	@	Chicago Stags	L	OT	100	104	10	6	L 2
17	Sun, Dec 5, 1948	Box Score		St. Louis Bombers	W		78	68	11	6	W 1
18	Wed, Dec 8, 1948	Box Score		Washington Capitols	L		83	94	11	7	L 1
19	Fri, Dec 10, 1948	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		96	75	12	7	W 1
20	Sun, Dec 12, 1948	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		67	58	13	7	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
21	Wed, Dec 15, 1948	Box Score		Indianapolis Jets	W		79	61	14	7	W 3
22	Sun, Dec 19, 1948	Box Score		Chicago Stags	W		94	84	15	7	W 4
23	Tue, Dec 21, 1948	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		64	72	15	8	L 1
24	Wed, Dec 22, 1948	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		79	97	15	9	L 2
25	Sun, Dec 26, 1948	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		99	90	16	9	W 1
26	Wed, Dec 29, 1948	Box Score		Washington Capitols	W		91	68	17	9	W 2
27	Sat, Jan 1, 1949	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		92	72	18	9	W 3
28	Wed, Jan 5, 1949	Box Score		St. Louis Bombers	W		101	76	19	9	W 4
29	Sat, Jan 8, 1949	Box Score	@	St. Louis Bombers	L		59	64	19	10	L 1
30	Sun, Jan 9, 1949	Box Score		St. Louis Bombers	W		74	58	20	10	W 1
31	Wed, Jan 12, 1949	Box Score		Providence Steamrollers	W		98	64	21	10	W 2
32	Sun, Jan 16, 1949	Box Score		Indianapolis Jets	W		75	66	22	10	W 3
33	Tue, Jan 18, 1949	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Jets	W		81	56	23	10	W 4
34	Thu, Jan 20, 1949	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		83	65	24	10	W 5
35	Sun, Jan 23, 1949	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		89	71	25	10	W 6
36	Wed, Jan 26, 1949	Box Score		Chicago Stags	W		84	49	26	10	W 7
37	Sun, Jan 30, 1949	Box Score		Washington Capitols	W		84	79	27	10	W 8
38	Wed, Feb 2, 1949	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W	OT	82	79	28	10	W 9
39	Thu, Feb 3, 1949	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		78	76	29	10	W 10
40	Sun, Feb 6, 1949	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L		74	85	29	11	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
41	Thu, Feb 10, 1949	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		95	75	30	11	W 1
42	Fri, Feb 11, 1949	Box Score	@	Chicago Stags	L		97	105	30	12	L 1
43	Sun, Feb 13, 1949	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		91	74	31	12	W 1
44	Wed, Feb 16, 1949	Box Score		Chicago Stags	W		90	71	32	12	W 2
45	Fri, Feb 18, 1949	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		85	71	33	12	W 3	7,045
46	Sat, Feb 19, 1949	Box Score	@	Providence Steamrollers	W		94	80	34	12	W 4
47	Tue, Feb 22, 1949	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		101	74	35	12	W 5
48	Thu, Feb 24, 1949	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		77	73	36	12	W 6
49	Sat, Feb 26, 1949	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W	2OT	115	114	37	12	W 7
50	Sun, Feb 27, 1949	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		50	74	37	13	L 1
51	Thu, Mar 3, 1949	Box Score	@	Indianapolis Jets	W		82	79	38	13	W 1
52	Sun, Mar 6, 1949	Box Score		Providence Steamrollers	W		68	59	39	13	W 2
53	Wed, Mar 9, 1949	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		74	67	40	13	W 3	6,843
54	Thu, Mar 10, 1949	Box Score	@	St. Louis Bombers	L		71	88	40	14	L 1
55	Sat, Mar 12, 1949	Box Score	N	Indianapolis Jets	W		97	69	41	14	W 1			at Chicago, IL
56	Sun, Mar 13, 1949	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		100	90	42	14	W 2
57	Wed, Mar 16, 1949	Box Score	@	Washington Capitols	L		72	85	42	15	L 1
58	Thu, Mar 17, 1949	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		67	101	42	16	L 2
59	Sat, Mar 19, 1949	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		99	85	43	16	W 1
60	Sun, Mar 20, 1949	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		91	78	44	16	W 2

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
1	Wed, Mar 23, 1949	Box Score		Chicago Stags	W	84	77	1	0	W 1
2	Thu, Mar 24, 1949	Box Score	@	Chicago Stags	W	101	85	2	0	W 2
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
3	Sun, Mar 27, 1949	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W	80	79	3	0	W 3
4	Tue, Mar 29, 1949	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W	67	55	4	0	W 4			at Saint Paul, MN
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Attend.	LOG	Notes
5	Mon, Apr 4, 1949	Box Score		Washington Capitols	W	88	84	5	0	W 5	8,210
6	Wed, Apr 6, 1949	Box Score		Washington Capitols	W	76	62	6	0	W 6	10,212
7	Fri, Apr 8, 1949	Box Score	@	Washington Capitols	W	94	74	7	0	W 7	4,919
8	Sat, Apr 9, 1949	Box Score	@	Washington Capitols	L	71	83	7	1	L 1	4,471
9	Mon, Apr 11, 1949	Box Score	@	Washington Capitols	L	65	74	7	2	L 2	3,840
10	Wed, Apr 13, 1949	Box Score		Washington Capitols	W	77	56	8	2	W 1	10,482		at Saint Paul, MN

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