1948-49 NBA season

  • Champion team: Minneapolis Lakers |
  • Season MVP: |
  • Scoring leader: George Mikan

1948-49 NBA season Finals, awards and best players

NBA Finals 1949

NBA Champion: Minneapolis Lakers

NBA Finals:  Minneapolis Lakers (W)  4  Washington Capitols (E)  2

Main players: George Mikan, Herm Schaefer, Jim Pollard (Minneapolis Lakers), Jack Nichols, Sonny Hertzberg, Bones McKinney (Washington Capitols).

Best players for the 1948-49 NBA season

All-NBA first team: Max Zaslofsky (Chicago Stags), Bob Davies (Rochester Royals), Joe Fulks (Philadelphia Warriors), Jim Pollard (Minneapolis Lakers), George Mikan (Minneapolis Lakers).

All-NBA second team: Ken Sailors (Providence Steamrollers), Johnny Logan (St. Louis Bombers), Bob Feerick (Washington Capitols), Bones McKinney (Washington Capitols), Arnie Risen (Rochester Royals).

SEASON STATS LEADERS

CategoryPlayerPos.TeamValue
PointsGeorge MikanCMinneapolis Lakers28.3
AssistsBob DaviesG/FRochester Royals5.4

PLAYERS WITH THE BEST STATS IN THE 1948-49 REGULAR SEASON

PLAYERGPMPFG(%)3P(%)FT(%)RBASSTTOBKPTS
George Mikan60--9.72/23.3841.6--/----8.87/11.4877.3--0.1------0.5
Bob Davies60--5.28/14.5236.4--/----4.50/5.8077.6--0.1------0.3
Johnny Logan57--4.95/14.3234.6--/----4.19/5.3079.1--0.1------0.2
Max Zaslofsky58--7.33/20.9735.0--/----5.98/7.1284.0--0.0------0.4
Ed Sadowski60--5.67/13.9840.6--/----4.00/5.8368.6--0.0------0.3
Arnie Risen60--5.75/13.6042.3--/----5.08/7.7066.0--0.0------0.3
Bob Feerick58--4.28/12.2135.1--/----4.41/5.1485.8--0.1------0.2
Ken Sailors57--5.42/15.8934.1--/----4.93/6.4476.6--0.1------0.3
Jake Pelkington54--3.57/8.6941.1--/----3.91/4.9479.1--0.0------0.2
Belus Smawley59--5.97/16.0337.2--/----3.56/4.7674.8--0.1------0.3
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