1948–49 BAA season

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BAA season basketball league season

The 1948–49 BAA season was the final campaign of the Basketball Association of America before it merged with the National Basketball League to form the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Aliases (2)

1948 BAA Eastern Division ×1
1948 BAA championship ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	BAA season → basketball league season →
champion	Minneapolis Lakers →
country	United States →
endTime	1949 →
expansionFromPreviousSeason	yes →
finalsChampion	Minneapolis Lakers →
finalSeasonOf	Basketball Association of America →
finalsFormat	best-of-seven series →
finalsLosingTeam	Washington Capitols →
finalsName	1949 BAA Finals →
finalsRunnerUp	Washington Capitols →
finalsSeriesResult	4–2 →
finalsWinningTeam	Minneapolis Lakers →
followedBy	1949–50 NBA season →
governingBody	Basketball Association of America →
hadDivision	Eastern Division → Western Division →
leagueMergerAfterSeasonWith	National Basketball League →
mostValuablePlayer	George Mikan →
newTeam	Baltimore Bullets → Boston Celtics → Chicago Stags → Fort Wayne Pistons → Indianapolis Jets → Minneapolis Lakers → New York Knicks → Philadelphia Warriors → Providence Steamrollers → Rochester Royals → St. Louis Bombers → Washington Capitols →
notablePlayer	Bones McKinney → George Mikan → Jim Pollard →
numberOfGamesPerTeam	60 →
numberOfTeams	12 →
partOf	history of the National Basketball Association →
playoffFormat	multi-round elimination tournament →
precededBy	1947–48 BAA season →
resultedInFormationOf	National Basketball Association →
runnerUp	Washington Capitols →
sport	basketball →
sportsLeague	Basketball Association of America →
startTime	1948 →
topScorer	George Mikan →
topScorerTeam	Minneapolis Lakers →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Basketball Association of America → Basketball Association of America →	lastSeason
St. Louis Bombers → Washington Capitols →	madePlayoffs
Philadelphia Warriors ("1948 BAA Eastern Division") →	divisionTitle
Baltimore Bullets (1944–1954) ("1948 BAA championship") →	wonChampionship