• The 1949 BAA playoffs was the postseason tournament following the Basketball Association of America 1948–49 season, its third and last. Later that year...
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  • Select "Finals" from League Playoffs for the daily schedule of the final series, and so on. "1948–49 BAA Season Summary".   "1949–50 NBA Season Summary"....
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  • The 1949 BAA Finals was the championship round following the Basketball Association of America (BAA)'s 1948–49 season, its third and last. Later that...
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  • The 1949–50 NBA season was the inaugural season of the National Basketball Association, which was created in 1949 by merger of the 3-year-old BAA and...
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  • The 1948–49 BAA season was the third and final season of the Basketball Association of America. The 1949 BAA Playoffs ended with the Minneapolis Lakers...
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  • postseason tournament (the 1947 BAA Playoffs) at its conclusion, ended with the Philadelphia Warriors becoming the first BAA Champion, beating the Chicago...
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  • The 1948 BAA playoffs was the postseason tournament following the Basketball Association of America 1947–48 season. Following its third, 1948–49 season...
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  • The 1949 BAA draft was the third annual draft of the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which later became the National Basketball Association (NBA)...
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    Basketball Association of America (BAA). The NBA adopted its current name at the start of the 1949–50 season when the BAA merged with the National Basketball...
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    2015-03-03. "1947–48 BAA Season Summary". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-03-03. 1950 Playoff Results at NBA.com 1950 NBA Playoffs at Basketball-Reference...
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  • inaugural BAA championship in 1947, followed by the Baltimore Bullets and the Minneapolis Lakers in 1948 and 1949, respectively. Six teams from the BAA remain...
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  • one BAA and one NBA season, the team had won 75% of its games before losing in the second round, then first round, of the 1949 and 1950 playoffs. The...
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  • from 1946 to 1949 by NBA Hall of Famer Red Auerbach. The team was founded in 1946 as a charter BAA team; it became a charter NBA team in 1949. It folded...
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    club qualified for the playoffs in the league's first three seasons before the BAA merged with the National Basketball League in 1949 to form the NBA. Following...
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  • best-of-seven series to determine one league championship finalist. ‡ The 1949 BAA Playoffs matched Eastern teams exclusively, and Western teams exclusively,...
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  • America (BAA) seasons as part of its own history, and thus presents the 1950 Finals as its fourth championship series. Minneapolis had won the 1949 BAA Finals...
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  • from the 1948 BAA playoffs. Games played totals against Fort Wayne (Detroit Pistons) include a tiebreaker game from the 1950 NBA playoffs. As these games...
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  • own, sometimes without comment.  The NBA was actually created by 1949 merger of the BAA and its older competitor, the National Basketball League. There...
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  • Select "Finals" from League Playoffs for the daily schedule of the final series, and so on. 1948 Finals at NBA.com 1948 BAA Playoffs at Basketball-Reference...
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    Association of America (BAA). Following the BAA's merger with the National Basketball League (NBL), the BAA rebranded as the NBA. The 1949–50 NBA season marked...
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  • NBA Finals (redirect from BAA Finals)
    series was initially known as the BAA Finals prior to the 1949–50 season when the Basketball Association of America (BAA) merged with the National Basketball...
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    In the 1947–48 BAA season, at 21 years of age, he led the BAA in scoring, and in the 1949–50 NBA season, he led the league in free throw percentage (...
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  • Basketball Association of America (BAA). It changed its name to the National Basketball Association on August 3, 1949, after merging with the competing...
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  • The 1947 BAA draft was the 1st draft of the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which later became the National Basketball Association (NBA). The...
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  • champions. From 1946 through 1949, when the league was known as the Basketball Association of America (BAA), the playoffs were a three-stage tournament...
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  • Basketball Association team based in Chicago from 1946 to 1950. In the BAA's inaugural year, the Chicago Stags were placed in the Western Division, and...
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    joined the Basketball Association of America (BAA) in 1948. The NBL and BAA merged to become the NBA in 1949, and the Pistons became part of the merged league...
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  • 1948–49 Minneapolis Lakers season (category 1948–49 BAA season)
    The 1948–49 BAA season was the Lakers' first season in the Basketball Association of America (BAA) (which later became the National Basketball Association...
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  • of America (1947–1949), and (following the BAA's merger with the National Basketball League) the National Basketball Association (1949–1954). On November...
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  • The 1948 BAA draft was the second annual draft of the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which later became the National Basketball Association...
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