BAA 1948-49Regular season

Final

Boston Celtics90–69Fort Wayne Pistons

Boston Celtics at Fort Wayne Pistons

Date: Sunday 2 January 1949
Arena: Not recorded
Season: BAA 1948-49Regular season
Meeting: 3rd meetingof 446 played

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	FG	FT	AST	PF	PTS
Tom Kelly	9–17	8–8	2	5	26
Bob Doll	6–12	3–3	2	6	15
Bulbs Ehlers	4–10	5–6	5	2	13
Johnny Bach	5–10	1–1	2	2	11
Chick Halbert	2–5	3–3	4	1	7
Jim Seminoff	2–8	2–4	3	4	6
Art Spector	1–5	3–5	2	0	5
Stan Noszka	2–3	1–2	1	1	5
Gene Stump	1–4	0–0	0	0	2
Bill Roberts	0–0	0–1	0	1	0
Mel Riebe	0–4	0–1	3	2	0
Team totals	32–78	26–34	24	24	90

Fort Wayne Pistons

Fort Wayne Pistons box score
Player	FG	FT	AST	PF	PTS
Bob Tough	5–14	7–8	2	2	17
Dick Triptow	3–6	5–5	3	2	11
Bob Kinney	4–13	2–4	1	3	10
Jack Smiley	3–15	3–5	3	4	9
John Mahnken	2–11	2–3	2	6	6
Leo Klier	1–12	4–5	1	3	6
Curly Armstrong	1–7	2–2	1	2	4
Richie Niemiera	1–3	2–4	2	3	4
Ward Williams	1–5	0–0	2	6	2
Leo Mogus	0–1	0–0	0	0	0
Team totals	21–87	27–36	17	31	69

This season

Detroit Pistons 1, Boston Celtics 4 in BAA 1948-49.

12 Nov 1948Fort Wayne Pistons 75–84 Boston Celtics
28 Nov 1948Boston Celtics 74–80 Fort Wayne Pistons
2 Jan 194990–69 this game
4 Mar 1949Fort Wayne Pistons 70–76 Boston Celtics
8 Mar 1949Fort Wayne Pistons 60–63 Boston Celtics

Records going in

Boston Celtics: 10–15
Fort Wayne Pistons: 9–18

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 165, Boston Celtics 281.

28 Nov 1948Boston Celtics 74–80 Fort Wayne Pistons
4 Mar 1949Fort Wayne Pistons 70–76 Boston Celtics

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.