The 1948 BAA Finals was the championship round of the Basketball Association of America's 1947–48 season.
Meanwhile, the Eastern and Western Division champions, Philadelphia Warriors and St. Louis Bombers, played one long series to determine the other finalist, a best-of-seven series that Philadelphia won 4–3.
In the runners-up bracket, Baltimore and Chicago from the West had first eliminated New York and Boston from the East, then faced each other in a best-of-three series.
Division champions Philadelphia and St. Louis had played the seven games of their semifinal series in fifteen days, March 23 to April 6, with at least one day off before every game.
[citation needed] Bullets win series 4–2 20 Klotz | 21 Schulz | 23 Fuetsch | 26 Jeannette | 27 Reiser | 29 Hermsen | 31 Meinhold | 32 Hoffman | 33 Simmons | 35 Lewis | Coach Jeannette 4 Sailors | 5 Musi | 6 Fleishman | 7 Crossin | 7 O'Brien | 8 Senesky | 9 Kaplowitz | 10 Fulks | 12 Dallmar | 14 Brown | 15 Beenders | 18 Hillhouse | 19 Rocker | 20 Halbert | Coach Gottlieb