PACIFIC COAST BASKETBALL LEAGUE: 1947-1948

Standings
First-Half Second-Half
Seattle 22 10 .688           … Bellingham 14 7 .667           …
Bellingham 21 10 .677 0.5 Vancouver 13 7 .650 0.5
Tacoma 16 13 .552 4.5 Seattle 8 10 .444 4.5
Vancouver 16 15 .516 5.5 Portland 9 14 .391 6
Astoria (1) 11 19 .367 10 Tacoma 5 11 .313 6.5
Portland 7 26 .212 15.5

Note: (1) Withdrew from league at completion of first-half of season.

 

Playoffs
Round-Robin
Seattle (1-0) 80 at Vancouver (0-1) 73
Seattle (1-1) 59 at Portland (1-0) 73
Bellingham (0-1) 68 at Vancouver (1-1) 90
Vancouver (1-2) 72 at Portland (2-0) 84
Bellingham (0-2) 75 at Seattle (2-1) 83
Seattle (2-2) 84 at Bellingham (1-2) 98
Bellingham (1-3) 70 at Portland (3-0) 92
Vancouver (2-2) 79 at Belluingham (1-4) 76
Portland (3-1) 61 at Vancouver (3-2) 76
Portland (4-1) 75 at Bellingham (1-5) 71
Vancouver (3-3) 52 at Seattle(3-2) 64
Portland(4-2) 65 at Seattle (4-2) 89

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One-game Playoff For Round-Robin Championship
Seattle 76 at Portland 79
Best-of three-game Series first-half 1st place (Seattle)  vs second-half 1st place team (Bellingham)
Seattle 77 at Bellingham 79

Seattle protested use of Norm Baker by Bellingham. League upheld protest. Bellingham forfeited remainder of games.

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Best-of Five-game Series between regular season champion  (Seattle)  vs Round-Robin champion  (Portland)
Portland (1-0) 70 at Seattle (0-1) 67
Portland  (2-0) 73 at Seattle (0-2) 72
Seattle (1-2) 80 at Portland (2-1) 74
Seattle 80 at Portland 81
Fourth game declared “No Contest” by league because of dispute over timer at end of game.
Seattle (1-3) 74 at Portland (3-1) 76

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Leading Scorers (By Average – Minimum  20 games)
NAME TEAM GA FG FT PTS AVG.
Norm Baker Vancouver 51 1060 20.8
Gale Bishop Bellingham 35 709 20.3
Nobel Jorgenson Portland 50 855 17.1
Al Brightman Seattle 48 772 16.1
Al Maul Bellingham 51 730 14.3
Ken Hays Astoria-Bellingham 50 688 13.8
Boody Gilbertson Seattle 49 518 10.6
Erland Anderson Astoria-Portland 44 456 10.4
Bob Graff Tacoma 44 449 10.2
John Katica Tacoma 44 447 10.2
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