1947 BAA playoffs

Basketball play-off tournament August 2023 BAA playoffs 1947 1946–47 April 2 – April 22, 1947 6 Philadelphia Warriors 1 Chicago Stags New York Knicks Washington Capitols 1948 The 1947 BAA playoffs was the postseason tournament that followed the inaugural Basketball Association of America 1946–47 season. After its 1948–49 season, the BAA merged with the older National Basketball League to create the National Basketball Association or NBA. The tournament concluded with the Philadelphia Warriors defeating the Chicago Stags, 4 games to 1, in the BAA Finals. The six qualified teams all began tournament play on Wednesday, April 2, and the Finals concluded on Tuesday, April 22. Philadelphia and Chicago played 10 and 11 games in the span of 21 days but their final series was compact, five games in seven days. Greater details on the first ever playoffs held in BAA/NBA history would be explored in Charley Rosen's book called "The First Tip-Off: The Incredible Story of the Birth of the NBA", with an entire chapter dedicated to the intricate details (including why the playoff formatting was the way it was during this season) and behind the scenes business (alongside later interviews with players and personnel that were involved with the playoff teams that season) that occurred both before and during the 1947 BAA playoffs.Rosen Charley The First Tip-Off: The Incredible Story of the Birth of the NBA 2008 McGraw Hill 9780071487856, pp. 211–223 For the inaugural BAA/NBA playoffs, the BAA would see not one, but two major competitive professional basketball tournaments taking place at around the exact same time as the 1947 BAA playoffs. The first event was the 1947 NBL playoffs, which took place from March 18–April 9, 1947, and involved a rivaling team from Chicago in the Chicago American Gears that eventually were crowned champions of the NBL for the 1946–47 season's playoffs over the Rochester Royals. The second event was the 1947 World Professional Basketball Tournament, which was held in Chicago (home of the Stags) from April 7–11, 1947, and involved 14 teams from the rivaling National Basketball League alongside independently ran teams, the future Baltimore Bullets BAA/NBA team from the rivaling American Basketball League, and the Portland Indians from the short-lived Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League; that tournament would end with the NBL's Indianapolis Kautskys defeating the NBL's Toledo Jeeps in the championship round. Despite the Stags seeing worthwhile success throughout this season, they would end up debating on whether to fold operations following this season's conclusion due in part to the staggering competition they had to deal with late in the season for financial purposes.Basketball Association of America League Minutes 1946-49 https://www.apbr.org/baaminutes.html www.apbr.org Playoffs There were no byes. Western and Eastern champions Chicago and Washington immediately played a long semifinal series with Washington having home-court advantage. Chicago won the sixth game in Washington one day before Philadelphia concluded its two short series with other runners-up. In the 1947 BAA Finals, the Philadelphia Warriors defeated the Chicago Stags 4–1. Bracket 2 First Round BAA Semifinals BAA Finals E3 New York 2 W3 Cleveland 1 W2 St. Louis 1 E2 Philadelphia 2 E3 New York 0 E2 Philadelphia 2 W1 Chicago* 4 E1 Washington* 2 E2 Philadelphia 4 W1 Chicago* 1* Division winner Bold Series winner First round (E2) Philadelphia Warriors vs. (W2) St. Louis Bombers #eee April 2 Boxscore St. Louis Bombers 68 Philadelphia Warriors 73 20–19 15–24 13–19 20–11 Munroe, Logan 16 each Angelo Musi 19 Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 8,273 Philadelphia leads series, 1–0 April 5 Boxscore Philadelphia Warriors 51 St. Louis Bombers 73 12–19 15–19 13–17 11–18 Angelo Musi 12 Belus Smawley 17 St. Louis Arena, St. Louis, Missouri Series tied, 1–1 #eee April 6 Boxscore Philadelphia Warriors 75 St. Louis Bombers 59 20–14 16–19 23–10 16–16 Joe Fulks 24 Belus Smawley 21 St. Louis Arena, St. Louis, Missouri Philadelphia wins series, 2–1 This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. (E3) New York Knicks vs. (W3) Cleveland Rebels #eee April 2 Boxscore New York Knicks 51 Cleveland Rebels 77 7–22 17–17 9–15 18–23 Lee Knorek 10 Ed Sadowski 24 Cleveland Arena, Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland leads series, 1–0 April 5 Boxscore Cleveland Rebels 74 New York Knicks 86 15–23 28–18 13–24 18–21 Ed Sadowski 26 Stan Stutz 30 Madison Square Garden III, Manhattan, New York 10,321 Series tied, 1–1 #eee April 9 Boxscore Cleveland Rebels 71 New York Knicks 93 35–45 36–48 Ed Sadowski 21 Bud Palmer 26 Madison Square Garden III, Manhattan, New York 5,124 New York wins series, 2–1 This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. BAA Semifinals (E1) Washington Capitols vs. (W1) Chicago Stags #eee April 2 Boxscore Chicago Stags 81 Washington Capitols 65 15–17 20–16 26–13 20–19 Tony Jaros 29 Scolari, Feerick 13 each Uline Arena, Washington, D.C. Pat Kennedy, Nate Messenger Chicago leads series, 1–0 April 3 Boxscore Chicago Stags 69 Washington Capitols 53 19–10 17–18 14–15 19–10 Max Zaslofsky 15 Bob Feerick 19 Uline Arena, Washington, D.C. Pat Kennedy, Nate Messenger Chicago leads series, 2–0 #eee April 8 Boxscore Washington Capitols 55 Chicago Stags 67 12–19 19–13 14–24 10–11 Bob Feerick 16 Don Carlson 22 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois Pat Kennedy, Nate Messenger Chicago leads series, 3–0 April 10 Boxscore Chicago Stags 69 Washington Capitols 76 8–13 16–16 19–23 26–24 Zaslofsky, Carlson 21 each John Mahnken 18 Uline Arena, Washington, D.C. Pat Kennedy, Nate Messenger Chicago leads series, 3–1 #eee April 12 Boxscore Washington Capitols 67 Chicago Stags 55 11–12 16–16 17–14 23–13 Bob Feerick 18 Max Zaslofsky 20 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois Chicago leads series, 3–2 April 13 Boxscore Washington Capitols 61 Chicago Stags 66 10–20 19–10 19–22 13–14 Fred Scolari 25 Chick Halbert 25 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois Pat Kennedy, Nate Messenger Chicago wins series, 4–2 This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. (E2) Philadelphia Warriors vs. (E3) New York Knicks #eee April 12 Boxscore New York Knicks 70 Philadelphia Warriors 82 22–25 20–23 15–14 13–20 Lee Knorek 20 Joe Fulks 24 Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania John Nucatola, Ed Boyle Philadelphia leads series, 1–0 This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/rivals.cgi?request=1&team_id=GSW&opp_id=NYK&is_playoffs=Y Team Rivalry Finder — Golden State Warriors versus New York Knicks (Playoffs) basketball-reference.com February 19, 2021 April 14 Boxscore Philadelphia Warriors 72 New York Knicks 53 20–6 19–13 12–14 22–20 Joe Fulks 16 Tommy Byrnes 11 Madison Square Garden III, Manhattan, New York John Nucatola, Ed Boyle Philadelphia wins series, 2–0 BAA Finals: (E2) Philadelphia Warriors vs. (W1) Chicago Stags 1947 BAA Finals #eee April 16 Boxscore Chicago Stags 71 Philadelphia Warriors 84 12–20 12–10 22–22 25–32 Chick Halbert 19 Mickey Rottner 2 Joe Fulks 37 Howie Dallmar 4 Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 7,918 Philadelphia leads series, 1–0 April 17 Boxscore Chicago Stags 74 Philadelphia Warriors 85 17–14 21–27 21–22 15–22 Chet Carlisle 19 four players 1 each Howie Dallmar 18 Ralph Kaplowitz 2 Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 7,604 Philadelphia leads series, 2–0 #eee April 19 Boxscore Philadelphia Warriors 75 Chicago Stags 72 18–17 13–14 16–15 28–26 Joe Fulks 26 Zaslofsky, Carlson 15 each Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois 2,209 Pat Kennedy, Jim Beiersdorfer Philadelphia leads series, 3–0 April 20 Boxscore Philadelphia Warriors 73 Chicago Stags 74 17–19 17–23 18–23 21–9 George Senesky 24 Jerry Fleishman 4 Max Zaslofsky 20 three players 1 each Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois 1,934 Pat Kennedy, Jim Beiersdorfer Philadelphia leads series, 3–1 #eee April 22 Boxscore Chicago Stags 80 Philadelphia Warriors 83 13–27 25–13 30–23 12–20 Tony Jaros 21 Tony Jaros 3 Joe Fulks 34 Howie Dallmar 4 Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 8,221 Philadelphia wins series, 4–1 This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams. See also NBA records List of NBA postseason records References "1946–47 BAA Season Summary". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-02-28.   Select "Next Season" from the heading for 1947–48, and so on. Select "Finals" from League Playoffs for the daily schedule of the final series, and so on. External links 1947 Playoff Results at NBA.com 1947 BAA Playoffs at Basketball-Reference.com Playoffs Category:Basketball Association of America playoffs fi:BAA-kausi 1946–1947#Pudotuspelit