1946–47 New York Knicks season

The 1946–47 New York Knicks season was the first season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Knicks, the shortened form of Knickerbockers, named for Father Knickerbocker (a popular symbol of New York), are one of only two teams of the original National Basketball Association still located in its original city (the other being the Boston Celtics). The Knickerbockers first head coach was Neil Cohalan.

1946–47 New York Knicks season
Head coach	Neil Cohalan
General manager	Ned Irish
Owners	Ned Irish
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Results
Record	33–27 (.550)
Place	Division: 3rd (Eastern)
Playoff finish	BAA Semifinals (Lost to Warriors 0–2)
Local media
Television	WCBS-TV/WNBT
Radio	WHN
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Roster

New York Knicks roster

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Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From F 12 − 15 Brindley, Aud 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1923-12-31 Dartmouth G/F 14 Byrnes, Tommy 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1923-02-19 Seton Hall C 3 Cluggish, Bob 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1917-09-18 Kentucky F/C 10 Fitzgerald, Bob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1923-03-14 Seton Hall F 4 Frey, Frido 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1921-10-26 LIU Brooklyn G 9 Gottlieb, Leo 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1920-11-28 DeWitt Clinton HS (NY) G 8 Hertzberg, Sonny 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1922-07-29 CCNY C 5 − 19 Knorek, Lee 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1921-07-15 Detroit Mercy G 5 Mangiapane, Frank 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1925-08-05 NYU F/C 16 Palmer, Bud 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1921-07-14 Princeton G 6 Schectman, Ossie 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1919-03-30 LIU Brooklyn G/F 7 Stutz, Stan 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1920-04-14 Rhode Island G/F 11 − 17 Van Breda Kolff, Butch 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1922-10-28 NYU

Head coach Neil Cohalan Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended   Injured

Regular season

The Knicks' (and the BAA's) first game was played on November 1, 1946, against the Toronto Huskies as the New York Knickerbockers at Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens, where the Knickerbockers won 68–66.^[1]

Season standings

#	Eastern Division v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	x-Washington Capitols	49	11	.817	–
2	x-Philadelphia Warriors	35	25	.583	14
3	x-New York Knicks	33	27	.550	16
4	Providence Steamrollers	28	32	.467	21
5	Boston Celtics	22	38	.367	27
6	Toronto Huskies	22	38	.367	27

Record vs. opponents

1946-47 BAA Records
Team	BOS	CHI	CLE	DET	NYK	PHI	PIT	PRO	STL	TOR	WAS
Boston	—	0–6	2–4	3–3	4–2	1–5	5–1	1–5	1–5	4–2	1–5
Chicago	6–0	—	5–1	3–3	3–3	5–1	6–0	3–3	3–4	4–2	1–5
Cleveland	4–2	1–5	—	4–2	4–2	3–3	4–2	2–4	1–5	6–0	1–5
Detroit	3–3	3–3	2–4	—	1–5	2–4	3–3	2–4	0–6	3–3	1–5
New York	2–4	3–3	2-4	5–1	—	2–4	6–0	4–2	4–2	3–3	2–4
Philadelphia	5–1	1–5	3–3	4–2	4–2	—	5–1	4–2	3–3	5–1	1–5
Pittsburgh	1–5	0–6	2–4	3–3	0–6	1–5	—	3–3	1–5	3–3	1–5
Providence	5–1	3–3	4–2	4–2	2–4	2–4	3–3	—	2–4	3–3	0–6
St. Louis	5–1	4–3	5–1	6–0	2–4	3–3	5–1	4–2	—	2–4	2–4
Toronto	2–4	2–4	0–6	3–3	3–3	1–5	3–3	3–3	4–2	—	1–5
Washington	5–1	5–1	5–1	5–1	4–2	5–1	5–1	6–0	4–2	5–1	—

Game log

1946–47 Game Log
November Game Date Opponent Score Location High points Record 1 November 1 @ Toronto W 68–66 Maple Leaf Gardens Leo Gottlieb (14) 1–0 2 November 2 @ Chicago L 47–63 Chicago Stadium Leo Gottlieb (12) 1–1 3 November 7 @ St. Louis W 68–63 St. Louis Arena Hertzberg, Schectman (11) 2–1 4 November 11 Chicago L 68–78 (OT) Madison Square Garden Sonny Hertzberg (19) 2–2 5 November 16 Pittsburgh W 64–62 (OT) Madison Square Garden Kaplowitz, Schectman (14) 3–2 6 November 18 Detroit W 61–57 Madison Square Garden Sonny Hertzberg (14) 4–2 7 November 20 Chicago W 72–69 Madison Square Garden Sonny Hertzberg (19) 5–2 8 November 23 Cleveland W 82–76 (OT) Madison Square Garden Sonny Hertzberg (18) 6–2 9 November 25 @ Pittsburgh W 62–46 Duquesne Gardens Stan Stutz (15) 7–2 10 November 27 St. Louis W 67–60 Madison Square Garden Tommy Byrnes (17) 8–2 11 November 28 @ Providence W 60–58 Rhode Island Auditorium Tommy Byrnes (18) 9–2 12 November 30 Philadelphia W 64–60 (OT) Madison Square Garden Tommy Byrnes (17) 10–2
December Game Date Opponent Score Location High points Record 13 December 4 Detroit W 70–57 Madison Square Garden Ralph Kaplowitz (15) 11–2 14 December 5 @ Philadelphia L 51–62 Philadelphia Arena Ralph Kaplowitz (13) 11–3 15 December 7 @ Boston W 90–65 Boston Garden Stan Stutz (29) 12–3 16 December 8 Boston W 62–44 Madison Square Garden Stan Stutz (21) 13–3 17 December 11 Providence W 83–68 Madison Square Garden Sonny Hertzberg (16) 14–3 18 December 15 @ Cleveland L 52–70 Cleveland Arena Sonny Hertzberg (16) 14–4 19 December 18 Cleveland L 53–56 Madison Square Garden Leo Gottlieb (9) 14–5 20 December 20 @ Toronto L 70–74 Maple Leaf Gardens Sonny Hertzberg (22) 14–6 21 December 21 @ Providence L 61–63 Rhode Island Auditorium Stan Stutz (17) 14–7 22 December 28 @ Washington L 49–70 Uline Arena Sonny Hertzberg (12) 14–8
January Game Date Opponent Score Location High points Record 23 January 4 @ Detroit W 62–50 Detroit Olympia Leo Gottlieb (22) 15–8 24 January 5 @ St. Louis W 59–57 St. Louis Arena Leo Gottlieb (21) 16–8 25 January 8 Toronto L 63–76 Madison Square Garden Leo Gottlieb (16) 16–9 26 January 10 @ Boston L 62–66 Boston Garden Bob Cluggish (10) 16–10 27 January 13 @ Pittsburgh W 53–50 Duquesne Gardens Ossie Schectman (19) 17–10 28 January 15 Washington L 63–65 Madison Square Garden Ossie Schectman (19) 17–11 29 January 18 Boston L 45–58 Madison Square Garden Sonny Hertzberg (10) 17–12 30 January 19 @ Cleveland L 72–79 Cleveland Arena Tommy Byrnes (18) 17–13 31 January 22 Chicago W 74–64 Madison Square Garden Tommy Byrnes (22) 18–13 32 January 25 Boston L 46–52 Madison Square Garden Bud Palmer (12) 18–14 33 January 29 Pittsburgh W 64–60 Madison Square Garden Bud Palmer (13) 19–14 34 January 30 @ Philadelphia L 58–65 Philadelphia Arena Bud Palmer (16) 19–15
February Game Date Opponent Score Location High points Record 35 February 1 Philadelphia L 63–71 Madison Square Garden Palmer, Schectman (12) 19–16 36 February 2 @ Detroit L 63–65 Detroit Olympia Stan Stutz (22) 19–17 37 February 5 St. Louis L 46–71 Madison Square Garden Stan Stutz (8) 19–18 38 February 6 @ Boston L 48–49 Boston Garden Leo Gottlieb (8) 19–19 39 February 8 Toronto W 69–46 Madison Square Garden Bud Palmer (16) 20–19 40 February 12 Washington W 76–72 Madison Square Garden Lee Knorek (21) 21–19 41 February 15 Cleveland L 84–90 Madison Square Garden Ossie Schectman (18) 21–20 42 February 16 @ Detroit W 66–58 Detroit Olympia Palmer, Stutz (14) 22–20 43 February 19 Providence L 62–69 Madison Square Garden Ossie Schectman (16) 22–21 44 February 21 Pittsburgh W 77–49 Madison Square Garden Bud Palmer (15) 23–21 45 February 23 @ Chicago L 68–82 Chicago Stadium Ossie Schectman (18) 23–22 46 February 26 Washington L 60–84 Madison Square Garden Bud Palmer (13) 23–23 47 February 27 @ Providence W 73–65 Rhode Island Auditorium Stan Stutz (19) 24–23
March Game Date Opponent Score Location High points Record 48 March 1 Toronto W 63–48 Madison Square Garden Bud Palmer (15) 25–23 49 March 6 @ Philadelphia W 61–59 Philadelphia Arena Ossie Schectman (14) 26–23 50 March 8 Detroit W 64–61 Madison Square Garden Bud Palmer (11) 27–23 51 March 13 St. Louis W 78–74 (2OT) Madison Square Garden Knorek, Stutz (20) 28–23 52 March 15 @ Washington L 63–78 Uline Arena Leo Gottlieb (12) 28–24 53 March 16 @ Cleveland W 81–69 Cleveland Arena Sonny Hertzberg (21) 29–24 54 March 19 @ Chicago W 65–57 Chicago Stadium Sonny Hertzberg (16) 30–24 55 March 20 @ St. Louis L 49–51 St. Louis Arena Bud Palmer (11) 30–25 56 March 22 @ Washington W 68–63 Uline Arena Sonny Hertzberg (23) 31–25 57 March 24 @ Pittsburgh W 65–51 Duquesne Gardens Bud Palmer (20) 32–25 58 March 26 Providence W 91–84 (2OT) Madison Square Garden Tommy Byrnes (22) 33–25 59 March 28 @ Toronto L 61–71 Maple Leaf Gardens Tommy Byrnes (14) 33–26 60 March 30 @ Philadelphia L 72–76 Philadelphia Arena Lee Knorek (17) 33–27
1946–47 Schedule

Playoffs

1947 playoff game log
First Round: 2–1 (home: 2–0; road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Series 1 April 2 @ Cleveland L 51–77 Lee Knorek (10) Cleveland Arena 0–1 2 April 5 Cleveland W 86–74 Stan Stutz (30) Madison Square Garden III 10,321 1–1 3 April 9 Cleveland W 93–71 Bud Palmer (26) Madison Square Garden III 5,124 2–1
BAA Semifinals: 0–2 (home: 0–1; road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points Location Series 1 April 12 @ Philadelphia L 70–82 Lee Knorek (20) Philadelphia Arena 0–1 2 April 14 Philadelphia L 53–72 Tommy Byrnes (11) Madison Square Garden III 0–2
1947 schedule

Player statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG

Transactions

Main article: List of 1946–47 BAA season transactions

Trades

January 21, 1947

To New York Knicks Bob Fitzgerald^[2]

To Toronto Huskies Bob Mullens

Sales

Player	Date sold	New team
Jake Weber^[2]	December 2, 1946	Providence Steamrollers
Ralph Kaplowitz^[2]	January 16, 1947	Philadelphia Warriors
Hank Rosenstein^[2]	January 26, 1947	Providence Steamrollers
Nat Militzok^[3]	February, 1947	Toronto Huskies

References

1. Goldaper, Sam. , National Basketball Association. Accessed 2008-03-25.
2. "1946-47 New York Knicks Transactions". Basketball Reference. Accessed on June 21, 2017.
3. "Nat Militzok Stats". Basketball Reference. Accessed on June 21, 2017.

External links

• Knicks on Basketball Reference