Philadelphia was not the Eastern Division champion but advanced to the championship round by winning a four-team playoff among the Eastern and Western Division runners-up. Meanwhile, the Eastern and Western Division champions, Washington Capitols and Cleveland Rebels, played one long series to determine the other finalist, a best-of-seven series that Chicago won 4–2. In the runners-up bracket, Philadelphia and New York from the East had first eliminated St. Louis and Cleveland from the West, then faced each other, all in best-of-three series. The format was repeated in 1948, and generated another champion from the runners-up bracket.[1]
The five games of the final series were played in seven days, with no days off between consecutive games in the same city (twice). Division champions Washington and Chicago had played the six games of their semifinal series from April 2 to 13, although they too took no days off between consecutive games in the same city (twice). In total, the entire playoff tournament lasted a total of 20 days.[1]
This would be the Stags only appearance in the Finals; the franchise would fold three years later. It would be another 44 years before a Chicago club played for a pro basketball championship, when the Chicago Bulls won the 1991 NBA Finals.
Around 7,900 people attended Game 1. The Warriors led at halftime 34–20. Joe Fulks then scored 29 points in the second half, including 21 in the fourth quarter. Angelo Musi, a guard out of Temple University, scored 19 points himself for Philadelphia as well. The Stags took an astounding 129 shots, but only knocked down 26 of them, a 20.2 shooting percentage which made it easy for the Warriors to win, 84–71.
Fulks was not the scorer he was in Game 1, but he did not have to be, because five other Warrior players scored in double figures, including 18 points from forward Howie Dallmar and 16 from guard Jerry Fleishman. Chicago did take a brief 69–68 lead until Philadelphia center Art Hillhouse came alive in the fourth quarter. He scored 7 out of the last 10 points for the Warriors, in route to a second Philadelphia win, 85–74.
With less than a minute remaining, Howie Dallmar snapped an 80–80 tie by nailing a jump shot to seal the very first championship for the Warriors.
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Referencesedit
^ ab "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 linksedit
1947 Finals at NBA.com
1947 BAA Playoffs at Basketball-Reference.com
January 01, 1970
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The 1947 BAA Finals was the championship round of playoffs following the inaugural Basketball Association of America BAA s 1946 47 season The Philadelphia Warriors of the Eastern Division faced the Chicago Stags of the Western Division for the inaugural championship with Philadelphia having home court advantage Hall of Fame inductee Joe Fulks played for the Warriors in the series 1947 BAA FinalsTeamCoachWinsPhiladelphia Warriors Eddie Gottlieb 4Chicago Stags Harold Olsen 1DatesApril 16 22Hall of FamersWarriors Joe Fulks 1978 Coaches Harold Olsen 1959 Eddie Gottlieb 1972 Eastern FinalsWarriors defeated Knicks 2 0 Runners up bracket Western FinalsStags defeated Capitols 4 2 Western and Eastern champions BAA Finals 1948 Contents 1 Background 2 Series summary 2 1 Game 1 2 2 Game 2 2 3 Game 3 2 4 Game 4 2 5 Game 5 3 Team rosters 3 1 Philadelphia Warriors 3 2 Chicago Stags 4 References 5 External linksBackground editPhiladelphia was not the Eastern Division champion but advanced to the championship round by winning a four team playoff among the Eastern and Western Division runners up Meanwhile the Eastern and Western Division champions Washington Capitols and Cleveland Rebels played one long series to determine the other finalist a best of seven series that Chicago won 4 2 In the runners up bracket Philadelphia and New York from the East had first eliminated St Louis and Cleveland from the West then faced each other all in best of three series The format was repeated in 1948 and generated another champion from the runners up bracket 1 The five games of the final series were played in seven days with no days off between consecutive games in the same city twice Division champions Washington and Chicago had played the six games of their semifinal series from April 2 to 13 although they too took no days off between consecutive games in the same city twice In total the entire playoff tournament lasted a total of 20 days 1 This would be the Stags only appearance in the Finals the franchise would fold three years later It would be another 44 years before a Chicago club played for a pro basketball championship when the Chicago Bulls won the 1991 NBA Finals Series summary editGame Date Home team Result Road team Game 1 April 16 Philadelphia Warriors 84 71 1 0 Chicago Stags Game 2 April 17 Philadelphia Warriors 85 74 2 0 Chicago Stags Game 3 April 19 Chicago Stags 72 75 0 3 Philadelphia Warriors Game 4 April 20 Chicago Stags 74 73 1 3 Philadelphia Warriors Game 5 April 22 Philadelphia Warriors 83 80 4 1 Chicago Stags Warriors win series 4 1 Game 1 edit April 16 Box score Chicago Stags 71 Philadelphia Warriors 84 Scoring by quarter 12 20 12 10 22 22 25 32Pts Halbert 19Asts Rottner 2 Pts Fulks 37Asts Dallmar 4Philadelphia leads series 1 0 Philadelphia Arena Philadelphia PennsylvaniaAttendance 7 918 Around 7 900 people attended Game 1 The Warriors led at halftime 34 20 Joe Fulks then scored 29 points in the second half including 21 in the fourth quarter Angelo Musi a guard out of Temple University scored 19 points himself for Philadelphia as well The Stags took an astounding 129 shots but only knocked down 26 of them a 20 2 shooting percentage which made it easy for the Warriors to win 84 71 Game 2 edit April 17 Box score Chicago Stags 74 Philadelphia Warriors 85 Scoring by quarter 17 14 21 27 21 22 15 22Pts Carlisle 19Asts Gilmur Halbert Kautz Seminoff 1 each Pts Dallmar 18Asts Kaplowitz 2Philadelphia leads series 2 0 Philadelphia Arena Philadelphia PennsylvaniaAttendance 7 604 Fulks was not the scorer he was in Game 1 but he did not have to be because five other Warrior players scored in double figures including 18 points from forward Howie Dallmar and 16 from guard Jerry Fleishman Chicago did take a brief 69 68 lead until Philadelphia center Art Hillhouse came alive in the fourth quarter He scored 7 out of the last 10 points for the Warriors in route to a second Philadelphia win 85 74 Game 3 edit April 19 Box score Philadelphia Warriors 75 Chicago Stags 72 Scoring by quarter 18 17 13 14 16 15 28 26Pts Fulks 26 Pts Carlson Zaslofsky 15 eachPhiladelphia leads series 3 0 Chicago Stadium Chicago IllinoisAttendance 2 209 Game 4 edit April 20 Box score Philadelphia Warriors 73 Chicago Stags 74 Scoring by quarter 17 19 17 23 18 23 21 9Pts Senesky 24Asts Fleishman 4 Pts Zaslofsky 20Asts Carlson Halbert Seminoff 1 eachPhiladelphia leads series 3 1 Chicago Stadium Chicago IllinoisAttendance 1 934 The Stags staved off elimination and avoided a sweep with a one point victory Game 5 edit April 22 Box score Chicago Stags 80 Philadelphia Warriors 83 Scoring by quarter 13 27 25 13 30 23 12 20Pts Jaros 21Asts Jaros 3 Pts Fulks 34Asts Dallmar 4Philadelphia wins series 4 1 Philadelphia Arena Philadelphia PennsylvaniaAttendance 8 221 With less than a minute remaining Howie Dallmar snapped an 80 80 tie by nailing a jump shot to seal the very first championship for the Warriors Team rosters editPhiladelphia Warriors edit Chicago Stags editReferences edit a b 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 edit1947 Finals at NBA com 1947 BAA Playoffs at Basketball Reference com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1947 BAA Finals amp oldid 1213016685, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
