| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | April 2–April 22, 1947 |
| Season | 1946–47 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Philadelphia Warriors (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Chicago Stags |
| Semifinalists | |
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.[1]
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.
| First Round | BAA Semifinals | BAA Finals | |||||||||||
| W1 | Chicago* | 4 | |||||||||||
| E1 | Washington* | 2 | |||||||||||
| W1 | Chicago* | 1 | |||||||||||
| E3 | New York | 2 | |||||||||||
| E2 | Philadelphia* | 4 | |||||||||||
| W3 | Cleveland | 1 | |||||||||||
| E3 | New York | 0 | |||||||||||
| E2 | Philadelphia | 2 | |||||||||||
| W2 | St. Louis | 1 | |||||||||||
| E2 | Philadelphia | 2 | |||||||||||
April 2
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| St. Louis Bombers 68, Philadelphia Warriors 73 | ||
| Scoring by half: 43–38, 25–35 | ||
| Pts: Munroe, Logan 16 each | Pts: Angelo Musi 19 | |
| Philadelphia leads series, 1–0 | ||
April 5
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| Philadelphia Warriors 51, St. Louis Bombers 73 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 12–19, 15–19, 13–17, 11–18 | ||
| Pts: Angelo Musi 12 | Pts: Belus Smawley 17 | |
| Series tied, 1–1 | ||
April 6
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| Philadelphia Warriors 75, St. Louis Bombers 59 | ||
| Scoring by half: 36–33, 39–26 | ||
| Pts: Joe Fulks 24 | Pts: Belus Smawley 21 | |
| Philadelphia wins series, 2–1 | ||
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
April 2
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| New York Knicks 51, Cleveland Rebels 77 | ||
| Pts: Lee Knorek 10 | Pts: Ed Sadowski 24 | |
| Cleveland leads series, 1–0 | ||
April 5
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| Cleveland Rebels 74, New York Knicks 86 | ||
| Scoring by half: 43–41, 31–45 | ||
| Pts: Ed Sadowski 26 | Pts: Stan Stutz 30 | |
| Series tied, 1–1 | ||
April 9
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| Cleveland Rebels 71, New York Knicks 93 | ||
| Pts: Ed Sadowski 21 | Pts: Bud Palmer 26 | |
| New York wins series, 2–1 | ||
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
April 2
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| Chicago Stags 81, Washington Capitols 65 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 20–16, 26–13, 20–19 | ||
| Pts: Tony Jaros 29 | Pts: Scolari, Feerick 13 each | |
| Chicago leads series, 1–0 | ||
April 3
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| Chicago Stags 69, Washington Capitols 53 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 19–10, 17–18, 14–15, 19–10 | ||
| Pts: Max Zaslofsky 15 | Pts: Bob Feerick 19 | |
| Chicago leads series, 2–0 | ||
April 8
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| Washington Capitols 55, Chicago Stags 67 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 12–19, 19–13, 14–24, 10–11 | ||
| Pts: Bob Feerick 16 | Pts: Don Carlson 22 | |
| Chicago leads series, 3–0 | ||
April 10
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| Chicago Stags 69, Washington Capitols 76 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 8–13, 16–16, 19–23, 26–24 | ||
| Pts: Zaslofsky, Carlson 21 each | Pts: John Mahnken 18 | |
| Chicago leads series, 3–1 | ||
April 12
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| Washington Capitols 67, Chicago Stags 55 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 11–12, 16–16, 17–14, 23–13 | ||
| Pts: Bob Feerick 18 | Pts: Max Zaslofsky 20 | |
| Chicago leads series, 3–2 | ||
April 13
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| Washington Capitols 61, Chicago Stags 66 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 10–20, 19–10, 19–22, 13–14 | ||
| Pts: Fred Scolari 25 | Pts: Chick Halbert 25 | |
| Chicago wins series, 4–2 | ||
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.
April 12
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| New York Knicks 70, Philadelphia Warriors 82 | ||
| Pts: Lee Knorek 20 | Pts: Joe Fulks 24 | |
| Philadelphia leads series, 1–0 | ||
April 14
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| Philadelphia Warriors 72, New York Knicks 53 | ||
| Pts: Joe Fulks 16 | Pts: Tommy Byrnes 11 | |
| Philadelphia wins series, 2–0 | ||
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.[2]
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Main article: 1947 BAA Finals |
April 16
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| Chicago Stags 71, Philadelphia Warriors 84 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 12–10, 22–22, 25–32 | ||
| Pts: Chick Halbert 19 Asts: Mickey Rottner 2 |
Pts: Joe Fulks 37 Asts: Howie Dallmar 4 | |
| Philadelphia leads series, 1–0 | ||
April 17
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| Chicago Stags 74, Philadelphia Warriors 85 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 21–27, 21–22, 15–22 | ||
| Pts: Chet Carlisle 19 Asts: four players 1 each |
Pts: Howie Dallmar 18 Asts: Ralph Kaplowitz 2 | |
| Philadelphia leads series, 2–0 | ||
April 19
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| Philadelphia Warriors 75, Chicago Stags 72 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 13–14, 16–15, 28–26 | ||
| Pts: Joe Fulks 26 | Pts: Zaslofsky, Carlson 15 each | |
| Philadelphia leads series, 3–0 | ||
April 20
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| Philadelphia Warriors 73, Chicago Stags 74 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 17–23, 18–23, 21–9 | ||
| Pts: George Senesky 24 Asts: Jerry Fleishman 4 |
Pts: Max Zaslofsky 20 Asts: three players 1 each | |
| Philadelphia leads series, 3–1 | ||
April 22
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| Chicago Stags 80, Philadelphia Warriors 83 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 13–27, 25–13, 30–23, 12–20 | ||
| Pts: Tony Jaros 21 Asts: Tony Jaros 3 |
Pts: Joe Fulks 34 Asts: Howie Dallmar 4 | |
| Philadelphia wins series, 4–1 | ||
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.