1947 BAA Playoffs

The 1947 BAA Playoffs was the postseason tournament following the inaugural Basketball Association of America 1946–47 season. (Followed its third, 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]

Bracket

  First Round Semifinals BAA Finals
                           
  E3  New York 2  
W3  Cleveland 1  
  E3  New York 0  
    E2  Philadelphia 2  
W2  St. Louis 1
  E2  Philadelphia 2  
    W1  Chicago 1
  E2  Philadelphia 4
     
   
W1  Chicago 4
    E1  Washington 2  
      

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.[1]

First Round

(E2) Philadelphia Warriors vs. (W2) St. Louis Bombers: Warriors win series 2-1

(E3) New York Knicks vs. (W3) Cleveland Rebels: Knicks win series 2-1

Semifinals

(E1) Washington Capitols vs. (W1) Chicago Stags: Stags win series 4-2

(E2) Philadelphia Warriors vs. (E3) New York Knicks: Warriors win series 2-0

BAA Finals

Main article: 1947 BAA Finals

Philadelphia Warriors vs. Chicago Stags: Warriors win series 4-1

References

  1. 1 2 "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.

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