1946–47 BAA season

The 1946-47 BAA Season was the inaugural season of the Basketball Association of America, the league that would eventually become the National Basketball Association. The league launched with 11 franchises playing a 60 game schedule. The season ended with the Philadelphia Warriors becoming the BAA's first champions, beating the Chicago Stags 4 games to 1 in the BAA Finals.

Notable occurrences

On November 1, 1946, in the inaugural game of the new league, the New York Knicks beat the Toronto Huskies 68-66 in front of 7,090 spectators at Maple Leaf Gardens.

Final standings

Eastern Division


Team	W	L	PCT.	GB
Washington Capitols	49	11	.817	-
Philadelphia Warriors C	35	25	.583	14
New York Knicks	33	27	.550	16
Providence Steamrollers	28	32	.467	21
Toronto Huskies	22	38	.367	27
Boston Celtics	22	38	.367	27

Western Division


Team	W	L	PCT.	GB
Chicago Stags	39	21	.639	-
St. Louis Bombers	38	22	.623	1
Cleveland Rebels	30	30	.500	9
Detroit Falcons	20	40	.333	19
Pittsburgh Ironmen	15	45	.250	24

C - BAA Champions

1946-47 BAA stats leaders


Category	Player	Team	Stat
Points per game	Joe Fulks	Philadelphia Warriors	23.2
Assists per game	Ernie Calverley	Providence Steamrollers	3.4
FG%	Bob Feerick	Washington Capitols	40.1%
FT%	Fred Scolari	Washington Capitols	81.1%

BAA awards

All-BAA First Team:
- G Max Zaslofsky - Chicago Stags
- F Bones McKinney - Washington Capitols
- F Joe Fulks - Philadelphia Warriors
- C Stan Miasek - Detroit Falcons
- F Bob Feerick - Washington Capitols

All-BAA Second Team:
- G John Logan - St. Louis Hawks
- G Ernie Calverley - Providence Steamrollers
- C Chick Halbert - Chicago Stags
- G Frankie Baumholtz - Cleveland Rebels
- G Fred Scolari - Washington Capitols

Note: All information on this page were obtained on the History section on NBA.com