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1946–47 Philadelphia Warriors season

BAA professional basketball team season (1st team season)

Field	Value
team	Philadelphia Warriors
team_link	Golden State Warriors
league	BAA
end_year	1947
championship_win	yes
wins	35
losses	25
division	Eastern
division_place	2
coach	Edward Gottlieb
arena	Philadelphia Arena
radio	WCAU
playoffs	[BAA Champions](1947-nba-playoffs-bracket) Defeated Stags 4–1
no_prevseason	1
bbr_team	PHW

The 1946–47 Philadelphia Warriors season was the first season of the Philadelphia Warriors in the BAA (which later became the NBA). For the Warriors' first game ever played on November 7, 1946, a notable event would occur late in that game where after five of the Pittsburgh Ironmen's players (which involved their leading scorer Moe Becker alongside John Abramovic, Press Maravich, Ed Melvin, and John Mills, with Mike Bytzura being dangerously close to joining them himself also) fouled out of the game (back when fouling out involved five fouls instead of the six fouls the league implements to this day going forward) and opposing head coach Paul Birch refused the Warriors' offer to reinstate one of their disqualified players back into the game, the two teams decided to finish the game off with their teams playing the rest of the game in a four-on-four manner as opposed to the usual five-on-five display, which led to the Warriors winning 81–75. Despite later finishing the season in second place within the Eastern Division behind only the Washington Capitols (who had the best record in league history throughout the BAA/NBA's first 20 years of history and the least amount of losses recorded in a season there until 1996), the Warriors ended up finishing the season winning their first league championship by winning the inaugural 1947 BAA Finals (now known as the NBA Finals) 4–1 over the Chicago Stags (who continued existing as a franchise until 1950).

Roster

Eddie Gottlieb

Regular season

Season standings

Game log

60	March 30	@ [New York](1946-47-new-york-knicks-season)	W 76–72	Art Hillhouse (18)	35–25

Playoffs

|- | 1 | Wednesday, April 2 | St. Louis | W 73–68 | Angelo Musi (19) | Philadelphia Arena 8,273

1–0
2
Saturday, April 5
@ St. Louis
L 51–73
Angelo Musi (12)
St. Louis Arena
1–1
-
3
Easter Sunday, April 6
@ St. Louis
W 75–59
Joe Fulks (24)
St. Louis Arena
2–1
-
-
1
Saturday, April 12
New York
W 82–70
Joe Fulks (24)
Philadelphia Arena
1–0
-
2
Monday, April 14
@ New York
W 72–53
Joe Fulks (16)
Madison Square Garden III
2–0
-
-
1
Wednesday, April 16
Chicago
W 84–71
Joe Fulks (37)
Howie Dallmar (4)
Philadelphia Arena
7,918
1–0
-
2
Thursday, April 17
Chicago
W 85–74
Howie Dallmar (18)
Ralph Kaplowitz (2)
Philadelphia Arena
7,604
2–0
-
3
Saturday, April 19
@ Chicago
W 75–72
Joe Fulks (26)
—
Chicago Stadium
2,209
3–0
-
4
Sunday, April 20
@ Chicago
L 73–74
George Senesky (24)
Jerry Fleishman (4)
Chicago Stadium
1,934
3–1
-
5
Tuesday, April 22
Chicago
W 83–80
Joe Fulks (34)
Howie Dallmar (4)
Philadelphia Arena
8,221
4–1
-

Player statistics

Regular season

Bold – Leaders (qualified)

|**** | 60 || – || – || .280|| – || .640 || – || 1.7 || – || – || 8.8 |- |**** | 59 || – || – || .261|| – || .543 || – || .7 || – || – || 4.5 |- |**** | 60 || – || – || .305 || – || .730 || – || .4 || – || – || 23.2 |- |**** | 47 || – || – || .269 || – || .553 || – || .2 || – || – || 1.7 |- |**** | 60 || – || – || .291 || – || .723 || – || .7 || – || – || 6.0 |- |**** | 30 || – || – || .291 || – || .738 || – || .4 || – || – || 7.0 |- |**** | 11 || – || – || .200 || – || .667 || – || .0 || – || – || .7 |- |**** | 60 || – || – || .281 || – || .829 || – || .4 || – || – || 9.4 |- |**** | 51 || – || – || .209 || – || .612 || – || .5 || – || – || 2.9 |- |**** | 50 || – || – || .299 || – || .489 || – || .4 || – || – || 2.5 |- |**** | 58 || – || – || .267 || – || .661 || – || .6 || – || – || 6.3 |- |**** | 22 || – || – || .199 || – || .615 || – || .2 || – || – || 3.4 |}

Playoffs

|**** | 10 || – || – || .250|| – || .750 || – || 1.6 || – || – || 8.2 |- |**** | 9 || – || – || .314|| – || .722 || – || .3 || – || – || 6.3 |- |**** | 10 || – || – || .288 || – || .787 || – || .3 || – || – || 22.2 |- |**** | 8 || – || – || .111 || – || .400 || – || .0 || – || – || 0.5 |- |**** | 10 || – || – || .264 || – || .848 || – || .8 || – || – || 8.7 |- |**** | 10 || – || – || .224 || – || .815 || – || .6 || – || – || 6.6 |- |**** | 10 || – || – || .300 || – || .724 || – || .5 || – || – || 11.7 |- |**** | 9 || – || – || .083 || – || .000 || – || .3 || – || – || 0.2 |- |**** | 7 || – || – || .231 || – || 1.000 || – || .0 || – || – || 1.0 |- |**** | 10 || – || – || .317 || – || .808 || – || .8 || – || – || 10.9 |}

Transactions

Purchases

Player	Date bought	Previous team
Ralph Kaplowitz	January 16, 1947	New York Knicks

Awards and records

Joe Fulks, NBA Scoring Champion
Joe Fulks, All-NBA First Team

References

https://basketball.realgm.com/nba/boxscore/1946-11-07/Pittsburgh-at-Philadelphia/181751
Berger, Phil. (2003). "Total Basketball: The Ultimate Basketball Encyclopedia". SPORT Media Publishing, Inc..
"1946-47 Philadelphia Warriors Roster and Stats".
[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/PHW/1947_transactions.html "1946-47 Philadelphia Warriors Transactions"]. Basketball Reference. Accessed on June 29, 2017.

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