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1946–47 Washington Capitols season

Field	Value
team	Washington Capitols
league	BAA
end_year	1947
DivisionWin	yes
wins	49
losses	11
division_place	1
division	Eastern
coach	Red Auerbach
arena	Uline Arena
radio	WTOP
playoffs	[Lost BAA Semifinals](1947-baa-playoffs-bracket)
no_prevseason	1
bbr_team	WSC

The 1946–47 Washington Capitols season was the inaugural season of the Washington Capitols in the Basketball Association of America (BAA). The 49–11 record not only set a BAA record for the best record held in the newly created league's history (as well as remain the best record of its existence while operating as the National Basketball Association successor that still has the BAA's history as a part of its official history up until the 1966–67 Philadelphia 76ers season broke that record for the NBA 20 years later), but also held the record for the least amount of losses a BAA/NBA team could have in one season of play until the 1995–96 Chicago Bulls season broke that mark nearly 50 years later (which later got broken by the 2015–16 Golden State Warriors). Despite their fantastic record and being led by a young, legendary head coach named Red Auerbach, the Capitols would be eliminated in the BAA's semifinal round following a quarterfinal bye they had alongside the Western Division champion Chicago Stags with a 4–2 series defeat to the Stags, failing to advance into the league's very first championship series in the 1947 BAA Finals.

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Game log

|- | 1 | November 2 | @ Detroit | W 50–33 | Bob Feerick, Fred Scolari (14) | Detroit Olympia

1–0
2
November 4
@ Pittsburgh
W 71–56
Bob Feerick (14)
Duquesne Gardens
2–0
-
3
November 9
@ St. Louis
L 69–70
Johnny Norlander (22)
St. Louis Arena
2–1
-
4
November 10
@ Cleveland
L 68–92
Johnny Norlander (21)
Cleveland Arena
2–2
-
5
November 14
@ Philadelphia
L 65–68
Bones McKinney (26)
Philadelphia Arena
2–3
-
6
November 16
@ Chicago
W 73–65
Johnny Norlander (18)
Chicago Stadium
3–3
-
7
November 20
St. Louis
W 54–51
John Mahnken (14)
Uline Arena
4–3
-
8
November 21
@ Providence
W 66–58
Irv Torgoff (16)
Rhode Island Auditorium
5–3
-
9
November 23
Toronto
W 74–50
Bob Feerick (20)
Uline Arena
6–3
-
10
November 26
@ Toronto
W 78–68
John Mahnken (21)
Maple Leaf Gardens
7–3
-
11
November 27
Chicago
W 75–67
Bob Feerick (21)
Uline Arena
8–3
-
12
November 30
Pittsburgh
W 49–40
Bob Feerick (14)
Uline Arena
9–3
-
13
December 4
Providence
W 80–62
Fred Scolari (16)

10–3
14
December 7
Detroit
W 75–64
John Mahnken (18)

11–3
15
December 11
Detroit
W 81–66
Johnny Norlander (17)

12–3
16
December 12
@ Philadelphia
W 64–49
Fred Scolari (15)

13–3
17
December 14
Cleveland
W 72–52
Fred Scolari (16)

14–3
18
December 18
St. Louis
W 68–47
Bones McKinney (15)

15–3
19
December 21
Philadelphia
W 68–56
Fred Scolari (20)

16–3
20
December 26
@ Providence
W 78–66
Bob Feerick (21)

17–3
21
December 28
New York
W 70–49
Bob Feerick (17)

18–3
22
December 30
@ Boston
W 70–60 (OT)
Bones McKinney (22)

19–3
23
January 1
@ Detroit
L 57–62
Fred Scolari (19)

19–4
24
January 2
@ St. Louis
L 57–66
Bones McKinney (13)

19–5
25
January 4
Cleveland
W 78–64
Bones McKinney (21)

20–5
26
January 6
@ Pittsburgh
W 63–49
Bob Feerick (21)

21–5
27
January 8
Providence
W 77–69
Bob Feerick (22)

22–5
28
January 11
Toronto
W 81–66
Bob Feerick (24)

23–5
29
January 15
@ New York
W 65–63
Bob Feerick (18)

24–5
30
January 16
@ Boston
L 38–47
Fred Scolari (17)

24–6
31
January 18
Chicago
W 87–72
Feerick, Scolari (22)

25–6
32
January 22
Philadelphia
W 57–55
Feerick, McKinney (19)

26–6
33
January 25
Pittsburgh
W 84–71
Bob Feerick (17)

27–6
34
January 27
@ Boston
W 80–57
Bones McKinney (13)

28–6
35
January 29
Boston
W 69–57
Bones McKinney (22)

29–6
36
January 31
@ Toronto
L 74–83
Fred Scolari (16)

29–7
37
February 2
@ Cleveland
W 107–81
Bob Feerick (22)

30–7
38
February 5
@ Detroit
W 67–46
Bob Feerick (16)

31–7
39
February 8
@ St. Louis
W 68–65
Feerick, Norlander (14)

32–7
40
February 9
@ Chicago
L 67–85
Fred Scolari (22)

32–8
41
February 10
@ Pittsburgh
L 69–75
Fred Scolari (17)

32–9
42
February 12
@ New York
L 72–76
Bob Feerick (21)

32–10
43
February 15
Philadelphia
W 70–60
Bob Feerick (16)

33–10
44
February 19
Toronto
W 69–59
Feerick, McKinney (15)

34–10
45
February 20
@ Providence
W 82–74
Bones McKinney (25)

35–10
46
February 22
Pittsburgh
W 93–61
Fred Scolari (29)

36–10
47
February 23
@ Cleveland
W 91–83
Bob Feerick (20)

37–10
48
February 24
Boston
W 83–59
Bob Feerick (24)

38–10
49
February 26
@ New York
W 84–60
Irv Torgoff (16)

39–10
50
March 1
Boston
W 75–52
Bob Feerick (30)

40–10
51
March 5
Detroit
W 99–67
Feerick, Scolari (22)

41–10
52
March 7
@ Toronto
W 86–70
Bob Feerick (19)

42–10
53
March 8
St. Louis
W 74–73
Fred Scolari (19)

43–10
54
March 11
@ Philadelphia
W 80–77
Bob Feerick (24)

44–10
55
March 13
@ Chicago
W 86–69
Bob Feerick (16)

45–10
56
March 15
New York
W 78–63
Bob Feerick (26)

46–10
57
March 19
Providence
W 96–95 (OT)
Bob Feerick (35)

47–10
58
March 22
New York
L 63–68
Fred Scolari (21)

47–11
59
March 26
Chicago
W 105–77
Bones McKinney (18)

48–11
60
March 29
Cleveland
W 79–69
Bob Feerick (22)

| | 49–11

Playoffs

Semifinals

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

Game 1 @ Washington (April 2): Chicago 81, Washington 65
Game 2 @ Washington (April 3): Chicago 69, Washington 53
Game 3 @ Chicago (April 8): Chicago 67, Washington 55
Game 4 @ Washington (April 10): Washington 76, Chicago 69
Game 5 @ Chicago (April 12): Washington 67, Chicago 55
Game 6 @ Chicago (April 13): Chicago 66, Washington 61

Awards and records

Awards

Bob Feerick, All-BAA First Team
Bones McKinney, All-BAA First Team
Fred Scolari, All-BAA Second Team

References

Koppett, Leonard. (2003). "Total Basketball: The Ultimate Basketball Encyclopedia". SPORT Media Publishing, Inc..
[https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/WSC/1947.html 1946-47 Washington Capitols]

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