The 1947 BAA Finals was the championship round of the Basketball Association of America

Basketball Association of America

The Basketball Association of America was a professional basketball league in North America, founded in 1946. The league merged with the National Basketball League in 1949, forming the National Basketball Association ...

's 1946–47 season. Basketball Association of America (BAA) would eventually become the National Basketball Association

National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...

 (NBA). The Philadelphia Warriors of the Eastern Division faced the Chicago Stags

Chicago Stags

The Chicago Stags were a National Basketball Association team based in Chicago, Illinois, U.S..- Franchise history :The Chicago Stags were founded in 1946 and folded in 1950. Despite their short history, they were able to acquire the draft rights to a young Bob Cousy in a trade with the Tri-Cities...

 of the Western Division for the inaugural championship, with the Philadelphia having home court advantage. Hall of Fame inductee Joe Fulks

Joe Fulks

Joseph Franklin "Jumping Joe" Fulks was an American professional basketball player, sometimes called "the first of the high-scoring forwards". He was one of the first players, albeit posthumously, enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978...

 played for the Warriors in the series.

Series summary

Game	Date	Home Team	Result	Road Team
Game 1	April 16	Philadelphia	84-71	Chicago
Game 2	April 17	Philadelphia	85-75	Chicago
Game 3	April 19	Chicago	72-75	Philadelphia
Game 4	April 20	Chicago	74-73	Philadelphia
Game 5	April 22	Philadelphia	83-80	Chicago

Warriors win series 4-1

Game 1

Around 7,900 people attended Game 1. The Warriors lead at halftime 34-20. Fulks then scored 29 points in the second half, including 21 in the fourth quarter. Angelo Musi, a guard out of Temple University, scored 19 points himself for Philadelphia as well. The Stags took an astouding 129 shots, but only knocked down 26 of them, a 20.2 percent shooting percentage which made it easy for the Warriors to win, 84-71.

Game 2

Fulks wasn't the scorer he was in Game 1, but he didn't have to be, because five other Warrior players scored in double figures, including 18 points from forward Howie Dallmar and 16 from guard/forward Fleishman. Chicago did take a brief 69-68 lead until Philadelphia center Art Hillhouse came alive in the fourth quarter. He scored 7 out of the last 10 points for the Warriors, en route to a second Philadelphia win, 85-74.

Team rosters

External links

• NBA History