1946–47 Philadelphia Warriors season

The 1946–47 BAA season was the first season of the Philadelphia Warriors in the BAA (which later became the NBA).[1] The Warriors finished the season winning their first Championship.

1946–47 Philadelphia Warriors season
BAA champions
Head coachEdward Gottlieb
ArenaPhiladelphia Arena
Results
Record35–25 (.583)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Eastern)
Playoff finishBAA Champions Defeated Stags 4–1
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWCAU

Roster
Philadelphia Warriors roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
F 12 Dallmar, Howie 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1922-05-24 Stanford
G 6 Fleishman, Jerry 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1922-02-14 NYU
F 10 Fulks, Joe 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1921-10-26 Murray State
F 14 Guokas, Matt 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1915-11-11 Saint Joseph's
C 18 Hillhouse, Art 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1916-06-12 LIU Brooklyn
G/F 9 Kaplowitz, Ralph 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1919-05-18 NYU
G 5 Musi, Angelo 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 145 lb (66 kg) 1918-07-25 Temple
G 15 Rosenberg, Petey 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1918-04-07 Saint Joseph's
G 7 Rullo, Jerry 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1923-06-23 Temple
G 8 Senesky, George 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 179 lb (81 kg) 1922-04-04 Saint Joseph's
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster
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Regular season

Season standings
#
Eastern Division
Team W L PCT GB
1 x-Washington Capitols4911.817–
2 x-Philadelphia Warriors3525.58314
3 x-New York Knicks3327.55016
4 Providence Steamrollers2832.46721
5 Boston Celtics2238.36727
6 Toronto Huskies2238.36727

Record vs. opponents
1946-47 BAA Records
Team BOS CHI CLE DET NYK PHI PIT PRO STL TOR WAS
Boston –0–62–43–34–21–55–11–51–54–21–5
Chicago 6–0–5–13–33–35–16–03–33–44–21–5
Cleveland 4–21–5–4–24–23–34–22–41–56–01–5
Detroit 3–33–32–4–1–52–43–32–40–63–31–5
New York 2–43–32-45–1–2–46–04–24–23–32–4
Philadelphia 5–11–53–34–24–2–5–14–23–35–11–5
Pittsburgh 1–50–62–43–30–61–5–3–31–53–31–5
Providence 5–13–34–24–22–42–43–3–2–43–30–6
St. Louis 5–14–35–16–02–43–35–14–2–2–42–4
Toronto 2–42–40–63–33–31–53–33–34–2–1–5
Washington 5–15–15–15–14–25–15–16–04–25–1—

Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1Thursday, November 7Pittsburgh81–75Joe Fulks (25)1–0
2Thursday, November 14Washington68–65Joe Fulks (19)2–0
3Tuesday, November 19St. Louis63–66Joe Fulks (24)2–1
4Thursday, November 21Chicago63–65Fred Sheffield (14)2–2
5Tuesday, November 26Boston66–54Angelo Musi (16)3–2
6Thursday, November 28Detroit55–68Fulks, Rosenberg (14)3–3
7Saturday, November 30@ New York60–64 (OT)Joe Fulks (26)3–4
8Tuesday, December 3Providence76–68Joe Fulks (37)4–4
9Thursday, December 5New York62–51Angelo Musi (20)5–4
10Saturday, December 7@ St. Louis57–47Joe Fulks (18)6–4
11Sunday, December 8@ Cleveland66–72Joe Fulks (25)6–5
12Tuesday, December 10@ Toronto85–73Joe Fulks (29)7–5
13Thursday, December 12Washington49–64Joe Fulks (17)7–6
14Saturday, December 14@ Boston65–77Joe Fulks (28)7–7
15Tuesday, December 17Detroit57–49Angelo Musi (14)8–7
16Thursday, December 19Cleveland58–44Joe Fulks (26)9–7
17Saturday, December 21@ Washington56–68Joe Fulks (29)9–8
18Thursday, December 26Pittsburgh53–46Joe Fulks (22)10–8
19Friday, December 27@ Boston63–60Joe Fulks (25)11–8
20Sunday, December 29@ St. Louis68–75Joe Fulks (29)11–9
21Monday, December 30@ Pittsburgh62–60Joe Fulks (19)12–9
22Thursday, January 2Providence84–72Joe Fulks (35)13–9
23Saturday, January 4@ Providence74–78Joe Fulks (31)13–10
24Wednesday, January 8@ Pittsburgh63–67Joe Fulks (19)13–11
25Thursday, January 9Toronto74–55Joe Fulks (35)14–11
26Saturday, January 11@ Detroit56–58Joe Fulks (20)14–12
27Sunday, January 12@ Chicago72–75Joe Fulks (32)14–13
28Tuesday, January 14@ Toronto104–74Joe Fulks (41)15–13
29Thursday, January 16Chicago78–84Joe Fulks (36)15–14
30Tuesday, January 21Boston59–43Joe Fulks (22)16–14
31Wednesday, January 22@ Washington55–57Joe Fulks (20)16–15
32Thursday, January 23Cleveland83–78Joe Fulks (28)17–15
33Saturday, January 25@ Detroit61–55Joe Fulks (23)18–15
34Sunday, January 26@ Chicago57–63Joe Fulks (19)18–16
35Thursday, January 30New York65–58Joe Fulks (18)19–16
36Saturday, February 1@ New York71–63Joe Fulks (31)20–16
37Monday, February 3@ Boston61–55Howie Dallmar (22)21–16
38Tuesday, February 4Providence75–68Joe Fulks (19)22–16
39Thursday, February 6Toronto79–61Joe Fulks (37)23–16
40Saturday, February 8@ Providence58–67Howie Dallmar (19)23–17
41Tuesday, February 11St. Louis75–59Joe Fulks (25)24–17
42Thursday, February 13Cleveland61–48Joe Fulks (19)25–17
43Saturday, February 15@ Washington60–70Joe Fulks (18)25–18
44Sunday, February 16@ Cleveland71–75Joe Fulks (23)25–19
45Thursday, February 20Pittsburgh78–66Joe Fulks (34)26–19
46Sunday, February 23@ St. Louis66–71Angelo Musi (22)26–20
47Monday, February 24@ Pittsburgh69–67Joe Fulks (22)27–20
48Wednesday, February 26St. Louis75–65Joe Fulks (25)28–20
49Friday, February 28@ Toronto69–77Joe Fulks (23)28–21
50Sunday, March 2@ Cleveland69–72Joe Fulks (21)28–22
51Monday, March 3Toronto76–66Joe Fulks (25)29–22
52Thursday, March 6New York59–61Joe Fulks (20)29–23
53Tuesday, March 11Washington77–80Art Hillhouse (20)29–24
54Thursday, March 13Boston81–57Joe Fulks (25)30–24
55Friday, March 14@ Chicago67–70Dallmar, Fulks (18)30–25
56Sunday, March 16@ Detroit67–61Joe Fulks (16)31–25
57Thursday, March 20Detroit77–75Joe Fulks (15)32–25
58Saturday, March 22@ Providence103–82Joe Fulks (24)33–25
59Thursday, March 27Chicago80–73Joe Fulks (34)34–25
60Palm Sunday, March 30@ New York76–72Art Hillhouse (18)35–25

Playoffs
1947 playoff game log
First round: 2–1 (home: 1–0; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocation
Attendance		Series
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
BAA Semi-finals: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocationSeries
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
BAA Finals: 4–1 (home: 3–0; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
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
1947 schedule

Player statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Regular season

Bold – Leaders (qualified)
* – Recorded statistics when playing for Philadelphia

Golden State Warriors statistics
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Howie Dallmar 60––.280–.640–1.7––8.8
Jerry Fleishman 59––.261–.543–.7––4.5
Joe Fulks 60––.305–.730–.4––23.2
Matt Guokas 47––.269–.553–.2––1.7
Art Hillhouse 60––.291–.723–.7––6.0
Ralph Kaplowitz* 30––.291–.738–.4––7.0
John Murphy* 11––.200–.667–.0––.7
Angelo Musi 60––.281–.829–.4––9.4
Petey Rosenberg 51––.209–.612–.5––2.9
Jerry Rullo 50––.299–.489–.4––2.5
George Senesky 58––.267–.661–.6––6.3
Fred Sheffield* 22––.199–.615–.2––3.4

Playoffs
philadelphia Warriors statistics
Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Howie Dallmar 10––.250–.750–1.6––8.2
Jerry Fleishman 9––.314–.722–.3––6.3
Joe Fulks 10––.288–.787–.3––22.2
Matt Guokas 8––.111–.400–.0––0.5
Art Hillhouse 10––.264–.848–.8––8.7
Ralph Kaplowitz 10––.224–.815–.6––6.6
Angelo Musi 10––.300–.724–.5––11.7
Petey Rosenberg 9––.083–.000–.3––0.2
Jerry Rullo 7––.231–1.000–.0––1.0
George Senesky 10––.317–.808–.8––10.9

Transactions

Purchases
Player Date bought Previous team
Ralph Kaplowitz[2] January 16, 1947 New York Knicks

Awards and records

References
  1. 1946–47 Philadelphia Warriors
  2. "1946-47 Philadelphia Warriors Transactions". Basketball Reference. Accessed on June 29, 2017.
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