1946–47 Chicago Stags season

1946–47 Chicago Stags season
Division champions
Head coachHarold Olsen
ArenaChicago Stadium
Results
Record39–22 (.639)
PlaceDivision: 1st (Western)
Playoff finishLost BAA Finals to Warriors 1–4
RadioWGN
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The 1946–47 Chicago Stags season was the first season of the now defunct Chicago Stags of the Basketball Association of America (BAA/NBA).[1] Before this season even began, the Chicago Stags were originally meant to start out as the Chicago Atomics, to the point of even playing an exhibition game against the New York Knicks under that moniker before they later played as the Chicago Basketball Club, Inc. for one more exhibition game before they officially became the Chicago Stags for the rest of their existence onward.[2] Despite the tumultuous start with the team name in mind, the Stags would still finish with a 38–22 record, later reaching as far as the inaugural BAA/NBA Finals series, where they would ultimately lose to the Philadelphia Warriors (now known as the Golden State Warriors) 4–1.

Roster

1946–47 Chicago Stags roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From
F/C 16 Carlisle, Chet 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1916-11-02 California
G/F 15 Carlson, Don 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1919-03-22 Minnesota
F 3 Davis, Bill 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1921-10-03 Notre Dame
F/C 17 Gilmur, Chuck 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1922-08-13 Washington
C 22 Halbert, Chick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1919-02-27 West Texas A&M
G/F 26 Jaros, Tony 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1920-02-22 Minnesota
G/F 12 Kautz, Wilbert 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1915-09-07 Loyola Chicago
G/F 8 Parrack, Doyle 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1921-12-06 Oklahoma State
G 6 Rottner, Mickey 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1919-03-23 Loyola Chicago
G/F 5 Seminoff, Jim 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1922-09-01 USC
G 10 Zaslofsky, Max 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1925-12-07 St. John's
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injured

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

1946–47 BAA records
Team BOS CHI CLE DET NYK PHI PIT PRO STL TOR WAS
Boston — 0–6 2–4 3–3 4–2 1–5 5–1 1–5 1–5 4–2 1–5
Chicago 6–0 — 5–1 3–3 3–3 5–1 6–0 3–3 3–4 4–2 1–5
Cleveland 4–2 1–5 — 4–2 4–2 3–3 4–2 2–4 1–5 6–0 1–5
Detroit 3–3 3–3 2–4 — 1–5 2–4 3–3 2–4 0–6 3–3 1–5
New York 2–4 3–3 2-4 5–1 — 2–4 6–0 4–2 4–2 3–3 2–4
Philadelphia 5–1 1–5 3–3 4–2 4–2 — 5–1 4–2 3–3 5–1 1–5
Pittsburgh 1–5 0–6 2–4 3–3 0–6 1–5 — 3–3 1–5 3–3 1–5
Providence 5–1 3–3 4–2 4–2 2–4 2–4 3–3 — 2–4 3–3 0–6
St. Louis 5–1 4–3 5–1 6–0 2–4 3–3 5–1 4–2 — 2–4 2–4
Toronto 2–4 2–4 0–6 3–3 3–3 1–5 3–3 3–3 4–2 — 1–5
Washington 5–1 5–1 5–1 5–1 4–2 5–1 5–1 6–0 4–2 5–1 —

Game log

# Date Opponent Score High points Record
1 November 2 New York 63–47 Max Zaslofsky (18) 1–0
2 November 5 @ Boston 57–55 Max Zaslofsky (28) 2–0
3 November 7 @ Providence 65–73 Doyle Parrack (14) 2–1
4 November 9 Toronto 62–54 Chick Halbert (23) 3–1
5 November 11 @ New York 78–68 (OT) Mickey Rottner (20) 4–1
6 November 13 Boston 71–61 Max Zaslofsky (16) 5–1
7 November 16 Washington 65–73 Chick Halbert (19) 5–2
8 November 17 @ Cleveland 78–76 Chick Halbert (22) 6–2
9 November 20 @ New York 69–72 Tony Jaros (20) 6–3
10 November 21 @ Philadelphia 65–63 Doyle Parrack (15) 7–3
11 November 24 Detroit 55–68 Tony Jaros (13) 7–4
12 November 27 @ Washington 67–75 Max Zaslofsky (22) 7–5
13 November 28 St. Louis 72–75 Max Zaslofsky (19) 7–6
14 December 1 Boston 66–56 Chick Halbert (29) 8–6
15 December 4 @ Pittsburgh 57–46 Chick Halbert (15) 9–6
16 December 5 Toronto 61–65 Max Zaslofsky (22) 9–7
17 December 7 Cleveland 86–78 Max Zaslofsky (20) 10–7
18 December 11 Cleveland 88–79 Chick Halbert (14) 11–7
19 December 12 @ St. Louis 88–68 Don Carlson (28) 12–7
20 December 15 Pittsburgh 84–75 Max Zaslofsky (14) 13–7
21 December 19 @ Providence 77–81 Max Zaslofsky (16) 13–8
22 December 22 Detroit 95–92 Don Carlson (26) 14–8
23 December 27 @ Toronto 88–80 Tony Jaros (16) 15–8
24 December 29 @ Cleveland 87–79 (OT) Max Zaslofsky (20) 16–8
25 December 31 @ Toronto 76–86 Tony Jaros (22) 16–9
26 January 1 St. Louis 90–103 Jaros, Seminoff (20) 16–10
27 January 8 @ Detroit 83–80 Don Carlson (18) 17–10
28 January 9 @ St. Louis 81–84 Chick Halbert (17) 17–11
29 January 12 Philadelphia 75–72 Jim Seminoff (20) 18–11
30 January 15 @ Detroit 59–68 Doyle Parrack (12) 18–12
31 January 16 @ Philadelphia 84–78 Max Zaslofsky (19) 19–12
32 January 18 @ Washington 72–87 Max Zaslofsky (21) 19–13
33 January 20 @ Boston 81–54 Max Zaslofsky (21) 20–13
34 January 22 @ New York 64–74 Don Carlson (12) 20–14
35 January 23 Providence 97–76 Mickey Rottner (20) 21–14
36 January 26 Philadelphia 63–57 Davis, Zaslofsky (12) 22–14
37 February 2 Toronto 90–75 Mickey Rottner (22) 23–14
38 February 6 Pittsburgh 109–85 Max Zaslofsky (17) 24–14
39 February 9 Washington 85–67 Don Carlson (23) 25–14
40 February 12 @ Pittsburgh 101–82 Don Carlson (24) 26–14
41 February 13 Providence 81–79 Don Carlson (20) 27–14
42 February 16 Boston 84–77 Chet Carlisle (16) 28–14
43 February 20 Detroit 74–76 Don Carlson (18) 28–15
44 February 21 @ St. Louis 60–65 Don Carlson (20) 28–16
45 February 23 New York 82–68 Max Zaslofsky (22) 29–16
46 February 26 @ Detroit 72–68 Max Zaslofsky (20) 30–16
47 March 2 St. Louis 98–86 Max Zaslofsky (32) 31–16
48 March 3 @ Pittsburgh 69–66 Chick Halbert (19) 32–16
49 March 6 Pittsburgh 72–71 Max Zaslofsky (19) 33–16
50 March 8 Providence 107–81 Tony Jaros (20) 34–16
51 March 9 @ Cleveland 107–78 Chick Halbert (25) 35–16
52 March 13 Washington 69–86 Max Zaslofsky (15) 35–17
53 March 14 Philadelphia 70–67 Max Zaslofsky (16) 36–17
54 March 19 New York 57–65 Don Carlson (15) 36–18
55 March 21 @ Toronto 99–83 Chick Halbert (25) 37–18
56 March 22 Cleveland 58–67 Max Zaslofsky (19) 37–19
57 March 24 @ Boston 80–69 Chick Halbert (24) 38–19
58 March 26 @ Washington 77–105 Chick Halbert (15) 38–20
59 March 27 @ Philadelphia 73–80 Chick Halbert (18) 38–21
60 March 29 @ Providence 79–83 Tony Jaros (17) 38–22
61 March 31 St. Louis 73–66 (OT) Chick Halbert (19) 39–22

1947 BAA playoffs

BAA 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

BAA Finals

Philadelphia Warriors vs. Chicago Stags: Warriors win series 4-1

  • Game 1 @ Philadelphia (April 16): Philadelphia 84, Chicago 71
  • Game 2 @ Philadelphia (April 17): Philadelphia 85, Chicago 74
  • Game 3 @ Chicago (April 19): Philadelphia 75, Chicago 72
  • Game 4 @ Chicago (April 20): Chicago 74, Philadelphia 73
  • Game 5 @ Philadelphia (April 22): Philadelphia 83, Chicago 80

References

  1. ^ "1946-47 Chicago Stags Roster and Stats".
  2. ^ https://nbahoopsonline.com/teams/Xdefunct/ChicagoStags/index.html