The 1947 BAA (or NBA) Finals was the championship round of the 1946-1947 BAA season, which was the first the organized major professional basketball league season. The Philadelphia Warriors of the Eastern Division faced the Chicago Stags of the Western Division for the inaugural championship, with the Philadelphia having home court advantage. The series included the play of Hall of Fame inductee Joe Fulks.
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 shot astoudingly 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.
The NBAFinals is the championship series of the National Basketball Association, played under a best-of-seven playoff format.
As basketball is a major sport in the United States, the Final round has become a large-scale event on the sports calendar, with higher popularity than the concurrent Stanley Cup final in the National Hockey League.
During the 1940s and early 1950s decades, the NBAFinals were nothing but a minor highlight on the calendar.
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