35-25, Finished 2nd in BAA Eastern Division (Game Results)
BAA Season Summary
1946-47 BAA Champions
Scored 68.6 points per game, Allowed 65.2 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 40-20)
Coached by Edward Gottlieb (35-25)
Arena: Philadelphia Arena / Attendance: 129,142 (1st of 2 available)
SRS: 3.16 (3rd of 11)
Playoffs:
Won BAA Finals (4-1) versus Chicago Stags
Won BAA Semifinals (2-0) versus New York Knickerbockers
Won BAA Quarterfinals (2-1) versus St. Louis Bombers
1946-47 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu, Nov 7, 1946 | Pittsburgh Ironmen | W | 81 | 75 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Thu, Nov 14, 1946 | Washington Capitols | W | 68 | 65 | 2 | 0 | W 2 | |||
| 3 | Tue, Nov 19, 1946 | St. Louis Bombers | L | 63 | 66 | 2 | 1 | L 1 | |||
| 4 | Thu, Nov 21, 1946 | Chicago Stags | L | 63 | 65 | 2 | 2 | L 2 | |||
| 5 | Tue, Nov 26, 1946 | Boston Celtics | W | 66 | 54 | 3 | 2 | W 1 | |||
| 6 | Thu, Nov 28, 1946 | Detroit Falcons | L | 55 | 68 | 3 | 3 | L 1 | |||
| 7 | Sat, Nov 30, 1946 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 60 | 64 | 3 | 4 | L 2 | ||
| 8 | Tue, Dec 3, 1946 | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 76 | 68 | 4 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 9 | Thu, Dec 5, 1946 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 62 | 51 | 5 | 4 | W 2 | |||
| 10 | Sat, Dec 7, 1946 | @ | St. Louis Bombers | W | 57 | 47 | 6 | 4 | W 3 | ||
| 11 | Sun, Dec 8, 1946 | @ | Cleveland Rebels | L | 66 | 72 | 6 | 5 | L 1 | ||
| 12 | Tue, Dec 10, 1946 | @ | Toronto Huskies | W | 85 | 73 | 7 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Thu, Dec 12, 1946 | Washington Capitols | L | 49 | 64 | 7 | 6 | L 1 | |||
| 14 | Sat, Dec 14, 1946 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 65 | 77 | 7 | 7 | L 2 | ||
| 15 | Tue, Dec 17, 1946 | Detroit Falcons | W | 57 | 49 | 8 | 7 | W 1 | |||
| 16 | Thu, Dec 19, 1946 | Cleveland Rebels | W | 58 | 44 | 9 | 7 | W 2 | |||
| 17 | Sat, Dec 21, 1946 | @ | Washington Capitols | L | 56 | 68 | 9 | 8 | L 1 | ||
| 18 | Thu, Dec 26, 1946 | Pittsburgh Ironmen | W | 53 | 46 | 10 | 8 | W 1 | |||
| 19 | Fri, Dec 27, 1946 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 63 | 60 | 11 | 8 | W 2 | ||
| 20 | Sun, Dec 29, 1946 | @ | St. Louis Bombers | L | 68 | 75 | 11 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Mon, Dec 30, 1946 | @ | Pittsburgh Ironmen | W | 62 | 60 | 12 | 9 | W 1 | ||
| 22 | Thu, Jan 2, 1947 | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 84 | 72 | 13 | 9 | W 2 | |||
| 23 | Sat, Jan 4, 1947 | @ | Providence Steam Rollers | L | 74 | 78 | 13 | 10 | L 1 | ||
| 24 | Wed, Jan 8, 1947 | @ | Pittsburgh Ironmen | L | 63 | 67 | 13 | 11 | L 2 | ||
| 25 | Thu, Jan 9, 1947 | Toronto Huskies | W | 74 | 55 | 14 | 11 | W 1 | |||
| 26 | Sat, Jan 11, 1947 | @ | Detroit Falcons | L | 56 | 58 | 14 | 12 | L 1 | ||
| 27 | Sun, Jan 12, 1947 | @ | Chicago Stags | L | 72 | 75 | 14 | 13 | L 2 | ||
| 28 | Tue, Jan 14, 1947 | @ | Toronto Huskies | W | 104 | 74 | 15 | 13 | W 1 | ||
| 29 | Thu, Jan 16, 1947 | Chicago Stags | L | 78 | 84 | 15 | 14 | L 1 | |||
| 30 | Tue, Jan 21, 1947 | Boston Celtics | W | 59 | 43 | 16 | 14 | W 1 | |||
| 31 | Wed, Jan 22, 1947 | @ | Washington Capitols | L | 55 | 57 | 16 | 15 | L 1 | ||
| 32 | Thu, Jan 23, 1947 | Cleveland Rebels | W | 83 | 78 | 17 | 15 | W 1 | |||
| 33 | Sat, Jan 25, 1947 | @ | Detroit Falcons | W | 61 | 55 | 18 | 15 | W 2 | ||
| 34 | Sun, Jan 26, 1947 | @ | Chicago Stags | L | 57 | 63 | 18 | 16 | L 1 | ||
| 35 | Thu, Jan 30, 1947 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 65 | 58 | 19 | 16 | W 1 | |||
| 36 | Sat, Feb 1, 1947 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 71 | 63 | 20 | 16 | W 2 | ||
| 37 | Mon, Feb 3, 1947 | Boston Celtics | W | 61 | 55 | 21 | 16 | W 3 | |||
| 38 | Tue, Feb 4, 1947 | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 75 | 68 | 22 | 16 | W 4 | |||
| 39 | Thu, Feb 6, 1947 | Toronto Huskies | W | 79 | 61 | 23 | 16 | W 5 | |||
| 40 | Sat, Feb 8, 1947 | @ | Providence Steam Rollers | L | 58 | 67 | 23 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Tue, Feb 11, 1947 | St. Louis Bombers | W | 75 | 59 | 24 | 17 | W 1 | |||
| 42 | Thu, Feb 13, 1947 | Cleveland Rebels | W | 61 | 48 | 25 | 17 | W 2 | |||
| 43 | Sat, Feb 15, 1947 | @ | Washington Capitols | L | 60 | 70 | 25 | 18 | L 1 | ||
| 44 | Sun, Feb 16, 1947 | @ | Cleveland Rebels | L | 71 | 75 | 25 | 19 | L 2 | ||
| 45 | Thu, Feb 20, 1947 | Pittsburgh Ironmen | W | 78 | 66 | 26 | 19 | W 1 | |||
| 46 | Sun, Feb 23, 1947 | @ | St. Louis Bombers | L | 66 | 71 | 26 | 20 | L 1 | ||
| 47 | Mon, Feb 24, 1947 | @ | Pittsburgh Ironmen | W | 69 | 67 | 27 | 20 | W 1 | ||
| 48 | Wed, Feb 26, 1947 | St. Louis Bombers | W | 75 | 65 | 28 | 20 | W 2 | |||
| 49 | Fri, Feb 28, 1947 | @ | Toronto Huskies | L | 69 | 77 | 28 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| 50 | Sun, Mar 2, 1947 | @ | Cleveland Rebels | L | 69 | 72 | 28 | 22 | L 2 | ||
| 51 | Mon, Mar 3, 1947 | Toronto Huskies | W | 76 | 66 | 29 | 22 | W 1 | |||
| 52 | Thu, Mar 6, 1947 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 59 | 61 | 29 | 23 | L 1 | |||
| 53 | Tue, Mar 11, 1947 | Washington Capitols | L | 77 | 80 | 29 | 24 | L 2 | |||
| 54 | Thu, Mar 13, 1947 | Boston Celtics | W | 81 | 57 | 30 | 24 | W 1 | |||
| 55 | Fri, Mar 14, 1947 | @ | Chicago Stags | L | 67 | 70 | 30 | 25 | L 1 | ||
| 56 | Sun, Mar 16, 1947 | @ | Detroit Falcons | W | 67 | 61 | 31 | 25 | W 1 | ||
| 57 | Thu, Mar 20, 1947 | Detroit Falcons | W | 77 | 75 | 32 | 25 | W 2 | |||
| 58 | Sat, Mar 22, 1947 | @ | Providence Steam Rollers | W | 103 | 82 | 33 | 25 | W 3 | ||
| 59 | Thu, Mar 27, 1947 | Chicago Stags | W | 80 | 73 | 34 | 25 | W 4 | |||
| 60 | Sun, Mar 30, 1947 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 76 | 72 | 35 | 25 | W 5 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed, Apr 2, 1947 | St. Louis Bombers | W | 73 | 68 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Sat, Apr 5, 1947 | @ | St. Louis Bombers | L | 51 | 73 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Sun, Apr 6, 1947 | @ | St. Louis Bombers | W | 75 | 59 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Apr 12, 1947 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 82 | 70 | 3 | 1 | W 2 | |||
| 5 | Mon, Apr 14, 1947 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 72 | 53 | 4 | 1 | W 3 | ||
| 6 | Wed, Apr 16, 1947 | Chicago Stags | W | 84 | 71 | 5 | 1 | W 4 | |||
| 7 | Thu, Apr 17, 1947 | Chicago Stags | W | 85 | 75 | 6 | 1 | W 5 | |||
| 8 | Sat, Apr 19, 1947 | @ | Chicago Stags | W | 75 | 72 | 7 | 1 | W 6 | ||
| 9 | Sun, Apr 20, 1947 | @ | Chicago Stags | L | 73 | 74 | 7 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 10 | Tue, Apr 22, 1947 | Chicago Stags | W | 83 | 80 | 8 | 2 | W 1 |