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1946-47 Washington Capitols Schedule and Results

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49-11, Finished 1st in BAA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Red Auerbach (49-11)

Points Per Game: 73.8 (2nd of 11) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 63.9 (1st of 11)
Pythagorean W-L: 53-7 (1st of 11)

Arena: Uline Arena ▪ Attendance: NA

SRS: 8.96 (1st of 11)

Playoffs:
Lost BAA Semifinals (4-2) versus Chicago Stags

1946-47 Washington Capitols:

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Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Sat, Nov 2, 1946 @ Detroit Falcons W 50 33 1 0 W 1
2 Mon, Nov 4, 1946 @ Pittsburgh Ironmen W 71 56 2 0 W 2
3 Sat, Nov 9, 1946 @ St. Louis Bombers L 69 70 2 1 L 1
4 Sun, Nov 10, 1946 @ Cleveland Rebels L 68 92 2 2 L 2
5 Thu, Nov 14, 1946 @ Philadelphia Warriors L 65 68 2 3 L 3
6 Sat, Nov 16, 1946 @ Chicago Stags W 73 65 3 3 W 1
7 Wed, Nov 20, 1946 St. Louis Bombers W 54 51 4 3 W 2
8 Thu, Nov 21, 1946 @ Providence Steam Rollers W 66 58 5 3 W 3
9 Sat, Nov 23, 1946 Toronto Huskies W 74 50 6 3 W 4
10 Tue, Nov 26, 1946 @ Toronto Huskies W 78 68 7 3 W 5
11 Wed, Nov 27, 1946 Chicago Stags W 75 67 8 3 W 6
12 Sat, Nov 30, 1946 Pittsburgh Ironmen W 49 40 9 3 W 7
13 Wed, Dec 4, 1946 Providence Steam Rollers W 80 62 10 3 W 8
14 Sat, Dec 7, 1946 Detroit Falcons W 75 64 11 3 W 9
15 Wed, Dec 11, 1946 Detroit Falcons W 81 66 12 3 W 10
16 Thu, Dec 12, 1946 @ Philadelphia Warriors W 64 49 13 3 W 11
17 Sat, Dec 14, 1946 Cleveland Rebels W 72 52 14 3 W 12
18 Wed, Dec 18, 1946 St. Louis Bombers W 68 47 15 3 W 13
19 Sat, Dec 21, 1946 Philadelphia Warriors W 68 56 16 3 W 14
20 Thu, Dec 26, 1946 @ Providence Steam Rollers W 78 66 17 3 W 15
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sat, Dec 28, 1946 New York Knickerbockers W 70 49 18 3 W 16
22 Mon, Dec 30, 1946 @ Boston Celtics W 70 60 19 3 W 17
23 Wed, Jan 1, 1947 @ Detroit Falcons L 57 62 19 4 L 1
24 Thu, Jan 2, 1947 @ St. Louis Bombers L 57 66 19 5 L 2
25 Sat, Jan 4, 1947 Cleveland Rebels W 78 64 20 5 W 1
26 Mon, Jan 6, 1947 @ Pittsburgh Ironmen W 63 49 21 5 W 2
27 Wed, Jan 8, 1947 Providence Steam Rollers W 77 69 22 5 W 3
28 Sat, Jan 11, 1947 Toronto Huskies W 81 66 23 5 W 4
29 Wed, Jan 15, 1947 @ New York Knickerbockers W 65 63 24 5 W 5
30 Thu, Jan 16, 1947 @ Boston Celtics L 38 47 24 6 L 1
31 Sat, Jan 18, 1947 Chicago Stags W 87 72 25 6 W 1
32 Wed, Jan 22, 1947 Philadelphia Warriors W 57 55 26 6 W 2
33 Sat, Jan 25, 1947 Pittsburgh Ironmen W 84 71 27 6 W 3
34 Mon, Jan 27, 1947 @ Boston Celtics W 80 57 28 6 W 4
35 Wed, Jan 29, 1947 Boston Celtics W 69 57 29 6 W 5
36 Fri, Jan 31, 1947 @ Toronto Huskies L 74 83 29 7 L 1
37 Sun, Feb 2, 1947 @ Cleveland Rebels W 107 81 30 7 W 1
38 Wed, Feb 5, 1947 @ Detroit Falcons W 67 46 31 7 W 2
39 Sat, Feb 8, 1947 @ St. Louis Bombers W 68 65 32 7 W 3
40 Sun, Feb 9, 1947 @ Chicago Stags L 67 85 32 8 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Mon, Feb 10, 1947 @ Pittsburgh Ironmen L 69 75 32 9 L 2
42 Wed, Feb 12, 1947 @ New York Knickerbockers L 72 78 32 10 L 3
43 Sat, Feb 15, 1947 Philadelphia Warriors W 70 60 33 10 W 1
44 Wed, Feb 19, 1947 Toronto Huskies W 69 59 34 10 W 2
45 Thu, Feb 20, 1947 @ Providence Steam Rollers W 82 74 35 10 W 3
46 Sat, Feb 22, 1947 Pittsburgh Ironmen W 93 61 36 10 W 4
47 Sun, Feb 23, 1947 @ Cleveland Rebels W 91 83 37 10 W 5
48 Mon, Feb 24, 1947 Boston Celtics W 83 59 38 10 W 6
49 Wed, Feb 26, 1947 @ New York Knickerbockers W 84 60 39 10 W 7
50 Sat, Mar 1, 1947 Boston Celtics W 75 52 40 10 W 8
51 Wed, Mar 5, 1947 Detroit Falcons W 99 67 41 10 W 9
52 Fri, Mar 7, 1947 @ Toronto Huskies W 86 70 42 10 W 10
53 Sat, Mar 8, 1947 St. Louis Bombers W 74 73 43 10 W 11
54 Tue, Mar 11, 1947 @ Philadelphia Warriors W 80 77 44 10 W 12
55 Thu, Mar 13, 1947 @ Chicago Stags W 86 69 45 10 W 13
56 Fri, Mar 14, 1947 New York Knickerbockers W 78 63 46 10 W 14
57 Wed, Mar 19, 1947 Providence Steam Rollers W 96 95 47 10 W 15
58 Sat, Mar 22, 1947 New York Knickerbockers L 63 68 47 11 L 1
59 Wed, Mar 26, 1947 Chicago Stags W 105 77 48 11 W 1
60 Sat, Mar 29, 1947 Cleveland Rebels W 79 69 49 11 W 2

Playoffs

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Wed, Apr 2, 1947 Chicago Stags L 65 81 0 1 L 1
2 Thu, Apr 3, 1947 Chicago Stags L 53 69 0 2 L 2
3 Tue, Apr 8, 1947 @ Chicago Stags L 55 67 0 3 L 3
4 Thu, Apr 10, 1947 Chicago Stags W 76 69 1 3 W 1
5 Sat, Apr 12, 1947 @ Chicago Stags W 67 55 2 3 W 2
6 Sun, Apr 13, 1947 @ Chicago Stags L 61 66 2 4 L 1