1946–47 Chicago Stags season

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]

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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Roster

1946–47 Chicago Stags roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOBFrom
F/C16Carlisle, Chet6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)195 lb (88 kg)1916-11-02California
G/F15Carlson, Don6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)170 lb (77 kg)1919-03-22Minnesota
F3Davis, Bill6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)215 lb (98 kg)1921-10-03Notre Dame
F/C17Gilmur, Chuck6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)225 lb (102 kg)1922-08-13Washington
C22Halbert, Chick6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)225 lb (102 kg)1919-02-27West Texas A&M
G/F26Jaros, Tony6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)185 lb (84 kg)1920-02-22Minnesota
G/F12Kautz, Wilbert6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)180 lb (82 kg)1915-09-07Loyola Chicago
G/F8Parrack, Doyle6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)165 lb (75 kg)1921-12-06Oklahoma State
G6Rottner, Mickey5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)180 lb (82 kg)1919-03-23Loyola Chicago
G/F5Seminoff, Jim6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)190 lb (86 kg)1922-09-01USC
G10Zaslofsky, Max6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)170 lb (77 kg)1925-12-07St. John's
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster
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Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

1946–47 BAA records
TeamBOSCHICLEDETNYKPHIPITPROSTLTORWAS
Boston0–62–43–34–21–55–11–51–54–21–5
Chicago6–05–13–33–35–16–03–33–44–21–5
Cleveland4–21–54–24–23–34–22–41–56–01–5
Detroit3–33–32–41–52–43–32–40–63–31–5
New York2–43–32-45–12–46–04–24–23–32–4
Philadelphia5–11–53–34–24–25–14–23–35–11–5
Pittsburgh1–50–62–43–30–61–53–31–53–31–5
Providence5–13–34–24–22–42–43–32–43–30–6
St. Louis5–14–35–16–02–43–35–14–22–42–4
Toronto2–42–40–63–33–31–53–33–34–21–5
Washington5–15–15–15–14–25–15–16–04–25–1

Game log

#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1November 2New York63–47Max Zaslofsky (18)1–0
2November 5@ Boston57–55Max Zaslofsky (28)2–0
3November 7@ Providence65–73Doyle Parrack (14)2–1
4November 9Toronto62–54Chick Halbert (23)3–1
5November 11@ New York78–68 (OT)Mickey Rottner (20)4–1
6November 13Boston71–61Max Zaslofsky (16)5–1
7November 16Washington65–73Chick Halbert (19)5–2
8November 17@ Cleveland78–76Chick Halbert (22)6–2
9November 20@ New York69–72Tony Jaros (20)6–3
10November 21@ Philadelphia65–63Doyle Parrack (15)7–3
11November 24Detroit55–68Tony Jaros (13)7–4
12November 27@ Washington67–75Max Zaslofsky (22)7–5
13November 28St. Louis72–75Max Zaslofsky (19)7–6
14December 1Boston66–56Chick Halbert (29)8–6
15December 4@ Pittsburgh57–46Chick Halbert (15)9–6
16December 5Toronto61–65Max Zaslofsky (22)9–7
17December 7Cleveland86–78Max Zaslofsky (20)10–7
18December 11Cleveland88–79Chick Halbert (14)11–7
19December 12@ St. Louis88–68Don Carlson (28)12–7
20December 15Pittsburgh84–75Max Zaslofsky (14)13–7
21December 19@ Providence77–81Max Zaslofsky (16)13–8
22December 22Detroit95–92Don Carlson (26)14–8
23December 27@ Toronto88–80Tony Jaros (16)15–8
24December 29@ Cleveland87–79 (OT)Max Zaslofsky (20)16–8
25December 31@ Toronto76–86Tony Jaros (22)16–9
26January 1St. Louis90–103Jaros, Seminoff (20)16–10
27January 8@ Detroit83–80Don Carlson (18)17–10
28January 9@ St. Louis81–84Chick Halbert (17)17–11
29January 12Philadelphia75–72Jim Seminoff (20)18–11
30January 15@ Detroit59–68Doyle Parrack (12)18–12
31January 16@ Philadelphia84–78Max Zaslofsky (19)19–12
32January 18@ Washington72–87Max Zaslofsky (21)19–13
33January 20@ Boston81–54Max Zaslofsky (21)20–13
34January 22@ New York64–74Don Carlson (12)20–14
35January 23Providence97–76Mickey Rottner (20)21–14
36January 26Philadelphia63–57Davis, Zaslofsky (12)22–14
37February 2Toronto90–75Mickey Rottner (22)23–14
38February 6Pittsburgh109–85Max Zaslofsky (17)24–14
39February 9Washington85–67Don Carlson (23)25–14
40February 12@ Pittsburgh101–82Don Carlson (24)26–14
41February 13Providence81–79Don Carlson (20)27–14
42February 16Boston84–77Chet Carlisle (16)28–14
43February 20Detroit74–76Don Carlson (18)28–15
44February 21@ St. Louis60–65Don Carlson (20)28–16
45February 23New York82–68Max Zaslofsky (22)29–16
46February 26@ Detroit72–68Max Zaslofsky (20)30–16
47March 2St. Louis98–86Max Zaslofsky (32)31–16
48March 3@ Pittsburgh69–66Chick Halbert (19)32–16
49March 6Pittsburgh72–71Max Zaslofsky (19)33–16
50March 8Providence107–81Tony Jaros (20)34–16
51March 9@ Cleveland107–78Chick Halbert (25)35–16
52March 13Washington69–86Max Zaslofsky (15)35–17
53March 14Philadelphia70–67Max Zaslofsky (16)36–17
54March 19New York57–65Don Carlson (15)36–18
55March 21@ Toronto99–83Chick Halbert (25)37–18
56March 22Cleveland58–67Max Zaslofsky (19)37–19
57March 24@ Boston80–69Chick Halbert (24)38–19
58March 26@ Washington77–105Chick Halbert (15)38–20
59March 27@ Philadelphia73–80Chick Halbert (18)38–21
60March 29@ Providence79–83Tony Jaros (17)38–22
61March 31St. Louis73–66 (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

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