1946–47 Chicago Stags season

1946–47 Chicago Stags season
Division champions
Head coach	Harold Olsen
Arena	Chicago Stadium
Results
Record	39–22 (.639)
Place	Division: 1st (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost BAA Finals to Warriors 1–4
Radio	WGN

The 1946–47 Chicago Stags season was the first season of the now defunct Chicago Stags of the Basketball Association of America (BAA/NBA). 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. 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 Harold Olsen Assistant coach(es) Philip Brownstein Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster

Regular season

Season standings

#	Western Division
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	x-Chicago Stags	39	22	.639	–
2	x-St. Louis Bombers	38	23	.623	1
3	x-Cleveland Rebels	30	30	.500	8.5
4	Detroit Falcons	20	40	.333	18.5
5	Pittsburgh Ironmen	15	45	.250	23.5

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