1946–47 BAA season

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BAA season basketball season sports season

The 1946–47 BAA season was the inaugural professional basketball campaign of the league that would later become the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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1947 BAA Finals 2

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf BAA season ⓘ
basketball season ⓘ
sports season ⓘ
alsoKnownAs inaugural BAA season ⓘ
champion Philadelphia Warriors ⓘ
championshipSeries 1947 BAA Finals ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endTime 1947 ⓘ
finalsFormat best-of-seven series ⓘ
finalsSeriesResult Philadelphia Warriors ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia Warriors defeated Chicago Stags 4–1
followedBy 1947–48 BAA season ⓘ
governingBody Basketball Association of America ⓘ
hadTeam Boston Celtics ⓘ
Chicago Stags ⓘ
Cleveland Rebels ⓘ
Detroit Falcons ⓘ
New York Knicks ⓘ
Philadelphia Warriors ⓘ
Pittsburgh Ironmen ⓘ
Providence Steamrollers ⓘ
St. Louis Bombers ⓘ
Toronto Huskies ⓘ
Washington Capitols ⓘ
historicalSignificance first professional season of the league that evolved into the NBA ⓘ
laterBecame National Basketball Association ⓘ
league Basketball Association of America ⓘ
levelOnPyramid major professional ⓘ
mostValuablePlayer Joe Fulks ⓘ
numberOfGamesInFinals 5 ⓘ
numberOfTeams 11 ⓘ
precededBy none ⓘ
runnerUp Chicago Stags ⓘ
sport basketball ⓘ
startTime 1946 ⓘ
topScorer Joe Fulks ⓘ
topScorerPointsPerGame 23.2 ⓘ

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BAA → firstSeason → 1946–47 BAA season ⓘ
subject surface form: Basketball Association of America
Chicago Stags → madeFinals → 1946–47 BAA season ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1947 BAA Finals
St. Louis Bombers → playedInSeason → 1946–47 BAA season ⓘ
Philadelphia Warriors → wonChampionship → 1946–47 BAA season ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1947 BAA Finals