The 1947 BAA Finals was the championship round of the Basketball Association of America's 1946–47 season. Basketball Association of America (BAA) would eventually become the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Philadelphia Warriors of the Eastern Division faced the Chicago Stags of the Western Division for the inaugural championship, with the Philadelphia having home court advantage. Hall of Fame inductee Joe Fulks played for the Warriors ...
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The 1947 BAA Finals was the championship round of the Basketball Association of America's 1946–47 season. Basketball Association of America (BAA) would eventually become the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Philadelphia Warriors of the Eastern Division faced the Chicago Stags of the Western Division for the inaugural championship, with the Philadelphia having home court advantage. Hall of Fame inductee Joe Fulks played for the Warriors in the series.
Warriors win series 4-1
Around 7,900 people attended Game 1. The Warriors lead at halftime 34-20. Fulks then scored 29 points in the second half, including 21 in the fourth quarter. Angelo Musi, a guard out of Temple University, scored 19 points himself for Philadelphia as well. The Stags took an astouding 129 shots, but only knocked down 26 of them, a 20.2 percent shooting percentage which made it easy for the Warriors to win, 84-71.
Fulks wasn't the scorer he was in Game 1, but he didn't have to be, because five other Warrior...
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