1946–47 Chicago Stags season

The 1946–47 Chicago Stags season was the first season of the Chicago Stags of the Basketball Association of America (BAA/NBA).^[1] 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.^[2] 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. Despite their results, they were initially undecided about whether they would play for another season or not, though they ultimately would do so.

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
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Roster

1946–47 Chicago Stags roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From F/C 16 Chet Carlisle 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1916-11-02 California G/F 15 Don Carlson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1919-03-22 Minnesota F 3 Bill Davis 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1921-10-03 Notre Dame F/C 17 Chuck Gilmur 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1922-08-13 Washington C 22 Chick Halbert 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1919-02-27 West Texas A&M G/F 26 Tony Jaros 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1920-02-22 Minnesota G/F 12 Wilbert Kautz 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1915-09-07 Loyola Chicago G/F 8 Doyle Parrack 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1921-12-06 Oklahoma State G 6 Mickey Rottner 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1919-03-23 Loyola Chicago G/F 5 Jim Seminoff 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1922-09-01 USC G 10 Max Zaslofsky 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1925-12-07 St. John's

Head coach Harold Olsen Assistant(s) Philip Brownstein Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster

Regular season

Season standings

# Western Division v t e 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

Game log

#	Date	Opponent	Score	High points	Record
1	November 2	New York	W 63–47	Max Zaslofsky (18)	1–0
2	November 5	@ Boston	W 57–55	Max Zaslofsky (28)	2–0
3	November 7	@ Providence	L 65–73	Doyle Parrack (14)	2–1
4	November 9	Toronto	W 62–54	Chick Halbert (23)	3–1
5	November 11	@ New York	W 78–68 (OT)	Mickey Rottner (20)	4–1
6	November 13	Boston	W 71–61	Max Zaslofsky (16)	5–1
7	November 16	Washington	L 65–73	Chick Halbert (19)	5–2
8	November 17	@ Cleveland	W 78–76	Chick Halbert (22)	6–2
9	November 20	@ New York	L 69–72	Tony Jaros (20)	6–3
10	November 21	@ Philadelphia	W 65–63	Doyle Parrack (15)	7–3
11	November 24	Detroit	L 55–68	Tony Jaros (13)	7–4
12	November 27	@ Washington	L 67–75	Max Zaslofsky (22)	7–5
13	November 28	St. Louis	L 72–75	Max Zaslofsky (19)	7–6
14	December 1	Boston	W 66–56	Chick Halbert (29)	8–6
15	December 4	@ Pittsburgh	W 57–46	Chick Halbert (15)	9–6
16	December 5	Toronto	L 61–65	Max Zaslofsky (22)	9–7
17	December 7	Cleveland	W 86–78	Max Zaslofsky (20)	10–7
18	December 11	Cleveland	W 88–79	Chick Halbert (14)	11–7
19	December 12	@ St. Louis	W 88–68	Don Carlson (28)	12–7
20	December 15	Pittsburgh	W 84–75	Max Zaslofsky (14)	13–7
21	December 19	@ Providence	L 77–81	Max Zaslofsky (16)	13–8
22	December 22	Detroit	W 95–92	Don Carlson (26)	14–8
23	December 27	@ Toronto	W 88–80	Tony Jaros (16)	15–8
24	December 29	@ Cleveland	W 87–79 (OT)	Max Zaslofsky (20)	16–8
25	December 31	@ Toronto	L 76–86	Tony Jaros (22)	16–9
26	January 1	St. Louis	L 90–103	Jaros, Seminoff (20)	16–10
27	January 8	@ Detroit	W 83–80	Don Carlson (18)	17–10
28	January 9	@ St. Louis	L 81–84	Chick Halbert (17)	17–11
29	January 12	Philadelphia	W 75–72	Jim Seminoff (20)	18–11
30	January 15	@ Detroit	L 59–68	Doyle Parrack (12)	18–12
31	January 16	@ Philadelphia	W 84–78	Max Zaslofsky (19)	19–12
32	January 18	@ Washington	L 72–87	Max Zaslofsky (21)	19–13
33	January 20	@ Boston	W 81–54	Max Zaslofsky (21)	20–13
34	January 22	@ New York	L 64–74	Don Carlson (12)	20–14
35	January 23	Providence	W 97–76	Mickey Rottner (20)	21–14
36	January 26	Philadelphia	W 63–57	Davis, Zaslofsky (12)	22–14
37	February 2	Toronto	W 90–75	Mickey Rottner (22)	23–14
38	February 6	Pittsburgh	W 109–85	Max Zaslofsky (17)	24–14
39	February 9	Washington	W 85–67	Don Carlson (23)	25–14
40	February 12	@ Pittsburgh	W 101–82	Don Carlson (24)	26–14
41	February 13	Providence	W 81–79	Don Carlson (20)	27–14
42	February 16	Boston	W 84–77	Chet Carlisle (16)	28–14
43	February 20	Detroit	L 74–76	Don Carlson (18)	28–15
44	February 21	@ St. Louis	L 60–65	Don Carlson (20)	28–16
45	February 23	New York	W 82–68	Max Zaslofsky (22)	29–16
46	February 26	@ Detroit	W 72–68	Max Zaslofsky (20)	30–16
47	March 2	St. Louis	W 98–86	Max Zaslofsky (32)	31–16
48	March 3	@ Pittsburgh	W 69–66	Chick Halbert (19)	32–16
49	March 6	Pittsburgh	W 72–71	Max Zaslofsky (19)	33–16
50	March 8	Providence	W 107–81	Tony Jaros (20)	34–16
51	March 9	@ Cleveland	W 107–78	Chick Halbert (25)	35–16
52	March 13	Washington	L 69–86	Max Zaslofsky (15)	35–17
53	March 14	Philadelphia	W 70–67	Max Zaslofsky (16)	36–17
54	March 19	New York	L 57–65	Don Carlson (15)	36–18
55	March 21	@ Toronto	W 99–83	Chick Halbert (25)	37–18
56	March 22	Cleveland	L 58–67	Max Zaslofsky (19)	37–19
57	March 24	@ Boston	W 80–69	Chick Halbert (24)	38–19
58	March 26	@ Washington	L 77–105	Chick Halbert (15)	38–20
59	March 27	@ Philadelphia	L 73–80	Chick Halbert (18)	38–21
60	March 29	@ Providence	L 79–83	Tony Jaros (17)	38–22
61	March 31	St. Louis	W 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