1946–47 Washington Capitols season

The 1946–47 Washington Capitols season was the inaugural season of the Washington Capitols in the Basketball Association of America (BAA). Their record was 49–11, owning the best overall record in the league.^[1]

1946–47 Washington Capitols season
Division champions
Head coach	Red Auerbach
Arena	Uline Arena
Results
Record	49–11 (.817)
Place	Division: 1st (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Lost BAA Semifinals
Stats at Basketball Reference
Radio	WTOP
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Roster

1946–47 Washington Capitols roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From G/F 10 Bob Feerick 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1920-01-02 Santa Clara F/C 19 Bob Gantt 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1922-06-22 Duke C 12 John Mahnken 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1922-06-16 Georgetown SF 17 Bones McKinney 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1919-01-01 North Carolina F 16 Johnny Norlander 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1921-03-05 Hamline G 6–21 Buddy O'Grady 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 160 lb (73 kg) 1920-01-19 Georgetown G 4 Marty Passaglia 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1919-04-22 Santa Clara PG 14–23 Fred Scolari 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1922-03-01 San Francisco F 15–22 Irv Torgoff 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 1917-03-06 Long Island

Head coach Red Auerbach Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster

Regular season

Season standings

#	Eastern Division v t e
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	x-Washington Capitols	49	11	.817	–
2	x-Philadelphia Warriors	35	25	.583	14
3	x-New York Knicks	33	27	.550	16
4	Providence Steamrollers	28	32	.467	21
5	Boston Celtics	22	38	.367	27
6	Toronto Huskies	22	38	.367	27

Game log

1946–47 game log Total: 49–11
November: 9–3 (home: 4–0; road: 5–3) Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record 1 November 2 @ Detroit W 50–33 Bob Feerick, Fred Scolari (14) Detroit Olympia 1–0 2 November 4 @ Pittsburgh W 71–56 Bob Feerick (14) Duquesne Gardens 2–0 3 November 9 @ St. Louis L 69–70 Johnny Norlander (22) St. Louis Arena 2–1 4 November 10 @ Cleveland L 68–92 Johnny Norlander (21) Cleveland Arena 2–2 5 November 14 @ Philadelphia L 65–68 Bones McKinney (26) Philadelphia Arena 2–3 6 November 16 @ Chicago W 73–65 Johnny Norlander (18) Chicago Stadium 3–3 7 November 20 St. Louis W 54–51 John Mahnken (14) Uline Arena 4–3 8 November 21 @ Providence W 66–58 Irv Torgoff (16) Rhode Island Auditorium 5–3 9 November 23 Toronto W 74–50 Bob Feerick (20) Uline Arena 6–3 10 November 26 @ Toronto W 78–68 John Mahnken (21) Maple Leaf Gardens 7–3 11 November 27 Chicago W 75–67 Bob Feerick (21) Uline Arena 8–3 12 November 30 Pittsburgh W 49–40 Bob Feerick (14) Uline Arena 9–3
December: 10–0 (home: 7–0; road: 3–0) Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record 13 December 4 Providence W 80–62 Fred Scolari (16) 10–3 14 December 7 Detroit W 75–64 John Mahnken (18) 11–3 15 December 11 Detroit W 81–66 Johnny Norlander (17) 12–3 16 December 12 @ Philadelphia W 64–49 Fred Scolari (15) 13–3 17 December 14 Cleveland W 72–52 Fred Scolari (16) 14–3 18 December 18 St. Louis W 68–47 Bones McKinney (15) 15–3 19 December 21 Philadelphia W 68–56 Fred Scolari (20) 16–3 20 December 26 @ Providence W 78–66 Bob Feerick (21) 17–3 21 December 28 New York W 70–49 Bob Feerick (17) 18–3 22 December 30 @ Boston W 70–60 (OT) Bones McKinney (22) 19–3
January Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record 23 January 1 @ Detroit L 57–62 Fred Scolari (19) 19–4 24 January 2 @ St. Louis L 57–66 Bones McKinney (13) 19–5 25 January 4 Cleveland W 78–64 Bones McKinney (21) 20–5 26 January 6 @ Pittsburgh W 63–49 Bob Feerick (21) 21–5 27 January 8 Providence W 77–69 Bob Feerick (22) 22–5 28 January 11 Toronto W 81–66 Bob Feerick (24) 23–5 29 January 15 @ New York W 65–63 Bob Feerick (18) 24–5 30 January 16 @ Boston L 38–47 Fred Scolari (17) 24–6 31 January 18 Chicago W 87–72 Feerick, Scolari (22) 25–6 32 January 22 Philadelphia W 57–55 Feerick, McKinney (19) 26–6 33 January 25 Pittsburgh W 84–71 Bob Feerick (17) 27–6 34 January 27 @ Boston W 80–57 Bones McKinney (13) 28–6 35 January 29 Boston W 69–57 Bones McKinney (22) 29–6 36 January 31 @ Toronto L 74–83 Fred Scolari (16) 29–7
February Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record 37 February 2 @ Cleveland W 107–81 Bob Feerick (22) 30–7 38 February 5 @ Detroit W 67–46 Bob Feerick (16) 31–7 39 February 8 @ St. Louis W 68–65 Feerick, Norlander (14) 32–7 40 February 9 @ Chicago L 67–85 Fred Scolari (22) 32–8 41 February 10 @ Pittsburgh L 69–75 Fred Scolari (17) 32–9 42 February 12 @ New York L 72–76 Bob Feerick (21) 32–10 43 February 15 Philadelphia W 70–60 Bob Feerick (16) 33–10 44 February 19 Toronto W 69–59 Feerick, McKinney (15) 34–10 45 February 20 @ Providence W 82–74 Bones McKinney (25) 35–10 46 February 22 Pittsburgh W 93–61 Fred Scolari (29) 36–10 47 February 23 @ Cleveland W 91–83 Bob Feerick (20) 37–10 48 February 24 Boston W 83–59 Bob Feerick (24)| 38–10 49 February 26 @ New York W 84–60 Irv Torgoff (16) 39–10
March Game Date Team Score High points Location Attendance Record 50 March 1 Boston W 75–52 Bob Feerick (30) 40–10 51 March 5 Detroit W 99–67 Feerick, Scolari (22) 41–10 52 March 7 @ Toronto W 86–70 Bob Feerick (19) 42–10 53 March 8 St. Louis W 74–73 Fred Scolari (19) 43–10 54 March 11 @ Philadelphia W 80–77 Bob Feerick (24) 44–10 55 March 13 @ Chicago W 86–69 Bob Feerick (16) 45–10 56 March 15 New York W 78–63 Bob Feerick (26) 46–10 57 March 19 Providence W 96–95 (OT) Bob Feerick (35) 47–10 58 March 22 New York L 63–68 Fred Scolari (21) 47–11 59 March 26 Chicago W 105–77 Bones McKinney (18) 48–11 60 March 29 Cleveland W 79–69 Bob Feerick (22) 49–11

Playoffs

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

Awards and records

Awards

• Bob Feerick, All-BAA First Team
• Bones McKinney, All-BAA First Team
• Fred Scolari, All-BAA Second Team