1947 NBA Finals

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The 1947 BAA (or NBA) Finals was the championship round of the 1946-1947 BAA season, which was the first the organized major professional basketball league season. 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. The series included the play of Hall of Fame inductee Joe Fulks.

[edit] Series Summary

Game	Date	Home Team	Result	Road Team
Game 1	April 16	Philadelphia	84-71	Chicago
Game 2	April 17	Philadelphia	85-75	Chicago
Game 3	April 19	Chicago	72-75	Philadelphia
Game 4	April 20	Chicago	74-73	Philadelphia
Game 5	April 22	Philadelphia	83-80	Chicago

Warriors win series 4-1

[edit] Game 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 shot astoudingly 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.

[edit] Game 2

Fulks wasn't the scorer he was in Game 1, but he didn't have to be, because five other Warrior players scored in double figures, including 18 points from forward Howie Dallmar and 16 from guard/forward Fleishman. Chicago did take a brief 69-68 lead until Philadelphia center Art Hillhouse came alive in the fourth quarter. He scored 7 out of the last 10 points for the Warriors, en route to a second Philadelphia win, 85-74.