NBL Season 1946/47 - became the 10th season of the National Basketball League (NBL) . 12 teams took part in the championship, who played 44 games each season. The champion of the league was the Chicago American Gears team, in which George Miken made a professional debut. In the final, the Giers won the Rochester Royals team in four games.
| NBL in the 1946/1947 season | |
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| Regular season | |
| The best team: | Rochester Royals |
| MVP of the season : | Bob Davis ( Rochester Royals ) |
| Best on points: | Al Cervy ( Rochester Royals ) |
| Playoffs | |
| Champion of the West | Chicago American Gears |
| Finalist of the West | Oshkosh All Stars |
| Champion of the East | Rochester Royals |
| Finalist of the East | Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons |
| The final | |
| Champion: | Chicago American Gears |
| Finalist: | Rochester Royals |
| NBL Seasons | |
← 1945/1946 | 1947/1948 → |
In the offseason, five new clubs joined the league ( Detroit Gems , Syracuse Nationals , Toledo Jeeps , Three City Blackhawks and Anderson Duffy Packers ), and the Cleveland Allman Transfers team ceased to exist. In addition, the Basketball Association of America (BAA) was founded in this offseason, with which the NBL fought for survival for three years, after which in 1949 they merged into the National Basketball Association (NBA) .
Content
Regular Season
- I = Games, B = Wins, P = Losses, P% = Percentage of matches won
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Playoffs
| Division semi-finals | Division Finals | NBL Finals | |||||||||||
| one | Oshkosh All Stars | 3 | |||||||||||
| four | Sheboygan Red Skins | 2 | |||||||||||
| one | Oshkosh All Stars | 0 | |||||||||||
| Western division | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Chicago American Gears | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Chicago American Gears | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Indianapolis Kautskis | 2 | |||||||||||
| S3 | Chicago American Gears | 3 | |||||||||||
| IN 1 | Rochester Royals | one | |||||||||||
| one | Rochester Royals | 3 | |||||||||||
| four | Syracuse Nationals | one | |||||||||||
| one | Rochester Royals | 2 | |||||||||||
| East Division | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons | one | |||||||||||
| 3 | Toledo Jeeps | 2 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons | 3 | |||||||||||
Playoff Match Results
Semifinals of the Eastern Division
Rochester Royals - Syracuse Nationals 3 -1 ( 66 : 64, 61: 64 , 54 : 48, 62 : 57)
Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons - Toledo Jeeps 3 -2 ( 65 : 38, 54 : 31, 46: 56 , 53: 58 , 64 : 46)
East Division Final
Rochester Royals - Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons 2 -1 ( 58 : 49, 49: 56 , 76 : 47).
Western Division semi-finals
Oshkosh All Stars - Sheboygan Red Skins 3 -2 (48: 54 , 40: 45 , 54 : 44, 53 : 45, 49 : 47).
Chicago American Gears - Indianapolis Kautskis 3 -2 ( 74 : 72, 69 : 61, 67: 68 , 54: 55 , 76 : 62).
Western Division Final
Chicago American Gears - Oshkosh All Stars 2-0 ( 60 : 54, 61 : 60).
NBL Finals
Chicago American Gears - Rochester Royals 3 -1 (66: 71 , 67 : 63, 78 : 70, 79 : 68).
Top Scoring Players
| A place | Player | Team | Number of games | Number of points | Average per game |
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| one | Al Cervy | Rochester Royals | 44 | 632 | 14,4 |
| 2 | Freddy lewis | Sheboygan Red Skins | 44 | 585 | 13.3 |
| 3 | Arnie Riesen | Indianapolis Kautskis | 44 | 582 | 13,2 |
| four | Hal Tidrick | Toledo Jeeps | 44 | 579 | 13,2 |
| five | Don Otten | Three City Blackhawks | 44 | 569 | 12.9 |
| 6 | Chips Sobek | Toledo Jeeps | 42 | 551 | 13.1 |
| 7 | Red Holtzman | Rochester Royals | 44 | 528 | 12.0 |
| eight | Bob Carpenter | Oshkosh All Stars | 44 | 513 | 11.7 |
| 9 | Bob Calihan | Chicago American Gears | 44 | 484 | 11.0 |
| ten | Gene Englund | Oshkosh All Stars | 43 | 479 | 11.1 |
| ten | Jerry Rizzo | Syracuse Nationals | 44 | 479 | 10.9 |
Seasonal awards
- NBL Most Valuable Player : Bob Davis , Rochester Royals
- NBL Rookie of the Year : Freddy Lewis , Sheboygan Red Skins
- NBL Coach of the Year : Lonnie Darling , Oshkosh All Stars
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Comments
- ↑ Jeeps are in the final table above the Nationals, as they outplayed them in an additional match.
- ↑ The Giers stand in the final table above the Skins, since they outplayed them in an additional match.