1946–47 Washington Capitols season

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

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

Roster

Washington Capitols roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)	From
2.5 !G/F	10	Feerick, Bob	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	000000001920-01-02-0000January 2, 1920	Santa Clara
5.5 !F/C	19	Gantt, Bob	7000193040000000000♠6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	000000001922-06-22-0000June 22, 1922	Duke
4.0 !F	19	Gillette, Gene	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	000000001921-01-01-00001921	Saint Mary's
4.0 !F		Goldfaden, Ben	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	000000001913-09-06-0000September 6, 1913	George Washington
1.5 !G	15	Keller, Ken	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	000000001922-01-01-0000January 1, 1922	St. John's
4.0 !F	22	Lujack, Al	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	000000001920-10-05-0000October 5, 1920	Georgetown
6.0 !C	12	Mahnken, John	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	000000001922-06-16-0000June 16, 1922	Georgetown
3.0 !SF	17	McKinney, Bones	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	000000001919-01-01-0000January 1, 1919	North Carolina
5.5 !F/C	18	Negratti, Al	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	000000001921-06-12-0000June 12, 1921	Seton Hall
4.0 !F	16	Norlander, Johnny	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	000000001921-03-05-0000March 5, 1921	Hamline
1.5 !G	6/21	O'Grady, Buddy	7000180340000000000♠5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	000000001920-01-19-0000January 19, 1920	Georgetown
1.5 !G	4	Passaglia, Marty	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	000000001919-04-22-0000April 22, 1919	Santa Clara
1.0 !PG	14/23	Scolari, Fred	7000177800000000000♠5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	000000001922-03-01-0000March 1, 1922	San Francisco
4.0 !F	15/22	Torgoff, Irv	7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	192 lb (87 kg)	000000001917-03-06-0000March 6, 1917	Long Island

Head coach

Red Auerbach

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster • Transactions

Regular season

Season standings

#	Eastern Division
#	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

Record vs. opponents

1946–47 BAA records
Team	BOS	CHI	CLE	DET	NYK	PHI	PIT	PRO	STL	TOR	WAS
Boston	—	0–6	2–4	3–3	4–2	1–5	5–1	1–5	1–5	4–2	1–5
Chicago	6–0	—	5–1	3–3	3–3	5–1	6–0	3–3	3–4	4–2	1–5
Cleveland	4–2	1–5	—	4–2	4–2	3–3	4–2	2–4	1–5	6–0	1–5
Detroit	3–3	3–3	2–4	—	1–5	2–4	3–3	2–4	0–6	3–3	1–5
New York	2–4	3–3	2-4	5–1	—	2–4	6–0	4–2	4–2	3–3	2–4
Philadelphia	5–1	1–5	3–3	4–2	4–2	—	5–1	4–2	3–3	5–1	1–5
Pittsburgh	1–5	0–6	2–4	3–3	0–6	1–5	—	3–3	1–5	3–3	1–5
Providence	5–1	3–3	4–2	4–2	2–4	2–4	3–3	—	2–4	3–3	0–6
St. Louis	5–1	4–3	5–1	6–0	2–4	3–3	5–1	4–2	—	2–4	2–4
Toronto	2–4	2–4	0–6	3–3	3–3	1–5	3–3	3–3	4–2	—	1–5
Washington	5–1	5–1	5–1	5–1	4–2	5–1	5–1	6–0	4–2	5–1	—

Game log

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

References

↑ 1946-47 Washington Capitols

1946–47 BAA season by team

Playoffs Finals

Eastern	Boston New York Philadelphia Providence Toronto Washington

Western	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Pittsburgh St. Louis

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