1946–47_Boston_Celtics_season

1946–47 Boston Celtics season
1946–47 Boston Celtics season
Head coach	Honey Russell
Owners	Walter A. Brown
Arena	Boston Arena; Boston Garden
Results
Record	22–38 (.367)
Place	Division: 5th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	WMEX
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1946–47 Boston Celtics season

Season of National Basketball Association team the Boston Celtics

The 1946–47 Boston Celtics season was the first season of the Boston Celtics in the Basketball Association of America (BAA/NBA). Walter A. Brown was the man who was responsible for starting the franchise. In June 1946, Brown, who operated the Boston Garden arena and was part of the National Hockey League's Boston Bruins, was the driving force behind the Basketball Association of America and the Celtics birth.^[1] After considering several team names, including Whirlwinds, Unicorns, and Olympics, Brown opted for Celtics.^[2] He hoped to grab the attention of Boston's large Irish American population. John Davis "Honey" Russell was hired as the first Celtics coach, and the team soon began its inaugural season, losing its first game 59–53 to the Providence Steamrollers. The Celtics won their first game of the season against the Toronto Huskies on November 16, 1946.^[3]

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Regular season

On November 5, the Celtics played their first game at the Boston Arena in front of 4,329 fans.^[4] The game would be delayed for an hour when the wooden backboard was damaged after a practice dunk during warm-ups. After the backboard was repaired, the Celtics lost to the Chicago Stags by a score 57–55. This would become the first-ever broken backboard in BAA/NBA History.

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1946–47 Game Log

November

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location/Attendance	High points	Record
1	November 2, 1946	@ Providence Steamrollers	53–59	Rhode Island Auditorium	Red Wallace (9)	0–1
2	November 5, 1946	Chicago Stags	55–57	Boston Garden	John Simmons (13)	0–2
3	November 9	@ Detroit Falcons	46–69	Detroit Olympia	Art Spector (12)	0–3
4	November 13	@ Chicago Stags	61–71	Chicago Stadium	John Simmons (14)	0–4
5	November 14	@ St. Louis Bombers	62–64	St. Louis Arena	Gray, Wallace (12)	0–5
6	November 16	Toronto Huskies	53–49	Boston Garden	Wyndol Gray (13)	1–5
7	November 21	St. Louis Bombers	53–65	Boston Garden	Connie Simmons (9)	1–6
8	November 22	@ Toronto Huskies	82–83	Maple Leaf Gardens	Connie Simmons (18)	1–7
9	November 23	@ Detroit Falcons	46–54	Detroit Olympia	Connie Simmons (15)	1–8
10	November 25	Providence Steam Rollers	59–71	Boston Garden	John Simmons (14)	1–9
11	November 26	Philadelphia Warriors	54–66	Philadelphia Arena	Connie Simmons (15)	1–10
12	November 28	Pittsburgh Ironmen	59–55	Boston Garden	Harold Kottman (19)	2–10

December

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location/Attendance	High points	Record
13	December 1	@ Chicago Stags	56–66	Boston Garden	Al Brightman (26)	2–11
14	December 2	@ Pittsburgh Ironmen	46–44	Duquesne Gardens	Al Brightman (11)	3–11
15	December 5	Detroit Falcons	61–65	Boston Garden	Connie Simmons (10)	3–12
16	December 7	New York Knickerbockers	65–90	Boston Garden	Gray, Kottman (15)	3–13
17	December 8	@ New York Knickerbockers	44–62	Madison Square Garden	Wyndol Gray (13)	3–14
18	December 12	Detroit Falcons	73–66	Boston Garden	Jerry Kelly (21)	4–14
19	December 14	Philadelphia Warriors	77–65	Boston Garden	Red Wallace (19)	5–14
20	December 19	St. Louis Bombers	74–76	Boston Garden	Al Brightman (13)	5–15
21	December 22	@ St. Louis Bombers	53–65	St. Louis Arena	Chuck Connors (14)	5–16
22	December 23	@ Pittsburgh Ironmen	54–64	Duquesne Gardens	C. Simmons, Spector (9)	5–17
23	December 27	Philadelphia Warriors	60–63	Boston Garden	Al Brightman (17)	5–18
24	December 28	@ Providence Steam Rollers	68–80	Rhode Island Auditorium	Wyndol Gray (17)	5–19
25	December 30	Washington Capitols	60–70	Boston Garden	Connie Simmons (19)	5–20

January

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location/Attendance	High points	Record
26	January 3	@ Toronto Huskies	58–53	Maple Leaf Gardens	Al Brightman (21)	6–20
27	January 6	Cleveland Rebels	53–64	Boston Garden	Connors, Gray (15)	6–21
28	January 10	New York Knicks	66–62	Boston Garden	Al Brightman (18)	7–21
29	January 11	@ Providence Steam Rollers	73–72	Rhode Island Auditorium	Al Brightman (17)	8–21
30	January 16	Washington Capitols	47–38	Boston Garden	Al Brightman (14)	9–21
31	January 18	@ New York Knickerbockers	58–45	Madison Square Garden	Al Brightman (19)	10–21
32	January 20	Chicago Stags	54–81	Boston Garden	Wyndol Gray (13)	10–22
33	January 21	@ Philadelphia Warriors	43–59	Philadelphia Arena	John Simmons (10)	10−23
34	January 23	Pittsburgh Ironmen	48–43	Boston Garden	Charlie Hoefer (11)	11–23
35	January 25	@ New York Knickerbockers	52–46	Madison Square Garden	Al Brightman (17)	11–24
36	January 27	Washington Capitols	57–80	Boston Garden	Connie Simmons (12)	12–24
37	January 29	@ Washington Capitols	57–69	Uline Arena	Connie Simmons (11)	12–25
38	January 30	Pittsburgh Ironmen	66–51	Boston Garden	Connie Simmons (18)	13–25

February

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location/Attendance	High points	Record
39	February 3	@ Philadelphia Warriors	55–61	Philadelphia Arena	Connie Simmons (17)	13–26
40	February 6	New York Knickerbockers	49–48	Boston Garden	Connie Simmons (14)	14–26
41	February 13	St. Louis Bombers	64–54	Boston Garden	Connie Simmons (17)	15–26
42	February 16	@ Chicago Stags	77–84	Chicago Stadium	Connie Simmons (25)	15–27
43	February 18	@ Cleveland Rebels	73–84	Cleveland Arena	Connie Simmons (21)	15–28
44	February 19	@ Detroit Falcons	57–51	Detroit Olympia	Connie Simmons (18)	16–28
45	February 21	@ Toronto Huskies	61–67	Maple Leaf Gardens	Connie Simmons (26)	16–29
46	February 23	Providence Steam Rollers	55–67	Boston Garden	Al Brightman (14)	16–30
47	February 24	@ Washington Capitals	59–83	Uline Arena	Al Brightman (14)	16–31
48	February 28	Cleveland Rebels	69–62	Boston Garden	Al Brightman (22)	17–31

March

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location/Attendance	High points	Record
49	March 1	@ Washington Capitols	52–75	Uline Arena	Jack Garfinkel (18)	17–32
50	March 6	Detroit Falcons	74–65	Boston Garden	Connie Simmons (19)	18–32
50	March 8	Toronto Huskies	67–65	Boston Garden	Connie Simmons (19)	19–32
52	March 10	Providence Steam Rollers	70–87	Boston Garden	John Simmons (17)	19–33
53	March 12	Toronto Huskies	69–57	Boston Garden	Hoefer, J. Simmons (13)	20–33
54	March 13	@ Philadelphia Warriors	57–81	Philadelphia Arena	Charlie Hoefer (12)	20–34
55	March 18	Cleveland Rebels	58–67	Boston Garden	Connie Simmons (14)	20–35
56	March 24	Chicago Stags	69–80	Boston Garden	Connie Simmons (17)	20–36
57	March 25	@ Cleveland Rebels	64–72	Cleveland Arena	Art Spector (19)	20–37
58	March 26	Pittsburgh Ironmen	74–61	Duquesne Gardens	Al Brightman (17)	21–37
59	March 29	@ St. Louis Bombers	55–59	St. Louis Arena	Al Brightman (15)	21–38
60	March 30	@ Cleveland Rebels	71–66	Cleveland Arena	Connie Simmons (20)	22–38

1946–47 Schedule

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Player	GP	FG%	FT%	AST	PPG
Connie Simmons	60	.320	.677	62	10.3
Al Brightman	58	.256	.627	60	9.8
Wyndol Gray	55	.292	.581	47	6.4
Art Spector	55	.267	.553	46	6.0
Jerry Kelly	43	.291	.667	24	6.0
Charlie Hoefer	35	.241	.634	24	6.0
Red Wallace	24	.246	.438	20	5.5
Johnny Simmons	60	.280	.614	29	5.3
Chuck Connors	49	.247	.464	40	4.6
Jack Garfinkel	40	.266	.607	58	4.5
Harold Kottman	53	.314	.465	17	3.1
Warren Fenley	33	.225	.511	16	2.6
Tony Kappen	18	.275	.632	6	4.1
Virgil Vaughn	17	.192	.536	10	2.6
Mel Hirsch	13	.200	.500	10	1.5
Dick Murphy	7	.059	.000	3	0.9
Moe Becker	6	.227	.750	1	2.2
Bob Duffy	6	.286	1.000	0	1.3
Hal Crisler	4	.333	1.000	0	1.5
Don Eliason	1	.000	–	0	0.0

December 12, 1946	To Boston Celtics Moe Becker^[5]	To Pittsburgh Ironmen Tony Kappen
January 2, 1947	To the Boston Celtics Charlie Hoefer^[5]	To the Toronto Huskies Red Wallace

1946–47_Boston_Celtics_season

1946–47 Boston Celtics season

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#	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

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	—