1947 BAA Playoffs
| 1947 BAA playoffs | |||||
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| Season | 1946–47 | ||||
| Teams | 6 | ||||
| Champions | Philadelphia Warriors (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Chicago Stags (1st finals appearance) | ||||
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The 1947 BAA Playoffs was the postseason tournament following the inaugural Basketball Association of America 1946–47 season. (Followed its third, 1948–49 season, the BAA merged with the older National Basketball League to create the National Basketball Association or NBA.) The tournament concluded with the Philadelphia Warriors defeating the Chicago Stags 4 games to 1 in the BAA Finals.
The six qualified teams all began tournament play on Wednesday, April 2, and the Finals concluded on Tuesday, April 22. Philadelphia and Chicago played 10 and 11 games in the span of 21 days but their final series was compact, five games in seven days.
There were no byes. Western and Eastern champions Chicago and Washington immediately played a long semifinal series with Washington having home-court advantage. Chicago won the sixth game in Washington one day before Philadelphia concluded its two short series with other runners-up.
(E2) Philadelphia Warriors vs. (W2) St. Louis Bombers: Warriors win series 2-1
(E3) New York Knicks vs. (W3) Cleveland Rebels: Knicks win series 2-1
(E1) Washington Capitols vs. (W1) Chicago Stags: Stags win series 4-2
(E2) Philadelphia Warriors vs. (E3) New York Knicks: Warriors win series 2-0
Philadelphia Warriors vs. Chicago Stags: Warriors win series 4-1
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