# 1946–47 St. Louis Bombers season

The 1946–47 BAA season was the first season for the St. Louis Bombers in the BAA (which later became the NBA).

## Regular season
### Season standings

| # | Western Divisionvte | Western Divisionvte | Western Divisionvte | Western Divisionvte | Western Divisionvte |
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB |
| 1 | x-Chicago Stags | 39 | 22 | .639 | – |
| 2 | x-St. Louis Bombers | 38 | 23 | .623 | 1 |
| 3 | x-Cleveland Rebels | 30 | 30 | .500 | 8.5 |
| 4 | Detroit Falcons | 20 | 40 | .333 | 18.5 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh Ironmen | 15 | 45 | .250 | 23.5 |

### 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 | Pittsburgh | 56–51 | Logan, Putman (12) | 1–0 |
| 2 | November 5 | @ Detroit | 53–49 | John Barr (12) | 2–0 |
| 3 | November 7 | New York | 63–68 | Don Putman (17) | 2–1 |
| 4 | November 9 | Washington | 70–69 | Cecil Hankins (18) | 3–1 |
| 5 | November 14 | Boston | 64–62 (OT) | Logan, Putman (14) | 4–1 |
| 6 | November 16 | Cleveland | 83–74 (OT) | Don Putman (16) | 5–1 |
| 7 | November 19 | @ Philadelphia | 66–63 | Cecil Hankins (14) | 6–1 |
| 8 | November 20 | @ Washington | 51–54 | John Logan (14) | 6–2 |
| 9 | November 21 | @ Boston | 65–53 | George Munroe (16) | 7–2 |
| 10 | November 23 | @ Providence | 65–59 | Cecil Hankins (18) | 8–2 |
| 11 | November 27 | @ New York | 60–67 | Cecil Hankins (18) | 8–3 |
| 12 | November 28 | @ Chicago | 75–72 | John Logan (21) | 9–3 |
| 13 | November 30 | Detroit | 60–57 (OT) | Don Putman (13) | 10–3 |
| 14 | December 5 | Pittsburgh | 66–55 | Hankins, Logan (15) | 11–3 |
| 15 | December 7 | Philadelphia | 47–57 | John Logan (17) | 11–4 |
| 16 | December 10 | @ Cleveland | 62–61 (OT) | Aubrey Davis (15) | 12–4 |
| 17 | December 12 | Chicago | 68–88 | Hankins (18) | 12–5 |
| 18 | December 15 | Toronto | 46–50 | John Logan (9) | 12–6 |
| 19 | December 16 | @ Pittsburgh | 66–55 | John Logan (11) | 13–6 |
| 20 | December 18 | @ Washington | 47–68 | George Munroe (10) | 13–7 |
| 21 | December 19 | @ Boston | 76–74 | Bob Doll (22) | 14–7 |
| 22 | December 22 | Boston | 65–53 | John Logan (15) | 15–7 |
| 23 | December 26 | Detroit | 55–51 | Barr, Munroe (10) | 16–7 |
| 24 | December 29 | Philadelphia | 75–68 | John Logan (27) | 17–7 |
| 25 | December 31 | @ Cleveland | 68–59 | John Logan (15) | 18–7 |
| 26 | January 1 | @ Chicago | 103–90 | Davis, Munroe, Putman (15) | 19–7 |
| 27 | January 2 | Washington | 66–57 | John Logan (17) | 20–7 |
| 28 | January 5 | New York | 57–59 | George Munroe (15) | 20–8 |
| 29 | January 9 | Chicago | 84–81 | Bob Doll (22) | 21–8 |
| 30 | January 12 | Pittsburgh | 72–59 | Giff Roux (24) | 22–8 |
| 31 | January 16 | Cleveland | 59–63 | Bob Doll (20) | 22–9 |
| 32 | January 19 | Providence | 69–53 | John Logan (13) | 23–9 |
| 33 | January 21 | @ Toronto | 71–72 | John Logan (14) | 23–10 |
| 34 | January 26 | Detroit | 71–66 | John Logan (17) | 24–10 |
| 35 | January 30 | Providence | 70–82 | Logan, Putman (12) | 24–11 |
| 36 | February 1 | Cleveland | 70–48 | John Barr (13) | 25–11 |
| 37 | February 3 | @ Pittsburgh | 63–68 | Munroe, Putman (13) | 25–12 |
| 38 | February 5 | @ New York | 71–46 | John Logan (16) | 26–12 |
| 39 | February 6 | @ Providence | 73–65 | John Logan (18) | 27–12 |
| 40 | February 8 | Washington | 65–68 | Don Martin (12) | 27–13 |
| 41 | February 11 | @ Philadelphia | 59–75 | Bob Doll (16) | 27–14 |
| 42 | February 13 | @ Boston | 54–64 | John Logan (12) | 27–15 |
| 43 | February 16 | Toronto | 80–64 | John Logan (15) | 28–15 |
| 44 | February 18 | @ Toronto | 57–65 | Bob Doll (17) | 28–16 |
| 45 | February 21 | Chicago | 65–60 | Bob Doll (16) | 29–16 |
| 46 | February 23 | Philadelphia | 71–66 | John Logan (17) | 30–16 |
| 47 | February 25 | @ Cleveland | 96–76 | Belus Smawley (23) | 31–16 |
| 48 | February 26 | @ Philadelphia | 65–75 | Belus Smawley (18) | 31–17 |
| 49 | March 2 | @ Chicago | 86–98 | George Munroe (20) | 31–18 |
| 50 | March 3 | Providence | 71–70 (OT) | John Logan (22) | 32–18 |
| 51 | March 8 | @ Washington | 73–74 | John Logan (21) | 32–19 |
| 52 | March 11 | @ Toronto | 71–79 | Bob Doll (16) | 32–20 |
| 53 | March 13 | @ New York | 74–78 (2OT) | Baltimore, Roux (13) | 32–21 |
| 54 | March 15 | @ Providence | 56–60 | Don Putman (15) | 32–22 |
| 55 | March 18 | @ Detroit | 68–59 | Logan, Smawley (16) | 33–22 |
| 56 | March 19 | @ Pittsburgh | 79–54 | Belus Smawley (16) | 34–22 |
| 57 | March 20 | New York | 51–49 | Belus Smawley (18) | 35–22 |
| 58 | March 23 | Toronto | 60–40 | Belus Smawley (10) | 36–22 |
| 59 | March 26 | @ Detroit | 67–63 | Bob Doll (15) | 37–22 |
| 60 | March 29 | Boston | 59–55 | John Logan (18) | 38–22 |
| 61 | March 31 | @ Chicago | 66–73 (OT) | Belus Smawley (17) | 38–23 |

## Playoffs

1947 playoff game log :
First round: 1–2 (home: 1–1; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceSeries
1
April 2
@ Philadelphia
68–73
George Munroe & Johnny Logan (16)
Philadelphia Arena
0–1
2
April 5
Philadelphia
73–51
Belus Smawley (17)
St. Louis Arena
1–1
3
April 6
Philadelphia
59–75
Belus Smawley (21)
St. Louis Arena
1–2 :