1946–47 Cleveland Rebels season

1946–47 Cleveland Rebels season
Head coach	Dutch Dehnert (fired) Roy Clifford
Arena	Cleveland Arena
Results
Record	30–30 (.500)
Place	Division: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost BAA Quarterfinals
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	WJW

The 1946–47 Cleveland Rebels season was the first and only season of the Cleveland Rebels of the Basketball Association of America (BAA/NBA). Their record was 30-30. Head coach Dutch Dehnert was fired by the team on February 12, 1947, and replaced by Roy Clifford.

Roster

1946–47 Cleveland Rebels roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From G 5 Baumholtz, Frankie 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) 1918-10-07 Ohio F 10 Faught, Bob 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1921-09-02 Notre Dame F 6 Lefkowitz, Hank 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1923-08-31 Case Western Reserve F/C 11 Nostrand, George 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1924-01-25 Wyoming G/F 3 Riebe, Mel 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1916-07-12 Euclid HS (OH) C 7 Sadowski, Ed 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1917-07-11 Seton Hall G 4 Sailors, Kenny 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 1921-01-14 Wyoming F 8 Scharnus, Ben 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 173 lb (78 kg) 1917-12-11 Seton Hall G 9 Shaback, Nick 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1918-09-10 James Monroe HS (NY) G 14 Wertis, Ray 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 1922-01-01 St. John's

Head coach Roy Clifford Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster

Regular season

Season standings

#	Western Division
	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 3	Toronto	71–60	Frankie Baumholtz (25)	1–0
2	November 10	Washington	92–68	Frankie Baumholtz (19)	2–0
3	November 16	@ St. Louis	74–83 (OT)	Leo Mogus (16)	2–1
4	November 17	Chicago	76–78	Mel Riebe (31)	2–2
5	November 19	@ Toronto	74–72	Leo Mogus (33)	3–2
6	November 23	@ New York	76–82 (OT)	Mel Riebe (27)	3–3
7	November 24	Pittsburgh	62–60	Mel Riebe (20)	4–3
8	November 26	@ Detroit	46–66	Mel Riebe (13)	4–4
9	November 27	@ Pittsburgh	60–62	Nick Shaback (14)	4–5
10	November 29	@ Toronto	87–72	Leo Mogus (20)	5–5
11	December 1	Detroit	49–47	Dick Schulz (12)	6–5
12	December 7	@ Chicago	78–86	Mel Riebe (20)	6–6
13	December 8	Philadelphia	72–66	Frankie Baumholtz (23)	7–6
14	December 10	St. Louis	61–62 (OT)	Leo Mogus (22)	7–7
15	December 11	@ Chicago	79–88	Frankie Baumholtz (23)	7–8
16	December 14	@ Washington	52–72	Frankie Baumholtz (14)	7–9
17	December 15	New York	70–52	Frankie Baumholtz (18)	8–9
18	December 17	Toronto	78–62	Baumholtz, Sadowski (18)	9–9
19	December 18	@ New York	56–53	Kenny Sailors (19)	10–9
20	December 19	@ Philadelphia	44–58	Frankie Baumholtz (11)	10–10
21	December 22	Pittsburgh	74–78 (OT)	Frankie Baumholtz (19)	10–11
22	December 29	Chicago	79–87 (OT)	Frankie Baumholtz (27)	10–12
23	December 31	St. Louis	59–68	Frankie Baumholtz (21)	10–13
24	January 1	@ Pittsburgh	61–48	George Nostrand (16)	11–13
25	January 4	@ Washington	64–78	Mel Riebe (13)	11–14
26	January 6	@ Boston	64–53	Frankie Baumholtz (14)	12–14
27	January 9	@ Providence	68–91	Frankie Baumholtz (20)	12–15
28	January 14	Providence	74–78	Ed Sadowski (21)	12–16
29	January 16	@ St. Louis	63–59	Frankie Baumholtz (24)	13–16
30	January 19	New York	79–72	Frankie Baumholtz (22)	14–16
31	January 22	@ Detroit	61–47	Frankie Baumholtz (19)	15–16
32	January 23	@ Philadelphia	78–83	Mel Riebe (17)	15–17
33	January 27	@ Toronto	88–82	Frankie Baumholtz (24)	16–17
34	January 28	Toronto	80–70	Bob Faught (17)	17–17
35	February 1	@ St. Louis	48–70	Ed Sadowski (18)	17–18
36	February 2	Washington	81–107	Baumholtz, Sailors (18)	17–19
37	February 9	Detroit	69–74	Frankie Baumholtz (21)	17–20
38	February 11	Providence	85–76	Ed Sadowski (22)	18–20
39	February 13	@ Philadelphia	48–61	Ed Sadowski (17)	18–21
40	February 15	@ New York	90–84	Frankie Baumholtz (24)	19–21
41	February 16	Philadelphia	75–71	Frankie Baumholtz (20)	20–21
42	February 18	Boston	84–73	Frankie Baumholtz (20)	21–21
43	February 22	@ Providence	77–85	Ed Sadowski (19)	21–22
44	February 23	Washington	83–91	Kenny Sailors (15)	21–23
45	February 25	St. Louis	76–96	Riebe, Sadowski (19)	21–24
46	February 26	@ Pittsburgh	74–53	Kenny Sailors (17)	22–24
47	February 28	@ Boston	62–69	Kenny Sailors (16)	22–25
48	March 2	Philadelphia	72–69	Ed Sadowski (18)	23–25
49	March 4	Providence	82–76	Kenny Sailors (26)	24–25
50	March 9	Chicago	78–107	Ed Sadowski (27)	24–26
51	March 11	Pittsburgh	78–72	George Nostrand (18)	25–26
52	March 12	@ Detroit	89–81	Ed Sadowski (35)	26–26
53	March 16	New York	69–81	Ed Sadowski (25)	26–27
54	March 18	@ Boston	67–58	Ed Sadowski (27)	27–27
55	March 20	@ Providence	73–76	Ed Sadowski (29)	27–28
56	March 22	@ Chicago	67–58	Ed Sadowski (20)	28–28
57	March 23	Detroit	69–63	Sadowski, Sailors (24)	29–28
58	March 25	Boston	72–64	Kenny Sailors (21)	30–28
59	March 29	@ Washington	69–79	Ed Sadowski (21)	30–29
60	March 30	Boston	66–71	Faught, Sadowski (19)	30–30

Playoffs

First round

(E3) New York Knicks vs. (W3) Cleveland Rebels: Knicks win series 2-1

• Game 1 @ Cleveland (April 2): Cleveland 77, New York 51
• Game 2 @ New York (April 5): New York 86, Cleveland 74
• Game 3 @ New York (April 9): New York 93, Cleveland 71

Transactions

Trades

December 4, 1946	To Cleveland Rebels George Nostrand	To Toronto Huskies Kleggie Hermsen
December 16, 1946	To Cleveland Rebels Ed Sadowski Ray Wertis	To Toronto Huskies Leo Mogus Dick Schulz Cash