NATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE: 1926-1927

Standings
New York 14 3 .834   …
Brooklyn Visitation. 18 7 .720
Greenpoint*Trenton  (1) 11 11 .500 5.5
Paterson*Kingston (1) 8 13 .381 8
Ridgewood*Newburgh (1)(2) 3 12 .200  10
Ridgewood*Orange (1)(2) 2 9 .222
Newburgh*Jersey City ((1))(2) 1 9 .100

Notes:

(1) Franchise consisted of two cities that shared home games.

(2) On November 16, 1926,  Ridgewood-Orange merged with Newburgh-Jersey City to form Ridgewood -Newburgh franchise.

League ceased operation on December 14, 1926.

 

Leading Scorers (By Average – Miniumum 14 games)
NAME TEAM    GA      FG      FT  PTS AVG.
Benny Borgmann Paterson-Kingston 21 69 114 252 12.0
Johnny Beckman New York 17 39 67 145 8.5
Bill McElwain Ridwy-Org/Ridwy-New/Gren-Tren 16 26 72 124 7.8
Harry Riconda Paterson-Kingston 20 33 84 150 7.5
Cliff Anderson Greenpoint-Trenton 14 17 69 103 7.4
Joe Brennan Brooklyn 24 53 70 176 7.3
Red Conaty Brooklyn 25 64 45 173 6.9
Rody Cooney Brooklyn 24 53 55 161 6.7
Joe Lapchick New York 17 20 66 106 6.2
Dutch Eggert Greenpoint-Trenton 22 38 55 131 6.0

 

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