AMERICAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE: 1926-1927

Standings
First Half Second Half
Cleveland 17 4 .810      … Brooklyn 19 2 .905    …
Washington 16 5 .762 1 Fort Wayne 15 6 .714 4
Philadelphia 14 7 .667 3 Washington 14 7 .667 5
Brooklyn (1) 13 8 .619 4 Philadelphia 10 11 .476 9
Fort Wayne 8 13 .381 9 Cleveland 9 12 .429 10
Rochester 8 13 .381 9 Chicago 6 15 .286 13
Chicago 7 14 .333 10 Rochester 6 15 .286 13
Baltimore 1 20 .048 16 Baltimore 5 16 .238 14
Detroit (2) 0 6 .000

Notes:

(1) Brooklyn franchise assumed by the Original Celtics on December 3, 1926. Celtics inherited 0-5 record.
(2) Dropped out of league on December 23, 1926. The team’s 0-6 record was dropped from standings.

 

Championship
Brooklyn  3,  Cleveland  0
Brooklyn 29 at Cleveland 21
Brooklyn 28 at Cleveland 20
Cleveland 32 at Brooklyn 25

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Leading Scorers (By Average – Miniumum 30 games)
NAME TEAM GA FG FT PTS AVG.
Benny Borgmann Fort Wayne 34 87 206 380 11.2
Rusty Saunders Washington 42 119 161 399 9.5
Chick Passon Philadelphia 41 93 181 367 9.0
Nat Holman Brooklyn 34 82 135 299 8.8
Johnny Beckman Brooklyn-Baltimore 37 91 141 323 8.7
Nat Hickey Cleveland 41 103 137 343 8.4
Carl Husta Cleveland 41 84 162 330 8.0
Ray Kennedy Washington 40 69 172 310 7.8
Tom Barlow Baltimore-Philadelphia 31 73 81 227 7.3
Harry Topel Rochester 37 81 91 253 6.8

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