AMERICAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE: 1927-1928

Standings
Eastern Division Western Division
New York 40 9 .816      … Fort Wayne 27 24 .529    …
Philadelphia 30 21 .588 11 Cleveland 22 29 .431 5
Brooklyn (1) 25 26 .490 16 Detroit (2) 5 13 .278
Rochester 24 28 .462 18 Chicago 13 36 .265 13

Notes:
(1) Transferred from Washington on January 3, 1928
(2) Dropped out of league on January 3, 1928

 

Playoffs
Eastern Division
Semifinals
New York  2,  Philadelphia  0
New York 27 at Philadelphia 21
Philadelphia 24 at New York 32
Western Division
Semifinals
Fort Wayne  2,  Cleveland  0
Fort Wayne 22 at Cleveland 15
Cleveland 24 at Fort Wayne 31

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Championship
New York  3,  Fort Wayne  1
New York 30 at   Fort Wayne 21
New York 21 at  Fort Wayne 28
New York 35 at   Fort Wayne 18
Fort Wayne 26 at   New York 27

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Leading Scorers (By Average – Miniumum 35 games)
NAME TEAM GA FG FT PTS AVG.
Left Topel Rochester 52 171 96 438 8.4
Davey Banks New York 49 170 72 412 8.4
Nat Hickey Cleveland 47 155 69 379 8.1
Al Kellert Philadelphia 43 132 82 346 8.0
Benny Borgmann Fort Wayne 51 128 143 399 7.8
Carl Husta Cleveland 41 115 89 319 7.8
Honey Russell Chicago 49 137 85 359 7.3
Nat Holman New York 45 143 33 319 7.1
Tom Barlow Philadelphia 48 142 51 335 7.0
Red Conaty Washington-Brooklyn 47 148 28 324 6.9

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