🏀On April 22, 1947 in the first Basketball Association of America Finals, the Philadelphia Warriors beat the Chicago Stags 83-80 to take the inaugural series 4 games to 2. Following the 1948–49 season (the BAA's 3rd season of play), the BAA and the National Basketball League merged to create the National Basketball Association. The series featured three future Hall Of Famer, the Warriors’ Joe Fulks as well as coaches Harold Olsen and Eddie Gottlieb.🏀 *Video has no sound* | Davenport Sports Net

236K views · 1.3K reactions | Headlined by Bill Russell & Wilt Chamberlain, the Boston Celtics & Golden State Warriors have only met one other time in the NBA Finals.  Check out some of the best highlights from that series ⤸ | NBA | Facebook

The NBA family mourns the passing of NBA Champion & two-sport star Gene Conley, who won three titles with the Boston Celtics from 1959-1961. | NBA