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The Basketball Association of America (BAA) was the first league to attempt to play primarily in large arenas in major cities.

Regular Season Results

DateAwayScoreHome
11/1New York 68-66 Toronto
11/2Pittsburgh 51-56 St. Louis
11/2Washington 50-33 Detroit
11/2Boston 53-59 Providence
11/2New York 47-63 Chicago
11/3Toronto 60-71 Cleveland
11/4Washington 71-56 Pittsburgh
11/5Chicago 57-55 Boston
11/5St. Louis 53-49 Detroit
11/7Chicago 65-73 Providence
11/7Pittsburgh 75-81 Philadelphia
11/7New York 68-63 St. Louis
11/8Detroit 71-73 Toronto
11/9Pittsburgh 66-76 Providence
11/9Washington 69-70 St. Louis
11/9Boston 46-69 Detroit
11/9Toronto 54-62 Chicago
11/10Washington 68-92 Cleveland
11/11Chicago 78-68
OT		 New York
11/11Providence 71-84 Pittsburgh
11/13Boston 61-71 Chicago
11/13Providence 70-68 Detroit
11/14Washington 65-68 Philadelphia
11/14Boston 62-64
OT		 St. Louis
11/15Providence 68-85 Toronto
11/16Cleveland 74-83
OT		 St. Louis
11/16Pittsburgh 62-64
OT		 New York
11/16Detroit 70-59 Providence
11/16Washington 73-65 Chicago
11/16Toronto 49-53 Boston
11/17Chicago 78-76 Cleveland
11/18Detroit 57-61 New York
11/18Toronto 48-54 Pittsburgh
11/19Cleveland 74-72 Toronto
11/19St. Louis 66-63 Philadelphia
11/20Chicago 69-72 New York
11/20Pittsburgh 54-53 Detroit
11/20St. Louis 51-54 Washington
11/21Chicago 65-63 Philadelphia
11/21Washington 66-58 Providence
11/21St. Louis 65-53 Boston
11/22Boston 82-83
OT		 Toronto
11/23Cleveland 76-82
OT		 New York
11/23Boston 46-54 Detroit
11/23St. Louis 65-59 Providence
11/23Toronto 50-74 Washington
11/24Pittsburgh 60-62 Cleveland
11/24Detroit 68-55 Chicago
11/25Providence 71-59 Boston
11/25New York 62-46 Pittsburgh
11/26Cleveland 46-66 Detroit
11/26Washington 78-68 Toronto
11/26Boston 54-66 Philadelphia
11/27Chicago 67-75 Washington
11/27Cleveland 60-62 Pittsburgh
11/27St. Louis 60-67 New York
11/28Pittsburgh 55-59 Boston
11/28Detroit 68-55 Philadelphia
11/28St. Louis 75-72 Chicago
11/28New York 60-58 Providence
11/29Cleveland 87-72 Toronto
11/30Philadelphia 60-64
OT		 New York
11/30Pittsburgh 40-49 Washington
11/30Detroit 57-60
OT		 St. Louis
11/30Toronto 65-79 Providence
12/1Detroit 47-49 Cleveland
12/1Boston 56-66 Chicago
12/2Boston 46-44 Pittsburgh
12/3Providence 68-76 Philadelphia
12/4Chicago 57-46 Pittsburgh
12/4Detroit 57-70 New York
12/4Providence 62-80 Washington
12/5Pittsburgh 55-66 St. Louis
12/5Detroit 65-61 Boston
12/5New York 51-62 Philadelphia
12/5Toronto 65-61 Chicago
12/7Cleveland 78-86 Chicago
12/7Philadelphia 57-47 St. Louis
12/7Detroit 64-75 Washington
12/7New York 90-65 Boston
12/7Toronto 68-59 Providence
12/8Philadelphia 66-72 Cleveland
12/8Boston 44-62 New York
12/9Detroit 66-58 Pittsburgh
12/10Philadelphia 85-73 Toronto
12/10St. Louis 62-61
OT		 Cleveland
12/11Cleveland 79-88 Chicago
12/11Detroit 66-81 Washington
12/11Providence 68-83 New York
12/12Chicago 88-68 St. Louis
12/12Detroit 66-73 Boston
12/12Washington 64-49 Philadelphia
12/13Pittsburgh 62-52 Toronto
12/14Cleveland 52-72 Washington
12/14Philadelphia 65-77 Boston
12/14Detroit 66-81 Providence
12/15Pittsburgh 75-84 Chicago
12/15New York 52-70 Cleveland
12/15Toronto 50-46 St. Louis
12/16St. Louis 66-55 Pittsburgh
12/17Detroit 49-57 Philadelphia
12/17Toronto 62-78 Cleveland
12/18Cleveland 56-53 New York
12/18St. Louis 47-68 Washington
12/19Chicago 77-81 Providence
12/19Cleveland 44-58 Philadelphia
12/19St. Louis 76-74 Boston
12/20New York 70-74 Toronto
12/21Philadelphia 56-68 Washington
12/21New York 61-63 Providence
12/22Pittsburgh 78-74 Cleveland
12/22Detroit 92-95 Chicago
12/22Boston 53-65 St. Louis
12/23Boston 54-64 Pittsburgh
12/26Pittsburgh 46-53 Philadelphia
12/26Detroit 51-55 St. Louis
12/26Washington 78-66 Providence
12/27Chicago 88-80 Toronto
12/27Philadelphia 63-60 Boston
12/28Boston 68-80 Providence
12/28New York 49-70 Washington
12/29Chicago 87-79
OT		 Cleveland
12/29Philadelphia 68-75 St. Louis
12/29Toronto 52-48 Detroit
12/30Philadelphia 62-60 Pittsburgh
12/30Washington 70-60
OT		 Boston
12/31Chicago 76-86 Toronto
12/31St. Louis 68-59 Cleveland
1/1Cleveland 61-48 Pittsburgh
1/1Washington 57-62 Detroit
1/1St. Louis 103-90 Chicago
1/2Washington 57-66 St. Louis
1/2Providence 72-84 Philadelphia
1/3Boston 58-53 Toronto
1/4Cleveland 64-78 Washington
1/4Philadelphia 74-78 Providence
1/4New York 62-50 Detroit
1/5New York 59-57 St. Louis
1/6Cleveland 64-53 Boston
1/6Detroit 61-76 Toronto
1/6Washington 63-49 Pittsburgh
1/8Chicago 83-80 Detroit
1/8Philadelphia 63-67 Pittsburgh
1/8Providence 69-77 Washington
1/8Toronto 76-63 New York
1/9Chicago 81-84 St. Louis
1/9Cleveland 68-91 Providence
1/9Toronto 55-74 Philadelphia
1/10New York 62-66 Boston
1/11Philadelphia 56-58 Detroit
1/11Boston 73-72 Providence
1/11Toronto 66-81 Washington
1/12Philadelphia 72-75 Chicago
1/12Pittsburgh 59-72 St. Louis
1/13New York 53-50 Pittsburgh
1/14Philadelphia 104-74 Toronto
1/14Providence 78-74 Cleveland
1/15Chicago 59-68 Detroit
1/15Washington 65-63 New York
1/15Providence 53-65 Pittsburgh
1/16Chicago 84-78 Philadelphia
1/16Cleveland 63-59 St. Louis
1/16Washington 38-47 Boston
1/17Detroit 74-64 Toronto
1/18Chicago 72-87 Washington
1/18Boston 58-45 New York
1/19Providence 53-69 St. Louis
1/19New York 72-79 Cleveland
1/20Chicago 81-54 Boston
1/20Detroit 57-62 Pittsburgh
1/21Boston 43-59 Philadelphia
1/21St. Louis 71-72 Toronto
1/22Chicago 64-74 New York
1/22Cleveland 61-47 Detroit
1/22Philadelphia 55-57 Washington
1/23Cleveland 78-83 Philadelphia
1/23Pittsburgh 43-48 Boston
1/23Providence 76-97 Chicago
1/24Providence 96-93 Toronto
1/25Philadelphia 61-55 Detroit
1/25Pittsburgh 71-84 Washington
1/25Boston 52-46 New York
1/26Philadelphia 57-63 Chicago
1/26Detroit 66-71 St. Louis
1/27Cleveland 88-82 Toronto
1/27Washington 80-57 Boston
1/27Providence 63-71 Pittsburgh
1/28Toronto 70-80 Cleveland
1/29Pittsburgh 60-64 New York
1/29Boston 57-69 Washington
1/29Providence 83-73 Detroit
1/30Pittsburgh 51-66 Boston
1/30Providence 81-70 St. Louis
1/30New York 58-65 Philadelphia
1/31Washington 74-83 Toronto
2/1Cleveland 48-70 St. Louis
2/1Philadelphia 71-63 New York
2/1Pittsburgh 73-89 Providence
2/2Washington 107-81 Cleveland
2/2New York 63-65 Detroit
2/2Toronto 75-90 Chicago
2/3Boston 55-61 Philadelphia
2/3St. Louis 63-68 Pittsburgh
2/4Providence 68-75 Philadelphia
2/5Washington 67-46 Detroit
2/5St. Louis 71-46 New York
2/5Toronto 58-55 Pittsburgh
2/6Pittsburgh 85-109 Chicago
2/6St. Louis 73-65 Providence
2/6New York 48-49 Boston
2/6Toronto 61-79 Philadelphia
2/8Philadelphia 58-67 Providence
2/8Pittsburgh 58-64 Detroit
2/8Washington 68-65 St. Louis
2/8Toronto 46-69 New York
2/9Detroit 74-69 Cleveland
2/9Washington 67-85 Chicago
2/10Washington 69-75 Pittsburgh
2/11St. Louis 59-75 Philadelphia
2/11Providence 76-85 Cleveland
2/12Chicago 101-82 Pittsburgh
2/12Washington 72-76 New York
2/12Providence 64-84 Detroit
2/13Cleveland 48-61 Philadelphia
2/13St. Louis 54-64 Boston
2/13Providence 79-81 Chicago
2/14Pittsburgh 73-84 Toronto
2/15Cleveland 90-84 New York
2/15Philadelphia 60-70 Washington
2/15Pittsburgh 72-82 Providence
2/16Philadelphia 71-75 Cleveland
2/16Boston 77-84 Chicago
2/16New York 66-58 Detroit
2/16Toronto 64-80 St. Louis
2/17Detroit 59-63 Pittsburgh
2/18Boston 73-84 Cleveland
2/18St. Louis 57-65 Toronto
2/19Boston 57-51 Detroit
2/19Providence 69-62 New York
2/19Toronto 59-69 Washington
2/20Pittsburgh 66-78 Philadelphia
2/20Detroit 76-74 Chicago
2/20Washington 82-74 Providence
2/21Chicago 60-65 St. Louis
2/21Pittsburgh 49-77 New York
2/21Boston 61-67 Toronto
2/22Cleveland 77-85 Providence
2/22Pittsburgh 61-93 Washington
2/23Philadelphia 66-71 St. Louis
2/23Washington 91-83 Cleveland
2/23Providence 67-55 Boston
2/23New York 68-82 Chicago
2/23Toronto 52-61 Detroit
2/24Philadelphia 69-67 Pittsburgh
2/24Boston 59-83 Washington
2/25St. Louis 96-76 Cleveland
2/25Providence 60-83 Toronto
2/26Chicago 72-68 Detroit
2/26Cleveland 74-53 Pittsburgh
2/26Washington 84-60 New York
2/26St. Louis 65-75 Philadelphia
2/27New York 73-65 Providence
2/28Cleveland 62-69 Boston
2/28Philadelphia 69-77 Toronto
3/1Detroit 74-80 Providence
3/1Boston 52-75 Washington
3/1Toronto 48-63 New York
3/2Philadelphia 69-72 Cleveland
3/2St. Louis 86-98 Chicago
3/3Chicago 69-66 Pittsburgh
3/3Providence 70-71
OT		 St. Louis
3/3Toronto 66-76 Philadelphia
3/4Providence 76-82 Cleveland
3/5Toronto 63-60 Pittsburgh
3/5Detroit 67-99 Washington
3/6Pittsburgh 71-72 Chicago
3/6Detroit 65-74 Boston
3/6New York 61-59 Philadelphia
3/7Washington 86-70 Toronto
3/8Toronto 65-67 Boston
3/8Detroit 61-64 New York
3/8St. Louis 73-74 Washington
3/8Providence 81-107 Chicago
3/9Chicago 107-78 Cleveland
3/10Providence 87-70 Boston
3/11Pittsburgh 72-78 Cleveland
3/11Washington 80-77 Philadelphia
3/11St. Louis 71-79 Toronto
3/12Toronto 57-69 Boston
3/12Cleveland 89-81 Detroit
3/13Toronto 64-71 Providence
3/13Washington 86-69 Chicago
3/13Boston 57-81 Philadelphia
3/13St. Louis 74-78
2OT		 New York
3/14Philadelphia 67-70 Chicago
3/15St. Louis 56-60 Providence
3/15New York 63-78 Washington
3/16Philadelphia 67-61 Detroit
3/16New York 81-69 Cleveland
3/18Cleveland 67-58 Boston
3/18Pittsburgh 70-64 Toronto
3/18St. Louis 68-59 Detroit
3/19St. Louis 79-54 Pittsburgh
3/19New York 65-57 Chicago
3/19Providence 95-96
OT		 Washington
3/20Cleveland 73-76 Providence
3/20Detroit 75-77 Philadelphia
3/20New York 49-51 St. Louis
3/21Chicago 99-83 Toronto
3/22Cleveland 67-58 Chicago
3/22Philadelphia 103-82 Providence
3/22Pittsburgh 65-85 Detroit
3/22New York 68-63 Washington
3/23Toronto 40-60 St. Louis
3/23Detroit 63-69 Cleveland
3/24Chicago 80-69 Boston
3/24New York 65-51 Pittsburgh
3/25Boston 64-72 Cleveland
3/26Chicago 77-105 Washington
3/26Boston 74-61 Pittsburgh
3/26St. Louis 67-63 Detroit
3/26Providence 84-91
2OT		 New York
3/27Chicago 73-80 Philadelphia
3/28New York 61-71 Toronto
3/29Toronto 63-66 Detroit
3/29Chicago 79-83 Providence
3/29Cleveland 69-79 Washington
3/29Boston 55-59 St. Louis
3/30Boston 71-66 Cleveland
3/30New York 72-76 Philadelphia
3/31St. Louis 66-73
OT		 Chicago

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