Other basketball leagues in 1946:    
NBL  ·  ABL
First Round
Quarter-Finals
Semi-Finals
WPBT Champ.
y FW Bye
MID 72
IND 59
DAY 58
y BAL 61
AND 59
CLE 46
DET 32
x OSH 60
NY 82
TOL 39
CHI 69
PIT 58
y SBY Bye
MID 62
y FW 65
AND 65
y BAL 67
NY 44
x OSH 50
CHI 52
y SBY 51
 
y FW 2
x OSH 1
Champ
FW
1945-46 WPBT Tournament Bracket Champion Fort Wayne Pistons
z: best record, c: conference winner, y: division winner, w: wildcard, x: clinched playoff spot

All games were played in Chicago, Illinois and sponsored by the Chicago Herald American. Games were played at various sites including Chicago Coliseum, International Amphitheater and Chicago Stadium. Teams would also sometimes change their names when entering the tournament because of a new sponsor.

In the "Third Place" consolation game, the Chicago Gears beat the Baltimore Bullets 59-54 & 65-50

First Round

DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
??? (NBL) Chi. Gears 69-58 Pittsburgh (indep.) CHI 1-0
??? (indep.) NY Rens 82-39 Toledo (indep.) NY 1-0
??? (NBL) Oshkosh 60-32 Detroit (indep.) OSH 1-0
??? (indep.) Anderson 59-46 Cleveland (NBL) AND 1-0
??? (ABL) Baltimore 61-58 Dayton (indep.) BAL 1-0
??? (indep.) Midland 72-59 Indianapolis (NBL) MID 1-0

Quarter Finals

DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
??? (NBL) Chi. Gears 52-51 Sheboygan (NBL) CHI 1-0
??? (NBL) Oshkosh 50-44 NY Rens (indep.) OSH 1-0
??? (ABL) Baltimore 67-65 Anderson (indep.) BAL 1-0
??? (NBL) Fort Wayne 65-62 Midland (indep.) FW 1-0

Semi Finals

DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
??? (NBL) Oshkosh 72-66 Chi. Gears (NBL) OSH 1-0
??? (NBL) Fort Wayne 50-49 Baltimore (ABL) FW 1-0

WPBT Championship

Best of 3-game series
DateAwayScoreHomeSeries
??? (NBL) Oshkosh 61-59 Fort Wayne (NBL) OSH 1-0
??? (NBL) Fort Wayne 56-47 Oshkosh (NBL) Tied 1-1
??? (NBL) Fort Wayne 73-57 Oshkosh (NBL) FW 2-1

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