The 1946–47 Cleveland Rebels season was the first and only season of the

Cleveland Rebels The Cleveland Rebels were a basketball team in the Basketball Association of America (BAA), a forerunner of the modern National Basketball Association (NBA), based in Cleveland. Franchise history The Rebels were an inaugural franchise in the BAA ...

of the Basketball Association of America (BAA/NBA). Their record was 30-30. Head coach

Dutch Dehnert Henry G. "Dutch" Dehnert (April 5, 1898 – April 20, 1979) was an American basketball player whose career lasted from 1915 to 1935. Dehnert, a bulky forward born in New York City, New York, is mostly known for his time with the Original Celtic ...

was ''fired'' by the team on February 12, 1947, and replaced by

Roy Clifford Roy A. Clifford (June 14, 1900 – June 12, 1996) was the 2nd head coach of the Cleveland Rebels. Clifford grew up in Lansing, Michigan graduating from Western Michigan University, known then as Western State Normal School, in 1924. That Septe ...

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Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Playoffs

First round

(E3) New York Knicks vs. (W3)

: ''Knicks win series 2-1'' *Game 1 @ Cleveland (April 2): Cleveland 77, New York 51 *Game 2 @ New York (April 5): New York 86, Cleveland 74 *Game 3 @ New York (April 9): New York 93, Cleveland 71

Transactions

Trades

References

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Cleveland Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...

Cleveland Rebels seasons