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Celtics in fourth place. Starting with a fresh slate, the
Celtics quickly took charge of the second half of the season with nine straight victories. Fort Wayne, which had been a major beneficiary at mid-season of National League players, finished second. The most important addition to the Indiana club was Benny Borgmann, who quickly established him as the league’s premier offensive star. Washington and Philadelphia followed in third and fourth place, while first-half winner Cleveland slumped badly to fifth place. Cleveland's fall was precipitated by the hasty mid-season departure of star Honey Russell, who was exiled to Chicago after a disagreement with team owner Max Rosenblum. The Celtics easily disposed of the weakened Cleveland team in three straight games to take the ABL championship.
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National League raids. The newcomers joined Rusty Saunders, Ray Kennedy and George Glasco to restore Marshall’s Palace Five club to its place among the ABL pre-season favorites. Cleveland returned with championship squad intact and further strengthened by the addition of Ohio State rookie Cookie Cunningham and valuable swingman Gil Ely. With Brooklyn out of the picture, Gottlieb’s new Philadelphia entry became the third contender. The Quakers (later known as the Warriors) showcased a Who’s Who of former Eastern League stars including George Artus, Tom Barlow, Stretch Meehan, Soup Campbell, and Chickie Passon.
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dilemma. First, he moved to destroy the foundation of the upstart
National League, by secretly negotiating with the Celtics to jump to the ABL. As anticipated, the Celtics' departure triggered an immediate collapse of the rival league. Next, Carr expelled the Detroit and Brooklyn clubs from the ABL, and then awarded the latter franchise to the incoming Celtics. Finally, he bolstered the Baltimore franchise with players from the suddenly defunct NBL. In a single stroke, Carr had signed basketball’s most famous team, thwarted the upstart NBL, and provided his league with an additional pool of dozens of top players.
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Celtics. Initially they played in various struggling professional leagues, before becoming primarily a touring squad which traveled up to 150,000 miles a year while completing a 150–200 game schedule. They won about ninety percent of their games and finished 1922–23 with the unbelievable record of 193–11–1. Hoping to claim an undisputed national championship, they challenged the nationally famous
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Baltimore were all winless and showing few signs of improvement. President Carr acted quickly and ruthlessly to solve the
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Brooklyn Arcadians were particularly hard hit, losing stars Red Conaty and Rody Cooney, while Washington lost starters Teddy Kearns and Bob Grody. Washington owner George Preston Marshall completed the destruction of the Arcadians by luring Elmer Ripley and Tillie Voss away from the Brooklyn club
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was hired to run the team. The situation in New York was considerably less clear. The
Original Celtics signed to represent New York, but they were reluctant recruits at best. After last season, Carr had banned any ABL team from playing games against the Celtics, drying up some of their most lucrative
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Original Celtics quickly waded into the race for first-half honors of the ABL, winning 13 of 16 games, but the 0–5 record they were forced to inherit from the Arcadians was impossible to overcome. Cleveland captured first place by one game over Washington with Philadelphia in third and the
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exhibition dates. In the past, such a tactic would not have intimidated the Celtics, but they were already under financial stress due to the June indictment of owner Jim Furry for embezzling $ 190,000 from a New York business.
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1422:D. Thompson
1077:Cooper-Dyke
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655:Head coach
430:Ash Resnick
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148:Early years
105:Team colors
53:(1926–1930)
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2746:VanDerveer
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2506:Krzyzewski
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2301:Chancellor
2281:Carnesecca
2164:Washington
2114:B. Russell
2029:Lovellette
1999:W. Johnson
1939:DeBernardi
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1683:G. Johnson
1678:L. Jackson
1548:Cunningham
1367:J. Russell
1277:D. McGuire
1217:M. Johnson
1212:D. Johnson
854:Phog Allen
450:References
420:Lou Bender
408:Nat Holman
353:Champions
339:Champions
307:Champions
259:Kate Smith
176:Nat Holman
165:Nat Holman
130:basketball
3237:Garretson
3139:Stanković
3104:Reinsdorf
3009:J. Krause
2989:Jernstedt
2959:Henderson
2919:Garfinkel
2874:Colangelo
2829:Barksdale
2721:Tarkanian
2551:McCutchan
2351:Ferrándiz
2286:Carnevale
2129:Semjonova
2074:S. Murphy
2049:M. Malone
2009:M. Krause
1914:T. Cooper
1753:C. Miller
1748:Mikkelsen
1718:K. Malone
1563:Dandridge
1558:Dalipagić
1543:C. Cooper
1538:Catchings
1427:Vandivier
1402:Steinmetz
1352:Robertson
1307:C. Murphy
1287:R. Miller
1267:McDermott
1242:Lieberman
1202:Jeannette
1017:Archibald
293:Playoffs
144:in 1959.
3272:Nucatola
3214:Referees
3129:St. John
3094:Raveling
3084:Podoloff
3054:Naismith
3034:McLendon
2994:R. Jones
2949:Harrison
2929:Gottlieb
2914:Fleisher
2884:Davidson
2879:Costello
2854:W. Brown
2849:H. Brown
2819:Ackerman
2781:Woolpert
2706:Stringer
2691:D. Smith
2626:Popovich
2576:Meanwell
2571:McLendon
2536:Loeffler
2421:Heinsohn
2416:Hatchell
2406:Harshman
2391:Gomelsky
2346:Driesell
2266:Calipari
2256:L. Brown
2221:Auriemma
2216:Auerbach
2211:Anderson
2206:P. Allen
2201:Alexeeva
2139:Thurmond
2109:Robinson
2084:Olajuwon
2069:Mourning
2059:Meneghin
2039:Macauley
2034:Lapchick
2004:Johnston
1984:Houbregs
1969:Griffith
1959:Gallatin
1929:Crawford
1853:N. White
1763:Nowitzki
1738:McGinnis
1713:Luisetti
1688:B. Jones
1658:Heinsohn
1638:Havlicek
1528:R. Brown
1481:Forwards
1457:J. White
1452:Westphal
1407:Stockton
1392:K. Smith
1372:Schommer
1347:Richmond
1332:Petrović
1292:Moncrief
1247:Maravich
1227:S. Jones
1222:K. Jones
1172:Hardaway
1142:Goodrich
1137:GinĂłbili
1122:Friedman
1112:Endacott
1042:Borgmann
1012:R. Allen
919:Referees
742:Lapchick
638:Lapchick
437:Trophies
358:1929–30
344:1927–28
330:1926–27
312:1922–23
298:1921–22
3287:Shirley
3282:Rudolph
3277:Quigley
3267:Nichols
3262:Mihalik
3252:Kennedy
3242:Hepbron
3227:Enright
3222:Bavetta
3204:Zollner
3174:Valvano
3169:Trester
3114:Sanders
2999:Kennedy
2889:Douglas
2869:Clifton
2844:Biasone
2834:Baumann
2786:Wootten
2761:Wilkens
2711:Summitt
2701:Stevens
2696:Stanley
2681:Shelton
2676:Sharman
2611:Novosel
2606:Nikolić
2541:Lonborg
2531:Litwack
2521:Leonard
2516:Lambert
2446:Huggins
2441:Holzman
2411:Haskins
2376:Gardner
2311:Conradt
2276:Carlson
2261:Calhoun
2251:Boeheim
2226:Barmore
2196:Adelman
2188:Coaches
2154:Wallace
2149:Wachter
2124:Sampson
2119:Sabonis
2079:Mutombo
2014:Kurland
1994:Jackson
1974:Gruenig
1964:Gilmore
1949:Donovan
1934:Daniels
1904:Bellamy
1882:Centers
1873:Yardley
1863:Wilkins
1808:Schayes
1788:Pullins
1783:Pollard
1723:McClain
1653:Haywood
1643:Hawkins
1613:Garnett
1588:English
1578:Dehnert
1568:Dantley
1523:Bradley
1518:Boswell
1493:Barkley
1467:Woodard
1462:Wilkens
1412:Swoopes
1387:Sharman
1357:Rodgers
1337:Phillip
1272:McGrady
1252:Marcari
1207:Jenkins
1197:Iverson
1117:Frazier
1107:Edwards
1097:Drexler
1087:Dampier
1072:Clayton
1052:Brennan
1022:Beckman
997:Players
847:Coaches
816:Players
747:Leonard
732:Dreyfus
727:Dehnert
643:Leonard
628:Dehnert
287:League
124:were a
100:(8,000)
84: (
66: (
58:Founded
43:Leagues
3199:Winter
3179:Vitale
3154:Taylor
3144:Steitz
3109:Ripley
3089:Porter
3064:Newton
3059:Newell
3044:Morgan
3039:Mokray
3019:Liston
3004:Knight
2974:Hinkle
2969:Hickox
2944:Harris
2939:Gulick
2934:Granik
2924:Gavitt
2909:Fisher
2824:Attles
2814:Abbott
2791:Wright
2776:Wooden
2731:Teague
2726:Taylor
2716:Sutton
2646:Rubini
2631:Ramsay
2621:Pitino
2601:Nelson
2596:Mulkey
2586:Miller
2556:McGraw
2511:Kundla
2501:Knight
2496:Keogan
2491:Keaney
2476:Julian
2456:Hurley
2451:Hughes
2436:Hobson
2426:Hickey
2401:Hannum
2396:Gunter
2366:Gaines
2336:Diddle
2306:Chaney
2291:Carril
2169:Whalen
2159:Walton
2144:Unseld
2094:Parish
2089:O'Neal
2054:McAdoo
2044:Maciel
2024:Leslie
2019:Lanier
1924:Cowens
1894:Barlow
1868:Worthy
1858:Wilkes
1848:Webber
1843:Walker
1838:Twyman
1823:Stokes
1803:Rodman
1798:Ramsey
1778:Pippen
1773:Pierce
1768:Pettit
1758:Mullin
1743:McHale
1673:Hudson
1668:Howell
1598:Foster
1593:Erving
1583:Duncan
1503:Baylor
1488:Arizin
1472:Wooden
1437:Wanzer
1417:Thomas
1397:Staley
1382:Sedran
1362:Roosma
1327:Payton
1322:Parker
1297:Monroe
1282:Meyers
1262:Martin
1232:Jordan
1192:Isaacs
1182:Holman
1177:Haynes
1167:Hanson
1162:Hammon
1157:Guerin
1152:Grentz
1132:Gervin
1102:Dumars
1092:Davies
1067:Cheeks
1057:Bryant
1005:Guards
766:Whitty
752:Whitty
737:Holman
657:Whitty
633:Holman
558:
511:
113:
110:
76:Folded
3312:Teams
3302:Walsh
3297:Tobey
3292:Strom
3257:Leith
3232:Evans
3194:Wilke
3189:Welts
3184:Wells
3164:Tower
3159:Thorn
3149:Stern
3134:Stagg
3079:Olsen
3024:Lloyd
3014:Lemon
2979:Irish
2954:Hearn
2904:Fagan
2899:Embry
2756:Watts
2686:Sloan
2666:Sachs
2641:Riley
2616:Olson
2591:Moore
2581:Meyer
2546:Magee
2526:Lewis
2486:Keady
2431:Hixon
2371:Gamba
2356:Fitch
2341:Drake
2246:Blood
2241:Blair
2231:Barry
2134:Sikma
2104:Risen
2064:Mikan
1989:Issel
1954:Ewing
1944:Divac
1919:Ćosić
1899:Beaty
1793:Radja
1708:Lucas
1703:KukoÄŤ
1698:Korać
1648:Hayes
1633:Hagan
1623:Gates
1618:Gasol
1603:Fulks
1553:Curry
1498:Barry
1377:Scott
1342:Posey
1302:Moore
1187:Hyatt
1147:Greer
1127:Galis
1082:Cousy
1062:Cervi
1047:Braun
1027:Belov
935:Teams
722:Barry
717:Banks
623:Barry
618:Banks
284:Year
94:Arena
3247:Hoyt
3099:Reid
3029:Lobo
2964:Hepp
2894:Duer
2864:Buss
2859:Bunn
2751:Wade
2671:Self
2656:Rush
2651:Rupp
2481:Karl
2466:Izzo
2386:Gill
2381:Gaze
2326:Dean
2321:Daly
2316:Crum
2296:Case
2271:Cann
2236:Bess
2099:Reed
1693:King
1663:Hill
1628:Gola
1608:Gale
1533:Cash
1513:Bosh
1508:Bird
1447:West
1432:Wade
1317:Page
1312:Nash
1237:Kidd
1032:Bing
556:ISBN
509:ISBN
361:ABL
347:ABL
333:ABL
315:MBL
301:EBL
180:CCNY
120:The
86:1930
79:1930
68:1914
61:1914
2839:Bee
2796:Yow
2461:Iba
2174:Yao
535:doi
370:N/A
365:N/A
324:N/A
319:N/A
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