Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League

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File:Salem Trailblazers vs. Yakima Ramblers.jpeg
A game between the Salem Trailblazers and the Yakima Ramblers in 1946.

The Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League was a professional basketball league with teams from the Pacific Northwest in the United States and Canada. The league existed for two seasons, 1946-47 and 1947-48.

Teams

Three teams played in both seasons:

These teams played in the 1946-47 season, but dropped out for the 1947-48 season:

These teams joined the league for the 1947-48 season:

Champions

  • 1946-47: Bellingham Fircrests won round robin playoffs; chose not to play in the World Professional Basketball Tournament, so runner-up Portland Indians went instead, losing to the Sheboygan Redskins in the first round.
  • 1947-48: Portland Indians defeated Seattle Athletics 3 games to 1. (The fourth game was disallowed after a timekeeping error and replayed two days later with Portland winning 76–74).[1][2][3]

Notable players

References

  1. Maxey Jr, Wendell (January 1, 2009). "Indians were here before Trail Blazers" (PDF). Northwest Examiner. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2011. Retrieved December 13, 2010.
  2. Brian Gaynor (25 October 2012). "Portland's first pro basketball title still has some buzzing". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 30 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  3. Brian Gaynor (28 October 2012). "Eugene's Ty Lovelace and other Oregonians played key roles on Portland's first pro basketball championship team in 1948". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2024.

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