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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

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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

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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

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References

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^ 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.

^ 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.

^ 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.

External links

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History of the Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League
PCPBL - NBA Hoops Online Complete history of the league.

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