Although not celebrated at the time, this season was historic, with Wataru Misaka of the New York Knicks becoming the first person of color to play in modern professional basketball.
[2] Cleveland, Detroit, Pittsburgh and Toronto folded before the season started, leaving the BAA with only seven teams.
(All cities except Pittsburgh would get new NBA teams in future years.)
Philadelphia won the seventh game in St. Louis, 85–46, two days before Baltimore concluded its sequence of tie-breaker (not shown) and two short series with other runners-up.
Note: Prior to the 1969–70 season, league leaders in points and assists were determined by totals rather than averages.