average team total points first game of the nba finals

The Chicago Stags put up 71.0 points per game in Game 1 of the 1947 NBA Finals versus the Philadelphia Warriors on April 16, 1947.

	TEAM	DATE	PPG	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	RESULT	MIN	PTS	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Stags	4/16/1947	71.0	1946-47	NBA Finals	CHI	@	PHI	L 71-84	240	71	5	26	129	20.2	19	30	63.3	25.0	25
2	Warriors	4/16/1947	84.0	1946-47	NBA Finals	PHI	vs	CHI	W 84-71	240	84	11	31	103	30.1	22	30	73.3	36.1	25
3	Stags	4/17/1947	74.0	1946-47	NBA Finals	CHI	@	PHI	L 74-85	240	74	3	30	150	20.0	14	24	58.3	23.0	28
4	Warriors	4/17/1947	85.0	1946-47	NBA Finals	PHI	vs	CHI	W 85-74	240	85	4	28	98	28.6	29	36	80.6	37.3	18
5	Stags	4/19/1947	72.0	1946-47	NBA Finals	CHI	vs	PHI	L 72-75	240	72		24			24	34	70.6		26
6	Warriors	4/19/1947	75.0	1946-47	NBA Finals	PHI	@	CHI	W 75-72	240	75		27			21	30	70.0		26
7	Stags	4/20/1947	74.0	1946-47	NBA Finals	CHI	vs	PHI	W 74-73	240	74	3	32	92	34.8	10	20	50.0	36.7	17
8	Warriors	4/20/1947	73.0	1946-47	NBA Finals	PHI	@	CHI	L 73-74	240	73	6	29	107	27.1	15	20	75.0	31.5	19
9	Stags	4/22/1947	80.0	1946-47	NBA Finals	CHI	@	PHI	L 80-83	240	80	8	30	117	25.6	20	29	69.0	30.8	33
10	Warriors	4/22/1947	83.0	1946-47	NBA Finals	PHI	vs	CHI	W 83-80	240	83	10	26	102	25.5	31	44	70.5	34.2	21
11	Warriors	4/10/1948	71.0	1947-48	NBA Finals	PHI	vs	BAL	W 71-60	240	71	7	25	98	25.5	21	31	67.7	31.8	21
12	Bullets	4/10/1948	60.0	1947-48	NBA Finals	BAL	@	PHI	L 60-71	240	60	7	19	103	18.4	22	27	81.5	26.1	25
13	Warriors	4/13/1948	63.0	1947-48	NBA Finals	PHI	vs	BAL	L 63-66	240	63	5	18	83	21.7	27	36	75.0	31.9	26
14	Bullets	4/13/1948	66.0	1947-48	NBA Finals	BAL	@	PHI	W 66-63	240	66	9	20	105	19.0	26	34	76.5	27.5	25
15	Warriors	4/15/1948	70.0	1947-48	NBA Finals	PHI	@	BAL	L 70-72	240	70	6	24	88	27.3	22	28	78.6	34.9	18
16	Bullets	4/15/1948	72.0	1947-48	NBA Finals	BAL	vs	PHI	W 72-70	240	72	5	27	97	27.8	18	27	66.7	33.1	25
17	Warriors	4/17/1948	75.0	1947-48	NBA Finals	PHI	@	BAL	L 75-78	240	75	3	24	75	32.0	27	32	84.4	42.1	31
18	Bullets	4/17/1948	78.0	1947-48	NBA Finals	BAL	vs	PHI	W 78-75	240	78	5	26	74	35.1	26	35	74.3	43.6	27
19	Warriors	4/20/1948	91.0	1947-48	NBA Finals	PHI	vs	BAL	W 91-82	240	91	13	27	115	23.5	37	50	74.0	33.2	30
20	Bullets	4/20/1948	82.0	1947-48	NBA Finals	BAL	@	PHI	L 82-91	240	82	7	28	108	25.9	26	41	63.4	32.5	35
21	Warriors	4/21/1948	73.0	1947-48	NBA Finals	PHI	@	BAL	L 73-88	240	73	4	17	85	20.0	39	47	83.0	34.5	29
22	Bullets	4/21/1948	88.0	1947-48	NBA Finals	BAL	vs	PHI	W 88-73	240	88	11	30	87	34.5	28	38	73.7	42.4	33
23	Capitols	4/4/1949	84.0	1948-49	NBA Finals	WAS	@	MIN	L 84-88	240	84		32			20	30	66.7		33
24	Lakers	4/4/1949	88.0	1948-49	NBA Finals	MIN	vs	WAS	W 88-84	240	88		29			30	40	75.0		27
25	Capitols	4/6/1949	62.0	1948-49	NBA Finals	WAS	@	MIN	L 62-76	240	62		21			20	28	71.4		26

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