====== January 23, 1947 ======

===== News =====

•	Playing their third game in as many nights, the Warriors took a raucous affair from the [[Cleveland Rebels]] in overtime, 83-78, at the Philadelphia Arena

•	The Rebels came back from an 18-point deficit in the fourth to take the lead and only a clutch free throw by [[Howie Dallmar]] in the last seconds of regulation kept the Warriors in it

•	In the third quarter, Cleveland’s Ed Sadowski fouled [[Joe Fulks]] hard, with both men going to the floor

•	Sadowski threw a wild punch at Fulks and was ejected by referee John Nucatola, but it took a police escort to get Sadowski, who was hurling verbal abuse at Nucatola, to leave the court

•	Fulks led everyone with 28 points

===== Injury Updates =====

•	[[George Senesky]] left the game in the fourth quarter with a severe gash to the face suffered during what was described as a “melee under the basket”

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