Portland Indians

Portland Indians

The Portland Indians were a professional basketball team in Portland, Oregon. They were a member of the Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League for the duration of the league, which only lasted two seasons: 1946–47 and 1947–48. They played their home games in the Portland Armory.cite web|url=http://www.apbr.org/pcpbl.html|title=Pacific Coast Professional Basketball League 1946–47 to 1947–48|last=Kenyon|first=J. Michael|accessdate=2007-11-06|publisher=Association for Professional Basketball Research]

Notable players

* Norm Baker (member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame)
* Don Durdan (Oregon State Beavers basketball and football player, in Oregon Sports Hall of Fame)
* John Mandic (Oregon State Beavers, NBA, in Oregon Sports Hall of Fame)
* Urgel (Slim) Wintermute (player/coach) (member of 1939 Oregon Ducks NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship team, in Oregon Sports Hall of Fame)

League championships

In the 1946–47 season, the Indians posted the best overall record, but finished second in the round-robin playoffs to the Bellingham Fircrests. When the Fircrests declined an invitation to the World Professional Basketball Tournament in Chicago, the Indians went instead, but lost to the Sheboygan Redskins in the first round.

In the 1947–48 season, the Indians entered the round-robin playoffs as a wildcard team and ended up winning the championship, defeating the Seattle Athletics 3 games to 1.

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