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The Trenton Tigers were an American basketball team based in Trenton, New Jersey that was a member of the American Basketball League.

Basketball Team sport

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through the defender's hoop while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop. A field goal is worth two points, unless made from behind the three-point line, when it is worth three. After a foul, timed play stops and the player fouled or designated to shoot a technical foul is given one or more one-point free throws. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but if regulation play expires with the score tied, an additional period of play (overtime) is mandated.

Trenton, New Jersey Capital of New Jersey

Trenton is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County. It briefly served as the capital of the United States in 1784. The city's metropolitan area, consisting of Mercer County, is grouped with the New York Combined Statistical Area by the United States Census Bureau, but it directly borders the Philadelphia metropolitan area and was from 1990 until 2000 part of the Philadelphia Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, Trenton had a population of 84,913, making it the state's tenth most populous municipality. The Census Bureau estimated that the city's population was 84,034 in 2014.

In the 1946/47 season, the team made it to the championship playoffs where they were to meet the Baltimore Bullets. Trenton was declared champion when Baltimore decided to quit the playoffs to play in the World Professional Basketball Tournament.

The World Professional Basketball Tournament was an invitational tournament held in Chicago and sponsored by the Chicago Herald American. The annual event was held from 1939 to 1948, and the winner was generally acknowledged as the World Champions of basketball. Many teams came from the National Basketball League, but it also included the best teams from other leagues and the best independent barnstorming teams such as the New York Rens and Harlem Globetrotters. Games were played at various sites including Chicago Coliseum, International Amphitheater and Chicago Stadium.

During the 1949/50 season, the team dropped out of the league on February 1, 1950.

Year-by-year

YearLeagueReg. SeasonPlayoffs
1941/42ABL4th (1st half); 2nd (2nd half)No playoff
1942/43ABL1stFinals
1943/44ABL3rd (1st half); 2nd (2nd half)Did not qualify
1944/45ABL2ndPlayoffs
1945/46ABL5thDid not qualify
1946/47ABL3rd, SouthernChampions
1947/48ABL3rdPlayoffs
1948/49ABL3rdPlayoffs
1949/50ABL7thN/A


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