The 1920–21 season was the Philadelphia Sphas' 4th season of play, all while operating within the American League of Philadelphia. Game-by-game records are (currently) not available for this season and are therefore likely lost to time in the process.Stark, Douglas. The SPHAS: The Life and Times of Basketball's Greatest Jewish Team. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. 978-1-59213-633-9. 2011. Appendix B. 269-270. For the first half of the season, the Sphas finished the season being tied for third place with the Hancock franchise for an above-average 4–3 record, being behind only the Nativity and Post 26 franchises there. However, by the second half of the season, the Sphas would end of having the second-worst performance of that particular half of the season ahead of only the Girard franchise, as the Sphas finished the second half of the season with a poor 2–5 finish for a seventh place ending there. With that being said, when combining the two records together, the Sphas finished the season being tied for sixth place alongside the Logan franchise, as their overall 6–8 below average finish ended up getting them ahead of only the Kaywood and Girard franchises for overall records this season.
Due to the Spanish flu pandemic being at its end alongside World War I already being over with beforehand, the American League of Philadelphia would continue to not see any sort of coverage under most publications by comparison to other professional basketball leagues of its time (including a World Series of Basketball being implemented during this season through multiple professional basketball leagues during this time).https://probasketballencyclopedia.com/seasons/1920-1921/
American League of Philadelphia Standings +First HalfTeamWinsLossesWinning %Philadelphia Post 26701.000Philadelphia Nativity52.714Philadelphia Hancock43.571Philadelphia SPHAs43.571Philadelphia 50 Club34.429Philadelphia Logan25.286Philadelphia Kaywood25.286Philadelphia Girard16.143 +Second HalfTeamWinsLossesWinning %Philadelphia Hancock61.857Philadelphia 50 Club52.714Philadelphia Logan43.571Philadelphia Post 2643.571Philadelphia Nativity43.571Philadelphia Kaywood34.429Philadelphia SPHAs25.286Philadelphia Girard07.000 +Overall TeamWinsLossesWinning %Philadelphia Post 26113.786Philadelphia Hancock104.714Philadelphia Nativity95.643Philadelphia 50 Club86.571Philadelphia Logan68.429Philadelphia SPHAs68.429Philadelphia Kaywood59.417Philadelphia Girard113.071
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