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On November 1, 1946, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the Toronto Huskies hosted the New York Knickerbockers at Maple Leaf Gardens, in a game the NBA now refers to as the first game played in NBA history. [11] The first basket was made by Ossie Schectman of the Knickerbockers. [12]
On Nov. 1, 1946, the Toronto Huskies hosted the Knicks at Maple Leaf Gardens in the first game in the history of the BAA/NBA. Playing in front of 7,090 fans, the Knicks defeated the Huskies,...
The following is a timeline of the organizational changes in the National Basketball Association (NBA), including contractions, expansions, relocations, and divisional realignment. The league was formed as the Basketball Association of America (BAA) in 1946 and took its current name in 1949.
NBA is born On August 3, 1949, after a damaging three-year battle to win both players and fans, the rival Basketball Association of America (BAA) and National Basketball League (NBL) merge to...
National Basketball Association (NBA), professional basketball league formed in the United States in 1949 by the merger of two rival organizations, the National Basketball League (founded 1937) and the Basketball Association of America (founded 1946).
Lloyd is the first to make his debut in the NBA on Oct. 31, 1950 with the Washington Capitols. Cooper is the first Black player drafted by an NBA team as the 13th overall selection and Clifton...
Schectman scored the first basket in Basketball Association of America history; it wasn’t called the NBA until three years later, but the NBA counts those years as part of its own. It was an underhand layup for the Knicks in a game at the Toronto Huskies on Nov. 1, 1946, the first two points of 13.7 million in league history and counting.
First Professional League- 1898. The National Basketball League, the first professional basketball league, was founded on November 20, 1898. The league comprised six to eight clubs from the northeast region of the United States. The league’s most successful season was 1901–02.
The early years of the NBA looked different from modern basketball in many ways, but one of the starkest was the players. The professional color barrier didn’t break until 1947 when Asian American point guard Wat Misaka joined the New York Knicks in the BAA.
Examining the stats, history and achievements of 15 standout first-year players in their debut NBA season.