Seventy years ago this October, a group of athletes from New York City drove upstate to cross the border into Toronto. The occasion: the first-ever regular season game in the Basketball Association of America, the short-lived precursor to the NBA. En route to Toronto, the first squad of the New York Knickerbockers was stopped at the border by a skeptical customs inspector. Who were these self-proclaimed professional athletes with names like Schectman, Kaplowitz, Hertzberg and Militzok? He’d heard of the New York Rangers, but not the Knicks.
Fast Fact on the Toronto Huskies vs. New York Knicks NBA 75th anniversary game
The NBA Remembers Its First Game Ever
ON THIS DAY (Nov. 1, 1946) the FIRST NBA game took place in TORONTO as the New York Knicks took on the Toronto Huskies in front of 7,090 fans! 🇨🇦 Fans
ON THIS DAY (Nov. 1, 1946) the FIRST NBA game took place in TORONTO as the
First NBA game played, November 1, 1946
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The First Game Anniversary (with Ian Eagle VO)
The Story of the First NBA Game - November 1, 1946 Mitchell & Ness Nostalgia Co.
ON THIS DAY (Nov. 1, 1946) the FIRST NBA game took place in TORONTO as the New York Knicks took on the Toronto Huskies in front of 7,090 fans! 🇨🇦 Fans
Member of 1946 Toronto Huskies talks basketball
ON THIS DAY (Nov. 1, 1946) the FIRST NBA game took place in TORONTO as the New York Knicks took on the Toronto Huskies in front of 7,090 fans! 🇨🇦 #NBA75
ON THIS DAY (Nov. 1, 1946) the FIRST NBA game took place in TORONTO as the New York Knicks took on the Toronto Huskies in front of 7,090 fans! 🇨🇦 Fans
The Sports Wire on X: #OnThisDay 🏀 The first game in NBA history! 🏢 On November 1, 1946, New York Knickerbockers beat Toronto Huskies 68-66 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto in
The Toronto Huskies' revamped jersey return was only fitting for the NBA's 75th Anniversary. It was
Toronto Huskies
