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On This Date in Sports November 1, 1946: Birth of the NBA

In collaboration with the Sportsecyclopedia.com The Basketball Association of America plays its first game as the Toronto Huskies host the New York Knickerbockers at Maple Leaf Gardens. There are 7,090 fans on hand as Ossie Schectman of the Knicks scores the first basket. New York would edge Toronto

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On This Date in Sports November 1, 1946: Birth of the NBA

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