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NYK70 1946: Knicks Head to Toronto to Play First Game in

By A Mystery Man Writer

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.

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New York Knicks and Toronto Huskies played the first NBA game 75 years ago - Eurohoops

NYK70  1946: Knicks Head to Toronto to Play First Game in

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NYK70  1946: Knicks Head to Toronto to Play First Game in

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

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NYK70  1946: Knicks Head to Toronto to Play First Game in

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

NYK70  1946: Knicks Head to Toronto to Play First Game in

The Toronto Huskies' revamped jersey return was only fitting for the NBA's 75th Anniversary. It was

NYK70  1946: Knicks Head to Toronto to Play First Game in

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