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

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.

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

Member of 1946 Toronto Huskies talks basketball

Toronto huskies 1946, The Toronto Huskies' revamped jersey return was only fitting for the NBA's 75th Anniversary. It was literally among the first

The Toronto Huskies' revamped jersey return was only fitting for the NBA's 75th Anniversary. It was literally among the first NBA teams 75 years ago

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

Member of 1946 Toronto Huskies talks basketball

Wojnarowski] Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr., has agreed on a four-year, $82.5 million contract extension, his agent Sam Permut of @RocNationSports tells ESPN. : r/clevelandcavs

ON THIS DAY (Nov. 1, 1946) the FIRST NBA game took place in TORONTO as the

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 Story of the First NBA Game - November 1, 1946 Mitchell & Ness Nostalgia Co.

Member of 1946 Toronto Huskies talks basketball

Wojnarowski] Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr., has agreed on a four-year, $82.5 million contract extension, his agent Sam Permut of @RocNationSports tells ESPN. : r/clevelandcavs