In June 6, 1946 the predecessor of the NBA, the Basketball Association of America (1946) was founded. It had Maurice Podoloff as the President and had 11 original teams in its league.

The first game of the BAA was played at the Maple Leaf Gardens (in Toronto) between the New York Knickerbockers and the Toronto Huskies. The Knicks won 68-66 with the crowd attendance at that game reaching 7,090.

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