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<blockquote data-quote="shakespeare" data-source="post: 3398046" data-attributes="member: 134752"><p><strong>1940s and 1950s: The early years</strong></p><p></p><p> <em>Main article: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball_Association_of_America_%28BAA%29" target="_blank">Basketball Association of America (BAA)</a></em></p><p> The Basketball Association of America was founded in 1946 by the owners of the major <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockey" target="_blank">ice hockey</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arena" target="_blank">arenas</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeastern_United_States" target="_blank">Northeastern</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwestern_United_States" target="_blank">Midwestern</a> United States. On November 1, 1946, in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto" target="_blank">Toronto</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario" target="_blank">Ontario</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" target="_blank">Canada</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Huskies" target="_blank">Toronto Huskies</a> hosted the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Knicks" target="_blank">New York Knickerbockers</a>, which the NBA now regards as the first game played in the league's history.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Association#cite_note-firstgame-2" target="_blank">[3]</a> Although there had been earlier attempts at professional basketball leagues, including the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Basketball_League_%281925-1955%29" target="_blank">American Basketball League</a> and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_League_%28United_States%29" target="_blank">National Basketball League</a>, the BAA was the first league to attempt to play primarily in large arenas in major cities. During its early years, the quality of play in the BAA was not significantly better than in competing leagues or among leading independent clubs such as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Globetrotters" target="_blank">Harlem Globetrotters</a>. For instance, the 1948 ABL finalist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Bullets_%28original%29" target="_blank">Baltimore Bullets</a> moved to the BAA and won that league's 1948 title, and the 1948 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_League_%28United_States%29" target="_blank">NBL</a> champion <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" target="_blank">Minneapolis Lakers</a> won the 1949 BAA title.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shakespeare, post: 3398046, member: 134752"] [B]1940s and 1950s: The early years[/B] [I]Main article: [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball_Association_of_America_%28BAA%29"]Basketball Association of America (BAA)[/URL][/I] The Basketball Association of America was founded in 1946 by the owners of the major [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockey"]ice hockey[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arena"]arenas[/URL] in the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeastern_United_States"]Northeastern[/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwestern_United_States"]Midwestern[/URL] United States. On November 1, 1946, in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto"]Toronto[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario"]Ontario[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada"]Canada[/URL], the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Huskies"]Toronto Huskies[/URL] hosted the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Knicks"]New York Knickerbockers[/URL], which the NBA now regards as the first game played in the league's history.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_Association#cite_note-firstgame-2"][3][/URL] Although there had been earlier attempts at professional basketball leagues, including the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Basketball_League_%281925-1955%29"]American Basketball League[/URL] and the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_League_%28United_States%29"]National Basketball League[/URL], the BAA was the first league to attempt to play primarily in large arenas in major cities. During its early years, the quality of play in the BAA was not significantly better than in competing leagues or among leading independent clubs such as the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Globetrotters"]Harlem Globetrotters[/URL]. For instance, the 1948 ABL finalist [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Bullets_%28original%29"]Baltimore Bullets[/URL] moved to the BAA and won that league's 1948 title, and the 1948 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Basketball_League_%28United_States%29"]NBL[/URL] champion [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers"]Minneapolis Lakers[/URL] won the 1949 BAA title. [/QUOTE]
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