The NBA's first game was played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto on November 1, 1946.
The New York Knickerbockers defeated the Toronto Huskies 68–66 at Maple Leaf Gardens.
Throughout the season, the Huskies had four head coaches: Ed Sadowski 3–9, Lew Hayman 0–1, Dick Fitzgerald 2–1, and Red Rolfe 17–27.
[2] Attendance quickly dwindled and the Toronto Star published an estimate that team owners Eric Cradock (co-owner of the Montreal Alouettes football team) and Harold Shannon lost $100,000 in one season of operations.
Other key figures included team president Charles Watson, co-founders Ben Newman and Salter Hayden and Annis Stukus.