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Detailed explanation-1: -Notes: The National Basketball Association (NBA) has launched India’s first NBA Basketball School launched in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Detailed explanation-2: -Notes: India’s first-ever National Basketball Association (NBA) academy has officially opened in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

Detailed explanation-3: -The NBA is a 70-year-old organization born from innovation. It was June 1946 in New York City when Boston Garden owner Walter Brown realized that major ice hockey arenas, which were vacant most nights, could be used to host basketball games.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

Detailed explanation-5: -On November 1, 1946, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the Toronto Huskies hosted the New York Knickerbockers at Maple Leaf Gardens, in a game the NBA now refers to as the first game played in NBA history. The first basket was made by Ossie Schectman of the Knickerbockers.