Timeline of the National Basketball Association from its founding as the Basketball Association of America through the 1950s. The timeline includes milestone moments in the league’s history as the NBA celebrates its 75th season.
Timeline of the National Basketball Association from its founding as the Basketball Association of America through the 1950s. The timeline includes milestone moments in the league’s history as the NBA celebrates its 75th season:
April 23, 1947: Howie Dallmar and the Philadelphia Warriors beat the Chicago Stags 4-1 to win the first NBA championship in 1947. April 13, 1949: The Minneapolis Lakers cap their debut season by beating the Washington Capitols 4-2 for their first championship. It’s the first of 17 titles for the franchise now called the Los Angeles Lakers.
Nov. 1, 1950: Future Hall of Famer and six-time NBA champ Bob Cousy makes his debut for the Boston Celtics after refusing to report to Tri-Cities, which drafted him. He scores 16 points in a 107-84 loss to Fort Wayne.Nov. 4, 1950: Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton makes his NBA debut as the second Black player in the NBA, scoring 16 points for the New York Knickerbockers in an 87-76 road loss to the Tri-Cities Blackhawks.
May, 17, 1954: The Supreme Court rules on Brown v. Board of Education, a combination of five lawsuits brought by the NAACP’s legal arm to challenge racial segregation in public schools. The high court decided unanimously that “separate but equal” education denied black children their constitutional right to equal protection under the law, effectively removing a cornerstone that propped up Jim Crow, or state-sanctioned segregation of the races.
April 13, 1957: The Boston Celtics win the first of 17 NBA championships, beating the St. Louis Hawks 125-123 in double overtime of Game 7.
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