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Here's your clue: He just passed away...
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-b...-first-basket-nba-history-died-193156294.html
[video=youtube;9-wFi_zTOfI]
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-b...-first-basket-nba-history-died-193156294.html
Benjamin "Ossie" Schectman, a Knick who is credited with scoring the 1st basket in the NBA in 1946, has died, the team announced.
Schectman was 94 years old.
Trey Kerby of The Basketball Jones tracked down video of the historic bucket, which might not have come in an NBA game, per se — Schectman's New York Knicks were playing (and would beat) the Toronto Huskies in the inaugural game of the Basketball Association of America, which would become the NBA in 1949 after absorbing the National Basketball League — but most definitely did come on a pretty cool fast break:
[video=youtube;9-wFi_zTOfI]
