Boston Celtics play their first home game in the new National Basketball Association of America.

The Celtics lose to the Chicago Stags 57-55 at Boston Arena. Though not played at Boston Garden (which is being used for a rodeo) the game is played on the parquet floor, which was built by the East Boston Lumber Company and made up of 247 panels of short, maple boards held together by 988 bolts (and the start of the game is delayed when Celtic Chuck Connors broke one of the backboards during warm-up drills). Owned by Walter Brown, the team’s first coach is John Russell and Frank Fallon the first radio announcer. The Celtics beats the Toronto Huskies 53-49 in their first game in Boston Garden on November 16, 1946. The league merges with a rival league to form the National Basketball Association in 1949 and the Celtics win their first championship in 1957 and most recent in 2008.*