The start of the NBA

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Across
  1. 1. this NY team played in the first BAA game in 1946
  2. 3. Basketball was introduced to this country in 1893
  3. 4. place where basketball is played today
  4. 9. first game was played in Toronto in 1946
  5. 10. The NBA started with this many teams
  6. 13. The NBA has grown to this many teams
  7. 14. the shot clock is 24 _______
  8. 18. type of shot introduced in the 1979-1980 season
  9. 19. Basketball creator last name
Down
  1. 2. the first country outside of the United States to play basketball
  2. 5. basketball was originally only played in a _____
  3. 6. how old the NBA is
  4. 7. what were adopted in 1912-13
  5. 8. The first hoops were made of baskets for this fruit
  6. 11. Basketball is played in this season
  7. 12. the type of shot that was the only score in the first BAA game
  8. 15. top professional basketball league in the United States
  9. 16. Yao Ming is from this country
  10. 17. original team from Boston that is still popular today
  11. 19. The other basketball league the BAA merged with