Raptors Set To Honour Huskies History Against Knicks
https://www.nba.com/raptors/holly-blog/raptors-pay-homage-huskies-110816 toralaksmana November 8, 2016 - 3:35 PM EST Holly MacKenzie - Raptors.com Get ready for Throwback Night at Air Canada Centre. When the Toronto Raptors host the New York Knicks in a rare Saturday night game at Air Canada Centre, the faces will be the same, but the colour scheme will be a bit different. Paying homage to the Toronto Huskies, the Raptors will set aside their red and white uniforms and slip into some blue for a callback to the 1946-47 season of the Basketball Association of America. The Huskies were a founding member of the BAA (what is now known as the NBA). They hosted the New York Knickerbockers in the BAA’s first game, November 1, 1946 at Maple Leaf Gardens, and it's quite fitting that this year’s Huskies night will feature the Raptors facing off against the Knicks. A crowd of 7,090 was on hand to see the Knickerbockers defeat the Huskies 68-66, in a basketball game where dunking was illegal an...