<Li> All - ABL First Team (1948) </Li> <Li> Consensus second - team All - American (1941) </Li> <P> Oscar Benjamin "Ossie" Schectman (March 30, 1919--July 30, 2013) was an American professional basketball player . He is credited with having scored the first basket in the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which would later become the National Basketball Association (NBA). </P> <P> Schectman was born on March 30, 1919, in Kew Gardens in Queens, New York City . His parents were Jewish immigrants from Russia . He had four siblings . He played basketball while attending Samuel J. Tilden High School in Brooklyn, New York, and played under coach Clair Bee at Long Island University . He was a member of the team in 1939, when they won the National Invitation Tournament and National Championship . He was named to the Converse All - American first team in 1941 . </P>

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