On June 6th, a group of 11 men who owned large arena or hockey teams met to discuss the formation of a new professional basketball league. Among the men there at the formation of the Basketball Association of America was Walter Brown, who ran the Boston Garden.

Browns team would borrow form the legacy of the Celtics a barnstorming team that helped spur the growing popularity of basketball in the 1920's and 30's. On November 5th the Celtics made their debut at the Boston Garden in front of 4,329 fans.

The game would be delayed an hour when the wooden backboard was damaged during a practice dunk during warm-ups. After the backboard was repaired the Celtics fell to the Chicago Stags by a score 57-55.

The Celtics would go on to finish their inaugural season with a 22-38 record tied with Toronto Huskies for last place.