Buffalo Germans
American basketball team
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The Buffalo Germans were an American basketball team that began in 1895 as 14-year-old members of the Buffalo YMCA. Over 44 years, they played 878 games and won 792 of them. This team was part of the early development of professional basketball in the United States, which saw teams like the Original Celtics and the New York Renaissance achieve significant success before the formation of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1949.1
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