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Former NBA player Kaplowitz dies at 89 (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

Ralph Kaplowitz, who played in the first NBA game and on the league's first championship team, has died. He was 89. "I'm sure he was proud of it, but it wasn't something he bragged about or even would tell people up front," his daughter, Barbara Kaplowitz, said. Kaplowitz, who lived in Floral Park, N.Y., died Feb.