On Oct. 16, 1965, at Madison Square Garden, Dick Van Arsdale debuted for the Knicks and his identical twin Tom for the Pistons in the same game.

Born Feb. 22, 1943, they played together at Manual High and Indiana. The 1965 draft took Dick 13th to New York and Tom 14th to Detroit.

Knicks 111, Pistons 103. Tom had 9 points and 4 rebounds in 19 minutes; Dick had 4 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists in 14 minutes.

Detroit made more field goals, but New York went 41-of-56 at the line to 25-of-44. Four days later the Pistons won the rematch 116-103.

Both made the 1965-66 All-Rookie team and three All-Star teams. Dick played 921 games, Tom 929, and they finished together in Phoenix in 1976-77.

Tom Van Arsdale guards Pete Maravich, 1974. Photo by Frank Bryan, The Sporting News Collection, resized.

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