Lakers Top Knicks for NBA Crown
On April 10, 1953 – 1953: The Minneapolis Lakers defeated the New York Knicks in seven games to win the NBA championship last season. This year, coach Johnny Kundla’s team needs only five games.
They close out the best-of-five series with a 91-84 victory in the 69th Regiment Armory in New York. The Knicks, trailing by 20 points in the third quarter, rally to within 85-84 with 35 seconds left. But then Vern Mikkelsen hits a foul shot and George Mikan scores on a three-point play to clinch Minneapolis’ triumph.
“This title is the sweetest of any of the five (in six years) we have won as Lakers,” says Mikan.
In foul trouble much of the game, Mikan spends much of the game on the bench and scores just 14 points. His teammates pick up the slack, with four scoring in double figures, led by Jim Pollard’s 17 points. Knicks guard Carl Braun is the game’s high scorer with 19 points.
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