1952β53 Minneapolis Lakers season | |
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NBA champions | |
Division champions | |
Head coach | John Kundla |
Arena | Minneapolis Auditorium |
Results | |
Record | 48–22 (.686) |
Place | Division: 1st ( Western) |
Playoff finish |
NBA Champions (Defeated Knicks 4β1) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Radio | WLOL |
The 1952β53 Minneapolis Lakers season was the fifth season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). [1] The Lakers continued to be the dominant force in the league as they won the Western Division with a 48β22 record. In the playoffs, the Lakers would sweep the Indianapolis Olympians in 2 straight. In the Western Finals, the Lakers would win the first 2 games at home. Against the Fort Wayne Pistons, the Lakers were pushed to a 5th game. The series returned to Minneapolis, where the Lakers won the 5th game 74β58. In the Finals, the Lakers vanquished the New York Knickerbockers for their 2nd straight Championship, and 4th Championship overall in the franchise's first five seasons in the NBA. [2] HoopsHype later ranked this squad as the team with the fourth-easiest path to an NBA Finals championship, noting them as the team who had the easiest path while facing off against opponents who held mostly above-average records that season, with the only outlier being their first round opponent of the Indianapolis Olympians under their final season of existence. [3]
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W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x- Minneapolis Lakers | 48 | 22 | .686 | - | 24-2 | 16-15 | 8-5 | 17-13 |
x- Rochester Royals | 44 | 26 | .629 | 4 | 24-8 | 13-17 | 7-1 | 27-13 |
x- Fort Wayne Pistons | 36 | 33 | .522 | 11.5 | 25-9 | 8-19 | 3-5 | 18-22 |
x- Indianapolis Olympians | 28 | 43 | .394 | 20.5 | 19-14 | 4-23 | 5-6 | 15-26 |
Milwaukee Hawks | 27 | 44 | .380 | 21.5 | 14-8 | 3-24 | 10-12 | 15-26 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | FWP | IND | MIL | MIN | NYK | PHI | ROC | SYR |
Baltimore | β | 2β8 | 0β6 | 2β4 | 3β3 | 1β5 | 0β10 | 6β4 | 0β6 | 2β8 |
Boston | 8β2 | β | 4β2 | 4β2 | 5β1 | 1β5 | 6β4 | 9β1 | 4β2 | 5β6 |
Fort Wayne | 6β0 | 2β4 | β | 7β3 | 7β3 | 1β9 | 4β2 | 5β0 | 3β7 | 1β5 |
Indianapolis | 4β2 | 2β4 | 3β7 | β | 5β6 | 4β6 | 1β5 | 5β1 | 3β7 | 1β5 |
Milwaukee | 3β3 | 1β5 | 3β7 | 6β5 | β | 3β7 | 1β5 | 4β2 | 3β7 | 3β3 |
Minneapolis | 5β1 | 5β1 | 9β1 | 6β4 | 7β3 | β | 4β2 | 6β0 | 4β6 | 2β4 |
New York | 10β0 | 4β6 | 2β4 | 5β1 | 5β1 | 2β4 | β | 10β0 | 3β3 | 6β4 |
Philadelphia | 4β6 | 1β9 | 0β5 | 1β5 | 2β4 | 0β6 | 0β10 | β | 2β4 | 2β8 |
Rochester | 6β0 | 2β4 | 7β3 | 7β3 | 7β3 | 6β4 | 3β3 | 4β2 | β | 2β4 |
Syracuse | 8β2 | 6β5 | 5β1 | 5β1 | 3β3 | 4β2 | 4β6 | 8β2 | 4β2 | β |
# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record |
1 | November 1 | Boston | 91β94 | Vern Mikkelsen (17) | 1β0 |
2 | November 2 | @ Fort Wayne | 81β69 | Jim Pollard (18) | 2β0 |
3 | November 5 | @ Baltimore | 97β75 | Slater Martin (21) | 3β0 |
4 | November 8 | @ Philadelphia | 93β71 | George Mikan (18) | 4β0 |
5 | November 9 | @ Syracuse | 89β96 | George Mikan (25) | 4β1 |
6 | November 11 | @ Boston | 101β92 | Slater Martin (20) | 5β1 |
7 | November 13 | @ New York | 91β100 | George Mikan (32) | 5β2 |
8 | November 15 | @ Rochester | 89β97 | George Mikan (29) | 5β3 |
9 | November 16 | Milwaukee | 51β87 | George Mikan (14) | 6β3 |
10 | November 20 | @ Fort Wayne | 89β81 | George Mikan (32) | 7β3 |
11 | November 22 | Fort Wayne | 89β96 | George Mikan (35) | 8β3 |
12 | November 23 | @ Milwaukee | 62β46 | George Mikan (17) | 9β3 |
13 | November 27 | Indianapolis | 69β90 | Vern Mikkelsen (19) | 10β3 |
14 | November 28 | @ Indianapolis | 97β82 | Slater Martin (22) | 11β3 |
15 | November 29 | @ Rochester | 71β83 | Jim Pollard (17) | 11β4 |
16 | November 30 | Philadelphia | 66β91 | George Mikan (23) | 12β4 |
17 | December 1 | N Baltimore | 67β89 | Mikan, Mikkelsen (17) | 13β4 |
18 | December 3 | @ Boston | 106β102 (OT) | Jim Pollard (29) | 14β4 |
19 | December 4 | @ New York | 81β71 | Vern Mikkelsen (24) | 15β4 |
20 | December 6 | New York | 78β85 (OT) | George Mikan (27) | 16β4 |
21 | December 8 | N Indianapolis | 76β81 | George Mikan (25) | 16β5 |
22 | December 11 | Syracuse | 79β82 | Vern Mikkelsen (31) | 17β5 |
23 | December 14 | Rochester | 77β95 | Slater Martin (17) | 18β5 |
24 | December 19 | @ Indianapolis | 87β69 | Slater Martin (22) | 19β5 |
25 | December 20 | @ Milwaukee | 75β86 | Vern Mikkelsen (28) | 19β6 |
26 | December 25 | Indianapolis | 73β90 | George Mikan (20) | 20β6 |
27 | December 27 | Boston | 71β94 | Jim Pollard (20) | 21β6 |
28 | December 28 | Milwaukee | 77β86 | Harrison, Mikkelsen (17) | 22β6 |
29 | December 30 | @ Indianapolis | 69β74 | George Mikan (16) | 22β7 |
30 | December 31 | Baltimore | 56β82 | George Mikan (19) | 23β7 |
31 | January 2 | N Milwaukee | 74β66 | Vern Mikkelsen (22) | 24β7 |
32 | January 3 | N Milwaukee | 79β75 | Slater Martin (22) | 25β7 |
33 | January 4 | Rochester | 80β83 (OT) | George Mikan (23) | 26β7 |
34 | January 6 | N Rochester | 85β69 | George Mikan (26) | 26β8 |
35 | January 8 | @ Syracuse | 67β75 | George Mikan (16) | 26β9 |
36 | January 10 | N Fort Wayne | 79β84 | George Mikan (29) | 27β9 |
37 | January 11 | New York | 79β85 | George Mikan (22) | 28β9 |
38 | January 14 | @ Baltimore | 112β104 (2OT) | George Mikan (46) | 29β9 |
39 | January 17 | @ Rochester | 101β109 | George Mikan (41) | 29β10 |
40 | January 18 | Milwaukee | 83β70 | George Mikan (22) | 29β11 |
41 | January 23 | N Milwaukee | 65β67 | George Mikan (22) | 29β12 |
42 | January 25 | Boston | 82β87 | George Mikan (30) | 30β12 |
43 | January 27 | N Fort Wayne | 96β76 | Jim Pollard (23) | 31β12 |
44 | January 29 | Syracuse | 83β65 | George Mikan (13) | 31β13 |
45 | January 31 | Fort Wayne | 80β87 | George Mikan (23) | 32β13 |
46 | February 1 | @ Fort Wayne | 92β76 | Slater Martin (19) | 33β13 |
47 | February 3 | @ Indianapolis | 93β96 (3OT) | George Mikan (29) | 33β14 |
48 | February 5 | New York | 73β81 | George Mikan (36) | 34β14 |
49 | February 7 | @ Rochester | 72β87 | George Mikan (25) | 34β15 |
50 | February 8 | Indianapolis | 67β71 | George Mikan (24) | 35β15 |
51 | February 12 | Syracuse | 81β91 | George Mikan (36) | 36β15 |
52 | February 14 | Philadelphia | 84β92 | George Mikan (19) | 37β15 |
53 | February 15 | @ Milwaukee | 80β71 | George Mikan (23) | 38β15 |
54 | February 17 | N Baltimore | 74β70 | Vern Mikkelsen (19) | 38β16 |
55 | February 19 | Rochester | 87β107 | Mikan, Pollard (17) | 39β16 |
56 | February 21 | Fort Wayne | 75β85 | Jim Pollard (17) | 40β16 |
57 | February 22 | @ Fort Wayne | 78β90 | George Mikan (26) | 40β17 |
58 | February 24 | @ New York | 63β79 | Jim Pollard (12) | 40β18 |
59 | February 25 | @ Baltimore | 85β72 | George Mikan (20) | 41β18 |
60 | February 26 | @ Philadelphia | 85β73 | George Mikan (25) | 42β18 |
61 | February 27 | N Philadelphia | 75β98 | George Mikan (22) | 43β18 |
62 | March 1 | N Philadelphia | 80β102 | George Mikan (33) | 44β18 |
63 | March 3 | N Fort Wayne | 86β68 | Vern Mikkelsen (23) | 45β18 |
64 | March 5 | @ Syracuse | 91β94 | Vern Mikkelsen (23) | 45β19 |
65 | March 6 | @ Boston | 85β100 | Vern Mikkelsen (21) | 45β20 |
66 | March 7 | @ Rochester | 82β84 | Vern Mikkelsen (17) | 45β21 |
67 | March 8 | Milwaukee | 73β100 | George Mikan (18) | 46β21 |
68 | March 9 | N Indianapolis | 83β95 | Vern Mikkelsen (22) | 46β22 |
69 | March 12 | Rochester | 77β89 | George Mikan (28) | 47β22 |
70 | March 17 | @ Indianapolis | 73β71 | Pollard, Skoog (14) | 48β22 |
Note: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average
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1952β53 Minneapolis Lakers season | |
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NBA champions | |
Division champions | |
Head coach | John Kundla |
Arena | Minneapolis Auditorium |
Results | |
Record | 48–22 (.686) |
Place | Division: 1st ( Western) |
Playoff finish |
NBA Champions (Defeated Knicks 4β1) |
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Radio | WLOL |
The 1952β53 Minneapolis Lakers season was the fifth season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). [1] The Lakers continued to be the dominant force in the league as they won the Western Division with a 48β22 record. In the playoffs, the Lakers would sweep the Indianapolis Olympians in 2 straight. In the Western Finals, the Lakers would win the first 2 games at home. Against the Fort Wayne Pistons, the Lakers were pushed to a 5th game. The series returned to Minneapolis, where the Lakers won the 5th game 74β58. In the Finals, the Lakers vanquished the New York Knickerbockers for their 2nd straight Championship, and 4th Championship overall in the franchise's first five seasons in the NBA. [2] HoopsHype later ranked this squad as the team with the fourth-easiest path to an NBA Finals championship, noting them as the team who had the easiest path while facing off against opponents who held mostly above-average records that season, with the only outlier being their first round opponent of the Indianapolis Olympians under their final season of existence. [3]
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W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Neutral | Div | |
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x- Minneapolis Lakers | 48 | 22 | .686 | - | 24-2 | 16-15 | 8-5 | 17-13 |
x- Rochester Royals | 44 | 26 | .629 | 4 | 24-8 | 13-17 | 7-1 | 27-13 |
x- Fort Wayne Pistons | 36 | 33 | .522 | 11.5 | 25-9 | 8-19 | 3-5 | 18-22 |
x- Indianapolis Olympians | 28 | 43 | .394 | 20.5 | 19-14 | 4-23 | 5-6 | 15-26 |
Milwaukee Hawks | 27 | 44 | .380 | 21.5 | 14-8 | 3-24 | 10-12 | 15-26 |
1952-53 NBA Records | ||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | FWP | IND | MIL | MIN | NYK | PHI | ROC | SYR |
Baltimore | β | 2β8 | 0β6 | 2β4 | 3β3 | 1β5 | 0β10 | 6β4 | 0β6 | 2β8 |
Boston | 8β2 | β | 4β2 | 4β2 | 5β1 | 1β5 | 6β4 | 9β1 | 4β2 | 5β6 |
Fort Wayne | 6β0 | 2β4 | β | 7β3 | 7β3 | 1β9 | 4β2 | 5β0 | 3β7 | 1β5 |
Indianapolis | 4β2 | 2β4 | 3β7 | β | 5β6 | 4β6 | 1β5 | 5β1 | 3β7 | 1β5 |
Milwaukee | 3β3 | 1β5 | 3β7 | 6β5 | β | 3β7 | 1β5 | 4β2 | 3β7 | 3β3 |
Minneapolis | 5β1 | 5β1 | 9β1 | 6β4 | 7β3 | β | 4β2 | 6β0 | 4β6 | 2β4 |
New York | 10β0 | 4β6 | 2β4 | 5β1 | 5β1 | 2β4 | β | 10β0 | 3β3 | 6β4 |
Philadelphia | 4β6 | 1β9 | 0β5 | 1β5 | 2β4 | 0β6 | 0β10 | β | 2β4 | 2β8 |
Rochester | 6β0 | 2β4 | 7β3 | 7β3 | 7β3 | 6β4 | 3β3 | 4β2 | β | 2β4 |
Syracuse | 8β2 | 6β5 | 5β1 | 5β1 | 3β3 | 4β2 | 4β6 | 8β2 | 4β2 | β |
# | Date | Opponent | Score | High points | Record |
1 | November 1 | Boston | 91β94 | Vern Mikkelsen (17) | 1β0 |
2 | November 2 | @ Fort Wayne | 81β69 | Jim Pollard (18) | 2β0 |
3 | November 5 | @ Baltimore | 97β75 | Slater Martin (21) | 3β0 |
4 | November 8 | @ Philadelphia | 93β71 | George Mikan (18) | 4β0 |
5 | November 9 | @ Syracuse | 89β96 | George Mikan (25) | 4β1 |
6 | November 11 | @ Boston | 101β92 | Slater Martin (20) | 5β1 |
7 | November 13 | @ New York | 91β100 | George Mikan (32) | 5β2 |
8 | November 15 | @ Rochester | 89β97 | George Mikan (29) | 5β3 |
9 | November 16 | Milwaukee | 51β87 | George Mikan (14) | 6β3 |
10 | November 20 | @ Fort Wayne | 89β81 | George Mikan (32) | 7β3 |
11 | November 22 | Fort Wayne | 89β96 | George Mikan (35) | 8β3 |
12 | November 23 | @ Milwaukee | 62β46 | George Mikan (17) | 9β3 |
13 | November 27 | Indianapolis | 69β90 | Vern Mikkelsen (19) | 10β3 |
14 | November 28 | @ Indianapolis | 97β82 | Slater Martin (22) | 11β3 |
15 | November 29 | @ Rochester | 71β83 | Jim Pollard (17) | 11β4 |
16 | November 30 | Philadelphia | 66β91 | George Mikan (23) | 12β4 |
17 | December 1 | N Baltimore | 67β89 | Mikan, Mikkelsen (17) | 13β4 |
18 | December 3 | @ Boston | 106β102 (OT) | Jim Pollard (29) | 14β4 |
19 | December 4 | @ New York | 81β71 | Vern Mikkelsen (24) | 15β4 |
20 | December 6 | New York | 78β85 (OT) | George Mikan (27) | 16β4 |
21 | December 8 | N Indianapolis | 76β81 | George Mikan (25) | 16β5 |
22 | December 11 | Syracuse | 79β82 | Vern Mikkelsen (31) | 17β5 |
23 | December 14 | Rochester | 77β95 | Slater Martin (17) | 18β5 |
24 | December 19 | @ Indianapolis | 87β69 | Slater Martin (22) | 19β5 |
25 | December 20 | @ Milwaukee | 75β86 | Vern Mikkelsen (28) | 19β6 |
26 | December 25 | Indianapolis | 73β90 | George Mikan (20) | 20β6 |
27 | December 27 | Boston | 71β94 | Jim Pollard (20) | 21β6 |
28 | December 28 | Milwaukee | 77β86 | Harrison, Mikkelsen (17) | 22β6 |
29 | December 30 | @ Indianapolis | 69β74 | George Mikan (16) | 22β7 |
30 | December 31 | Baltimore | 56β82 | George Mikan (19) | 23β7 |
31 | January 2 | N Milwaukee | 74β66 | Vern Mikkelsen (22) | 24β7 |
32 | January 3 | N Milwaukee | 79β75 | Slater Martin (22) | 25β7 |
33 | January 4 | Rochester | 80β83 (OT) | George Mikan (23) | 26β7 |
34 | January 6 | N Rochester | 85β69 | George Mikan (26) | 26β8 |
35 | January 8 | @ Syracuse | 67β75 | George Mikan (16) | 26β9 |
36 | January 10 | N Fort Wayne | 79β84 | George Mikan (29) | 27β9 |
37 | January 11 | New York | 79β85 | George Mikan (22) | 28β9 |
38 | January 14 | @ Baltimore | 112β104 (2OT) | George Mikan (46) | 29β9 |
39 | January 17 | @ Rochester | 101β109 | George Mikan (41) | 29β10 |
40 | January 18 | Milwaukee | 83β70 | George Mikan (22) | 29β11 |
41 | January 23 | N Milwaukee | 65β67 | George Mikan (22) | 29β12 |
42 | January 25 | Boston | 82β87 | George Mikan (30) | 30β12 |
43 | January 27 | N Fort Wayne | 96β76 | Jim Pollard (23) | 31β12 |
44 | January 29 | Syracuse | 83β65 | George Mikan (13) | 31β13 |
45 | January 31 | Fort Wayne | 80β87 | George Mikan (23) | 32β13 |
46 | February 1 | @ Fort Wayne | 92β76 | Slater Martin (19) | 33β13 |
47 | February 3 | @ Indianapolis | 93β96 (3OT) | George Mikan (29) | 33β14 |
48 | February 5 | New York | 73β81 | George Mikan (36) | 34β14 |
49 | February 7 | @ Rochester | 72β87 | George Mikan (25) | 34β15 |
50 | February 8 | Indianapolis | 67β71 | George Mikan (24) | 35β15 |
51 | February 12 | Syracuse | 81β91 | George Mikan (36) | 36β15 |
52 | February 14 | Philadelphia | 84β92 | George Mikan (19) | 37β15 |
53 | February 15 | @ Milwaukee | 80β71 | George Mikan (23) | 38β15 |
54 | February 17 | N Baltimore | 74β70 | Vern Mikkelsen (19) | 38β16 |
55 | February 19 | Rochester | 87β107 | Mikan, Pollard (17) | 39β16 |
56 | February 21 | Fort Wayne | 75β85 | Jim Pollard (17) | 40β16 |
57 | February 22 | @ Fort Wayne | 78β90 | George Mikan (26) | 40β17 |
58 | February 24 | @ New York | 63β79 | Jim Pollard (12) | 40β18 |
59 | February 25 | @ Baltimore | 85β72 | George Mikan (20) | 41β18 |
60 | February 26 | @ Philadelphia | 85β73 | George Mikan (25) | 42β18 |
61 | February 27 | N Philadelphia | 75β98 | George Mikan (22) | 43β18 |
62 | March 1 | N Philadelphia | 80β102 | George Mikan (33) | 44β18 |
63 | March 3 | N Fort Wayne | 86β68 | Vern Mikkelsen (23) | 45β18 |
64 | March 5 | @ Syracuse | 91β94 | Vern Mikkelsen (23) | 45β19 |
65 | March 6 | @ Boston | 85β100 | Vern Mikkelsen (21) | 45β20 |
66 | March 7 | @ Rochester | 82β84 | Vern Mikkelsen (17) | 45β21 |
67 | March 8 | Milwaukee | 73β100 | George Mikan (18) | 46β21 |
68 | March 9 | N Indianapolis | 83β95 | Vern Mikkelsen (22) | 46β22 |
69 | March 12 | Rochester | 77β89 | George Mikan (28) | 47β22 |
70 | March 17 | @ Indianapolis | 73β71 | Pollard, Skoog (14) | 48β22 |
Note: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average
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Division Finals: 3β2 (home: 3β0; road: 0β2)
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NBA Finals: 4β1 (home: 1β1; road: 3β0)
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1953 schedule |