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1951–52 Minneapolis Lakers season

The 1951–52 Minneapolis Lakers season was the fourth season for the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).[1] The NBA widened the foul lane before the 1951–52 season in an attempt to slow down George Mikan. Despite the change, it had little effect on Mikan. He still averaged 23.8 points per game, although he lost the scoring title to Paul Arizin, from the Philadelphia Warriors.[2]The Lakers went into the campaign with essentially the same lineup. Rochester took first place in the Western Division by a game, but the Lakers ousted the Royals in four games in the division finals. The NBA Finals would have the Lakers oppose the New York Knickerbockers.[2]Games 3 and 4 of the Finals were played at the 69th Regiment Armory instead of at Madison Square Garden. This was because the circus was in town. The teams split those games, and Games 5 and 6 as well. Game 7 was dominated by Minneapolis. The Lakers pounded out an 82–65 win, at home, to claim their third NBA crown in their first four seasons.[2]

1951–52 Minneapolis Lakers season
NBA champions
Head coachJohn Kundla
ArenaMinneapolis Auditorium
Results
Record40–26 (.606)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finishNBA Champions
(Defeated Knicks 4–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
RadioWLOL
< 1950–51 1952–53 >

Offseason

NBA draft

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Rochester Royals4125.621–28–512–181–222–14
x-Minneapolis Lakers4026.606121–513–206–124–12
x-Indianapolis Olympians3432.515725–64–245–218–18
x-Fort Wayne Pistons2937.4391222–116–241–217–19
Milwaukee Hawks1749.258248–133–226–149–27

Record vs. opponents

1951-52 NBA Records
TeamBALBOSFWPINDMILMINNYKPHIROCSYR
Baltimore–1–82–42–44–20–62–74–52–43–6
Boston8–1–3–33–35–13–34–56–33–34–5
Fort Wayne4–23–3–5–44–55–43–32–43–60–6
Indianapolis4–23–34–5–7–24–53–32–43–64–2
Milwaukee2–41–55–42–7–1–82–41–51–82–4
Minneapolis6–03–34–55–48–1–4–22–47–21–5
New York7–25–43–33–34–22–4–6–32–45–4
Philadelphia5–43–64–24–25–14–23–6–2–43–6
Rochester4–23–36–36–38–12–74–24–2–4–2
Syracuse6–35–46–02–44–25–14–56–32–4—

Game log

#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1November 3@ Rochester93–74Vern Mikkelsen (25)1–0
2November 4@ Syracuse67–98George Mikan (27)1–1
3November 9@ Philadelphia86–98George Mikan (41)1–2
4November 10@ New York89–73George Mikan (31)2–2
5November 11@ Boston72–77Jim Pollard (17)2–3
6November 12@ Baltimore90–80George Mikan (31)3–3
7November 13@ Indianapolis77–71George Mikan (22)4–3
8November 17Fort Wayne64–68 (OT)George Mikan (32)5–3
9November 22Rochester65–70 (2OT)Vern Mikkelsen (21)6–3
10November 24Milwaukee72–59George Mikan (19)7–3
11November 25Indianapolis73–82George Mikan (31)8–3
12November 28Boston76–90George Mikan (34)9–3
13December 1Fort Wayne69–89George Mikan (24)10–3
14December 2@ Fort Wayne61–63George Mikan (22)10–4
15December 5Syracuse83–81 (OT)Vern Mikkelsen (23)10–5
16December 8N Baltimore85–64Mikan, Pollard (22)11–5
17December 9Indianapolis85–78Vern Mikkelsen (25)11–6
18December 11@ Indianapolis69–85Mikan, Mikkelsen (16)11–7
19December 12Baltimore79–99George Mikan (25)12–7
20December 16Milwaukee52–99George Mikan (24)13–7
21December 18@ New York67–69George Mikan (19)13–8
22December 21@ Philadelphia103–105 (3OT)George Mikan (36)13–9
23December 22@ Baltimore96–90 (3OT)George Mikan (39)14–9
24December 23@ Fort Wayne79–81George Mikan (33)14–10
25December 25Boston93–100Jim Pollard (25)15–10
26December 30Philadelphia64–93George Mikan (22)16–10
27January 1Syracuse80–82George Mikan (37)17–10
28January 4N Fort Wayne79–64Mikan, Pollard (21)18–10
29January 5N Indianapolis86–65George Mikan (20)19–10
30January 6New York92–107Jim Pollard (32)20–10
31January 8@ Indianapolis75–82George Mikan (27)20–11
32January 9Indianapolis74–91George Mikan (29)21–11
33January 11@ Milwaukee75–63George Mikan (18)22–11
34January 12N Milwaukee96–84Jim Pollard (24)23–11
35January 13Philadelphia88–81George Mikan (33)23–12
36January 16@ Boston108–94Vern Mikkelsen (36)24–12
37January 17@ Syracuse105–110 (3OT)Martin, Mikkelsen (19)24–13
38January 19@ Rochester85–96Slater Martin (20)24–14
39January 20Rochester81–91 (2OT)George Mikan (61)25–14
40January 23Syracuse99–97 (OT)George Mikan (28)25–15
41January 26@ Milwaukee57–56Jim Pollard (18)26–15
42January 27Milwaukee62–91Vern Mikkelsen (19)27–15
43January 30New York65–77Martin, Pollard (14)28–15
44January 31@ Fort Wayne85–78Mikan, Pollard (23)29–15
45February 1@ Indianapolis77–85George Mikan (25)29–16
46February 3Rochester75–77George Mikan (25)30–16
47February 7Rochester75–86George Mikan (27)31–16
48February 9Fort Wayne70–67George Mikan (29)31–17
49February 10@ Milwaukee69–70 (2OT)Frank Saul (14)31–18
50February 14N Milwaukee109–74Jim Pollard (25)32–18
51February 16N Boston75–77Slater Martin (17)32–19
52February 17@ Fort Wayne87–99Howie Schultz (19)32–20
53February 19@ New York96–98George Mikan (26)32–21
54February 20@ Baltimore93–78Vern Mikkelsen (28)33–21
55February 21@ Syracuse80–88George Mikan (25)33–22
56February 23@ Rochester83–73George Mikan (26)34–22
57February 24@ Fort Wayne70–83Jim Pollard (19)34–23
58February 25Philadelphia95–108George Mikan (28)35–23
59March 1N Indianapolis98–88George Mikan (26)36–23
60March 2@ Milwaukee96–85Jim Pollard (26)37–23
61March 4@ Philadelphia81–83George Mikan (41)37–24
62March 5@ Boston74–82Slater Martin (20)37–25
63March 8@ Rochester92–94 (OT)Mikan, Pollard (21)37–26
64March 9Rochester90–96Jim Pollard (32)38–26
65March 12New York83–85Jim Pollard (22)39–26
66March 16Baltimore82–126Vern Mikkelsen (23)40–26

Player stats

Note: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average

PlayerGPREBASTSTLBLKPTSAVG

Playoffs

1952 playoff game log
Division Semi-finals: 2–0 (home: 1–0; road: 1–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocationSeries
1March 23IndianapolisW 78–70George Mikan (24)Minneapolis Auditorium1–0
2March 25@ IndianapolisW 94–87George Mikan (36)Butler Fieldhouse2–0
Division Finals: 3–1 (home: 2–0; road: 1–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocationSeries
1March 29@ RochesterL 78–88George Mikan (47)Edgerton Park Arena0–1
2March 30@ RochesterW 83–78 (OT)Vern Mikkelsen (19)Edgerton Park Arena1–1
3April 5RochesterW 77–67Jim Pollard (22)Minneapolis Auditorium2–1
4April 6RochesterW 82–80Saul, Mikkelsen (18)Minneapolis Auditorium3–1
NBA Finals: 4–3 (home: 3–1; road: 1–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Series
1April 12New YorkW 83–79 (OT)Jim Pollard (34)George Mikan (16)Pollard, Mikan (4)St. Paul Auditorium
8,722		1–0
2April 13New YorkL 72–80George Mikan (18)George Mikan (21)Slater Martin (4)St. Paul Auditorium1–1
3April 16@ New YorkW 82–77George Mikan (26)George Mikan (17)Pep Saul (8)69th Regiment Armory
4,500		2–1
4April 18@ New YorkL 89–90 (OT)Slater Martin (32)George Mikan (17)Pep Saul (5)69th Regiment Armory
5,200		2–2
5April 20New YorkW 102–89Mikkelsen, Mikan (32)George Mikan (17)Pep Saul (5)St. Paul Auditorium
7,244		3–2
6April 23@ New YorkL 68–76George Mikan (28)George Mikan (15)Slater Martin (9)69th Regiment Armory
3,000		3–3
7April 25New YorkW 82–65George Mikan (22)George Mikan (19)Slater Martin (6)Minneapolis Auditorium
8,612		4–3
1952 schedule

Awards and honors

References

External links

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