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1952 NBA Finals

1952 basketball championship series

George Mikan (1959) Jim Pollard (1978) Slater Martin (1982) Vern Mikkelsen (1995) Knicks: Harry Gallatin (1991) Al McGuire (1992, coach) Dick McGuire (1993) Nat Clifton (2014) Coaches: Joe Lapchick (1966, player) John Kundla (1995)

The 1952 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1952 NBA playoffs, which concluded the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1951–52 season. The Western Division champion Minneapolis Lakers faced the Eastern Division champion New York Knicks in a best-of-seven series with Minneapolis having home-court advantage.

Minneapolis won game one and the teams thereafter alternated victories, Minneapolis winning the decisive game by a 17-point margin at home on Friday, April 25.

All but Game 7 were played in the teams' secondary arenas: the Lakers played at the Saint Paul Auditorium, while the Barnum circus bumped the Knicks from Madison Square Garden to the 69th Regiment Armory.

The seven games were played in fourteen days, beginning Saturday and Sunday, April 12 and 13, in Minneapolis/St. Paul and returning to Minneapolis/St. Paul for games five and seven on the following Saturday and Friday. Meanwhile, three Wednesday or Friday games were played in New York City. The entire postseason tournament spanned 39 days in which Minneapolis played 13 games and New York 14.

Series summary

Game	Date	Home team	Result	Road team
Game 1	April 12	Minneapolis Lakers	83–79 (OT) (1–0)	New York Knicks
Game 2	April 13	Minneapolis Lakers	72–80 (1–1)	New York Knicks
Game 3	April 16	New York Knicks	77–82 (1–2)	Minneapolis Lakers
Game 4	April 18	New York Knicks	90–89 (OT) (2–2)	Minneapolis Lakers
Game 5	April 20	Minneapolis Lakers	102–89 (3–2)	New York Knicks
Game 6	April 23	New York Knicks	76–68 (3–3)	Minneapolis Lakers
Game 7	April 25	Minneapolis Lakers	82–65 (4–3)	New York Knicks

Lakers win series 4–3

Team rosters

Minneapolis Lakers

John Kundla

New York Knicks

Joe Lapchick

Game summaries

This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.

References

"Team Rivalry Finder — Los Angeles Lakers versus New York Knicks (Playoffs)". basketball-reference.com.

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