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1953 NBA Finals

1953 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) Carl Braun (2019) Coaches: Joe Lapchick (1966, player) John Kundla (1995)

The 1953 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1953 NBA playoffs, which concluded the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1952–53 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. By winning four games to one, the Lakers won their fifth title in six years dating from 1948, the club's final season in the National Basketball League.

The five games were played in seven days, beginning Saturday and Sunday, April 4 and 5, in Minneapolis and concluding there on the following Friday. Meanwhile, two mid-week games were played in New York City. The entire postseason tournament spanned 25 days in which Minneapolis played 12 games, New York 11.

Series summary

Game	Date	Home team	Result	Road team
Game 1	April 4	Minneapolis Lakers	88–96 (0–1)	New York Knicks
Game 2	April 5	Minneapolis Lakers	73–71 (1–1)	New York Knicks
Game 3	April 7	New York Knicks	75–90 (1–2)	Minneapolis Lakers
Game 4	April 8	New York Knicks	69–72 (1–3)	Minneapolis Lakers
Game 5	April 10	New York Knicks	84–91 (1–4)	Minneapolis Lakers

Lakers win series 4–1

Team rosters

Minneapolis Lakers

John Kundla

New York Knicks

Joe Lapchick

Game summaries

References

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