Index
NBA Finals

1950

BOXSCORE Minneapolis Lakers Syracuse Nationals
GAME1 4 2
GAME2 REGULAR SEASON STATS REGULAR SEASON STATS
GAME3 NBA FINALS STATS NBA FINALS STATS
GAME4 MVP:
GAME5
GAME6
GAME7

Game #1 4/8/50 @Syracuse

MINNEAPOLIS FG FT-FTA PF PTS
Pollard 6  2-3    2  14
Mikkelsen 2  2-4    6   6
Mikan 13 11-14   4  37
Martin 0  0-0    1   0
Harrison 3  2-2    2   8
Ferrin 0  0-0    3   0
Grant 1  0-0    1   2
Schaefer 0  1-1    2   1
TOTALS 25 18-24  21  68
SYRACUSE FG FT-FTA PF PTS
Gabor 1  0-0    1   2
Cervi 1  1-2    1   3
Hannum 3  1-2    5   7
Macknowski 1  2-3    0   4
Ratkovicz 5  3-5    5  13
Peterson 4  1-1    6   9
Seymour 3  3-3    0   9
Levane 0  0-0    0   0
Schayes 7  5-7    4  19
TOTALS 25 16-23  22  66
Halftime- Minneapolis 34 Syracuse 30
Att- 7,552

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Game #2 4/9/50 @Syracuse

MINNEAPOLIS FG FT-FTA PF PTS
Pollard 6  4-7    4  16
Mikkelsen 2  2-5    4   6
Mikan 10 12-14   5  32
Ferrin 2  0-1    6   4
Martin 3  3-4    4   9
Schaefer 1  0-0    0   2
Harrison 2  0-1    1   4
Grant 6  0-1    5  12
Carlson 0  0-0    1   0
Hassett 0  0-0    0   0
TOTALS 32 21-33  30  85
SYRACUSE FG FT-FTA PF PTS
Gabor 5  0-2    0  10
Cervi 2  3-3    4   7
Levane 2  0-0    0   4
Macknowski 4  3-3    3  11
Hannum 3  2-3    5   8
Peterson 4  2-3    5  10
Seymour 4  3-4    2  11
Ratkovicz 6  5-6    3  17
Schayes 3  7-12   3  13
Chollet 0  0-0    0   0
TOTALS 33 25-36  25  91
Minneapolis 16 15 22 32  85
Syracuse 17 27 23 24  91
Fouled Out-Ferrin
Att- 8,280

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Game #3 4/14/50 @St. Paul

Syracuse lost Gabor to tonsilitis.

SYRACUSE FG FT-FTA PF PTS
Macknowski 8  9-10   1  25
Schayes 3  6-6    6  12
Hannum 5  0-4    3  10
Cervi 0  2-2    3   2
Seymour 2  1-1    1   5
Chollett 1  1-3    2   4
Peterson 1  0-2    4   2
Ratkovicz 5  2-5    4  12
Levane 2  2-2    2   6
TOTALS 27 23-35  26  77
MINNEAPOLIS FG FT-FTA PF PTS
Mikkelsen 11  5-6    5  27
Pollard 5  3-5    5  13
Mikan 10  8-11   4  28
Ferrin 3  1-1    5   7
Martin 0  0-0    2   0
Schaefer 1  1-1    0   3
Harrison 1  1-1    3   3
Grant 2  1-3    5   5
Carlson 2  1-1    0   5
Hassett 0  0-0    1   0
TOTALS 35 21-29  30  91
Fouled Out- Schayes
Att- 10,228

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Game #4 4/16/50 @St. Paul

The Lakers took a commanding 3-1 series lead despite enduring a 19-minute scoreless 1st half draught by George Mikan. For the game, the Lakers made 23-73 from the floor while the Nats hit 21-61.

SYRACUSE FG FT-FTA PF PTS
Gabor 0  1-2    3   1
Schayes 5  8-10   5  18
Hannum 8  2-3    6  18
Macknowski 3  7-8    4  13
Seymour 0  1-1    3   1
Cervi 1  8-8    3  10
Ratkovicz 2  0-0    5   4
Levane 2  0-0    4   4
Peterson 0  0-0    0   0
TOTALS 21 27-32  33  69
MINNEAPOLIS FG FT-FTA PF PTS
Mikkelsen 4  6-8    6  14
Pollard 6  5-6    5  17
Mikan 8 12-14   3  28
Ferrin 2  5-6    6   9
Martin 3  1-3    6   7
Harrison 0  0-1    1   0
Grant 0  0-0    0   0
Schaefer 0  2-2    1   2
TOTALS 23 31-40  28  77
Halftime- Minneapolis 38, Syracuse 38
Fouled Out- Hannum, Ferrin, Martin
Att- 10,512

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Game #5 4/20/50 @Syracuse

MINNEAPOLIS FG FT-FTA PF PTS
Pollard 2  2-2    2   6
Mikkelsen 6  5-11   5  17
Mikan 9 10-16   5  28
Schaefer 0  0-1    2   0
Carlson 4  0-1    0   8
Hassett 1  0-0    1   2
Ferrin 1  1-2    5   3
Grant 3  2-2    3   8
Martin 0  1-1    2   1
Harrison 1  1-2    3   3
TOTALS 27 22-38  28  76
SYRACUSE FG FT-FTA PF PTS
Gabor 4  4-5    3  12
Cervi 4  2-2    4  10
Macknowski 5  2-4    0  12
Ratkovicz 1  1-1    6   3
Hannum 4  0-0    4   8
Peterson 1  2-2    6   4
Seymour 4  4-4    3  12
Levane 0  0-0    0   0
Schayes 6  7-10   1  19
Chollet 1  0-0    0   2
Corley 0  1-2    0   1
TOTALS 39 23-30  27  83
Halftime- Syracuse 38 Minneapolis 24
Fouled Out- Ratkovicz, Peterson
Att- 9,024

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Game #6 4/23/50 @Minneapolis

The Lakers blew out Syracuse in game that was more of a boxing card than a basketball game. There were 3 fights in the 1st period alone. The fight card read: Seymour vs. Pollard, Gabor vs. Carlson & Gabor vs. Martin. Police had to intervene to restore order on the court. The Lakers led by 12 at the half and by as many as 25 in the 4th period. Al Cervi was tossed midway thru the 3rd period as Minneapolis reached the century mark for the 8th time in the ’49-50 season.

SYRACUSE FG FT-FTA PF PTS
Gabor 4  6-6    6  14
Macknowski 6  5-8    5  17
Hannum 4  1-4    4   9
Schayes 6 11-15   5  23
Seymour 2  3-4    5   7
Cervi 1  1-1    0   3
Ratkovicz 3  5-11   3  11
Levane 2  0-0    0   4
Peterson 2  0-1    3   4
Corley 0  0-2    4   0
Chollet 1  1-1    0   3
TOTALS 31 33-53  35  95
MINNEAPOLIS FG FT-FTA PF PTS
Mikkelsen 1  3-3    6   5
Pollard 5  6-9    6  16
Mikan 13 14-17   6  40
Ferrin 3  0-2    5   6
Martin 4  1-1    5   9
Harrison 2  1-1    6   5
Grant 3  0-0    4   6
Schaefer 2  8-8    0  12
Carlson 3  4-5    2  10
Hassett 0  1-2    2   1
Jaros 0  0-0    0   0
TOTALS 36 38-48  42 110
Halftime- Minneapolis 51 Syracuse 39
Fouled Out- Gabor, Mikkelsen, Pollard, Mikan
Att- 9,812

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COMPOSITE BOX SCORE

MINNEAPOLIS G  FG  FT-FTA  PF  PTS
Mikan 6  63  67-86   27  193
Pollard 6  30  22-32   24   82
Mikkelsen 6  26  23-37   32   75
Grant 6  15   3-6    18   33
Ferrin 6  11   7-12   30   29
Martin 6  10   6-9    20   26
Carlson 4   9   5-7     3   23
Harrison 6   9   5-8    16   23
Schaefer 6   4  12-13    5   20
Hassett 4   1   1-2     4    3
Jaros 1   0   0-0     0    0
SYRACUSE G  FG  FT-FTA  PF  PTS
Schayes 6  30  44-60   28  104
Macknowski 6  27  28-36   13   82
Ratkovicz 6  22  16-28   26   60
Hannum 6  27   6-16   27   60
Seymour 6  15  15-17   14   45
Gabor 5  14  11-15   13   39
Cervi 6   9  17-18   15   35
Peterson 6  12   5-9    24   29
Levane 6   8   2-2     6   18
Chollet 4   3   2-4     2    8
Corley 2   0   1-4     4    1

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