Index
NBA Finals

1952
BOXSCORE Minneapolis Lakers New York Knicks
GAME1 4 3
GAME2 REGULAR SEASON STATS REGULAR SEASON STATS
GAME3 NBA FINALS STATS NBA FINALS STATS
GAME4 MVP:
GAME5
GAME6
GAME7

Game #1 4/12/52 @St. Paul

The game was played under protest by the Knicks after a strange incident. Dick McGuire was fouled by Pep Saul driving to the hoop and the ball went in the basket, but was not seen by the referees. Lead ref, Sid Borgia, would not allow the basket. McGuire made only 1 of 2 shtos. The protest was disallowed, but not after game TWO on April 15th. The Lakers survived a 4th quarter rally & won in overtime. Jim Pollard scored 7 of the Lakers’ 12 points in OT. George Mikan fouled out with 1:52 left in regulation.

NEW YORK FG FT-FTA PF PTS
Gallatin 3  6-8    2  12
Simmons 4  5-7    4  13
Clifton 4  3-4    4  11
Zaslofsky 1  6-7    5   8
D. McGuire 7  3-5    4  17
Vandeweghe 4  5-6    5  13
A. McGuire 1  3-6    2   5
Kaftan 0  0-0    0   0
TOTALS 24 31-43  26  79
MINNEAPOLIS FG FT-FTA PF PTS
Mikkelsen 3  1-1    5   7
Pollard 14  6-9    3  34
Mikan 4  7-11   6  15
Saul 5  3-3    4  13
Martin 2  0-1    5   4
Hitch 0  1-1    0   1
Harrison 2  1-1    2   5
Hutton 1  0-0    2   2
Schultz 1  0-3    2   2
TOTALS 32 19-30  29  83
New York 17 14 27 12  8  79
Minneapolis 21 19 20 11 12  83
Fouled Out- Mikan
 

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Game #2 4/13/52 @St. Paul

NEW YORK FG FT-FTA PF PTS
Gallatin 6  6-6    4  18
Vandeweghe 5  4-5    2  14
Clifton 5  2-3    6  12
D. McGuire 4  0-5    2   8
Lumpp 4  7-7    4  15
Simmosn 3  3-4    5   9
Zaslofsky 0  2-2    0   2
A. McGuire 1  0-0    4   2
TOTALS 28 24-32  27  80
MINNEAPOLIS FG FT-FTA PF PTS
Mikkelsen 4  5-5    6  13
Pollard 6  1-2    2  13
Mikan 4 10-12   5  18
Martin 1  3-3    4   5
Saul 5  6-7    2  16
Hitch 3  1-5    4   7
Harrison 0  0-1    6   0
Hutton 0  0-0    1   0
Schultz 0  0-0    0   0
TOTALS 23 26-35  30  72
New York 11 30 20 19  80
Minneapolis 17 14 20 21  72
Fouled Out- Clifton, Mikkelsen, Harrison

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Game #3 4/16/52 @New York

In a bad scheduling move, the arena was far from capacity because the game was going on during the TV broadcast for a title fight between Rocky Graziano & “Sugar” Ray Robinson.

MINNEAPOLIS FG FT-FTA PF PTS
Pollard 6  0-2    5  12
Mikkelsen 6  3-4    4  15
Mikan 8 10-11   3  26
Saul 5  2-4    1  12
Martin 1  0-1    6   2
Hutton 3  2-3    0   8
Schultz 0  1-1    0   1
Hitch 0  0-0    0   0
Harrison 3  0-1    0   6
TOTALS 32 18-27  19  82
NEW YORK FG FT-FTA PF PTS
Gallatin 2  3-4    3   7
Zazlofsky 5  7-9    5  17
Clifton 1  6-9    4   8
D. McGuire 5  1-1    1  11
Vandeweghe 5  3-3    3  13
Lumpp 3  0-0    1   6
Kaftan 1  0-0    0   2
A. McGuire 1  1-1    0   3
Simmons 5  0-3    1  10
TOTALS 28 21-30  18  77
Minneapolis 19 22 19 22  82
New York 20 26 16 15  77
Fouled Out-Martin
A-    4,500

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Game #4 @New York

MINNEAPOLIS FG FT-FTA PF PTS
Pollard 3  7-7    6  13
Mikkelsen 3  1-2    6   7
Mikan 4  3-5    6  11
Martin 11 10-13   4  32
Saul 4  2-2    4  10
Schultz 2  0-0    6   4
Hutton 1  1-2    1   3
Hitch 1  2-7    2   4
Harrison 2  1-1    4   5
TOTALS 31 27-39  39  89
NEW YORK FG FT-FTA PF PTS
Gallatin 1  2-4    1   4
Vandeweghe 2  4-5    5   8
Clifton 0  9-12   4   9
D. McGuire 1  4-5    4   6
Zaslofsky 2  4-4    1   8
Simmons 10 10-11   5  30
Lumpp 1  5-5    4   7
A. McGuire 4  2-3    6  10
Kaftan 3  2-5    6   8
TOTALS 24 42-54  36  90
Minneapolis 21 21 20 15 12  89
New York 23 18 16 20 13  90
Fouled Out- Mikkelsen, Pollard, Mikan, Schultz, A. McGuire, Kaftan
A-    5,200

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Game #5 4/20/52 @St. Paul

Minneapolis had to play without Pollard who suffered a back injury in Game 4. Harry Gallatin had another rebounding game as he corralled 29 boards in games 3 thru 5.

NEW YORK FG FT-FTA PF PTS
Gallatin 5  2-2    4  12
Vandeweghe 6  4-4    3  16
Clifton 8  1-2    3  17
Zazlofsky 4  4-6    5  12
D. McGuire 4  1-1    1   9
Simmons 2  7-10   1  11
A. McGuire 3  2-3    3   8
Lumpp 2  0-0    4   4
Kaftan 0  0-0    4   0
TOTALS 34 21-28  28  89
MINNEAPOLIS FG FT-FTA PF PTS
Mikkelsen 14  4-5    5  32
Harrison 5  3-3    5  13
Mikan 11 10-12   4  32
Saul 5  5-8    0  15
Martin 1  2-5    4   4
Schultz 1  2-2    3   4
Hitch 1  0-0    0   2
Hutton 0  0-1    0   0
TOTALS 38 26-36  21 102
New York 26 22 17 24  89
Minneapolis 33 16 28 25 102
A-    7,244
 

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Game #6 4/23/52 @New York

MINNEAPOLIS FG FT-FTA PF PTS
Harrison 3  0-0    5   6
Mikkelsen 1  3-3    5   5
Mikan 11  6-8    5  28
Saul 5  1-2    2  11
Martin 4  0-2    4   8
Schultz 1  1-1    1   3
Hitch 2  0-2    1   4
Hutton 1  1-1    2   3
TOTALS 28 12-19  25  68
NEW YORK FG FT-FTA PF PTS
Simmons 7  1-3    3  15
Gallatin 4  1-2    0   9
Clifton 2  4-5    5   8
Zaslofsky 8  7-7    3  23
D. McGuire 2  3-5    1   7
Kaftan 1  4-6    0   6
Lumpp 0  0-0    1   0
Vandeweghe 2  2-3    3   6
A. McGuire 1  0-0    0   2
TOTALS 27 22-31  16  76
Minneapolis 20 13 19 16  68
New York 24 11 17 24  76
A-    3,000

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Game #7 4/25/52 @Minneapolis

The Lakers controlled the game pretty much from the outset as New York’s only lead of the game was 3-2. The Lakers shut down the Knicks as New York only made 10 shots from the floor in the first 3 quarters of game. Minneapolis used a flurry of hoops in the 2nd period to build a 34-22 lead. The game got rough as Harry Gallatin & Vern Mikkelsen were given a double foul while George Mikan & Dick McGuire were assessed technical fouls after their exchange. Pollard scored all 10 of his points in the 4th period as Minneapolis nailed down the title.

NEW YORK MN FG-FGA FT-FTA RB AS PF PTS
Gallatin 18  1-3    3-4    6  0  2   5
Simmons 33  4-13   5-8    3  1  1  13
Clifton 43  1-9    6-7   10  3  4   8
D. McGuire 37  3-7    3-4    4  1  2   9
Zaslofsky 45  7-18   7-10   3  1  4  21
Vandeweghe 25  1-5    1-1    3  0  5   3
A. McGuire 21  0-4    3-3    1  2  4   3
Kaftan 13  1-3    1-2    2  1  1   3
Lumpp 5  0-2    0-0    0  1  1   0
TOTALS     240 18-64  29-39  32 10 24  65
MINNEAPOLIS  MN FG-FGA FT-FTA RB AS PF PTS
Mikkelsen 46  5-14   3-4    7  1  5  13
Pollard 17  4-6    2-4    3  1  2  10
Mikan 46  7-15   8-10  19  4  5  22
Saul 47  5-8    4-4    6  4  5  14
Martin 43  2-5    5-5    6  6  5   9
Harrison 24  7-13   0-0    3  1  6  14
Schultz 7  0-2    0-0    1  1  1   0
Hitch 4  0-0    0-0    1  1  1   0
Hutton 6  0-2    0-1    2  2  1   0
TOTALS     240 30-65  22-28  48 21 31  82
New York 12 17  8 28  65
Minneapolis 18 18 13 33  82
Fouled Out- Harrison
A-    8,612

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COMPOSITE BOX SCORE

MINNEAPOLIS G FG FT-FTA PF PTS
Mikan 7 49 54-69  34 152
Pollard 5 33 16-24  18  82
Mikkelsen 7 36 20-24  36  92
Saul 7 34 23-30  18  91
Martin 7 22 20-30  32  64
Harrison 7 22  5-7   28  49
Hitch 7  7  4-15   8  18
Hutton 7  6  4-8    7  16
Schultz 7  5  4-7   13  14
NEW YORK G FG FT-FTA PF PTS
Simmons 7 35 31-46  20 101
Zaslofsky 7 27 37-45  23  91
Clifton 7 21 31-42  30  73
Vandeweghe 7 25 23-27  26  73
D. McGuire 7 26 15-26  15  67
Gallatin 7 22 23-30  16  67
Lumpp 6 10 12-12  15  32
A. McGuire 7 11 11-16  19  33
Kaftan 6  6  7-13  11  19

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