New York 71, Minneapolis 73

April 5, 1953

NBA Finals - Minneapolis wins 4-1

Minneapolis Auditorium (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Attendance: N/A

Officials: N/A

Team Rebounds: New York (0) Minneapolis (0)

Technicals: New York (0) Minneapolis (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
NYK (47-23) 16 14 24 17 71
MIN (49-21) 26 21 11 15 73

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
NYK 0 0 0
MIN 0 0 0

New York Knicks

# Player Status Pos FGM-A FTM-A FIC Ast PF PTS
- Vince Boryla Played SF 5-0 3-4 9.5 0 4 13
- Carl Braun Played SG 2-0 1-3 3.4 0 1 5
- Nat Clifton Played PF 4-0 2-2 7.8 0 3 10
- Harry Gallatin Played PF 1-0 2-2 0.8 0 5 4
- Dick McGuire Played PG 2-0 4-9 2.1 0 5 8
- Connie Simmons Played PF 7-0 3-4 12.5 0 6 17
- Ernie Vandeweghe Played PG 5-0 4-6 9.2 0 5 14
  Team                
        26-0 19-30 45.2 0 29 71
        0% 63.3%        

Minneapolis Lakers

# Player Status Pos FGM-A FTM-A FIC Ast PF PTS
- Bob Harrison Played PG 1-0 0-0 1.0 0 2 2
- Lew Hitch Played PF 0-0 1-1 0.1 0 1 1
- Jim Holstein Played SF 0-0 3-4 1.5 0 0 3
- Slater Martin Played PG 3-0 3-3 5.9 0 4 9
- George Mikan Played C 5-0 8-13 10.1 0 6 18
- Vern Mikkelsen Played SF 4-0 8-8 11.5 0 3 16
- Jim Pollard Played SF 1-0 6-8 3.5 0 3 8
- Pep Saul Played SG 7-0 2-4 12.0 0 5 16
  Team                
        21-0 31-41 45.6 0 24 73
        0% 75.6%