The 1953 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the
1953 NBA Playoffs, which concluded the
National Basketball Association
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(NBA)'s
1952–53 season. The Western Division champion
Minneapolis Lakers
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Founded in 1947, the Lakers are one of the NBA's most famous and successful franchises. As of summer 2012, th ...
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.][
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Series summary
''Lakers win series 4–1''
Team rosters
Minneapolis Lakers
New York Knicks
References
External links
1953 Finals
at NBA.com
at Basketball-Reference.com
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