Which player for the Minneapolis Lakers in 1947-48 was nicknamed Mr. Basketball?
1947–48 Minneapolis Lakers season The Lakers won the National Basketball League championship against the Rochester Royals. George Mikan led the team with 21.3 points per game.
1953 NBA Finals The 1953 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1953 NBA Playoffs, which concluded the National Basketball Association 1952–53 season. The Western Division champion Minneapolis Lakers faced the Eastern 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.