6'10" George Mikan and the Minneapolis Lakers proved dominant. They routed the Washington Capitols in six games. This was the first of several successive NBA titles for the Lakers. It was the beginning of the George Mikan and the Lakers Dynasty. As for the Capitols, they would never reach the Finals again, but their coach in Red Auerbach would do so several times over the next two decades, and this represented his only loss in a Final until 1958 (Auerbach would win nine of his eleven appearances in a Final); this would be the first of six overall finals that featured Auerbach against the Lakers, for which he beat them five times, including in 1959 when he beat Kundla in his last game as head coach of the Lakers.
The six games of the final series were played in ten days – Monday, April 4, to Wednesday, April 13 – with one day off except after game three, the first of three played in Washington (Minneapolis led 3–0). Prior to its start, however, Minneapolis had been idle for five days, having qualified on the preceding Tuesday; Washington idle for only one day, having qualified on Saturday. The entire playoff tournament extended 23 days.[1]
^ "1948–49 BAA Season Summary". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-03-02. Select "Next Season" from the heading for 1949–50, and so on. Select "Finals" from League Playoffs for the daily schedule of the final series, and so on.
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1949, finals, championship, round, following, basketball, association, america, 1948, season, third, last, later, that, year, national, basketball, league, merged, create, national, basketball, association, teamcoachwinsminneapolis, lakers, john, kundla, 4wash. The 1949 BAA Finals was the championship round following the Basketball Association of America BAA s 1948 49 season its third and last Later that year the BAA and National Basketball League merged to create the National Basketball Association NBA 1949 BAA FinalsTeamCoachWinsMinneapolis Lakers John Kundla 4Washington Capitols Red Auerbach 2DatesApril 4 13Hall of FamersLakers George Mikan 1959 Jim Pollard 1978 Coaches Red Auerbach 1969 John Kundla 1995 Eastern FinalsCapitols defeated Knicks 2 1Western FinalsLakers defeated Royals 2 0 1948 BAA Finals 1950 6 10 George Mikan and the Minneapolis Lakers proved dominant They routed the Washington Capitols in six games This was the first of several successive NBA titles for the Lakers It was the beginning of the George Mikan and the Lakers Dynasty As for the Capitols they would never reach the Finals again but their coach in Red Auerbach would do so several times over the next two decades and this represented his only loss in a Final until 1958 Auerbach would win nine of his eleven appearances in a Final this would be the first of six overall finals that featured Auerbach against the Lakers for which he beat them five times including in 1959 when he beat Kundla in his last game as head coach of the Lakers The six games of the final series were played in ten days Monday April 4 to Wednesday April 13 with one day off except after game three the first of three played in Washington Minneapolis led 3 0 Prior to its start however Minneapolis had been idle for five days having qualified on the preceding Tuesday Washington idle for only one day having qualified on Saturday The entire playoff tournament extended 23 days 1 Contents 1 Series summary 2 Team rosters 2 1 Minneapolis Lakers 2 2 Washington Capitols 3 References 4 External linksSeries summary editGame Date Home team Result Road teamGame 1 April 4 Minneapolis Lakers 88 84 1 0 Washington CapitolsGame 2 April 6 Minneapolis Lakers 76 62 2 0 Washington CapitolsGame 3 April 8 Washington Capitols 74 94 0 3 Minneapolis LakersGame 4 April 9 Washington Capitols 83 71 1 3 Minneapolis LakersGame 5 April 11 Washington Capitols 74 65 2 3 Minneapolis LakersGame 6 April 13 Minneapolis Lakers 77 56 4 2 Washington CapitolsLakers win series 4 2Team rosters editMinneapolis Lakers edit Washington Capitols editReferences edit 1948 49 BAA Season Summary Basketball Reference com Retrieved 2015 03 02 Select Next Season from the heading for 1949 50 and so on Select Finals from League Playoffs for the daily schedule of the final series and so on External links edit1949 Finals at NBA com 1949 BAA Playoffs at Basketball Reference com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1949 BAA Finals amp oldid 1207067734, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
