Wikipedia Mistakes Do Not Bother Me All That Much
Unlike when ESPN.com exhibits factual errors, which I detest, (but face it I do go on the site but alas not that often), I do not mind the mistakes that appear on Wikipedia.
However, those mistakes should be pointed out.
Toward that goal what follows below is incorrect. Though Wikipedia has the correct fact in the box indicating the Minneapolis Lakers won the title, in game 5 on the road in New York City, their text is incorrect.
In fact, a fine recent article in the New York Times, (by Louie Lazar published on June 6th) about John Kundla, the 99 year old coach of that Lakers’ team indicated the Lakers celebrated a title clinching victory at the famed Cocacabana in New York City. The article did not state the year, but it was 1953.
The Wikipedia text is wrong in stating the series returned to Minneapolis for the 5th game. The Wikipedia page begins below.
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.[1] 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.[1]
Contents [hide]
1 Series summary
2 Team rosters
3 References
4 External links
Series summary[edit]
Game Date Home Team Result Road Team
Game 1 April 4 Minneapolis Lakers 88–96 (0–1) New York Knicks
Game 2 April 5 Minneapolis Lakers 73–71 (1–1) New York Knicks
Game 3 April 7 New York Knicks 75–90 (1–2) Minneapolis Lakers
Game 4 April 8 New York Knicks 69–71 (1–3) Minneapolis Lakers
Game 5 April 10 New York Knicks 84–91 (1–4) Minneapolis Lakers
The Eddie Egan Radio Show with the great Milton Berle, far right, from The Copacabana is pictured above.
Click below to read a fine post by Brie Austin regarding The Copacabana.
Andy B Sports 