Lakers History湖人簡史之二 1948-49: Minneapolis Jumps to BAA 1948-49：明尼阿波里斯跳槽到美國籃球聯盟 來源：http://0rz.tw/7149v Before the 1948-49 season began the Minneapolis Lakers, Rochester Royals, Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons and Indianapolis Kautskys (later renamed the Jets) jumped to the Basketball Association of America. The BAA was already an eight-team league that included franchises in such major markets as New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago. The addition of the four NBL teams now gave the league the big-name players it needed. 在1948-49球季開打之前，明尼阿波里斯湖人、羅徹斯特皇家、Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons以及Indianapolis Kautskys（隨後改名為Jets）一起跳槽至美國籃球聯盟BAA。 BAA原來就擁有八支球隊，並且在主要的市場如紐約、波士頓、費城以及芝加哥都有球隊在 那。新加入的這四支NBL球隊讓聯盟有了他最需要的大牌球員。 The biggest name of all was Mikan, and fans flocked to see him in every BAA city. When the Lakers arrived in New York to face the Knickerbockers, the marquee at Madison Square Garden read “George Mikan vs. Knicks.” 其中最大牌的就是Mikan，他所到之處都有大批球迷想要觀賞他的比賽。當湖人抵達紐約 面對Knickerbockers（即Knicks）時，麥迪遜花園的入口寫著"George Mikan對抗尼克"。 Rochester and Minneapolis dueled for the top spot in the BAA’s Western Division, but the Royals edged out the Lakers by one game, even though the tall, broad-shouldered, and extremely agile Mikan played with unstoppable force. His 28.3 points per game led the league and accounted for one-third of the Lakers’ point production. 羅徹斯特以及明尼阿波里斯在BAA的西區排名再次對決，但這次皇家多贏了一場勝過了湖 人，即使那位高大、寬肩又極度靈活的Mikan完全無法被阻擋也一樣。他平均每場28.3分 仍然領先全聯盟，而且他一個人就佔了湖人將近三分之一的得分。 Minneapolis swept the Chicago Stags in the first round of the 1949 playoffs before attention shifted to a division finals matchup that pitted the Lakers against the Royals. Minneapolis squeezed out a one-point win in Game 1, then stormed back from a 12-point third-quarter deficit to take Game 2 and sweep the best-of-three series. 明尼阿波里斯在1949年季後賽第一輪橫掃了Chicago Stags，在那之後的分區決賽湖人又 對上了皇家。明尼阿波里斯第一戰以一分險勝，然後第二戰又從第三節落後12分的劣勢中 反敗為勝，之後便橫掃了這個三戰兩勝的系列。 The BAA Finals came next, and the Lakers faced the Washington Capitols, who were coached by Arnold “Red” Auerbach. Minneapolis notched three quick wins to open the best-of-seven series. In Game 4 Mikan sustained a broken wrist, and the Capitols came away with a win. Mikan played Game 5 with a cast on his hand and still pumped in 22 points, but Washington prevailed. Game 6 was played on the Lakers’ home court, and Minneapolis came away with a 77-56 win and a BAA Championship. 接著就是BAA的總冠軍賽，湖人對上的是Washington Capitols（非現今巫師），執教的是 傳奇名教頭Arnold "Red" Auerbach紅頭奧拜克。湖人很快的在這個七戰制的系列中贏得三 勝，在第四戰Mikan受制於手腕的傷勢讓Capitols拿下一勝。第五戰在Mikan即使固定著手 腕還灌進了22分的情況下，湖人仍然不敵。第六場在湖人主場舉行，明尼阿波里斯最終以 77-56獲勝並帶走了BBA的總冠軍。 待續... --

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