j Rirlmn Hi rill -rn'e Vandeweghe, New York forward, goes flying through the air and maing nign ovcr George Mikan (left) and Joey Hutton of the Minneapolis Lakers Friday night at the Minneapolis auditorium. Vandeweghe was called for charging Mikan on this play and George collected a freff throw. Minneapolis defeated New York 82-65 to win the National Basketball association's playoff championship. (Staff Photo by Earl Seubert.) r fr tv x i ,-s-r - ii m aj i nT- l""S i . overly cautious and refused to gamble with long shots. This assured a Laker victory. Something also should be said about the officiating of Lakers Knicks Coi(iiicrf from Page One field goals in 65 shots for a 46 per cent average. On the other hand, the Knicks hit only 18 of 64 for a 28 per cent mark. In the rebound department, Minneapolis pulled in 48 compared to New York's 32. The Lakers defer..1; was so brilliant that it drew applause from ihe basket-happy fans at one point in the third period. New York was able to crack through for only three baskets in the first period, four in the second and three in the third before getting away for eight in the final session. Mikan and Harrison carried the scoring burden through the first three periods and then the rest of Coach Johnny Kundla's wrecking crew got into the act. Mikan had 17 through the first three periods and Harrison, filling in at the start of the aching Jim Pollard, had 12 at the third quarter turn. IX THE END Mikan pulled down high honors with 22, followed by Harrison's 14 and Saul's like total. Vein Mikkelsen was close behind with 10. Pollard, who injured his back severely last Friday night in New York and missed Sunday's game in St. Paul and Wednesday's in New York, sat out the first period last night. But with his hack in a tape Corset, Pollard started the second period, but was blanked in the scoring column. In fact, he didn't break loose until the fourth period when the Knicks threw on a full-court press against Minneapolis. Then Pollard, the dribbling genius, went into the game and broke it wide-open for the Lakers. THE KANGAROO KID poured in 10 points in the final period as time after time he dribbled The Knick style drew more fouls, hence the Laker acrs had to play under a heavier burden that, easily might have been misinterpreted. Whip 82-65 the length of the court for easy layups. leaving fallen Knicks in his wake. Even Mikan, more noted for his scoring than dribbling, broke down the middle twice for easy baskets. Dugie Martin, thwarted for three periods, broke loose for seven points in the last period to run his night's total to nine. Only Max Zaslofsky. t h e Knicks' scoring ace, and Connie Simmons, who alternated at forward and center, could break through the Lakers' defense to any degree. Zas popped in 21 and Simmons 13. Minneapolis moved away to a 12-point lead midway through the second quarter at 34-22, but the Knicks came back, as they have done so many times in the past, and whittled that to seven points at 36-29 by halftime. BUT THIS WAS one night when the Lakers were not to fold under the pressure of the Knicks. They boosted their cushion to 49-37 at the end of the third period and after New York had whittled that back to seven points, at 33-46, Mikan and Pollard took over. Each broke through for easy layups to put Minneapolis in front by 14 points at 63-49, its biggest margin up to that point. New York gave one final burst, cutting the deficit to eight points, but that was as far as the Broadway boys could go. Minneapolis took over then and almost turned the game into a rout. With the stakes as high as they were, tempers ran a little short a couple of times. New York's Dick McGuire was assessed a technical foul in the first half and Mikan drew one in the second half from Referees