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Lakers History湖人簡史之一
1947-48: The Game's First Star
1947-48：第一位球星
來源：http://0rz.tw/5c4cd
The Lakers franchise predates the NBA. The Minneapolis Lakers' first season
was 1947-48, when the team entered the National Basketball League. A strange
series of events early that year landed the Lakers the biggest prize in the
game at that time-center George Mikan.
湖人隊在NBA還沒成立前就已經成立。明尼阿波里斯湖人的第一季開始於1947-48球季，也
就是加入國家籃球聯盟NBL的那一季。在該季初一連串奇怪的事件讓湖人得到籃球場上的最
大獎 - 劃時代的中鋒George Mikan。
Mikan was a 6-10 giant of a man who had dominated college basketball in his
four years at DePaul. He joined the Chicago American Gears at the end of the
1945-46 season, then led the Gears to the NBL Championship the following
year.
Mikan是一位身高6-10的巨人（在當時算是鶴立雞群），他唸Depaul的四年內統治著大學
籃球。他直到在1945-46球季季末才加入Chicago American Gears隊，隨即在隔年幫助
Gears拿到NBL的總冠軍。
Prior to the 1947-48 campaign Maurice White, president of the American Gear
Company and owner of the Chicago team, pulled the club out of the NBL.
White's plan was to create a 24-team circuit called the Professional
Basketball League of America, in which he would own all of the teams and all
of the arenas. But the new league lasted barely a month, and the players on
White's teams were distributed among the 11 NBL franchises. The first-year
Minneapolis Lakers landed Mikan strictly by chance.
在1947-48球季開始前，Maurice White這位American Gear Company的總裁以及芝加哥隊的
擁有者帶領球隊退出了NBL。White原本打算自己辦一個擁有24個球隊的聯盟PBLA，他擁有
聯盟中所有的球隊以及所有的場地。但是這個新辦的聯盟維持不到一個月就垮台了，而他
隊上的球員則分別流向了NBL的11支球隊。明尼阿波里斯湖人第一年能得到Mikan嚴格來說
是靠運氣。
The Lakers were a good team even without Mikan. The club featured a fine
forward named Jim Pollard and one of the better playmakers in the league in
Herm Schaefer. Coaching the squad was John Kundla, who had been hired away
from the University of Minnesota. But once the bespectacled Mikan joined the
Lakers there was no stopping them.
湖人在沒有Mikan時就是一支不錯的球隊，有著優秀的前鋒Jim Pollard以及聯盟數一數二
的主控球員Herm Schaefer。John Kundla是總教練，他是被從明尼蘇達大學挖角過來的。
不過一旦帶著眼鏡的Mikan加入了湖人，就沒什麼能阻止他們了。
Minneapolis walked away with the NBL crown that season. After winning the
Western Division by 13 games, the team disposed of the Oshkosh All-Stars, the
Tri-Cities Blackhawks, and the Rochester Royals. Minneapolis lost only two
games during the postseason, one in the first round and one in the finals
against the Royals. Mikan paced the circuit in scoring during the regular
season with 21.3 points per game and was tops in postseason play with an
average of 24.4 points per contest.
明尼阿波里斯當年就帶走了NBL的冠軍，在13場過後他們就從西區晉級了，他們解決了
Oshkosh All-Stars、Tri-Cities Blackhawks以及羅徹斯特皇家（現國王）這幾支球隊。
在季後賽他們只輸了兩場，一次是在第一輪，另一次是在決賽對抗皇家隊。Mikan以平均
21.3分在例行賽領先全聯盟，在季後賽也以平均24.4分勇冠群雄。
待續...
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