Center George Mikan (99) of Minneapolis Lakers, who scored 40 points for a new professional tournament record, shoots for basket in first quarter of game with new York Rens at Chicago Stadium, April 11, 1948. Trying to block shot are center Dolly King (left) and foreward Duke Cumberland (right) of Rens. The Lakers won, 75-71, to clinch the professional tournament. (AP Photo/Charles Knoblock)