1971-1972 NBA Championship Card
date: label: date made
content: 1972
label: copyright date
content: 1969
name: label: publisher
content: NBA Properties, Inc.
label: publisher
content: Topps Chewing Gum
label: maker
content: Topps Chewing Gum
label: maker
content: NBA Properties, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: The 1972-1973 Topps basketball card set features a subset of cards (numbers 154-159) that highlighted the NBA Finals series from the previous year. Card number 159 features a recap of the NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks. The front of the card features and in-game action photo of Lakers center, and Finals MVP, Wilt Chamberlain grabbing a rebound between the Knicks Bill Bradley and Luther Rackley, with the caption “Lakers are NBA champs.”
label: Description
content: The back of the card features the final statistics of the 1971-1972 NBA finals series, which the Lakers won four-games-to-one over the Knicks.
topic: label: name of sport or game
content: Basketball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
label: See more items in
content: Basketball Cards
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0568.127
label: accession number
content: 1982.0568
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0568.127
objectType: label: Object Name
content: card, basketball
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm