1971-1972 NBA Championship Game 4 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: NBA Properties, Inc.
label: maker
content: Topps Chewing Gum
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 157 features a recap of Game 4 of the NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks. The front of the card features an in-game action photo of Lakers Leroy Ellis and Jim McMillan rebounding the ball as New York Knick Bill Bradley looks on. The front of the card reads “Game #4, 1971/1972 NBA Championship. Ellis provides bench strength.”
label: Description
content: The card’s reverse features the date and the Game 4 box score, which Los Angeles won 116-111 in overtime. The Los Angeles Lakers would defeat the New York Knicks four-games-to-one for the NBA Championship that season.
topic: label: Subject
content: Professional
label: Subject
content: Basketball
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Basketball Cards
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0568.072
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0568.072
label: accession number
content: 1982.0568
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