Category:1954
From Hoopedia
The Minneapolis Lakers liked to walk the ball up the floor, then wait for big George Mikan to set up in the post and go to work. At that lumbering pace, he controlled the game. That was the crux of both the Lakers’ success and the NBA’s problem. The pace was too slow. In yet another effort to tinker with the rules and hold back the excessive fouling used to counter Mikan’s style, the league decided to limit each player to two fouls per quarter...1954 Overview
