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By Elias Sports Bureau, Inc.
Special to ESPN Insider

Thursday, June 2, 2005

A daily glance inside the numbers from the world of sports: NBA • George Mikan died Wednesday in Scottsdale, Ariz., at the age of 80. Mikan, whose teams won seven titles in his nine seasons, was the most dominant player in the NBA before the implementation of the 24-second clock for the 1954-1955 season. The leaders in points per game and rebounds per game before that season: Mikan Points per game: George Mikan, 24.3; Alex Groza, 22.5; Paul Arizin, 21.3; Bob Cousy, 19.1; Ed Macauley, ...

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