FILE - In this April 8, 1953, file photo, Minneapolis Lakers' forward Vern Mikkelsen (19) tries to score in the second period of an NBA basketball game against the New York Knickerbockers at 69th Regiment Armory in New York. Mikkelsen, a Hall of Fame basketball player who won four NBA titles with the Lakers, has died. He was 85. The Lakers say Mikkelsen died Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman, File)