NBA 1951-52Regular season

Final

Minneapolis Lakers61–63Fort Wayne Pistons

Minneapolis Lakers at Fort Wayne Pistons

Date: Sunday 2 December 1951
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1951-52Regular season
Meeting: 25th meetingof 396 played

Minneapolis Lakers

Minneapolis Lakers box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
George Mikan	7–37	8–10	13	2	5	22
Slater Martin	5–15	5–5	—	5	6	15
Jim Pollard	4–15	0–2	—	1	1	8
Vern Mikkelsen	2–9	2–3	—	0	6	6
Whitey Skoog	3–10	0–0	—	6	3	6
Howie Schultz	2–6	0–1	—	1	3	4
Joe Hutton	0–1	0–0	—	2	0	0
Team totals	23–93	15–21	13	17	24	61

Fort Wayne Pistons

Fort Wayne Pistons box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Larry Foust	9–27	5–5	15	3	3	23
Frankie Brian	4–13	6–6	10	3	4	14
Fred Schaus	3–18	3–3	—	2	0	9
Ralph Johnson	1–13	4–4	—	5	0	6
Bill Closs	0–5	4–7	—	0	3	4
Jack Kerris	0–2	4–6	—	3	2	4
Jack Kiley	1–4	1–1	—	1	3	3
Team totals	18–82	27–32	25	17	15	63

This season

Detroit Pistons 5, Los Angeles Lakers 4 in NBA 1951-52.

17 Nov 1951Fort Wayne Pistons 64–68 Minneapolis Lakers
1 Dec 1951Fort Wayne Pistons 69–89 Minneapolis Lakers
2 Dec 195161–63 this game
23 Dec 1951Minneapolis Lakers 79–81 Fort Wayne Pistons
4 Jan 1952Minneapolis Lakers 79–64 Fort Wayne Pistons
31 Jan 1952Minneapolis Lakers 85–78 Fort Wayne Pistons
9 Feb 1952Fort Wayne Pistons 70–67 Minneapolis Lakers
17 Feb 1952Minneapolis Lakers 87–99 Fort Wayne Pistons
24 Feb 1952Minneapolis Lakers 70–83 Fort Wayne Pistons

Records going in

Minneapolis Lakers: 10–3
Fort Wayne Pistons: 3–11

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Detroit Pistons 158, Los Angeles Lakers 238.

1 Dec 1951Fort Wayne Pistons 69–89 Minneapolis Lakers
23 Dec 1951Minneapolis Lakers 79–81 Fort Wayne Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.