NBA 1952-53Regular season

Final

Milwaukee Hawks83–70Minneapolis Lakers

Milwaukee Hawks at Minneapolis Lakers

Date: Sunday 18 January 1953
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1952-53Regular season
Meeting: 28th meetingof 389 played

Milwaukee Hawks

Milwaukee Hawks box score
Player	FG	FT	PF	PTS
Jack Nichols	15–26	4–6	5	34
Mel Hutchins	5–7	7–9	4	17
Bill Calhoun	6–16	0–2	3	12
Al Masino	4–9	3–5	6	11
George Ratkovicz	1–6	3–4	5	5
Dave Minor	1–8	2–3	4	4
Team totals	32–72	19–29	27	83

Minneapolis Lakers

Minneapolis Lakers box score
Player	FG	FT	PF	PTS
George Mikan	7–17	8–12	5	22
Jim Pollard	5–17	3–3	4	13
Slater Martin	2–6	5–6	2	9
Pep Saul	4–8	0–2	3	8
Vern Mikkelsen	1–13	6–10	3	8
Whitey Skoog	2–5	0–0	1	4
Lew Hitch	1–1	1–1	0	3
Bob Harrison	1–5	0–0	2	2
Jim Holstein	0–4	1–2	3	1
Team totals	23–76	24–36	23	70

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 7, Atlanta Hawks 3 in NBA 1952-53.

16 Nov 1952Milwaukee Hawks 51–87 Minneapolis Lakers
23 Nov 1952Minneapolis Lakers 62–46 Milwaukee Hawks
20 Dec 1952Minneapolis Lakers 75–86 Milwaukee Hawks
28 Dec 1952Milwaukee Hawks 77–86 Minneapolis Lakers
2 Jan 1953Milwaukee Hawks 66–74 Minneapolis Lakers
3 Jan 1953Milwaukee Hawks 75–79 Minneapolis Lakers
18 Jan 195383–70 this game
23 Jan 1953Minneapolis Lakers 65–67 Milwaukee Hawks
15 Feb 1953Minneapolis Lakers 80–71 Milwaukee Hawks
8 Mar 1953Milwaukee Hawks 73–100 Minneapolis Lakers

Records going in

Milwaukee Hawks: 10–28
Minneapolis Lakers: 29–10

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 221, Atlanta Hawks 168.

3 Jan 1953Milwaukee Hawks 75–79 Minneapolis Lakers
23 Jan 1953Minneapolis Lakers 65–67 Milwaukee Hawks

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.