NBA 1953-54Regular season

Final

Syracuse Nationals74–87Minneapolis Lakers

Syracuse Nationals at Minneapolis Lakers

Date: Thursday 3 December 1953
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1953-54Regular season
Meeting: 28th meetingof 329 played

Syracuse Nationals

Syracuse Nationals box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Jim Neal	32:00	5–20	0–1	11	0	1	10
Bob Lavoy	11:00	0–0	4–4	4	0	4	4
Dolph Schayes	—	6–14	4–6	14	2	4	16
Bill Gabor	—	5–11	2–2	3	4	2	12
Billy Kenville	—	4–12	4–7	12	1	1	12
Paul Seymour	—	3–14	3–6	6	2	4	9
Bato Govedarica	—	1–1	4–5	4	1	1	6
George King	—	1–7	2–4	3	2	0	4
Earl Lloyd	—	0–3	1–1	7	0	4	1
Team totals	43:00	25–82	24–36	64	12	21	74

Minneapolis Lakers

Minneapolis Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bob Harrison	19:00	0–4	3–7	4	2	2	3
George Mikan	—	10–18	7–8	19	1	4	27
Slater Martin	—	8–12	0–1	2	3	1	16
Clyde Lovellette	—	6–12	1–1	8	1	2	13
Whitey Skoog	—	5–9	0–0	3	1	6	10
Dick Schnittker	—	2–3	4–4	3	0	2	8
Jim Pollard	—	2–12	1–2	16	3	5	5
Vern Mikkelsen	—	1–5	1–1	6	0	1	3
Jim Holstein	—	1–9	0–0	5	0	3	2
Pep Saul	—	0–8	0–1	5	3	1	0
Team totals	19:00	35–92	17–25	71	14	27	87

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 9, Philadelphia 76ers 6 in NBA 1953-54.

5 Nov 1953Minneapolis Lakers 77–65 Syracuse Nationals
3 Dec 195374–87 this game
5 Dec 1953Syracuse Nationals 80–90 Minneapolis Lakers
20 Dec 1953Minneapolis Lakers 76–81 Syracuse Nationals
14 Jan 1954Minneapolis Lakers 71–96 Syracuse Nationals
20 Feb 1954Syracuse Nationals 68–83 Minneapolis Lakers
21 Feb 1954Minneapolis Lakers 73–100 Syracuse Nationals
2 Mar 1954Syracuse Nationals 87–91 Minneapolis Lakers
31 Mar 1954Syracuse Nationals 68–79 Minneapolis Lakers
3 Apr 1954Syracuse Nationals 62–60 Minneapolis Lakers
4 Apr 1954Minneapolis Lakers 81–67 Syracuse Nationals
8 Apr 1954Minneapolis Lakers 69–80 Syracuse Nationals
10 Apr 1954Minneapolis Lakers 84–73 Syracuse Nationals
11 Apr 1954Syracuse Nationals 65–63 Minneapolis Lakers
12 Apr 1954Syracuse Nationals 80–87 Minneapolis Lakers

Records going in

Syracuse Nationals: 10–8
Minneapolis Lakers: 12–4

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 170, Philadelphia 76ers 159.

5 Nov 1953Minneapolis Lakers 77–65 Syracuse Nationals
5 Dec 1953Syracuse Nationals 80–90 Minneapolis Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.