NBA 1953-54Regular season

Final

Fort Wayne Pistons71–77Minneapolis Lakers

Fort Wayne Pistons at Minneapolis Lakers

Date: Saturday 26 December 1953
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1953-54Regular season
Meeting: 49th meetingof 396 played

Fort Wayne Pistons

Fort Wayne Pistons box score
Player	FG	FT	PF	PTS
Max Zaslofsky	4–5	8–9	3	16
Andy Phillip	4–14	6–8	4	14
Larry Foust	5–15	4–7	2	14
Jack Molinas	4–10	5–6	2	13
Mel Hutchins	5–15	0–0	2	10
Frankie Brian	1–2	0–0	0	2
Fred Scolari	1–6	0–0	3	2
Fred Schaus	0–0	0–1	0	0
Monk Meineke	0–0	0–1	1	0
Team totals	24–67	23–32	17	71

Minneapolis Lakers

Minneapolis Lakers box score
Player	FG	FT	PF	PTS
George Mikan	8–13	0–0	5	16
Pep Saul	3–10	5–5	0	11
Jim Pollard	3–8	4–4	4	10
Slater Martin	2–5	5–5	2	9
Clyde Lovellette	4–11	0–0	2	8
Dick Schnittker	2–5	4–5	3	8
Bob Harrison	2–4	1–1	0	5
Vern Mikkelsen	2–9	1–1	4	5
Whitey Skoog	1–5	3–3	3	5
Team totals	27–70	23–24	23	77

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 7, Detroit Pistons 5 in NBA 1953-54.

10 Nov 1953Minneapolis Lakers 62–78 Fort Wayne Pistons
17 Nov 1953Minneapolis Lakers 83–66 Fort Wayne Pistons
26 Dec 195371–77 this game
27 Dec 1953Minneapolis Lakers 79–75 Fort Wayne Pistons
30 Dec 1953Fort Wayne Pistons 97–80 Minneapolis Lakers
17 Jan 1954Minneapolis Lakers 83–86 Fort Wayne Pistons
23 Jan 1954Fort Wayne Pistons 72–75 Minneapolis Lakers
7 Feb 1954Minneapolis Lakers 83–90 Fort Wayne Pistons
28 Feb 1954Minneapolis Lakers 77–94 Fort Wayne Pistons
13 Mar 1954Fort Wayne Pistons 66–93 Minneapolis Lakers
18 Mar 1954Minneapolis Lakers 90–85 Fort Wayne Pistons
20 Mar 1954Fort Wayne Pistons 73–78 Minneapolis Lakers

Records going in

Fort Wayne Pistons: 15–11
Minneapolis Lakers: 17–9

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

17 Nov 1953Minneapolis Lakers 83–66 Fort Wayne Pistons
27 Dec 1953Minneapolis Lakers 79–75 Fort Wayne Pistons

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.