NBA 1953-54Regular season

Final

Fort Wayne Pistons67–79Syracuse Nationals

Fort Wayne Pistons at Syracuse Nationals

Date: Thursday 7 January 1954
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1953-54Regular season
Meeting: 25th meetingof 422 played

Fort Wayne Pistons

Fort Wayne Pistons box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Larry Foust	35:00	6–9	6–18	15	1	6	18
Mel Hutchins	35:00	1–7	0–1	15	4	6	2
Max Zaslofsky	33:00	5–13	2–5	3	5	3	12
Andy Phillip	33:00	4–11	2–3	1	2	3	10
Monk Meineke	23:00	2–3	2–3	6	0	4	6
Fred Scolari	20:00	2–4	2–2	0	3	3	6
George Yardley	11:00	2–5	0–0	2	0	2	4
Frankie Brian	8:00	1–1	0–0	0	1	1	2
Ken Murray	7:00	0–3	0–0	0	2	1	0
Jack Molinas	—	3–13	1–4	5	2	6	7
Team totals	205:00	26–69	15–36	47	20	35	67

Syracuse Nationals

Syracuse Nationals box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bob Lavoy	16:00	1–6	1–1	4	1	4	3
Wally Osterkorn	—	5–14	15–22	16	3	4	25
Dolph Schayes	—	5–11	9–13	15	1	5	19
Earl Lloyd	—	7–17	2–3	9	3	3	16
George King	—	2–8	6–13	2	4	2	10
Paul Seymour	—	1–7	1–1	2	4	2	3
Billy Kenville	—	1–5	0–0	5	2	3	2
Mike Novak	—	0–2	1–2	0	1	3	1
Al Masino	—	0–1	0–0	0	0	0	0
Team totals	16:00	22–71	35–55	53	19	26	79

This season

Philadelphia 76ers 6, Detroit Pistons 2 in NBA 1953-54.

12 Nov 1953Syracuse Nationals 74–78 Fort Wayne Pistons
19 Nov 1953Fort Wayne Pistons 76–79 Syracuse Nationals
6 Dec 1953Syracuse Nationals 77–78 Fort Wayne Pistons
5 Jan 1954Syracuse Nationals 72–60 Fort Wayne Pistons
7 Jan 195467–79 this game
6 Feb 1954Fort Wayne Pistons 87–93 Syracuse Nationals
18 Feb 1954Fort Wayne Pistons 77–91 Syracuse Nationals
4 Mar 1954Syracuse Nationals 86–63 Fort Wayne Pistons

Records going in

Fort Wayne Pistons: 18–16
Syracuse Nationals: 20–16

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Philadelphia 76ers 243, Detroit Pistons 179.

5 Jan 1954Syracuse Nationals 72–60 Fort Wayne Pistons
6 Feb 1954Fort Wayne Pistons 87–93 Syracuse Nationals

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.