NBA 1953-54Regular season

Final

Rochester Royals71–89Minneapolis Lakers

Rochester Royals at Minneapolis Lakers

Date: Thursday 7 January 1954
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1953-54Regular season
Meeting: 56th meetingof 494 played

Rochester Royals

Rochester Royals box score
Player	FG	FT	AST	PF	PTS
Bob Davies	4–11	7–9	0	4	15
Alex Hannum	5–8	2–3	0	5	12
Jack Coleman	5–9	0–0	0	2	10
Jack McMahon	4–10	1–2	0	5	9
Bobby Wanzer	2–9	4–7	0	3	8
Arnie Risen	2–8	3–3	0	2	7
Cal Christensen	2–7	2–5	0	4	6
Norm Swanson	0–3	2–4	0	1	2
Odie Spears	0–3	2–2	0	3	2
Team totals	24–68	23–35	0	29	71

Minneapolis Lakers

Minneapolis Lakers box score
Player	FG	FT	AST	PF	PTS
George Mikan	6–18	8–9	0	3	20
Vern Mikkelsen	5–12	10–13	0	2	20
Jim Pollard	7–10	1–1	0	2	15
Bob Harrison	4–6	3–4	0	2	11
Clyde Lovellette	3–7	2–4	0	4	8
Pep Saul	1–3	5–7	0	2	7
Jim Holstein	1–3	1–2	0	3	3
Slater Martin	1–4	0–1	0	0	2
Whitey Skoog	1–7	0–0	0	5	2
Dick Schnittker	0–1	1–2	0	0	1
Team totals	29–71	31–43	0	23	89

This season

Los Angeles Lakers 9, Sacramento Kings 6 in NBA 1953-54.

14 Nov 1953Minneapolis Lakers 91–98 Rochester Royals
21 Nov 1953Rochester Royals 70–76 Minneapolis Lakers
13 Dec 1953Rochester Royals 87–70 Minneapolis Lakers
19 Dec 1953Minneapolis Lakers 91–78 Rochester Royals
4 Jan 1954Rochester Royals 85–84 Minneapolis Lakers
7 Jan 195471–89 this game
2 Feb 1954Minneapolis Lakers 87–78 Rochester Royals
14 Feb 1954Rochester Royals 77–105 Minneapolis Lakers
16 Feb 1954Rochester Royals 79–85 Minneapolis Lakers
6 Mar 1954Minneapolis Lakers 59–74 Rochester Royals
9 Mar 1954Rochester Royals 70–61 Minneapolis Lakers
17 Mar 1954Rochester Royals 88–109 Minneapolis Lakers
24 Mar 1954Rochester Royals 76–89 Minneapolis Lakers
27 Mar 1954Minneapolis Lakers 73–74 Rochester Royals
28 Mar 1954Rochester Royals 72–82 Minneapolis Lakers

Records going in

Rochester Royals: 20–12
Minneapolis Lakers: 20–11

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Los Angeles Lakers 314, Sacramento Kings 180.

4 Jan 1954Rochester Royals 85–84 Minneapolis Lakers
2 Feb 1954Minneapolis Lakers 87–78 Rochester Royals

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.