NBA 1953-54Regular season

Final

Minneapolis Lakers71–96Syracuse Nationals

Minneapolis Lakers at Syracuse Nationals

Date: Thursday 14 January 1954
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1953-54Regular season
Meeting: 31st meetingof 329 played

Minneapolis Lakers

Minneapolis Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bob Harrison	31:00	3–9	2–2	3	1	3	8
George Mikan	—	6–18	7–10	5	2	4	19
Vern Mikkelsen	—	5–8	3–5	12	0	4	13
Dick Schnittker	—	4–7	1–1	4	1	2	9
Clyde Lovellette	—	2–11	4–7	9	0	2	8
Slater Martin	—	0–0	5–5	4	5	2	5
Pep Saul	—	2–4	0–0	0	3	1	4
Jim Holstein	—	1–3	1–4	2	2	2	3
Jim Pollard	—	1–9	0–1	2	3	2	2
Whitey Skoog	—	0–5	0–0	3	3	3	0
Team totals	31:00	24–74	23–35	44	20	25	71

Syracuse Nationals

Syracuse Nationals box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Bob Lavoy	15:00	4–6	1–1	2	2	2	9
Jim Neal	13:00	3–5	2–3	2	0	5	8
George King	—	5–11	7–10	5	3	4	17
Wally Osterkorn	—	7–12	3–8	9	4	1	17
Earl Lloyd	—	6–14	2–5	9	2	3	14
Dolph Schayes	—	5–15	3–6	16	6	2	13
Paul Seymour	—	5–11	1–1	6	8	1	11
Al Masino	—	3–5	0–0	1	3	2	6
Billy Kenville	—	0–2	1–1	4	6	1	1
Mike Novak	—	0–0	0–0	1	0	4	0
Team totals	28:00	38–81	20–35	55	34	25	96

This season

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

5 Nov 1953Minneapolis Lakers 77–65 Syracuse Nationals
3 Dec 1953Syracuse Nationals 74–87 Minneapolis Lakers
5 Dec 1953Syracuse Nationals 80–90 Minneapolis Lakers
20 Dec 1953Minneapolis Lakers 76–81 Syracuse Nationals
14 Jan 195471–96 this game
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

Minneapolis Lakers: 23–12
Syracuse Nationals: 23–16

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

20 Dec 1953Minneapolis Lakers 76–81 Syracuse Nationals
20 Feb 1954Syracuse Nationals 68–83 Minneapolis Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.