NBA 1953-54Regular season

Final

Minneapolis Lakers83–86Fort Wayne Pistons

Minneapolis Lakers at Fort Wayne Pistons

Date: Sunday 17 January 1954
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1953-54Regular season
Meeting: 52nd meetingof 396 played

Minneapolis Lakers

Minneapolis Lakers box score
Player	FG	FT	AST	PF	PTS
Vern Mikkelsen	11–14	2–3	1	5	24
George Mikan	9–23	5–8	2	4	23
Jim Pollard	5–14	1–1	4	4	11
Slater Martin	4–13	3–4	8	4	11
Clyde Lovellette	3–7	0–0	1	4	6
Jim Holstein	1–2	1–2	1	1	3
Pep Saul	1–3	1–1	5	2	3
Dick Schnittker	1–2	0–0	0	2	2
Bob Harrison	0–3	0–0	3	0	0
Whitey Skoog	0–1	0–0	2	3	0
Team totals	35–82	13–19	27	29	83

Fort Wayne Pistons

Fort Wayne Pistons box score
Player	FG	FT	AST	PF	PTS
Larry Foust	7–16	8–9	6	4	22
Mel Hutchins	8–12	5–5	4	1	21
Andy Phillip	4–15	5–9	7	2	13
George Yardley	4–10	4–5	4	3	12
Frankie Brian	2–7	7–7	2	0	11
Max Zaslofsky	2–3	1–2	1	2	5
Monk Meineke	1–5	0–1	0	3	2
Ken Murray	0–1	0–0	0	0	0
Team totals	28–69	30–38	24	15	86

This season

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

10 Nov 1953Minneapolis Lakers 62–78 Fort Wayne Pistons
17 Nov 1953Minneapolis Lakers 83–66 Fort Wayne Pistons
26 Dec 1953Fort Wayne Pistons 71–77 Minneapolis Lakers
27 Dec 1953Minneapolis Lakers 79–75 Fort Wayne Pistons
30 Dec 1953Fort Wayne Pistons 97–80 Minneapolis Lakers
17 Jan 195483–86 this game
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

Minneapolis Lakers: 23–14
Fort Wayne Pistons: 21–18

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

30 Dec 1953Fort Wayne Pistons 97–80 Minneapolis Lakers
23 Jan 1954Fort Wayne Pistons 72–75 Minneapolis Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.