NBA 1953-54Regular season

Final

Minneapolis Lakers106–128Boston Celtics

Minneapolis Lakers at Boston Celtics

Date: Friday 5 March 1954
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1953-54Regular season
Meeting: 37th meetingof 362 played

Minneapolis Lakers

Minneapolis Lakers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	AST	PF	PTS
George Mikan	—	10–12	10–13	5	5	30
Slater Martin	—	5–11	5–7	4	2	15
Vern Mikkelsen	—	6–6	2–3	1	3	14
Jim Pollard	—	5–13	3–4	2	2	13
Whitey Skoog	—	6–17	0–0	3	5	12
Jim Holstein	—	1–3	5–8	2	3	7
Clyde Lovellette	—	2–9	2–2	2	3	6
Dick Schnittker	—	1–3	3–3	3	3	5
Pep Saul	—	1–5	2–2	4	3	4
Team totals	—	37–79	32–42	26	29	106

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	AST	PF	PTS
Bob Cousy	35:00	8–16	3–3	13	4	19
Ed Macauley	31:00	11–15	10–11	3	3	32
Bill Sharman	31:00	5–13	4–4	5	2	14
Bob Harris	28:00	4–6	2–4	0	3	10
Bob Donham	27:00	4–5	2–3	9	1	10
Jack Nichols	24:00	8–13	7–7	2	4	23
Don Barksdale	18:00	1–6	0–1	5	4	2
Ernie Barrett	16:00	2–6	0–0	1	4	4
Chuck Cooper	15:00	3–4	2–3	3	4	8
Bob Brannum	14:00	2–6	2–2	0	5	6
Team totals	239:00	48–90	32–38	41	34	128

This season

Boston Celtics 3, Los Angeles Lakers 5 in NBA 1953-54.

1 Nov 1953Minneapolis Lakers 84–79 Boston Celtics
15 Nov 1953Minneapolis Lakers 89–74 Boston Celtics
29 Nov 1953Boston Celtics 82–95 Minneapolis Lakers
10 Jan 1954Boston Celtics 85–99 Minneapolis Lakers
13 Jan 1954Minneapolis Lakers 84–88 Boston Celtics
31 Jan 1954Boston Celtics 67–82 Minneapolis Lakers
18 Feb 1954Boston Celtics 105–92 Minneapolis Lakers
5 Mar 1954106–128 this game

Records going in

Minneapolis Lakers: 44–22
Boston Celtics: 37–29

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Boston Celtics 200, Los Angeles Lakers 162.

18 Feb 1954Boston Celtics 105–92 Minneapolis Lakers
28 Nov 1954Boston Celtics 108–115 Minneapolis Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.