NBA 1954-55Regular season

Final

Minneapolis Lakers86–89Fort Wayne Pistons

Minneapolis Lakers at Fort Wayne Pistons

Date: Sunday 9 January 1955
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1954-55Regular season
Meeting: 64th meetingof 396 played

Minneapolis Lakers

Minneapolis Lakers box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
Clyde Lovellette	5–15	7–9	—	2	6	17
Vern Mikkelsen	4–15	7–11	—	1	4	15
Dick Schnittker	5–9	3–3	—	0	3	13
Bobby Watson	4–9	3–6	—	4	2	11
Jim Pollard	4–5	1–2	—	2	3	9
Whitey Skoog	3–7	0–0	—	4	0	6
Ed Kalafat	1–5	3–4	—	1	3	5
Slater Martin	2–8	1–1	—	5	3	5
Don Sunderlage	1–4	1–2	—	4	1	3
Jim Holstein	1–4	0–0	—	1	2	2
Team totals	30–81	26–38	—	24	27	86

Fort Wayne Pistons

Fort Wayne Pistons box score
Player	FG	FT	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
George Yardley	11–25	7–7	27	4	4	29
Larry Foust	4–12	15–18	—	3	6	23
Frankie Brian	2–11	9–10	—	4	2	13
Andy Phillip	3–9	3–3	—	7	0	9
Mel Hutchins	4–15	0–0	—	1	4	8
Bob Houbregs	2–7	2–3	—	1	3	6
Max Zaslofsky	0–3	1–1	—	0	1	1
Dick Rosenthal	0–1	0–0	—	0	1	0
Monk Meineke	0–4	0–1	—	0	2	0
Paul Walther	0–0	0–1	—	0	2	0
Team totals	26–87	37–44	27	20	25	89

This season

Detroit Pistons 12, Los Angeles Lakers 4 in NBA 1954-55.

27 Nov 1954Minneapolis Lakers 81–97 Fort Wayne Pistons
30 Nov 1954Minneapolis Lakers 90–92 Fort Wayne Pistons
30 Dec 1954Minneapolis Lakers 76–93 Fort Wayne Pistons
31 Dec 1954Minneapolis Lakers 103–91 Fort Wayne Pistons
4 Jan 1955Minneapolis Lakers 92–93 Fort Wayne Pistons
9 Jan 195586–89 this game
29 Jan 1955Fort Wayne Pistons 91–100 Minneapolis Lakers
30 Jan 1955Minneapolis Lakers 92–99 Fort Wayne Pistons
19 Feb 1955Fort Wayne Pistons 92–98 Minneapolis Lakers
23 Feb 1955Minneapolis Lakers 97–120 Fort Wayne Pistons
26 Feb 1955Fort Wayne Pistons 90–89 Minneapolis Lakers
28 Feb 1955Minneapolis Lakers 88–90 Fort Wayne Pistons
20 Mar 1955Minneapolis Lakers 79–96 Fort Wayne Pistons
22 Mar 1955Minneapolis Lakers 97–98 Fort Wayne Pistons
23 Mar 1955Fort Wayne Pistons 91–99 Minneapolis Lakers
27 Mar 1955Fort Wayne Pistons 105–96 Minneapolis Lakers

Records going in

Minneapolis Lakers: 17–15
Fort Wayne Pistons: 24–9

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

4 Jan 1955Minneapolis Lakers 92–93 Fort Wayne Pistons
29 Jan 1955Fort Wayne Pistons 91–100 Minneapolis Lakers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.