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NBA 1955-56Regular season

Final

Minneapolis Lakers75–119Boston Celtics

Minneapolis Lakers at Boston Celtics

Date
Arena
Not recorded
Season
NBA 1955-56Regular season
Meeting
47th meetingof 362 played

Minneapolis Lakers

Minneapolis Lakers box score
PlayerFGFTTRBASTPFPTS
Vern Mikkelsen4–1011–13110519
Ed Kalafat3–107–791313
Whitey Skoog5–152–484412
Clyde Lovellette3–205–5131111
Dick Schnittker2–77–961411
Slater Martin2–97–844511
Dick Garmaker4–110–15058
Chuck Mencel1–20–01212
Bob Williams0–01–11011
Lew Hitch0–01–12011
Ron Feiereisel0–10–00100
Team totals24–8541–4960143089

Incomplete box score: the players’ points add up to 89 of 75.

Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics box score
PlayerFGFTTRBASTPFPTS
Ed Macauley8–?8–11——424
Bill Sharman6–?5–6——317
Bob Cousy3–?7–7—8213
Jack Nichols4–?5–7——313
Togo Palazzi6–?1–2——413
Ernie Barrett3–?0–0——16
Jim Loscutoff2–?0–0——34
Dick Hemric1–?1–4——23
Red Morrison1–?0–1——52
Team totals34–?27–38—82795

Incomplete box score: the players’ points add up to 95 of 119.

This season

Records going in

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

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

Every meeting

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.