Minneapolis Lakers 1953-54 Season Review (NBA/BAA)

Minneapolis Lakers 1953-54 Season Review

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Minneapolis Lakers 1953-54 Season Review

Regular Season Record: 46-26

	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Points	OReb	DReb	Assists	Steals	TO	Blocks	Fouls
Team Stats	5803	2184	2067	1512	0	0	5880	0	0	1323	0	0	0	1918
Opponents Stats	0	0	0	0	0	0	5660	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1953-54 Regular Season Scoring

Name	Games	Minutes	Pts	Reb	Asst	Steals	TO	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Fouls
Jim Fritsche	2	8	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	1	0	0	0
Bob Harrison	40	619	155	58	56	0	0	181	54	71	47	0	0	116
Jim Holstein	70	1155	240	204	79	0	0	288	88	112	64	0	0	140
Clyde Lovellette	72	1255	588	419	51	0	0	560	237	164	114	0	0	210
Slater Martin	69	2472	684	166	253	0	0	654	254	243	176	0	0	198
George Mikan	72	2362	1306	1028	174	0	0	1160	441	546	424	0	0	268
Vern Mikkelsen	72	2247	797	615	119	0	0	771	288	298	221	0	0	264
Jim Pollard	71	2483	831	500	214	0	0	882	326	230	179	0	0	161
Pep Saul	71	1805	452	159	139	0	0	467	162	170	128	0	0	149
Dick Schnittker	71	1040	330	178	59	0	0	307	122	132	86	0	0	178
Whitey Skoog	71	1877	496	224	179	0	0	530	212	97	72	0	0	234

1953-54 Playoffs Scoring

Name	Games	Minutes	Pts	Reb	Asst	Steals	TO	FGA	FGM	FTA	FTM	3PA	3PM	Fouls
Jim Holstein	13	188	46	35	11			49	15	23	16			28
Clyde Lovellette	13	265	136	126	7			120	54	58	28			37
Slater Martin	13	533	126	29	60			112	37	70	52			52
George Mikan	13	424	252	171	25			190	87	96	78			56
Vern Mikkelsen	13	375	133	73	17			111	51	36	31			52
Jim Pollard	13	543	160	110	41			155	56	60	48			27
Pep Saul	13	227	61	27	14			51	18	34	25			27
Dick Schnittker	13	163	34	21	5			32	11	20	12			32
Whitey Skoog	13	402	96	47	23			107	42	21	12			60

Minneapolis Lakers 1953 - 54 Games

Game	Date	Location	Opponent	Outcome	Points For	Points Against
1	Fri, Oct 30, 1953	@	Milwaukee Hawks	L	59	69
2	Sat, Oct 31, 1953	@	New York Knicks	L	67	91
3	Sun, Nov 1, 1953	@	Boston Celtics	W	84	79
4	Wed, Nov 4, 1953	@	Baltimore Bullets	W	77	75
5	Thu, Nov 5, 1953	@	Syracuse Nationals	W	77	65
6	Sat, Nov 7, 1953		New York Knicks	W	70	62
7	Tue, Nov 10, 1953	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	L	62	78
8	Fri, Nov 13, 1953	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W	92	84
9	Sat, Nov 14, 1953	@	Rochester Royals	L	91	98
10	Sun, Nov 15, 1953	N	Boston Celtics	W	89	74
11	Tue, Nov 17, 1953	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W	83	66
12	Thu, Nov 19, 1953	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W	107	79
13	Sat, Nov 21, 1953		Rochester Royals	W	76	70
14	Sun, Nov 22, 1953	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W	57	55
15	Thu, Nov 26, 1953		Philadelphia Warriors	W	88	80
16	Sun, Nov 29, 1953		Boston Celtics	W	95	82
17	Thu, Dec 3, 1953	N	Syracuse Nationals	W	87	74
18	Sat, Dec 5, 1953		Syracuse Nationals	W	90	80
19	Sat, Dec 12, 1953		New York Knicks	W	71	67
20	Sun, Dec 13, 1953	N	Rochester Royals	L	70	87
21	Tue, Dec 15, 1953	@	New York Knicks	L	79	80
22	Wed, Dec 16, 1953	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W	69	63
23	Thu, Dec 17, 1953	@	Baltimore Bullets	L	64	75
24	Sat, Dec 19, 1953	@	Rochester Royals	W	91	78
25	Sun, Dec 20, 1953	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	76	81
26	Fri, Dec 25, 1953	N	Baltimore Bullets	L	78	88
27	Sat, Dec 26, 1953		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	77	71
28	Sun, Dec 27, 1953	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W	79	75
29	Wed, Dec 30, 1953		Fort Wayne Pistons	L	80	97
30	Sat, Jan 2, 1954		New York Knicks	W	78	74
31	Mon, Jan 4, 1954	N	Rochester Royals	L	84	85
32	Thu, Jan 7, 1954		Rochester Royals	W	89	71
33	Sat, Jan 9, 1954	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W	78	67
34	Sun, Jan 10, 1954		Boston Celtics	W	99	85
35	Wed, Jan 13, 1954	@	Boston Celtics	L	84	88
36	Thu, Jan 14, 1954	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	71	96
37	Sat, Jan 16, 1954		Milwaukee Hawks	L	58	64
38	Sun, Jan 17, 1954	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L	83	86
39	Mon, Jan 18, 1954	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W	91	72
40	Sat, Jan 23, 1954		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	75	72
41	Tue, Jan 26, 1954	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W	84	69
42	Wed, Jan 27, 1954		Baltimore Bullets	W	76	73
43	Thu, Jan 28, 1954	N	Baltimore Bullets	W	104	82
44	Sat, Jan 30, 1954		Milwaukee Hawks	W	80	64
45	Sun, Jan 31, 1954		Boston Celtics	W	82	67
46	Tue, Feb 2, 1954	@	Rochester Royals	W	87	78
47	Wed, Feb 3, 1954	N	New York Knicks	W	91	79
48	Thu, Feb 4, 1954	@	Baltimore Bullets	W	82	70
49	Sat, Feb 6, 1954		Philadelphia Warriors	W	97	94
50	Sun, Feb 7, 1954	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L	83	90
51	Mon, Feb 8, 1954	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W	106	91
52	Tue, Feb 9, 1954	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W	70	67
53	Thu, Feb 11, 1954		Baltimore Bullets	W	110	82
54	Fri, Feb 12, 1954	N	Milwaukee Hawks	L	62	71
55	Sat, Feb 13, 1954	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W	86	77
56	Sun, Feb 14, 1954		Rochester Royals	W	105	77
57	Tue, Feb 16, 1954	N	Rochester Royals	W	85	79
58	Thu, Feb 18, 1954		Boston Celtics	L	92	105
59	Sat, Feb 20, 1954		Syracuse Nationals	W	83	68
60	Sun, Feb 21, 1954	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	73	100
61	Mon, Feb 22, 1954	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L	72	79
62	Tue, Feb 23, 1954	@	New York Knicks	W	100	82
63	Thu, Feb 25, 1954	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L	72	81
64	Sat, Feb 27, 1954	@	Baltimore Bullets	W	95	85
65	Sun, Feb 28, 1954	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L	77	94
66	Tue, Mar 2, 1954	N	Syracuse Nationals	W	91	87
67	Fri, Mar 5, 1954	@	Boston Celtics	L	106	128
68	Sat, Mar 6, 1954	@	Rochester Royals	L	59	74
69	Sun, Mar 7, 1954		Milwaukee Hawks	W	65	63
70	Tue, Mar 9, 1954	N	Rochester Royals	L	61	70
71	Wed, Mar 10, 1954		New York Knicks	L	76	85
72	Sat, Mar 13, 1954		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	93	66