1953-54 Minneapolis Lakers Schedule and Results

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Record: 46-26, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division

Coach: John Kundla (46-26)

PTS/G: 81.7 (3rd of 9) Opp PTS/G: 78.6 (4th of 9)

SRS: 2.71 (2nd of 9) Pace: 93.5 (2nd of 9)

Off Rtg: 86.8 (5th of 9) Def Rtg: 83.5 (2nd of 9) Net Rtg: +3.2 (2nd of 9)

Expected W-L: 45-27 (2nd of 9)

Arena: Minneapolis Auditorium

NBA 1954 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Division Round-Robin (1-0) versus Rochester Royals (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Division Round-Robin (2-0) versus Fort Wayne Pistons (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Division Finals (2-1) versus Rochester Royals (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-3) versus Syracuse Nationals (Series Stats)
Advanced from Western Division Round Robin

NBA Champions
Western Div Champs

Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Fri, Oct 30, 1953	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	L		59	69	0	1	L 1
2	Sat, Oct 31, 1953	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		67	91	0	2	L 2
3	Sun, Nov 1, 1953	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		84	79	1	2	W 1
4	Wed, Nov 4, 1953	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		77	75	2	2	W 2
5	Thu, Nov 5, 1953	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		77	65	3	2	W 3
6	Sat, Nov 7, 1953	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		70	62	4	2	W 4
7	Tue, Nov 10, 1953	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		62	78	4	3	L 1	at Milwaukee, WI
8	Fri, Nov 13, 1953	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W		92	84	5	3	W 1
9	Sat, Nov 14, 1953	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L	3OT	91	98	5	4	L 1
10	Sun, Nov 15, 1953	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W		89	74	6	4	W 1	at New York, NY
11	Tue, Nov 17, 1953	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		83	66	7	4	W 2	at Buffalo, NY
12	Thu, Nov 19, 1953	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		107	79	8	4	W 3
13	Sat, Nov 21, 1953	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		76	70	9	4	W 4
14	Sun, Nov 22, 1953	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		57	55	10	4	W 5	at Fort Wayne, IN
15	Thu, Nov 26, 1953	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		88	80	11	4	W 6
16	Sun, Nov 29, 1953	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		95	82	12	4	W 7
17	Thu, Dec 3, 1953	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		87	74	13	4	W 8	at Moorhead, MN
18	Sat, Dec 5, 1953	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		90	80	14	4	W 9
19	Sat, Dec 12, 1953	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		71	67	15	4	W 10
20	Sun, Dec 13, 1953	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	L		70	87	15	5	L 1	at Fort Wayne, IN
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Tue, Dec 15, 1953	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L	OT	79	80	15	6	L 2
22	Wed, Dec 16, 1953	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W	OT	69	63	16	6	W 1	at Boston, MA
23	Thu, Dec 17, 1953	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	L		64	75	16	7	L 1
24	Sat, Dec 19, 1953	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		91	78	17	7	W 1
25	Sun, Dec 20, 1953	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		76	81	17	8	L 1
26	Fri, Dec 25, 1953	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	L		78	88	17	9	L 2	at Saint Paul, MN
27	Sat, Dec 26, 1953	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		77	71	18	9	W 1
28	Sun, Dec 27, 1953	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		79	75	19	9	W 2
29	Wed, Dec 30, 1953	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	L		80	97	19	10	L 1
30	Sat, Jan 2, 1954	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		78	74	20	10	W 1
31	Mon, Jan 4, 1954	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	L		84	85	20	11	L 1	at Chicago, IL
32	Thu, Jan 7, 1954	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		89	71	21	11	W 1
33	Sat, Jan 9, 1954	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W		78	67	22	11	W 2
34	Sun, Jan 10, 1954	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		99	85	23	11	W 3
35	Wed, Jan 13, 1954	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		84	88	23	12	L 1
36	Thu, Jan 14, 1954	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		71	96	23	13	L 2
37	Sat, Jan 16, 1954	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	L		58	64	23	14	L 3
38	Sun, Jan 17, 1954	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		83	86	23	15	L 4
39	Mon, Jan 18, 1954	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		91	72	24	15	W 1	at Kansas City, MO
40	Sat, Jan 23, 1954	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		75	72	25	15	W 2
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Tue, Jan 26, 1954	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	W		84	69	26	15	W 3
42	Wed, Jan 27, 1954	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		76	73	27	15	W 4
43	Thu, Jan 28, 1954	Box Score	N	Baltimore Bullets	W		104	82	28	15	W 5	at Grand Forks, ND
44	Sat, Jan 30, 1954	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		80	64	29	15	W 6
45	Sun, Jan 31, 1954	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		82	67	30	15	W 7
46	Tue, Feb 2, 1954	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		87	78	31	15	W 8
47	Wed, Feb 3, 1954	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		91	79	32	15	W 9	at Boston, MA
48	Thu, Feb 4, 1954	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		82	70	33	15	W 10
49	Sat, Feb 6, 1954	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		97	94	34	15	W 11
50	Sun, Feb 7, 1954	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		83	90	34	16	L 1
51	Mon, Feb 8, 1954	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		106	91	35	16	W 1	at Spencer, IA
52	Tue, Feb 9, 1954	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		70	67	36	16	W 2	at Huron, SD
53	Thu, Feb 11, 1954	Box Score		Baltimore Bullets	W		110	82	37	16	W 3
54	Fri, Feb 12, 1954	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	L		62	71	37	17	L 1	at Toledo, OH
55	Sat, Feb 13, 1954	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		86	77	38	17	W 1	at Grand Rapids, MI
56	Sun, Feb 14, 1954	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		105	77	39	17	W 2
57	Tue, Feb 16, 1954	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	W		85	79	40	17	W 3	at Hibbing, MN
58	Thu, Feb 18, 1954	Box Score		Boston Celtics	L		92	105	40	18	L 1
59	Sat, Feb 20, 1954	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		83	68	41	18	W 1
60	Sun, Feb 21, 1954	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		73	100	41	19	L 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Mon, Feb 22, 1954	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	L		72	79	41	20	L 2	at New Haven, CT
62	Tue, Feb 23, 1954	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	W		100	82	42	20	W 1
63	Thu, Feb 25, 1954	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		72	81	42	21	L 1
64	Sat, Feb 27, 1954	Box Score	@	Baltimore Bullets	W		95	85	43	21	W 1
65	Sun, Feb 28, 1954	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		77	94	43	22	L 1
66	Tue, Mar 2, 1954	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		91	87	44	22	W 1	at Saint Paul, MN
67	Fri, Mar 5, 1954	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		106	128	44	23	L 1
68	Sat, Mar 6, 1954	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		59	74	44	24	L 2
69	Sun, Mar 7, 1954	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		65	63	45	24	W 1
70	Tue, Mar 9, 1954	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	L		61	70	45	25	L 1	at Indianapolis, IN
71	Wed, Mar 10, 1954	Box Score		New York Knicks	L		76	85	45	26	L 2
72	Sat, Mar 13, 1954	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		93	66	46	26	W 1

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Wed, Mar 17, 1954	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W	109	88	1	0	W 1	Round Robin
2	Thu, Mar 18, 1954	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W	90	85	2	0	W 2	Round Robin
3	Sat, Mar 20, 1954	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	78	73	3	0	W 3	Round Robin
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
4	Wed, Mar 24, 1954	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W	89	76	4	0	W 4
5	Sat, Mar 27, 1954	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L	73	74	4	1	L 1
6	Sun, Mar 28, 1954	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W	82	72	5	1	W 1
G	Date			Opponent		Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
7	Wed, Mar 31, 1954	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W	79	68	6	1	W 2
8	Sat, Apr 3, 1954	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L	60	62	6	2	L 1
9	Sun, Apr 4, 1954	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W	81	67	7	2	W 1
10	Thu, Apr 8, 1954	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L	69	80	7	3	L 1
11	Sat, Apr 10, 1954	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W	84	73	8	3	W 1
12	Sun, Apr 11, 1954	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L	63	65	8	4	L 1
13	Mon, Apr 12, 1954	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W	87	80	9	4	W 1

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