1954–55 Minneapolis Lakers season

The 1954–55 NBA season was the Lakers' seventh season in the NBA.[1]

1954–55 Minneapolis Lakers season
Head coachJohn Kundla
ArenaMinneapolis Auditorium
Results
Record40–32 (.556)
PlaceDivision: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finishDivision finals
(lost to Pistons 1–3)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Regular season

Season standings
Western Division
 W L PCT GB Home Road Neutral Div
x-Fort Wayne Pistons4329.597–21–69–1413–928–8
x-Minneapolis Lakers4032.556318–610–1412–1218–18
x-Rochester Royals2943.4031417–114–198–1314–22
Milwaukee Hawks2646.361176–119–1611–1914–22
x – clinched playoff spot

Record vs. opponents
1954-55 NBA Records
Team BOS FWP MIL MIN NYK PHI ROC SYR
Boston —4–56–33–66–67–54–56–6
Fort Wayne 5–4—11–19–32–76–38–42–7
Milwaukee 3–61–11—5–73–64–56–64–5
Minneapolis 6–33–97–5—4–56–38–46–3
New York 6–67–26–35–4—5–75–44–8
Philadelphia 5–73–65–43–67–5—5–45–7
Rochester 5–44–86–64–84–54–5—2–7
Syracuse 6–67–25–43–68–47–57–2—

Game log
#DateOpponentScoreHigh pointsRecord
1October 30@ New York83–94Clyde Lovellette (18)0–1
2October 31@ Syracuse97–94Clyde Lovellette (22)1–1
3November 6N Milwaukee79–67Slater Martin (19)2–1
4November 7New York103–93 (OT)Jim Pollard (23)2–2
5November 14Syracuse92–99Jim Pollard (25)3–2
6November 25Rochester84–95Jim Pollard (24)4–2
7November 27@ Fort Wayne81–97Vern Mikkelsen (20)4–3
8November 28Boston108–115Clyde Lovellette (29)5–3
9November 30N Fort Wayne90–92Vern Mikkelsen (20)5–4
10December 1@ Philadelphia91–88Dick Schnittker (16)6–4
11December 2N Milwaukee108–117Clyde Lovellette (29)6–5
12December 4@ Milwaukee88–95Clyde Lovellette (18)6–6
13December 5Milwaukee102–104 (OT)Vern Mikkelsen (22)7–6
14December 7@ New York89–97Clyde Lovellette (24)7–7
15December 8@ Boston101–99Vern Mikkelsen (25)8–7
16December 11@ Rochester91–83Whitey Skoog (22)9–7
17December 12New York73–80Clyde Lovellette (22)10–7
18December 14N Boston108–115Vern Mikkelsen (31)10–8
19December 15N Rochester99–97 (OT)Vern Mikkelsen (26)10–9
20December 18Syracuse83–86Clyde Lovellette (26)11–9
21December 19@ Syracuse93–108Vern Mikkelsen (21)11–10
22December 25Philadelphia91–99Vern Mikkelsen (27)12–10
23December 26Boston82–87Vern Mikkelsen (20)13–10
24December 29N Boston129–118 (OT)Slater Martin (35)14–10
25December 30N Fort Wayne76–93Vern Mikkelsen (16)14–11
26December 31@ Fort Wayne103–91Clyde Lovellette (27)15–11
27January 2Rochester102–100Vern Mikkelsen (28)15–12
28January 3N Philadelphia74–76Clyde Lovellette (21)16–12
29January 4N Fort Wayne92–93Vern Mikkelsen (17)16–13
30January 5@ Philadelphia85–106Dick Schnittker (18)16–14
31January 6@ Syracuse117–106Vern Mikkelsen (24)17–14
32January 8Syracuse100–97Jim Pollard (21)17–15
33January 9@ Fort Wayne86–89Clyde Lovellette (18)17–16
34January 11Syracuse82–93Vern Mikkelsen (24)18–16
35January 12@ Rochester102–88Clyde Lovellette (23)19–16
36January 13@ Philadelphia96–102 (OT)Vern Mikkelsen (22)19–17
37January 14@ Boston95–100Clyde Lovellette (24)19–18
38January 15@ Rochester90–93Vern Mikkelsen (21)19–19
39January 16Philadelphia98–106Vern Mikkelsen (23)20–19
40January 19N Milwaukee95–81Clyde Lovellette (37)21–19
41January 20N Milwaukee97–90Vern Mikkelsen (32)22–19
42January 21N Milwaukee100–92Clyde Lovellette (20)23–19
43January 23Milwaukee79–82Vern Mikkelsen (25)24–19
44January 27N Milwaukee79–85Slater Martin (19)24–20
45January 29Fort Wayne91–100Clyde Lovellette (30)25–20
46January 30@ Fort Wayne92–99Jim Pollard (18)25–21
47February 2N New York81–96Jim Pollard (22)26–21
48February 3New York83–90Vern Mikkelsen (23)27–21
49February 5N Milwaukee103–87Vern Mikkelsen (22)28–21
50February 6Milwaukee101–99Clyde Lovellette (30)28–22
51February 8@ New York95–98Clyde Lovellette (27)28–23
52February 9N New York118–112Slater Martin (19)28–24
53February 10@ Syracuse81–85Clyde Lovellette (26)28–25
54February 12@ Rochester96–95Clyde Lovellette (25)29–25
55February 13Philadelphia93–103Clyde Lovellette (20)30–25
56February 19Fort Wayne92–98Clyde Lovellette (24)31–25
57February 20Rochester92–105Whitey Skoog (23)32–25
58February 21N Rochester110–112Clyde Lovellette (26)33–25
59February 23N Fort Wayne97–120Slater Martin (17)33–26
60February 24Boston98–112Clyde Lovellette (23)34–26
61February 25N Boston104–107Whitey Skoog (31)34–27
62February 26Fort Wayne90–89Martin, Mikkelsen (19)34–28
63February 27Rochester84–93Dick Schnittker (22)35–28
64February 28N Fort Wayne88–90Whitey Skoog (17)35–29
65March 3N Rochester83–76Vern Mikkelsen (21)35–30
66March 4@ Boston121–106Slater Martin (26)36–30
67March 5@ Rochester107–104 (OT)Clyde Lovellette (30)37–30
68March 6Milwaukee100–98Vern Mikkelsen (22)37–31
69March 7N New York96–97Dick Schnittker (20)38–31
70March 9@ Philadelphia89–102Vern Mikkelsen (23)38–32
71March 10N Syracuse93–96Clyde Lovellette (27)39–32
72March 12N Philadelphia78–86Vern Mikkelsen (20)40–32

Playoffs
1955 playoff game log
Division semifinals: 2–1 (home: 2–0; road: 0–1)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocation
Attendance		Series
1 March 16 Rochester W 82–78 Clyde Lovellette (26) St. Paul Auditorium
4,841		 1–0
2 March 18 @ Rochester L 92–94 Clyde Lovellette (19) Edgerton Park Arena 1–1
3 March 19 Rochester W 119–110 Jim Pollard (26) St. Paul Auditorium
4,219		 2–1
Division finals: 1–3 (home: 1–1; road: 0–2)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsLocationSeries
1 March 20 @ Fort Wayne L 79–96 Clyde Lovellette (18) North Side Gymnasium 0–1
2 March 22 @ Fort Wayne L 97–98 (OT) Whitey Skoog (24) Butler Fieldhouse 0–2
3 March 23 Fort Wayne W 99–91 (OT) Whitey Skoog (24) Minneapolis Auditorium 1–2
4 March 27 Fort Wayne L 96–105 Clyde Lovellette (25) Minneapolis Auditorium 1–3
1955 schedule

Awards and records

References
  1. 1954–55 Minneapolis Lakers
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