1954-55 Minneapolis Lakers Schedule and Results

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Record: 40-32, Finished 2nd in NBA Western Division

Coach: John Kundla (40-32)

Executive: George Mikan

PTS/G: 95.6 (2nd of 8) Opp PTS/G: 94.5 (7th of 8)

SRS: 0.96 (3rd of 8) Pace: 105.5 (2nd of 8)

Off Rtg: 89.7 (5th of 8) Def Rtg: 88.6 (2nd of 8) Net Rtg: +1.1 (3rd of 8)

Expected W-L: 39-33 (3rd of 8)

Arena: Minneapolis Auditorium

NBA 1955 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-1) versus Rochester Royals (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Division Finals (1-3) versus Fort Wayne Pistons (Series Stats)

Regular Season Schedule

Playoffs Schedule

Regular Season

Regular Season Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Sat, Oct 30, 1954	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		83	94	0	1	L 1
2	Sun, Oct 31, 1954	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		97	94	1	1	W 1
3	Sat, Nov 6, 1954	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		79	67	2	1	W 2	at Buffalo, NY
4	Sun, Nov 7, 1954	Box Score		New York Knicks	L	OT	93	103	2	2	L 1
5	Sun, Nov 14, 1954	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		99	92	3	2	W 1
6	Thu, Nov 25, 1954	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		95	84	4	2	W 2
7	Sat, Nov 27, 1954	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		81	97	4	3	L 1
8	Sun, Nov 28, 1954	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		115	108	5	3	W 1
9	Tue, Nov 30, 1954	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		90	92	5	4	L 1	at New York, NY
10	Wed, Dec 1, 1954	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	W		91	88	6	4	W 1
11	Thu, Dec 2, 1954	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	L		108	117	6	5	L 1	at Fort Wayne, IN
12	Sat, Dec 4, 1954	Box Score	@	Milwaukee Hawks	L		88	95	6	6	L 2
13	Sun, Dec 5, 1954	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W	OT	104	102	7	6	W 1
14	Tue, Dec 7, 1954	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		89	97	7	7	L 1
15	Wed, Dec 8, 1954	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		101	99	8	7	W 1
16	Sat, Dec 11, 1954	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		91	83	9	7	W 2
17	Sun, Dec 12, 1954	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		80	73	10	7	W 3
18	Tue, Dec 14, 1954	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		108	115	10	8	L 1	at New York, NY
19	Wed, Dec 15, 1954	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	L	OT	97	99	10	9	L 2	at Buffalo, NY
20	Sat, Dec 18, 1954	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		86	83	11	9	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
21	Sun, Dec 19, 1954	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		93	108	11	10	L 1
22	Sat, Dec 25, 1954	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		99	91	12	10	W 1
23	Sun, Dec 26, 1954	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		87	82	13	10	W 2
24	Wed, Dec 29, 1954	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	W	OT	129	118	14	10	W 3	at Hibbing, MN
25	Thu, Dec 30, 1954	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		76	93	14	11	L 1	at Minot, ND
26	Fri, Dec 31, 1954	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	W		103	91	15	11	W 1
27	Sun, Jan 2, 1955	Box Score		Rochester Royals	L		100	102	15	12	L 1
28	Mon, Jan 3, 1955	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		76	74	16	12	W 1	at Chicago, IL
29	Tue, Jan 4, 1955	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		92	93	16	13	L 1	at Elkhart, IN
30	Wed, Jan 5, 1955	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		85	106	16	14	L 2
31	Thu, Jan 6, 1955	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	W		117	106	17	14	W 1
32	Sat, Jan 8, 1955	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	L		97	100	17	15	L 1
33	Sun, Jan 9, 1955	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		86	89	17	16	L 2
34	Tue, Jan 11, 1955	Box Score		Syracuse Nationals	W		93	82	18	16	W 1
35	Wed, Jan 12, 1955	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		102	88	19	16	W 2
36	Thu, Jan 13, 1955	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L	OT	96	102	19	17	L 1
37	Fri, Jan 14, 1955	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	L		95	100	19	18	L 2
38	Sat, Jan 15, 1955	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		90	93	19	19	L 3
39	Sun, Jan 16, 1955	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		106	98	20	19	W 1
40	Wed, Jan 19, 1955	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		95	81	21	19	W 2	at New Orleans, LA
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
41	Thu, Jan 20, 1955	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		97	90	22	19	W 3	at Shreveport, LA
42	Fri, Jan 21, 1955	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		100	92	23	19	W 4	at Baton Rouge, LA
43	Sun, Jan 23, 1955	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	W		82	79	24	19	W 5
44	Thu, Jan 27, 1955	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	L		79	85	24	20	L 1	at Huron, SD
45	Sat, Jan 29, 1955	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		100	91	25	20	W 1
46	Sun, Jan 30, 1955	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		92	99	25	21	L 1
47	Wed, Feb 2, 1955	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		96	81	26	21	W 1	at Saint Paul, MN
48	Thu, Feb 3, 1955	Box Score		New York Knicks	W		90	83	27	21	W 2
49	Sat, Feb 5, 1955	Box Score	N	Milwaukee Hawks	W		103	87	28	21	W 3	at Waterloo, IA
50	Sun, Feb 6, 1955	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	L		99	101	28	22	L 1
51	Tue, Feb 8, 1955	Box Score	@	New York Knicks	L		95	98	28	23	L 2
52	Wed, Feb 9, 1955	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	L		112	118	28	24	L 3	at Boston, MA
53	Thu, Feb 10, 1955	Box Score	@	Syracuse Nationals	L		81	85	28	25	L 4
54	Sat, Feb 12, 1955	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W		96	95	29	25	W 1
55	Sun, Feb 13, 1955	Box Score		Philadelphia Warriors	W		103	93	30	25	W 2
56	Sat, Feb 19, 1955	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W		98	92	31	25	W 3
57	Sun, Feb 20, 1955	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		105	92	32	25	W 4
58	Mon, Feb 21, 1955	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	W		112	110	33	25	W 5	at Spencer, IA
59	Wed, Feb 23, 1955	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		97	120	33	26	L 1	at St. Louis, MO
60	Thu, Feb 24, 1955	Box Score		Boston Celtics	W		112	98	34	26	W 1
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
61	Fri, Feb 25, 1955	Box Score	N	Boston Celtics	L		104	107	34	27	L 1	at Moorhead, MN
62	Sat, Feb 26, 1955	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	L		89	90	34	28	L 2
63	Sun, Feb 27, 1955	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		93	84	35	28	W 1
64	Mon, Feb 28, 1955	Box Score	N	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		88	90	35	29	L 1	at Saint Paul, MN
65	Thu, Mar 3, 1955	Box Score	N	Rochester Royals	L		76	83	35	30	L 2	at Fort Wayne, IN
66	Fri, Mar 4, 1955	Box Score	@	Boston Celtics	W		121	106	36	30	W 1
67	Sat, Mar 5, 1955	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	W	OT	107	104	37	30	W 2
68	Sun, Mar 6, 1955	Box Score		Milwaukee Hawks	L		98	100	37	31	L 1
69	Mon, Mar 7, 1955	Box Score	N	New York Knicks	W		97	96	38	31	W 1	at Boston, MA
70	Wed, Mar 9, 1955	Box Score	@	Philadelphia Warriors	L		89	102	38	32	L 1
71	Thu, Mar 10, 1955	Box Score	N	Syracuse Nationals	W		96	93	39	32	W 1	at New York, NY
72	Sat, Mar 12, 1955	Box Score	N	Philadelphia Warriors	W		86	78	40	32	W 2	at Des Moines, IA

Playoffs

Playoffs Table
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
1	Wed, Mar 16, 1955	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		82	78	1	0	W 1	at Saint Paul, MN
2	Fri, Mar 18, 1955	Box Score	@	Rochester Royals	L		92	94	1	1	L 1
3	Sat, Mar 19, 1955	Box Score		Rochester Royals	W		119	110	2	1	W 1	at Saint Paul, MN
G	Date			Opponent			Tm	Opp	W	L	Streak	Notes
4	Sun, Mar 20, 1955	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L		79	96	2	2	L 1	at Elkhart, IN
5	Tue, Mar 22, 1955	Box Score	@	Fort Wayne Pistons	L	OT	97	98	2	3	L 2	at Indianapolis, IN
6	Wed, Mar 23, 1955	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	W	OT	99	91	3	3	W 1
7	Sun, Mar 27, 1955	Box Score		Fort Wayne Pistons	L		96	105	3	4	L 1

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