1954–55 Minneapolis Lakers season

1954–55 Minneapolis Lakers season
Head coach John Kundla
Arena Minneapolis Auditorium
Results
Record 40–32 (.556)
Place Division: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finish Division Finals
(Lost to Pistons 1–3)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

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

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—

Playoffs

West Division Semifinals

(2) Minneapolis Lakers vs. (3) Rochester Royals: Lakers win series 2-1

  • Game 1 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 82, Rochester 78
  • Game 2 @ Rochester: Rochester 94, Minneapolis 92
  • Game 3 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 119, Rochester 110

West Division Finals

(1) Fort Wayne Pistons vs. (2) Minneapolis Lakers: Pistons win series 3-1

  • Game 1 @ Fort Wayne: Fort Wayne 96, Minneapolis 79
  • Game 2 @ Fort Wayne: Fort Wayne 98, Minneapolis 97 (OT)
  • Game 3 @ Minneapolis: Minneapolis 99, Fort Wayne 91 (OT)
  • Game 4 @ Minneapolis: Fort Wayne 105, Minneapolis 96

Awards and records

References

  1. ↑ 1954–55 Minneapolis Lakers
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