74th Anniversary of Lowest-Scoring Game in NBA History
On this day in 1950, the Fort Wayne Pistons and Minneapolis Lakers combined to muster just 37 points.
A headline from the infamous game in question.In 1950, the Minneapolis Lakers were the class of the freshly formed NBA, and nobody was more aware than Murray Mendenhall. His Fort Wayne Pistons had been on the losing end of beatdowns from the likes of George Mikan and Vern Mikkelsen far too often. So when they trundled into the Minneapolis Auditorium…