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1950-51 Indianapolis Olympians Roster and Statistics

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31-37, Finished 4th in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Cliff Barker (24-32), Wally Jones (7-5)

Points Per Game: 81.7 (10th of 11) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 84.1 (4th of 11)
Pythagorean W-L: 27-41 (9th of 11)

Arena: Hinkle Fieldhouse ▪ Attendance: NA

SRS: -2.00 (9th of 11)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-1) versus Minneapolis Lakers

1950-51 Indianapolis Olympians:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
10 Cliff Barker G 6-2 185 January 15, 1921 1 University of Kentucky
20 Leo Barnhorst F-G 6-4 190 May 11, 1924 1 University of Notre Dame
12 Ralph Beard G 5-10 175 December 2, 1927 1 University of Kentucky
9 Leon Blevins G 6-2 160 June 25, 1926 R University of Arizona
15 Alex Groza C 6-7 218 October 7, 1926 1 University of Kentucky
7 Bruce Hale G-F 6-1 170 August 30, 1918 2 Santa Clara University
14 Joe Holland F 6-4 185 September 26, 1925 1 University of Kentucky
17 Wah Wah Jones F 6-4 225 July 14, 1926 1 University of Kentucky
8 Bob Lavoy F-C 6-7 185 June 29, 1926 R Western Kentucky University
18 Don Lofgran F-C 6-5 200 November 18, 1928 R University of San Francisco
19 John Mahnken C 6-8 220 June 16, 1922 4 Georgetown University
16 Mal McMullan F-C 6-5 210 August 3, 1927 1 Xavier University
19 Chuck Mrazovich F 6-5 185 February 26, 1924 R Eastern Kentucky University
18 Carl Shaeffer F-G 6-3 185 October 25, 1924 1 University of Alabama
5 Paul Walther G-F 6-2 160 March 23, 1927 1 University of Tennessee

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 68 2096 5779 .363 1363 1902 .717 2779 1455 1569 5555 81.7
Opponent 68 5716 84.1

Player Statistics

Totals

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Alex Groza 24 66 492 1046 .470 445 566 .786 709 156 237 1429
2 Ralph Beard 23 66 409 1110 .368 293 378 .775 251 318 96 1111
3 Paul Walther 23 63 213 634 .336 145 209 .694 226 225 201 571
4 Leo Barnhorst 26 68 232 671 .346 82 119 .689 296 218 197 546
5 Bob Lavoy 24 63 221 619 .357 84 133 .632 310 76 190 526
6 Joe Holland 25 67 196 594 .330 78 137 .569 344 150 228 470
7 Wah Wah Jones 24 22 93 237 .392 61 77 .792 125 85 74 247
8 Mal McMullan 23 51 78 277 .282 48 82 .585 128 33 109 204
9 Cliff Barker 30 56 51 202 .252 50 77 .649 100 115 98 152
10 Bruce Hale 32 26 40 135 .296 14 23 .609 49 42 30 94
11 Chuck Mrazovich 26 23 24 73 .329 28 46 .609 33 12 48 76
12 Carl Shaeffer 26 10 6 22 .273 3 3 1.000 10 6 15 15
13 Leon Blevins 24 3 1 4 .250 0 1 .000 2 1 3 2
14 Don Lofgran 22
15 John Mahnken 28

Per Game

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Alex Groza 24 66 7.5 15.8 .470 6.7 8.6 .786 10.7 2.4 3.6 21.7
2 Ralph Beard 23 66 6.2 16.8 .368 4.4 5.7 .775 3.8 4.8 1.5 16.8
3 Wah Wah Jones 24 22 4.2 10.8 .392 2.8 3.5 .792 5.7 3.9 3.4 11.2
4 Paul Walther 23 63 3.4 10.1 .336 2.3 3.3 .694 3.6 3.6 3.2 9.1
5 Bob Lavoy 24 63 3.5 9.8 .357 1.3 2.1 .632 4.9 1.2 3.0 8.3
6 Leo Barnhorst 26 68 3.4 9.9 .346 1.2 1.8 .689 4.4 3.2 2.9 8.0
7 Joe Holland 25 67 2.9 8.9 .330 1.2 2.0 .569 5.1 2.2 3.4 7.0
8 Mal McMullan 23 51 1.5 5.4 .282 0.9 1.6 .585 2.5 0.6 2.1 4.0
9 Bruce Hale 32 26 1.5 5.2 .296 0.5 0.9 .609 1.9 1.6 1.2 3.6
10 Chuck Mrazovich 26 23 1.0 3.2 .329 1.2 2.0 .609 1.4 0.5 2.1 3.3
11 Cliff Barker 30 56 0.9 3.6 .252 0.9 1.4 .649 1.8 2.1 1.8 2.7
12 Carl Shaeffer 26 10 0.6 2.2 .273 0.3 0.3 1.000 1.0 0.6 1.5 1.5
13 Leon Blevins 24 3 0.3 1.3 .250 0.0 0.3 .000 0.7 0.3 1.0 0.7
14 Don Lofgran 22
15 John Mahnken 28

Per 36 Minutes

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Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Paul Walther 23 63 .336 .694
2 Cliff Barker 30 56 .252 .649
3 Ralph Beard 23 66 .368 .775
4 Leon Blevins 24 3 .250 .000
5 Alex Groza 24 66 .470 .786
6 Bruce Hale 32 26 .296 .609
7 Joe Holland 25 67 .330 .569
8 Wah Wah Jones 24 22 .392 .792
9 Bob Lavoy 24 63 .357 .632
10 Mal McMullan 23 51 .282 .585
11 Chuck Mrazovich 26 23 .329 .609
12 Carl Shaeffer 26 10 .273 1.000
13 Leo Barnhorst 26 68 .346 .689
14 Don Lofgran 22
15 John Mahnken 28

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Paul Walther 23 63 .393 .336
2 Cliff Barker 30 56 .322 .252
3 Ralph Beard 23 66 .435 .368
4 Leon Blevins 24 3 .225 .250
5 Alex Groza 24 66 .552 .470
6 Bruce Hale 32 26 .324 .296
7 Joe Holland 25 67 .359 .330
8 Wah Wah Jones 24 22 .456 .392
9 Bob Lavoy 24 63 .388 .357
10 Mal McMullan 23 51 .326 .282
11 Chuck Mrazovich 26 23 .408 .329
12 Carl Shaeffer 26 10 .322 .273
13 Leo Barnhorst 26 68 .377 .346
14 Don Lofgran 22
15 John Mahnken 28

Playoffs

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Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Alex Groza 24 3 36 73 25 33 42 2 14 97 .493 .758 32.3 14.0 0.7
2 Ralph Beard 23 3 27 61 12 17 12 13 6 66 .443 .706 22.0 4.0 4.3
3 Joe Holland 25 3 17 36 1 4 12 11 10 35 .472 .250 11.7 4.0 3.7
4 Leo Barnhorst 26 3 13 35 8 10 9 12 7 34 .371 .800 11.3 3.0 4.0
5 Paul Walther 23 3 3 7 11 15 5 9 6 17 .429 .733 5.7 1.7 3.0
6 Cliff Barker 30 3 4 19 0 3 15 10 10 8 .211 .000 2.7 5.0 3.3
7 Don Lofgran 22 1 2 6 1 1 1 0 3 5 .333 1.000 5.0 1.0 0.0
8 John Mahnken 28 3 2 15 0 0 11 9 11 4 .133 1.3 3.7 3.0
9 Bob Lavoy 24 3 0 7 3 5 6 4 6 3 .000 .600 1.0 2.0 1.3
10 Bruce Hale 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Don Lofgran 22 1 .388 .333
2 Ralph Beard 23 3 .482 .443
3 Leo Barnhorst 26 3 .431 .371
4 Cliff Barker 30 3 .197 .211
5 Bob Lavoy 24 3 .163 .000
6 Joe Holland 25 3 .463 .472
7 Bruce Hale 32 1
8 Alex Groza 24 3 .554 .493
9 John Mahnken 28 3 .133 .133
10 Paul Walther 23 3 .625 .429