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1948-49 Minneapolis Lakers Roster and Statistics

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44-16, Finished 2nd in BAA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: John Kundla (44-16)

1948-49 BAA Champions

Points Per Game: 84.0 (2nd of 12) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 76.7 (1st of 12)
Pythagorean W-L: 47-13 (1st of 12)

Arena: Minneapolis Auditorium ▪ Attendance: NA

SRS: 6.81 (1st of 12)

Playoffs:
Won BAA Finals (4-2) versus Washington Capitols
Won BAA Western Division Finals (2-0) versus Rochester Royals
Won BAA Western Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Chicago Stags

1948-49 Minneapolis Lakers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
11 Mike Bloom F-C 6-6 190 January 14, 1915 1 Temple University
15 Don Carlson G-F 6-0 170 March 22, 1921 1 University of Minnesota
19 Jack Dwan F-G 6-4 200 May 3, 1921 R Loyola University of Chicago
18 Ray Ellefson C 6-8 230 November 18, 1922 R West Texas A&M University
18 Arnie Ferrin F-G 6-2 180 July 29, 1925 R University of Utah
22 Donnie Forman G 5-10 175 January 17, 1926 R New York University
14 Earl Gardner F 6-3 195 September 18, 1923 R DePauw University
13 Tony Jaros F-G 6-3 185 February 22, 1920 1 University of Minnesota
16 Johnny Jorgensen G-F 6-2 185 December 28, 1921 1 DePaul University
20 Whitey Kachan G 6-2 175 September 15, 1925 R DePaul University
99 George Mikan C 6-10 245 June 18, 1924 R DePaul University
17 Jim Pollard F-C 6-4 185 July 9, 1922 R Stanford University
10 Herm Schaefer G-F 6-0 175 December 20, 1919 R Indiana University
12 Don Smith G-F 6-2 190 July 27, 1920 R University of Minnesota
Jack Tingle F 6-4 205 December 30, 1924 1 University of Kentucky

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 60 1885 5146 .366 1272 1759 .723 1134 1386 5042 84.0
Opponent 60 4599 76.7

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 George Mikan 24 60 583 1403 .416 532 689 .772 218 260 1698
2 Jim Pollard 26 53 314 792 .396 156 227 .687 142 144 784
3 Herm Schaefer 29 58 214 572 .374 174 213 .817 185 121 602
4 Don Carlson 27 55 211 632 .334 86 130 .662 170 180 508
5 Arnie Ferrin 23 47 130 378 .344 85 128 .664 76 142 345
6 Tony Jaros 28 59 132 385 .343 79 110 .718 58 114 343
7 Jack Dwan 27 60 121 380 .318 34 69 .493 129 157 276
8 Donnie Forman 23 44 68 231 .294 43 67 .642 74 94 179
9 Johnny Jorgensen 27 48 41 114 .360 24 33 .727 33 68 106
10 Earl Gardner 25 50 38 101 .376 13 28 .464 19 50 89
11 Mike Bloom 34 24 13 92 .141 29 40 .725 15 22 55
12 Whitey Kachan 23 19 16 42 .381 15 22 .682 12 24 47
13 Don Smith 28 8 2 13 .154 2 3 .667 2 6 6
14 Ray Ellefson 26 3 1 5 .200 0 0 0 2 2
15 Jack Tingle 24 2 1 6 .167 0 0 1 2 2

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 George Mikan 24 60 9.7 23.4 .416 8.9 11.5 .772 3.6 4.3 28.3
2 Jim Pollard 26 53 5.9 14.9 .396 2.9 4.3 .687 2.7 2.7 14.8
3 Herm Schaefer 29 58 3.7 9.9 .374 3.0 3.7 .817 3.2 2.1 10.4
4 Don Carlson 27 55 3.8 11.5 .334 1.6 2.4 .662 3.1 3.3 9.2
5 Arnie Ferrin 23 47 2.8 8.0 .344 1.8 2.7 .664 1.6 3.0 7.3
6 Tony Jaros 28 59 2.2 6.5 .343 1.3 1.9 .718 1.0 1.9 5.8
7 Jack Dwan 27 60 2.0 6.3 .318 0.6 1.2 .493 2.2 2.6 4.6
8 Donnie Forman 23 44 1.5 5.3 .294 1.0 1.5 .642 1.7 2.1 4.1
9 Whitey Kachan 23 19 0.8 2.2 .381 0.8 1.2 .682 0.6 1.3 2.5
10 Mike Bloom 34 24 0.5 3.8 .141 1.2 1.7 .725 0.6 0.9 2.3
11 Johnny Jorgensen 27 48 0.9 2.4 .360 0.5 0.7 .727 0.7 1.4 2.2
12 Earl Gardner 25 50 0.8 2.0 .376 0.3 0.6 .464 0.4 1.0 1.8
13 Jack Tingle 24 2 0.5 3.0 .167 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.0
14 Don Smith 28 8 0.3 1.6 .154 0.3 0.4 .667 0.3 0.8 0.8
15 Ray Ellefson 26 3 0.3 1.7 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.7

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 Jack Tingle 24 2 .167
2 Don Carlson 27 55 .334 .662
3 Jack Dwan 27 60 .318 .493
4 Ray Ellefson 26 3 .200
5 Arnie Ferrin 23 47 .344 .664
6 Donnie Forman 23 44 .294 .642
7 Earl Gardner 25 50 .376 .464
8 Tony Jaros 28 59 .343 .718
9 Johnny Jorgensen 27 48 .360 .727
10 Whitey Kachan 23 19 .381 .682
11 George Mikan 24 60 .416 .772
12 Jim Pollard 26 53 .396 .687
13 Herm Schaefer 29 58 .374 .817
14 Don Smith 28 8 .154 .667
15 Mike Bloom 34 24 .141 .725

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 Jack Tingle 24 2 .167 .167
2 Don Carlson 27 55 .369 .334
3 Jack Dwan 27 60 .336 .318
4 Ray Ellefson 26 3 .200 .200
5 Arnie Ferrin 23 47 .397 .344
6 Donnie Forman 23 44 .344 .294
7 Earl Gardner 25 50 .393 .376
8 Tony Jaros 28 59 .396 .343
9 Johnny Jorgensen 27 48 .412 .360
10 Whitey Kachan 23 19 .455 .381
11 George Mikan 24 60 .498 .416
12 Jim Pollard 26 53 .440 .396
13 Herm Schaefer 29 58 .452 .374
14 Don Smith 28 8 .209 .154
15 Mike Bloom 34 24 .251 .141

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 George Mikan 24 10 103 227 97 121 21 44 303 .454 .802 30.3 2.1
2 Jim Pollard 26 10 43 147 44 62 39 31 130 .293 .710 13.0 3.9
3 Herm Schaefer 29 10 48 104 28 32 31 22 124 .462 .875 12.4 3.1
4 Arnie Ferrin 23 10 26 77 30 45 21 41 82 .338 .667 8.2 2.1
5 Don Carlson 27 10 23 95 14 25 28 30 60 .242 .560 6.0 2.8
6 Tony Jaros 28 10 20 56 18 23 11 28 58 .357 .783 5.8 1.1
7 Jack Dwan 27 10 7 29 4 9 9 22 18 .241 .444 1.8 0.9
8 Donnie Forman 23 9 3 20 7 11 7 15 13 .150 .636 1.4 0.8
9 Johnny Jorgensen 27 6 3 7 1 1 0 4 7 .429 1.000 1.2 0.0
10 Earl Gardner 25 7 1 9 2 4 1 3 4 .111 .500 0.6 0.1
11 Whitey Kachan 23 8 2 5 0 0 2 3 4 .400 0.5 0.3

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 Herm Schaefer 29 10 .525 .462
2 Jack Dwan 27 10 .273 .241
3 Arnie Ferrin 23 10 .424 .338
4 Donnie Forman 23 9 .262 .150
5 Earl Gardner 25 7 .186 .111
6 Tony Jaros 28 10 .439 .357
7 Johnny Jorgensen 27 6 .470 .429
8 Whitey Kachan 23 8 .400 .400
9 George Mikan 24 10 .541 .454
10 Jim Pollard 26 10 .373 .293
11 Don Carlson 27 10 .283 .242