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1949-50 Minneapolis Lakers Roster and Stats

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Record: 51-17, Finished 1st in NBA Central Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: John Kundla (51-17)

PTS/G: 84.1 (4th of 17) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 75.7 (2nd of 17)
SRS: 8.25 (1st of 17)
Expected W-L: 55-13 (1st of 17)

Arena: Minneapolis Auditorium ▪ Attendance: NA

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-2) versus Syracuse Nationals
Won NBA Semifinals (2-0) versus Anderson Packers
Won NBA Central Division Finals (2-0) versus Fort Wayne Pistons
Won NBA Central Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Chicago Stags
Won NBA Central Division First Place Tiebreaker (1-0) versus Rochester Royals

NBA Champions

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
15 Don Carlson G-F 6-0 170 March 22, 1919 2 University of Minnesota
18 Arnie Ferrin F-G 6-2 180 July 29, 1925 1 University of Utah
20 Normie Glick F 6-7 190 November 10, 1927 R Loyola Marymount University
14-20 Bud Grant F 6-3 195 May 20, 1927 R University of Minnesota
16 Bob Harrison G 6-1 190 August 12, 1927 R University of Michigan
11 Billy Hassett G 5-11 180 October 21, 1921 R University of Notre Dame
13 Tony Jaros F-G 6-3 185 February 22, 1920 2 University of Minnesota
22 Slater Martin PG 5-10 170 October 22, 1925 R University of Texas at Austin
99 George Mikan C 6-10 245 June 18, 1924 1 DePaul University
19 Vern Mikkelsen PF 6-7 230 October 21, 1928 R Hamline University
17 Jim Pollard SF 6-4 185 July 9, 1922 1 Stanford University
10 Herm Schaefer G-F 6-0 175 December 20, 1918 1 Indiana University
12 Gene Stump F-G 6-2 185 November 13, 1923 2 DePaul University
14 Paul Walther SG 6-2 160 March 23, 1927 R University of Tennessee

Team and Opponent Stats

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 68 2139 5832 .367 1439 1943 .741 1406 1672 5717 84.1
Lg Rank 1 4 3 13 16 2 3 14 1 4
Opponent 68 5150 75.7
Lg Rank 3 2

Team Miscellaneous

Offense Four Factors Defense Four Factors
PW PL MOV SOS SRS ORtg DRtg Pace eFG% TOV% ORB% FT/FGA eFG% TOV% DRB% FT/FGA Arena Attendance
Team 55 13 8.34 -0.09 8.25 .367 .247 Minneapolis Auditorium
Lg Rank 1 2 1 11 1 3 16

Totals

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 25 68 649 1595 .407 567 728 .779 197 297 1865
2 Jim Pollard 27 66 394 1140 .346 185 242 .764 252 143 973
3 Vern Mikkelsen 21 68 288 722 .399 215 286 .752 123 222 791
4 Arnie Ferrin 24 63 132 396 .333 76 109 .697 95 147 340
5 Herm Schaefer 31 65 122 314 .389 86 101 .851 203 104 330
6 Bob Harrison 22 66 125 348 .359 50 74 .676 131 175 300
7 Slater Martin 24 67 106 302 .351 59 93 .634 148 162 271
8 Don Carlson 30 57 99 290 .341 69 95 .726 76 126 267
9 Tony Jaros 29 61 84 289 .291 72 96 .750 60 106 240
10 Billy Hassett 28 42 38 145 .262 35 67 .522 69 82 111
11 Bud Grant 22 35 42 115 .365 7 17 .412 19 36 91
12 Paul Walther 22 22 32 80 .400 11 21 .524 10 39 75
13 Gene Stump 26 23 27 95 .284 7 14 .500 23 32 61
14 Normie Glick 22 1 1 1 1.000 0 0 0 1 2

Per Game

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 25 68 9.5 23.5 .407 8.3 10.7 .779 2.9 4.4 27.4
2 Jim Pollard 27 66 6.0 17.3 .346 2.8 3.7 .764 3.8 2.2 14.7
3 Vern Mikkelsen 21 68 4.2 10.6 .399 3.2 4.2 .752 1.8 3.3 11.6
4 Arnie Ferrin 24 63 2.1 6.3 .333 1.2 1.7 .697 1.5 2.3 5.4
5 Herm Schaefer 31 65 1.9 4.8 .389 1.3 1.6 .851 3.1 1.6 5.1
6 Don Carlson 30 57 1.7 5.1 .341 1.2 1.7 .726 1.3 2.2 4.7
7 Bob Harrison 22 66 1.9 5.3 .359 0.8 1.1 .676 2.0 2.7 4.5
8 Slater Martin 24 67 1.6 4.5 .351 0.9 1.4 .634 2.2 2.4 4.0
9 Tony Jaros 29 61 1.4 4.7 .291 1.2 1.6 .750 1.0 1.7 3.9
10 Paul Walther 22 22 1.5 3.6 .400 0.5 1.0 .524 0.5 1.8 3.4
11 Gene Stump 26 23 1.2 4.1 .284 0.3 0.6 .500 1.0 1.4 2.7
12 Billy Hassett 28 42 0.9 3.5 .262 0.8 1.6 .522 1.6 2.0 2.6
13 Bud Grant 22 35 1.2 3.3 .365 0.2 0.5 .412 0.5 1.0 2.6
14 Normie Glick 22 1 1.0 1.0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0

Per 36 Minutes

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 Slater Martin 24 67 .351 .634
2 Arnie Ferrin 24 63 .333 .697
3 Bud Grant 22 35 .365 .412
4 Normie Glick 22 1 1.000
5 Bob Harrison 22 66 .359 .676
6 Billy Hassett 28 42 .262 .522
7 Tony Jaros 29 61 .291 .750
8 Paul Walther 22 22 .400 .524
9 Gene Stump 26 23 .284 .500
10 Herm Schaefer 31 65 .389 .851
11 Jim Pollard 27 66 .346 .764
12 Vern Mikkelsen 21 68 .399 .752
13 George Mikan 25 68 .407 .779
14 Don Carlson 30 57 .341 .726

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 George Mikan 25 68 .487 .407 15.3 5.8 21.1
2 Vern Mikkelsen 21 68 .466 .399 5.6 3.6 9.2
3 Jim Pollard 27 66 .390 .346 1.2 4.1 5.4
4 Herm Schaefer 31 65 .460 .389 2.9 2.4 5.4
5 Slater Martin 24 67 .395 .351 0.9 2.6 3.5
6 Bob Harrison 22 66 .394 .359 0.7 2.7 3.5
7 Arnie Ferrin 24 63 .383 .333 0.2 2.3 2.6
8 Don Carlson 30 57 .402 .341 0.7 1.9 2.6
9 Tony Jaros 29 61 .362 .291 -0.4 1.7 1.3
10 Paul Walther 22 22 .420 .400 0.2 0.5 0.8
11 Billy Hassett 28 42 .318 .262 -0.6 1.3 0.7
12 Bud Grant 22 35 .371 .365 -0.1 0.6 0.5
13 Normie Glick 22 1 1.000 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.1
14 Gene Stump 26 23 .302 .284 -0.6 0.5 0.0

Playoffs Totals

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 25 12 121 316 .383 134 170 .788 36 47 376
2 Vern Mikkelsen 21 12 55 149 .369 46 60 .767 18 52 156
3 Jim Pollard 27 12 50 175 .286 44 62 .710 56 36 144
4 Arnie Ferrin 24 12 33 97 .340 16 29 .552 30 51 82
5 Slater Martin 24 12 21 50 .420 14 24 .583 25 35 56
6 Don Carlson 30 10 21 37 .568 12 15 .800 11 19 54
7 Herm Schaefer 31 12 16 42 .381 19 22 .864 16 12 51
8 Bud Grant 22 11 18 45 .400 7 14 .500 7 25 43
9 Bob Harrison 22 12 16 37 .432 10 14 .714 12 34 42
10 Billy Hassett 28 7 3 12 .250 3 10 .300 4 8 9
11 Tony Jaros 29 2 0 3 .000 1 2 .500 0 2 1

Playoffs Per Game

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 25 12 10.1 26.3 .383 11.2 14.2 .788 3.0 3.9 31.3
2 Vern Mikkelsen 21 12 4.6 12.4 .369 3.8 5.0 .767 1.5 4.3 13.0
3 Jim Pollard 27 12 4.2 14.6 .286 3.7 5.2 .710 4.7 3.0 12.0
4 Arnie Ferrin 24 12 2.8 8.1 .340 1.3 2.4 .552 2.5 4.3 6.8
5 Don Carlson 30 10 2.1 3.7 .568 1.2 1.5 .800 1.1 1.9 5.4
6 Slater Martin 24 12 1.8 4.2 .420 1.2 2.0 .583 2.1 2.9 4.7
7 Herm Schaefer 31 12 1.3 3.5 .381 1.6 1.8 .864 1.3 1.0 4.3
8 Bud Grant 22 11 1.6 4.1 .400 0.6 1.3 .500 0.6 2.3 3.9
9 Bob Harrison 22 12 1.3 3.1 .432 0.8 1.2 .714 1.0 2.8 3.5
10 Billy Hassett 28 7 0.4 1.7 .250 0.4 1.4 .300 0.6 1.1 1.3
11 Tony Jaros 29 2 0.0 1.5 .000 0.5 1.0 .500 0.0 1.0 0.5

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

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 Herm Schaefer 31 12 .381 .864
2 Arnie Ferrin 24 12 .340 .552
3 Bud Grant 22 11 .400 .500
4 Bob Harrison 22 12 .432 .714
5 Billy Hassett 28 7 .250 .300
6 Tony Jaros 29 2 .000 .500
7 Slater Martin 24 12 .420 .583
8 Vern Mikkelsen 21 12 .369 .767
9 George Mikan 25 12 .383 .788
10 Jim Pollard 27 12 .286 .710
11 Don Carlson 30 10 .568 .800

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 George Mikan 25 12 .481 .383 2.5 1.2 3.7
2 Vern Mikkelsen 21 12 .445 .369 0.6 0.8 1.5
3 Don Carlson 30 10 .619 .568 0.8 0.3 1.1
4 Slater Martin 24 12 .462 .420 0.4 0.6 1.0
5 Bob Harrison 22 12 .487 .432 0.3 0.5 0.8
6 Arnie Ferrin 24 12 .374 .340 -0.1 0.8 0.7
7 Herm Schaefer 31 12 .493 .381 0.4 0.3 0.7
8 Jim Pollard 27 12 .356 .286 -0.5 1.0 0.5
9 Bud Grant 22 11 .420 .400 0.1 0.4 0.4
10 Billy Hassett 28 7 .274 .250 -0.1 0.1 0.0
11 Tony Jaros 29 2 .129 .000 -0.1 0.0 -0.1