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1950-51 Minneapolis Lakers Roster and Statistics

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44-24, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: John Kundla (44-24)

PTS/G: 82.8 (8th of 11) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 77.4 (1st of 11)
SRS: 4.79 (1st of 11)
Expected W-L: 49-19 (1st of 11)

Arena: Minneapolis Auditorium ▪ Attendance: 172,410 (3rd of 7)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Finals (3-1) versus Rochester Royals
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-1) versus Indianapolis Olympians

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
12 Ed Beach F 6-3 200 January 25, 1929 R West Virginia University
18 Arnie Ferrin F-G 6-2 180 July 29, 1925 2 University of Utah
20 Bud Grant F 6-3 195 May 20, 1927 1 University of Minnesota
16 Bob Harrison G 6-1 190 August 12, 1927 1 University of Michigan
14 Joe Hutton G 6-1 170 October 6, 1928 R Hamline University
13 Tony Jaros F-G 6-3 185 February 22, 1920 3 University of Minnesota
22 Slater Martin G 5-10 170 October 22, 1925 1 University of Texas at Austin
99 George Mikan C 6-10 245 June 18, 1924 2 DePaul University
19 Vern Mikkelsen F-C 6-7 230 October 21, 1928 1 Hamline University
15 Kevin O'Shea G 6-2 175 July 10, 1925 R University of Notre Dame
17 Jim Pollard F-C 6-4 185 July 9, 1922 2 Stanford University

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 68 2084 5590 .373 1464 1989 .736 3409 1408 1801 5632 82.8
Lg Rank 2 6 3 9 9 4 6 7 6 8 8
Opponent 68 5264 77.4
Lg Rank 2 1

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 26 68 678 1584 .428 576 717 .803 958 208 308 1932
2 Vern Mikkelsen 22 64 359 893 .402 186 275 .676 655 181 260 904
3 Jim Pollard 28 54 256 728 .352 117 156 .750 484 184 157 629
4 Slater Martin 25 68 227 627 .362 121 177 .684 246 235 199 575
5 Bob Harrison 23 68 150 432 .347 101 128 .789 172 195 218 401
6 Arnie Ferrin 25 68 119 373 .319 114 164 .695 271 107 220 352
7 Kevin O'Shea 25 63 87 267 .326 97 134 .724 125 100 99 271
8 Tony Jaros 30 63 88 287 .307 65 103 .631 131 72 131 241
9 Bud Grant 23 61 53 184 .288 52 83 .627 115 71 106 158
10 Joe Hutton 22 60 59 180 .328 29 43 .674 102 53 89 147
11 Ed Beach 22 11 8 35 .229 6 9 .667 25 2 14 22

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 26 68 10.0 23.3 .428 8.5 10.5 .803 14.1 3.1 4.5 28.4
2 Vern Mikkelsen 22 64 5.6 14.0 .402 2.9 4.3 .676 10.2 2.8 4.1 14.1
3 Jim Pollard 28 54 4.7 13.5 .352 2.2 2.9 .750 9.0 3.4 2.9 11.6
4 Slater Martin 25 68 3.3 9.2 .362 1.8 2.6 .684 3.6 3.5 2.9 8.5
5 Bob Harrison 23 68 2.2 6.4 .347 1.5 1.9 .789 2.5 2.9 3.2 5.9
6 Arnie Ferrin 25 68 1.8 5.5 .319 1.7 2.4 .695 4.0 1.6 3.2 5.2
7 Kevin O'Shea 25 63 1.4 4.2 .326 1.5 2.1 .724 2.0 1.6 1.6 4.3
8 Tony Jaros 30 63 1.4 4.6 .307 1.0 1.6 .631 2.1 1.1 2.1 3.8
9 Bud Grant 23 61 0.9 3.0 .288 0.9 1.4 .627 1.9 1.2 1.7 2.6
10 Joe Hutton 22 60 1.0 3.0 .328 0.5 0.7 .674 1.7 0.9 1.5 2.5
11 Ed Beach 22 11 0.7 3.2 .229 0.5 0.8 .667 2.3 0.2 1.3 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 Jim Pollard 28 54 .352 .750
2 Arnie Ferrin 25 68 .319 .695
3 Bud Grant 23 61 .288 .627
4 Bob Harrison 23 68 .347 .789
5 Joe Hutton 22 60 .328 .674
6 Tony Jaros 30 63 .307 .631
7 Slater Martin 25 68 .362 .684
8 Vern Mikkelsen 22 64 .402 .676
9 George Mikan 26 68 .428 .803
10 Kevin O'Shea 25 63 .326 .724
11 Ed Beach 22 11 .229 .667

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 26 68 .509 .428 16.0 7.4 23.4
2 Vern Mikkelsen 22 64 .446 .402 3.9 5.0 8.9
3 Jim Pollard 28 54 .395 .352 0.1 4.0 4.2
4 Slater Martin 25 68 .408 .362 1.1 3.1 4.2
5 Bob Harrison 23 68 .411 .347 1.0 2.3 3.3
6 Arnie Ferrin 25 68 .395 .319 0.2 2.2 2.4
7 Kevin O'Shea 25 63 .416 .326 0.7 1.4 2.1
8 Bud Grant 23 61 .358 .288 -0.5 1.1 0.6
9 Joe Hutton 22 60 .369 .328 -0.3 1.0 0.6
10 Tony Jaros 30 63 .363 .307 -0.7 1.3 0.6
11 Ed Beach 22 11 .282 .229 -0.4 0.2 -0.2

Playoffs

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 26 7 62 152 44 55 74 9 25 168 .408 .800 24.0 10.6 1.3
2 Vern Mikkelsen 22 7 39 96 31 47 67 17 35 109 .406 .660 15.6 9.6 2.4
3 Jim Pollard 28 7 35 108 25 30 62 27 27 95 .324 .833 13.6 8.9 3.9
4 Bob Harrison 23 7 24 52 6 8 27 19 30 54 .462 .750 7.7 3.9 2.7
5 Slater Martin 25 7 18 51 14 27 42 25 20 50 .353 .519 7.1 6.0 3.6
6 Arnie Ferrin 25 7 12 36 17 18 33 16 21 41 .333 .944 5.9 4.7 2.3
7 Tony Jaros 30 7 6 20 8 11 7 6 11 20 .300 .727 2.9 1.0 0.9
8 Bud Grant 23 6 4 11 3 3 5 0 12 11 .364 1.000 1.8 0.8 0.0
9 Kevin O'Shea 25 5 1 7 3 4 5 1 8 5 .143 .750 1.0 1.0 0.2
10 Joe Hutton 22 7 0 3 2 4 3 1 5 2 .000 .500 0.3 0.4 0.1

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 26 7 .477 .408 0.8 0.2 1.1
2 Vern Mikkelsen 22 7 .467 .406 0.5 0.2 0.7
3 Bob Harrison 23 7 .486 .462 0.3 0.1 0.5
4 Arnie Ferrin 25 7 .467 .333 0.2 0.1 0.3
5 Slater Martin 25 7 .398 .353 0.0 0.2 0.2
6 Jim Pollard 28 7 .392 .324 -0.2 0.2 0.1
7 Bud Grant 23 6 .446 .364 0.0 0.0 0.0
8 Tony Jaros 30 7 .403 .300 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Joe Hutton 22 7 .210 .000 -0.1 0.0 -0.1
10 Kevin O'Shea 25 5 .285 .143 -0.1 0.0 -0.1