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1951-52 Minneapolis Lakers Roster and Statistics

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40-26, Finished 2nd in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: John Kundla (40-26)

1951-52 NBA Champions

PTS/G: 85.6 (5th of 10) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 79.5 (1st of 10)
SRS: 5.28 (1st of 10)
Expected W-L: 49-17 (1st of 10)

Arena: Minneapolis Auditorium ▪ Attendance: NA

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-3) versus New York Knicks
Won NBA Western Division Finals (3-1) versus Rochester Royals
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Indianapolis Olympians


NBA Champions

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
16 Bob Harrison G 6-1 190 August 12, 1927 2 University of Michigan
11 Lew Hitch F-C 6-8 200 July 16, 1929 R Kansas State University
15-4 Joe Hutton G 6-1 170 October 6, 1928 1 Hamline University
22 Slater Martin G 5-10 170 October 22, 1925 2 University of Texas at Austin
99 George Mikan C 6-10 245 June 18, 1924 3 DePaul University
19 Vern Mikkelsen F-C 6-7 230 October 21, 1928 2 Hamline University
John Pilch F 6-3 185 July 11, 1925 R University of Wyoming
17 Jim Pollard F-C 6-4 185 July 9, 1922 3 Stanford University
18 Pep Saul G-F 6-2 185 February 16, 1924 2 Seton Hall University
12 Howie Schultz C-F 6-6 200 July 3, 1922 1 Hamline University
20 Whitey Skoog G 5-11 180 November 2, 1926 R University of Minnesota

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 66 2106 5733 .367 1436 1921 .748 3543 1389 1763 5648 85.6
Lg Rank 2 1 6 9 10 3 7 7 6 5 5
Opponent 66 5250 79.5
Lg Rank 1 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 27 64 2572 545 1414 .385 433 555 .780 866 194 286 1523
2 Vern Mikkelsen 23 66 2345 363 866 .419 283 372 .761 681 180 282 1009
3 Jim Pollard 29 65 2545 411 1155 .356 183 260 .704 593 234 199 1005
4 Slater Martin 26 66 2480 237 632 .375 142 190 .747 228 249 226 616
5 Bob Harrison 24 65 1712 156 487 .320 89 124 .718 160 188 203 401
6 Howie Schultz 29 66 1301 89 315 .283 90 119 .756 246 102 197 268
7 Whitey Skoog 25 35 988 102 296 .345 30 38 .789 122 60 94 234
8 Lew Hitch 22 61 849 77 215 .358 63 94 .670 243 50 89 217
9 Joe Hutton 23 60 723 53 158 .335 49 70 .700 85 62 110 155
10 John Pilch 26 9 41 1 10 .100 3 6 .500 9 2 10 5
11 Pep Saul 27 25 759 72 185 .389 71 93 .763 68 66 215

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 27 64 40.2 8.5 22.1 .385 6.8 8.7 .780 13.5 3.0 4.5 23.8
2 Jim Pollard 29 65 39.2 6.3 17.8 .356 2.8 4.0 .704 9.1 3.6 3.1 15.5
3 Vern Mikkelsen 23 66 35.5 5.5 13.1 .419 4.3 5.6 .761 10.3 2.7 4.3 15.3
4 Slater Martin 26 66 37.6 3.6 9.6 .375 2.2 2.9 .747 3.5 3.8 3.4 9.3
5 Whitey Skoog 25 35 28.2 2.9 8.5 .345 0.9 1.1 .789 3.5 1.7 2.7 6.7
6 Bob Harrison 24 65 26.3 2.4 7.5 .320 1.4 1.9 .718 2.5 2.9 3.1 6.2
7 Howie Schultz 29 66 19.7 1.3 4.8 .283 1.4 1.8 .756 3.7 1.5 3.0 4.1
8 Lew Hitch 22 61 13.9 1.3 3.5 .358 1.0 1.5 .670 4.0 0.8 1.5 3.6
9 Joe Hutton 23 60 12.1 0.9 2.6 .335 0.8 1.2 .700 1.4 1.0 1.8 2.6
10 John Pilch 26 9 4.6 0.1 1.1 .100 0.3 0.7 .500 1.0 0.2 1.1 0.6
11 Pep Saul 27 25 30.4 2.9 7.4 .389 2.8 3.7 .763 2.7 2.6 8.6

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 George Mikan 27 64 2572 7.6 19.8 .385 6.1 7.8 .780 12.1 2.7 4.0 21.3
2 Vern Mikkelsen 23 66 2345 5.6 13.3 .419 4.3 5.7 .761 10.5 2.8 4.3 15.5
3 Jim Pollard 29 65 2545 5.8 16.3 .356 2.6 3.7 .704 8.4 3.3 2.8 14.2
4 Lew Hitch 22 61 849 3.3 9.1 .358 2.7 4.0 .670 10.3 2.1 3.8 9.2
5 Slater Martin 26 66 2480 3.4 9.2 .375 2.1 2.8 .747 3.3 3.6 3.3 8.9
6 Whitey Skoog 25 35 988 3.7 10.8 .345 1.1 1.4 .789 4.4 2.2 3.4 8.5
7 Bob Harrison 24 65 1712 3.3 10.2 .320 1.9 2.6 .718 3.4 4.0 4.3 8.4
8 Joe Hutton 23 60 723 2.6 7.9 .335 2.4 3.5 .700 4.2 3.1 5.5 7.7
9 Howie Schultz 29 66 1301 2.5 8.7 .283 2.5 3.3 .756 6.8 2.8 5.5 7.4
10 John Pilch 26 9 41 0.9 8.8 .100 2.6 5.3 .500 7.9 1.8 8.8 4.4
11 Pep Saul 27 25 759 3.4 8.8 .389 3.4 4.4 .763 3.2 3.1 10.2

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 27 64 2572 26.4 .459 .385 6.4 8.0 14.4 .268
2 Vern Mikkelsen 23 66 2345 21.9 .490 .419 6.5 6.6 13.2 .270
3 Slater Martin 26 66 2480 10.8 .430 .375 1.8 4.5 6.3 .121
4 Jim Pollard 29 65 2545 16.4 .396 .356 -0.9 6.6 5.7 .108
5 Lew Hitch 22 61 849 14.0 .423 .358 0.4 2.3 2.7 .151
6 Bob Harrison 24 65 1712 8.2 .370 .320 -1.0 3.2 2.2 .061
7 Howie Schultz 29 66 1301 8.1 .365 .283 -0.9 2.9 2.0 .074
8 Joe Hutton 23 60 723 8.0 .410 .335 0.2 1.3 1.5 .102
9 Whitey Skoog 25 35 988 7.7 .374 .345 -0.7 1.7 1.0 .048
10 John Pilch 26 9 41 -2.6 .198 .100 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.118
11 Pep Saul 27 25 759 .476 .389

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 27 13 553 99 261 109 138 207 36 63 307 .379 .790 42.5 23.6 15.9 2.8
2 Jim Pollard 29 11 469 70 173 37 50 71 33 34 177 .405 .740 42.6 16.1 6.5 3.0
3 Vern Mikkelsen 23 13 495 60 139 53 64 110 20 66 173 .432 .828 38.1 13.3 8.5 1.5
4 Pep Saul 27 13 530 56 121 35 48 36 45 42 147 .463 .729 40.8 11.3 2.8 3.5
5 Slater Martin 26 13 523 38 110 41 56 37 56 64 117 .345 .732 40.2 9.0 2.8 4.3
6 Bob Harrison 24 12 235 30 68 14 17 20 24 39 74 .441 .824 19.6 6.2 1.7 2.0
7 Joe Hutton 23 12 139 12 29 9 14 13 12 17 33 .414 .643 11.6 2.8 1.1 1.0
8 Lew Hitch 22 13 152 9 25 6 21 44 9 16 24 .360 .286 11.7 1.8 3.4 0.7
9 Howie Schultz 29 12 99 6 18 6 10 19 5 18 18 .333 .600 8.3 1.5 1.6 0.4

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 27 13 553 27.6 .477 .379 15.7 0.9 1.5 2.4 .206
2 Vern Mikkelsen 23 13 495 16.8 .517 .432 8.5 1.0 0.9 1.9 .180
3 Pep Saul 27 13 530 13.3 .517 .463 17.4 0.9 0.7 1.5 .139
4 Jim Pollard 29 11 469 16.2 .454 .405 15.8 0.2 0.7 0.9 .096
5 Slater Martin 26 13 523 9.4 .434 .345 20.5 0.0 0.7 0.7 .068
6 Bob Harrison 24 12 235 12.9 .490 .441 21.9 0.3 0.3 0.6 .131
7 Joe Hutton 23 12 139 10.4 .469 .414 17.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 .098
8 Howie Schultz 29 12 99 6.9 .402 .333 9.5 -0.1 0.2 0.1 .051
9 Lew Hitch 22 13 152 9.8 .350 .360 11.1 -0.2 0.3 0.1 .035