1953-54 Minneapolis Lakers Roster and Statistics

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46-26, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: John Kundla (46-26)

1953-54 NBA Champions

PTS/G: 81.7 (3rd of 9) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 78.6 (5th of 9)
SRS: 2.70 (2nd of 9)
Expected W-L: 45-27 (2nd of 9)

Arena: Minneapolis Auditorium ▪ Attendance: NA

Playoffs:
Won NBA Finals (4-3) versus Syracuse Nationals
Won NBA Western Division Finals (2-1) versus Rochester Royals
Advanced from Western Division Round Robin

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NBA Champions

Roster

No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Exp	College
	Jim Fritsche	F-C	6-8	210	December 10, 1931	R	Hamline University
16	Bob Harrison	G	6-1	190	August 12, 1927	4	University of Michigan
12	Jim Holstein	F-G	6-3	180	September 24, 1930	1	University of Cincinnati
34-89	Clyde Lovellette	C-F	6-9	234	September 7, 1929	R	University of Kansas
22	Slater Martin	G	5-10	170	October 22, 1925	4	University of Texas at Austin
99	George Mikan	C	6-10	245	June 18, 1924	5	DePaul University
19	Vern Mikkelsen	F-C	6-7	230	October 21, 1928	4	Hamline University
17	Jim Pollard	F-C	6-4	185	July 9, 1922	5	Stanford University
18	Pep Saul	G-F	6-2	185	February 16, 1924	4	Seton Hall University
15-24	Dick Schnittker	F	6-5	200	May 27, 1928	1	Ohio State University
20	Whitey Skoog	G	5-11	180	November 2, 1926	2	University of Minnesota

Team and Opponent Statistics

	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	PTS/G
Team	72	2184	5803	.376	1512	2067	.731	3752	1323	1918	5880	81.7
Lg Rank		2	1	2	9	9	1	5	8	2	3	3
Opponent	72										5660	78.6
Lg Rank											4	4

Totals

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	George Mikan	29	72	2362	441	1160	.380	424	546	.777	1028	174	268	1306
2	Jim Pollard	31	71	2483	326	882	.370	179	230	.778	500	214	161	831
3	Vern Mikkelsen	25	72	2247	288	771	.374	221	298	.742	615	119	264	797
4	Slater Martin	28	69	2472	254	654	.388	176	243	.724	166	253	198	684
5	Clyde Lovellette	24	72	1255	237	560	.423	114	164	.695	419	51	210	588
6	Whitey Skoog	27	71	1877	212	530	.400	72	97	.742	224	179	234	496
7	Pep Saul	29	71	1805	162	467	.347	128	170	.753	159	139	149	452
8	Dick Schnittker	25	71	1040	122	307	.397	86	132	.652	178	59	178	330
9	Jim Holstein	23	70	1155	88	288	.306	64	112	.571	204	79	140	240
10	Jim Fritsche	22
11	Bob Harrison	26

Per Game

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	George Mikan	29	72	32.8	6.1	16.1	.380	5.9	7.6	.777	14.3	2.4	3.7	18.1
2	Jim Pollard	31	71	35.0	4.6	12.4	.370	2.5	3.2	.778	7.0	3.0	2.3	11.7
3	Vern Mikkelsen	25	72	31.2	4.0	10.7	.374	3.1	4.1	.742	8.5	1.7	3.7	11.1
4	Slater Martin	28	69	35.8	3.7	9.5	.388	2.6	3.5	.724	2.4	3.7	2.9	9.9
5	Clyde Lovellette	24	72	17.4	3.3	7.8	.423	1.6	2.3	.695	5.8	0.7	2.9	8.2
6	Whitey Skoog	27	71	26.4	3.0	7.5	.400	1.0	1.4	.742	3.2	2.5	3.3	7.0
7	Pep Saul	29	71	25.4	2.3	6.6	.347	1.8	2.4	.753	2.2	2.0	2.1	6.4
8	Dick Schnittker	25	71	14.6	1.7	4.3	.397	1.2	1.9	.652	2.5	0.8	2.5	4.6
9	Jim Holstein	23	70	16.5	1.3	4.1	.306	0.9	1.6	.571	2.9	1.1	2.0	3.4
10	Jim Fritsche	22
11	Bob Harrison	26

Per 36 Minutes

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	George Mikan	29	72	2362	6.7	17.7	.380	6.5	8.3	.777	15.7	2.7	4.1	19.9
2	Clyde Lovellette	24	72	1255	6.8	16.1	.423	3.3	4.7	.695	12.0	1.5	6.0	16.9
3	Vern Mikkelsen	25	72	2247	4.6	12.4	.374	3.5	4.8	.742	9.9	1.9	4.2	12.8
4	Jim Pollard	31	71	2483	4.7	12.8	.370	2.6	3.3	.778	7.2	3.1	2.3	12.0
5	Dick Schnittker	25	71	1040	4.2	10.6	.397	3.0	4.6	.652	6.2	2.0	6.2	11.4
6	Slater Martin	28	69	2472	3.7	9.5	.388	2.6	3.5	.724	2.4	3.7	2.9	10.0
7	Whitey Skoog	27	71	1877	4.1	10.2	.400	1.4	1.9	.742	4.3	3.4	4.5	9.5
8	Pep Saul	29	71	1805	3.2	9.3	.347	2.6	3.4	.753	3.2	2.8	3.0	9.0
9	Jim Holstein	23	70	1155	2.7	9.0	.306	2.0	3.5	.571	6.4	2.5	4.4	7.5
10	Jim Fritsche	22
11	Bob Harrison	26

Advanced

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	George Mikan	29	72	2362	28.5	.466	.380	6.1	6.6	12.7	.258
2	Vern Mikkelsen	25	72	2247	16.4	.442	.374	2.2	4.4	6.6	.141
3	Slater Martin	28	69	2472	11.9	.449	.388	2.9	3.2	6.1	.118
4	Jim Pollard	31	71	2483	15.8	.423	.370	1.3	4.5	5.7	.111
5	Clyde Lovellette	24	72	1255	20.5	.465	.423	2.5	2.7	5.2	.200
6	Whitey Skoog	27	71	1877	11.2	.433	.400	1.3	2.8	4.1	.106
7	Dick Schnittker	25	71	1040	11.8	.452	.397	1.2	1.6	2.8	.129
8	Pep Saul	29	71	1805	9.7	.417	.347	0.6	2.2	2.8	.075
9	Jim Holstein	23	70	1155	7.8	.356	.306	-1.3	1.8	0.6	.024
10	Jim Fritsche	22
11	Bob Harrison	26

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	29	13	424	87	190			78	96		171	25				56	252	.458		.813	32.6	19.4	13.2	1.9
2	Jim Pollard	31	13	543	56	155			48	60		110	41				27	160	.361		.800	41.8	12.3	8.5	3.2
3	Clyde Lovellette	24	13	265	54	120			28	58		126	7				37	136	.450		.483	20.4	10.5	9.7	0.5
4	Vern Mikkelsen	25	13	375	51	111			31	36		73	17				52	133	.459		.861	28.8	10.2	5.6	1.3
5	Slater Martin	28	13	533	37	112			52	70		29	60				52	126	.330		.743	41.0	9.7	2.2	4.6
6	Whitey Skoog	27	13	402	42	107			12	21		47	23				60	96	.393		.571	30.9	7.4	3.6	1.8
7	Pep Saul	29	13	227	18	51			25	34		27	14				27	61	.353		.735	17.5	4.7	2.1	1.1
8	Jim Holstein	23	13	188	15	49			16	23		35	11				28	46	.306		.696	14.5	3.5	2.7	0.8
9	Dick Schnittker	25	13	163	11	32			12	20		21	5				32	34	.344		.600	12.5	2.6	1.6	0.4

Playoffs Advanced

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	eFG%	AST%	OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48
1	George Mikan	29	13	424	33.6	.543	.458	15.1	2.0	1.5	3.5	.391
2	Vern Mikkelsen	25	13	375	17.3	.524	.459	9.9	0.9	0.8	1.7	.216
3	Jim Pollard	31	13	543	16.2	.441	.361	15.4	0.1	1.3	1.4	.127
4	Clyde Lovellette	24	13	265	27.0	.467	.450	6.8	0.3	1.0	1.3	.235
5	Slater Martin	28	13	533	10.9	.441	.330	21.4	0.2	1.0	1.2	.105
6	Pep Saul	29	13	227	11.4	.462	.353	12.0	0.2	0.4	0.6	.120
7	Whitey Skoog	27	13	402	8.1	.413	.393	11.7	-0.2	0.7	0.5	.060
8	Dick Schnittker	25	13	163	5.4	.417	.344	5.8	-0.1	0.3	0.2	.058
9	Jim Holstein	23	13	188	9.4	.389	.306	11.4	-0.2	0.4	0.2	.051

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