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1954-55 Minneapolis Lakers Roster and Statistics

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40-32, Finished 2nd in NBA Western Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: John Kundla (40-32)

Points Per Game: 95.6 (2nd of 8) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 94.5 (7th of 8)
Pythagorean W-L: 39-33 (3rd of 8)

Arena: Minneapolis Auditorium ▪ Attendance: NA

SRS: 0.96 (3rd of 8)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Finals (3-1) versus Fort Wayne Pistons
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-1) versus Rochester Royals

1954-55 Minneapolis Lakers:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
18 Bob Carney G 6-3 170 August 3, 1932 R Bradley University
11 Lew Hitch F-C 6-8 200 July 16, 1929 3 Kansas State University
12 Jim Holstein F-G 6-3 180 September 24, 1930 2 University of Cincinnati
23 Ed Kalafat C-F 6-6 245 October 13, 1932 R University of Minnesota
34 Clyde Lovellette C-F 6-9 234 September 7, 1929 1 University of Kansas
22 Slater Martin G 5-10 170 October 22, 1925 5 University of Texas at Austin
19 Vern Mikkelsen F-C 6-7 230 October 21, 1928 5 Hamline University
17 Jim Pollard F-C 6-4 185 July 9, 1922 6 Stanford University
15 Dick Schnittker F 6-5 200 May 27, 1928 2 Ohio State University
20 Whitey Skoog G 5-11 180 November 2, 1926 3 University of Minnesota
18 Don Sunderlage G 6-1 180 December 20, 1929 1 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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 72 2506 6465 .388 1873 2517 .744 3865 1468 1935 6885 95.6
Opponent 72 6801 94.5

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 Vern Mikkelsen 26 71 2559 440 1043 .422 447 598 .747 722 145 319 1327
2 Clyde Lovellette 25 70 2361 519 1192 .435 273 398 .686 802 100 262 1311
3 Slater Martin 29 72 2784 350 919 .381 276 359 .769 260 427 221 976
4 Whitey Skoog 28 72 2365 330 836 .395 125 155 .806 303 251 265 785
5 Dick Schnittker 26 72 1798 226 583 .388 298 362 .823 349 114 231 750
6 Jim Pollard 32 63 1960 265 749 .354 151 186 .812 458 160 147 681
7 Ed Kalafat 22 72 1102 118 375 .315 111 168 .661 317 75 205 347
8 Jim Holstein 24 62 980 107 330 .324 67 94 .713 206 58 107 281
9 Don Sunderlage 25 45 404 33 133 .248 48 73 .658 56 37 57 114
10 Bob Carney 22 19 244 24 64 .375 21 40 .525 45 16 36 69
11 Lew Hitch 25

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 Vern Mikkelsen 26 71 36.0 6.2 14.7 .422 6.3 8.4 .747 10.2 2.0 4.5 18.7
2 Clyde Lovellette 25 70 33.7 7.4 17.0 .435 3.9 5.7 .686 11.5 1.4 3.7 18.7
3 Slater Martin 29 72 38.7 4.9 12.8 .381 3.8 5.0 .769 3.6 5.9 3.1 13.6
4 Whitey Skoog 28 72 32.8 4.6 11.6 .395 1.7 2.2 .806 4.2 3.5 3.7 10.9
5 Jim Pollard 32 63 31.1 4.2 11.9 .354 2.4 3.0 .812 7.3 2.5 2.3 10.8
6 Dick Schnittker 26 72 25.0 3.1 8.1 .388 4.1 5.0 .823 4.8 1.6 3.2 10.4
7 Ed Kalafat 22 72 15.3 1.6 5.2 .315 1.5 2.3 .661 4.4 1.0 2.8 4.8
8 Jim Holstein 24 62 15.8 1.7 5.3 .324 1.1 1.5 .713 3.3 0.9 1.7 4.5
9 Bob Carney 22 19 12.8 1.3 3.4 .375 1.1 2.1 .525 2.4 0.8 1.9 3.6
10 Don Sunderlage 25 45 9.0 0.7 3.0 .248 1.1 1.6 .658 1.2 0.8 1.3 2.5
11 Lew Hitch 25

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 Clyde Lovellette 25 70 2361 7.9 18.2 .435 4.2 6.1 .686 12.2 1.5 4.0 20.0
2 Vern Mikkelsen 26 71 2559 6.2 14.7 .422 6.3 8.4 .747 10.2 2.0 4.5 18.7
3 Dick Schnittker 26 72 1798 4.5 11.7 .388 6.0 7.2 .823 7.0 2.3 4.6 15.0
4 Slater Martin 29 72 2784 4.5 11.9 .381 3.6 4.6 .769 3.4 5.5 2.9 12.6
5 Jim Pollard 32 63 1960 4.9 13.8 .354 2.8 3.4 .812 8.4 2.9 2.7 12.5
6 Whitey Skoog 28 72 2365 5.0 12.7 .395 1.9 2.4 .806 4.6 3.8 4.0 11.9
7 Ed Kalafat 22 72 1102 3.9 12.3 .315 3.6 5.5 .661 10.4 2.5 6.7 11.3
8 Jim Holstein 24 62 980 3.9 12.1 .324 2.5 3.5 .713 7.6 2.1 3.9 10.3
9 Don Sunderlage 25 45 404 2.9 11.9 .248 4.3 6.5 .658 5.0 3.3 5.1 10.2
10 Bob Carney 22 19 244 3.5 9.4 .375 3.1 5.9 .525 6.6 2.4 5.3 10.2
11 Lew Hitch 25

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 Vern Mikkelsen 26 71 2559 20.2 .508 .422 7.4 3.6 10.9
2 Clyde Lovellette 25 70 2361 21.1 .479 .435 4.9 3.6 8.5
3 Slater Martin 29 72 2784 14.2 .453 .381 3.0 3.2 6.2
4 Dick Schnittker 26 72 1798 15.4 .505 .388 4.2 2.1 6.2
5 Whitey Skoog 28 72 2365 11.4 .434 .395 1.1 2.6 3.6
6 Jim Pollard 32 63 1960 13.2 .410 .354 -0.5 2.6 2.1
7 Ed Kalafat 22 72 1102 9.7 .386 .315 -0.9 1.6 0.7
8 Bob Carney 22 19 244 8.8 .423 .375 0.0 0.3 0.3
9 Jim Holstein 24 62 980 8.7 .378 .324 -1.0 1.2 0.2
10 Don Sunderlage 25 45 404 6.0 .345 .248 -0.8 0.4 -0.3
11 Lew Hitch 25

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 Clyde Lovellette 25 7 197 44 98 29 40 64 3 32 117 .449 .725 28.1 16.7 9.1 0.4
2 Jim Pollard 32 7 257 33 104 33 46 78 14 13 99 .317 .717 36.7 14.1 11.1 2.0
3 Vern Mikkelsen 26 7 209 30 85 36 46 78 13 36 96 .353 .783 29.9 13.7 11.1 1.9
4 Slater Martin 29 7 315 28 94 40 49 28 31 23 96 .298 .816 45.0 13.7 4.0 4.4
5 Whitey Skoog 28 7 241 36 92 19 21 37 16 30 91 .391 .905 34.4 13.0 5.3 2.3
6 Lew Hitch 25 7 137 16 40 23 29 42 10 9 55 .400 .793 19.6 7.9 6.0 1.4
7 Dick Schnittker 26 7 140 14 51 25 36 31 7 23 53 .275 .694 20.0 7.6 4.4 1.0
8 Jim Holstein 24 7 117 16 38 8 9 30 6 8 40 .421 .889 16.7 5.7 4.3 0.9
9 Bob Carney 22 7 41 1 8 8 9 5 3 7 10 .125 .889 5.9 1.4 0.7 0.4
10 Ed Kalafat 22 7 76 2 22 3 10 18 0 16 7 .091 .300 10.9 1.0 2.6 0.0

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 Clyde Lovellette 25 7 197 22.2 .506 .449 3.7 0.6 0.4 0.9
2 Vern Mikkelsen 26 7 209 18.8 .456 .353 12.6 0.2 0.5 0.7
3 Lew Hitch 25 7 137 21.0 .521 .400 14.1 0.3 0.3 0.6
4 Whitey Skoog 28 7 241 12.7 .449 .391 13.6 0.2 0.4 0.5
5 Slater Martin 29 7 315 10.6 .415 .298 18.0 0.0 0.5 0.4
6 Jim Holstein 24 7 117 15.9 .477 .421 10.3 0.1 0.2 0.4
7 Jim Pollard 32 7 257 15.6 .398 .317 10.7 -0.2 0.5 0.3
8 Bob Carney 22 7 41 6.6 .418 .125 12.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
9 Dick Schnittker 26 7 140 10.2 .396 .275 9.3 -0.1 0.2 0.1
10 Ed Kalafat 22 7 76 -7.5 .133 .091 0.0 -0.5 0.1 -0.4