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1967-68 Minnesota Muskies Roster and Stats

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Record: 50-28, Finished 2nd in ABA Eastern Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Jim Pollard (50-28)

PTS/G: 108.6 (8th of 11) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 104.7 (2nd of 11)
SRS: 3.79 (2nd of 11)
Expected W-L: 49-29 (3rd of 11)

Arena: Metropolitan Sports Center ▪ Attendance: NA

Playoffs:
Lost ABA Eastern Division Finals (4-1) versus Pittsburgh Pipers
Won ABA Eastern Division Semifinals (3-2) versus Kentucky Colonels

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
23 Richard Clark PG 6-4 190 January 5, 1944 R Eastern Kentucky University
34 Mel Daniels C 6-9 220 July 20, 1944 R University of New Mexico
20 Donnie Freeman SG 6-3 185 July 18, 1944 R University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
35 Les Hunter PF 6-7 210 August 16, 1942 1 Loyola University of Chicago
24 Ervin Inniger SG 6-4 190 January 16, 1945 R Indiana University
51 Gary Keller PF 6-9 220 June 13, 1944 R University of Florida
33 Terry Kunze SG 6-4 210 March 11, 1943 R University of Minnesota
32 Errol Palmer SF 6-5 195 R DePaul University
22 Ron Perry PG 6-3 190 December 29, 1943 R Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
52 Sam Smith SF 6-7 230 January 27, 1944 R Kentucky Wesleyan College
50 Skip Thoren C 6-10 230 April 5, 1943 R University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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 78 18895 3248 8084 .402 77 271 .284 1896 2968 .639 4828 1019 1313 1860 8469 108.6
Lg Rank 1 2 1 10 8 8 6 10 3 11 1 11 5 8 8 8
Opponent 78 18895 3019 7334 .412 136 468 .291 1989 2779 .716 3910 1134 1317 2012 8163 104.7
Lg Rank 1 3 4 3 10 10 7 4 4 6 1 5 7 9 2 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 49 29 3.92 -0.14 3.79 .407 12.3 .235 .421 13.3 .271 Metropolitan Sports Center
Lg Rank 3 3 3 8 2 11 3 10 3 6 5

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 Mel Daniels 23 78 2938 669 1640 .408 1 5 .200 390 678 .575 502 711 1213 109 232 268 1729
2 Les Hunter 25 75 2552 513 1207 .425 2 17 .118 290 468 .620 332 406 738 116 204 297 1318
3 Donnie Freeman 23 69 2431 414 1013 .409 0 6 .000 296 414 .715 326 190 187 185 1124
4 Ron Perry 24 67 2125 339 878 .386 62 178 .348 118 179 .659 223 139 169 151 858
5 Ervin Inniger 23 75 1993 345 790 .437 5 35 .143 99 137 .723 325 115 94 201 794
6 Sam Smith 24 77 2175 284 750 .379 2 6 .333 185 280 .661 586 81 94 171 755
7 Skip Thoren 24 63 1203 206 475 .434 0 1 .000 102 164 .622 436 59 77 124 514
8 Gary Keller 23 69 1211 184 483 .381 0 2 .000 139 214 .650 383 39 87 168 507
9 Errol Palmer 63 1191 165 453 .364 0 0 170 253 .672 471 91 78 169 500
10 Terry Kunze 24 46 662 83 245 .339 5 11 .455 59 102 .578 75 47 58 77 230
11 Richard Clark 24 26 414 46 150 .307 0 10 .000 48 79 .608 52 33 33 49 140

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 Mel Daniels 23 78 37.7 8.6 21.0 .408 0.0 0.1 .200 5.0 8.7 .575 6.4 9.1 15.6 1.4 3.0 3.4 22.2
2 Les Hunter 25 75 34.0 6.8 16.1 .425 0.0 0.2 .118 3.9 6.2 .620 4.4 5.4 9.8 1.5 2.7 4.0 17.6
3 Donnie Freeman 23 69 35.2 6.0 14.7 .409 0.0 0.1 .000 4.3 6.0 .715 4.7 2.8 2.7 2.7 16.3
4 Ron Perry 24 67 31.7 5.1 13.1 .386 0.9 2.7 .348 1.8 2.7 .659 3.3 2.1 2.5 2.3 12.8
5 Ervin Inniger 23 75 26.6 4.6 10.5 .437 0.1 0.5 .143 1.3 1.8 .723 4.3 1.5 1.3 2.7 10.6
6 Sam Smith 24 77 28.2 3.7 9.7 .379 0.0 0.1 .333 2.4 3.6 .661 7.6 1.1 1.2 2.2 9.8
7 Skip Thoren 24 63 19.1 3.3 7.5 .434 0.0 0.0 .000 1.6 2.6 .622 6.9 0.9 1.2 2.0 8.2
8 Errol Palmer 63 18.9 2.6 7.2 .364 0.0 0.0 2.7 4.0 .672 7.5 1.4 1.2 2.7 7.9
9 Gary Keller 23 69 17.6 2.7 7.0 .381 0.0 0.0 .000 2.0 3.1 .650 5.6 0.6 1.3 2.4 7.3
10 Richard Clark 24 26 15.9 1.8 5.8 .307 0.0 0.4 .000 1.8 3.0 .608 2.0 1.3 1.3 1.9 5.4
11 Terry Kunze 24 46 14.4 1.8 5.3 .339 0.1 0.2 .455 1.3 2.2 .578 1.6 1.0 1.3 1.7 5.0

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 Mel Daniels 23 78 2938 8.2 20.1 .408 0.0 0.1 .200 4.8 8.3 .575 6.2 8.7 14.9 1.3 2.8 3.3 21.2
2 Les Hunter 25 75 2552 7.2 17.0 .425 0.0 0.2 .118 4.1 6.6 .620 4.7 5.7 10.4 1.6 2.9 4.2 18.6
3 Donnie Freeman 23 69 2431 6.1 15.0 .409 0.0 0.1 .000 4.4 6.1 .715 4.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 16.6
4 Skip Thoren 24 63 1203 6.2 14.2 .434 0.0 0.0 .000 3.1 4.9 .622 13.0 1.8 2.3 3.7 15.4
5 Errol Palmer 63 1191 5.0 13.7 .364 0.0 0.0 5.1 7.6 .672 14.2 2.8 2.4 5.1 15.1
6 Gary Keller 23 69 1211 5.5 14.4 .381 0.0 0.1 .000 4.1 6.4 .650 11.4 1.2 2.6 5.0 15.1
7 Ron Perry 24 67 2125 5.7 14.9 .386 1.1 3.0 .348 2.0 3.0 .659 3.8 2.4 2.9 2.6 14.5
8 Ervin Inniger 23 75 1993 6.2 14.3 .437 0.1 0.6 .143 1.8 2.5 .723 5.9 2.1 1.7 3.6 14.3
9 Terry Kunze 24 46 662 4.5 13.3 .339 0.3 0.6 .455 3.2 5.5 .578 4.1 2.6 3.2 4.2 12.5
10 Sam Smith 24 77 2175 4.7 12.4 .379 0.0 0.1 .333 3.1 4.6 .661 9.7 1.3 1.6 2.8 12.5
11 Richard Clark 24 26 414 4.0 13.0 .307 0.0 0.9 .000 4.2 6.9 .608 4.5 2.9 2.9 4.3 12.2

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 Mel Daniels 23 78 2938 22.4 .446 .408 17.9 5.9 10.7 26.1 0.1 9.1 9.2 .150
2 Les Hunter 25 75 2552 18.0 .466 .426 12.5 6.9 12.6 22.4 1.8 6.6 8.4 .158
3 Donnie Freeman 23 69 2431 14.1 .470 .409 5.8 11.3 13.5 20.1 1.9 5.4 7.3 .144
4 Ervin Inniger 23 75 1993 13.2 .467 .440 7.1 8.4 10.0 16.7 1.2 4.2 5.4 .129
5 Sam Smith 24 77 2175 13.0 .432 .380 11.7 5.1 9.7 15.7 -0.6 5.2 4.6 .101
6 Ron Perry 24 67 2125 9.8 .448 .421 4.5 9.3 15.0 18.7 0.3 4.1 4.4 .099
7 Skip Thoren 24 63 1203 17.7 .470 .434 15.7 7.1 12.3 18.3 0.8 3.6 4.4 .176
8 Errol Palmer 63 1191 17.2 .443 .364 17.1 10.6 12.1 19.0 0.0 4.1 4.2 .168
9 Gary Keller 23 69 1211 12.9 .439 .381 13.7 4.6 13.1 19.4 -0.2 3.1 2.9 .116
10 Terry Kunze 24 46 662 5.1 .397 .349 4.9 9.7 16.7 18.6 -0.8 1.3 0.6 .041
11 Richard Clark 24 26 414 5.2 .379 .307 5.4 10.7 15.2 18.6 -0.7 0.9 0.2 .026

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 Mel Daniels 23 10 409 98 226 .434 0 0 57 94 .606 161 19 33 35 253
2 Les Hunter 25 10 388 76 188 .404 0 4 .000 62 98 .633 110 24 27 48 214
3 Donnie Freeman 23 10 365 56 134 .418 0 4 .000 46 63 .730 50 56 39 46 158
4 Sam Smith 24 10 374 56 142 .394 0 0 35 51 .686 81 12 15 39 147
5 Ervin Inniger 23 10 364 55 140 .393 2 11 .182 26 32 .813 57 35 15 36 138
6 Gary Keller 23 10 142 25 67 .373 0 0 13 23 .565 50 8 15 27 63
7 Richard Clark 24 10 231 17 65 .262 1 6 .167 21 28 .750 33 13 13 18 56
8 Skip Thoren 24 2 52 14 28 .500 0 0 7 12 .583 27 4 7 5 35
9 Errol Palmer 6 75 10 25 .400 0 0 8 10 .800 27 7 7 17 28

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 Mel Daniels 23 10 40.9 9.8 22.6 .434 0.0 0.0 5.7 9.4 .606 16.1 1.9 3.3 3.5 25.3
2 Les Hunter 25 10 38.8 7.6 18.8 .404 0.0 0.4 .000 6.2 9.8 .633 11.0 2.4 2.7 4.8 21.4
3 Skip Thoren 24 2 26.0 7.0 14.0 .500 0.0 0.0 3.5 6.0 .583 13.5 2.0 3.5 2.5 17.5
4 Donnie Freeman 23 10 36.5 5.6 13.4 .418 0.0 0.4 .000 4.6 6.3 .730 5.0 5.6 3.9 4.6 15.8
5 Sam Smith 24 10 37.4 5.6 14.2 .394 0.0 0.0 3.5 5.1 .686 8.1 1.2 1.5 3.9 14.7
6 Ervin Inniger 23 10 36.4 5.5 14.0 .393 0.2 1.1 .182 2.6 3.2 .813 5.7 3.5 1.5 3.6 13.8
7 Gary Keller 23 10 14.2 2.5 6.7 .373 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.3 .565 5.0 0.8 1.5 2.7 6.3
8 Richard Clark 24 10 23.1 1.7 6.5 .262 0.1 0.6 .167 2.1 2.8 .750 3.3 1.3 1.3 1.8 5.6
9 Errol Palmer 6 12.5 1.7 4.2 .400 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.7 .800 4.5 1.2 1.2 2.8 4.7

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 Skip Thoren 24 2 52 9.7 19.4 .500 0.0 0.0 4.8 8.3 .583 18.7 2.8 4.8 3.5 24.2
2 Mel Daniels 23 10 409 8.6 19.9 .434 0.0 0.0 5.0 8.3 .606 14.2 1.7 2.9 3.1 22.3
3 Les Hunter 25 10 388 7.1 17.4 .404 0.0 0.4 .000 5.8 9.1 .633 10.2 2.2 2.5 4.5 19.9
4 Gary Keller 23 10 142 6.3 17.0 .373 0.0 0.0 3.3 5.8 .565 12.7 2.0 3.8 6.8 16.0
5 Donnie Freeman 23 10 365 5.5 13.2 .418 0.0 0.4 .000 4.5 6.2 .730 4.9 5.5 3.8 4.5 15.6
6 Sam Smith 24 10 374 5.4 13.7 .394 0.0 0.0 3.4 4.9 .686 7.8 1.2 1.4 3.8 14.1
7 Ervin Inniger 23 10 364 5.4 13.8 .393 0.2 1.1 .182 2.6 3.2 .813 5.6 3.5 1.5 3.6 13.6
8 Errol Palmer 6 75 4.8 12.0 .400 0.0 0.0 3.8 4.8 .800 13.0 3.4 3.4 8.2 13.4
9 Richard Clark 24 10 231 2.6 10.1 .262 0.2 0.9 .167 3.3 4.4 .750 5.1 2.0 2.0 2.8 8.7

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 Mel Daniels 23 10 409 22.1 .473 .434 17.1 7.6 11.0 25.8 0.2 1.1 1.3 .153
2 Donnie Freeman 23 10 365 13.0 .488 .418 6.0 22.1 19.4 19.3 0.3 0.8 1.2 .154
3 Les Hunter 25 10 388 17.3 .463 .404 12.3 9.5 10.5 23.4 0.1 0.9 1.0 .118
4 Ervin Inniger 23 10 364 12.6 .448 .400 6.8 13.8 8.9 16.3 -0.1 0.7 0.6 .085
5 Sam Smith 24 10 374 11.9 .447 .394 9.4 4.6 8.4 16.8 -0.1 0.6 0.5 .070
6 Skip Thoren 24 2 52 27.4 .526 .500 22.6 13.3 17.4 27.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 .283
7 Errol Palmer 6 75 12.4 .476 .400 15.7 13.1 19.2 17.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 .159
8 Gary Keller 23 10 142 9.6 .408 .373 15.3 8.4 16.3 22.8 -0.2 0.4 0.1 .048
9 Richard Clark 24 10 231 4.1 .362 .269 6.2 7.3 14.4 13.7 -0.4 0.4 0.0 -0.009