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1967-68 Minnesota Muskies Roster and Statistics

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

Points Per Game: 108.6 (8th of 11) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 104.7 (2nd of 11)
Pythagorean W-L: 49-29 (3rd of 11)

Arena: Metropolitan Sports Center ▪ Attendance: NA

SRS: 3.79 (2nd of 11)

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

1967-68 Minnesota Muskies:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
23 Richard Clark G 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 G 6-3 185 July 18, 1944 R University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
35 Les Hunter F-C 6-7 210 August 16, 1942 1 Loyola University of Chicago
24 Ervin Inniger G 6-4 190 January 16, 1945 R Indiana University
51 Gary Keller F-C 6-9 220 June 13, 1944 R University of Florida
33 Terry Kunze G-F 6-4 210 March 11, 1943 R University of Minnesota
32 Errol Palmer F 6-5 195 R DePaul University
22 Ron Perry G 6-3 190 December 29, 1943 R Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
52 Sam Smith F 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 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 78 18895 3248 8084 .402 77 271 .284 1896 2968 .639 4828 1019 1313 1860 8469 108.6
Opponent 78 18895 3019 7334 .412 136 468 .291 1989 2779 .716 3910 1134 1317 2012 8163 104.7

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 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

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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 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

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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 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 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
6 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
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

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

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 Mel Daniels 23 10 409 98 226 0 0 57 94 161 19 33 35 253 .434 .606 40.9 25.3 16.1 1.9
2 Les Hunter 25 10 388 76 188 0 4 62 98 110 24 27 48 214 .404 .000 .633 38.8 21.4 11.0 2.4
3 Donnie Freeman 23 10 365 56 134 0 4 46 63 50 56 39 46 158 .418 .000 .730 36.5 15.8 5.0 5.6
4 Sam Smith 24 10 374 56 142 0 0 35 51 81 12 15 39 147 .394 .686 37.4 14.7 8.1 1.2
5 Ervin Inniger 23 10 364 55 140 2 11 26 32 57 35 15 36 138 .393 .182 .813 36.4 13.8 5.7 3.5
6 Gary Keller 23 10 142 25 67 0 0 13 23 50 8 15 27 63 .373 .565 14.2 6.3 5.0 0.8
7 Richard Clark 24 10 231 17 65 1 6 21 28 33 13 13 18 56 .262 .167 .750 23.1 5.6 3.3 1.3
8 Skip Thoren 24 2 52 14 28 0 0 7 12 27 4 7 5 35 .500 .583 26.0 17.5 13.5 2.0
9 Errol Palmer 6 75 10 25 0 0 8 10 27 7 7 17 28 .400 .800 12.5 4.7 4.5 1.2

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