1948-49 Minneapolis Lakers Roster and Stats

Record: 44-16, Finished 2nd in BAA Western Division

Coach: John Kundla (44-16)

PTS/G: 84.0 (1st of 12) Opp PTS/G: 76.7 (1st of 12)

SRS: 6.80 (1st of 12) Pace:

Off Rtg: Def Rtg: Net Rtg:

Expected W-L: 47-13 (1st of 12)

Arena: Minneapolis Auditorium

BAA 1949 Playoffs:
Won BAA Western Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Chicago Stags (Series Stats)
Won BAA Western Division Finals (2-0) versus Rochester Royals (Series Stats)
Won BAA Finals (4-2) versus Washington Capitols (Series Stats)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster Table
No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Birth	Exp	College
11	Mike Bloom	F-C	6-6	190	January 14, 1915	us US	1	Temple
15	Don Carlson	G-F	6-0	170	March 22, 1919	us US	1	Minnesota
19	Jack Dwan	F-G	6-4	200	May 3, 1921	us US	R	Loyola Chicago
18	Ray Ellefson	C	6-8	230	November 18, 1922	us US	R	West Texas A&M University
18	Arnie Ferrin	F-G	6-2	180	July 29, 1925	us US	R	Utah
22	Donnie Forman	G	5-10	175	January 17, 1926	us US	R	NYU
14	Earl Gardner	F	6-3	195	September 18, 1923	us US	R	DePauw University
13	Tony Jaros	F-G	6-3	185	February 22, 1920	us US	1	Minnesota
16	Johnny Jorgensen	G-F	6-2	185	December 28, 1921	us US	1	DePaul
20	Whitey Kachan	G	6-2	175	September 15, 1925	us US	R	DePaul
99	George Mikan	C	6-10	245	June 18, 1924	us US	R	DePaul
17	Jim Pollard	SF	6-4	185	July 9, 1922	us US	R	Stanford
24	Herm Schaefer	G-F	6-0	175	December 20, 1918	us US	R	Indiana
12	Don Smith	G-F	6-2	190	July 27, 1920	us US	R	Minnesota
19	Jack Tingle	F	6-4	205	December 30, 1924	us US	1	Kentucky

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	AST	PF	PTS
1	Mike Bloom	34		24	0.5	3.8	.141	1.2	1.7	.725	0.6	0.9	2.3
2	Don Carlson	29		55	3.8	11.5	.334	1.6	2.4	.662	3.1	3.3	9.2
3	Jack Dwan	27		60	2.0	6.3	.318	0.6	1.2	.493	2.2	2.6	4.6
4	Ray Ellefson	26		3	0.3	1.7	.200	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.7	0.7
5	Arnie Ferrin	23		47	2.8	8.0	.344	1.8	2.7	.664	1.6	3.0	7.3
6	Donnie Forman	23		44	1.5	5.3	.294	1.0	1.5	.642	1.7	2.1	4.1
7	Earl Gardner	25		50	0.8	2.0	.376	0.3	0.6	.464	0.4	1.0	1.8
8	Tony Jaros	28		59	2.2	6.5	.343	1.3	1.9	.718	1.0	1.9	5.8
9	Johnny Jorgensen	27		48	0.9	2.4	.360	0.5	0.7	.727	0.7	1.4	2.2
10	Whitey Kachan	23		19	0.8	2.2	.381	0.8	1.2	.682	0.6	1.3	2.5
11	George Mikan	24	C	60	9.7	23.4	.416	8.9	11.5	.772	3.6	4.3	28.3
12	Jim Pollard	26	SF	53	5.9	14.9	.396	2.9	4.3	.687	2.7	2.7	14.8
13	Herm Schaefer	30		58	3.7	9.9	.374	3.0	3.7	.817	3.2	2.1	10.4
14	Don Smith	28		8	0.3	1.6	.154	0.3	0.4	.667	0.3	0.8	0.8
15	Jack Tingle	24		2	0.5	3.0	.167	0.0	0.0		0.5	1.0	1.0
	Team Totals			60	3.2	8.7	.366	2.2	3.0	.723	1.9	2.3	8.5

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	AST	PF	PTS
1	Don Carlson	29		10	2.3	9.5	.242	1.4	2.5	.560	2.8	3.0	6.0
2	Jack Dwan	27		10	0.7	2.9	.241	0.4	0.9	.444	0.9	2.2	1.8
3	Arnie Ferrin	23		10	2.6	7.7	.338	3.0	4.5	.667	2.1	4.1	8.2
4	Donnie Forman	23		9	0.3	2.2	.150	0.8	1.2	.636	0.8	1.7	1.4
5	Earl Gardner	25		7	0.1	1.3	.111	0.3	0.6	.500	0.1	0.4	0.6
6	Tony Jaros	28		10	2.0	5.6	.357	1.8	2.3	.783	1.1	2.8	5.8
7	Johnny Jorgensen	27		6	0.5	1.2	.429	0.2	0.2	1.000	0.0	0.7	1.2
8	Whitey Kachan	23		8	0.3	0.6	.400	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.4	0.5
9	George Mikan	24	C	10	10.3	22.7	.454	9.7	12.1	.802	2.1	4.4	30.3
10	Jim Pollard	26	SF	10	4.3	14.7	.293	4.4	6.2	.710	3.9	3.1	13.0
11	Herm Schaefer	30		10	4.8	10.4	.462	2.8	3.2	.875	3.1	2.2	12.4
	Team Totals			20	2.8	7.8	.360	2.5	3.3	.736	1.7	2.4	8.0

Qualified players in the top 20 · Includes full-season stats for all players who saw court time during the regular season or playoffs.