1949-50 Minneapolis Lakers Roster and Stats

Record: 51-17, Finished 1st in NBA Central Division

Coach: John Kundla (51-17)

PTS/G: 84.1 (4th of 17) Opp PTS/G: 75.7 (2nd of 17)

SRS: 8.25 (1st of 17) Pace:

Off Rtg: Def Rtg: Net Rtg:

Expected W-L: 55-13 (1st of 17)

Arena: Minneapolis Auditorium

NBA 1950 Playoffs:
Won NBA Central Division First Place Tiebreaker (1-0) versus Rochester Royals (Series Stats)
Won NBA Central Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Chicago Stags (Series Stats)
Won NBA Central Division Finals (2-0) versus Fort Wayne Pistons (Series Stats)
Won NBA Semifinals (2-0) versus Anderson Packers (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-2) versus Syracuse Nationals (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
15	Don Carlson	G-F	6-0	170	March 22, 1919	us US	2	Minnesota
18	Arnie Ferrin	F-G	6-2	180	July 29, 1925	us US	1	Utah
20	Normie Glick	F	6-7	190	November 10, 1927	us US	R	Loyola Marymount
14, 20	Bud Grant	F	6-3	195	May 20, 1927	us US	R	Minnesota
16	Bob Harrison	G	6-1	190	August 12, 1927	us US	R	Michigan
11	Billy Hassett	G	5-11	180	October 21, 1921	us US	R	Notre Dame
13	Tony Jaros	F-G	6-3	185	February 22, 1920	us US	2	Minnesota
22	Slater Martin	PG	5-10	170	October 22, 1925	us US	R	Texas
99	George Mikan	C	6-10	245	June 18, 1924	us US	1	DePaul
19	Vern Mikkelsen	PF	6-7	230	October 21, 1928	us US	R	Hamline University
17	Jim Pollard	SF	6-4	185	July 9, 1922	us US	1	Stanford
10	Herm Schaefer	G-F	6-0	175	December 20, 1918	us US	1	Indiana
12	Gene Stump	F-G	6-2	185	August 9, 1925	us US	2	DePaul
14	Paul Walther	SG	6-2	160	March 23, 1927	us US	R	Tennessee

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	Awards
1	Don Carlson	30		57	1.7	5.1	.341	1.2	1.7	.726	1.3	2.2	4.7
2	Arnie Ferrin	24		63	2.1	6.3	.333	1.2	1.7	.697	1.5	2.3	5.4
3	Normie Glick	22		1	1.0	1.0	1.000	0.0	0.0		0.0	1.0	2.0
4	Bud Grant	22		35	1.2	3.3	.365	0.2	0.5	.412	0.5	1.0	2.6
5	Bob Harrison	22		66	1.9	5.3	.359	0.8	1.1	.676	2.0	2.7	4.5
6	Billy Hassett	28		42	0.9	3.5	.262	0.8	1.6	.522	1.6	2.0	2.6
7	Tony Jaros	29		61	1.4	4.7	.291	1.2	1.6	.750	1.0	1.7	3.9
8	Slater Martin	24	PG	67	1.6	4.5	.351	0.9	1.4	.634	2.2	2.4	4.0
9	George Mikan	25	C	68	9.5	23.5	.407	8.3	10.7	.779	2.9	4.4	27.4	NBA1
10	Vern Mikkelsen	21	PF	68	4.2	10.6	.399	3.2	4.2	.752	1.8	3.3	11.6
11	Jim Pollard	27	SF	66	6.0	17.3	.346	2.8	3.7	.764	3.8	2.2	14.7	NBA1
12	Herm Schaefer	31		65	1.9	4.8	.389	1.3	1.6	.851	3.1	1.6	5.1
13	Gene Stump	24		23	1.2	4.1	.284	0.3	0.6	.500	1.0	1.4	2.7
14	Paul Walther	22	SG	22	1.5	3.6	.400	0.5	1.0	.524	0.5	1.8	3.4
	Team Totals			68	31.5	85.8	.367	21.2	28.6	.741	20.7	24.6	84.1

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	AST	PF	PTS
1	Don Carlson	30		10	2.1	3.7	.568	1.2	1.5	.800	1.1	1.9	5.4
2	Arnie Ferrin	24		12	2.8	8.1	.340	1.3	2.4	.552	2.5	4.3	6.8
3	Bud Grant	22		11	1.6	4.1	.400	0.6	1.3	.500	0.6	2.3	3.9
4	Bob Harrison	22		12	1.3	3.1	.432	0.8	1.2	.714	1.0	2.8	3.5
5	Billy Hassett	28		7	0.4	1.7	.250	0.4	1.4	.300	0.6	1.1	1.3
6	Tony Jaros	29		2	0.0	1.5	.000	0.5	1.0	.500	0.0	1.0	0.5
7	Slater Martin	24	PG	12	1.8	4.2	.420	1.2	2.0	.583	2.1	2.9	4.7
8	George Mikan	25	C	12	10.1	26.3	.383	11.2	14.2	.788	3.0	3.9	31.3
9	Vern Mikkelsen	21	PF	12	4.6	12.4	.369	3.8	5.0	.767	1.5	4.3	13.0
10	Jim Pollard	27	SF	12	4.2	14.6	.286	3.7	5.2	.710	4.7	3.0	12.0
11	Herm Schaefer	31		12	1.3	3.5	.381	1.6	1.8	.864	1.3	1.0	4.3
	Team Totals			25	736.0	1819.0	.368	634.0	873.0	.725	379.0	666.0	2106.0