1951-52 Minneapolis Lakers Roster and Stats

Record: 40-26, Finished 2nd in NBA Western Division

Coach: John Kundla (40-26)

PTS/G: 85.6 (5th of 10) Opp PTS/G: 79.5 (1st of 10)

SRS: 5.28 (1st of 10) Pace: 97.2 (3rd of 10)

Off Rtg: 85.3 (7th of 10) Def Rtg: 79.3 (1st of 10) Net Rtg: +6.0 (1st of 10)

Expected W-L: 49-17 (1st of 10)

Arena: Minneapolis Auditorium

NBA 1952 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Division Semifinals (2-0) versus Indianapolis Olympians (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Division Finals (3-1) versus Rochester Royals (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-3) versus New York Knicks (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
16	Bob Harrison	SG	6-1	190	August 12, 1927	us US	2	Michigan
11	Lew Hitch	PF	6-8	200	July 16, 1929	us US	R	Kansas State
4, 15	Joe Hutton	SG	6-1	170	October 6, 1928	us US	1	Hamline University
22	Slater Martin	PG	5-10	170	October 22, 1925	us US	2	Texas
99	George Mikan	C	6-10	245	June 18, 1924	us US	3	DePaul
19	Vern Mikkelsen	PF	6-7	230	October 21, 1928	us US	2	Hamline University
18	John Pilch	F	6-3	185	July 11, 1925	us US	R	Wyoming
17	Jim Pollard	SF	6-4	185	July 9, 1922	us US	3	Stanford
18	Pep Saul	SG	6-2	185	February 16, 1924	us US	2	Seton Hall
12	Howie Schultz	PF	6-6	200	July 3, 1922	us US	1	Hamline University
20	Whitey Skoog	SG	5-11	180	November 2, 1926	us US	R	Minnesota

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	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	George Mikan	27	C	64	40.2	8.5	22.1	.385	6.8	8.7	.780	13.5	3.0	4.5	23.8	AS,NBA1
2	Jim Pollard	29	SF	65	39.2	6.3	17.8	.356	2.8	4.0	.704	9.1	3.6	3.1	15.5	AS,NBA2
3	Slater Martin	26	PG	66	37.6	3.6	9.6	.375	2.2	2.9	.747	3.5	3.8	3.4	9.3
4	Vern Mikkelsen	23	PF	66	35.5	5.5	13.1	.419	4.3	5.6	.761	10.3	2.7	4.3	15.3	AS,NBA2
5	Pep Saul	27	SG	25	30.4	2.9	7.4	.389	2.8	3.7	.763	3.2	2.7	2.6	8.6
6	Whitey Skoog	25	SG	35	28.2	2.9	8.5	.345	0.9	1.1	.789	3.5	1.7	2.7	6.7
7	Bob Harrison	24	SG	65	26.3	2.4	7.5	.320	1.4	1.9	.718	2.5	2.9	3.1	6.2
8	Howie Schultz	29	PF	66	19.7	1.3	4.8	.283	1.4	1.8	.756	3.7	1.5	3.0	4.1
9	Lew Hitch	22	PF	61	13.9	1.3	3.5	.358	1.0	1.5	.670	4.0	0.8	1.5	3.6
10	Joe Hutton	23	SG	60	12.1	0.9	2.6	.335	0.8	1.2	.700	1.4	1.0	1.8	2.6
11	John Pilch	26		9	4.6	0.1	1.1	.100	0.3	0.7	.500	1.0	0.2	1.1	0.6
	Team Totals			66	28.0	3.6	9.9	.367	2.5	3.3	.748	5.7	2.4	3.0	9.7

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Jim Pollard	29	SF	11	42.6	6.4	15.7	.405	3.4	4.5	.740	6.5	3.0	3.1	16.1
2	George Mikan	27	C	13	42.5	7.6	20.1	.379	8.4	10.6	.790	15.9	2.8	4.8	23.6
3	Pep Saul	27	SG	13	40.8	4.3	9.3	.463	2.7	3.7	.729	2.8	3.5	3.2	11.3
4	Slater Martin	26	PG	13	40.2	2.9	8.5	.345	3.2	4.3	.732	2.8	4.3	4.9	9.0
5	Vern Mikkelsen	23	PF	13	38.1	4.6	10.7	.432	4.1	4.9	.828	8.5	1.5	5.1	13.3
6	Bob Harrison	24	SG	12	19.6	2.5	5.7	.441	1.2	1.4	.824	1.7	2.0	3.3	6.2
7	Lew Hitch	22	PF	13	11.7	0.7	1.9	.360	0.5	1.6	.286	3.4	0.7	1.2	1.8
8	Joe Hutton	23	SG	12	11.6	1.0	2.4	.414	0.8	1.2	.643	1.1	1.0	1.4	2.8
9	Howie Schultz	29	PF	12	8.3	0.5	1.5	.333	0.5	0.8	.600	1.6	0.4	1.5	1.5
	Team Totals			26	28.5	3.4	8.4	.403	2.8	3.7	.742	5.0	2.1	3.2	9.6

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	George Mikan	27	C	64	2572	7.6	19.8	.385	6.1	7.8	.780	12.1	2.7	4.0	21.3	AS,NBA1
2	Jim Pollard	29	SF	65	2545	5.8	16.3	.356	2.6	3.7	.704	8.4	3.3	2.8	14.2	AS,NBA2
3	Slater Martin	26	PG	66	2480	3.4	9.2	.375	2.1	2.8	.747	3.3	3.6	3.3	8.9
4	Vern Mikkelsen	23	PF	66	2345	5.6	13.3	.419	4.3	5.7	.761	10.5	2.8	4.3	15.5	AS,NBA2
5	Bob Harrison	24	SG	65	1712	3.3	10.2	.320	1.9	2.6	.718	3.4	4.0	4.3	8.4
6	Howie Schultz	29	PF	66	1301	2.5	8.7	.283	2.5	3.3	.756	6.8	2.8	5.5	7.4
7	Whitey Skoog	25	SG	35	988	3.7	10.8	.345	1.1	1.4	.789	4.4	2.2	3.4	8.5
8	Lew Hitch	22	PF	61	849	3.3	9.1	.358	2.7	4.0	.670	10.3	2.1	3.8	9.2
9	Pep Saul	27	SG	25	759	3.4	8.8	.389	3.4	4.4	.763	3.8	3.2	3.1	10.2
10	Joe Hutton	23	SG	60	723	2.6	7.9	.335	2.4	3.5	.700	4.2	3.1	5.5	7.7
11	John Pilch	26		9	41	0.9	8.8	.100	2.6	5.3	.500	7.9	1.8	8.8	4.4

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	George Mikan	27	C	13	553	6.4	17.0	.379	7.1	9.0	.790	13.5	2.3	4.1	20.0
2	Pep Saul	27	SG	13	530	3.8	8.2	.463	2.4	3.3	.729	2.4	3.1	2.9	10.0
3	Slater Martin	26	PG	13	523	2.6	7.6	.345	2.8	3.9	.732	2.5	3.9	4.4	8.1
4	Vern Mikkelsen	23	PF	13	495	4.4	10.1	.432	3.9	4.7	.828	8.0	1.5	4.8	12.6
5	Jim Pollard	29	SF	11	469	5.4	13.3	.405	2.8	3.8	.740	5.4	2.5	2.6	13.6
6	Bob Harrison	24	SG	12	235	4.6	10.4	.441	2.1	2.6	.824	3.1	3.7	6.0	11.3
7	Lew Hitch	22	PF	13	152	2.1	5.9	.360	1.4	5.0	.286	10.4	2.1	3.8	5.7
8	Joe Hutton	23	SG	12	139	3.1	7.5	.414	2.3	3.6	.643	3.4	3.1	4.4	8.5
9	Howie Schultz	29	PF	12	99	2.2	6.5	.333	2.2	3.6	.600	6.9	1.8	6.5	6.5