1953-54 Minneapolis Lakers Roster and Stats

Record: 46-26, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division

Coach: John Kundla (46-26)

PTS/G: 81.7 (3rd of 9) Opp PTS/G: 78.6 (4th of 9)

SRS: 2.71 (2nd of 9) Pace: 93.5 (2nd of 9)

Off Rtg: 86.8 (5th of 9) Def Rtg: 83.5 (2nd of 9) Net Rtg: +3.2 (2nd of 9)

Expected W-L: 45-27 (2nd of 9)

Arena: Minneapolis Auditorium

NBA 1954 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Division Round-Robin (1-0) versus Rochester Royals (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Division Round-Robin (2-0) versus Fort Wayne Pistons (Series Stats)
Won NBA Western Division Finals (2-1) versus Rochester Royals (Series Stats)
Won NBA Finals (4-3) versus Syracuse Nationals (Series Stats)
Advanced from Western Division Round Robin

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
	Jim Fritsche	PF	6-8	210	December 10, 1931	us US	R	Hamline University
16	Bob Harrison	G	6-1	190	August 12, 1927	us US	4	Michigan
12	Jim Holstein	SF	6-3	180	September 24, 1930	us US	1	Cincinnati
34, 89	Clyde Lovellette	C	6-9	234	September 7, 1929	us US	R	Kansas
22	Slater Martin	PG	5-10	170	October 22, 1925	us US	4	Texas
99	George Mikan	C	6-10	245	June 18, 1924	us US	5	DePaul
19	Vern Mikkelsen	PF	6-7	230	October 21, 1928	us US	4	Hamline University
17	Jim Pollard	SF	6-4	185	July 9, 1922	us US	5	Stanford
18	Pep Saul	SG	6-2	185	February 16, 1924	us US	4	Seton Hall
15, 24	Dick Schnittker	SF	6-5	200	May 27, 1928	us US	2	Ohio State
20	Whitey Skoog	SG	5-11	180	November 2, 1926	us US	2	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	Slater Martin	28	PG	69	35.8	3.7	9.5	.388	2.6	3.5	.724	2.4	3.7	2.9	9.9	AS
2	Jim Pollard	31	SF	71	35.0	4.6	12.4	.370	2.5	3.2	.778	7.0	3.0	2.3	11.7	AS,NBA2
3	George Mikan	29	C	72	32.8	6.1	16.1	.380	5.9	7.6	.777	14.3	2.4	3.7	18.1	AS,NBA1
4	Vern Mikkelsen	25	PF	72	31.2	4.0	10.7	.374	3.1	4.1	.742	8.5	1.7	3.7	11.1
5	Whitey Skoog	27	SG	71	26.4	3.0	7.5	.400	1.0	1.4	.742	3.2	2.5	3.3	7.0
6	Pep Saul	29	SG	71	25.4	2.3	6.6	.347	1.8	2.4	.753	2.2	2.0	2.1	6.4
7	Clyde Lovellette	24	C	72	17.4	3.3	7.8	.423	1.6	2.3	.695	5.8	0.7	2.9	8.2
8	Jim Holstein	23	SF	70	16.5	1.3	4.1	.306	0.9	1.6	.571	2.9	1.1	2.0	3.4
9	Bob Harrison	26		40	15.5	1.4	4.5	.298	1.2	1.8	.662	1.5	1.4	2.9	3.9
10	Dick Schnittker	25	SF	71	14.6	1.7	4.3	.397	1.2	1.9	.652	2.5	0.8	2.5	4.6
11	Jim Fritsche	22	PF	2	4.0	0.0	1.5	.000	0.5	2.0	.250	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
	Team Totals			72	25.4	3.2	8.5	.376	2.2	3.0	.731	5.2	1.9	2.8	8.6

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Jim Pollard	31	SF	13	41.8	4.3	11.9	.361	3.7	4.6	.800	8.5	3.2	2.1	12.3
2	Slater Martin	28	PG	13	41.0	2.8	8.6	.330	4.0	5.4	.743	2.2	4.6	4.0	9.7
3	George Mikan	29	C	13	32.6	6.7	14.6	.458	6.0	7.4	.813	13.2	1.9	4.3	19.4
4	Whitey Skoog	27	SG	13	30.9	3.2	8.2	.393	0.9	1.6	.571	3.6	1.8	4.6	7.4
5	Vern Mikkelsen	25	PF	13	28.8	3.9	8.5	.459	2.4	2.8	.861	5.6	1.3	4.0	10.2
6	Clyde Lovellette	24	C	13	20.4	4.2	9.2	.450	2.2	4.5	.483	9.7	0.5	2.8	10.5
7	Pep Saul	29	SG	13	17.5	1.4	3.9	.353	1.9	2.6	.735	2.1	1.1	2.1	4.7
8	Jim Holstein	23	SF	13	14.5	1.2	3.8	.306	1.2	1.8	.696	2.7	0.8	2.2	3.5
9	Dick Schnittker	25	SF	13	12.5	0.8	2.5	.344	0.9	1.5	.600	1.6	0.4	2.5	2.6
	Team Totals			26	26.7	3.2	7.9	.400	2.6	3.6	.722	5.5	1.7	3.2	8.9

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS	Awards
1	Jim Pollard	31	SF	71	2483	4.7	12.8	.370	2.6	3.3	.778	7.2	3.1	2.3	12.0	AS,NBA2
2	Slater Martin	28	PG	69	2472	3.7	9.5	.388	2.6	3.5	.724	2.4	3.7	2.9	10.0	AS
3	George Mikan	29	C	72	2362	6.7	17.7	.380	6.5	8.3	.777	15.7	2.7	4.1	19.9	AS,NBA1
4	Vern Mikkelsen	25	PF	72	2247	4.6	12.4	.374	3.5	4.8	.742	9.9	1.9	4.2	12.8
5	Whitey Skoog	27	SG	71	1877	4.1	10.2	.400	1.4	1.9	.742	4.3	3.4	4.5	9.5
6	Pep Saul	29	SG	71	1805	3.2	9.3	.347	2.6	3.4	.753	3.2	2.8	3.0	9.0
7	Clyde Lovellette	24	C	72	1255	6.8	16.1	.423	3.3	4.7	.695	12.0	1.5	6.0	16.9
8	Jim Holstein	23	SF	70	1155	2.7	9.0	.306	2.0	3.5	.571	6.4	2.5	4.4	7.5
9	Dick Schnittker	25	SF	71	1040	4.2	10.6	.397	3.0	4.6	.652	6.2	2.0	6.2	11.4
10	Bob Harrison	26		40	619	3.1	10.5	.298	2.7	4.1	.662	3.4	3.3	6.7	9.0
11	Jim Fritsche	22	PF	2	8	0.0	13.5	.000	4.5	18.0	.250	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5

Per 36 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	PF	PTS
1	Jim Pollard	31	SF	13	543	3.7	10.3	.361	3.2	4.0	.800	7.3	2.7	1.8	10.6
2	Slater Martin	28	PG	13	533	2.5	7.6	.330	3.5	4.7	.743	2.0	4.1	3.5	8.5
3	George Mikan	29	C	13	424	7.4	16.1	.458	6.6	8.2	.813	14.5	2.1	4.8	21.4
4	Whitey Skoog	27	SG	13	402	3.8	9.6	.393	1.1	1.9	.571	4.2	2.1	5.4	8.6
5	Vern Mikkelsen	25	PF	13	375	4.9	10.7	.459	3.0	3.5	.861	7.0	1.6	5.0	12.8
6	Clyde Lovellette	24	C	13	265	7.3	16.3	.450	3.8	7.9	.483	17.1	1.0	5.0	18.5
7	Pep Saul	29	SG	13	227	2.9	8.1	.353	4.0	5.4	.735	4.3	2.2	4.3	9.7
8	Jim Holstein	23	SF	13	188	2.9	9.4	.306	3.1	4.4	.696	6.7	2.1	5.4	8.8
9	Dick Schnittker	25	SF	13	163	2.4	7.1	.344	2.7	4.4	.600	4.6	1.1	7.1	7.5